I went into this not knowing anything about the genre or plot, and was pleasantly surprised by the anime in general. I feel on a whole this anime has several strong points for those who like very specific slice of life type shows, with a little fantasy thrown in, but there were a few concerning points.
Mainly my issue with this anime is the pacing, for an anime that is only thirteen episodes some episodes felt so slow and long I almost began doing other things waiting for things to pick up. It's a fairly standard plot, fairly normal anime guy gets put in with a bunch of weirdos and solves their problem, said normal guy also has some dark secret (aka his past), and finally fairly normal guy begrudgingly states that his life is more interesting and fulfilling with this crazy rag tag group.
For some reason however, some of the episodes felt so long and drawn out, and you never get a really good explanation as to why the main character was chosen for the job. He also has a pretty complicated (for a A type main character) backstory that never gets delved into (---spoilers--- fear of heights, something with his mom?). It feels as though the animators had a pretty funny concept, and instead of making every episode crazy and hilarious, there were these minor attempts to make it more 'deep' then it needed to be. I thought on a whole it was funny, and the last episode was very suspenseful, but in the end I wish there would have been more filler episodes about the characters rather than non-plot episodes with just the main character. I'm still on the fence about how it should be changed, but as it stands I don't see it getting a second season or drawing a huge range of fans.
Oct 16, 2015
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