It feels like this anime has big ambitions, but I’m really not seeing the ability to follow through on the stuff it wants to discuss. The vibes I get every time they try to bring up themes are extremely “I’m 14 and this is deep”. The scene that particularly stood out to me was the doctor talking about how sometimes civil rights movements go too far, like ???
On top of that, I feel like our main character is very weak for a philosophical story. It feels like, despite being a nean herself, she has literally never considered whether or not it’s moral for neans to be an underclass, nor the implications of her hunting down alters (which she seems to also be). I’m sure she’ll end up taking a moral stance eventually, but she really doesn’t seem equipped to tackle complex moral issues.
I think this is the end of my time with the show, at least for now. I’ll probably check in after the season is over and see how people ended up liking it.
I think that is a fair take. I was really hopeful for more from this show, but it has definitely been the definition of style over substance. There is a lot of potential for great moral dilemmas and philosophical discussions when it comes to the subject matter they have to work with, but they just haven’t really engaged with it at that level.
I think the style has been good enough to keep me around for now, but like most things, it might not be to everybody’s taste.
It feels like this anime has big ambitions, but I’m really not seeing the ability to follow through on the stuff it wants to discuss. The vibes I get every time they try to bring up themes are extremely “I’m 14 and this is deep”. The scene that particularly stood out to me was the doctor talking about how sometimes civil rights movements go too far, like ???
On top of that, I feel like our main character is very weak for a philosophical story. It feels like, despite being a nean herself, she has literally never considered whether or not it’s moral for neans to be an underclass, nor the implications of her hunting down alters (which she seems to also be). I’m sure she’ll end up taking a moral stance eventually, but she really doesn’t seem equipped to tackle complex moral issues.
I think this is the end of my time with the show, at least for now. I’ll probably check in after the season is over and see how people ended up liking it.
I think that is a fair take. I was really hopeful for more from this show, but it has definitely been the definition of style over substance. There is a lot of potential for great moral dilemmas and philosophical discussions when it comes to the subject matter they have to work with, but they just haven’t really engaged with it at that level.
I think the style has been good enough to keep me around for now, but like most things, it might not be to everybody’s taste.