This anime drive me nuts!I went off abit to this series was an anime from 2020. I dunno much about the series aside from knowing that it have very neon like cyberpunk aesthetic. So Im pretty much blind when I start this anime without any research.
Anime started strong with its visual and over the top direction. The visual, which usually reserved in video games or western movie finally can be seen full details in this modernize Japan. From its neon sign light, modern floating shinkansen, a bike that ride over a wall, everything look modern, especially when you add some fight choreograph in early part of the series. The wacky casts also have variety from our naive caught in middle protagonist, a serial killer, a hacker & several other. One things for sure, this is awesome popcorn series.
While everything look great on the surface, there series changed their trajectory middle of the season. It went from heist + wacky team up series to a part of story where there is problem with society & political system. The beginning was started BOOM BOOM BANG BANG, it fizzled out in middle with super slow pacing & exposition dump near the end. Sure the characters are interesting since they have different personality, but when you see how each character progress near the end (cant tell, its a spoiler), you will be disappointed.
I would recommend you to watch if you dont mind some mindless fun at the beginning. Its just the quality drop is noticeable in middle and became abit boring toward the end. Despite I love the artstyle and action scenes in the beginning, it just turned bland at the end.
*Hmm, 4 short anime (13 episodes) in over 3 days, Im tired and I think I need a rest for abit. It was helpful that I have some game to play while watching all the anime, but my current real life situation is just too depressing that I just want to sleep more than 8 hours.