-this part of my review doesn't contain any spoilers-
if you're here you're probably interested in the series anyway so just give it a watch. for me this anime is 10/10, story is very emotional, art is unique and pleasant to watch, animation is great, soundtrack is just perfect and I love how different the characters are. watch. it.
-the rest of this review contains MAJOR spoilers. seriously don't read further if you haven't watched it thanks-
I guess the thing that's mostly disliked about this anime is how repetitive it gets in the middle of the show (a peaceful moment (usually short) -> Eiji gets kidnapped -> Ash goes and sacrifices himself -> Eiji/gang/Max save Ash -> repeat) But what people don't get is how different Ash is every time this cycle continues. He gets way more scared and the last time something like this happens he panics so much that people he works with are confused. It also shows how close he gets to Eiji throughout the series. I feel like this series has a lot of deep undertones that I would love to discuss but it's supposed to be a review so I won't go into that lol. The only thing that disappointed me about this anime is the last 5-6 minutes of the ending episode. You're telling me Ash survived child trafficking, so many sexual assaults and life-threatening situations just to be killed by Lao? He wasn't suicidal so why didn't he even try to survive? Why didn't anyone in the library notice him? And Eiji goes to Japan even though he knows how unstable Ash is, even though he promised to stay with him forever.. There are rumours that Ash may have survived that so let's hope for the best.
if you're here you're probably interested in the series anyway so just give it a watch. for me this anime is 10/10, story is very emotional, art is unique and pleasant to watch, animation is great, soundtrack is just perfect and I love how different the characters are. watch. it.
-the rest of this review contains MAJOR spoilers. seriously don't read further if you haven't watched it thanks-
I guess the thing that's mostly disliked about this anime is how repetitive it gets in the middle of the show (a peaceful moment (usually short) -> Eiji gets kidnapped -> Ash goes and sacrifices himself -> Eiji/gang/Max save Ash -> repeat) But what people don't get is how different Ash is every time this cycle continues. He gets way more scared and the last time something like this happens he panics so much that people he works with are confused. It also shows how close he gets to Eiji throughout the series. I feel like this series has a lot of deep undertones that I would love to discuss but it's supposed to be a review so I won't go into that lol. The only thing that disappointed me about this anime is the last 5-6 minutes of the ending episode. You're telling me Ash survived child trafficking, so many sexual assaults and life-threatening situations just to be killed by Lao? He wasn't suicidal so why didn't he even try to survive? Why didn't anyone in the library notice him? And Eiji goes to Japan even though he knows how unstable Ash is, even though he promised to stay with him forever.. There are rumours that Ash may have survived that so let's hope for the best.