I want to start by saying this show had a pretty unique concept and was overall really fun to watch. Animation style as well. However, where this show falls flat is the character development.
The show doesn't do a good job about treating its characters like real people. Take the main character, Kai. His character development makes no sense at all. He constantly jumps around. He seems like an amazing person at the beginning of the show and then in the next few episodes, someone says "he doesn't seem genuine..." and this one piece of dialogue changes his character from a normal kid to completely cold and calculated. Like the snap of a finger. And then he spends most of the rest of the show this way, and then in the last few episodes acts like he cares again, randomly and with no explanation. The show is similar with its treatment of other characters, with some of their motives being unexplained or down right making no sense at all. Some characters are static and just show NO development. This is the main failing of the show.
The plot also jumps around a bit, with usually not enough real time in between stages of the show for those jumps to make sense. In the blink of an eye for example, a guy who has been an enemy for half the show is now an ally in a single 3 minute scene.
Lastly, the concept of not being able to die? That's so cool right? And the ability to summon a shadow that can fight? Nice. But the show doesn't bother explaining how this works, or how and why this is happening to people. A super huge missed plot opportunity, unless they plan on addressing it later, which seems unlikely at this point. Pretty much "yeah this happened to people and they exist" and that's all we get after two seasons.
I know it sounds like I hate it, but I didn't at all; it was still worth a watch. The action was super fun. Story was still unique. I personally liked the visuals too.
Pros: -cool animation style (for me, at least) -interesting plot -fun action sequences
Cons: -less than average character development -insufficient explanation for character motives -less than average pacing -completely unexplored elements of the show
Final verdict: 7/10
The show doesn't do a good job about treating its characters like real people. Take the main character, Kai. His character development makes no sense at all. He constantly jumps around. He seems like an amazing person at the beginning of the show and then in the next few episodes, someone says "he doesn't seem genuine..." and this one piece of dialogue changes his character from a normal kid to completely cold and calculated. Like the snap of a finger. And then he spends most of the rest of the show this way, and then in the last few episodes acts like he cares again, randomly and with no explanation. The show is similar with its treatment of other characters, with some of their motives being unexplained or down right making no sense at all. Some characters are static and just show NO development. This is the main failing of the show.
The plot also jumps around a bit, with usually not enough real time in between stages of the show for those jumps to make sense. In the blink of an eye for example, a guy who has been an enemy for half the show is now an ally in a single 3 minute scene.
Lastly, the concept of not being able to die? That's so cool right? And the ability to summon a shadow that can fight? Nice. But the show doesn't bother explaining how this works, or how and why this is happening to people. A super huge missed plot opportunity, unless they plan on addressing it later, which seems unlikely at this point. Pretty much "yeah this happened to people and they exist" and that's all we get after two seasons.
I know it sounds like I hate it, but I didn't at all; it was still worth a watch. The action was super fun. Story was still unique. I personally liked the visuals too.
Pros: -cool animation style (for me, at least) -interesting plot -fun action sequences
Cons: -less than average character development -insufficient explanation for character motives -less than average pacing -completely unexplored elements of the show
Final verdict: 7/10