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Wednesday, 05 October 2011 22:22 |
History is coming to an end. When humans came down from the sky they brought with them the Testament, the guide to the path they must follow if they wish to return to the skies again. Now, in a strange world where only the islands of Japan are habitable, the nations of the world vie for power and protect the portions of Japan that they have claimed, each armed with its own ultimate weapon: a Roysmoi Opro, the Armor of Deadly Sins. But there may be a far greater threat to mankind than the Roysomi Opro, for the Testament ends abruptly, signalling the beginning of humanity's last year - unless Tori Aoi and his fellow students from the aerial metropolitan ship Musashi can somehow affect the course of destiny...
That's the official blurb for the series, altered a little to make it more readable. It really doesn't tell you that much, and frankly, after the first episode I still had eno clue what this series is really meant to be about. I was expecting a save-the-world show (the description of the setting invokes memories of SaiKano), but what I got was an episode-long running battle between a PE teacher and her varied class of students. And it felt suspiciously like Infinite Stratos. I really can't claim that was a good thing.
Which leaves me wondering where it's going to go next. There's a bit of exposition in the final few minutes of the episode that fleshes out the background a bit - it's far future (explaining the technology), but saving the world somehow involves 'rewriting history' by reliving it - the explanation make reference that that process has brought the world to the Warring States period, but while there are elements of that in the look of the setting it's clearly not all there is. I'll have to keep watching for a while to see where it goes, but after this being one of the shows I was most looking forward to this season, I'm not particularly enthused.
THE GOOD: I still say the setting is intriguing. Well-animated, too, although may be a first-episode sludge at work.
THE BAD A mess. Too many characters to keep track of, no explanation of who they are or what they're doing, the potential in the setting isn't being remotely exploited. At least, not yet.
I want this one to pick up and impress me. It's not showing many signs of it doing that. On notice fr the 3-episode rule.
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