Akanesasu šódžo

The beginning of this anime series was quite enjoyable, the first couple of episodes were interesting, as they introduced their well-designed concept of different parallel universes. On one hand, everything seemed nicely mysterious, and on the other hand, it was also fun. I also liked the ending (the last three episodes or so) because there were some scenes which seemed quite original. The villain turned out to be someone different from whom I had expected, and even the second to last bad guy (the teacher) had his strong moments ("you know how everyone is now complaining about the magical girls who are transforming into heroines" ..."). Even the repetitive mantra-like message about how you must stand up for yourself and, most importantly, challenge yourself if you want to grow as a person, was present in this show. I also quite liked the soundtrack. Well, yeah, but none of that matters as I quite often got bored halfway through the season. The individual narratives based on other realities were much less interesting than I had first expected, and basically, the same ideas were repeated three times. It is just that each time they featured a different girl, and during the "wild west" part I realized I had just grown tired of it. Similarly, the supposedly dazzling and glittering CGI fight scenes were not at all impressive and only seemed to confirm that anime series featuring protagonists who can transform rarely impressed me with their transformations and subsequent fight scenes. The characters in this show seemed quite contradictory. I liked all of the Asukas and one Yuu, although the others did not interest me really, and so I did not care much about them... In conclusion, I thought this anime series was just a little bit better than average. 5.5/10. (18.12.2018)