User blog comment:Coquidragon/Episode 20 non review/@comment-4829046-20141118133729

I'm glad to see people are taking this more positively than I expected. And it is reasonable considering that it won't be profitable to make a second season and all, but here's the thing, same could be said for Ao no Exorcist. Doesn't change the bottom line.

To be honest though, I knew it was too good to be true. When I first read the manga I was hooked because of its unorthodox approach and didn't really consider it in the view of being excellent writing. Rather, I was more focused on characters and art than actual plot. In short, I didn't see an anime happening. Or at least a successful one happening. I am shocked we even got this level of quality(even if it did have a lot of omission) for this long. It really got my hopes up, but inevitably, my first issue came about. As I have told to anyone I recommend this to, it is an 'acquired taste' series. It deals with many things that frankly people like to avoid with a 20-mile long pole. Shingeki no Kyojin on the other hand was made in order to appeal better in a way. It kept its gritty tone throughout and didn't try to be too cheerful or comedic outside of the interactions of characters when not in battle. Akame ga kill however used the techniques of 'consistent because it is inconsistent' and 'everyone besides Tatsumi and Akame has a deathflag' and this 'I' felt, would put off a lot of the kind of people that were into SnK.

Moving back to characters. It is one aspect done so well. Even the disgusting characters carried some weight and gave insight into the various degrees of cruelty and insanity that exists in the world. My annoyance with this anime-only thing is in relation to that. Suu's sacrifice in the light of the circumstances was one of the best moments ever, and the fact that they not only put that off, but allowed it so that the Yaegars actually let them run away so easily, is a darn shame. The Wild Hunt arc was also one where I really felt more connected to Ran, Wave and Kurome. It was the conflict with those officially on the same side that really drove it home for me. It really added emotion and made me realize how much I am going to miss them when they meet their fated ends.

I know that it is expected for them to make some sort of resolution to the story to make it feel like a proper anime season like the old days and maybe give an ending for anime-only viewers that for some reason avoid manga and LNs. However, on the grounds of characters, I have to consider putting this anime on the blacklist. Not yet of course, since it isn't over and there is room for a good ending but as childish as it sounds, I can't find it in me to accept this. Call it prejudice if you will since I think anime-only endings should go burn in hellfire. Then again, same could be said for anime that end for good with no apparent continuation to the story. I understand this is a case of lesser of two evils, but hey, it's individual differences that judge which evil is greater right? ;)

Sorry for my very first post being so long and crappy but I had a need to vent >_>

I am thankful for the anime though. They did a lot better than most adaptations and I can recommend it to people up until episode 19 assuming said people are lazy to read the manga from the beginning. I know now that marathoning the manga isn't difficult since I did so twice and a friend of mine did it in record time of one weekday(he did stay up the whole night though...) when I had recommended it to him just the other day, so it certainly isn't a hard read once you get into it. Guess it really depends on the person.