Code-E

Mountains of potential that doesn't get fully realized at all Tons of watchability but no real explanations Ebihara is an E-type, she emits Electromagnetic Radiation when she experiences emotions, and her family have raised her none the less, often having to move from city to city for related reasons. First Ill talk about the issues this anime has, to explain why It couldn't possibly get a higher rank than a 7; - The scene layouts often didn't make any sense; often there are scenes where line of sight, camera angles, or just settings in general didn't actually make a lot of sense with what was going on. There isone scene in which Ebihara is running from Kanagi and for all intents and purposes simply fails to hide from him from a visual point of view, but somehow just is hidden, and the story expects us to follow it. - The story often doesn't include the viewer and just marches on; There is dialogue that you didn't see, important meetings between characters to discuss things that actually don't show, but somehow all these characters just now have more information about everything going on and you just have to deal with it - The believability of the story wavers significantly; The emotional believability is extremely strong to start with, and the setting is extremely inclusive and entertaining, but about half way through it loses a lot of that. - The music simply never makes any sense at all. Ever. Its always wrong and if you are going to watch the show, know this one thing especially before you dive in, because at first it just confuses the hell out of you! in the opening scene you thing "Gritty Crime drama!" and seconds later you are in slice-of-life mode, and its a roller coaster of confusion, as if the roller coaster keeps going up and then you end up back at the start without ever going down. - (minor spoiler)This series near-Literally contains Team Rocket, AND YOU NEVER FIND OUT WHY. - There is a huge gap in the story. You will never find out what it is, ever. Not even once. It is not alluded to, and there is no actual way to work it out. It's just missing. Basically, this series fucked up. It just did. It was completely off, it should have been about Ebihara dealing with an extremely taxing power and getting through it, and it kind of was, but it was also just... something else entirely. it really should have been like "Kotoro-San", it just wasn't, and what happened was confusing and badly put together. There aren't any major visual fumbles, and there are good parts, but its seriously bad. Lets go to the good parts; Voice Acting - it just doesn't suck. I think that Ebihara's parents, ironically, were the best acted of all of the characters, by quite a long shot. I would hire them again on the spot if i were another casting company. Character - There were bad characters, and there were good ones. The good ones were quite good, the bad ones were quite bad. Kanagi is the worst written character I've ever seen, and Ebihara's dad is fantastic. The series also contains a Tsundere and I haven't put that in the good or bad basket because everyone likes a certain type so whatever. Setting - The idea was amazing, the delivery was ok. Enjoyment - I enjoyed every confusing second of this anime. I would have a hard time telling you why. It was just good. It makes you happy, and following Ebihara around as she struggles to deal with normal situations is endearing and entertaining. Overall we get a 6. But watch it though, just do. I mean, you have time, right? if your browsing anime in the 6's you must be lost anyways so go for it!

Story: It might just not be my cup of tea, but literally nothing happened. The story could have filled two episodes, not twelve... And it wasn't even original, except for the powers, of course. The powers were cool, but we never learn anything about them except for the fact that the main character is strong, yaaaay... Art: This is absolutely personal preference, but it was driving me crazy that they don't have noses most of the time. Sound: loved the opening, even if it had nothing at all to do with the story. Generally the soundtrack was nice. Characters: ...why did they put in the siblings who donothing wrong but look the part of the villains? Enjoyment: I suffered from the fourth episode. Didn't get better. Overall: This anime didn't make any sense at all... 11,5 episodes are plain boredom, continued by half an episode of action with no explanation at all, and that's it.

As of writing this review i'm still trying to decipher what went wrong with this anime..When i went in i trully had no expectations whatsoever but even so i still can't wrap my head around the fact that Code-E is by all means horrid,garbage,a true testament to mankind's violent self-destructive nature.If WW2 was bad this moved the goalpost even further.And i'm not kidding compared to Code-E the gas chambers were a welcome change of pace...Almost like a holiday. Even from the get go i don't think any attempts were made at all to even conceal its' true nature and don't think that as the episodes wentby things got any better cause they didn't..Ok imagine diving into a pool and suddenly hitting a black hole and suddenly you find yourself diving into the pits of hell...And here's the best part...It doesn't end..You're in a loop,diving forevermore into the wombs of nightmares. If i could hit the rating to minus 100 i would without hesitation or breaking a sweat over it..And you might think that this kind of rating is an overkill but hell no it isn't.Any rating above the minus 100 mark would be preposterous,an insult to every bad anime i've rated almost just as low as this. And remember this anime is from 2007 so it comes ready with some good-ish production value but everything else wouldn't cut it even in 1950's and the 50's were notorious for having washing machines with a little mouse called Jerry running in his little wheel to power it.And that kind of thing wasn't enjoyable to either you or the mouse cause it would take months to wash your filthy underwear and the mouse would be dead from exhaustion and you'd need to buy another one.And they were extremely expensive.There are better ways to do things and that's exactly the case with this anime,there are way better alternatives. The characters give you the first hint that this anime is trully a failure in every aspect.Mediocrity would be an overstatement and as the episode count goes up so do their flaws.Chinami is the usual girl wearing glasses,is clumsy and screams like...Erm...A girl when a mosquito flies next to her. Then there's the science geek and surprise surprise the childhood friend of the geek...Oh yes there's also the cold,distant outsider..So there you go,cookie cutter characters in every possible way imaginable. Don't get me wrong the anime industry is awash with generic characters but when the entire series lacks any character development whatsoever then what's the point? So throughout the entirety of the series there's no character development even for the laugh of it and by the end of the series i didn't see any development in their interactions as well.One would have thought it's a common knowledge that in Drama/comedy anime to include actual characterisation and comedy.This feels contrived and like it was botched together by fish. So the characters are unquestionably the worst the world has to offer,what about the plotline? Well there's nothing to report on that front too..There's something there about finding out what Chinami’s ability is,but by the end of the series we learn nothing new or crucial.Midway through we are introduced to a spy duo but they barely get any screen time and don't get your hopes high about any background or motive...Ah yeah there was also this "mastermind" but he vanished to obscurity after a while for no reason at all,no explanations given. And don't think that the end was anything grandiose by any means cause it wasn't..Now there's a second season and i can't for the life of me understand why..Why did they feel the need to continue with this monstrosity. To sum it up,yes the music is good,the animation is also good compared to the 90's but even if it had the best-groundbreaking animation with nothing to back it up there's no point.I don't believe there's anyone out there anywhere in the universe who can possibly like this..Now run and don't look back.

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