Review of Birdy the Mighty: Decode 02

Well I just recently watched this series and this review will be on both seasons. I wanted to write something because this anime came off as surprisingly entertaining. When I first saw the cover-art of Tetsuwan on anime sites, I wasnt very intrigued and didnt feel the slightest interest in it, one reason being it looked somewhat childish, I mean birdy's outfit is kinda, how do you put it colorful? Anyway it looked more like a shoujou and not that shoujou's arent good but im a guy so they usually dont appeal to me. Another reason I didnt feel interest was because from the descriptionit seemed like it was a part of the gender bender genre, and again not that theres anything wrong with that genre just not my cup of tea.

Well I was on Youtube one day and was watching someones top ten scenes in anime for fighting scenes (which is sometimes a good way to scout new anime) and a scene from tetsuwan came on and the fight scene was actually quite good and...violent. Not childish at all.

Anyway I decided to give it a shot, and like I said, was pleasantly surprised.

Tetsuwan is about a boy who...blah blah blah, you can read the description of the anime to know what the general plot is.
Anyway the plot of tetsuwan is not necessarilly brilliant or super creative. But what gave the story its appeal for me was the relationship between Birdy and the MC. The two made a good pair and were quite supportive of each other. There isnt much romance between the two and that was alright because that was not the relationship they had. But dont worry there is romance in the series just not between those two. Which brings me to my other reason for enjoying the series. There was quite a good mix of genres in it. It had great action in it, which was actually more on the mature side (limbs and heads sometimes getting torn off and blood), there was some drama/romance for both the mc and Birdy, and there was also comedy. It also wasnt a gender-bender, at least to me it wasnt because it didnt have any of the things a typical gender-bender would have. There was great character development for the MC and Birdy but however it lacked development for some of the other key characters.

Now for the physical aspects of the show, the art was decent, but was one of my main problems with the series because its normally good but there are several scenes were it gets really sloppy. The music on the other hand I quite enjoyed, the Op for the second season was quite good and I never skipped it. There are some plot holes but not enough fro you to get caught up in and ruin it for you.

All in all it was a good find for me and I would recommend you give it a try. Like I said its not a masterpiece but it was enjoyable and felt different and refreshing. I would give it a 7.5 if I could but seeing as I cant it gets a 8.