Review of Blue Archive the Animation

This anime is not great. It leaves you with more questions than answers and it doesn't explain itself or progress at all well. From the very beginning you will have questions that are never answered such as why is everyone fighting? That basic question is never truly answered apart from the debt they're in. why is a school being targeted and why are the adults allowing kids to run around with guns? This question is Never answered. Within the first episode you witness someone get shot in the head by a gun with live rounds. They end up getting up and walking away without a scratch. Thisis another question that the anime never answeres and makes all the fighting feel pointless.

There are civilians that are being dragged into the fighting with building exploding and cars being shot at and another question is who pays for the damages and why hasn't the civilians come together to put an end to this? This is never answered as the civilians are nonchalant about it walking around in the background while the students are shooting at one another.

This anime shows moments that are supposedly touching which involves the meeting of two of the students and clearly it's made to be sad however we as the viewer get no information or backstory on why it is sad and so these scenes become weightless and nothing of importance as we get no explanation or flashbacks to connect to.

The characters do not have personality. Within the game this anime is based on you play as sensai the adult shown in the anime and you become close to the students and learn what they like and dislike like any other game and you are able to share one to one moments with each character however with this anime we don't get that. We are instantly thrown into a fight in the first episode and we get no real time to connect with any of the characters and learn why they do and why they feel how they feel. We are told that alot of students don't trust adults however the anime never goes into detail as to why. It is a big part of the anime as it takes up a majority of dialogue in the anime but we never find out why they distrust the adults.

Another question that I found never answered was the halos. It is shown that they disappear once the students are asleep and appear when they wake and there is a reference to the halo within the anime but it doesn't tell the viewer what the purpose is that they provide. This is another important question as all the students have a different version of halo and the teacher and enemies have none. So why do the students have halos?

This anime is lackluster as the story is simply the prologue in the game. The anime doesn't tell us why the teacher came to the school or why every other student from other schools knows him. He comes into the anime with everyone knowing him but us as a viewer know nothing.

There are some positives for this anime however. We do get some waifus and we do get some comedy which I found lands rather well. We have some iconic moments from the game such as the masks and bank but apart from the comedy the anime does fall apart and fail rather sad as it's difficult to connect to characters you know nothing about and have little personality.

I found the side character had more personality than the main cast.

The intro is rather interesting as it opens with the character covered in blood to which makes you think ohh this may be interesting however after that point at no point is blood spilt. People get shot in the head from point blank range and end up without a scratch.

Disappointed as I was rather hyped for this anime as I enjoy the game.