Review of 7 Seeds

Wow, what a resounding disappointment..... I had started reading the manga earlier in the year, but put it on hold when I found out that it was being adapted to an anime. I was really excited because what I had read of the story seemed like it would translate well to animation. Unfortunately, basically every aspect of this anime fell short of that expectation. The overall idea of the story was interesting. The execution of it was TERRIBLE, though. I did not make it far enough in the manga to be able to say if that issue was due to the source material or the waythat it was adapted, but the impression that I got was that the animators condensed the story so much that many things were left unexplained or underdeveloped. The first several episodes in particular really jumped all over the place. Also, I can normally suspend disbelief and ignore a couple of plot holes here and there, but the storyline here was so threadbare that there was hardly anything left that was plausible enough to hold the plot together. Never have I asked "why is this even happening?" so many times. And as far as this being a government project to ensure the survival of humanity after the apocalypse, I could not imagine a more half-assed and idiotic way to try to accomplish that goal (well, I guess that if we are talking about governmental projects, maybe that is realistic? Haha j/k).

Now if you thought that the story was unrealistic, just wait until we look at the characters.Several of them had potential, but as a whole they were remarkably two-dimensional. The way that they interact with each other and react to things always came across as so obviously scripted and melodramatic that they were not believable in the slightest. Also, why is everyone an asshole? The only character that I liked at all was the guy with the dogs. And, that may have just been because I like dogs.

And to round out this bevy of mediocrity, we have the artwork. Bland, poorly detailed, with odd, jerky movements. And wtf is even going with those odd, discolored strands of hair that all of the characters have wafting around them?

In short, I can't think of anyone that I would recommend this anime to. I could overlook the artwork OR the characters OR the story being weak, but not all three. I wouldn't recommend this to shoujo fans since the characters and their interactions are so bland and contrived. I wouldn't recommend this to action fans since the action is poorly executed and just jumps around all over the place. And finally, I wouldn't recommend this to post-apocalyptic/survival story fans since the whole premise of this survival scenario comes across as utterly ridiculous.