Review of SSSS.Gridman

This is the height of mediocrity and confusion. The characters are boring. The plot is confusing. The art is nice. The music is okay. The animation is okay. Every single one of them were uninteresting, the only thing I can remember was their pretty designs, there was little exceptional about them, their chemistry non-existent and "FRIENDSHIP" was painful to sit through even though in the end they [potential spoiler] actually defeated the main shadow villain with the power of their friendship, yes, really.[potential spoiler ends]. Even the villain, who's motivations is flimsy and inexplicable because it is coupled with the confusing plot, one really hasno idea what the villain is. Human, God, Dreaming? What? It doesn't matter but I thought there was some other huge twist coming at the end but turns out that was all and I was like suppose to know the settings on my own already. The only thing that carried the series forward is the character design and the anticipation of a twist that never came. And that was the other reason I watched it for.

It is really excruciating as there was a clear buildup for a twist but the multiple twists are so absolutely nonsensical because the settings itself is unexplained and it really has no effect on the overall story.

There is also this theme about Grid and computers, and Hyper World, blah, blah, blah, but it is again, unexplained. I would assume probably because this was based on an old TV series from the 90s, this is like a spiritual sequel and you are just supposed to know what it's about? I don't see why they can't explain the settings either for new watchers because that was the only thing I can wonder about as the plot trots forward confusingly.

It's a confusing mess. I thought it was going to get better because of how little they explained at the start and how there were so many random things going on in the city, I thought there were going to be hints littered around about the settings here and there, but no, there was fucking nothing. The settings remained unexplained, and the twist was something that happened within the settings.

It's mediocre. I want to call it bad but the design, music, art, and animation elevates this a lot. So, I suppose it is just mediocre.