***This review is for the whole trilogy and contains minor spoilers*** Mardock Scramble could've been a landmark in Cyberpunk genre.It had everything,literally everything. Rune & Oeufcoque as a duo was pretty solid and Rune's chatacter study was neatly done plus the story was damn good enough to keep you hooked despite being pretty fast paced. There's flying colours with breathtaking visuals,decent amount of action & batshit crazy characters accompanied by evenly intriguing plot-heck even the final movie was pretty on point too followed by a nice backstory saga in the 2nd one as Rune's character development reached it's peak and we get to see a satisfying end. Thatbeing said,why didn't it end up as one of the best Cyberpunk anime?

BECAUSE THE AUTHOR SHOVED SO MUCH KAKEGURUI INTO THE SOURCE MATERIAL THAT IT ENDED UP BEING A GODDAMN DISAPPOINTING.

Let's look through this-These three movies combined screentime would be around 3 hours and 15 minutes.Guess what? Almost 1+ hour went into mindless gambling that no one understands in a friggin casino that has very little to do with the plot.

You could have added a bit more worldbuilding,character exploration and backstories-nah leave that even 1 hour of mindless action would've been way better. But putting that much screentime into gambling-that too in two different movies just ruins the fucking point,and that too after a great buildup in the first movie.Every single issue that this franchise had could have been treated but no-mindless Blackjack it is.

If you are ready to endure this much pain then sure go for the trilogy,but I'd recommend to stop right after the first one.