Review of Chrono Crusade

All my scores/reviews are subjective/personal af so feel free to agree/disagree! Your opinions are valid! NON-SPOILER SECTION My opinion on the Story: Plot (+1): I found it really interesting and engaging. Characters (+1): Well-established and they develop throughout the story. Something that I truly appreciate. Tone (+0.5): Sometimes they’d throw in a joke or two that made the whole scene feel jarring, especially in the earlier episodes, but nothing to make me hate it. Consistency (+1): Like many shows, they give you a nice happy and funny tone in the beginning before they delve into the darker tone of the later half. However, this show gives glimpses and foreshadowing ofwhat will unfold later, so it’s not a complete tonal whiplash.

Did it well? I feel like it could’ve been done better. Lessening the amount of jokes in the beginning and a bit more foreshadowing would’ve been nice.

PERSONAL Enjoyment Factors:
Characters (like/love?) (+2): The squad of characters were very cute and I ended up liking every single one of them by the end of the series! I especially liked Chrono and Rosette’s relationship, they are so cute.

Soundtrack (OP/ED) (+0.5): I enjoyed the opening theme and rarely skipped it.

Engagement (+1): There is little to no filler, but even if there was, I liked the characters so much that I didn’t mind, so it was pretty engaging.

Ending (+1): Uhm, yes, I liked the ending… More in the spoilers section.

Overall: 8

SPOILER SECTION
Characters (like/love?): EPISODE 18 DAMNIT. I WASN’T EXPECTING TO CRY?? I definitely wasn’t expecting such a romantic moment that becomes heartbreaking once you realize Chrono doesn’t keep his promise??? Satella definitely deserved more screen time imo so that we felt her death a little more.

Ending: OMG, the ending. It emotionally destroyed me. I’ve already fallen in love with the characters and now each of them die and we’re left to grieve with Azmaria, the baby of the squad T^T. LIKE WAT. It broke my heart… but I sorta liked it.

Spoilers for Cowboy Bebop:
This series was similar to Cowboy Bebop in which it makes you fall in love with the squad right before they drop off one by one. (It’s debatable whether or not Spike kicks the can at the end, though). Obviously, they are still very different series, but I got similar vibes.