Review of Full Metal Panic!

I, um... I'm going to stop writing reviews for a while after this one because honestly, this series was hard for me. Nothing about it stood out and more often than not I expected the MC to yell "KAGOME!!" in place of the lead female's actual name. I can't suggest this series to anyone who wants to be entertained. The story is about a 16-year-old girl in Japan who falls into a well and discovers she's been transported back in time to the feudal era where apparently demons existed but don't in the modern era. She discovers a demon named Inuyasha bound to a treeby an arrow and fre- Oh, what? That's a different series? Then what the Hell is this?

Full Metal Panic follows Sousuke Sagara (Who I will now rename Soggy Sausage), a member of a "top-secret" military organization that everyone with a laptop and a wifi connection knows about. He is sent to protect the token tsundere from some mean enemy military people because she's the key to a weapon they already have in their possession and their leader has the same power as her and is military-trained making the whole thing rather pointless WHY ARE THESE PEOPLE SO STUPID?

If you expected me to review this series' characters (the military personnel in particular) as good, you were hopeful. Unfortunately, I had to suffer through 24 episodes of someone who somehow functions well enough in a strict military structure to rise through the ranks, but can't figure out why stalking someone in broad daylight is a problem. Oh, and the tsudere starlet doesn't help since her reactions are what you would get from someone with Borderline Personality Disorder and not a rational, reasonable-minded person.

What side characters? Oh, you mean those walking tropes almost every other series has? Those forgettable members of the cast that if they died and were replaced with a plank of wood you wouldn't notice? Yeah, even the villain exists to just be there. The climatic final fight scene is... Boring. I've watched mecha anime like Bokurano, Code Geass, and even Gurren Lagann and the first one despite the slowness of how the damned thing moved was more entertaining that whatever FMP was trying to do.

The music isn't there. I don't remember it and looking on youtube just doesn't strike me as a fruitful endeavor. The opening just feels out of place or maybe because the entire thing is a mess it just doesn't work. Nothing about the characters, the story, or the art draws you in and it's unfortunate because the art is similar to that of Escaflowne (Probably a product of the industry at the time). Nothing about this series is meant to appeal to anyone but a crowd of hiveminded persons who consider Inuyasha a masterpiece.

If you're still curious, go watch Blood+. At least you'll find something to enjoy there.