Review of Dies irae

This anime makes absolutely no sense. Random events without phasing are interwoven with random monologues that sound like deep philosophical musings that in reality have the depth of a puddle and lead to absolutely nothing. Even the MC says a few times that he "doesn't know what's going on" - I didn't think I could be so unanimous with him. I don't consider myself the king of intellectuals, but I'm not an idiot either. And here the authors are clearly counting on the latter. Generally, everything that does not come down to a fight scene is considered unnecessary and they simply skip a few scenesjust so that there will be a fight. The animation is as stiff as at an alcohol-free wedding. In contrast, the drawing has nothing to be ashamed of. The monologues make no sense here and their only goal is to be as... edgy as possible. It's heartbreaking that the music is so atmospheric here, because it is completely wasted as a backing for completely uninteresting and shallow scenes. The anime looks and sounds like a very cheap 3,000-word fanfic written by a fourteen-year-old with the adolescent syndrome. The invented names and titles taken from history, mythology, famous books and occult pastes were supposed to sound "cool" but in reality they simply expose it all to ridicule (Zarathustra and Mephistopheles in German uniforms made my psyche a little weak). In addition, someone thought it would be a great idea to intersperse it with loose Ecchi scenes that fit here like a fist to the nose. Until episode 6, it is not really clear what this is all about. Later on, it does not get much better, but I started to catch on that the characters sometimes had flashes of genius and instead of spouting pseudo-philosophical drivel, they simply showed their backstories and presented their motives and goals (which is an absolute rarity here!). Boredom follows boredom and the subsequent fights do nothing but irritate the viewer even more. The only interesting episode is episode 11 because it doesn't cause any embarrassment in the viewer (which is something new after watching the previous ten). To sum up: It was supposed to be philosophical, cool, edgy, German, bloody, occult and dark - but it came out boring, embarrassing and without any sense. Blatant logical errors, caricaturally mutilated lines in German, lack of phasing and a complete lack of explanation of anything make it all simply terribly difficult to watch. The only thing that somehow raises this rating is the drawing, music and max 2 stories of secondary characters that were even interesting. Unfortunately, I can't recommend this anime.