Review of Big Order (TV)
Never before have I been so utterly befuddled at every solitary minute of an anime series. Even actions that I was able to justify with logical explanations were then turned by the series itself into nonsensical, self contradictory reasoning. Big Order goes out of its way to read the guide to solid storytelling upside down, without wearing glasses, and eating the lamp which is allowing it to see the words. There's no point going into minutia, we'd be here all day. Let's start with the story. Our main character, Whocares McProtagonist, gets blackmailed into announcing that he is trying to take over the world with thisorganization of superpowered beings. Yes, that is our start. Each of them has a unique ability given to them by a 'wish'. Usually the wish involved something causing them to think 'I want to survive', therefore the character's power is immortality. It seems to be a base desire in a stressful moment that allowed them to get out of it. Then there are other characters with robot unicorns who fire hyper beams that I REALLY want to know what wishes led to that, but who cares let's never explain backstories.
The first half is about this organization using McProtagonist to take over a city in Japan as their first conquest. The series sets up how the rest of the world hates them, how people CHEER in the streets at live executions of their family members. This entire plotline is abandoned halfway through when a villain shows up, which the series becomes about defeating with no real mentions of their main goal. NO points follow from one half to the other. They face no issues from being so detested and starting a war. Who needs consequences, right?
Next big point: our main character has the most broken power there has ever been. He can literally control reality itself by his own words in any area he has stepped. He can defy gravity, the most fundamental force in the universe. He can take control of the wills of the people around him. Yet whenever an action scene happens, he forgets he can do anything except... I don't even know, he just exerts forces outwards in palm thrusts I guess.
I don't even know where to go from there in all honesty, and that's fine, because the series doesn't know where it's going either, nor how much budget is left as it nears its end. Whoops, money gone!
Oh, I guess a giant rock golem shows up near halfway through as though this is normal, even though we've never seen anything remotely like it. But I didn't even care.
Big Order is a masterpiece of non sequitur nonsense. I'm impressed that it was even written considering the author must have been so distracted by the fact that the rest of their house was on fire. If you have a bunch of friends with you or can enjoy laughing at a building that is falling apart from the bottom up and spinning while it plummets toward the ground, then its spinning digs it deeper and deeper below the surface like a drill, I wholeheartedly recommend watching this series from beginning to end. In episode 3, you will know if you are in the Valhalla of terrible animes or not. This was one of the most enjoyable experiences I'd had in ages, and that wasn't because of anything the show was TRYING to do.
But if you want to watch something that's actually good, stay far away. Seriously. I only give 1's if there is nothing objectively redeemable. Even good music will earn at least a 2 since that meant someone tried and didn't simply play the same jazzy song over every action scene, even when it didn't match the tone at all.
That's all. Review done.