Review of Texhnolyze

A masterpiece that made me feel joyful and devastated simultaneously, especially at the end. Never have I seen anything end this way. Stunning...and by that I mean, literally stunned. No, it's not an anime for everyone, thank God; if it were it wouldn't be itself. Texhnolyze is devastating, hardening, gruesomely realistic, gritty (including the animation). It surpasses thought provoking and reaches thought-torturing. It is absolutely beautiful. The episodes are slow. Hell, the first episode in and I was already looking for reviews that dissed it, and believe me, they exist. There are plenty of pretty well written posts on why Texhnolyze is pointless and boring.Most of them say it's painful to watch, stupid, needlessly dystopian. And yeah, I can see where people would see it that way.

I had my doubts while watching the series as well. One episode would be great, one would be dry and I'd pause it a million times to look up more interesting facts, like who the voice actors were (most of whom apparently only participated in a handful of other animes, and some who only worked on Texh). But in the end, it pulls through.

It's not that it ends very differently than you may suspect; that might be why it is so powerful (at least to me). Texhnolyze doesn't focus on surprises or exciting plot twists because people are surprising and twisted enough on their own.

Absolutely sickening and gorgeously raw, so beautiful and so ugly and so, so human. Not for the faint of heart, but if you have one, you might just love it.