Review of Fairy Gone

Honestly, I am not sure why that anime got such a low score. That show is not perfect, and it had some issues, but it really did not deserve the amount of hate and vitriol you find in the reviews here. My best guess is that it is a matter of expectations : the people leaving these reviews seemed to expect the show to be something it was not : a fast paced action shonen, or something like that. Maybe something either like Full Metal Alchemist or JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure. So they watched it, but instead they got a slow-paced and atmospheric steampunk Noir mystery, withmorally gray characters, a complex plot full of confusing politics and original worldbuilding, and a story that was about the scars that war can leave on people and society, and about the futility of revenge and the necessity to give it up and move on for the sake of protecting a fragile peace. So they hated it, because it was not what they wanted or expected from that show. And I liked it, because I love that stuff, but it is not something you normally find in anime. I would still recommend it though, if you want to watch something that it different from your standard battle shonen anime.