Review of The Outcast Season 1

HUMOR - it has some funny slapstick moments, but they're added in awkwardly, totally disrupting the build-up of tension sometimes. I don't think this series is as bad as some people think, because I don't think it takes itself too seriously. I mean, Dumbledore and Snape show up in the second season randomly with no explanation. PLOT - the only interesting thing about the plot is wanting to find out about Houhou's past. They keep inventing random reasons to push back the reveal, ie that Soran has to be the next Tenshi. It's predictable though. CHARACTER - I did like the MC a bit inthe beginning, but it quickly devolved into him somehow being way trickier than everyone else and powering up suddenly, and everyone around him either despising him or remarking on how amazing he is. The same thing that happens in a lot of shows with good premises, like Darwin's Game and cough cough SAO. As for the other characters, what of them. Houhou is cool of course. It's pretty neat to see people underestimate her and then she's way stronger than the MC.

FIGHTS - They do have a tournament at one point (season 2) and throw some brand new randos together to fight without giving any of them a motive, other than to be wowed by the powers of the ones with a backstory.

ANIMATION - uhm ok this doesn't really have any redeeming qualities. The 3D animation was sometimes just so bad.

OVERALL - not bad as an anime to watch while I'm doing something else. I did keep watching to find out about Houhou, so it's at the very least compelling.