Review of She, The Ultimate Weapon

An incredible anime, and one that has an intensity that completely took me by surprise the first time I watched it. However there needs to be a warning when you’re going to watch this anime, and that is: Don’t watch it if you’re sensitive to depressions. It’s one of the emotionally heaviest animes that I’ve ever seen. Alright, the scores and the breakdowns: Story: 9 SaiKano has an incredibly story, extraordinarily intense and superbly written. The depth that the story presents to us goes well beyond that of many anime that are presented to us. In terms of depth it falls just short of the manga, which goes abit deeper into the story and fills in the few gaps that are left in the plot of the anime.
The transition from manga to anime was very well executed and one of the best I've seen so far. The impact of the story remains in great detail and the interactions between the characters and the desperation of them is almost perfectly represented.
The only reason why it got a 9, is because they left out a few points that were better explored in the manga.

Art: 9
The art is stunning and vibrant, and really well used to show the emotions of the characters and their situations. The anime also strikes a good balance between the visuals and the story, neither putting an emphasis on either of them and combining them into a whole.
A well deserved 9 here.

Sound: 7
The sound fits pretty well with the anime and doesn't take an overtone in it. The effects were few and not well expressed, it could have been put to better use. The makers could actually take a good lesson from Texhnolize in the way of sound since they blended it very well in that anime, and I felt that in the subject of sound SaiKano was slightly lacking. A 7 for that.

Characters: 10
Character development and character interaction is where this anime shines in the most. It's extreme in every way, from the interactions of love, anger, desperation, depression and loss, every one of them was presented in a realistic manner and with a great impact.
Background stories are well explored and things that are left out of those stories feel like they are left out for a reason and aren't really missed in the whole sense of the story.
An extreme amount of care for the characters and their place in the story gets this a perfect score.

Enjoyment: 10
Eventhough this anime gives you an extreme hit on your emotions and can drive you into a depression, the story and the great execution of it, the loveable characters and the extreme depth gave me great enjoyment, and as it stands now, I've watched it over 10 times.

Overall: 10
A fantastic story, great characters and everything I've said up till now make me practically unable to stop praising this anime. I don't have enough words to say how great I feel this anime is.

People would have to see for themselves how well this anime is made and presented, although the heavy emotions that this anime can create in people can put some people off. The extremes that this anime presents and the heavy choices presented to the characters and the high amounts of empathy that the characters evoke can have a resounding effect on the viewer making this anime hard to watch at times.

So see for yourself and let yourself be surprised, this anime is well worth it.

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