My first impression is going into this anime I was expecting to finally get a good horror anime with the right amount of creepy to give you a chilling but thrilling experience all at once since its been probably a decade last time we had some that were deserving of the genre. Like Higurashi and Shiki to mention some of the most notable which gives justice to the horror genre it deserves. Sadly Angels of Death fell flat on its face after giving us somewhat of a promising first episode. Deeper into the story it convoluted into something terrible and spat all over the horror genre and should not by logical means even be called horror because it was a yawnfest and never once did get scared or had an intense moment while watching this sorry excuse of an anime. To put it very simply it was a waste of space in the Summer of 2018 when it was airing back then. StoryIt centers around a girl Rachel Gardner who for unknown reasons are in this abandoned asylum. She wakes up there not able to remember anything and finds her self eye to eye with a mass serial killer. Something triggers in her as she goes through some messed up experience in the first episode to make her regain a portion of her memories. Now she is suddenly willing to die but the serial killer Zach only kills people who are in utter despair and those who tense up in the moment of death which leads to Zach refusing to kill her. Being completely oblivious he finds himself needing her help to get out of this asylum they team up and move on. Zach promises to kill her once they can escape from the place. The asylum has all kind of insane people and everyone for what weird reasons want Rachel whether it is out of some twisted form of love or something less messed up but not by much. The story is mainly to get out of the asylum and have Rachel killed her wish fulfilled once they do so to say. This anime tries too hard to make points but fails too hard. It lacks balance and things feel random and just an excuse to move on. The only saving factor is the combo between Rachel and Zach with to some extent is possible to find entertaining. There are some arcs which I did enjoy but not entirely. However unfortunately that alone was not enough for me. Sound The soundtrack is okay and nothing groundbreaking but not bad either it gets the job done as much you can for this anime in this case. The only memorable part for me was the ending song which I enjoyed listening. Besides that no OST stood out too much. The voice on the other hand was good for Zach I mean. It fit his character but his laugh got very annoying further in the anime you come. Rachels was annoying for other reasons I am sure you can imagine why. Art and AnimationAs for art its nice and I do like it to an extent. The character design of Zach looks interesting while Rachel I wont deny does look cute and from my understanding there were not too many moments where the art seemed too off. It got the job done just like the soundtrack. No major annoyance comes to mind. Lastly the animation was not bad when it mattered you could see the studio putting some form of effort. All said and done as you might expect it was not stellar and it mostly used still frames when it could. CharactersBeing one of my favorite aspects to any literature or media it didnt satisfy me for this anime. Beside Rachel or Zach there was no other character that I enjoyed or wanted to see more. They just became a pain as they arc went on and didnt add much to my enjoyment at all. For the most part they were quite dull and boring. The main combo also started to annoy me further down the road for more many reasons the most annoying was Rachel continually saying how she wants to die and so forth. While everyone got the backstory and proper characterization it didnt mean much when the character themselves was not so interesting or entertaining. Zach could possible save this anime to some extent but the menacing and scary vibe he had going for him was gone by the 2nd episode if not before. In the end he became comedic and I couldnt take him as serious. Every action he took just made me giggle or cringe from how stupid it was and so on. ConclusionIf you got time on your hand then please dont sit down and watch this anime. Its not worth it and although this is my opinion I still believe it be very accurate. If you want horror anime then this wont satisfy you and likewise with the mystery genre. However if you are having trouble sleeping then this might be good medicine for that. I did almost fall asleep once or more times than I can count while watching it. This anime was without a doubt one of the most disappointing anime of 2018. Overall ScoresStory: 1/10 Characters: 3/10 Art: 5/10 Enjoyment: 2/10 Overall: 2.75/10
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