[DreamSword]

Episode 12: Judgment Day

Blassreiter really only succeeded in shooting itself in the foot by now.

By telling the viewer to not get attached to anything and that cynicism and nihilism are the way, guess what? I end up not caring about anyone or anything involved.

This is a season finale that, in a better written show, would certainly carry alot of emotional weight and impact, being one where nearly every character meets their end in a dramatic way.

But unfortunately, the cast is full of characters we know basically nothing about, the few characters who did have arcs have long since been shoo'd out of the show by now, and anything else done up until now just falls flat because all leading to... not even a resolution really. It just kinda stops dead. Literally.

Even the stuff with Brad and Lina, two characters that I was actually kinda growing to, doesn't hold as much impact as it easily could've because their entire relationship is explained away in one quick scene, swiftly followed by death. In other words, it was a huge waste of time making me wonder why they even bothered. With Gerd I was furious. Here I'm just numb to it.

In the end, the only survivors are Joseph, Malek, and Amanda, meaning that everything in this show I actually gave a crap about is now gone. And the only thing about this episode in particular that I was even remotely interesting was seeing Beatrice's' Amalgam form. Will the second half/season fair any better? Since they seem to be starting with a clean slate, it's certainly possible, but I highly doubt it.