[DreamSword]

Just got done binging it all, and I'll be up front here: I came out not liking it much.

Without getting into too much detail, there were alot of concepts throughout that I liked, but the execution left alot to be desired.

For example, I did like how it drew little bits out of both the original Black the TV show as well as its manga counterpart, but alot of the ways they're incorporated just kinda feel random and off-tone.

Combine that with some rather inconsistent characterization and the plot totally losing me by the last bit of episode five and I really couldn't tell what the overall point being made was if there even was one. I haven't seen Amazonz yet, but if it's anything like Black Sun then it very much won't be for me.

Overall though, I think that the biggest disappointment for me was that the previews had me thinking that this was going to be a very personal story of the duality and rivalry between Kotaro and Nobuhiko, and it very much is not. That aspect plays very little into the overall story much less the two as characters. Aoi is the main character of the show through and through and the plot very much focuses on politics, whether you like it or not.

"Did You See the Sunrise?" is a great song though.

But yeah, in the end, I feel like Zero-One did alot of this stuff alot better.