A rather big disappointment that I would argue is just as bad as Index III. As far as the story is concerned if Im going to be freak the story here is rather convoluted as it goes from being a forced internal power conflict revolving around Academy Citys darkside and Antiskill into a really bizarre and boring story about some guy in a necromancers family who basically wants to use the memories of the Misaka sisters to create a golem. Speaking of necromancers the new characters introduced for this show are hardly anything to write home about. Most of them have hardly any real characterization and feel rather forced onto the story to help it progress. This is also the fault of the writing as a lot of times the show kind of has characters standing around to create forced melodrama. The only group of characters I honestly had an interest in was the Scavenger Group who had some interesting abilities going for them and Accelerator himself Funnily enough this group would later show up in Railgun in a much more significant role than in this show. Speaking of which Accelerator surprisingly doesnt even get that much screentime in this show especially as it too focused on Esther and the other side characters that I frankly could have cared less about. Animationwise its pretty underwhelming as the character animation feels rather clunky and rough around the edges. Often I genuinely felt like I was looking at moving manga panels drawn onto the screen. It also doesnt help that this show loves to use CGI for all of its robots and it honestly looks like doodoo butter. Audiowise the music is fine I suppose. However it never reaches the heights of the excellent soundtrack quality in either Index or Railgun. However the sound mixing is kind of bad. There were many instances where some soundwave or explosive sound effect sounded like it was bassboosted too much or something like that. It also doesnt help that literal punches sound like bricks being hit at a wall. Ultimately this show was quite honestly a very underwhelming experience and I now know why I had put it on hold for months after watching a mere three episodes. The only real excuse as to why this show or the manga for the matter even exists is for people who want more Toaru content to consume after finishing the anime adaptations for Index or Railgun. However I honestly think it fails to even remotely reach the levels of quality and enjoyment that you can find in even Index I which I dont even think is that good to begin with. If anything else if you want more Toaru content then just go read the Index light novels or even the Railgun manga for the matter. Thank you for reading this This is actually my first time providing a review on Anilist. I had originally planned on putting this into the notes of my list but figured that I had written enough to prompt myself to publish this as a review. Anyhow if you enjoyed this review and want to check out my notes on other shows then check out my Anilist
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