Dusk Beyond the End of the World

Marinate1016★ 5

Towa No Yugure has to be one of the most disappointing shows I’ve seen in a while. This show had all timer potential after episode 1 and instead of fleshing out an interesting post-apocalyptic setting, PA works decided to waste multiple episodes on random incest side ships, introducing side characters who added nothing to the story and using one of the main characters as an emotional/romantic punching bag. Yea there’s some cool concepts, fights and twists here, but there’s way too much wasted potential and filler to call this show anything but a disappointment. It’s an absolute shame because it looks great and has somevery pretty character designs, but the story just didn’t live up to what it could’ve been. First couple episodes are amazing. Action packed, cool twist, interesting post apocalyptic world where concepts like marriage are totally different and humanity has adapted to a world without many of the modern conveniences we’re used to. The MC is on a quest to find out what happened to his GF/adopted sister(cause Japan) and the fights look amazing. Then it proceeds to go absolutely nowhere for like 4 episodes, has a couple solid episodes, does nothing for 3 more episodes and then drops some crazy lore in 2 of the last 3 episodes before the mediocre ending. It’s like this was written as a 24+ episode show with how much inconsequential stuff is jammed in here. If this were a long running show, I’d have no issue with some of this stuff, but it’s only 12 episodes. That means every episode needs to be advancing the plot or at least laying the groundwork for something that’ll be relevant later. Why did we need two episodes on the incestuous mob siblings who wanted to earn their dad’s acceptance? No one wants to see that and it just sucks. Then don’t even get me started on how they shafted my girl Amoru in this. Look, if you’re not gonna use her as a love interest that’s cool. She could’ve been the adorable little sister, but to play with my girl’s feelings and neglect her the way this show did pissed me off. She was my favorite character and just got done horribly. Oh yea and that timeskip twist in the second to last episode, why? I really have no idea who was in the writing room for this show, but they did NOT cook. The only people who deserve praise for this show are the character designers and animators. Like I said, production values are the saving grace here. It’s one of PA works’ best looking shows. The animation and designs are great. OP and ED are bops too. Mess of a show, wasted potential. Not even going to waste much time on this. Really hurts because I was so hype after that premiere and this just fizzled out. Towa no Yugure gets 5 out of 10.

Osamu2497★ 5

Well... Watched the whole thing. Episode 0 and the first two episodes were quite interesting. Then is was downhill from there. Not terrible, but just the twist was pretty lackluster, and the action in the first episode was better than anything else that happened afterwards. The characters? Like them at first but then I realised that all their problems could've been solved if they just communicated? Like seriously, this show is just a ton of lying by omission for no real reason. The action in the first episode is the best part. But once you reach about episode 5 or 6 ya kind of startwondering where things are going, and it isn't for the better. By the ending few episodes you kind of wonder what even the point of this show was? Was it love between machines and humans? Finding towasa? Akira not being able to make decisions? Who knows. It's not the worst anime I've watched, but I was just left unsatisfied and confused most of the time.