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To start, I loved the opening. The plot and story were strong and there used very nice and creative ways to introduce the characters and characterize them. Overall the opening had a lot of really nice cool stuff going for it from tension, to plot, to character design, to sound. However this anime really starts breaking down in of plot and plausibility as the show goes on. Somehow we turn from two teenage terrorist ideologues, who's goal we don't understand, committing bombings, too somehow the Americans and Japanese are bombing themselves in an attempt to flush out the terrorists by getting them to disarm ... the bombs. Yeah, my thoughts too, doesn't make sense. And their friend 5 feels like a cheap ploy to create a villain by just tossing a maniacal man in halfway through, although her and the absurd level of intelligence from that one detective become the only things pushing the plot forward. Overall has a lot of good qualities that every anime should strive for, but ends up feeling like smashed its own head into a pillar with some strange plot choices and lack of good villains. Solid 7

This manga is genuinely one of the biggest emotional heart wrenching stories that led me through highs and lows, excitement and depression, and introduced themes that were deep enough that when I tried to think about them in a real world context I had to reevaluate my worldview.
TBH watch the anime, check out the one volume it missed in the manga, then just read where it left off in the mid thirty chapters. This is a manga to read if you like well written characters, emotions and drama, suspense, and deep themes. In my opinion this manga is good enough to not just be ... one of the best manga out there, but is more impressionable then a lot of the conventional forms of entertainment I've seen such as books and American movies.
This of course might not be for everyone, but I'd recommend this to anyone looking to upgrade their weeb experience. Bear in mind that the drama takes time to develop, so it doesn't start getting shocking until the late 20s and 30s

Ya'll hate on this anime way too hard, sure it has some issues, but overall its pretty good and worth the watch.
There are two things that seem to bug watchers. First, the most glaring problem for most watchers is glimpsing the 10/10 master piece this show looked like it was shaping up to in the first 2-3 episodes, but then gets fumbled as the show continues, and 2nd is the lack of a Manga. 7/10 show

This is arguably the most important part that I care about and has a few pieces to it. This show is undeniably unique in special in the way it phenomenal ... way it handles the music and characters of Takt and Destiny, it is so good. And the character designs are really good. Music is a super big part of this show and it is quite masterfully woven into the show to both enhance and deepen the experience, in fact the music by itself is good enough to listen to on its own. The Characters of Takt and Destiny are also so detailed, relatable and deep, and both experience tangible change throughout the show. Also the character design of everyone in this anime is amazing, especially Destiny but everyone is quite unique and interesting.

However this anime lacks any sort of vision and that is the biggest downfall of this show. Its pretty obvious based off the terrible villains, weird pacing, and unknown direction of the show that there isn't a real vision here. Theres no manga to draw from so the publishers had to come up with it themselves and its quite obvious they don't quite know what they want despite the cool premise idea. What this translates into is awful villains that lack any depth or meaning, and honestly we don't even understand what they're trying to accomplish. The pacing is also so out of wack, the first 3 episodes have very fast engaging action style pacing like one would expect out of Psycho- or HunterxHunter, but then switchs up into a slice of life stand alone episode feel like Cowboy bebop then switchs again for the final arc. Its quite off putting. And finally, what the hell is this show even supposed to be? Its hard to decide if this was meant to be an episodic vibey trip across America, a succinct, fast paced epic quest to save the world, or the emotional and deep bid to save Takt and Destiny from their terrible fate and/or potentially bring Cossette back.

Then there's the 2nd point that a lot of people seem to have a problem with, the lack of a manga and corporate involvement in this anime. To be clear, very few people care that there isn't a manga, the problem is that its obvious the show was made by a company for the sole purpose of making money off the fans, the shows lack of vision coupled with amazing graphics and sound from big name companies doesn't help that either. To see a really good and entertaining example of what I'm talking about go read the comment by 'SingleH'
But to be honest, I could care less. Sure some companies invented a new anime out of thin air to make money, but hey, if a shows good its good. At the end of the day, most manga, and most things in this world were made for the sole purpose to benefit the creator. What matters to me is how much I enjoyed it.

Overall all, amazing anime in so many ways, but suffers from some quite glaring issues that are hard to overlook.
If anyone wants to know how or why I rated the show the way I did, I left my personal rating system at the bottom


Sound 1/1-
Soundtrack .5/.5: One of the major unique points of this show is how involved and amazing the music is. Its truly a feast for the ears that's good enough to listen to independently of the show.
Music use.5/.5: They know when and how to use the music to increase the experience and enhance it.

Editing .6/1-
Pacing .2/.5 : For the first 3 episodes the pacing is amazing and really helps to keep the watcher engaged and in suspense. However past episode 3 the pacing entirely switch to a slower slice of life pace until it switch again for the final arc. Definitely off-putting and one of the bigger problems this show had.
Production quality .4/.5: Not just the super bright and plain isekai style. Quite clean. Not as original as it could be

Plot .8/1-
Story arc .4/.5: The writers understand how to make a story arc, nothing too crazy.
Plausibility .4/.5: plausibility is not rationality. The show is plausible throughout and there's not any points in the show where a breach of the internal logic will jolt one out of the experience. There are a few times when I feel the characters are a bit dumb for failing to notice or do something. Biggest breach of this would be in the Orpheus battle scene when she lets Orpheus regenerate

Attraction .9/1-
Premise.5/.5: Entirely unique and decently interesting premise
Entertainment value .4/.5: I felt decently entertained throughout.

Theme 0.2/1-
Identity .1/5: Not necessary to make a great show, but its necessary to make a show a masterpiece.
Depth .1/.5: Theres no depth to any potential deeper meaning.

Characters .6/1-
Character Identity .3/.5: Disregarding all the side characters who are all varying degrees of mid-ness meant to just enhance the mains. Takt and Destiny have phenomenal character builds. The big downfall of this shows characters are the villains. There is literally nothing to these villains and its actually noticeable enough that it even bugs one while watching the show. We don't understand what the villains why the villains do what they do, there is an attempt made however, we don't really get the villains personality because there is little depth, and we don't even know what the villains are actually trying to accomplish.
Performance .4/.5: Both are quite relatable, grow, change, do people stuff and are quite good. The exception to this are the villains

Dialogue .7/1-
Storytelling .3/.5: This show does a pretty good job at having meaningful dialogue that contributes to the viewers understanding of the plot, world, and characters as opposed to some that just have useless stupid dialogue.
Context .4/.5: Everything fits in the world like its supposed to. What the characters say makes sense and sticks true to the world they live in.

Cinematography .9/1-
Shots .4/.5: This show makes good use of shots to create better action sequences and watchable pieces. Best example of this is the battle sequence in episode 3.
Creativeness .5/.5: The character outfits and design are top tier. The fact that anyone can call destiny waifu bait without sexualizing her means the designers get an A+ for this.

Directing .6/1 -
Vision .1/.5: Vision is what the directer or architect wants the audience to see in the show. And this is really the overall downfall of Takt op Destiny, nothing else in my opinion. Whoever made this show wasn't sure what they were trying to create. They had all the talent and resources needed to make this show excel, but weren't sure what it should look like. The sudden jarring switch between fast action pieces and a fast engaging pacing in the first 3 episodes to the sudden slow slice of life switch in the middle is clear evidence of that. What was this show even supposed to be? A Cowboy bebop style story that follows their trip across America? An action piece about saving the world? Or something else?
Execution .5/.5: Theres nothing wrong with the execution of the directing, its pretty good for what its trying to do.

Unique epic ness of the story .7/1-

Unique .5.5: No doubt about it

The it factor .2/.5: That unexplainable feeling that something is amazing and makes a thrill run up your spine that leaves you feeling emotions after watching it and makes one genuinely think about their own life.