I didn't hate this show. It started out FANTASTIC and stayed fantastic for a very long time. It started off relying on suspense and psychological horror which couldn't be more effective. The story and characters were also really well-done and in-depth, and it didn't take itself too seriously.
However, the reason I gave it 7 stars is because that was only for the first 3/4 of the show, and the last 1/4 is when there were some pretty big problems.
Near the end of the show, the main character changed from his timid, merciful personality to more of a warlord. While I like development and changes in characters, that was a little too much, I would've liked to stay the way he was instead. And before that they didn't really keep the established character he was supposed to be. Also, the aforementioned psychological horror changed to just action instead and a very anticlimactic apocalypse plot.
However, by episode 22, I was just plain mad. Episode 22 COMPLETELY messed up the character development, killed off literally every character you've come to know and love, and made the main character borderline despised (not to give any spoilers). The killing off of other characters quickly changed from emotional to just downright excessive. There were so many reasons to avoid killing off those 4 characters, so many other, much better ways for what should happen. But instead, that happened, and it made me really mad.
From then on, the whole show kind of went downhill. The ending was somewhat satisfying, but not very satisfying because it still already ruined the established characters and story line. The OVA at the end didn't fix any problems, and kind of instead made all new ones.
However, it wasn't the anime's fault, it was completely faithful to it's source material. But even so, the creator should've known to be consistent and not kill off so many characters.
All in all, it wasn't a bad show, but it was so close to being a perfect show. It started off great, got better around the middle, but then got bad near the end. It would've been one of my favorite anime if it didn't have so many mistakes in the rest of the plot.
However, the reason I gave it 7 stars is because that was only for the first 3/4 of the show, and the last 1/4 is when there were some pretty big problems.
Near the end of the show, the main character changed from his timid, merciful personality to more of a warlord. While I like development and changes in characters, that was a little too much, I would've liked to stay the way he was instead. And before that they didn't really keep the established character he was supposed to be. Also, the aforementioned psychological horror changed to just action instead and a very anticlimactic apocalypse plot.
However, by episode 22, I was just plain mad. Episode 22 COMPLETELY messed up the character development, killed off literally every character you've come to know and love, and made the main character borderline despised (not to give any spoilers). The killing off of other characters quickly changed from emotional to just downright excessive. There were so many reasons to avoid killing off those 4 characters, so many other, much better ways for what should happen. But instead, that happened, and it made me really mad.
From then on, the whole show kind of went downhill. The ending was somewhat satisfying, but not very satisfying because it still already ruined the established characters and story line. The OVA at the end didn't fix any problems, and kind of instead made all new ones.
However, it wasn't the anime's fault, it was completely faithful to it's source material. But even so, the creator should've known to be consistent and not kill off so many characters.
All in all, it wasn't a bad show, but it was so close to being a perfect show. It started off great, got better around the middle, but then got bad near the end. It would've been one of my favorite anime if it didn't have so many mistakes in the rest of the plot.