Me watching: Darling in the Franxx
Darling in the Franxx (ダーリン・イン・ザ・フランキ ) is something that only those crazy perverts at TRIGGER could come up with.
Darling in the Franxx is sexual and relationship teaching for nerds, masked as a mecha series. And it’s wonderful.
It will give you some good laughs, some facepalms (how pervert are you, TRIGGER guys?!? 😂😂), great fighting scenes, one of the most beautiful characters ever -ZeroTwo-, some real dialogues between characters that actually have a sense (mixed with, of course, some of the classic “unspoken” typical of anime), amazing opening songs, and one of the biggest (though a bit rushed) plot twists ever.
Is it one of the best anime out there? There are definitely other ones to watch first, like Gurren Lagann, but it’s worth it.
Would I watch it again? Probably not to the end, but definitely the first half.
Am I sad that it’s over? Yes.
Do I wish the serie was longer and see more of the future of all characters? Definitely.
Will I miss it? Yes, but it will pass over time.
What’s hard to explain is that, from a purely technical (aseptic/critic/) point of view it’s not a great series, but the heart loves it: how’s that?
Here’s how they did it: Darling in the FRANXX first makes you fall in love with the characters through some “comedy” episodes early in the series, posing key questions (what happened to humanity? Etc.), all of this before let’s say episode 10, and then, once you are completely “on the hook”, it’s free to do what they want with the characters and the plot and you’ll still keep watching.
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