If you ask me if Barangay 143 is really good...
My answer is that as a telenovela, it's completely mediocre... [SPOILERS AHEAD] Child looking for his parent, his impending drama and rivalry with his half-brother, the revelation of who his dad is, the evil wife of his dad that's willing to get her hands dirty to protect the fake perfect image of her family, her son who is just so tired of everything and feels everything is wrong but can't also act against his parents-- it's like basic soap opera logic. I literally saw a car and said-- wow bitches really be dying and then they died in a car accident then and there. [SPOILERS END]
But as an anime, it's new because Anime doesn't really touch on Soap opera troupes that much. So this might be a little new in that respect. Its best points for me though is how well they make things Filipino with the subtle things. The way they design the houses, the school where Vicky studied, the softdrinks in plastic bags, the design of the beer bottles, the orange juice they called "bang" which is really just tang, the cemetery which everyone seems to go back to all the time, even the arrogant car of Wax is the "rich pinoy fuckboi car"--- it did a good job showing the subtle things. Really gotta give that one to the animation team
