First Impressions: Karneval

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Manga Adaptation by Manglobe
Simulcast pending on Funimation

Marlin’s Verdict: What happened again?

Seriously, I know there’s the saying, “Show, don’t tell.”, but jeez would it have killed them to explain anything beforehand? We start out with some dude and his everyday life as a comfort slave, only to have the some dude bust in and rescue him for no explained reason and then get chased by the inexplicably demonic woman that was previously going to rape the first dude. It reminds me when that singer decided to make a manga in Bakuman and it was super hyped but then it turned out to be a gigantic pile of nonsense. Things just do not get any better from there and to save me some time I’m just going to tell you to not watch it and go on my merry way.

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Iro’s Verdict: zzzzzzzzz

This show literally put me to sleep. What bit I managed to catch was a bunch of stuff happening with no rhyme or reason.

Lifesong’s Verdict: Why Are Any Of These Things Happening?

Pretty boys? Check. Random shit going on? Check. Awesome hats? Check. Entirely Unexplaned Magical Powers? Check. Character motivation? Nope. Basically stuff happens, stuff blows up, people are in factions we know nothing about and two pretty boys become friends. My feelings for this anime are almost entirely neutral. Episode one just didn’t tell us anything of value.

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