I would prefer to give this 4.5 stars, but I'll round up. It loses half a star for the quality drop in animation around episode 19-20 where they implement CGI where they had not previously. (looking it up there were staff changes and the like in Perriot (studio) around that time and concern for budget of this project.)
As title states, having a 50-episode anime in essentially a single season
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I would prefer to give this 4.5 stars, but I'll round up. It loses half a star for the quality drop in animation around episode 19-20 where they implement CGI where they had not previously. (looking it up there were staff changes and the like in Perriot (studio) around that time and concern for budget of this project.)
As title states, having a 50-episode anime in essentially a single season format is unheard of for a modern production, plenty of time was given for a great deal of depth for character development. While some episodes are thrown the 'filler' label, such as a handful of recap episodes, they DO add to character development as the characters discuss said events and give feedback to them.
This was a pleasure to watch and I am glad I took up the recommendation from a comment I read from a simulcast anime this season. I watched this in 3 binge sessions, the first 15, then to 30, then to the end. I had initially planned on going all the way from 16 forward, but I'll add a tid-bit in spoiler why I did not, as it may be too spoiler for some likes.
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I had to stop and take a full break and go to sleep after watching episode 30, it was a heart shattering hit to the feels, thankfully I did as if I had gone to 31 against my better judgement immediately, I may have slept for a few days strait.
On another note, the intro/outro change several times during the series, you can think of them as what would be conventional 'season markers' and essentially turning points in the story to warrant the change. One particular intro hit the feels for me really hard, while I do not know more than 20 words in Japanese, simply listening to the performance of the song even without understanding the lyrics hits the feels HARD for me, that's just how well they did with their performance. The intro corresponding visual content along with the story context really added up to make quite the impact, that said be sure to watch every intro/outro at very least once, the majority of the performances are excellent.
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