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Before I go on with my review about the season let me say this - I seriously ship Eiji and Ankh. The moments between them were extremely good and I'm grateful for them but they weren't enough of those beautiful moments imo.
Honestly one of my least favorite seasons. The character of Ankh is completely without substance and no clear motives. He's so random, and there was nothing that made me feel a connection between him and Eiji. Seriously even most secondary bromances have more substance and depth in Drive, and Build than W, than these two. And let's talk about the 'heroes' okay let me tell you it's not a good sign if when the 'heroes' team does something to bring down the 'bad guys' and you feel bad for the bad guys and absolutely nothing for the good guys team. Because there were some good friendships between the characters but even then someone would leave, or just weren't convincing enough and every relationship felt tepid.
I mean Eiji is definitely a character you can root for, but they set up this story to be some kind of Sam Winchester Dean Winchester showdown where Sam is possessed by Lucifer but to make the viewer care for such a showdown means both your characters need to make the kind of impact that would make me give a damn. Instead, we get Ankh, a barely developed, 'antihero' who never actually gives the impression that he gives a damn about Eiji so why in the world would I care about any of this! And in general, their interactions were pretty bland and generic for the most part.
So when Ankh goes and gets partially resurrected i felt nothing because they hadn't actually given me anything to take away. It's not like either of them was particularly caring about the other and even Eiji seemed less concerned for Ankh and more for the body he possessed ffs how the hell was I supposed to care. Literally only cared for the villains because at least they cared about each other, their love was more believable. And sure toward the end, by which i mean ep 45, I was emotional when they were both sacrificing but it didn't make up for the pointlessness that came before.
Honestly one of my least favorite seasons. The character of Ankh is completely without substance and no clear motives. He's so random, and there was nothing that made me feel a connection between him and Eiji. Seriously even most secondary bromances have more substance and depth in Drive, and Build than W, than these two. And let's talk about the 'heroes' okay let me tell you it's not a good sign if when the 'heroes' team does something to bring down the 'bad guys' and you feel bad for the bad guys and absolutely nothing for the good guys team. Because there were some good friendships between the characters but even then someone would leave, or just weren't convincing enough and every relationship felt tepid.
I mean Eiji is definitely a character you can root for, but they set up this story to be some kind of Sam Winchester Dean Winchester showdown where Sam is possessed by Lucifer but to make the viewer care for such a showdown means both your characters need to make the kind of impact that would make me give a damn. Instead, we get Ankh, a barely developed, 'antihero' who never actually gives the impression that he gives a damn about Eiji so why in the world would I care about any of this! And in general, their interactions were pretty bland and generic for the most part.
So when Ankh goes and gets partially resurrected i felt nothing because they hadn't actually given me anything to take away. It's not like either of them was particularly caring about the other and even Eiji seemed less concerned for Ankh and more for the body he possessed ffs how the hell was I supposed to care. Literally only cared for the villains because at least they cared about each other, their love was more believable. And sure toward the end, by which i mean ep 45, I was emotional when they were both sacrificing but it didn't make up for the pointlessness that came before.
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