High-Rise Invasion

This anime is unexceptional in any way but is passable fare. Given the rules of this fantasy world, everything is consistent. The characters are engaging but somewhat shallow. Don't expect any backstory or explanation for why the characters find themselves in the situation that they find themselves. The pacing is consistent enough to keep you engaged but season one ends unsatisfactorily, just like it was just another episode with lots of action but little consistent direction. The music track is consistent with the anime quality which is a little lower than the Japanese norm. Still overall, a great time waster if there's nothing else on.... And the girls are cute. North Americans will be the most likely to find engagement as there a no plot challenges, requirements to think or reflect, and little drama, in spite of the carnage. Just good old fashioned action not requiring an explanation or reason for being.

The plot is quite interesting with a twisted battle-royale setup, however most of the main characters have very cringe behaviour, a few examples are: Explaining every detail in an action before doing it, girls acting weak and useless (your typical anime girl),very silly and irrational behaviour.

The random panty shots, are not too disturbing, however the characters always has to comment on it, which makes it very silly..

Like the headline states has a lot of potential the show overall plot and setup is good but it feels like they didn't know if they wanted to be a serious horror or a kids show honestly if they dial down the silly side of it then it could have been masterpiece but it was these elements that made a lot of scenes feel very cringey and overall took away the horror feel all together throughout the show. Overall I hope it ends up with a second season just hopefully they fix those issues when or if they get a second season.

The show is overall mostly enjoyable to watch. It has some action and the animation as well as the voice cast are okay.

The story and the power levels are rather inconsistent though. Characters go from overwhelmingly powerful to very weak within a matter of seconds at times which then conveniently pushes the story into the desired direction. So it doesn't feel natural.

Also the main character seems to be strangely unaffected by the aspect of having to murder people which then means I can't see her as person.

Anyway this anime is the kind you watch once, probably enjoy it for what it is and then you most likely will quickly forget it even existed.

The first 7-8 episodes felt like a video game tutorial. A lot of exposition and a lot of rules and world building. After that it transitions more towards character development and that is when the story gets going. This show is nothing special yet but it could become pretty good in the next couple of seasons. Worth a watch if you dont have anything else.