BEM

It has such a throwback feel that I didn't know it was made so recently. Well done stuff.

The show starts off with a few strong episodes, but eventually has a "been-there-done-that" feeling to it. Inhuman monsters masquerade as humans while fighting off threats to their city, and in their daily lives, contemplate and explore their relationships to the mortals they live among and protect. Some are eager to live among humans, while others feel more conflicted. I personally found this premise interesting, and it hooked me early on.

Unfortunately, as the show continues, it loses a lot of its character, and feels a lot more banal as the focus moves away from the main trio's attempts to lead normal lives. Instead, the central conflict turns out to be about a shadowy cabal controlling the city. In principle, this shift could've been fine, but in my opinion, it doesn't do enough to distinguish itself from the 5079 other animes about a corrupt city run by Bad Guys, Inc. And the importance of coming together.

If you'd asked me to rate this show after about the first 5 episodes or so, it'd probably have been a 7 or 8. As is, I'm disappointed that it gradually declines over its run.

I am looking forward for another season 🖤 It's really good for people who want to watch anime for the first time 🖤🖤🖤🖤

Let's start with the really terrible theme music at the start. For me it doesn't fit with this vibe or the characters except if you think of the Bem guy and his old outfit. It's really annoying. As for the story it's okay to say it wasn't overly impressive cause it lacked any backstory for all the characters and you j on boy get two characters history and one is really brief while the other is an overall broad strokes deal. Nothing in depth and all the characters have the same lackluster emotional depth to fit their existence. I suppose if you can't taste anything or die everything sucks. I'm disappointed there wasn't more than just repeated stories and simply adding in different bad guys. What I hated the most is the bad guy themes and how ridiculous they were. I mean if this were an 80s or 90s cheesy movie then it fits. Anyways the ending was okay but you will be unsatisfied with the outcome. I suppose they intended it to be a cliffhanger somehow but it could just be the end also and it's up to you to imagine what happens and have none of your questions answered. Maybe a season two will come out in 5 to 10 years like most other anime's. Considering this was made in 2019 and has an older look to it, (possibly for artistic reasons)I doubt it's popular enough to be considered worth the time and money to make more episodes. But I'm this stupid genre or type of entertainment called anime's these shows can't take several years to get green lit. I'm not holding out hope and frankly it won't. Other me if I don't get more. There's plenty more shows that I'm rooting for out of the hundreds available.