Waxin’ Lyrical

So I just finished this, and the first thing that came to mind was how unnecessarily long it is.

The series has a great core story. The last 3 episodes kept me on the edge of my seat.

The problem is, those were the only 3 episodes that did that.

The rest of the episodes were about unrelated people doing unrelated things to other unrelated people.
All the “main” characters did in those episodes were walk around (unnecessarily) and … ask about what the unrelated people did.
Watching people take revenge on other people was novel… for about 3 episodes.
Watching a show that was always bitter-sweet was good… until the same message repeated itself for the 3rd time.

Ai needed more screen time (and no, I don’t mean the screen time where she comes out and does more of the same and sends people to hell.)
Her sidekicks needed more screen time (and no, I don’t mean the screen time where they come out and do more of the same and send people to hell.)

This might’ve very well been 12 episodes, with a lot of the unrelated revenge taken out, and it’d have gone from a decent series to an excellent one.

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