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What starts as a wondeful ghibli-esqe show degenerates into Neon Genesis


Through the first half of the show, Xamd was amazing. Wonderful character design from the creators of Eureka 7, with many themes and aspects reminiscent of the great Ghibli films like Mononoke and Nausicaa. However, with the departure of Nakayami and Aki Yuki from the postal ship the show took a nose dive, and completely imploded within the last two episodes reminiscent more of the disaster that befell neon genesis evagenlion.

The fact is this show had too many characters, too many storylines, while having little detail and necessary background information on key aspects in the show. We get a few minutes of explanation in the second to last episode about major plot points. The conclusion of the show itself was as deus ex machina as it gets, and the epilogue was just shallow.

Honestly, one is better of watching Eureka 7, which is a little flawed as well but a much masterful work by bones, plus the sequel ties some lose ends from the first.

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My thoughts exactly, well said!

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