woensdag 8 juli 2020

(Good) BNA

Series in one sentence:
Furries are given their own city to rule that's arguably more violent than the human establishments they've fled from.


Series in more sentences:

A normal high schooler suddenly turns into a persecuted "beastman" and decides to take refuge in Japan's well-known beastman city. There she happens to meet a wolf private detective with a disdain for humans, and by tagging along, comes to discover more about him, the residents, and reason why she looks the way she does.



Cool character designs, cool moments, interesting concepts, just great, but a major complaint is how short it is. The characters and story interest me, but are minimally covered. I would've liked more scenes with these people together. What people? All of them.
The girl and the wolf are more or less a crime fighting duo, but at the same time, really aren't. They interact relatively little. Still, BNA manages to make their relationship feel genuine and that's an art.. I just don't know what to call their relationship. This is the case with pretty much every character in the show.

Some are really awkward or undeveloped. The girl's best friend is an example. She acts like a total stuck-up bitch all throughout the series, and I'm still not sure what made her change her ways. I didn't think her excuses for doing the things she did made any sense. You were vain and hostile because you had to keep certain things a secret? What?
And then there's this friend's "manager". I have no fucking clue what his deal was. Who was he? Why did he do the things he did? I thought he was going to be the main villain or something, but in the end, he was just some random pedofile with no important or relatable goals.

And then for the beastmen as a species that take refuge in this city claimed to be the most welcoming living space for them - a city where they excitedly fight and kill each other as to gain rank and respect.
So then, why are the humans the villains in the story? Why is it alright for beastmen to brutally murder other beastmen during a game of baseball, but are humans that kill or bully a beastman evil? To be scared and prejudiced is shit, but these are actual reasons to lash out. A game of baseball, something that's supposed to be fun and have rules, isn't.


The last fight scene was cheap as well. Here we have this godlike creature, super cool, and then out of nowhere, the previously defeated half-god defeats him without issue. And then the show ends, where the main character decides to stay a beastman a bit longer, as if the audience didn't already guess that would happen by her reluctance to turn back into a human pretty much right after she figured out how to.
I bet her school and parents are glad she's still out there for no reason.


But that's pretty much all I have to say. This is worth a watch and an expansion; though preferably to season 1. I don't know if I'd care for a second season with a whole new main conflict introduced.


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