So Charlotte is over and I can now update my crazy ol’ rating scheme, which some of you may remember
Charlotte had pretty decent characters. I felt they were more interesting and fleshed out than Kanon, AIR and Clannad, but simply hold no bar compared to the others.
I quite liked the setting of Charlotte, what with the whole powers and everything, but I would have preferred it to have a more somber tone to it. Personal preference, I guess.
The theme of Charlotte is a bit hard to gauge for now, but I feel a lot of it has to do with one’s self. Following Yuu’s own development was, I feel, the most important part of the story as a whole, and I had a lot of insight on how it could apply to my own life.
The story of Charlotte is, well, meh. It lacked a direction and proper foreshadowing for many of the series, and a lot what happened converged to a single point: the promise to come home. Even that promise was pretty lackluster in terms of what happened, and I rate it as such.
Emotional Impact is Charlotte’s weakest point. I gained little to no emotional impact from this series, as a lot of the dramatic points were not given enough time to be savored, both before and during the scenes.
The music, however, makes up for a lot of things. The BGMs were absolutely great, and the How-Low-Hello and ZHIEND songs are sounding amazing so far. I can’t wait to get the full length albums! It ain’t no Rewrite, but it sure is damn good.
So yeah, that’s how I rate charlotte compared to other key series. By itself as an anime, I gave it a 3/5 on Hummingbird which, in my standards, means average.
