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Finished it. B: The Beginning thoughts. No story spoilers, just structure stuff. I'll put it behind black bars anyways for people who want to go in completely blind. I do highly recommend it, to put that out there. It's a very clean second place behind Devilman for me this season, so 2 for 2 so far, Netflix. Now I get to look forward to marthoning another show next friday. Who needs a social life.

What they didn't tell us ahead of time was that this wasn't the whole thing. B: The Beginning is without a doubt just season 1 of 2, with B: The End likely being the next. Netflix autoplay does it's best to hide the post credits stinger, lol.

Whether that's something they're already working on or far off is unknown, and as such the show isn't perfect so far on it own. One of the main plots does wrap up entirely and has a satisfying run through, but the other half of the plot has clearly just hit the midway point.

The show is visually impressive throughout, though it does lead with it's best foot forward. Sountrack, directing, and voice work (for the dub) are top. Fights are infrequent and short, but damn do they look nice. The real meat though is the criminal drama side of the story, which is the more fleshed out side of this first half.

The only real issue is that the show is a little too packed. The amount of content feels like it would be more comfortable in about 18 episodes rather than 12, and as a result the extended cast has the issue of being great but needing more screen time. Hopefully the second season fixes that. I also foresee it fixing the lack of world establishment. The setting of B is very intriguing but isn't fleshed out a ton, so you know how this society functions but it isn't explored.

While these issues are obvious they don't actually detract all that much, at the end of the day it's just a good watch on all fronts. I wouldn't say you should wait for the second season to drop before watching.
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