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238. Angels of Death
https://myanimelist.net/anime/35994/Satsuriku_no_Tenshi
Summer 2018 (16 episodes)
My Score: 2/10, MAL Score: 6.95/10
Best Character: Rachel Gardner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVlyghaNP_g

Premise: Rachel Gardener wakes in an underground complex with no idea how she got there. All she knows is that she wants to die, so she teams up with a psychopath named Isaac Foster who promises to kill her if she helps him escape the building.

The Good: This started with an eerie atmosphere, a compelling mystery with the underground complex, and the characters had a unique dynamic.

The Bad: Rachel Gardner is one of the most boring, low-energy, uninteresting characters I have ever encountered. Thats fine early on when shes depressed, but youd expect her to develop. Instead, she sounded bored for the entire runtime. Isaac had personality, at least, but his constant yelling was grating in a different way. The side characters also fell to one of the two extremes, either sounding almost as bored as Rachel or cackling even harder than Isaac. Regarding the plot, half of the runtime was Rachel and Isaac having the same conversation about her wanting to die and him wanting to kill her but he cant yet. Most of the rest was a faithful recreation of escape room puzzles, the kind where youre stuck somewhere and slowly examine the various items to find a way out. Those are fun to play but excruciating to watch.

Overall: Angels of Death had sixteen episodes, and thats what makes me the angriest about it. There are plenty of 12-episode anime that couldve used a few extra for pacing or to spend more time with the characters. Instead, its this repetitive slog that gets sixteen episodes.