I'll refrain from saying anything specific. But what I really liked about this series is how creative, "unformulatic" and surprising it is. Typicially watching series these days I easilly catch "filler" patterns that will go on for the full series except perhaps the first and last episode per season. Charlotte also plays with such patterns, but then abruptly without warning change things up to something highly new and surprising. Just when I thought I had this series all figured out and could predict how it would proceed for the rest of the season, my idea was shattered, and always kept me on the edge of my seat.All in all. Great series!

It could have been incredible but it ended up being one of the worst anime I ever watched. In fact, there are ~2 episodes that are cool, and the rest is just a waste of time.Obviously one or two of the directors had some really cool ideas, and the rest just ruined the show. I strongly suggest not wasting your time.

I would 100% recomand Charlotte. But please watch episode 14 after episode 4 or 5 that way you are sticking with the flow. Also the ending music is very touching and beautiful. In my review I might spoil a lot of the show so in my opinion please go watch the show before you continue read.Okay now that I have got that out of the way, I truly cannot express my love for this anime. I can't believe I actually doubted this when I first saw the poster. I have to admit there are a few moments which can get very childish and annoying like Yusa singing songs as her powers and Ayumi getting over hyper. But does that mean the show can't be serious or dark? No! Watch episode 6 when a girl tries to kill Yu's sister Ayumi with a pocket knife which cause Ayumi to have a power surge and the build collapses which puts her to her death and Yu to get injured. In the next episode Yu goes into depression to the point where he cuts him self off from his friends and too the state where becomes a thug and starts killing people and going crazy. But lucky Tomari stops him from entering that path. In later episodes it gets more darker like in episode 11 Yu's eye gets bursted and Koragami (the person who help find ability wilders) meets his fate by having two massive metal screws (or what ever they are called) stabbed into him which cause Yu's older brother to lose hope. Another example of a dark episode is when Tomari's brother becomes a dangerous person because of the scientists. Which have me a nightmare the day when I watch the episode.Oh wait in the 9th episode we are introduced to Yu and Ayumi older brother who had been gone from there memories for few years. Yu regains his memories but not Ayumi. However episode 14 (OVA), 4, 1 and 2 were very childish and annoying. But episode 10 and 13 are easily the best episodes of the series. Even though I wish the person who helped Yu and Tomari's brother was mentioned again. Even though there have been references to Angels Beast in some of the reviews I might put that on my watchlist and this anime felt more like X-Men without Wolverine or Professor Xavier and even gives me vibes from Smallville at times. Overall must watch.

This is the same people who made "Angel Beats!". I heard good things about this since it aired but it was in my long list of shows that I plan to watch eventually, the reason I ended up watching it sooner than later was because my friend had just finished it & bugged me to watch it for days(lol). So my first impression after episode 1 was, "this looks like it could be interesting, i'm curious to see where it'll go". So I watched 1-5 & said to myself well this isn't bad its definitely interesting but its far from the scale of praise everyone gives it, seems pretty average/slightly above(in terms of story) to me. So I watched 1 more and everything from that point to the end just took a complete left turn in story(in a really good way) I didn't expect it at all. Went from a slightly above average > pretty awesome show. The story is about teenagers who develop supernatural abilities around puberty & a group of students from a school that houses these special teens go out & prevent others from abusing their powers & endangering the welfare of others with abilities with their poor actions. Its so much deeper than it sounds, don't let the "stupidly plain over done" theme discourage you! The animation & artwork is great, visually pleasing from start to finish. All the character designs are great, no one looks off or stupid. The music is fantastic! The op & ed are soooo good you can listen to them over & over without tire & everything in the show matches great. My only complaints with the show are it feels very rushed from 1-5ish, but then everything past that seems well paced and something that happens in the last episode irritates me I can't get into it without spoilers but it just leaves you with a how?..that doesn't even make sense due to what you see in the episode before it. Its got quite a bit of a darker theme then it lets on so if your tastes are instability, powers(with realism to them which is pretty cool from your typical power genre), action & or a fan of the previous work "Angel Beats!" you'll definitely enjoy this as long as you stick with it past the beginning.4.5/5 Why? It felt rushed for the first half, something happens in the end that irritates me because it doesn't line up with the previous episode. But the story is pretty solid & much deeper than you'd ever guess from the first half, the animation & artwork are awesome and the music is majestic af. If you like a darker theme show you have to check this out, especially for fans of "Angel Beats"