Okay... I tried to like it. I swear that when I was looking at Winter 21's first list I visualized Tenkuu Shinpan as one of the best animes of the year. But no, definitely not. It was an absurd discrepancy between expectation and final result. Such an inconstancy and such an abysmal difference, that Netflix should be ashamed to distribute this anime in its anime catalog. But that doesn't mean that the anime is totally horrible, right? WRONG!!! In this show, Yuri is the protagonist of the story, where the world is set up in a battle royale, but with no evident purpose. Seriously, everything that happens is crazy, between humans and masked people, where the purpose of humans is pure survival (of course, no one who has more than three neurons wants to die without even trying to want to live), while the masked ones... well, this is where most problems come in. It is not as if they were not totally flawed, after all, they are commanded by someone, as an omnipotent God and controller of their own actions as servants. However, we have no knowledge of the context of the world, let alone the purpose of the masked. Some kill only humans, while others rebel with masked others. IT'S CHAOS! The Sniper who starts the show with the goal of killing humans and becomes the protagonist's ally without much resistance, other extras with the goal of just offering a backpack and weapons to Yuri and Nise-chan, her ally, and a hundred more faces identical and boring, where they have different and often suicidal goals.
Oh, and I didn't mention Yuri's brother, Rika. Rika is living her days in other regions of the city, looking for more strong allies, to be able to conquer the power that can save this whole world from an even greater bloody catastrophe: being a God. What would it be like to be a God in this world? Well, to be a God you must first be an "ally of God", who awakens his power in different ways. Again, the shit of inconsistency is not helping. The very rules for being elected a higher class being are broken. Even the way the power is manifested is a joke. This happens on the show for the simple reason that there are no explanations. I particularly cannot even interpret the horrific episodes of "masquerade of the day" in a profitable way, much less will I care about scenes and dialogues of shitty and unexplored characters, who don't even have their name disclosed. Yes, Tenkuu Shinpan is so grotesque in terms of characters, that the name doesn't matter. At least, he is easily forgettable as the conversations took place...
In addition, the entire cast does not support more than a trio. As I already mentioned the duo of brothers, there remains Nise-chan, another very pathetic character. She is the most cautious among the three and the one who most seeks to protect Yuri during the entire show. But it doesn't mean that she doesn't have a good character. She is superficial, just like Yuri and Rika, but she has had signs of bullying in her past. A nice flashback, if it weren't for the shit of the anime, not exploring any characters at all. What he misses as coherence and rhythm, he also misses the construction and character development itself.
And here we are. After half the episodes, Yuri gains powers from "God's allies" and has superhuman abilities. It is not surprising that the anime would develop it up to that point, in fact, the great luck about it makes the show even more ridiculous. How can a character who has barely touched a gun in her life manage to do great in a fatal battle? Honestly, there are things that are easy for you to accept, but that's not the case with Tenkuu Shinpan.
And what about ecchi? I know that anime doesn't have that tag, but many scenes simply try to promote an intimate relationship between the characters based on ... panties? Seriously, I honestly don't have the stomach to see this. Both Kuon, Yuri and Nise-chan participated in scenes where one is fearful and totally ashamed, the other has a cut in one corner of her uniform and Nise has her breastplate exposed, after having her shirt partially torn during a fight.
But one positive thing I can find on the horror show: the production. Tenkuu Shinpan was made by Studio Zero-G, which is not remembered for many incredible projects. "Tsugumomo", "Rikei Ga Koi", 'My Roommate is a Cat "and" Grand Blue "are the only most interesting shows and only in" Tsugumomo "can I speak well of the production, as a highlight for the show. Now, Tenkuu Shinpan managed to be something similar. Obviously, in the Zero-G standard, it is evident that it is not of impeccable quality. It is still quite common and it is not different from most anime, but it is the only salvation that I can put to not give the minimum score for this shit.
Finally, this should not be seen by anyone. Don't be fooled by positive reviews about the manga. It is all a tremendous lie. "Tower of God" failed as world-building, "Mirai Nikki" failed as character-building, Tenkuu Shinpan managed to put the two shit out of two popular animes and did one of the worst shows of 2021. Honestly, I think there will be no other anime that will disappoint me more than this. I remember still having an expectation of finding it good, since the manga is being sold physically in the country in which mode. It is a pity, a cruel and painful pain that will not be erased. I said that this review was different from my usual, Tenkuu Shinpan is also. And I definitely don't recommend it.
