The entire story is fast paced, and decently told. Without going into too many spoilers; the way each characters backstory is handled, to the massive shift between episode 5 to episode 6 with the immediate shift from leader to leader, to the dramatic shift in energy and tone. It feels like the anime was sad for the sake of being sad, and I get the whole premise of "there are no happy endings in Night City" but this just feels rushed and executed in an odd way. The only two characters I had any form of connection to is Lucyna and David.. which makes any sad moments that occurs feel insignificant.
This, to me, is carried by its art-style, and animation; however it lacks any proper development outside of our two main characters. This is a problem when there's supposed to be a cast of main characters that share the spotlight. It's got a good pace and great animation, but with the lack of proper development.. there's only so much good art-style and animation can do.
