User blog comment:Omega natsu2/Episode 1: Last Hope, Review./@comment-4829046-20140430150028

Not sure where to post but for the time being I'll put it here.

The latest episode was so disappointing and that is putting it lightly. So they sacrificed pacing and details in favour of the epic scenes? I mean c'mon, they fitted in like 5 chapters of the manga version in 5 minutes. -_- That is so freaking stupid. The animation and mood and everything is great but adaptation-wise it is a disaster. I felt disappointed with episode 3 but this just made me blow a fuse. Making it a 11 episode series was a big fat mistake and they should be ashamed of themselves. We need 25 episodes to truly bring out the greatness of Black Bullet. 13 would have been perfect if they didn't freaking rush it. Kagetane, one of the best villains ever, is reduced to being a wimp who could be defeated by the underdog in 3-5 minutes? WTF? And the Zodiac Scorpion gastrea was a threat alright but sure didn't appear like one. Where is all the carnage and destruction? Almost all of that effort went into the dead civil officer section and the dead gastrea section.

Sorry if it was a rant but that's just how sad and betrayed I feel. Still give props to animation and art except for those random gastrea all looking almost identical with similar number of eyes. Overall though, very disappointing episode.