selenicseas

Posted to Dreamwidth on 10 October 2024, backdated to 18 October 2021. Originally posted on Wordpress.

This show...had potential. It was definitely interesting, and a lot of stuff happens, but I think that's where the problem lies. Too many things happened in too short a period of time. Sawa Yukimura, the protagonist, has a goal - a lifelong dream - of killing the guy who killed her family. That happens at the end of episode 4. This is a 12-episode show.

Joran takes place in an alternate history Japan in the 1930s. In the background, there's a group that's aiming to overthrow the government. That does happen by the end of the series, but again, it is a 12-episode show. Things aren't explored in the detail they definitely should have been. A longer season (24 or 26 episodes) would probably have fixed the pacing issues and allowed time for exploration of the characters & the world.

I will leave this post on a good thing: this show is quite pretty! I definitely like the art style, especially the sketchy style used with the changelings.