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it the masterpiece that many light novel readers claim it to be? Not even close
For the record, I haven’t read the light novels nor do I plan on doing so. Biases arising from the source material shouldn’t factor in when you're scoring an anime adaptation, so rest assured this review is coming entirely from a first-time 86 material viewer.
Story: 4/10
There are things I like about 86’s story, and lots of things I dislike. Let’s get the bad news out of the way first.
I don’t like 86’s worldbuilding: it’s done very poorly and while some may claim it builds “mystery” or “suspense” for reveals, I’d argue that it’s counterproductive in a medium like anime which progresses much more slowly than readable material you can easily binge. Unless you’re inhuman and watch anime at 4x speed. We don’t learn anything about the Legion or the outside world until the final few episodes really. The only setting we know about is Magnolia, and it’s explored pretty poorly.
As displayed in the story, the “pure-blooded” race in Magnolia is highly valued over the 86, to the point where no actual soldiers exist that are from the main ethnic group. Despite this, we have no investigations or punishments handed out to the squadron responsible for the mental hospitalizations or deaths of countless officers from the ethnic majority. What? You’re also trying to tell me that of all the handlers the army has gone through, Lena was the only one who possessed a conscience to realise what’s happening is wrong? Hell, being wrong aside, any greedy motherfucker would realise the benefits of selling out how the army is abusing humans for a big special scoop from the newspaper: I refuse to believe that the Magnolia government has been able to keep a secret this big for this long without the public finding out and eventually caring.