B-yond Expectations: B the Beginning
Greetings, ladies and
gentlemen! Sunday is here, and that
means it’s time for part three of Novembflix!
In this final review of the month, I’ll be talking about a show that, in
all honesty, was the best so far this month.
I kid you not, I really liked this show!
Granted, it wasn’t anything that spectacular, but it was a fun
show. Well, I can’t stand it any longer,
so let’s get into this week’s review on B
the Beginning!
Set in the fictional country of
Cremona, a series of gruesome murders are being committed by a mysterious
serial killer known only as Killer B.
Investigating these murders are the Royal Investigation Service and
later legendary genius detective Keith Flick.
However, this case gets more complicated as more bizarre cases pop up
that lead to a mysterious criminal organization. What’s more, they have no idea that the
murders are being perpetrated by a mysterious boy whose origins from the pilot
episode are unknown. It’s definitely a
dark and dangerous ride for everyone involved!
Like I said, of all the shows I
watched so far this month, this was the one that I enjoyed the most. It’s certainly not my favorite, but it
definitely had me invested. Overall, I
give B the Beginning a 7.5 out of
10. Admittedly, it’s lower than what I
would give, but that’s mostly because I’ve had so much going on and I’ve had
very little time to get caught up on the series. But if I had to praise the series on one
thing up and down, it’s the animation.
Good Lord, the animation is so well done here! It’s not sakuga
by any means, but the quality is something that you’d see in an anime film over
a twelve episode series. The action
scenes in here are very vivid, too. It’s
a treat to watch. The character design
was also very well done. It’s not
anything new, but you can tell that it’s something that you don’t really see in
character designs now a days. Another
part to B that I enjoyed was that it
did a great job of presenting a unique supernatural mystery. It knows to stay serious and keep much of the
focus on the case at hand. It almost
reminds me of The X Files or Supernatural, expect rather than being
episodic, it’s all one continuous arc. So
for the most part, the show did everything just about right. However, I had one or two little
concerns.
One of the first problems that I had
with the show overall was the setting.
Why is this set in an imaginary country?
Now as I said, I wasn’t able to finish the entire series, but that was
one question that really hung me up from the beginning. To me it seemed like it went a little too out
there by trying to throw in this imaginary country in this not so subtle
attempt to be a fantasy. It didn’t do it
as badly as Re:Zero did, but it’s
hard not to notice it. Honestly, I felt
it would have made a little more sense if it were set in modern times, like
modern-day Japan, or heck, even the U.S.
The characters, too, though drawn well, were not all that interesting
either. There’s nothing particularly
wrong with them, it’s just they’re so wrapped up in the Killer B case that I
felt like there wasn’t a whole lot of opportunities to get to know them
better. Even the show’s biggest
characters, Keith and Koku (who’s the mysterious boy I mentioned in the
synopsis), aren’t all that interesting either.
That’s especially sad considering Koku is this cyborg-bird thing
disguised as a human. But still, I feel
like these are only small complaints. If
you love a good suspenseful and supernatural mystery, this is the show to
watch.
So yeah, B the Beginning was B-yond what I had expected. It’s a fun supernatural mystery that will
have you soaring! And with that, this review
has come to a close! To those readers
living in the U.S., have a happy Thanksgiving!
And to those outside the U.S. have a great week anyway! Stay tuned next week when I reveal November’s
Character of the Month!
-Hanime
on Anime
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