Release the Spyce Review

Overall Rating 3.3 out of 10 - Bad show with unlikable characters and annoying drama

I do not recommend watching

In anime industry there are sometimes shows that do not really understand what they are doing. Shows like these sometimes try really hard at doing something that just does not resonate with public.

However, there are also shows, or more precise certain creators, who know how it's done but decide to screw it over anyway. It is hard to tell if they do so to troll the viewers, because they are too bored or have certain determination to make a show that public will not like for their personal reasons. Release the Spyce is of this category.

Release the Spyce has appealing art of cute girls in cute ninja-like outfits with pleated skirts, crescent moon logo and what not, perfect for waifu show. If Futoku no Guild will do their show with these characters instead of their own, it will be 7.5 That followed by rather fun first episode that shows what this show is theoretically capable of to further entice viewers to stay and watch.

From there however it goes to shit decisively fast and then equally decisively stays so for the next three episodes. I dropped after that, but I do not think it will recover from there. 

After cool battle action of first episode, we go towards internal drama in the spy agency. Couple of early episodes give you certain benefit of a doubt that it just an introductory part and we will get to action once they finally accept the pink haired protagonist as regular member. However, even afterwards drama continues. 

There are 6 girls in the agency, but they are divided into 3 apprentices and 3 mentors. Dynamics between apprentice and mentor is the worst thing possible. Apprentice works hard to be approved and do reckless things, putting themselves and everyone else in danger, just to get acknowledged. All that followed by lengthy scolding, blaming, apologising and another annoying drama. Plenty of guilt, self-blame and other emotions I do not want to see. Watching this is painfully unpleasant like eating raw cactus mixed with clay and dirt.

It was supposed to be a waifu shows: where are all the scenes of cute ninja girls, tied up in compromising poses? Even the problem children, I reviewed not so long ago, figured that out by the time of OVA.

None of the girls have likable enough personality, which is rather hard to pull off with 6 characters in the show. One eyed girl's behavior reminds me of my dad, whom I hate a lot. She treats pink hair harsh and cruel (whole crew sick of her rule and want to mutiny and invite the pirates on board to disperse justice), then apologises for to the other members of agency to make pink hair feel even worse.

Antagonists are not that much better; they are weirder that menacing or interesting. Finally, battles are rather sketchy. Sometimes they skip important scenes so it's hard to follow what is going on. Clearly the creators wasted all their effort on that annoying drama.

Overall, it is an anime's equivalent of a clickbait. It's not a cute fighting waifus show but rather a guild and cruel treatment girl drama mess.