Series Synopsis
In a far off world, society is run by a ruling class of beasts that look down and subjugate humans.
This has caused tension among the races, leading to many great wars. Recently
though, everyone has become slightly on edge when an organization known as the
World Destruction Committee is rumored to have in its possession the Destruct
Code, an ancient artifact with the power to return everything back to sand.
This group takes its name quite literally as it has every intention to use the
device.
However,
such things are of little consequence to a young human named Kyrie Irunisu
(voiced by Mamoru Miyano). Whatever should happen to the world is none of his
business and is content with living a low key life. Unfortunately, he suddenly
becomes involved in everything when he meets a human female named Morute Ashera
(voiced by Maaya Sakamoto), a member...actually the sole member of the World
Destruction Committee. |
| Morute |
Despite her
desire to bring the world to an end, Kyrie is drawn to Morute and the two begin
a journey to unlock the secrets of the Destruct Code. Along the way, the two
are joined by a small teddy bear-like creature named Toppy (voiced by Toru Furuya).
Although the
three begin to bond under the banner of the World Destruction Committee, Kyrie
and Toppy aren’t fully gung-ho about bringing everything to an end. Kyrie especially
wants to better understand Morute and learn what it is that made her resent the
world.
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| Kyrie |
Series Positives
World Destruction feels like an under
the radar series, and maybe that’s where it should stay. With any anime based
on a video game, I always end up asking whether or not a show has succeeded in
getting me interested in picking up a copy of the game.
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| Toppy |
In this case
the answer would be yes, but it isn’t because of story, it certainly isn’t
because of characters, and really it isn’t because of anything the show did.
The universe of World Destruction
simply appears to be an interesting setting for a video game. The same could be
said for an anime to, but now having seen it play out, I’m defiantly hesitant.
The show’s
not awful by any stretch of the imagination. There are things to enjoy.
Random Fun
World Destruction is a comedy, it’s an
action series, it’s a dramatic piece, it’s a little bit tragic, it’s a little
bit serious, it can get a little heartwarming, and it can get a little triumphant.
First off,
this all way too much. Second, had the show focused the majority of its efforts
on a single element, it could have been worthwhile. Each individual part is done well to a respectable to degree. When the show was funny, it was funny.
When there was action, it was exciting. When it got dramatic, it got sad. Plus
the transition between each of these emotions was done surprisingly well; I’ve
seen much, much worse.
All these
different parts worked on their own largely due to the three leads. Granted,
Kyrie, Morute, and Toppy are not special, like at all. They’re not memorable,
they don’t leave an impact, and they will be forgotten quickly. However, in the
moment as a team, they’re fun.
I would be
lying if I said I didn’t enjoy myself while I was watching. If World Destruction was a collection of
isolated instances, then all this mixing and matching would have sufficed. The problem
is a linear story is being told. This is where the series begins to fall
apart.
Series Negatives
Although I
said I enjoyed myself, by the time this series ended I was more than over it.
All of the enjoyment in this series is at the beginning and the closer it got
to the final episodes, the older it got.
It’s this
progression from amusing to dull that really exemplifies World Destruction. Maybe there was a good idea here, maybe there
wasn’t. What is here though, isn’t worth much.
The Story
The story
constantly leaves you in a state of not knowing. Not in a mysterious way, but
in a “I literally have no idea what is going” kind of way.
The plot is
all other the place, and nowhere at the same time. Nothing gets done and for a bit I forgot what the end goal was or even if there was one to
begin with. Then suddenly we are pushed into a direction and from there it goes
from doing nothing to being confusing. There’s apparently a whole lore to this world
that I didn't know existed.
Let’s start
off with the main thing, the Destruct Code. It’s always around, but it doesn’t
begin to play any major role until the midway point. Not great since it is the
whole reason for any of this. 
Morute is dead set on activating this thing, which puzzled me since she didn’t use
it right away. It turns out that she was looking for how to use it. That might have been a
good piece of information to convey because it explains why this journey is
happening. I can kind of let it slide because the Destruct Code is ancient so it would be hard to try to figure out where to start looking. 
Wait…what do
you mean the characters knew where they were going? What do you mean they knew
who to ask about the Destruct Code? That doesn’t make any sense. If they knew
what they needed to, then why the hell did we visit all these different places?
Why didn’t the group just go straight to this person right away?
This is kind
of World Destruction’s thing. It
introduces a plot point, but makes it seem as if it isn't being introduced for the
first time. Another good example of this is with the main villain, who, by the way, is the villain
because of reasons.
He doesn’t
know what’s going on when the Destruct Code doesn’t work the way he suspects.
Then out of nowhere, there's a quick flashback and suddenly he knows exactly what's happening. BULL
CRAP! He didn’t learn anything, he never figured it out. The plot simply
said it was time to move on and the villain needs to be villainess.
These are
not one time occurrences, these are persistent problems.
The three leads have passable development, no one else in this
show does. This applies to recurring minor characters to one-offs that are
treated like minor characters. They’re boring to follow and do little to add anything except provide an occasional hindrance to the main group.
Also, for a
world that is made up of humans and beast that don’t get along, there are a lot
of places where human and beast get along. You never once get the full scope of how
bad humans are treated. It’s said all the time, but everything looks okay
making this bolstering come off as overblown. Sure there may be one episode that
involved humans being kidnapped in order to have them fight in gladiatorial combat,
but mostly the focus was on the main group being captured and forced to fight
gladiatorial combat.
To sum it
up, the biggest problem with World
Destruction is that it wants to create a large dynamic world, but it doesn’t actually
take the time to build it.
Final Thoughts
Skip it. Honestly you might be better off picking up the actual game and taking your chances with
that.
World Destruction can be fun, it can be
enjoyable. The three leads do carry you through and they do get into some
entertaining situations. But the story makes it not worth your time.
In good conscious
I cannot recommend this one even for the few good things about.
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