Darling in the Franxx: Romantic Drama ~ Anime Review

Hello, I'm excited to tell you about this old anime that was released last winter in 2018. It's not an Isekai anime but it's a Mecha mixed with romantic drama that you may cry. It might sound gay for this anime but I cried a little bit at the end of the anime. You can continue to read about this anime, there may some spoilers that I may tackle but only a few of it.

You can watch the trailer for this anime for you to get the gist of it and if you want to watch in the future, you can bookmark this.

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Story

The story is about defending the remnants of the civilization from the Klaxasaur that were attacking them with the artificially created children. These kids were the only one to use the machine or the robot to protect the civilization.

The robot will operate if there are two opposite gender will go into it just like a partner and it's not just a random two opposite gender will go into the robot but it needs them to have a bond with the partner, trust each other so that the robot will fully utilize it's capability of combating these monsters that were attacking them.

This is a story of the squad 10 focusing on the antagonist HIRO (boy) who is one of the top in their squad cannot sync with his partner because of certain reasons. Then he met this girl named Zero Two who is an elite pilot with a klaxosaur's blood.

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What Do you like about the anime?

I usually don't like mecha genre for an anime but this one is really good from it's story that is really touching on how HIRO and ZERO TWO met first before and sometimes I laugh very hard because of what they say and their actions. They can handle difficult situations from battling with the Klaxasaur because of their bonds and not just a partner but with other robots in the team.

I like how Zero Two acted to Hiro and she called him his "Darling" means that he's the one for her. Zero Two has lots of battles before she partnered with Hiro.

There is a scene that I laugh the most when they switch with other partners not with their regular partners then their old partner cried like a baby in front of his new partner. I really like the idea on switching with other partners if they are compatible with them or not.

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Lots Memories

There were lots of memories that Zero Two that she can't forget even if she was drugged by the scientist on altering it but she was unaffected by it.

Hiro, on the other hand, has been drugged and some of his memories has been lost or altered. Hiro will later knew about it when he was piloting Zero Two's robot.

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How will they operate inside the robot?

There is only one way to fully operate the robot and that is to have an opposite partner with them. The girl will be the body of the robot and the boy will maneuver or will pilot into the girl. There are some cases that only the girl will operate but it will risks her life into it.

Just like the case of Zero Two, she can operate only by herself on the robot in the cause of sipping the life force of her boy partner which may lead into death of her partner.

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Character Developments

Zero Two is one of a special character in the story because she is a mixed blood with a Klaxasaur. Zero two has been fighting on the Klaxasaur endlessly. Her pilot partner cannot pilot more than three times when partnering her because of her blood that will enter to her partner and end up losing their lives. She was a stubborn girl but she became a naughty and sweet girl after she partner with Hiro.

Hiro is a prodigy in his class but ends up no one can partner or sync him before he met Zero Two. He risked his live in order to protect the civilization and conquered his death.

Other characters like Ichigo, Kokoro, Mitsuru, Ikuno, Futoshi, Miku were a side character that will help Hiro from his growth and takes care of him as a family and also as a friend.

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Thoughts

This is one of the best and touching story of a romance and drama that I've seen like risking their lives by protecting others. The character developments were great because they will eventually learn about caring for someone even if sometimes they hate one another.

Caring for one another is really hard to do. It's not like a fast food chain that you can care really fast but it takes a long time to care to others. We need to observe and we need to love before we care to each other.

Overall, It's a 10/10 for me because it made me cry in the anime and my heart hurts a lot after watching it. I didn't knew that my tears were falling down into my eyes.

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Crying with this anime is not a synonym of weakness. The outcome of the story brought tears to many people.

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It brought me tears at the end part of this anime.

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I don't like the Mecha genre, but this anime is incredible, it was the only one of this genre that entertained me and made me connect with the characters and the story, without boring me for a second ❤️

The animation is deluxe and the plot twists gave it a plus that makes it different from the rest, it is very emotional 💔

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Yes, even if this anime is old. It reminds me the sad scenes that pops up in my mind. Zero Two is really great and I love her.

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I saw this anime a long time ago and I feel that it fulfills its function, to entertain, but if you have moments in which one goes WTF, perhaps with a better plot and if everything was not a fifteen-year-old drama everything would improve

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It's because this one is a drama that focus on the love of HIRO and Zero Two. There were no WTF moments but there were SAD and Crying moments at the end.

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Yes, well, I feel that if there are moments like this, the simple fact of how they position themselves to use the mecha is already WTF, and like every anime you have your flaws and it is normal, in the end this is about entertainment, it does not have to be perfect.

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I started watching it with very low expectations, and it ended up surprising me, the story was interesting, although I'm not a fan of mecha anime, I enjoyed it a lot. Very good review. 👍🏻

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Me too, Mecha is not my type but this anime bring me tears.

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