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Phantom in the Twilight Review

After the fiasco with the MAL mods, I decided not to chance it, and just write in my diary instead. It felt safer, and I do like that this space now exists for me to truly be myself, On MAL, I always felt like I was holding myself back. Though I guess that could be said for how I behave in the U.S. in general.  Anyway, here's the review for Phantom in the Twilight! Maaaan. I really wanted to like this show. It started out so strong. From Episodes 1 - 4. I was like, "this better have a season 2, it's so good." Vampires, werewolves, ikemen, in a somewhat old London setting, and with a heroine character who resembles me in like.... 80% of ways HAHAHA. What's not to like? My dream fantasy.  From Episode 5 onwards, the flaws grew bigger as the plot / logic grew smaller: 1. Robots. AIs. That are somehow powered by magic. The first clue we had with the whole robot fiasco was when 'Van Helsing' appeared. We're supposed to believe that supernatural hunters, at