Anime: Hatenkou Yuugi

Really now, i'm the first one to write a review for this series? 0.0 wow either nobody liked it or nobody really cared. Oh well, here it goes.
Hatenkou Yuugi actually caught my interest, as many animes do, with its first episode. At the time I was interested in the art style and the characters thus i trudged through the rest of the series. The first two episodes, maybe 3, were actually decent and led me to watch the next episode. Unfortunately, the rest of the series was just outright bad. My theory is that they tried to compress so many story elements into one 12 episode series that it just turned out bad. I mean seriously, we got yaoi, supernatural, fantasy, horror, action, etc. (this was mainly a joke but still relatively true). On to the breakdown:
Animation: As I said in the earlier part of this review, I liked the animation and it was also the main reason for my continuation of the series. The reason it gets an 8, though, is because it just isn't great. It is substantial, decent, okay, mediocre, etc. but not even close to being great. Fight scenes were just average, not anything to write home about. Character designs themselves were decent and the environment was fine as well.
Sound: Personally, i did not like the op and ed but I won't penalize the series for that since the BGM's were fitting and not half bad. Voice Acting could've been better but it's not like it was horrible.
Story: Story was interesting at first. A girl gets kicked out and forced to travel, it sounds pretty interesting doesn't it? Well it would've been more interesting if they pulled it off better. They created a story that was similar to most series out there. Every story arc was not very original and was very predictable; usually the arcs were not even very interesting.
Character: Characters were pretty interesting. Rahzel was the most dynamic character, sadly. Alzeid, standard stolid, obstinant character, not very original. Baroqueheat, i wish they could have focused a bit more on him. They barely explained who he was just like with everyone else. The viewer just gets a basic feel for who these three characters are. Basically, there is little to no character development in these short 10 episodes. They focused on, in order, Rahzel, Alzeid, then Baroqueheat.
Value: Ah, yet another series that will collect dust in my basement. I doubt I will touch it again. Hatenkou Yuugi impresses some moral values on the viewer, not that it matters with jump animes and all that.
Enjoyment: Initially, i loved Hatenkou Yuugi, i told all my friends, "OMFG GREAT ONGOING SERIES!!!" well luckily most of them didn't listen to me and didn't watch it at all.
In Closing, Hatenkou Yuugi was maybe good for a first watcher; definitely not for hardcore watchers. I would suggest maybe the manga instead since it is alot more tolerable and is a better use of time.