====== Charlotte ======
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**Charlotte** is an [[lb:anime]] that was created through a collaboration between [[lb:Key]] and [[lb:P.A. Works]],((:fn:>While I believe the term ‘collaboration’ is most appropriate to describe the presumed relationship, I don't know for sure whether it was an ‘official collaboration’. [[lb:Key]]’s logo does appear in the credits (and so does Key coffee), and many of their core staff worked on Charlotte. Key and P.A. Works have worked together a lot, and continue to, which is why I'm assuming it was a collaboration.)) the former providing staff for the writing; character design; and the like, and the latter doing much of the animation work.\\
The world of Charlotte is one in which teenagers have random super-powers, although all of these super-powers come with a downside that usually renders it impractical to use.
===== Review =====
I don't remember many specifics outside of the series being quite short. The one specific issue I remember is that they undid a major plot-point, which had the effect of rendering a chunk of the show meaningless.\\
Charlotte was the first major disappointment I've experienced from [[lb:Key]], and it currently remains the only one. This disappointment is largely the reason this article has remained empty for a while, and will likely remain empty for a while longer.\\
There isn't really anything wrong with the basic idea of the series, and the series has the same ‘feel’ that other Key properties have, just that there was a severe misstep at some point during development.((:fn:>And I'm fearing that missteps and production issues are something [[lb:Key]] is plagued by, having affected [[lb:Angel beats]] in particular.))\\
I think the twist that <wrap spoiler>the super-powers were actually a sickness</wrap> could have worked, just that it was executed very poorly. If the <wrap spoiler>super-powers</wrap> were actually <wrap spoiler>a sickness</wrap> then there should have been more serious <wrap spoiler>symptoms</wrap> than <wrap spoiler>‘If you use your super-powers the second you lose them, you might die or seriously hurt yourself’</wrap>.\\
The worldbuilding in general comes off as not very well thought-out, which is quite unusual when you consider that [[lb:key]]’s other properties have sensible worldbuilding.((:fn:>Albeit simple. But simple executed well is better than complex executed poorly.)) Comparatively, <wrap spoiler>[[playground:Munou na Nana]] handles this far better</wrap>.\\
There is a manga, but I haven't gotten to it just yet. I have heard that it's better than the anime, but you never know with the western anime community.
===== Trivilinks =====
  * [[https://charlotte-anime.jp|Official JP website]]
  * [[https://www.charlotteanime.com|Official EN website]]
  * [[anidb>10997|aniDB]]
  * [[anila>20997|AniList]]
  * I didn't originally realize that Charlotte was made by Key when I started watching it. It was only after the appearance of Key coffee, and then the Key logo in the credits, that I figured it out. This only had the effect of raising my expectations...which of course, came crashing down.
  * Aiding the speculah that [[lb:Key]] is obsessed with Baseball is the fact this series has a baseball episode.
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