However, meeting this reviewer's rather low expectations might not be something to be particularly proud of. However, do expect cool characters in the two leads. They also manage to avoid being stereotypical, like many bimbo female anime characters in more recent anime. Unfortunately, the animation itself hasn't aged too well, considering it's only been a decade since it was made. It starts at about average and picks up in a few battle sequences, but it never really gets to the point of being remarkable.
Nothing glaring - it just looks old.
The music is a tad overbearing in parts, too. What will turn off a lot of people is the rather gutwrenching violence. And there's plenty of it - Sonnet and Lan are not only put through a gauntlet, but even in the opening scene you see open brutality to certain characters. The bad guys are genuinely nasty, too, leading to plenty of collateral damage, and there's a healty number of redshirt deaths, on and off-screen. And with all that, the concept and characters should still lead to a pretty decent series, but unfortunately Blue Sonnet just doesn't seem to gel quite right.