Spoiler Alert !!!This article contains spoilers for Lazarus Episode 1.

When you put Shinichiro Watanabe and Chad Stalinski in the same project, you’re bound to see magic in the making. That is what Lazarus was supposed to be and, for the most part, can be. The first episode definitely held the entire feel of something cool in the making. Yet somehow, there were parts that felt lacking if not completely bland.

For a project helmed by Mappa, I will admit my expectations were through the roof. Think of it this way: the studio with Jujutsu Kaisen and Attack on Titan under its belt would justify anyone having exponential expectations. For a first episode, there was less to look forward to considering the kind of collaboration that the series was advertising in the first place.

Axel Gilberto | Credit: Mappa

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