Quote Originally Posted by Budweineken
Just watched episode 4 loved the episode...

Don't understand what the real complaint of the narration is, I like it. It gives you more insight of the world and of the characters. Plus all great animes have narration, like Legends of Galactic Heroes.
"All great animes have narration" is not true, but quite an exaggeration. And even if it was true, there are many styles of narration: some good, some bad.

The problem with the narration here is that it basically has only been telling what you should have been able to imagine and figure out yourself. It has been always said that TV and movies don't require as much thinking as reading books, but the makers of this series have taken the extra step to insure that.

I said earlier the narration detaches the viewer from the story and characters, and I still claim that is true: When you aren't free to judge and evaluate the characters, their feelings and motivations yourself, but are provided with the ready made explanation like in that narration, it robs one very big element that normally makes you feel attached to the world and people of the series.