Oh... I forgot to report back here. I finished this series already on sunday. Bud was absolutely right. Very nice series, especially after the pace gets really getting up after ep 10 or so. It's not like I didn't enjoy the first eps as well, they were very good anime, but the two last thirds certainly had much to offer.

One interesting thing about this show was that there weren't any super heroes in relation to the bigger plot. Or perhaps that also depends on how you define the plot. In the end this series might have had only a bunch of smaller stories - each person had his own. And they were the heroes of their own smaller plots.

Aye, the story as a whole left a very life like and realistic feeling. I suppose it also means there weren't really many bigger than life experiences in this show, but it's very cool to watch this type of anime every now and then.

The only thing I would have liked to be different is Hakim. They should have been more subtle. Now his path was was a bit too obvious too early.