The story of 8 people from around the world who become psychically linked. The strongest aspect of this series would have to be the characterization. All eight sensates have different backgrounds, personality traits and motivation. And while they start out totally disconnected from each other, as they interact psychically and use their differing skills to help each other, they slowly become dependent on each other. The main antagonist, Whispers, is very intimidating but he's never given much of a backstory or motivations. We never really get a very detailed explanation for why Whispers is helping the BPO, or why they want to hunt sensates in the first place either. The supporting cast is great as well. Despite the large number of characters, they are all very well developed with personalities and motivations for even the most minor characters.
The story has a somewhat slow paced beginning, but I don't mind this, as it is somewhat necessary to deliver exposition on all the characters. Once it gets going, the main plot is about the sensates learning more about their new powers, their subspecies and their enemies. Unraveling the mysteries is exciting. All of the subplots about the sensates as individuals are interesting as well, as they all involve each sensate growing as a person. My only problem with the plot is that due to the series being wrapped up in just a 2.5 hour special means it's obvious there are some plotlines that were cut short.
There are also some romances between characters that happen abruptly and with little development, in a "love at first sight" way. The dialogue can be pretty cliched also. Take this for example. "The moment I saw you I knew I wanted you. And somehow I feel that you want me too." The series can also focus for too long on scenes where the plot does not advance and it just shows the sensates doing things while psychically connected, like the karaoke scene and these really cringy orgy scenes.
Those are my main criticisms but I still enjoyed this series and recommend it to anyone who likes the style of storytelling where multiple storylines run at once, while having an overarching narrative.
The story has a somewhat slow paced beginning, but I don't mind this, as it is somewhat necessary to deliver exposition on all the characters. Once it gets going, the main plot is about the sensates learning more about their new powers, their subspecies and their enemies. Unraveling the mysteries is exciting. All of the subplots about the sensates as individuals are interesting as well, as they all involve each sensate growing as a person. My only problem with the plot is that due to the series being wrapped up in just a 2.5 hour special means it's obvious there are some plotlines that were cut short.
There are also some romances between characters that happen abruptly and with little development, in a "love at first sight" way. The dialogue can be pretty cliched also. Take this for example. "The moment I saw you I knew I wanted you. And somehow I feel that you want me too." The series can also focus for too long on scenes where the plot does not advance and it just shows the sensates doing things while psychically connected, like the karaoke scene and these really cringy orgy scenes.
Those are my main criticisms but I still enjoyed this series and recommend it to anyone who likes the style of storytelling where multiple storylines run at once, while having an overarching narrative.