User blog comment:Loolveus/Unexpectedly Dark Cartoon Villains/@comment-29644557-20171028230856/@comment-29644557-20171028231408

It had dark elements (like the Grimm), but was mostly played as a high school drama/comedy with goofy action sequences for the first few volumes, then got darker after Volume 3, the Fall of Beacon and Cinder's rise to power.