Is this heavily stylized text readible?


Watching ダーリン・イン・ザ・フランキッス, I noticed how heavily stylized the logo appeared to
be in the opening (see picture below). Knowing what it's supposed to read, I
was somehow able to make out every kana, but as I'm not that good yet at
reading Japanese, I can't really evaluate when things become kind of difficult
to read even for native(-like) speakers. So my question is this: How quickly
could Japanese native(-like) speakers (or readers in this case) read the logo
down below without knowing what it's supposed to read? Thanks!

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/jj49R.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/jj49R.png)




No, even native speakers cannot read this. As istrasci says, the blue part is
more like タツノン. People can probably identify most katakana in the red part,
but it's almost impossible to recognize フランキス as a word. The last ス looks more
like ズ.

I almost thought this was a fan art made by someone who doesn't understand
katakana well, but this is something that actually appears in the opening
movie. However, it's used as a flashing line art that is shown for less than a
second. I believe it's more like obscure street graffiti and is not meant to
be read and understood in the first place.

For comparison, the following is the true official logo, which is shown at the
end of the opening movie and is much easier to read.

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/1Xga7.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/1Xga7.png)




No, even native speakers cannot read this. As istrasci says, the blue part is
more like タツノン. People can probably identify most katakana in the red part,
but it's almost impossible to recognize フランキス as a word. The last ス looks more
like ズ.

I almost thought this was a fan art made by someone who doesn't understand
katakana well, but this is something that actually appears in the opening
movie. However, it's used as a flashing line art that is shown for less than a
second. I believe it's more like obscure street graffiti and is not meant to
be read and understood in the first place.

For comparison, the following is the true official logo, which is shown at the
end of the opening movie and is much easier to read.

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/1Xga7.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/1Xga7.png)

