Hey, I'm gonna talk about another bad anime again! Why? Cause I love talking about how horrible an anime is. So, let's move on to Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance.
What is Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance? The story starts when this guy called Kamito, is transferred into a school which specializes in teaching nobles to become spirit contractors. Spirit contractors are people who make contracts with spirits, making the spirit their weapon. Apparently he was sent there to win an event called the blade dance which can grant the winner a wish of their desire. And that's essentially the premise of the story. I'll start talking about other aspects of the stories and such. Before I continue, I'll state out the fact that apparently in this fantasy world, male spirit contractors are rare and there are usually only female spirit contractors. Yes, it's a harem.
So, characters. In every harem, there will always be that one charming main character who attracts everyone. In this case, it's Kamito. Kamito is your very typical harem lead who will please any and every girl character that goes near to him. Throughout the story, his back story is very vague and it's hard to tell what happened to him because the writers of the anime didn't actually want to give us a clear vision of what actually happened to him in the past. In general, Kamito is a very generic and boring male lead who always ends up in really weird situations with the girls he hangs out with, as expected out of a harem.
The supporting characters, the girls he hangs out with, namely Rinslet, Ellis, Claire, and Fianna, had a below average back story to them. Rinslet barely had any back story, Claire's back story was actually pretty laughable and Ellis's back story wasn't explained well, Fianna on the other hand had a pretty clear cut back story but was honestly pretty laughable as well. And then there's Est., which is Kamito's loli contracted spirit who is there just for extra fan service. I will say here, that for some forsaken reason, Kamito's contracted spirit are actual human beings, while every other spirit contractor's spirit is not one. It is also a bit weird that some spirits appear as animals before becoming weapons, while others just flat out appear out of nowhere and become a big giant robot equipped with cannons or the spirit just becomes a fucking mirror. What?
In my opinion, there wasn't really much plot to the story, and action scenes are pretty lazily animated. That's why I was focused more on the back story of the characters as that was pretty much the only plot this story has to offer. Action scenes on the other hand are usually just a pan over of still frames or repetitive swings of the character's weapons. There are also quite a few questionable decisions made by the characters in the anime, and there also seem to be a few plot holes which left me questioning the anime whether it actually remembered what it told us. I also want to point out that every single female character has the same personality as the other. All of them almost act identically when they're talking to the male lead, excluding Est..
In conclusion, Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance is an anime mostly filled with fan service. The action scenes are very negligible and not very satisfying to watch, the ending of the anime also clearly states that a second season should be coming up as a lot of things about Kamito haven't been told, and some aspects of the story aren't finished. If you're interested in an anime involving a lot of awkward situations with a guy and a girl, go for it. If you're not, I would skip this anime and watch something better.
Thursday, 13 November 2014
Wednesday, 12 November 2014
Something about: Aldnoah Zero
Aldnoah.Zero, an anime probably a lot of people had high expectations for. A lot of people probably reviewed this anime already, but i felt like doing one myself. So let's go.
In essence, Aldnoah Zero is about a war between martians (people from Mars) and humans when the princess who came down from mars to earth was assassinated. That's the anime in the nutshell. Since I'm not familiar on how to do these things, I'll just state what I personally don't like and like in this anime.
Let me introduce the only few characters in anime that actually matters. First, is Inaho, a high school student who somehow can defeat any martian mech nobody can. That's the protagonist. Secondly, there's Slaine, the guy who is caught up in the middle of being a human and martian and he is also the guy that always loses no matter what. And then there's the princess who just won't die and eventually dies anyways. Most of the other characters are mostly useless and don't serve any purpose to the anime.
My biggest issue in this anime, is the fact that Inaho, the main character, is a freaking overpowered twat that can do anything with succession. For example, when the martian castles came down to earth and started wrecking faces, they could literally just kill anyone with one swing of their mechas, powered by their aldnoah. But apparently, the almighty Inaho, will not get killed by these things. Instead, he formulates strategies that pop out of his ass to defeat them. And the key to his success and not his fellow's comrade's success? His mecha can move while his comrade's mechas can't. All his comrade's mechas do is stare at the enemy, spraying and praying, and when the enemy's overpowered mechas come towards them, embrace death. Did I mention that Inaho is also cold towards whoever the fuck comes near him? Do I know why? Nope, because the anime doesn't tell me jack shit about Inaho's back story. All we know about him is that he is a really bright student somehow who can formulate strategies that his generals can't think of.
This anime's biggest problem is that they fleshed out Inaho way too much. It feels like without Inaho, humanity might as well just self destruct and suicide because every other character can't do anything. All the other characters in the anime do is, brace for impact, wait for death, while Inaho thinks of these stupid strategies that he formulates within seconds because he's the protagonist. Occasionally other characters do something, but that rarely happens because INAHO IS THE MAN FOR YOU, YOU DON'T NEED ANYONE ELSE. Right.
Anything good about Aldnoah Zero? Well, I honestly thought the whole idea of aldnoah was pretty interesting. This war isn't without a good reason either. And honestly, some of the side characters had a pretty interesting back story to them. But sadly, these stories aren't really fleshed out that much and as interesting as they are, they are only sub plots.
In conclusion, Aldnoah Zero COUDL'VE been a much better anime without the addition of the stupid protagonist that could do anything he wants. Maybe it would've been better if they fleshed out the side characters more, but I really feel that the main character was the doom of this anime. I really don't like him as a character because he doesn't have any.
In essence, Aldnoah Zero is about a war between martians (people from Mars) and humans when the princess who came down from mars to earth was assassinated. That's the anime in the nutshell. Since I'm not familiar on how to do these things, I'll just state what I personally don't like and like in this anime.
Let me introduce the only few characters in anime that actually matters. First, is Inaho, a high school student who somehow can defeat any martian mech nobody can. That's the protagonist. Secondly, there's Slaine, the guy who is caught up in the middle of being a human and martian and he is also the guy that always loses no matter what. And then there's the princess who just won't die and eventually dies anyways. Most of the other characters are mostly useless and don't serve any purpose to the anime.
My biggest issue in this anime, is the fact that Inaho, the main character, is a freaking overpowered twat that can do anything with succession. For example, when the martian castles came down to earth and started wrecking faces, they could literally just kill anyone with one swing of their mechas, powered by their aldnoah. But apparently, the almighty Inaho, will not get killed by these things. Instead, he formulates strategies that pop out of his ass to defeat them. And the key to his success and not his fellow's comrade's success? His mecha can move while his comrade's mechas can't. All his comrade's mechas do is stare at the enemy, spraying and praying, and when the enemy's overpowered mechas come towards them, embrace death. Did I mention that Inaho is also cold towards whoever the fuck comes near him? Do I know why? Nope, because the anime doesn't tell me jack shit about Inaho's back story. All we know about him is that he is a really bright student somehow who can formulate strategies that his generals can't think of.
This anime's biggest problem is that they fleshed out Inaho way too much. It feels like without Inaho, humanity might as well just self destruct and suicide because every other character can't do anything. All the other characters in the anime do is, brace for impact, wait for death, while Inaho thinks of these stupid strategies that he formulates within seconds because he's the protagonist. Occasionally other characters do something, but that rarely happens because INAHO IS THE MAN FOR YOU, YOU DON'T NEED ANYONE ELSE. Right.
Anything good about Aldnoah Zero? Well, I honestly thought the whole idea of aldnoah was pretty interesting. This war isn't without a good reason either. And honestly, some of the side characters had a pretty interesting back story to them. But sadly, these stories aren't really fleshed out that much and as interesting as they are, they are only sub plots.
In conclusion, Aldnoah Zero COUDL'VE been a much better anime without the addition of the stupid protagonist that could do anything he wants. Maybe it would've been better if they fleshed out the side characters more, but I really feel that the main character was the doom of this anime. I really don't like him as a character because he doesn't have any.
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