| I absolutely loved the animation style of the show, and the concept of alternate history is something I love as well. I found after a couple of episodes that I didn't care about the character development or where the story was going. If you give this anime a try and you decide that you want to see where it's headed, then absolutely go for it. However, the reason it has the rating that it does is that people decided it wasn't for them. Basically, if you like it, who cares about the rating. |
| Yeah the trailer is really cool, but the series is really dry so far |
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| I'm having a pretty hard time staying engaged. It's not appalling by any means but it feels like something is missing to me |
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| I've only watched one episode so I can't say much but it is just kind of boring |
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| The rating isn't bad, it just shows that it's nothing special, it's full of dialogue but it's neither deep nor clever, the fight scenes are short and the animation is average, also the characters are boring (especially the main character). I know many people hate the word mediocre but it's the most fitting to describe this show. |
| I think this is because of how random the plot seems to be. The plot twists and turns do not feel like something logical and coherent, rather the authors just stick their hand in the bag and choose solutions like "Conan reference" or "They is trap!" etc. But for some reason it still seems interesting and funny to me, yes. |
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| Too convoluted without anything crazy going on to be simple fun, yet it's also lacking substance. Paying attention seemed like an effort that won't be rewarded. Seriously, I was watching the episodes and thinking to myself, why should I care? Pretty much all apsects are mediocre at best, even the visuals are uninspired af. A failure in every way. |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| Everybody has already said the main reasons why I dropped this anime after episode 4. Good artstyle/animation/setting but terrible story/characters. Once again, i'm feeling disappointed with myself for believing that an "ORIGINAL" anime could be anything great. The storyline of this is so lowest common denominator that we can smell the stale stench a mile away. Such a pity, this could have been something, well, at least as good as Deca-dence, which wasn't any masterpiece but was good. |
| This show is funny |
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gremlaiin said: But basically, it’s boring. The story is rather dry and unoriginal, the characters aren’t very developed (yet), and the action is dryer than a waterless sandy desert. I’m not dropping it because I have a personal rule to not drop anime, but I’m only still watching because I’m forcing myself to. Why? Unless watching anime is somehow related to your job or other obligations I don't see the point in pursuing a leisure activity if you aren't getting any enjoyment from it. Maybe it's just something you realize as you get older? But if I only have half an hour to spend on a hobby I'm surely not wasting it on some boring edgy bit of nonsense when I can watch something fun. Unless watching this is fun. I'm not sure if it is, yet, to me, so I'm watching until I decide, but it seems like you've already decided. So why watch? |
| Quality Queen. |
| Honestly I don’t think it’s bad, I just think the pacing is way too fast. |
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| Just watch Dororo, it's a much better revenge anime with a more solid story with even better art/animation. It also has a similar setting, though Joran's time period is more in the future than Dororo's. I was hoping it would be similar to Dororo, and it seems to have taken some inspiration, but so far, this is a 6/10 for me. |
| I keep compare Jouran: The Princess of Snow and Blood to Mars Red, because these both are pretty weak in terms of storytelling, but Jouran has shown little more background stuff, compared to Mars Red that shown nothing like that. Sawa's transformation part is one thing that bugs me most, I like that skullface after transformation, that is cool. |
GaichiApr 29, 2021 3:00 AM
"A half moon, it has a dark half and a bright half, just like me…", Yuno Gasai |
| I wouldn't call it bad, it left quite a good impression initially with its art style, setting and serious tone. The more I watch it, however, the more it feels off. I can't really explain it well but it just doesn't feel like the show is well directed, events happen suddenly and often feel out of place, rushed and lacking impact. Maybe that's just my opinion but I think it could have been done better up this point at least. |
| The story doesnt make sense, there´s not a single interesting character, the action is just there because it needs to, and there´s a whole lot of kills for no real reason. Like, between episode 3-4-5 it feels there should have been at least 6 more episodes in between. The plot is so convoluted yet rushed at the same time that you feel lost at most scenes. Basically a pretty anime with mediocre plot, like many recently. Turns out this one didn´t hit the rates like JJK and KnY did. |
sanetoshii said: Honestly I don’t think it’s bad, I just think the pacing is way too fast. This isn't wrong. The overall tempo can get really fast to the detriment of several scenes. |
| I feel like the shortcoming is because it has a scriptwriter who only has one other work credited to them and that was the Saint Oniisan adaptations years ago. Original anime IPs have had a terrible hit-or-miss record in recent years. So far this might be a far miss, but Joran has some stellar scenes here and there. It's just the pacing and writing have been awful in holding back what is an otherwise decent show. Hopefully, once the series ends I think people can come back and analyze everything after the fact. |
Just_KUWABARAApr 28, 2021 5:47 PM
| its visually great but thats really the only thing I can praise about this show |
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| Where is the highschool??? StevieDeezy said: They want a incapable, whining, crying MC who slowly becomes less pathetic and they call it character growth. Basically THIS. |
Critically said: RAWRfizzz said: I understand that cause I do the same thing. For me I never know if an anime or manga will end being better so I always intend to finish it. Plus it's not gonna kill to finish the seriesWhy? Unless watching anime is somehow related to your job or other obligations I don't see the point in pursuing a leisure activity if you aren't getting any enjoyment from it. Maybe it's just something you realize as you get older? But if I only have half an hour to spend on a hobby I'm surely not wasting it on some boring edgy bit of nonsense when I can watch something fun. Unless watching this is fun. I'm not sure if it is, yet, to me, so I'm watching until I decide, but it seems like you've already decided. So why watch? That's fair. Sounds like being a completionist makes you happy, which is the ultimate point of recreation activities. Just don't do stuff you don't wanna do, basically. |
| Quality Queen. |
| It's fairly flat and cliched BUT it's better than lots of shows MAL gives 7.00+, I don't think it's particularly great but 6.3 is less than what I expect the score to be from the show. |
| people calling a loose homage to lady snowblood "a generic revenge story" while also having demon slayer in their favorites list is top comedy |
| I watched episode 7 and I thought the same thing. It isn't very good but it's not as bad as other anime with a low 6. It seems closer to a high 6/low 7. If I had to guess why I'd say it's because the art quality is very inconsistent. The characters constantly are off-model, their faces change shape and look like melting snowmen. Even Yukimura's transformation scene looks pretty messy. The only high-quality aspect of the production is the opening sound and visuals. Yes, the revenge story is generic but so are most of these demon/vampire hunting anime. Another issue is that the characters don't have much development, or it is very slow, Yukimura is basically pushed by the plot (or Asahi) to change. Asahi has grown the most, yet still not much. Caring about the characters like Jin, Tsuki, and Elena requires attention to detail and putting together their motivations with context clues and assumptions based on subtle exposition; that's more effort than most people would want to put in a show that hasn't hooked them with good art, likable characters, or an interesting plot. spaceinvaderlum said: This gave me a good laugh.people calling a loose homage to lady snowblood "a generic revenge story" while also having demon slayer in their favorites list is top comedy |
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| It’s probably not inherently bad, but it’s such an underwhelming and meh presentation. The animation can look good at times but also really ugly at times, more so the latter, sadly. The story itself is quite generic and the characters are essentially walking caricatures with nearly zero development. Even if there are context clues and subtleties here and there, they’re so vague and have so little weight in value in the end due to the mediocre directing. |
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| The users in this thread who call this weak storytelling, in particular, make me question how much anime they've watched. This is at least above average compared some of the most popular anime. Can you truly, honestly say that this has a weaker narrative structure than Demon Slayer? Really? |
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SparkleDuck said: i mean I dropped demon slayer very early on but i don't think it suffers from disconnecting characters , a plot that just does random things and just jumps arround , illogical character reversals , The users in this thread who call this weak storytelling, in particular, make me question how much anime they've watched. This is at least above average compared some of the most popular anime. Can you truly, honestly say that this has a weaker narrative structure than Demon Slayer? Really? Honestly the story of this anime is barely functioning at all Like most interactions,conflicts or events are pretty much just " Eh yes , this is a thing now , i guess ?" I'm just watching it because it's kinda funny how messy it is |
| You know, it's because this anime is not didactic. It does not have the characters narrating each of his own actions in a redundant way. The average anime-viewer of nowadays doesn't have enough cognitive ability to watch something that lacks it, even though everything is stupidly clear on the screen. In addition, there is the fact that if something is not overhyped, it is necessarily going to be unwatchable. |
CreissoninoAug 20, 2021 5:53 PM
| Because people like different things. I've not enjoyed some highly-rated animes, yet enjoyed some lower-rated ones, it's all subjective. In terms of this show, it was confusing and well, bland. Some of the decisions made were ridiculous, and it felt really rushed, plus that ending made no sense, personally. As many, the art was beautiful, really, but they just didn't deliver the story as well as they could've. |
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| IMO it has good animation and music, and the best part in terms of writing is the middle. The beginning is a bit messy and the last 2 episodes come across like a scramble to tie everything up neatly. That's also the point where they pile up a lot of clichés, and they pull a GoT-like "SuBvErT eXpEcTaTiOnS" move near the end. This show is afraid to take risks. Anytime it makes a step towards a more serious tone, it takes it back. I would give it a generous 7/10. It's not great but it's far from the worst thing ever. I'm more frustrated by the wasted potential. |
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