Oct 28, 2023
I really wanted to like this one because I keep seeing cool battle scenes. I started reading this after Naruto ended and dropped it around chapter 100, couldn't remember why. Recently I decided to give the anime a chance and restarted from ep 1 this time. I just finished ep 60 and I have to say I can't force myself to sit through this anymore.
Every character is a very one-dimensional anime trope whose entire personality can genuinely be summed up in a single photograph of the character. One-dimensional tropes are fine in the beginning as long as the characters continue to grow in complexity and
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nuance but each time the author attempts to expand on a character the backstory or development is shallow and even hollow leaving you wishing for more interesting material to care about.
Asta: The main character's personality is a marriage of Naruto and Rock Lee(with little more than the worst of both of them), and the offensive repertoire of Kenpachi Zaraki(he has two attacks). I'd say he is overly optimistic but to be real, he hasn't taken a single L this entire show. He has no business defeating anyone he's fought, and yet he comes out on top every time. His training does not appear to be anything besides push-ups, sit-ups, pull-ups and swinging a sword from above his head to the ground. This would be entertaining if the show used this trope in a comedic sense like One Punch Man does, but it seems to be as serious as a Naruto Talk-no-jutsu, BELIEVE IT!
While his swordsmanship is mediocre, his ability is unique in this world. His swords have the ability to nullify any and all magic. And in a world where magic is everything, this turns out to be pretty overpowered. With nothing but physical strength and a pair of magic-nullifying swords he is able to defeat enemies said to be many times more powerful and intricate as he is. None of his injuries amount to anything at all. Even the time his arms are diagnosed as irreparable, he quickly and easily regains the full ability to use them within days, using an instantaneous healing spell from the Queen of Witches.
Yuno: The other "main" character, or rival, is written pretty unremarkably as well. The quiet, pretty boy who is astonishingly overpowered thanks to fate, joins the best group due to his God-given abilities. Basically he's a more quiet Asta. Interestingly, he has yet to turn "evil" but with the amount of tropes in this show I wouldn't be surprised. The only time he ever does anything interesting is when Asta is involved. Contrary to Asta, everything comes easy to him as he gets power-up after power-up which isn't exactly a bad thing but we never see him earn any his power. He just re-emerges in the story stronger or more recognized than ever(like Gary Oak) This is a bigger problem with the whole show.
The supporting characters are not as generic but quite one-dimensional. I will not get into all of them as this is getting long but 1 major issue is that virtually every female character in the series is the same person: outwardly mad at a man but secretly crushing on him*yawn*.
The animation can get good at moments during fights but a shocking % of the budget must go to animating comedic moments that are repetitive and stale by episode 10 at the latest. These moments of good animation really only seem to happen when we are watching a fight between two characters vastly superior to the main characters in strength. An 'Ooooo' 'Ahhhhhhhh' approach. Sadly none of the main characters moments get the same level of animation as the Big Boys fighting.
I need to go to the gym at this point so I'm going to stop this review here. To summarize there is nothing that this show does that is remarkable and you can certainly find many anime out there that do every one of these tropes better. I mean I'm 60 episodes in and I don't care for anyone. By episode 60 One Piece had told far less story but made you care infinitely more about the world, the journey, and it's characters.
Reviewer’s Rating: 3
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