Aug 11, 2018
Grancrest Senki is an adaptation of a fantasy novel and as the English name indicates it is mostly about war, fighting and conquering castles. As it usually is with LN adaptations, the makers of this anime did not manage to include all relevant material in order to fit the whole story into 24 episode. It is especially noticeable in the first couple of episodes when the story seems to jump a bit from time to time leaving the watchers confused. But that changes in later episodes and I did not have problems following the development of the story (especially who fights with whom and where).
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many of the other reviewers gave this anime unexpectedly low rating, I was thinking that it would be good to show to potential watchers why they shouldn’t skip this anime which is what my review is going to focus on. Because I see the average score of this anime (slightly over 7 at the moment) as fair and appropriate. Grancrest Senki is not a masterpiece. When it started airing, I did not expect many people to watch it because the synopsis did not promise anything especially original, the trailer looked average. After a few episodes, I was surprised to see how many people were still watching it. Grancrest definitely has its faults, but you’re are going to love it anyway. It is one of those anime which are for some reason very enjoyable and capture your heart, so you’re going to forgive its faults (unless you don’t like this genre).
Given that it is action fantasy with lots of fights, there isn’t much character development for other characters beside the main ones. Overall, there is a lot of characters and sometimes you might forget names of the less important ones, but on the other hand this is that kind of anime in which a character can appear for only 3 minutes and instantly becomes loved by everyone (king Solon for example). I personally liked even many of the “evil” characters who were hated by some viewers. Mirza Kuches is a very good antagonist, even his design clearly shows that he is the bad guy, and it may also be because of his design, the way he moves, the way he is drawn in each scene that I found him captivating (while wishing they will defeat him as soon as possible).
But now more to the two main characters. The young knight Theo gets thrown into the whole story by accident because he just happens to encounter the mage Siluca while she is attacked by some ruffians. After he saves her (even though she would be easily able to protect herself), she decides to choose him as her master (whether he wants it or not). Theo did not have any big ambitions, just to save his small island home country, so at the beginning Siluca is the one who makes decisions and pushes him through the ranks to gain influence. But what is important, both of them realize this and it is not like Theo stays on the sidelines like some incompetent harem king. On the contrary, he takes on the role of the protagonist and does it justice. Among the MC from similar anime, I really appreciated his calmness and I found him overall very likable. Speaking about Siluca and Theo, their romance was very refreshing, with no unnecessary drama, it fitted nicely with the story and was pleasantly straightforward without any of the two characters being oblivious to their feelings.
To not make this review too long, I would like to sum up everything by saying that Grancrest Senki is not a flawless anime, but at the same time is very enjoyable and I would definitely re-watch it.
Overall rating: 7,5/10
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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