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Metallic Rouge - a great concept, an excellent idea, but a very BAD delivery.

This series makes an attempt at being artsy and philosophical that just doesn't land because it's too rushed to get you effectively invested. On top of that, there are several episodes where it starts you off in an unfamiliar place and acts as if there was context to this change that was never shown. Characters aren't all that great, especially as things continue on and you realize that none of them ever really get any sort of significant development except for one - the police investigator.

It's sad, because in concept this ... could have been a great anime. It had a solidly interesting world until it crammed too much into the series to swallow. It had a solid foundation for characters but generally failed to deliver any sort of endearing development on the vast majority of them. It has a story and a moral point but can't seem to stick a landing on any of it's 'profound' questions, making it a haphazard production that leaves you wanting.

I seriously felt stupid while watching this because I was failing to get the point of it all until it was directly stated later. but it turns out that this was entirely an issue with the way it was written and not with the way it was perceived. It paddles on a lot about freedom vs. order like it's some grand and philosophical thing, but because the writing is so haphazard it just starts to look like a mess.

And on a production side, it feels like it was passed around from studio to studio in order to be finished. I noticed no less than three changes in animation style, ranging from standard anime style, to highly emotive and overly expressive in one particularly strange scene the likes of which you would expect out of an OP or ED sequence, to the heavy usage of CGI during combat that didn't appear earlier in the series.

I wanted to like this series. Hell I thought it was decent for the first few episodes. However - it quickly became apparent that this was a patchwork project. Characters are thrown in for seemingly no reason other than they're needed, episodes start in strange places like content was cut from them, and the overall vibe in the middle of the series is that absolutely nothing makes sense about it.

How about I save you the trouble - this series feels like an anime Lord of the Rings Porn Parody without the sex.

I mean, with the villains being far to similar to Sauron and the ring wraiths I can't help but make that comparison - mostly because the idea of that amuses me more than the show itself.

The plot has a decent foundation but it's execution is mid to garbage - it feels like it's story is far too cramped.

Character development feels more forced than constipation, and they all end up seeming like jokes rather than serious characters. The MC acts like a stereotypical ... virgin dude and blushes at just about everything. The girls feel like their personalities were an afterthought compared to their chest size (which given that this is an Ecchi series I could forgive if it would actually do some ecchi things). And the villains are so generic they lack any real feeling of intimidation or danger.

The animation is about what you would expect of a series that wants to focus on fan-service - largely middling and boring even in the most imprortant and high-stakes moments.

And the plot feels so contrived at times with it's reveals it was almost like it was written as cliff notes before the anime.

I can't really think of a reason to watch this other than the fact that you like to mock bad anime.

You can easily find better renditions of EVERYTHING this story has to offer - be it action, story, characters, premise, or just boobies.

As a fan of the light novel (and a bit of a stickler on odd details) I can say that this series is a good watch.

It's a slow paced, well built story that focuses a lot on the journey of the main character - Rentt Faina - as he figures out the whole undead thing. It still has a bit of a game-ish aspect to it with the idea of him killing monsters to make himself more powerful, but this, at least, is handled better than a good number of other series.

And without delving too deeply into spoilers, I think it presents it's big, ... world spanning mystery pretty well. It establishes that there are a lot of unknowns, and that there's plenty to be explored in the world - which is a good thing for a series like this.

To make a lot of boring meandering and rambling on my part short, it's a solid fantasy anime that does a good job establishing and building it's world.

The one con I can mention is that the series can feel really slow at times. All it really means is that it doesn't have the highest highs, but focuses really intently on the main character.

Having finished the anime now, I wanted to add a few notes. there are several elements that are either cut for the sake of pacing, or taken out of order for the sake of character development. There are technically elements that shouldnt even be in this season because they're featured in other arcs. This gives me the unfortunate sense that they aren't likely to do a second season

The premise interests me, but it feels incredibly generic.

I never read the Manhwa/web comic, so my impressions are entirely from the anime.

Characters have SOME appeal, but not a whole lot. They mostly feel like tropes rather than proper characters, and thus they tend to feel flat. Desir at least isn't a completely boring protagonist, as he has some interesting powers and tries to look out for the few close friends he had, but he always feels so stereotypical magical protagonist that it kills anything good about him. Romantica just feels like a boring rendition of a tsundere who's whole shtick is that she has a ... big secret that Desir happens to know about and sympathizes with her for. And Pram feels like an overwhelmingly generic gay swordsman with daddy issues.

The thing is Desir tells you how impressive thy really are, but the animation and storytelling fail to really portray that. They don't have any scenes that really impress, since they mostly either fumble around awkwardly or only ever use their powers to body nobodies you'll never see again.

The magic school element feels like Mashle and Black Clover had a disappointing child, with half the issues in the plot revolving around a class struggle scenario that feels so low effort it's laughable.

And the animation for combat sequences doesn't exactly enamor me enough. It suffers from what most magic-based anime does - people sitting in one spot and pointing at their opponent while giant magical circles appear in the sky around them and start firing magical projectiles. it lacks any sort of appealing choreography or flare to make it interesting. Same goes for the small amounts of sword fighting that's happened so far.

At this point, I'm mostly just watching because Desir has a tsundere fake noble and a half noble twink as his win conditions against the final boss who nuked even the strongest mages of his last life, and that thought alone is enough to amuse me and keep me watching the show.

Easily could have been better, but it feels really amateurish and overly edgy.

The premise and opening episode were what made me want to watch this show, but as time rolls on, I find myself less and less incentivized to watch the entirely predictable plot play out. The writing feels really amateurish, as if it's rushing too fast into so many plot points and not really giving any time to properly connect you with characters or the story. Instead, it tries to either be too edgy or too tragic in every episode and kills what could have been a cool show about a guy getting ... his revenge on an empire that despised him and his master.

It knee-caps the best aspect of the show within a few episodes, steering away from Adonis's revenge to address other issues that shouldn't have even been a thing until way later in the show. If the show isn't outright bad, then it's mid, with the only good episode being the first one. And because it runs at such break-neck speed through so much plot, it's an almost entirely predictable mess of bland that appeals less and less as time goes on.

If I had to give an analogy, I'd say that this is like chewing gum that loses it's flavor in about five seconds then disintegrates in your mouth. You get a flash of good and then meh.

On the bright side, I at least liked the intro song to this series. So I guess I can add it to one of my playlists.

There are better anime this season, and in general. This is in no way worth your time.

At first, I thought it was interesting. Sure, it gave me Overlord LITE vibes, but it was all right. But things started to spin out of control when more and more of it's premise started to come into play.

If you really want to know my thoughts on it, well....

Characters feel very flat, and it tries to capture the charm of certain tropes but doesn't exactly give me all that much reason to care about them. I feel like the series fails to invest properly in the characters who'd have the most pay off, and that leaves a lot of things incredibly lacking.

The attention feels ... really scattered. It spends a lot of it's time focusing on the main character, but there are breaks to the POV of other characters that develop no attachment and no interest because the character lacks any charm inherent to themself. In many cases, it feels like the cuts might be entirely unnecessary.

The premise kinda sucks. It's basically a story about game genre vs. game genre. Each character is themed after a different kind of game, but again, the lack of individual charm ends up making the characters feel bland or down right weird. Their powers are, more often than not, just downright bullshit. And usually just feel like thinly veiled plot reasons to have things happen.

The sad thing is that it plays at a cool concept - using strategies from a video game to conquer the world. But it bogs itself down with this idea that every major block in the road has to be based on another kind of game, whether that be an RPG, DND, or a Hentai Game.... The main character has some interesting moments, but he's largely boring and what you would imagine as your stereotypical Isekai protag. He inspires no intrigue as a character outside his knack for strategy.

All things considered, this series is just barely escaping the category of "mid beyond belief" with some last minute saving developments, but it's far too much "Game World Isekai" for me to consider it a good series.

So yeah, it's Overlord for people who enjoy very watered down versions of Overlord. It's nothing incredibly revolutionary or intriguing, and mostly fails to capture a good story beat for the latter half of the four novels I read...

Is it worth a read? Yeah, it is.

It's one of those that's interesting enough to keep you invested in it, even though you know it might not be that "OMG MASTERPIECE" kind of series. The story doesn't try to over-complicate things way too quickly, and instead sticks to exactly what the title suggests - the strange adventures of a broke mercenary. It takes a little while to roll into the meat of the story, and if you don't like a series that burns kinda slow and low (it takes three whole books before you get introduced to a hint of a large scale plot), you ... might not like it. And when it gets to the story, it seems rather simple even close to eight volumes in - some ancient bad guys are showing up and their powers are pretty much divine.... better go stop them. Or not, because the main characters really don't see it as their problem to solve even though they keep running into these beings when they just want some normal jobs for once.

It's the concept and the characters that keep you invested in the series. While the plot is competent, the character dynamics are more appealing. Loren is a mercenary turned adventurer after a stroke of bad luck obliterates his company. His bad luck continues to chase him as he end up indebted to a demonic priestess named Lapis who's more than happy to exploit Loren's financial struggles for her own gain and takes every opportunity to try and sink him further into debt to her so he's forced to be her adventuring companion. Fortunately for her, Loren's bad luck never goes away - and every job he takes turns disastrously sour and generally results him accruing more medical debt, equipment expenses, and housing fees he just cant afford. Eventually, he just accepts the fact that he's stuck with the scoundrel priest for the foreseeable future. The dynamic between them ends up being that Lapis (far more sinister and conniving than her outwardly appearance would suggest) and Loren (a battle hardened mercenary with a better head on his shoulders than 95% of the other adventurers around him) form an odd friendship between a priestess with a twisted personality and a very cynical, standoffish mercenary with better morals than his "Saintly" companion.

The story is more appealing because of the fun that takes place on the adventure, rather than the adventures themselves. And with the story getting spruced up by some rather unheroic heroes, it makes for a good read. But yeah, the story burns slow and doesn't give much of the "incredible, well structured narrative" vibe.

Is it the most AMAZING manga out there? No. Is it trash, though? Also no.

Look, if you're looking for something to just turn your brain off and enjoy, this is it. It's absurd, it's fun, and it totally doesn't take itself seriously. That's really the only reason this concept works, because nothing in this series tries to masquerade as a real romance and it ALMOST comes off as a mockery of the entire Harem Romance trend. So if your taste in entertainment is kawaii waifus and non-sensical plot arcs, then you'll probably like it. The series knows what it's target audience is and just hands ... you an absurd waifu laifu with no additional BS.

Now, is everything about this series amazing? No. Not a fan of the cousin thing, and it's not like the characters are given a lot of time to have their own arcs after the first couple of girls. But this isn't a series about deep, moving plot.... It's a sensation. When you have a story line about solving climate change with giant hair balls....

Yeah. It's wild, and fun just for the fact that it has no self-respect at times and will just straight up do whatever the heck it wants to.

Look, is this series the most fantastic Isekai series out there. No. Not by any means. But is it wildly entertaining and have some very well rounded features to its world? Yes.

This show was not at all what I expected when I first picked it up, and only at the behest of my brother who insisted we watch it together. Honestly, it was a lot more fun than I expected.

The first superficial point of critique I want to address is the animation / CGI. It's by no means horrendous, but it definitely doesn't help - especially in the last four episodes of the series where ... it arguably mattered the most. There are some major animation flaws that should not have slipped past. From piercing wounds that look like they were made in paper, to the lifeless looking faces and animatronic movements of CGI characters, this show has its on screen problems. Stack that on top of the needless amounts of panning in on faces and doing close up shots of characters, and you have something that makes you feel off just by looking at it.

Fortunately, this show has other features that Make it actually worth watching. For one, the world has that game aspect to it. Now, that's not exactly revolutionary, as it's pretty much a standard feature of isekai. But what this show does is it actually gives you a good reason for that System to exist. It ties in with the world at large, and even becomes a central point of the plot. Not many Isekais actually take the time to explain why they have skills and levels and stuff in a convincing way.

The story ends up being pretty interesting, although, not nearly as deep or meaningful as other shows. Turns out this world is bound for destruction, and the system is basically in place to suck the life out of the people living there in order to keep the world alive. So what does our reluctant hero decide to do? Save the world, of course... by committing genocide. It's very much an anti-hero story, where the protagonists are ruthless and willing to go to any means to get things done. it's a refreshing break from the "I'm a boy scout goody-two-shoes" Saitama level heroes isekai usually hucks our way. It's also refreshing to see the protagonist start with a leg down in the world and getting plopped in as a weak ass little spider and in the most dangerous place in the whole world at that. Little Spider has to grind away and pay in blood, sweat, and tears for the powers she acquires. Battles are not won so much based on her powers but on her tactics and strategy - again a refreshing break from the One Punch Protagonists we usually see.

There's also a good bit of reversal in this series, both obvious and subtle, like how the guy with your stereotypical isekai protagonist Deus ex Machina powers is pretty much a side show in this series. Or how about the main character being a crazy talkative goofball on the inside but lacking any social skill at all and thus being cold and silent on the outside. It corrects a lot of problems I have with isekai in general, and presents an entertaining story about a reluctant hero taking the most logical and effective route toward saving the world.

In the end, my problems are almost entirely visual. The story may seem odd at first, but the more you learn about the world the more said oddities begin to make sense. So I actually like the story. But whoever animated this did not do a quality check on the final product. Yeesh: I give it a 7

What a story. All I can say is that there's always something fun going on. And the fact that it's narrated from the point of view of the main character makes it that much more enjoyable, since her personality adds more to the events happening around her.

This series does right what a lot of others in the genre don't, and gives both logical and intriguing reasons for the existence of the very bizarre and out-of-place elements that pop up in just about every volume. On top of that, there were even a few twists in this that weren't entirely predictable. These books rank high on ... my Isekai tier list. From humor to action to intrigue, there are plenty of hooks to grab you. And for a very large cast of characters, just about all of them are done very well. Each one progresses well throughout the story, and the central conflict becomes that much more interesting as more players are thrown into the mix.

If you're looking for a good read, this is a great pick. So grab a book and enjoy.