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As I had seen many different opinions about this Anime I decided to write my review. It is spoiler -free so, if you want to know, if it is worth or not to see - then I'll try to tell you. Also I'm gonna tell something about opinions that I've seen because it's connected to each other. Let's start then!

First of all, if you are looking for a ambitious story - then you should watch something else. If you just want an addictive story, then you can watch it. The plot of the anime is "simply complicated". First season of Gin no Guardian is ... something like an introducing to the world. It's like an tutorial in game, not really more.

Main characters are not intricately, but it's easy to like them. Main protagonist is typical and definitely not an unique, but he is kinda goofy and can be reason to smile. His heroine is kind and innocent, but we don't know much about her just after 1st season.

As I said, story is simple, but for the most of anime we are wondering what is really happening. Didn't I tell you that whole first season is an beginning? It is also beginning of plot. So we need more than 8-9 episodes to realise what are actually watching, but to be honest, for me it was a reason to watch next episodes immediately after previous one.

This anime is something, that you can watch for fun, if you are not such demanding anime - watcher, just like me. I really liked that simple but addictive story. I liked main character and I'm curious what is going to happen next, since second season is now officialy confirmed.

For me, definitely the most important feature of Anime is to let it make me want to watch it at "one breath" - next episodes just after previous ones due to curiosity about what is going to happen, and Gin no Guardian really made it. Because of this I don't understand pretty negative reviews. I can't get it why someone is saying that he "wasted his time with it" and rate it with 5, or even said that it is "worst thing he have seen in his life" and give it f.e 4. I guess that these guys just expected anamazing and breathtaking adventure or experience, but with this anime it is like expecting an outstanding plot in Mario or Fast and Furious, it just not it's role.

Does it have any disadvantages? Yes, it does.
- 13 minutes long episodes - it is not bad to make short episodes, but with such big world that is going to be shown here I'm wondering if standard 22 minutes of about 20 episodes would make it clear, definitely not just 12 episodes for and 13 minutes each.
- Due the upper one, sometimes while we are watching an episode we can feel like someone just cut some scenes. We are in some time and doing something, and next scene can be whole different without saying what happened between those two actions
- As i Said earlier, after 12th, "final" episode, I just felt like i end up an tutorial. Same knowledge about world I had for less then 2 episodes of SaO f.e.
- It doesn't have so much action, since it's just presentation of the world. If you wanted to see many epic fights than you should watch something else, or wait for the 2nd season (it is going to have much more of these propably)

So, if you are looking for something not ambitious and just entertaining then you should watch Gin no Guardian. BUT, if you are looking for an serious story about sense of life, overcoming adversity of life, power of love/friendship, then you definitely won't find it here. It's short, entertaining story to watch for fun or because of boredom.