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A miss opportunity!

The sound team is definitely to par, the first episode had me feel the budget burn, it was fantastic.

Then they chose the most awkward place to start.

Let me guess why they did not adapt Muvluv and Unlimited instead. They are too cliche in the modern context. They are stuff that is close to 20 years old, prehistoric in the internet age. If you used their plot, they would be even seen as satire.

What I wish they did was at least have a recap episode, to let you roughly know the character relationships, that the MC was a lucky bastard who one day ... got girls falling in love with him left and right, only that one day he was sent to this war torn BETA world and died multiple times already.

The story that leads to the Takeru in the story we see here is not something to just simply write off. He showed tremendous growth, learned to rely on people and grew stronger, from a flake with a harem to a true soldier who would die for his loved ones.

But instead, we are given no backstory, just like that. Most people unfamiliar with the content would just be confused coming in. Yet, not enough mecha action to keep them engaged in the earlier episodes, they feel cheated, dropped this.

The production quality imo is a modern take on the original, for better or worse, and also ticked off the VN fans.

Objectively speaking, if you take apart all the components, the CGI team managed to convey the beauty of the mecha and the alien horror of the Beta, the soundtracks team did a marvelous job and had absolute bangers for the OP and ED. I say the planning and screenwriting team has to take the blame for this one.

This is probably everything i wanted in an anime back then when it came out.
This is probably the no.1 or 2 in my heart from sunrise.
Gundam Seed was good but destiny definitely did not follow through
Gundam Age was good for killing time only, nothing really captures the audience.
Steel blood orphans is something you get from throwing a lot of money at to get a remotely good anime.

But nothing like code geass will make you remember for years.
A fantastic story, gorgeous art(it is sunrise and it was the best during its period of airing)
you get a colourful cast, and everyone has a role to play, there ... were no extras.


If you are bored out of your mind and need some excitement in your mundane life, try watching this!

This is one of those anime where either you love it, or you hate it.
You will love it if you are familiar with the Chinese Taoist cultivation themes.
You will be weirded out if you do not, the anime also does not give much explanation until further into the story.

The good: the story is about overcoming trials and ascending deity-hood. It portrayed that side of cultivating life well. If you watched the first half of the season you are sure to see all the tests for choosing a disciple. Those are tests you never see in other anime, and makes the entrance test into so many ... magic/swordsman/adventurer/etc. academy looks like a cake walk.

The bad: Generic characters, you will feel a constant sense of deja vu watching this. The author did not put his mind into making original characters and developing them unfortunately. In fact if you see the original work you can see that character changes take several hundred chapters, which can span up to several seasons of the anime. This makes chinese novels a bad adapdation target for the "fast food" ecology of anime.

The bad: The music is not unpleasant at best. Non intrusive to the show but not memorable. It cannot compare to those brainwashing songs from "overlord" or "kekkai sensen". The Op is horribly make, i cannot bear to watch it.


Overall, it is something worth a try. If you like xianxia you will appreciate it. Watch it in Chinese dubs if you can.