Feb 25, 2020
My personal genre of the show: War Strategic
I did not expect anything from this show since plenty of watchers expressed their disappointment with some of the major scenes. Honestly, after I heard about the presence of Netorare in this show, I removed it from my watch list. However, just recently I'm having a rough time looking for a good action/romance anime. Let's say, that's just my crave at that time. Grancrest Senki came under my radar with 7.3 (decent enough) MAL score. The reason is that I saw a few forum replies that "Grancrest Senki does not have NTR, and the Internet is only talking
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out of their ass". So, I gave it a try.
Grancrest Senki is a story of an emotional ride for fantasy/romance watchers. The show has partial similarities with the Game of Thrones but the characters seemed more based on some popular JRPG-like games such as Final Fantasy series. Although the story might be too fast and confusing, it still manages to deliver engaging content.
3 Things that make it engaging in comparison with some shows of the same set of the genre:
1. The Strategic Content
- As I said, the show has similarities with GoT. The war strategy is not only limited within the battlefield. With the incorporation of magic and various types of fictional fighters, the author has been able to write sophisticated, fiction-based strategies that keep the psychological war very enticing.
2. Romance is not bland
- Most of the action animes have very bland, lack of development romantic stuff which I think is understandable but too scanty. However, Grancrest Senki has a good amount of indulging romantic scenes that are crucial to the characters' development.
3. Characters, their kin, and their troops have remarkable distinctions.
- In a battle of armies, it is essential to, at least, maximize the number of distinctive characters participating in the battlefield to make it more like a real battlefield. Some war shows have army battles with only two to three named characters per side. Grancrest Senki showed more characters, with more distinct fighting skills.
The most negative aspect of the show is the fast-paced story sequence which you may find confusing. Apparently, it is also the main reason why it has a quite low public score. For me, it does not bother me much and actually, I think it is just fine. Sometimes, a narration of a huge world setting bores me and slow-paced shows are more painful to watch. Grancrest Senki does not annoy me with this part. Also, the said Netorare scene has vexed me, however, it is still a very significant scene for the story development which I think would be paid off at the later part of the show. The scene is not as bad as I expected.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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