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I am writing my review right after I dropped it so i apologize if I am really harsh. Ihad expectations for this mahwa since i heard the novel was good....I was very very wrong. From what I heard the novel is very detailed and designed this however is not. The first thing I noticed was the develop of relationships there were almost none. The friendships you will see are just happen without rhyme or reason and die off just as fast. The first rival the MC faces fights him twice in 3 chapters and says he doesn't want to fight him again. The first crush ... the MC has seems to like him even though they talked twice which is enough since she asksher brother to help protect him. The brother doesn't seem to like that fact but ends up doing as she asks and ends up respecting without ever meeting him and only respects because he moved up in rank faster which I understand that sounds fine but let me be clear on one point you will be asking yourself this who the hell is this guy and why do you care. The next thing is the romantic relationship with Alice which reminds me about that one girl a dated for about a week and then wants to break it off because I am not that guy who will buy her everything she wants. This part made me want to drop it the most because it is beyond stupid. Just saying now this is where the spoilers come in. The girl Alice meets are dear MC once but for some reason they cant stop thinking about eachother which makes me wonder what happened to the first crush we saw like 5 times before. The MC somehow knows where she goes to school they meet again but instead of talking they combine magic to create a place in the world that reminds you of a wedding vow and they take it as the beginning of a relationship. The MC goes back to the forest pretty much right after visiting the college and right around the time the MC might get killed Alice's father has debt issues so some men go after her and her father which she wonders why the MC is not there to save her even though she has magic that kills monster she ends up being saved by some rich jealous dick using money to solve her problems. She suddenly at the worst time to do this uses a tarot card reading to say the MC wasn't her true love but the rich dick who looks down on lower class people and can solve her problems with money. Let me point out a few things before saying the final reason i hated this part. The fact she didn't use magic to save her butt was a ethic choice because that situation had implies slavery written all over it and the fact she acted as a damsel in distress got under my skin becauseI am a guy who likes relating to the MC on a gender and psychological level but the side characters I prefer depth not someone who has to be saved by someone elsd because they dont want to save themselves. Now what really got to me was the fact that Alice said "after we got together I noticed somethings that wouldnt work" which implies they spent more then 5 minutes together but I dont remember a scene where that happened not to mention she asked could we be friends line which most guys want to punch a brick wall after hearing this.The only reason she liked him was because he was the cool unknown guy that saved her and she wanted him to do ot again but when he doesnt she leaves him for the rich arrogant dick. The other reasons I dropped it were because they dropped some very badly represented cliched bombs though cliches are common it all depends on how they are represented. To rap this up I am going to make one thing clear this could have all been bearable if the pacing wasnt rushed and the fact that they skipped steps for it. There is a reason no one likes talking about this.

It was a decent recap but I felt kinda empty afterwards since it was missing a part that made me join the hype but I'm getting ahead of myself.

Story 4/10
You may be asking why I gave it this score. The reason is very simple they ended up cutting out very important scenes that gave the story depth and the scene that sold the legendary hype and bought the fans. The scene where the fan forgot for a moment that Jonah smoked his
way out of the whale (no matter how inconceivable) but rather busted his way out right after having the most epic revenge speech I have ... heard in ages.


Art 10/10
The reason I gave it such a great score was because the art pulled off something that can really destroy a show if not handle correctly. The artist not only sustained a unique style throughout any given scene, facial expression etc but was able create a variation in character/titan design that is rarely seen in a very moe culture. Don't get me wrong I love moe but being able to express how serious something is in a serious anime is kinda the point. All in all there was no real artistic difference between the series and movie.

Sound 9/10
I love this soundtrack. I sometimes listen to it when I work and sometimes when I draw comics but the one problem that keeps happening in every recap movie is that they change the soundtrack around thinking it sounds better but in all honesty the soundtrack used the first time around gave the build up necessary without losing any momentum.

Character 6/10
If you haven't already noticed I have seen the series first and read the manga which tells you I know they messed up. They cut out very important character interactions and backstories that will leave newer people who could prepare for season 2 in a hour wondering why certain characters matter. This will kill the stories depth a bit.

Enjoyment 8/10
It was pretty fun recapping my favorite parts coming with theories and finding subtle messages I didn't know about before.

Overall 7/10
It was good not my best recap movie but it was something I would watch again. The loss of build up in somethings and sacrificing the best scene was a approach that could have been done better.