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| the anime went like this for me: nananananananananananannaanDUNDUNDUNDUNDUN...End.......for the vast majority of people who read this here's an explanation: the anime was pretty slow and very laid back until Isara's death, and then from that episode and every single episode after it, it was a constant cluster fuck of twists and deaths, and betrayals, and supernatural elements that were very much absent in the first 16 episodes. The addition of this "Valkyrur" race, along with the Darcens, was perhaps the most unexplored element this anime brought to the table. The ending was beyond rushed, i loved how squad 7 at the conclusion of episode 22 was wondering if they could trust alicia anymore, then at the very opening of the following episode, literally just a minute into their already resolved to go find her and fight with her again, after having really just driven her off "accidently". Truth be told I could criticize this anime into the depths of the ground, but I really enjoyed it up until Faldio shot her, thats when I felt the show lost it's luster and just ended up being a cluster of drama and confusion, the final two episodes especially when you really learn about Maximillian's intentions...even after having finishing it, and 2 hours later coming back to write an opinion, I still question myself...did I start a new anime after episode 21?...who knows....Final Score: 6/10 |
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| Overall it was really good show, even if some points were under-exploited. It is one of the few shows that kept me longing to watching another episode. I loved the battles between Selveria and Alicia. Welkin"s character slowly grew on me, mostly because he reminded me a bit of Yang Wenli from LOGH, with his excentric tactics and cool attitude. I was sensing the LOGH vibe when Maximilian appeared as he first remind me of Reinhard. Unfortunately, he was not an interesting character after all. Welkin lacked the abililty to take the decisive but painful decisions to win some battles. This role was done by Faldio which for that aspect and for his genuine feelings and careful ways, I liked a lot too. I do regret his death has been so unsignificant in the last episode, this a big miss for the show. The other big miss is the lack of informations behind the history of Darcsen and Walkyries, I wished they could reveal more abouth the truth Maximilian told, and the reason why there no more than 2 descendants from the Walkyries side. We are also given little information about the political context as well. But still, I give it a 8, because I did enjoy the show. |
| Faldiooooooooo! poor guy. |
| Faldio died expected, but still sad :( That laugh as Maximilian fell, plain old creepy. Finally they kissed :D Jaan's face when Largo was with the captain :] Jaeger lived :D Good ending, the end song was really sweet the only thing that could of made it better is if Rosie sang it. |
AggronOct 20, 2013 8:10 PM
| The final boss fight felt unnecessary, but I suppose it was in the game, like a lot of things. A lot of good in this show, some gets smudged over by the pacing. It's a shame the characterisations fell into genericness during the final run. T'was a steady ride. |
| It's funny how nobody gave a fuck about Faldio's death anyway, this thing had pretty good ideas but since it's a video game I wasn't expecting to much out of it and it indeed didn't deliver too much. I also would like to know how that guy survived the point blank shot (is he going to be in the next games?) don't know if I'll give this a 5/10 or a 6/10, I'll stick with 6 for the moment cuz the theme and settings were somewhat interesting. |
| loved this serie shame for selveria |
| That was a rather cliche ending but this was a decent anime overall. Im giving this a 7/10. |
AsianKungFuJun 22, 2014 12:35 PM
"I have been wielding a blade since before your were swimming around your father's scrotum." - Kurou |
| A MUST WATCH AFTER FINISHING THE WHOLE SERIES... a continuation of the ending.. ENJOY! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykOnIGuKNcs |
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| For someone who has never played the games, I did not enjoy this series. Perhaps I was expecting more of a strategy-based war anime than a soapy romance story. The whole story (with exception of romance) just lost focus halfway and I just held on to complete the series for pure entertainment & laughs. Logic no longer worked and I was there to enjoy the ride courtesy of Lelouch. Where was Edelweiss (which I thought should be one of the main focus of the squad) when we needed it? Come on, why didn't anyone care a shit about Faldio? How did the rest of the squad manage to look fresh & good (or how did everyone manage to make it out given their circumstances) while waiting for Welkin & Alica? My initial score was 6, which is considered an average for me, but I gradually dropped it along the way until it ended up a 3/10 -- my lowest ever for a completed anime. Beh. |
cerulean18Sep 16, 2014 10:13 AM
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kerrynutz said: A MUST WATCH AFTER FINISHING THE WHOLE SERIES... a continuation of the ending.. ENJOY! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykOnIGuKNcs Sir, you deserve a medal. |
| The story was not as bad as I was expecting from everyone who kept saying the anime was awful. It hit all the right emotional points in the game even if it did pointlessly extend some parts of it, there was also more characterization put into most of the characters that are shown from the game However there was a little lack of closure and a feeling of the story being rushed because it ended very abruptly. It's great the one of the OVA shorts did this though. 9/10 Now I can replay the game again :) |
| I hated Faldio so I was whatever about it. I was going to give it a 9/10, which isn't that high for me, my average is around 8.3 or 8.4, but the forced love triangle really distracted me from the rest of the story, so -1 for that. 8/10 |
| The ending left a bad taste in my mouth. Wish they'd at least acknowledge Faldio's sacrifice even if it was just a scene of his funeral or something. He didn't even get a response to his confession. >> Also, Maximilian was kind of a shallow character. Wish they'd have gone into his background some more. |
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| Lol poor Jann EdyxHomer!! W-wait Jaeger!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm happy :) Marina❤ (sniper with trap setting skill) Karl, the engineer but never showed his engineer skills Aisha, the brave loli Suzie Evans, the princess ZakaxRosie!! Tbh for me the ending just not really great I mean I enjoyed the entire series like the game But the ending, last battle... The game really did a great job Well at least the story isn't that faraway with the game So, recommended! |
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| That was a pretty rushed ending. As for the series as a whole I appreciate how they added more character conflict but the fact that they cut out a lot of the key plot points from the game is pretty terrible. Still. Good that a person can watch this and get a fresh experience. |
| Damn, I just noticed Jaeger walking past when rewatching. I'm gonna buy the game. 9/10. |
"The one true, unchanging righteousness in the world is..cuteness! Cute makes right! All our needs, desires, and instincts seek cuteness, and it is for cuteness that we will give everything we have! That's just the way men are!" - Sora |
| Squad 7 , taking their final mission together !! The Heroes of the War :D Salute to Faldio and everyone . they did what they thinks is best for everything . The End of the war between the Empire and Gallia . Truce of resolution ~ . Romance ~.. and the "Power of Love" <3 . Welkin and Alicia ~ !! all others too . Perfect episode for a great ending ~ !!! I heard the game was much more enjoyable in terms of overall appeal . It may be true . Considering the fact that I have not played it yet . But also , the value of watching its anime adaptation which I could only describe as : "Mediocrity turned into Gold ." It was undoubtedly ENJOYABLE <3 I really would love to see more of this show in the near future ~ :D |
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| Call it a guilty pleasure, but I somewhat enjoyed watching Maximillian just stomp over his comrades just for the sake of moving forward with his own selfish agenda, it's the most power-hungry, malicious rendition of the Commander yet. It feels forced to lose Jaegar in a flash, yeah, but it shows his conviction. Again, the fight scene was sub-par. The entire encounter felt monotonous as hell as Maximillian kept saying the same "last words" such as "Die", "It's Over", "Game Over", "This is the end", etc.. It was grating on the ears. In fact, the entire scene with the 3 on the Marmota was simply ineffective, as it was filled of all these trivial contrivances I lost interest by the end. Him dashing through the fire, the dissipation of Alicia's energy, Welkin's insipid love rhetoric to calm Alicia down, it all syncs together in harmony, but to the wrong effect. It too blatantly screams "LOVE TRIUMPHS ALL". Also, did anyone notice the recurrent theme in VC, the whole "my parents were absent/died when I was a kid" thing? This is present in almost all main characters that had their background explored to some extent: Welkin, Alicia, Rosie, Isara, Selvaria, and even the Top Dog Max himself. Is Europa some kind of place where tragedy is imperative to it's social development?... this is rambling. Overall, a 6 from me, if I am so inclined to numerically rate this. Without considering the game, VC is generally well done, but is too inconsistent with it's quality, and a lack of emphasis on it's war motif in favor of a more intimate narrative is bound to turn some people off. When there's an excellent series of episodes (16-19, cabin episode), we get the shits (basically everything from Naggiar onward). |
| Why do people have such bad taste? Anime isn't subjective anymore. |
| The second half was terrible, too much emo for me to handle. >someone dies? >let me be emotionless/stunned for 2 days 3 hours 4 minutes and 5 seconds >got talk-no-jutsu-ed >genki Rosie's hatred for Darksen (or whatever you called it) was a bit too generic for me, >fam killed by darksen >i hate darksen >i meet darksen >darksen was pitiful >i feel bad for darksen >i forgive them, lord i was wrong First half had great set up, second half couldn't follow through. Maximillion was lame, pathetic, waste of a character spot and doesn't deserve that valkyrie's loyalty. Speaking of valkyrie, not a fan of that, they were totally overpowered that basically it's a one-man show by the end of the series. Darksen had no other purpose than to display the theme of racism, unless I forgot something. The love triangle was terrible, was Faldio like.. "hoes over bros"? The bro-ship between Faldio and Welkin hasn't been the same ever since that jealousy shit interfered. Even worse when it's not supposed to be like that in the game. This could have been one of the best of its kind that I have seen in a while, unfortunately it just fell off the cliff in the latter half. Disappointing. |
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| Faldio? Who is Faldio? LoL Maxilimian cliche wish and reason for his actions "I WANT POWER!!" and mimimi. Seriously? -.-" *sigh* And I'm not satisfied with this ending... and it was pretty rushed. I was in doubt about giving this a 7 or 6, but this ending decided my score: 6/10 |
TechOtakuJul 27, 2017 9:41 PM
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| On a rewatch I just found the characters and story to both be pretty weak, gave this a 6 in the end instead of the 8 I gave it originally. Relationships poorly done and the war poorly done. Threw concepts out there and did nothing with them. Disappointing really. Disappointed with my younger self in liking this as I used to. More detail into Sevaria and Alicia young childhood in that Valkyria research center? Nope. One that annoyed me the most but Rosie and her hatred toward Darcsen was abandoned and most of the squad were background cutouts anyway who were of course shielded from any harm. Asara being the token death to tug on heartstrings but everyone else despite having cloth uniforms were wearing the strongest of plot armor. Bah. |
gswelcomeNov 25, 2017 4:39 PM
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| For me as someone who have played the game, the anime is OK. Though I still think the video game has better story, 2x or 3x better. What I hate the most is the unnecessary love triangle thing. It disrespects Faldio's character in some way, and it affects Welkin's nature boy character as well, which is calm, composed, having no minds about love, and full of clever ideas. It also makes Alicia's character looks weaker, letting herself get dragged down by feelings. The exploitation of Alicia's power is OK I guess. It's a welcome change from the game, which refrain from using her power much. The valkyrur battles are also enjoyable. The battles are OK. Though some things doesn't make sense, like some characters using weapons not suited to their classes, e.g. Largo the tank killer barely uses his antiarmor lance, and once he does, he never shoot it at tanks, ever. For someone who have played the game, this bothers me a lot. Aside from the absence of Zaka's tank Shamrock, the squad 7 rarely uses Edelweiss, which is the signature of squad 7, and the culmination of Isara's love. The killing of some characters from the game is acceptable, I guess. It's a war afterall, and there's even an achievement in the game which required us to let one of our squad members die. But I would never pursue that achievement. I won't let any of my comrades die. The second opening movie is killing the potential revelation of Alicia's power. It's OK for the ones already played the game, but for the ones never play the game, it's a massive spoiler. I gotta admit, how the anime delivers the feelings of each emotional scene is decent. I cried everytime a character died, especially Isara's death. Overall, the anime started out good, but kept going downhill until the end. |
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| Pretty disappointing boss fight but a pretty emotional ending. It really made me wish the side characters were developed a lil more regardless I still felt emotional seeing them go home. RIP Faldio an expected death but no this way :( |
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| It was kinda rushed.. and they didn't say anything related to Faldio whether he died or not. The squad forgot?? jeez... Jaeger is still alive tho good thing... |
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| The ending is similiar as of the game, and I loved the game ending, showing where everyone is with a epilogue, shame we didnt get to see little Isara (Alicia's daughter), so the game still gives better closure, but tbh, I really disliked the final fight, it was just retarded, suddently that asshole powers up like that, felt dumb, and they gone with that here too, looked weird... Hella rushed final episodes too, I was praising the anime like 5-10 episodes ago saying it was properly adapting everything, having original stuff to give more context (like Alicia and Selvaria's childhood scenes), but the changes made like Alicia only joining the squad in the final episode and other small details... yeah. Very solid adaptation otherwise, still managed to convey a lot of what the game was about (despite Selvaria's death having more impact on the game), and I enjoyed the OST of the anime too, even OP2/ED2, was not skipping them much. Not that much the feeling of war, but more like that this were regular people living regular lifes that were forced to sacrifice a lot and overcame, so that by the end they could go back the normal lifes they all cherished, this is done properly and with the extra few minutes for this adaptation, I m glad they included those scenes, great closure IMO. Contrary to many people I never felt the game was a masterpiece, but I recall when it was first launched in 2009, only playing it much later, definitly lived up to the hype being a good surprise with the story and such a good ending, this anime could have gone way worst, quite pleased with it at the end of everything, not as good as source, but had improvements over it, so it isnt MUCH worst than it either. 8.3/10 = 8 ShiroiRyu said: Ah.. Decent... And overall, the series is decent... Likked Jaeger is not dead but they don't explain how he survive. :) http://randomc.maximum7.net/image/Valkyria%20Chronicles/Valkyria%20Chronicles%20-%2026%20-%20Large%2037.jpg WTF, he survived??? I have searched through ep26 and dunno where is proof of that, I think he is dead... What bothered me was that he dies like that, whereas in the game there is a cool fight and he goes out like a boss... EDIT: HOLY SHIT, indeed, at the very end, during the trainstation, when that girl in cute attire (Edy), is pinching the dude's check, walking behind them, I m happy he survived! I though he had died on the game, but it seems he also survived, GREAT, he was a character that definitly deserved to live, shame for Selvaria, but sadely for her, she pledge her soul to the devil, because even if it was my selfish motives, he still helped her when she needed it the most (poor girl)... |
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