The Short Version:
(+)The characters are well rounded.
(+)The art is splendid (Except the OP, I don’t even know what that was).
(-)There’s not exactly much of a story.
(-)The sound isn’t anything special.
The Story (6/10): The set up for the story is simple, the MC is a peacekeeper of sorts and has been hired by someone to do some peacekeeping, namely acting as a bodyguard to an important child, (I made the leap in logic that she’s an heiress to one of those extremely rich and old-timey corporations or something like that) and that’s kind of it. The MC needs to protect this child and as the audience, we follow through said body-guarding and follow the characters in meeting people along the way. That, and we meet the MC’s friends for school. Up until the latter half of the show when it starts to pick up, thus becoming a bit more interesting for the action-heads among us, there are also a lot of supernatural undertones throughout the show and those undertones are the reasons why he knows one of his friends at school. Well, that and a certain *cough* that he possesses. The ending, while I understood why characters did what they did, didn’t really sit well with me. But then again I would’ve really only changed one thing. Apart from that though, it was peachy.
The Characters (8/10): One of the things I can always appreciate in anime is a tight cast of characters, because that gives me time to, you know...give a fuck. If you throw 50 different characters that you’ve been telling me to follow for an entire show, I’m not going to give much of a toss if some of them die. But if the main cast consists of about 8 people and you throw them into a dire situation, then I’ll probably be biting my fingers down to the bone. With that little thing out of the way, onto the mains.
Shinkurou Kurenai: The MC and not the standard archetype of protagonist.
Murasaki Kuhouin: The plot device more or less and a lot stronger than I initially though.
Ginko Murakami: An information broker and the less obvious love interest.
Yuuno Houzuki: The more obvious love interest and the closest person to Shin.
The characters are really well done considering I went into this anime expecting the bog standard archetypes for each person, ie. The Tsundere, the Childhood friend, the wimpy protagonist, and I got some of those but they put enough of a spin on them that they felt new. All that and the characters acted like people would act in some given situations.
The Art & Sound (7/10) & (7/10): DON”T BE FOOLED BY THE OP! The art in this show is halfway decent, it’s fluid and kinda unique. This is one of the problems I mention at the start, I know its good I just don’t know how to put it apart from, “It’s not janky and it’s good to look at.”(For the most part) That and the characters are a lot more properly proportioned than other shows I’ve seen.
The sound is alright, the voice acting across the board is well done as the voices of each person felt like they belonged to that person. The sound design and the OST however aren’t exactly much to speak of, however there is an entire half of one episode where the cast sang a beautiful choir number. That part *tick of approval*.
What do you think of this anime?
It’s alright to kill some time; not going to buy it though.
Would you recommend this anime?
Yeah if you’re looking for a show to watch after work to fill that gap between getting home from work, dinner, and going to bed, then sure, watch this show.
Goodbye my brethren, see you in the next.
