Erementar Gerad

It a bit underrated older anime in my opinion
Characters are enjoyable and have quite good design
Some have gags that are somewhat annoying (Kia and her constant hunger and childish outcries because of it)
Antagonists are episodical mostly but there are some good Anti-hero characters
I liked the power system and the World, romance is nicely done as well (simple and direct)
Main isn't overpowered and progresses slowly throughout the series
Compare to similar shows from that period its quite decent and a good watch
My personal favorite aspect besides the power system is the weapon designs and story progressing from episode to episode
There are many quite ... well-designed characters as well but their personalities are another thing (Kia is hot as hell and her design screams but her personality is a bit off-putting which ruins her to some extent as a complete character)
Fight scenes are decent and the OP song is great

For my thoughts on this particular anime, I found it pretty entertaining. I would have to give props to them on character development throughout the anime as it never ceased to develop the characters properly. That is, except for Envatilia. She was mostly just a side character consistently. They did attempt to give her some sort of depth since all the other characters had way more back story and growth, but it was only featured in one of the episodes. After that, she went right back to only being a weapon for Rowen who complains about being hungry all the time. As for the ... story in the anime, it was fairly good. Sure it was done before, but they definitely executed the story much more successfully than most. I find the dynamic between Coud (Pronounced-Coo) and Rin (or Reverie) very nice, but sometimes hard to watch. Overall the relationship between the two was strange and uncomfortable at first, but most definitely got better over time. I won't give spoilers, but the ending was kind of put together haphazardly, though it didn't really effect the rest of the experience thankfully.

#Characters / Development [Might contain little Spoiler, but required to properly review]
Vote: 4

I was personally fought for what regard what vote, or simply on how to consider, the character development of Erementar Gerad, this because there were many parts that literally created hate/rage, a thing that happened like once or twice for what regard anime in 10+ years, into me meanwhile another part was making me say "that's fine, i like it".

What made me give a 4 to the Character development is Cisqua, the character that created me that uncomfortable feeling of range(being angry)while reading the manga/watching the anime.
Not only she's loyal to a ... faction who permanently damage the humans and the edel raids under the light of the sun where everyone can notice, despite they claim to be the protectors/guardian, but they finish to seriously damage, and lead to almost death, and cause sufferance to the main characters which are supposed to be her friends; and in all of that what she does is keeping supporting this faction as a loyal puppet, by ignoring all the sufferance it is causing to the entire world (it is shown through the series).
In short, the more the world, humans and edel raids, and her own friends, get damaged and finish to suffer and almost die under the hands of that faction, and the more she will support that faction leading to further sufferance and damage.
It's like an immature character who can't accept the truth of the facts, and in this way lead to damage everyone around her and the entire world. Normally it could be fine to insert such a character in an anime/manga like this; however, the way it was done here is simply horrible as you expect a character to be developed to learn from their mistake and not to repeat the same mistake in 90% of the anime/manga and to never learn but instead to keep causing further damage.
We could indeed say that the character development of Cisqua could be probably rated 1/10, one of the worst I have ever seen in an anime/manga, this because the character is born like that in the first episodes and literally finish in the same exact way.
Might sound harsh to judge everything from a single character, but you have to be objective and consider that if a character is shown in every single episode and has a really high presence, it is normal that it will have an high impact on the entire serie.

For what regard the other characters, I liked the development of Cou and Ren, not individually but when together since they helped each other to find their own errors and to understand each other and each other "races" (ren understanding humans, cou understanding edel raids)

Kuea and Rowen are really funny and enjoyable character, which develop their thoughts to the point to not being anymore loyal puppet of a faction who's causing damage, in difference of Cisqua, but to understand that what was going on was wrong and their had to fix that and chase their own happiness and the one of their friends rather than causing them damage every single time.
Beside of that development of thought, there was no other development but is not strange consider the year where it was created, so that's fine.



# Story - 6
Story, for an early 2000 anime/manga, is pretty classic/standard (at that time there were many that were developed with the same logic/style) but is anyway enjoyable to a certain point, which is fine.

#Art / Sound - 7
Like for the story, giving the year it was created, both art and story are pretty much nice and enjoyable.