Neppuu Kairiku Bushi Road

(Warning: Spoilers included)
Story: 8
I love the story's originality and how relatable it is. Ame has no home and Suou is feared and hated for him not being a human, even though he saved a town.
Basically, Ame goes to find the weapon said to end the existence of monsters. On the way, she sees a girl about to be sacrificed and saves her. Then, a few monsters arrive and she goes to fight them off. Suou arrives to help her, but he's wounded. She uses her hair tie as a bandage before he comes with them and joins them to find the Holy Weapon later ... on.

Art: 10
The fight scenes, characters, backgrounds, etc. were well drawn. Especially the ending where Ame and Suou finished the endless battle.

Character: 9
The characters, like I said, were easy to relate to and interesting. All of them were brave and strong. The only thing is that the development of the characters was a bit slow, mostly Ame and Suou in my opinion.

Overall, I would give this anime an 8 for the originality and hard work on it. It was great, not the best, but I will probably watch it again.

((May contain some spoilers!))

I honestly had fun watching this series. Yes I agree the series could have been better if it were longer, but it wasn't bad either. If you enjoy some action with a taste of romance, then you might like Neppuu Kairiku Bushi Road.

Story - 7/10
The story itself was intriguing. The poison called "Shinobi" which are attacking the human race is what caught my attention to this series. Although it was a unique plot, at times the story felt rushed. It especially felt rushed when you could tell where scenes were cut to make the movie shorter. Things escalated quite quickly towards the ... end of the series, causing a bit of confusion for the viewer. The ending, I surprisingly liked. I hope to see more of this series in the future, mainly because I want to see more of what Neppuu Kairiku Bushi Road could really be.

Art - 8/10
One thing that drew my attention to Neppuu Kairiku Bushi Road was its art. The animation and character designs are both good, no faults there.

Character - 4/10
Although I adored Suou and his relationship with Ame, I do feel as though the characters could have had better development. Again, if the story were to become an anime or more to the series was added, I would hope to see more character development. Suou wanted to grow stronger in order to protect Ame however, I felt as though this character development fell a bit short. Neither Suou nor Ame's character seemed to grow, except towards the very end where Ame realized what she had caused for everyone. If you are not bothered by no character development, then still watch this series. The interaction between the main characters and the characters themselves were still enjoyable and made up a little for the lack of development.

Enjoyment 7-6/10
The movie did not bore me in the beginning and though I hate to say it, the ending was less exciting for me. I enjoyed the bits of action the show carried out, however, the second half of the series seemed rushed. I had also hoped to see more epic fight scenes than what I saw. The scenes between Ame and Suou were also quite enjoyable and gave the series a warmer feeling.

Overall - 6
Neppuu Kairiku Bushi Road was not a bad show, however, it could have been so much more. With this being said, if you are bored and are looking for something to watch, then feel free to watch it. The show is neither good nor bad, it sits somewhere in between, but nonetheless is still an entertaining movie.

I don't really write reviews, but I couldn't stop thinking about how disappointed I was. I will not write any spoilers even though I think that it would be useful to defend my point.

Story- 2
The story had a nice introduction for what is essentially a 90 min movie. It sets up a world full of potential and gets the introduction across without too many questions and fairly quickly. Unfortunately, that's all I have good to say about the story as it goes downhill from there. From what I have read before, people usually lump this in with character (and I'll do ... that too), but the interactions between characters was detrimental to the plot. There is no real meaning behind the words they speak because of poor development and therefore a lack of motivation/ reason for their actions. Another thing wrong were flashbacks that added nothing to the story because they could have been done at the time of the event. It seemed like a way to shave that extra minute off. The only reason this got a 2 was because of the potential this story had.

Art- 9
Actually the only thing I really enjoyed. Animation was smooth and really captured the scenes well. To be honest, I couldn't really find anything I didn't like so I had to give it a 9.

Sound- 8
I'm not a sound guru and as long as it goes with what is happening I'm happy. Nothing spectacular here but a solid performance nonetheless.

Character- 5
This was hard to judge because of the limited time, but it had to be mediocre. As I said before, there was little to no development of the characters. I finished watching without really caring what happened either way. Might I have push for the "good guy" to win? yeah, but I didn't necessarily want the main characters to win. With that said, there is a spark of personality in them that comes out every once in a while to showcase that this had potential, but that's really all it was. Also the romance part was just ridiculous and either more depth or needed to be taken completely out. I vote for the removal because I think it would make a better story, but that's beside the point.

Enjoyment- 5
It was fairly enjoyable up until the end for me. I am biased on the fact that I hold the story (and above all the end) to be the make or break of a show. I was willing to block out all of the shortcomings, but the ending amplified the weaknesses of this anime and let a lot of the enjoyment that had built up to be squandered. I still give it a 5 because for 60/90 minutes I enjoyed it.

Overall- 3
This is actually the first time giving a 3 and I was quite surprised. For me, Art and sound don't play much into the overall score, so based on story, characters, and enjoyment were the real deciding factors. The story, even with it's potential, just did not make this anime any good. It leaves a sour taste in the mouth and brings everything else around it down. If they come out with a tv series, I will definitely give that a try and update my review for that as it could learn from the mistakes of this and draw out it's potential.