Noblesse

Noblesse was a pretty fun and enjoyable watch. Nothing spectacular, but nothing awful either.

Like most things in life, Noblesse has some pros and cons. I’ll start with the bad. Noblesse, the anime, is probably the walking definition of mediocre. The series sets up a lot of cool and interesting mysteries and plot points, but the execution feels lacklustre and leaves much to be desired. The first 4-5 episodes were really good and then I felt it was downhill from there. The final third of the show had some cool fights and nice moments between the characters, but that’s about it.

Now that I’ve got the ... bad out of the way, Noblesse does have some good things going for it. For one, it’s by far the best adapted webtoon anime of the year. GoH and ToG suffered from tremendous pacing issues, but Noblesse did a really good job of bringing the manhwa to life. The comedy is decent, the fights are really well animated and the world is interesting. I do appreciate the fact that the story is very character driven and not just another battle shonen style set up like GoH and ToG. Dialogue and the relationship between characters are huge here.

My gripe with the story mainly comes from the second half of the show. There’s a key moment with one of the main characters that marks a turning point in the anime, and it seems like once this character faded, so did my interest. The “Lord” arc that takes up the final 4-5 episodes had potential to be really good, but the “antagonist’s” motivations were so weak and shallow to me that it was hard to take it seriously. The final episode was handled pretty well which probably saved its score for me, though.

Despite it’s flaws, I did enjoy Noblesse quite a bit and think it had a lot of potential. I do recognise the fact we only saw a few chapters out of a massive work. The whole concept of vampire nobles, mysticism and human genetic engineering is cool. I just wish the story had been a bit better down the stretch. Noblesse gets 7 cups of tea out of 10.

I know we don't want to get our expectations so high up because we all knew the recent webtoon adaptation was a tragedy from GoH.
But don't let the stereotype control you that much because this series deserves every little bit of praises they got.

Noblesse, to be said is, one of the biggest 3 name in webtoon industry between Tower of God, and The God of Highschool.

Why is it so famous? Is it because the fan-girls? or Is it because of the theme? cool and badass MC?

The answer is yes and no. It is yours to judge.
For a long time fan such as myself, was it ... worth the wait? The answer is surely yes. Noblesse is one of the most memorable series for me because of the uniqueness of their characters. And the story? You will know it later why it's so intriguing for a vampire-supernatural theme.

Okay. now let's focus on the anime
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The story was set clear that it points out the after-story of Noblesse:Awakening. Let's just say the prequel is so essential to the part of the story. And it's a MUST to watch. You must be a fool if you didn't watch it first.

So how's the change between the 4 years gap of production?
I'd say this has been the better than all ToG and GoH adaptations
The episodes so far had a decent pace for a shonen-genre, and the prequel already filled the empty gap between the introduction of the characters, so far it's very decently paced even though they did cut some stuff which is for me unnecessary stuffs (like they changed the setting to nippon instead of korea and cutting Yuna entirely), the good thing is the humor element included in the anime so far has been really really on point. You'd be surprised how funny Frankenstein's reaction is.
Rai's design in the anime also looks cleaner and more suitable with his character, with his eye is the signature expression from him.
The animation looks a standard fantastic Production IG's level, & the sound was absolutely flawless, love how it resonance the vampires medieval times. My favorite part is the logo. The logo looks dope especially after they used it as a transitional scene, that's something they need to use every now and then. It gives a strong vampire vibes too.
At last, Noblesse so far is absolutely a banger, and it keeps getting better until the true action will come up, and it makes me want to higher up my expectation. But I still won't.

Let's just hope they keep it good this way.

NOTICE: I may change the review & score depends on how every episodes will gonna be.

One of the most underrated shows in this season.

So far, I love it. Not much actions, but solid art + lovely characters.

Story is very much like 1/3 Bleach + 1/3 Overlord + 1/3 One punch man. Interestingly, MC doesn't get much attention while other side characters get more scenes. Many people complain about the phase, but from ep5, it started to burn fiercely.

In sum:

Qualities of art, characters, animation are definitely top notchs.

... About sound, it is decent. Especially I love op and ed songs.

Story is typical shonen manga, but very unique. It is getting better and better, so at the end, I am sure this show will be one of the top anime in this season. Even now, it is a lot highly rated by people in Japan. It is probably about cultural preferences between Eastern (value more about story building up + need more time for emotional attachments for characters) vs Western (immediate action + cool visual animation).

I haven't read the webtoon and I had no idea about what I'm getting into which gave me the 100% anime experience.

So far I've watched 10 episodes and at first everything is low-key, they slowly get you into the anime and by the third episode you start understanding more and more about the characters and plot. The action scenes are awesome and there is humor sparkled around plus the character relationships are !!!!

What I like about it is how mysterious it is
You're thrown in the middle of things so you're taken on a journey to get to know what happened as well as witnessing ... the current events. I mean up until the 10th episode and we still don't really know the true identity of the characters. Every time an episode ends, you're just left with questions and can we just?? the ending theme sooonnngg!!!

overall, I think the anime really deserves a shot and I seriously dislike how some wrote a review after only watching 4 episodes......like seriously, not to mention the ranking is so unfair, do not rank it or review too soon you're giving unfair judgments

The anime is super great but in the manhwa/manga there are a few scenes and lines that have not been added to the anime. I was expecting those scenes and lines, for example, the father of raskreia said that Raizel was supposed to be the lord and not raskreia. And scenes like where raskreia was going to offer the lord status to Riazel but he refused and the scene where the father of raskeia was being funny in the last message of his in the Ragnarok sword. Yes and many more. I still enjoyed it overall.
So yeh In the coming season 2 of noblesse ... I hope they include some of the scenes pls.
For me every scene is so meaningful to me but I don't like to watch character's pasts sometimes I only like it because Its the mc's pasts and the person I like in the anime. I really like Raizel He's my type <3

This show is an amazing 9/10 comedy. I was laughing so hard each episode. If, however, you don't find this show funny, then it'll immediately drop to a 2/10 or worse. This show is a train-wreck dumpster fire that my brain just interpreted as satire of yaoi-shojou-vampire anime regardless if it is or not.

If you don't take it seriously and laugh at all the dumb sh*t that happens, you're in for a fun time. If you don't see what's on screen as funny, you're going to be miserable. There is no in between, and I'm just happy I ended up in the former category.

9/10 can't ... wait for the next season!

i have read the whole manga.....i loved the whole character development and arc stories they just brought enjoyment in every chapter but this anime adaption is quite the opposite...and yes i have watched the OVA also in that OVA they cramped 84 chapters to only 25mins of epsiode... i thought this time because its a series they will stay true to their roots but i was wrong they just getting stranded from the main source they also cut out characters and arcs... ..in manwa their were also many funny scenes but in this adaptation there were roughly 58% added..... by ... far this WEBTOON X CRUNCHYROLL saga is getting worse by worse this the worst manwa adaptation so far

Do yourself a favor and skip episodes 3-4-5-7.

Half the show has a fairly irrelevant part to it and seemed to only be there to make it a a chronological sequel to the prequel (Noblesse: Awakening), despite adding almost nothing of value to the story.

The show should have been a 180 minutes movie.

Before you start this show, you need to read or watch a quick 2 minutes recap of the prequel to this show (Noblesse: Awakening).

Story-wise, it starts as a reverse Isekai. You follow the story of vampires trying to live normally in a human setting, but then there's outside interference from other vampiric characters to ... twist the story around. It eventually becomes a full-fledged vampire story. You come to learn that the story and the characters of the first half are almost all irrelevant, and the worst part is that this transition is done at such a slow pace. The vampire part of the story is a family/clan and inhertience feud among vampires; the fundamentals of that story are fairly basic and almost disappointingly predictable. The ending is incredibly flat and the lack of substantial backstory makes it even harder to appreciate. Another flaw is how restricted the environment is; you're constantly switching between 4 spots that almost never change, sort of like a sitcom.

Character-wise, the main character is very stoic/robotic and it fits his "style", however there's too much mystery behind his story and it leaves you asking for something that the show will never deliver. A lot of characters that you see in the beginning end up being completely irrelevant a few episodes in.

Art-wise, it's nothing special. The special effects in the combat are satisfying but nothing out of the ordinary. Fair.

Combat-wise, the last 3 episodes become loaded with hefty combat but the rest of the episodes could have used much more of it.

Overall, the show should have been a movie. It's fair; not bad, not very good. It would have been very good had we've been spared the useless episodes in the middle of the show.

started watching the show last night and got to the 12th episode and waiting for the season finale to air next week.

the show starts off at a pretty slow pace, not much action. I hoped there would be more considering of how people hyped up the show to be. However, the show had really good characters and the story was written nicely in my opinion.

And in the fight scenes that occurred, they were choreographed very well and i enjoyed the show a lot.

I was confused by the first episode because there wasn't any back story and the show just started but I searched online ... and found that i had to watch a prequel that aired in 2016 and after i watched that I understood what was going on.
So before you watch the main show make sure to watch the prequel first.

I would recommend people to watch this and I'd give it a 7/10

So, let me just first say it's super annoying to see someone review a show 4 episodes in. Just don't review it if you're not going to give it a proper chance. Second, it's even more annoying when they talk about it being slow during the four first episodes then a few sentences later gripe at how too much was skipped. I mean for real?

Now that I have that out of the way let me just clarify a few things... First of all, don't start with this season - this is not where the story begins. There is a ... Noblesse OVA that should have been listed as episode 1 or 0 or something. To no fault of the series itself, but Crunchyroll rather they split this up, so for someone that missed that OVA it could be quite confusing going into this. If you watch the OVA however, you should be fine, as yes all is not revealed in the first 3 or so episodes so you may not understand everything, but that's ok. Let it tell the story and it will reveal more as it goes along, it's part of story-telling after all.

Secondly, I'll just note that I watched the OVA years ago and LOVED it. I'm sure to someone who had already finished the webtoon they may have felt too much was left out, but for someone that had never even heard of the series, I fell in love with the series and that OVA is the only reason I went and read the webtoon at all, so no I can't say the OVA is bad at all. I think it's great.

Having said that I do feel like the art and fluidity (in the animation) of this season is not on par with the OVA. I thought the OVA was beautifully animated. Seeing someone walk was more natural and well, the characters just looked better too. Not sure why they gave Rai a haircut in the series either as he was perfect in the OVA. I do think they could improve in this area, and should use the OVA as a reference of how to do it right.

Now, just note this series is an action series with some drama and humor mixed in. And once you are accustomed to the series, it's actually nicely done and becomes funnier. I will also admit the first few episodes will feel slow, they are just getting you accustomed to the characters and things that are currently ongoing. I'm now around 11episodes in and every one of the last several episodes has been fantastic, as we are now past the intros and all the setup and are getting into the thick of the story, and it's really good.

I can assure you this series is extremely action packed and has some amazing characters, an interesting storyline and some beyond epic battles. Like with most good things, just be patient with it though. Let it tell the story and help familiarize you with characters because then the events that happen around them later will be that much more meaningful and exciting for you.

Seeing the animation that came out for God of High School and Jujutsu Kaisen, I can't say this is the best anime of the season....but I can say if you give it time I definitely think you'll find it quite enjoyable, as it's a unique spin on the typical vampire story and the characters you'll meet are well worth the ride!

Having read the webtoon ages ago and only remembering certain key points of it, I decided to dive in despite reading all about the pacing issues or how bad this show was. Ironically, it ended up being a hell of a lot better than other webtoon shows that aired recently. I'm looking at you, The God of High School and made me feel nostalgic for the day when I read the manhwa.

The thing about Noblesse is that you have to watch the OVA first because that provides you a view into the overall situation and a good starting point for the story. I don't ... have much to say about either the OP or ED, but Rai is exactly how I pictured he would be. Elegant, charming, soft spoken etc... He's the kind of character that you want to be the MC. Just his presence there radiates badass and really dials things up a notch. Once you add in Frankenstein, you already have a golden pair. You honestly can't hate this duo especially when you get feed more information about who they are, their motivations and how things came to be.

The pacing is also pretty fair, but they could also speed things up a notch. There is a lot of information out there considering the manhwa is over 400 chapters at least (only read so much of it) and a faster pace wouldn't hurt much so long as they keep the major scenes which to my limited knowledge, they have. Information dissemination has been pretty great so far and it feels like the story has been shaping up nicely.

The animation seems pretty alright and doesn't detract from the experience either from my perspective. The only thing that the story will suffer from later on is being a bit repetitive, but this was also a webtoon that was released a long time ago and would've benefited greatly from airing in past years. Still, if you like great MCs, fantastic fight scenes, and are ok with a bit of repetitiveness as an interesting story opens up, then Noblesse is for you!

Mild spoilers present
It was quite grand and very good. It was a fiction, but the way it was shown made me feel like one of the character of story seeing the characters doing their things in person.

Noblesse as the name suggest shows nobles and the word is very far from the way nobles are shown in any other anime. The part I liked the most was the las episode when our main character turned out to be the one who do the fair judgements to the wrongs of the nobles and turned out to be more powerful than a lord.

The other characters shown were ... quite good as well.
The modified humans showed were quite an ordeal and frenkestien character was quite powerfull as well.

Overall the show was good and can be enjoyed by anyone.

I'll make this review as short as possible to convey the idea i received from the show.

the animation is without a doubt amazing, the sound effects used are also breathtaking and I'll be lying if I said the anime is lame. the combat scenes are epic, the story line is decent and their emotions are not well depicted in the anime… is what you'll think if you only saw the anime.
[like how M-21's emotions are shown through out the series].

I was kind of hyped by the anime so I ended up reading the web manga as well and that's where I found out that ... the anime is missing a lot of scenes and some characters which are supposed to be on some scenes were not even shown in the manga.
the web manga have also explained everything in ways that we can understand the situation correctly unlike the anime.

I'm not trying say that you shouldn't watch it but the show is missing a lot of parts from the web manga.
hope u found this review helpful.

As a webtoon reader, I love the animation adaptation.
I mean, the music (hello It's HYDE!), sfx, voice dub (they changed some of the seiyuu from the OVA 4 years ago but, It's okay. Hirakawa Daisuke is still there for Franken lalala), animation, arts are outstanding. Production I.G really do a good job for this.
But I'm just kinda disappointed because...at first, I really expect it will be something like long-running adaptation that get hundreds of episodes or, at least 24 episodes with more stable-paced story? bc the original Story, I mean, the plot of the Webtoon manhwa was lit epic.
But well..it's turn out ... being another "ssssummarised" anime from the original story (if u know what I mean lol XD) bc they really skipped many parts. But well, okay. Well done. I'm actually enjoyed watching this. You have to check out the manhwa though for the full epic story of this work.
I actually really love the arts, characters design in this anime and...Frankenstain arghhhhhh ☆☆☆
I'm just really happy seeing all these characters moves, battles and being animated! ♡♡♡

First of all, why and why does it have a shitty rating in this site? I really don't get why people complain about this show so much.

It is already a given that the manhwa or manga wouldn't be exactly the same with the anime adaptation. Nevertheless, Noblesse was still an enjoyable anime series. The only obvious problems were Raizel's introduction, how the anime didn't start at the beginning, and the pacing. However, as I was watching the show, the hype and enjoyment for this series was undeniable. I really didn't see any major problems and thoroughly enjoyed the anime. Overall, don't mind what other people ... say, this was a good adaptation (much better than GOH, tbh).

Well, from the description, it's about Raizel a pure-blooded Noble who's been asleep for 820 years for mysterious reasons! In order to protect him, his servant Frankenstein enrolls him in Ye-Ran High School, where he is the principle.

However, a powerful organization by the name of The Union is also looking for Raizel and is sending modified humans to hunt for Raizel and his friends.

The following is obvious, amazing animated fights between Raizel and his friends with the Union members.

But, for a lot of people the story is also about Raizel interaction with Human society. All his life, Raizel was carrying a heavy burden which is ... the role of the Noblesse, which made him a loner. But this all changed once Raizel discovers the human society through high school life. Raizel even started making human friends, playing video games, eating new kind of food... For the first time of his life he is enjoying his life.

These 13 episodes are easily enjoyable and full of funny entertaining scenes.

BTW the Opening will eventually grow on you.

(SPOILERS AHEAD)
For people who read the manhwa, this season is about the encounter with DA-5 and the noble arc. It didn't cover all the details. There are also some major events which weren't included (for example the fight with the nobles who belong to the Union)... But, personally I really enjoyed watching the episodes. If you're like me and you just wanted to see your favorite characters animated this is for you!

I don’t think it deserves a lot of the hate especially those who reviewed it too early in the series. For an anime only watcher the series was quite good. I read the WEBTOON and I thought the anime was fine. The story was a bit fast paced and some parts were cut but I don’t some of them were relevant while other could have been squeezed in. Too many saying there isn’t content for season 2 clearly are anime only watchers because there is a lot more stuff and a season is definitely possible but considering somethings turned out that’s up in the air. ... I personally really enjoyed it. It was like a refresher now I’m going to go reread the WEBTOON. It’s really my favorite I enjoyed all of the characters and I think you should personally just watch it yourself. It’s a pretty nice anime despite some flaws. If a second season was made I’d hope they go for 24 episodes and much slower. Anyways 9/10 for me.

The fact that this show has such a low rating should let you know that such opinions can only hold so much weight. As someone who was not familiar with the WebToon this series took me completely by surprise and I fell in love with its every aspect. If you like OP protagonists and and OP-verse then this is the show for you. Nuff said. Those who did not enjoy the show as much may have been unhappy with how the show was adapted and I am in no position to speak to that considering I hadn't read the WT. However, from what I have ... seen the show followed the original source material quite faithfully.

An informational article for friends to watch.
I read the webtoon before I finished following the anime.
There is a prequel episode, consider it as the first season, and this is season two. If we look at the processing of the seasons, there are a lot of skipped and changed scenes in both. 'I'm glad they changed that.'on the contrary, there were scenes where I swore quite a lot. For example; such as showing the things that are not in some fight scenes, changing the person who does it, differentiating the chronology of what happened this list goes on,. Some have written to "Raizel why does not ... fight, he is the main character ,etc"some made such statements. You more or less understand the reason for this in his manga.

"I watch this anime i don't care happend to manga" if you thinking; It's a very nice series. Even though some fight scenes are cut short,action scenes is very satisfying.If you're looking for a vampire or action anime good choice. If I watched the manga without knowing it, it would get roughly 8.5 out of 10, but since I know and read its manga, my score is about 7 out of 10. Enjoy watching.

I heard a lot of people saying that it's just a decent show, but I really am enjoying this. Not everyone has the same taste but I think it's worth watching. Perhaps it's not as outstanding as the rather two webtoon adaptations, but I think overall is better. God of highschool had amazing animation but there was no plot to it. It was like visiting an art museum: beautiful but boring. And the tower of god is very subjective. Personally, I didn't like the animation and the character design at all, and I wasn't invested in the story.
So...yeah. Give Noblesse a try, it's ... worth it.