Noblesse

Before I start the review, I do want to say that this is from the first four episodes. So take it as you can. But let me explain my thoughts on Noblesse so far.

It's...OK at best so far, it's certainly a much slower pacing than GOH that is for sure, but wouldn't call it a bad show, more something I bet as it goes along, will spawn into a much higher rating then I am giving it currently. I am enjoying it, but wouldn't say it's a top 5 of the season at all.

The story...It's hard to describe really, since the plot moves at ... such a slow pace, while it gives you time to learn and accept all that is happening, the slow moving can be a little off putting to some. So far we know that there is a secret organization finally making their move in order for world conquest, using modified humans to do such, and need to eliminate a few that would be in the way of such, while our main MC whom hardly speaks at all, tries to learn about modern life through school. Along with a colourful cast of characters around him to boot.

The characters so far are actually pretty fun. The MC is a laugh with how he doesn't talk at all, While someone like Han is a really great character that you can respect for who he is, and his strong sense of goodness. It's good stuff there. Some may look bland also, but there are a fair few that do carry the show in a better light.

As for the art? It's good, they really did a good job when it comes to making sure each scene is either bright, or dark and grim to fit the mood. Much like the sounds of the show in general.

Should you watch? I'd say yes, while it might not look like much at first going, but I'm sure as it continues, it'll grow into something even better.

Here we are now with the third and final part of Crunchyroll’s trilogy of Manhwa/Webtoon adaptations, Noblesse. The final pillar to put Webtoon adaptations on the map. While there is no doubt they've certainly captured people’s attention, their quality unfortunately cannot match their popularity and have been disappointments from a narrative standpoint. So I was hoping that Noblesse was able to end this trilogy on a high note but unfortunately, it ended with a silent thud to the ground.

Sit back, relax and sparkle in the sunshine to wow all of the girls as I present to you the anime review for Noblesse. Let’s begin.


Story: 3/10

Living ... in isolation from humanity exists a group of powerful beings known as Nobles who exist to act as guardians for humanity. However, there is a one particular Noble who acts as the protector of said Nobles. The title for this task is called, Noblesse. This Noble is named Raizel, who has awakened from his 820-year slumber. With the help of his servant, Frankenstein, he enrols at a high school to keep himself hidden and learn more about the human world. However, when a secret organisation housing modified humans called Union and the Nobles start learning about his awakening, Raizel must use his immense powers to protect himself and those around him.

Now I had the problem when starting out of not watching the Noblesse ONA titled, “Noblesse: Awakening,” beforehand. Which would have been handy after watching episode one. But anyways, onto the rest of the story, which is honestly really boring and rather incosistent. I say this because the show doesn’t seem to decide whether or not it wants to be a high school centric series or a supernatural action series. And yet both are really boring to watch because it feels like there is just no stakes nor proper growth as well as being very slow to begin with. There is no sense of tension nor drama as people after Raizel close in. There is some drama, don’t get me wrong, but it just isn’t impactful in a way to get my attention. This is mainly due to the characters not being all that engaging with meh personalities and a little bit of Raizel and Frankenstein being a little bit overpowered to make the situation less tense. Things just kind of happen with lacklustre build up to it to make the antagonists of this series a little more menacing and come across as threats that only Raizel and Frankenstein can deal with. Instead, the narrative makes them look like pushovers.

But my biggest gripe is how the narrative can make the characters both important and unimportant at the same time. For example, Raizel is obviously the central character who the whole situation with Noblesse is based around. Yet he always feels like a background character and only takes centre stage when the situation needs it. He never feels like the significant character the show hypes him up to be so when he does take centre stage, it doesn’t invoke a, “Oh you’re f**ked now,” moment that this show clearly wants to portray it as. Same goes for other characters like Raizel’s school friends like Shin-Woo Han or Ik-Han Woo who act as the central figureheads for Raizel learning more about humainity.


Characters: 3/10

What can you say about Raizel? Like seriously, what can you say about him? The guy has no personality to speak of and doesn’t really talk much. He doesn’t invoke a sense of emotion and mainly sits in the background letting the other characters talk. I wouldn’t necessarily mind that if HE WAS NOT THE CENTRAL MAIN CHARACTER. Considering that the majority of things happen are because of his awakening, you would think that he would take a more front row seat. But he doesn’t and he doesn’t really change while living in human society so there is no sense of picking up some human habits. Well, besides his one quirk for loving Ramen. Whereas another character like the Noble, Regis, shows some kind of growth living with humans. But not Raizel, so it was really hard to get invested into a guy who doesn’t show a lick of emotion.

Now, one of my main criticisms with this show is the cast’s chemistry with one another because they don’t really have chemistry with one another. It does come across as forced most of the time as their personalities don’t bounce off one another to create some nice character moments. They’re kind of just cardboard cutouts at times talking to each other while trying to convey some emotion. The one exception I would say though is the relationship between Regis and former member of Union, M-21. They at least have chemistry with one another due to their distaste for one another slowly turning into one of trust throughout the show. It’s probably one of the good points from this show and helped make Regis and M-21 more enjoyable characters to watch compared to the rest of the cast.

The rest of the cast don’t share this factor with one another. Raizel’s human friends, Shin and Han, don’t gel with Raizel or the rest of the cast and act as more comic relief characters. They do get character moments of their own but they just fall by the wayside and their significance drops in the second half where they could have been pretty useful adding that innocent human element in there. Frankenstein, Raizel’s personal assistant, is alright I guess and does have an intriguing backstory about how he and Raizel first met. But that’s just it, he’s alright. Seira, another Noble, is kind of like Raizel as she has a lack of personality but with a bit more flare to it and is more upfront about things. Now, to reiterate, the characters themselves (besides Raizel) are okay but they just don’t have a sense of chemistry with one another.

The antagonists are, like a said earlier, pretty much pushovers and aren’t really interesting to get me to hate them. The Union members that hunt down Raizel are a bit comical honestly and come across as a wacky Batman villains, but with none of the charm. The Nobles are more black and white but there “conflict” when it comes to their opinion on Raizel comes across really hollow because there personalities come across as really boring and don’t come across as threatening like they should be.


Animation: 7/10

The animation is the usual Production I.G. affair. Which means it does look very polished. Their is definitely a clean look to the show which does help with some of the character designs like Raizel. But that polished look does make the action rock solid, the background art look nice and I’m a particular fan of animation effects used to demonstrate the power of some characters like Frankenstein. Again, it does have that polished look to make the animation not a concern and one of the more positive points about the show. The character designs though are a bit on the generic side and it is very clear with their designs what kind of personality they have. It may help differentiate each other but it does make them look uninspired. On a side note, does Shin remind you that he looks like a red headed version of Ichigo from Bleach?


Sound: 8/10

Looking back at the ost for this review, I was surprised at how varied it was. The ost uses a variety of instruments for both it’s atmospheric, downtime and action scenes. It doesn’t use them at the same time but uses them for it’s own separate piece to make it stand out from the others and it kind of works. It doesn’t blend into one another but rather makes them stand out in their own way. My favourite ones is whenever they use an electric guitar to make the action more ferocious.

In terms of the opening, I’ve been slowly warming up to it as the show went on and has become one of my favourites this season. "BREAKING DAWN" by Jae Joong is a very visually solid and sounding opening that does take a bit to get into the groove of it but when it clicks is when I think it becomes an enjoyable opening. It is mainly carried by Jae Joong’s singing as the visuals themselves are nothing to write home about but the song and vocal performance just make it feel better to watch and they do match with the pace of the song. So overall, good opening that does take a bit to get into.

The ending, "Etoile" by OH MY GIRL, is alright. It uses real life props panning to the right with a gothic feel to it. It’s is pretty cool and it has a variety of props. So it is a unique opening that I did watch not every episode but every now and then.

Conclusion

Noblesse is a show that is fundamentally okay and does have a couple of positive things to it but ultimately, I was just really bored watching it. The narrative and the characters just didn’t do enough to get me invested into the narrative. My main issue is Raizel himself. I honestly think that he would have worked better as a character who was with alongside the main protagonist (while still being a main character) rather than being the main protagonist himself, because he just doesn’t work as that main protagonist and brings the whole show down honestly. It’s not that I don’t hate Noblesse as there is nothing really to hate. It’s just a meh show with some good production values and does not excel at anything really; which to be the third part of the Manhwa adaption trilogy, is not something I really wanted to say by the end.


My Personal Enjoyment: 2/10


Overall score: 4.6/10 Recommendation: Don’t Bother

To wrap this review up, I just want to say how I feel about this Crunchyroll, Webtoon experiment.

This whole experiment has been one of the more defining aspects of anime 2020. But the question is, has it been a success? Well from viewing standpoint, it definitely has caught people’s attention and it has been some of the most widely viewed anime this year. But from a critical standpoint, these shows have not lived up to the hype. Now I like Tower of God, but as time goes on and we still haven’t had the announcement of season 2 yet, the more sour I’m on this series because the narrative is clearly unfinished and is left on an unsatisfying note. It needs a season 2 BADLY. The God of High School is still MAPPA’s best work from an animation standpoint but the rushed story and dry characters left The God of High School as this year’s most disappointing anime. Noblesse is a very meh series with good production values but a very weak MC that brings down the whole narrative.

It has become what I feared it would be and what half of anime are these days. Glorified advertisement for the source material. Unless we do get sequels, this is what they are ultimately going to be regarded as, especially Tower of God. Like is said, calling this a success or failure depends on how you are looking at this experiment. Attention wise, yes. Critically wise, no. I certainly don’t think this has been a successful venture because I mainly watch anime and if I think the anime aren’t particularly good, then getting barely 1 out of 3 right isn’t what I call a success. Tower of God was the attention grabber, The God of High School was the crowd displeaser and Noblesse was the silent thud on the ground that nobody cared about.

DISCLAIMER: THIS REVIEW IS AFTER SEEING THE FIRST 4 EPISODES AS OF OCTOBER 29 SO MY OPININON MAY HAVE CHANGED

why does it seem like every episode that comes out the show keeps on getting worse and worse we saw more things in the op of the that we've seen in 4 EPISODES yeah you heard me right 4 EPISODES But don,t get me wrong the animation is really good but if this show has the goal to lose audience after every episode than they are doing a really good job at it. So if you have a lot of times to lose then you should ... watch this show but if not then don't even bother looking at it

First things - You will need to watch the two prequels for this to make any sense.

I have been breaking this anime down weekly on Youtube and I finally feel like I can give an overall score. I am an anime only. So will be scoring anime only.. the bottom line is - read the source material ... because there is no way this adaption has done any justice to one of the giants in the Manhwa world. I hate to say it because I wanted to like it so much, but it was boring and I don't often say that about a series.

The ... plot meanders... when something cool or important does actually happen...its over so quickly... Note I love slice of life... so even if we give it a pass for being a quite arc that is light on action... it still fails as a slice of life, because it doesn't focus in on things long enough.

The plot itself is something I can understand why the Manhwa is one of the giants... You have humans/ A race of Nobles who have some pretty unique powers/ weapons and very interesting clan systems. These guys have long life spans. There is the union which perform underhanded experiments...man made humans... theres huge guns...hackers... monsters... It gave me Underworld vibes initially... the plot is full of potential

So why does it not hit the mark... because its adapted poorly . Those interesting factors/ deep plot that the author has taken time to create.. isn't present. As with the other two adaptions this year... my money is on the fact they cut a lot of content. All 3 Manhwa adaptions have suffered from cut content/ poor pacing and rushing. It shows... the plot feels thin, characters feel static, art is poor, focus shifts too much and it doesn't spend enough time building anything.

This anime is ok ... Its mediocre I cant call it bad or good its neither ... every episode - I just felt underwhelmed and frustrated because I could see the potential they skipped or didn't spent enough time on. The few fights we do get should have been more.
It suffers with very slow pacing. The opening episode could have been more thrilling... if they had just changed pacing. We open with a lone survivor in a jungle at night...pacing could of been slowed to really build up the moment he was hunted down. Really build it up to show the Union group of more. Show of talents, build their characters right of the bat. Instead it was rushed to jump ahead.The rest of the episode is spent on a very cliche setting in school. Showing us swooning girls over any male character... not even delving into aspects that could make the school setting entertaining to watch. School anime isn't my usual preference.... but this anime just makes it boring... the school doesn't feel lively/real the rest of the class often serves as stills... they are nameless.. I cant even recall if they have a teacher haha.

Yuu and Manabu were given the main focus for a bit and the anime did an ok job developing them both. But then they shelved them to rush ahead.

My biggest problem with the anime is the characters... Fair play the anime wants to do a slow reveal on the mains. But everything comes across as flat...Characters don't feel deep or well written... they feel 2 dimensional.The anime hasn't taken time to develop characters bar the basics. They did a fair job at developing M-21... and slowly the relationships between some of the characters ... but it was done in a snail paced manner. And then rushed ahead when they were doing the character building. M-21's character is full of potential to be interesting... a created human who has to find a meaning for his life now he has been dis guarded by the union who made him. Plenty of room to bring in a philosophical angle. And really push what it means to be human.

The main character is very reserved and this can be fine, but you dont see him do anything until episode 5... He may as well not be in the anime up until then because the character is drained of anything that makes him interesting. We spend more time following from Yuus point of view in some episodes that it felt like he was more the main.

The group who serve as antagonists for the first half of the season are watered down and rushed. The members they want to be evil...are just simple evil bad for the sake of it. Shark likes killing people because. Hammer is gluttony from FMA. He clearly has a well written backstory with powers and a really interesting weapon.. but we see him wiped out so fast it doesn't matter. There is a point where he breaks logic and manifests characters out of thin air. Which I blame cut content on.
The anime really wants to build Krantz up to be our big bad for the first half .... but it fails to hit the mark. By the time we hit a face off with Raz and him .,..which is over in about a minute. Krantz barely has screen time. So when it came down to the fight between yes two characters who had barely any screen time... it wasn't impactful. I don't hate Krantz enough to care ... and Raz has barely been present that I don't actively cheer him on or worry about his safety.

The art in the Manhwa is stunning... the anime... not so much ... theres a lot of times where things look blurred... the animation is not great. Some of the screenshots from the fights look awful. Which really is a shame because when I was debating watching it initally the art was something I was tricked by. Where Tower of Gods Manhwa art was improved in its adaption... this is the sad opposite where that beautiful art is demoted. You simply have to type in Frankenstein or Raziel and see the beautiful art work for them to understand.

Things have started to get interesting and some world building and plot is being developed but ... its episode 8 .... its a little to late. There are 4 episodes left to come to some form of ending.

There are many better school animes/ slice of lifes/ action based animes out there to watch. Who do a much better job on all fronts. I really think if you want to give Noblesse a shot... just pick up the Manhwa.

So basically because of all the hype I read the Manhwa completely in 3-4 days.
I started watching the anime cause I liked the art style in The God of Highschool, thought this would have same effect on me but like The God of Highschool the they completely botched the story here too. It is super fast paced and a lot of stuff that makes characters likable is missing. I wanted it to be good but i guess this was to be expected. I think they should just increase the number of episodes instead of compressing a lot in a single episode. I ... think the art style is ok, but the story is just feels incomplete. I like the ending though...

Overall I will rate this Anime a 6/10


I KNOW, I KNOW that the webcomic is way better story-wise and that it fills most of the gaps that the anime left open.

The anime itself felt very bland... I wasn't annoyed by the story, I actually felt like it was going by at a smooth pace. But I just feel like it didn't accomplish anything, it felt like the whole 'school side' of the anime was pointless... Yes I know it was to develop the main character's feeling/how he feels about himself, still... pointless.

I would still recommend you watching it because it's different and the art/ animation ... are very well made, just the story is like a 6/10, the rest is a solid 7.

Like the Serie a lot (manhwa) , as an standalone experience (didn't read the manhwa before but after) it's a super nice experience
I never skipped the intro, a banger and the animation is really enjoyable. A lot of great moments.
The Characters are pretty interested and I laughed a lot watching this.

In General this show is good, the reason why I put a 7 is if it was a bit more accurate to the manhwa I would give a 8. I think it's fine that some stuff isn't 100% the same but not when its important.
Where the bad comes in is if you read ... the manhwa, there are some characters that are important not introduced at all (major bad guy for example) and lot of stuff I feel got mixed up. It is kind of sad to see how much is missing or got messed up.

I still like this show very much, would recommend people to go read the manhwa after watching the anime.

Enjoy!

First of all, the major mistake here was the fact that you HAVE to see the ONA Movie from 2016 to understand what is happening. This is so f*cked up, that you can't bring new public to your anime, you're happy with your centered audience. But let's go in parts

Story: Not talking about the fact that the story of the anime cuts MANY things of the manhwa (just like they did to Tower of God and GoH, but in these particular cases, the cut was necessary to give good rhythm and pace to the anime, since the webtoon are too slow), Noblesse has a problem ... itself about where the story should go in this season and what would be the major plot, since that we have a protagonist without much information. They should put in a logic sequential of actions that move our main character within the story, not the story that moves alongside in different pace and structure than Raziel. This is his story, and should be more evident into the major plot. (5/10)

Art: Although that, Production I.G is making a good work with the animation and art. I mean, they did amazing work with SNK and other stuff with less action like Ao Haru Ride and The End of Evangelion, they know how to put a good piece of art in motion without making them out of the original art style. (8/10)

Sound: It was fair. The songs were too good for the action and fighting moments but it wasn't something that you'll remember for. The opening and ending were the major point of the sound for the anime and this is sad. (6/10)

Character: They are good character with poor development or even evolution alongside the story. The fact that they are the same that we see in episode 1 and episode 13 it's the proof what I'm talking about. Besides that, the only character with good improvement is M-21, but even him stopped developing after his arc. (6/10)

Enjoyment: Noblesse has the major problem that anime with good premise suffers, which is: "where should the story goes?". The problem is the fact that the anime is an adaptation not an original series, which this argument shouldn't be put on question because THEY HAVE MATERIAL. It's sad, but besides that, the good fight animations were good enough to enjoy this little part of the show that is good (7/10)

Overall: Not a good anime, but also isn't a bad one. Wouldn't recommend to anyone, and the hype created for one of the most famous manhwa didn't paid off. (6/10)

this review will contain little spoilers

i was actual looking forward to this anime, not because i read the original source material but because of the ova, but just like all the other crunchyroll shows based on manhwa it was a disappointment


story 4/10

we hardly have story here, we have vampire dude who has awaken after 800 year sleep and he decides to go to school, he fights generics enemies one after another and, that is the basic gist of it

art 5/10
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the art style has 200s feel to it which you might like or hate but to me personally it was ok, it did the job, i have seen the manhwa art and the anime does not do it justice

sound 6/10

there is nothing much i can say about the sound, as none of the osts stood out to me, and i'm not much of music critique to know the fine taste in music i did not particularly enjoy the ending or the opening

all the voice actors are really good as you would expect

characters 5/10

the character in this show are really poorly written for the most part, as there actions do not make sense,
ill give you an example M-21 has the chance to get Raizel( who is extremely powerful) help but he does not do that, instead he is like " i do not wish to put my friends in danger" and decides to get kidnapped and put his friends in danger

some characters have only known each other and start putting there lives in danger for absolutely no reason at all

Raizel the main character hardly says anything at all, and it is not explained why does not say anything, he is just silent for the most part and drinks tea

than there is frankenstein who serves Raizel, for some reason he also 800 years and it is not explained why he is t that old, or why he as all these powers

animation 5/10

what god of highschool had going for it was the animation, this does not even have that going for it, the fighting animation was subpar

enjoyment 5/10

i watched this show on a weekly basis, which makes it a lot easer to watch, rather than sitting though it once , you can watch it but you would have to torn you brain off for the most part, i would not watch it again

Yes, I watched Noblesse because I read the webtoon. At that time the webtoon was really booming so I read along too and after I read it was really exciting. Besides many actions, the webtoon is filled with comedy. And before that Noblesse has also been able to adapt the anime but it's still in Korean and after I know that the Japanese version of the Noblesse anime adaptation is released this season, I can't wait to watch it because the webtoon is good and the results of the anime adaptation from other webtoons are also good, I increasingly impatient. But after I finished watching ... Noblesse, I felt disappointed, because there were a lot of scenes in the webtoon that were not cut, and even though this was still filled with comedy, the more exciting comedy was not shown so it felt less like that and I think the story is still going on if it's based on the manhwa. , so if there is a second season, I want it to be better.

Graphics and visuals are really lacking for the current season which is already good but not bad. The art is really the same as the manhwa but I don't like it personally. The sound is just normal. Well, for the character, if you make it in this anime, I don't like it because the character Raizel doesn't look deeper, it's different from the same in the manga, which is deeper. So to enjoy it, I like stories like this so it's not that bad and it's pretty good for those who like action.

So that's how it is, if we've read manga, I like to compare it to because I don't like reading manga
Indonesia:

Ya, gua nonton Noblesse karena gua baca webtoonnya. Waktu itu webtoonnya lagi booming banget jadi gua ikutan baca juga dan setelah gua baca emang seru. Webtoonnya selain banyak actionnya tapi diselingin dengan komedi. Dan sebelumnya juga sih Noblesse juga pernah dapat adaptasi anime nya tapi masih bahasa korea dan setelah gua tau bahwa adaptasi anime Noblesse yang bahasa jepangnya rilis musim ini, gua gak sabar pengen nonton soalnya webtoonnya bagus dan hasil anime adaptasi dari webtoon lainnya juga bagus-bagus gua makin gak sabar. Tapi setelah gua selesai nonton Noblesse ini gua merasa kecewa, karena banyak adengan di webtoon yang di cut jadinya kurang gitu dan walaupun ini masih diselingin komedi, komedi yang lebih serunya gak ditampilkan jadi merasa kurang gitu dan menurut gua sih ceritanya masih lanjut kalo berdasarkan manwha nya, jadi kalo ada musim ke-2 nya gua pengen nya lebih bagus sih.

Grafis dan visual itu kurang banget kalo untuk muasim sekarang yang udah pada bagus gini tapi lumayan. Artnya itu sama banget sama manwha nya tapi menurut pribadi gua gak suka sih. Soundnya sih biasa aja. Nah buat karakternya tuh kalo buat di anime ini sih kurang suka karena karakter raizel tuh gak diliatin lebih dalam lagi beda sama di manga nya yang diliatin lebih dalam. Jadi untuk dinikmati sih gua suka sama cerita yang kayak gini jadi gk terlalu buruk dan ini lumayan bagus sih buat yang suka action sih.

Jadi ya gitu sih kalau kita udah baca manga nya suka ngebanding bandingin karena itu gua gak suka baca manga

Fairly alright adaption of the webtoon. As many has pointed out, it does not start as the webtoon. It plops down many chapters into the webtoon and might be confusing for many viewers as you don't get a proper introduction of many characters. Although I would argue they have set the series where it begins to get very interesting and follows the storyline well. There are some subtle differences to the original and some severe changes. I didn't care much for how they changed the ending, and a lot of character developments were ignored in favour of letting the story progress forward faster which (imoho) ... took away chances for laughter.

However the art is great and it flows very smoothly. It comes across as light despite the fact that they approach some heavy morals and I like that, it gives me time to consider them more deeply myself.

All in all, it's a good anime. Maybe even a great one, but it didn't suit me as much as I had hoped.

Well, I must say I'm pretty disappointed. It's the 1st time I'm writing a review, but I had to write a review for this one.

First, let me say it's not a hate review against non-japanese story. I watched Tower of God and enjoyed it, and I was really hyped about this one. On the contrary it's a hate review against the very bad adaptation of a very good story. In this anime, the problem isn't the story, but the shit job of Crunchyroll

For people who haven't read the webtoon, this anime is just average, still enjoyable but not amazing. The real problem I have ... is that Crunchyroll decided to do whatever they wanted and changed the story. As a result, some important characters are completely different from how they should be. Some scenes were added in a bad way, and some good parts were skipped. The last straw was the final episode, which should have been epic if they just completely followed the webtoon, but they butchered it.

So if you have read the webtoon, I highly recommend not to watch this one.

This is coming from someone who has not read the manhwa. So as a neutral I have to say this anime is just average. If you are looking for something to fill some time or a weekend then it's not a bad watch to binge, but it's not something I would recommend for someone looking for a good story.

The positives for me were the art style it looks pretty great for the most part, and I really enjoyed some of the fight scenes. I personally felt a lift of energy when I watched a character power up.

There however is a multitude of cons. To begin, ... the pacing is absolutely horrific. There is like three arcs essentially for the season, none of them really feel satisfied at the end.

Also The main character has maybe 20 total lines for six episodes before he finally speaks multiple words or does any form of battle. it's nice to finally see him when he does show his true powers (which are tremendous, the character is so OP). however I had no real form of connection with him because he doesn't really do anything for half the season. So as the story continues and finally focuses on him it's too late and it's already almost over so I don't understand the motivations for anyone or even if I do, they're weak at best.


There was too much focus on his surrounding cast and that kind of took away from it. While frankenstein, M-21, and the others provide a decent background cast in and of itself, in terms of the overall story that's trying to be told they contribute very little. And the human elements were almost unneeded as they don't even appear for the last four or five episodes really.

Again, this is coming from an Anime watcher first, I will now read the manhwa and see what I missed. I'm also sure that it'll explain the plot holes, or address the pacing issues. However that doesn't excuse the show for its faults. I've already is again if you're looking for a show to kill time, this is not a bad watch. Just do not go in expecting anime of the season material

I loved the manhwa version of the Noblesse as it had the complexity you would have expected for a print media but the anime has failed to meet that, its not even close to its shadow.

Now I get the minor changes like changing S.Korea for Japan or charaters names, understandable, but what's not understandable is changing the intro plots for characters, chucking other set up plots and removing good characters completely.

The intro for Crombel being dropped it's stupid he's a big bad, I mean he was linked to Marie. The change of character introducing a guy pissed about his girl liking Yusuke, it should have ... been the intro to Yusuke's celebrity friend Suyi.

The character development for the Infectee was taken out it was a main point on how M-21 was getting stronger and learning to trust Frankenstein.

And where is the humour the manhwa was full of humour, Frankenstein taunted and demeaned his opponents just for the fun of it, the experiments and jokes to make the perfect ramen for Rai, Tao was an eccentric madman and Karias was delusional with his interactions with his supposed 'father-figure'.

If Noblesse gets a 2nd season I' hoping they stick closer to the source material and INCLUDE the jokes Tao and Frankenstein are so funny even Rai has some moments in the source material

I'm not sure what I was expecting from this, but I didn't really expect much. Webtoon can be hit and miss for me, and I don't spend a lot of time checking things out on there. I have not read the backstory so this review is based off the series alone.

The animation is good, the storyline is interesting, and it has a lot of fresh twists and turns. It keeps you engaged throughout and doesn't have any huge holes in it as far as I can tell (so far). There seems to be a lot more needed to finish out the story so I ... can't say for certain if it will end up being 4 stars throughout. I'll check back in after a bit and revise.

Update: This is a really fun twist on a nobility theme. It is labeled as a "dark fantasy" and it mashes together some dark themes but overall it is really lighthearted. I don't know much about it, but I honestly think it presents as a shojo in a lot of ways. I think they could have developed some plot points and personalities, and gotten deeper into the "dark" bits of the theme but overall it was really well done. I disliked the ending but I'm keeping it at 8 for overall execution.

I honestly have bias to this show since im in love with the aesthetic and characters. Im not a fan of the trope of a overly handsome and perfect guy everyone simps over, but for this film im willing to look past it. The pacing feels alright, though a bit fast. Every character has something interesting and unique about them, creating a diverse team of main characters (eventhough most concepts used in this series are recycled from other generic ideas of a fantasy world mixed with modernity). The characters overall, dont exactly feel human and its hard to sympathize/empathize with some them and that may ... be just because of the pacing-they had alot of stuff to put into a small amount of episodes. Some characters you meet in the first few episodes seem to get forgotten over time-leaving me to wonder if theyll ever become relevant again. Thats what I think anyway. That being said, I do rewatch this show at least once every year. I love the characters as well as animation. Unfortunately, I doubt theyll continue this series via anime anytime soon, and its better to find the webtoon for it.