Queen's Blade: Rurou no Senshi

actually to agree with the previous post i like Queens Blade too. A lot its a bit transparent at times, but a long with all the major titilage
and hot girl on girl action it has actually has a pretty decent story to it.
Reina the main character is a troubled princess who wishes she wasn't a princess to begin with, her quest is becoming stronger by doing the queens blade.

watch the show. its good. you'll like it. Just watch with open eyes and an open mind.

One day, quite a while ago,during one of my 'find a random anime' web searches, I decided to randomly click on series from a list of anime. This anime was the product of my choice. It served as my introduction to the true ecchi(?) side of anime, but my memories of it are not fond, at least for the most part.

Before I even dive into this, I'm going to say that this is a fan-service anime with actual nudity. Those who aren't into that kind of stuff should probably leave now...

Queen's Blade was one of the first anime series I ever finished and while ... that in itself was an achievement for a then fledgling fan, I can say with a firm resolve that it was not worth being among those first series.

The story of Queen's Blade is more or less the typical 'Females with special power gather to do combat and have a ton of fan service in the process' type of tale. To be honest, I basically lost track of the plot about 1/4 through due to the intrusive fan service, and its needless to say that the first episode with Melona was extremely disgusting. In addition to some genuinely disgusting innuendo-inspired fight scenes, they tried to put in some random archetypes because WHY NOT, but more on that later. While there were a couple decent episodes, they were usually somewhat self contained and had little to do with the overall plot.

That being said, there was one episode early that nails its moments of desperation perfectly. It has to do with the character Risty and her back-story, as well as how that affects her actions.

Overall, the story is more or less an excuse to see T&A. No real substance.
STORY: 5/10

The art is...well, not bad. The character designs fit, but considering when this was made, the art could have been a lot smoother and more cleaned up. The animation is decent, with quality amping up during the 'fight scenes' (I say that because...lets just say they give a new definition to 'blow your top off'). Honestly, its a FS anime, so I should not have expected anything different, but its just so apparent that they don't really care about anything else.
ART: 7/10

The sound...I watched it in sub and it was not bad...but it did not stick out. The soundtracks are generic medieval themes. There may have been a couple okay tracks I may have forgotten, but if they were that good I would probably still be listening to them. The dubs...yeah, lets move on.
SOUND: 5/10

I'm going to be blunt: More than 7/8s of the characters are as boring as can be. I did not care about Leina's development because she was just so cliche and one dimensional that I already created her personality in my eyes with her first words. Everyone is more or less in the same boat. There's the huge chested comedy person whose a nun, another one who's a mom, an overcompensating angel, a country bumpkin girl, the little sister with a big sister fetish and a sadist/mentor who uses snakes. That's just off the top of my head. Almost any anime girl stereotype you are looking for, its in here somewhere. What some may call colorful people are to me extremely annoying.

There is one exception to this cast, though: Risty. She serves a mentor to Leina and her goal is to earn money for an orphanage. Early in the series she makes a decision that scars Leina for life (literally and figuratively) that adds a new layer of complication to both their relationship and to her character. The former goes nowhere, of course, 'cause Leina is a dud protagonist, but the latter leaves me with a small sliver of what might have been for this anime...This character is the reason this following score will make it to a six.
CHARACTERS: 6/10

I did not enjoy this anime. Many of the fight scenes were disturbing, as was the FS and I overall did not like it. However, it is easy to watch despite its flaws, since you don't have to think while watching it.
ENJOYMENT: 5/10

Overall, this anime is a stain on my watchlist. Still, I feel as though I should warn others NOT to watch this anime unless they are really looking for a fetish-catered ecchi fix. If I could go back in time and choose another anime instead, I now would not know what a bad anime truly feels like when you watch it. However, I think I could've chosen something at least a tad better Queen's Blade.

It's an ecchi, a lime, cut and paste. I wouldn't mind so much, though, if cat fights and strip teases weren't all it had going for them. The characters range from okay, to boring, to REALLY irritating, i.e. Nanael, the Angel!!! It's just boring; if you're going to tease me short of showing actually sex, you NEED to have something to keep my interest. Even the saddest individual can find something else that does the same thing AND give them the sex scenes to beat off to. I've heard the second season is better and third (heard this was WAY better) doesn't even have the ... same boring/annoying characters. I'll give those a check but consider the first season dropped until further notice.

Disclaimer : This review written with my personal opinion based on my experience from watching the show. I always appreciate all the works put into the show and the show itself. I wish no single person will be offended by any statement that i write below:


- Story 3/10 : Basically the story tells about some kind of "Battle Royale Game" with only girl to take part, the winner will become the Queen of the land and have the right to rule it. The concept itself is pretty interesting, but sure really need a lot work to do more. The progress is little to slow, lack ... of character development involved. By far the story is too much focused on 1V1 battle of the girls, seasoned with fan service of some massive oppai.

- Art 8/10 : I don't think I will complain about the art. I didn't really see things that hurt my eyes, in fact it freshen my eyes with lot of chikubi. There some lack of physics at some scenes, but I can go through it

- Sound 6/10 : I don't know how to score this TBH, but the effect and the BGM doesn't really stand out but also doesn't make things worse, so i give 6 for it.

- Character 7/10 : From the "looks", I would say the characters have good design (I only don't really like one girl from all the characters, but you can say it's my personal preferences). Each character also have good and unique personality, even they're just basic personality so you can tell which is good or not. But the main problem is the lack of character development. That makes it good but still far from great.

- Enjoyment 6/10 : If you are looking for some serious Fight/Fantasy show, so hold this away for a moment, and get back when you want to see show that is less serious. I might say this show is really good if you look for fan service entertainment. I watch this after some series of serious anime, so I don't feel bad.

- Overall 6/10 : The show is not bad, I believe you can still watch it with some enjoyment.

Let me begin by saying that this show is NOT for everyone. Looking through the reviews, it seems like a lot of people greatly dislike the show based. Despite that, let me tell you about what I believe to be the good qualities in this show.

Firstly, the opening theme song is great to listen to. Definitely fits the fantasy theme, and is nice to listen to by itself.

The art is also well done, though it isn't the greatest. There was certainly effort put into making the scenes and characters look nice, which is accomplished in the show.

The story is actually several different stories all coming ... together at one plot point. Characters come from different backgrounds, which is show throughout the episodes. Despite this, the actual plot is boring. Sure, the fight scenes are fun to watch, and it's nice to know why characters do certain things, but the entire point behind the actual tournament is basic and uninteresting. Then again, what can you expect from a show that focuses heavily on female sexuality, while putting pretty much everything else on the back burner?

The character designs are beautifully done, and each character is easily identifiable. And, if you're coming to this show for the fan service, you're in luck! Every character has at least one moment of revealing clothing, if not complete nudity.

So, if you're someone who's interested in watching a harem of hot girls fighting for a title that you likely wont care about, this show is for you!
However, if you want a show that has nicer animation, a simple but enjoyable story line, and the added fan service, you should watch Interspecies Reviewers.

Extraordinary! It seems that studio ARMS have outdone themselves by providing some hot (and I mean hot) garbage for some amateur English voice actors to come and dismantle further. The result of this perfect storm is Queen's Blade: The Exiled Virgin. Watch as Leina: The Wandering Warrior proceeds to befriend Risty: The Benevolant Bandit of The Wild in the most perculiar love-hate relationship since Disney bought Star Wars.

As for story, I'm afraid there's not much here chaps, not that it matters of course! This show was never intended to have a competent story, merely to act as a bridge between breast and bystander. In ... Queen's Blade we follow our sheltered protagonist Leina as she seeks life away from riches and royalty. How will she do this? By becoming queen of course! In order to do this she must win the Queen's Blade competition, collecting copious comrads along the way. This show seeks to break the anime clichés by featuring never-before-seen training montages that involve the self-application of tree sap and a single day of swinging a sword to become the most powerful warrior on the continent. Also hugging boob explosions (you'll know what we mean when you get there ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ).

Not much to say with regards to the animation and sound fellas. In order to spice things up and really get the most bang for our yen, we decided to undertake this adventure with an English dub. What a splendid idea indeed ! The English dub for this show alone is bad enough to boost our sound rating by two whole points! Who could forget the half hearted "Thiiief~" that a single guard seemingly says to himself as some valuable jewels are stolen from a castle! Extraordinary! If you're going to experience this art, do it in the best way and watch the English dub.

You may have gathered what are thoughts are regarding the characters in this masterpiece (a word I do not throw around lightly) from our previous statements. Here, however, I shall elaborate. Our main cast of characters are a strange lot! Ranging from angel to angry, blind to blacksmith and Raina to rapist. (Especially that snake one!) While this could make for some interesting interactions, characters seem to lose their own personality when interacting with others, making conversations feel like they are between cardbourd cutouts. How disappointing! The only exceptions to this are the servents of the Swamp Witch who seem to be the only characters capable of retaining their personality in their dialogue.

Overall this anime is a jolly old time! It's flaws perfectly combine together to create the ultimate anime viewing experience, featuring suprisingly few clichés. It draws you in with promises of boobs and then delivers while providing nothing else. A good time when watched with friends. 5/10.

Queen’s Blade is a really moronic, asinine boob show. So, if you don’t enjoy series like that, don’t expect to like this series. This series is actually really hilarious though: the juvenile sexual humor, the epic music while ridiculous boob flopping or camel toe is happening is glorious, the implied lesbian relationships or maid girl with little boy pairings (?), and the girls, who admittedly, are well-designedーcoalesce to make the Queen’s Blade franchise, BUY THE FIGURES!

• The plot is nothing special, the first season is pretty much written like a light novel, a sexy princess is abducted from her kingdom and falls from glory to ... be put into numerous, humiliating situations that are so ridiculous that you would only see it in a really bad hentai. In the first few minutes of the very first episode, a gelatin bunny girl (Melona) shoots acid milk out of her nipples and melts the main girl’s clothing off.

• No, it doesn’t burn her skin. Nope, the series just has to get her naked. The first season focuses on the princess, Laina, and her two incestuous sisters. Because, this show will use any excuse possible to get characters in sexual situations. The second season of Queen’s Blade introduces many more colorful characters, including a loli with an piece of armor on her crotch that is not a penis. Nope, not phallic looking at all!

• The second part of this, uh, masterpiece, is pretty much any generic tournament arc that you would see in a Shounen Jump series but the fat tits and pussy edition. It improves in the momentum and the ridiculousness from the first season, which is good, because it’s a lot more entertaining and epic. If you thought that the angel girl from the first season that was voiced by Aya Hirano and spilled suspicious looking milk on herself all of the time was ridiculous, I am completely ecstatic to reveal the Holy Pose.

• There’s a nun character that literally prays to God and shoots a light beam from her spread legs. Surprisingly, the OVA after the second season (there are two separate onesーfor some reason), but the only one of note is Utsukushiki Toushitachi, translated to Beautiful Warriors. The only downside to this six-episode OVA is that the first two or three are the only memorable ones, but they actually had a bit of character development.

• It’s weird that Queen’s Blade has anything akin to character development, but I actually really liked the Elina and Alleyne arcs. I wanted to like the third episode more than the first two, because Airi is best girl, but it just emphasized more of the creepy relationship that she had with Cattleya’s family, yes, that’s actually her nameーbecause she’s the size of a cow.

• So, let’s talk about the Vanquished Queens OVA. I didn’t like it at all. It was the worst edition of the franchise, by far. It was bordering more on a rape hentai than a ecchi fighting show like the other series. It made me feel filthy to watch it. It was gross and unwatchable, not as much as Violence Jack, but really, really bad.

• Queen’s Blade: Rebellion was awful and made me feel like I should be flagged by the FBIーbecause of the sheer volume of loli characters. I usually don’t mind two or three of them, but when the entire cast is just underaged-looking girls. I’m not into it and I can’t find it funny. Rebellion definitely wasn’t as campy as I would have liked it to be.

• Queen’s Blade Grimoire, the latest edition, was a lot of fun. It takes a lot of fictional characters like Alice in Wonderland and Little Red Riding Hood and makes it a trippy, ecchi fighting romp. There’s also little cameos from the original series, which was enjoyable, but overall the franchise doesn’t care about the quality of the anime. They just want you to buy pretty girl figures.

• Overall, Queen’s Blade is horrible, but it can be entertaining to watch if you want to laugh at the absurd sexual humor, like the anime: My Girlfriend is a Shobitch; just tune in to something incredibly moronic and it can repel rainy moods like an expensive umbrella! I would say that these series are more for stoners than people who are actually attracted to the characters, because it is so freaking bizarre. I rate the first season a 2/10, the second season a 3/10, the Beautiful Warriors OVA a 3/10, all of the other OVAs (like, the prequel to Rebellion) a 2/10, Vanquished Queen’s is a 1/10, Rebellion is a 1/10, and Grimoire is a 3/10.

As someone who doesn’t really watch ecchi I’m not sure if people normally apply different standards to it but looking at Queen’s Blade as any other anime it sure is disappointing.

The show has 3 things going for it, or rather things it was probably supposed to have going for it if done well.
First, and most obvious one, is ecchi. Titillating display of ass and titties that’s not enough to blast rope but enough to say “ey, that’s pretty nice”.
Second one is action. The show is named after a competition set in the world of this anime, Queen’s Blade. It’s a competition created by angels ... that pits lightly dressed women against each other, to see which one of them is more fit to be the next monarch. The whole thing was setup to avoid mass conflicts in pursuit of the title. Naturally, the show revolves around this competition and action it results in.
Third one is the actual writing of it. The drama, characters, plot, all that. It might seem misguided, to think that an ecchi show about a bunch of almost naked women beating each other up, and undressing further in the process gives a shit about its plot. However I think Queen’s Blade wants you to think otherwise, given how often it strays from first two points to remind you that no, this is all actually pretty serious and important.

How does it fall short then? Well, for the first one it’s hard to say cause one man’s stick figure drawing is other man’s explicit materials. Either way having seen whole 5 or 6 ecchi centered shows and played a few Leisure Suit Larry games I feel like QB is rather lacking in both straight up ass and titty exposure and more importantly, it lacks in creative scenarios to present those. I can find anime porn anywhere. In fact, I don’t even to look for it and I will still see some of that shit on social media or elsewhere. It’s not interesting to just present a naked anime girl and call it a day. You gotta think up some context behind it that makes it more interesting. QB has glimpses of that with a character who constantly has a scaly snaked rubbing around her groin and some demon girl that sucks out people’s life force in some indirect kiss thing that looks like she’s absorbing their stomach fumes and that’s ok. But aside from that you have plain old mud wrestling without much of actual wrestling, you got a few massages and a scene where one character seems to drip boiling rubber onto another one (?) to make an armor for their sparring session. For a show that clearly focused on T&A it comes off suprisingly timid. It’s all pretty tame and gets a flaccid/10 rating from me. I’m not a perverb though, this is all strictly professioler.

When it comes to action things don’t get much better cause boy is it laughable. Despite fights happening almost if not every single episode, sometimes multiple times, it doesn’t seem like anyone put any thought into them. There’s no choreography, no variety in fighting styles, even animation is rather mediocre. Most fights in Queen’s Blade remind me of two kids pretend fighting with sticks. You know how kids don’t actually want to clobber their friends with a stick so they just hit each others pretend swords in a very childish imitation of swordplay? Same thing here, so many fights just have two opponents hitting each others weapons until one gets disarmed or they throw out an ultimate move or some shit. I know proper swordplay is pretty hard to animate but they could’ve compensated for that by making attacks more flashy. Having characters throw around attacks that shatter surroundings and produce some neat effects but nah, it’s just cling clang.

Writing keeps level of quality described thus far very consistent by being utterly mediocre. A bunch of characters coming together to fight in a tournament to achieve some goal of their is such a simple premise and they still messed it up. First episode kicks off with what was probably meant to give spotlight to the main character, Reina and her relationship with her family as well as explain why she wants to follow Listy, a “noble thief” who saves her. However everything is so basic and goes by so quickly that instead of getting a feel for the character and reason to sympathize with them, you get a collection of side notes that doesn’t accomplish anything. “Reina doesn’t want to be countess, likes her sister, likes Listy cause she’s strong and confident, wants to be strong herself”. This is the character with most development too, it only gets more basic outside of that. This would’ve been more acceptable if QB tried to rely on interesting personalities rather than their development but one of the more important plot threads revolves around Vance family and relationship between Reina and her sister Claudette who’s not related to her by blood. It’s such a fucking story plot thread too. “Claudette is not from the REAL royal line so she’s treated like shit but Reina loves her anyway” and yada yada. Entirety of this season just comes off as an introduction to Queen’s Blade. A season that’s supposed to get you familiar with everyone and get you invested in the upcoming competition but it fails that miserably. Even the supposed main villain gets only as much as a mention. It’s like they just took their story beats from a damn stock asset store. At times it almost feels inches away from becoming a parody because of this but nope, it’s all played with a straight face.

What I will give QB credit for is that at the very least it doesn’t look too bad and while animation is at best slightly above average, the art is rather consistent and detailed. Designs for major characters are pretty appealing and cover a good range of body shapes and well as ways to be revealing. It also didn’t hang on anything for too long which, with a story this bad, works in favor of pacing so even though I was bored during most of it, at least it didn’t feel like it’s dragging on. I’ll also say that as bad as it was there was some part of me that found it a tiny bit charming just for seeming genuine in its terrible attempts to make something good and deliver on the premise.

Overall, I do not know who would want to watch this. QB fails to deliver on any of its promises and there’s plenty anime out there that do them better, separately or all in one package.

Well if you wanted an Anime that defined fan service, Queens Blade would be it. Pretty much Boobs galore and I dont think there is a guy in the entire series and if there are they have very very minor roles as this series is 100% Women focused.

Plotwise this is extremely simple. They have a tournament to be the queen, a bunch of people compete (all women) and winner gets to be the Queen. The first series only covers half of what's going on. This series is pretty much almost all fan service so plot wasn't to high on the list right along with ... complex characters.

The Main character Laina is a bore. She has the personality of a block of wood. The voice actor that does her s about as bad as well. Which sadly can be said a lot about the voice acting in this series as most are not very good. With some exceptions. Pretty much all the Characters in Queens Blade are one dimensional.

The Art Style and animation is pretty good. The action is ok its nothing super exciting. A fight scene is mainly there for skimpy armor to get knocked off and Boobs to get exposed. The whole thing is kind of over the top and not taken all to seriously with some funny attempts at humor and some just comically funny attacks like a girl who sprays breast milk that's acidic and melts stuff out of her boobs lol.

Its fun for what it is. Its not going to be a classic Anime by any means but if you want some fan service anime that's serviceable but doesn't excel in a lot fo areas then Queens blade will do

Queen's Blade: The Exiled Virgin is like a Waffle but the syrup is really lewdly drawn on it.

Wow, this anime has amazing fanservice. It puts most hentai's to shame on what it's willing to do. On the other hand it's hard to take the serious moments seriously when the women's bare breasts are in full view to the person watching the anime. Although it could be considered a bonus to some people. Also for me personally I didn't really care for any of the characters motivations for entering queens blade but to be fair I think I was distracted by something in their chest area. ... All in all the story isn't the best thing in the world but it's not that bad either.

Tomoe is best girl, especially in the fanservice department. She is the least annoying character and she has good motivations throughout the anime. Speaking of characters what's up with Cattleya? I get this is an anime but her breasts are so big it gets to the point where it's not sexy anymore, it's just gross. On that note though it's cool to see a mother character in this anime, you can really tell she cares about her son's wellbeing so I guess I can't hate on her too much.

The animation in the ecchi and fight scenes were pretty good.

For my final ranking of Queen's Blade: The Exiled Virgin, it gets a rating of eight Waffles out of ten.

Please don't judge me, I was watching this at 2x speed while grinding FGO. I didn't actually think by the end I would get invested and enjoy it, yet here we are.

TL;Dr 3/10: Fan service, Big Bodacious Bouncy Babes Battling it out in a Battle Royale to be Queen. The only thing I saw of merit was the MC Leina's development towards the very end, but that's basically it. There is a mountain of things here that could be explored but isn't cuz the show is simply Silly Huge Badonkers fighting one another.

Artistic and Fun: 1/2
0 Artistic merit, I mean what do you expect ... from a show that is about Women Fighting where armor & clothes get conveniently ripped off to flash some racks. The Battle Royale and Character Journeys, as well as the existence of other races and higher beings could be interesting but none of it is explored cuz Badonkers is the focus.
However, the show can arguably be fun if you watch it on 2x speed. Echidna is hawt, Tomoe is precious and Leina evolving from a weakling to a contender is actually fun. That is if you haven't already dropped it or paid attention to anything besides the flashing.

Recommended: 0/2
I could never in my right mind recommend this to anyone. Please understand I only had this on as a sort of background junk to watch while I grind my gacha. If you want a battle royale that delves into the theme of Kingship where the winner will fulfill their wish and the main protagonist is also a Blonde Royalty voiced by Ayako Kawasumi, go watch Fate/Zero (To TM fans, yes I know. Now shush)

Narrative Consistency: 0/2
The plot is pretty much a battle Royale, but the show seems unable to even respect that. Usually if you lose in a battle royale you get disqualified, but that isn't the case here, a lot of the rules and restrictions aren't explained leaving us, the viewer, very confused and giving it a Deus Ex Machina feel. Considering this show messed up handling its core plot, which was so shallow its amazing how they managed to mess it up, you will frequently wonder why anything is happening. The only way anything made sense would be in hindsight from the ending, it's all in service to Leina's growth. However, I argue, Character growth is not a plotline. It is something that happens over the course of one. Simply removing the involvement of the Angels declaring a Queens Blade battle outside the Imperial Capital can nicely address that issue, this way the pilgrimage to the Capital for the selection is made meaningful as you will likely face many dangers and competition on the way. Only the strongest will survive and reach in time for the selection. So yeah, you will find yourself confused and frequently wonder what is happening, why is it happening, whats the point and why are you even watching this.

Emotional Highs: 1/2
Defined as moments that evoke strong emotion, be it Anger, Sadness, Happiness, Laughter or even Thought Provoking that can leave you speechless. United States of Smash, the unveiling of the master plan in FMAB and Okabe's Operation Arclight are good examples.
Minimum 3 moments = 2 points
Despite failing to service a plot (instead it services the fans lmao), Character growth is definitely present here. Leina's battle after her training arc was actually pretty fun imo. As someone who was cheering her on from the start, it was nice to see the MC finally blossom into something resembling a challenger. However, I'm really stretching over here to say this was an Emotional High. Considering the absolute hype that is Haikyuu, or the end of Vinland Saga, Operation Arclight from Steins;Gate. This is incredibly lukewarm, but I cannot say I myself didn't feel anything. So if I can feel it, means there exist others who might as well hence I feel this anime has earned this 1 point.

Bias: 1/2 (mentioned after the next 3 paras)

Queens Blade's Power and Magic System is incredibly shallow, it gets points for completeness like the first enemy having a limitation that was exploited. However aside from that it is bland, uninteresting and uninspired. Stuff happens cuz it happens, and there is extremely little information provided in understanding how powers function. Although, I do prefer this Limitation without Explanation System as opposed to a OP Can Do Literally Anything with a BS Explanation System (think OP MC kun with a harem) they are still both equally bad and I cannot accept such a terrible Magic System.

The core complication is the Battle Royale Tournament to determine the next Queen: Queens Blade. The show touches on many things that merit a deep dive such as the idea that the strong take what they want rightfully: Law of the Jungle. The idea of one having Responsibilities from birth they need to live up to: Birthright. The idea of forging ones place in the world when you are a hybrid of two races: Mixed Race Identity, and of course the theme of what is in the name (it's male counterpart is more fitting) What Does it Mean to be a King? Is overwhelming strength the only perquisite? Where does Wisdom, Kindness and Duty come in? The idea of a King is something that truly fascinates me since it is the oldest and one of the most prevalent means of ruling for Mankind until we had Democracy in the modern era. However, sadly this show explores literally none of these.
The sad part is there are alot more themes here that I haven't even mentioned and I know I'm not mistaken when a show full of bouncy badonkers can casually mention "Separation of Church and State" as part of National Policy. This anime has tons of deep themes ripe for potential, but it squanders all of them by being utterly shallow and not exploring them at all. Its utter disrespect since the show kicks you in the face saying "What did you expect from a show literally about tits"

Queens Blade has its own World with its own histories, nations, traditions, factions, phenomenon, races and cultures. From the Oriental Nation where Tomoe comes from, to the more standard European one where Leina hails from. The Elves in their forest, the Dwarves in their Mountains, and while sadly most of this is just set dressing for the main show (Big Hooters) it isn't irrelevant. The Elf council making their decision based on Racial Prejudice, The Dwarves getting involved because the Humans were out producing their market with cheaper less quality goods instead, The Orient facing rampant corruption in their nations administration, the existence of Angels and Demons down to the fact that Queens Blade was a Divine mandate. This all tells us of a world lived in, and sadly this anime barely does anything to explore this world. Instead once again rushing ahead to flash some racks on screen.

My biases: Magic Systems, Idealogue and History

Magic Systems: Any system with strict (Hard) or implied (Soft) restrictions of what it's capable of qualifies as a Magic System for the purposes of this Review. Be it FMAB's Law of Equivalent Exchange, Steins;Gate's World Lines or Dr Stone's Science

History: Real world History or World Building and Lore based History. Re Zero and Overlord have vibrant Worlds with their own fleshed out History, Races, Relations, Politics and Factionalism. Bonus points for Natural Phenomenon Unique to their worlds. Whereas Youjo Senki / Saga of Tanya the Evil takes direct inspiration from WW1.

Idealogue: Deep and Thought Provoking takes on contemporary or otherwise archaic matters. Be it Intangible stuff like Justice and Meaning of Life, or something achievable like being the Best at X and the ramifications of being so. My favorite is the Idea of being a King, and the concept of a King in general.


Conclusion: 3/10
This anime is wasted potential, a shallow caricature who's prime operating directive is "Boobies"
The show is unable to remain consistent with its complications, it refuses to respect any of the themes it mentions, it keeps churning out episode after episode of sludge that is mostly tits flashing left and right.
However, if you by some Herculean merit decide to look past the fan service. You will be left with nothing but disappointment at how much of a wasted potential this show truly is. This show is a very good example of how damaging fan service can be to a story, I'd like to believe the person who wrote the plot truly had something in mind but maybe I am giving this show too much credit and maybe all these deep things are red herrings there to give you a pretty pathetic attempt at an illusion of depth that all really exists to act as a backdrop for big bouncy boobs battling each other.
The only thing off merit in this entire mess is the main characters development at the end, which isn't exactly impressive. I'm just saying its the "only thing that's good"