Clevatess: Majuu no Ou to Akago to Shikabane no Yuusha Episode 1 Discussion

I loved every second from it and this is coming from someone who stays away from anything with death on it, the quality was superb and I'm super intrigued about what has been show from the world so far, like this is just one of the 4 kings and we don't know if Clevatess is either the weakest or strongest of all of them, I'm a fan of the moment when he said his name and it turns out it is the name of the show (I'm aware everyone who read the synopsis and etc. knew about this but I like to go blind to shows besides barely watching teasers), Luna is super cute and Alice and Clevatess seem like a fun combo.

@KanameYuuki I think they stated he was the strongest, which was why they chose to attack him first. On hindsight a terrible decision! LOL Should have gone for a weaker target FIRST.

This author must be one of the widowed fans of Rokka no Yusha (just like me), he even included Hans, apart from the appearance of the beasts, the theme, the heroes' journey, the kingdoms, it's all VERY similar, and that will motivate me to see more.

Demon king something something blah blah blah... Honestly, does Japan never get tired of this fantasy slop... genuinely? To make matters worse, we jump straight to the present with a suuuuuper balanced hero party made up of... like ten melee DPS and a bunch of archers. Uh, are healers or support classes like a myth here? Because they definitely would've come in handy when they went up against Clevatess, where "everyone" died.

Gotta give it some credit, the animation’s actually pretty decent for the usual fantasy slop this is. But solid visuals can only carry so much when the story itself is this bland. Like why were the heroes fighting enemies clearly above their level? What made them go after Clevatess in the first place? Was it just fear, or something more calculated?

But judging from the fact that this guy was willing to take in a baby, Clevatess doesn’t come off as inherently evil. He just seems like someone taking extreme measures against what he sees as a threat.... what a unique trait that is. Anyway, I actually found myself kinda enjoying the second half of the episode, so I guess the whole 50-minute premiere worked in its favor.

Because honestly, if that generic-ass intro had been episode one on its own, I can’t imagine it hooking anyone. I mean, watching these two try to take care of the baby, well really just Alicia, since Clen was just spectating and throwing out snarky remarks while she was getting pissed on and dealing with all kinds of crap… lmaoooo. Then we got back to the fantasy stuff with the king or whatever and I was reminded what I was watching.

That ending though... am I seriously supposed to believe some random-ass bandits managed to take down someone as powerful as Clevatess? Like what LOL. I mean, on paper it's an interesting enough premise sure, but whether or not they actually deliver on it remains to be seen. So far, the fantasy elements look pretty generic, to say the least. Chemistry between the two leads will for sure be looking like the saving grace... and the visuals if they don't go downhill from here.

The story is interesting but I'm honestly not cool with the MC. Dude destroyed a bunch of innocent people, then adopted the child of the people he killed, brought back a female soldier just to force her to undress, and now wants to raised the orphan so he can take over the humans? Like, so far they haven't really given people a good reason to like or agree with him as most of the humans we've seen so far are good people. Hopefully, we get more perspective from the MC because as of now, it seems like he isn't going to face any consequences for destroying a whole nation. The anime seems like it's going to go the route of him softening up due to Alicia and Luna which is fine, but they also need to address the messed up stuff he's done eventually.

Also, what's up with fantasy/Isekai anime and slave/servant girls? Like this trend is weird and I've noticed it's only the female characters who are the slaves.