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tl;dr: If you're someone that likes overpowered main characters, I suggest you try this out! It's a magical anime that takes place in a fictional city and is a typical 12 episode long series so it's not too long. Watch a couple episodes and see if you like it.

On to my actual review now,

Assassins Pride is a story about a powerful soldier named Kufa who mentors a girl without magic from a well-known family. In this world, magic ability represents the higher class standing of society which this girl, named Melida, is from. Kufa, who normally slays monsters and deals with other matters around the ... higher class society, has a job of not only mentoring Melida but seeing if she has the capability for magic also.

I think the story was quite enjoyable. I've watched a lot of these overpowered main character shows but I don't believe I've watched one with these specific set of circumstances. Kufa has a chill, calm personality which contrasts with Melida's more erratic and emotional personality. They are a great duo together and compliment each other well.

I loved the art. The colours of Kufa's magic glow around him is such a pretty blue. The combat looks fluid to my eyes and all the character designs are easy to tell apart. Everyone is their own vivid colour. The backgrounds show a city that's eternally plagued at night because of the condition of the planet which causes what they call the darkness. So you get these beautifully lit stone streets and house designs commonly, and I just think they look so pretty.

The sound was fairly good. Every character's voice actor was great and made the show better. The music was forgettable. I can't remember a single piece from it as I write this. The action scenes had good sound effects to back them up.

Speaking on characters, I think Kufa and Melida are the best characters in the show. There are some characters that are real pains constantly to a point where it can be annoying. Though, they may be just acting as their character would but it's sometimes annoying to constantly have a character do the same annoying act multiple times.

With that said though, I enjoyed this anime thoroughly. It's not anything ground breaking and it's not anything to go crazy for, but it's enjoyable. It's fun just to watch. I like watching Kufa and Melida interact, I like watching Kufa fight, I like watching Melida grow stronger. That's what keeps me watching and what keeps me entertained. Again, if you like the overpowered main character trope then I think you will enjoy this.