Apr 6, 2016
In case you don't want to read the whole review I've put a possible Pro/Con list at the bottom.
SPOILER FREE! 10 out of 10 is my personal rating, you guys will feel differently to me since we're not the same person.
I'll try to keep this review to a level which gives enough information to choose whether you want to watch the anime or not, this anime has alot of reviews from both ends of the spectrum, some saying it was amazing, others saying it was complete crap to them.
Small starting overview
Hai to Gensou no Grimgar, isn't your typical fantasy anime, it starts off slowly developing
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and is focussed on a party who seem to have no direction as to what they want to achieve other than surviving after suddenly waking up in Grimgar and being told they will work as mercernaries in order to make money.
Uniqueness
Some viewers would complain about the party having no direction and starting off weak, but I think this is what makes the anime start off interesting as not every party or character starts off being able to kill another creature so easily nor does everyone start off being a prodigy in their role.
The MC's party
The party consists of different contrasting personalities which don't seem to fit their roles very well other than the party leader Manato, but this makes for better development and shows the progress the characters make throughout the anime.
The contrasting personalities clash with each other, showing that not every party works so swimmingly as you see in some animes, it shows how those personalities can hinder compatibility to work together well, as well as small mistakes in this anime can entail dire results for the most part, which I quite like, since it is a world of kill or be killed.
Character building
You see the characters grow from being afraid of certain things and tasks to growing accustom to carrying them out, after certain events transpire, you see how it affects the characters, the relationships, their very outlooks on their surroundings and personal capability. Which leads to the characters having to realize how they should fulfill their role in the party or what the role they are meant to fill is in the first place.
Character's physical development
The character development physically is great, it's not that the characters get some over the top powerful unique skill accustomed only to them giving them the power to trounce all foes in 1 mighty blow, but instead it's moves which can be physically learnt by the more adept role carriers and actually make sense. This also leads to the point of taking damage, one thing I love about this anime is when a character is cut, stabbed or hurt, they feel it and show it, they don't ignore it like it's nothing but they have the more appropriate reactions of actually staring at the wound and looking like they're going to scream in pain or actually do scream in pain.
Art Style
The art style differs from other animes too, it uses a nice colour pallete blend to get many different tones and shades for different scenes, and when showing the scenes themselves, they look like very nicely painted pieces of art, then adding the characters and the events of the anime gives a refined touch.
Developed design of enemies/character
The enemies so far have been nicely designed and the characters get their goals and priorities about them which feels nice, some characters grow onto you while others seem to do things which you question.
Possible Pros/Cons
Pros
An anime with an unforgiving environment
Party isn't instant masters
Characters learn skills logically
Nicely animated (IMO)
Very noticable character development
Character's weaknesses and strengths are well portrayed.
Amazing soundtrack
Cons
Some might not like the art style
The characters might come across as annoying to some
Characters won't fulfill all of the viewers expectations at every turn
Development is slowly paced
Characters don't start off with big goals
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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