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Well, this might be the worst thing I've seen in this period, I was in such a bad shape without the need for it
Heike Monogatari or "The Heike Story"
*The review may contain some spoilers*
Biwa is a little girl living in a period of Japanese wars and her father is killed in front of her simply and from the first minute of the first episode, which does not give any effect to the viewer. If the first episodes were used to build the character of Biwa and her father and explain the world of anime, the impact of Biwa's father's death would have been greater on ... the viewer and a little more logical

The structure of the world, characters and even superpowers is the worst of it all, I mean that all characters except Shigemori are 2D and don't have the natural reactions to the situations they are exposed to.
Biwa's father was killed in front of her and the only effect on her was that she screamed and there was no psychological effect on her because it "anger, hatred, grudge, desire for revenge or at least distrust of anyone." Instead, she suddenly went to live with the Hickey family and No one was surprised by this
Let's come to this Shigemori: who I thought was a pedophilia trying to molest a girl because of his strange behavior, and who suddenly saw a girl inside his palace and made her stay with him without any surprising reaction from her strange entry Without mentioning the abilities of his eyes, which is not mentioned how it came or why.. However, he remains a nice and comfortable character and the most logical person in terms of his rational behavior and may be the best character in the anime
Kiyomori: The worst character without complacency.. a one-dimensional person who doesn't even surpass being two-dimensional, arrogant, idiot the studio tries to portray as the sage with a nice second face through his excessive perversion.. and it is clear that they failed in that
Tokuko: A nice, cute, and demure girl with actions worthy of her position in the story and the events she experienced. Even her marriage did not come from her consent because she is nice, for example, but because she realizes that she has no other choice and will not have a refuge if she refuses, and she may be the best character in writing

The drawing of the anime/ is distinctive and appropriate to the events of the story in a great way and the animation is very smooth and beautiful with the design of the characters that make anyone who sees it realize that it belongs to this anime from its distinctive style
The sound effects/ are acceptable to some extent, but they are not that distinguished and do not remain in the minds of the viewer a lot, and their repetition is somewhat annoying, but the op is very beautiful, its lyrics are carefully chosen and its calm is comfortable, but the ed is the most wonderful thing.

I don't know if the anime deliberately promotes pedophilia by showing the marriage of 9-year-olds as a natural thing, or if their intention is to fight the marriage of underage girls by showing their suffering. Whatever it is, it is doing a bad job because it promotes it in one way or another, And if their desire is to fight the marriage of minors, then this matter should be shown more seriously, and it It must be structured for this event in a better way so as to leave an actual impact on the viewer.

Overall.. Heike Monogatari is an anime with good qualities and a unique story, but it was poorly executed, a terrible construction, and a non-existent plot that spoils the viewer's attachment to events and characters and makes the possibility of the viewer being affected by the events of the story is low.
But there are still some nice scenes that some people can enjoy, of course, but I doubt that their effect will remain after the completion of watching .. Because of the poor Narrative structure