The series focuses on Puppeteer Raishin Akabane and his Doll Yaya. Raishin has made it his goal to enter a sort of tournament and become the Wiseman. The wiseman is considered the best puppeteer and is a sort of king. Placement in the tournament is only available to the top 100 students in the school. However, his plan becomes more complicated when he receives his test grade as one of the worst students in the academy, which earns him the nickname Second Last. I give the story a 7/10
The art in this anime is absolutely superb! The characters looked well drawn and they looked like they belonged in that time period! I wasn’t a big fan of the CGI they put in the fight scenes, but I didn’t notice it at times. I give the artwork to this anime a 8/10
The voice acting in this anime was pretty good in my opinion and the music was also great! I loved the opening music. However, I’m not one to stick around for the ending theme song and the one in this anime (While catchy) didn’t encourage me at all to stay (This is my opinion. I’ve heard others have liked it a lot). Overall, I give the sound an 8/10
The characters here in this anime in my opinion could have been better. Everyone seemed too confusing at times. Raishin is your standard male protagonist, Yaya is obsessively in love with Raishin (As well as every other unique girl in this anime) and can cause a scene at times in public. Some of the characters do this annoying catchphrase thing where they repeat the same sentence over and over again while changing the last part (This in my opinion is very annoying at times). I think the characters are the weakest part of this anime. I give them a 6/10.
Overall, the anime is decently written, the voice acting and sound is great as well as the art, and the characters are very generic. I would recommend this anime to others and would watch a season 2 (If one is made). I give it an 8/10
