Story-5
The story starts out with out heroine going to Kifu to stay with her grandmother, since her parents are going over seas to, if I remember correctly, Africa. There she is confronted by things known as 'drowned gods' and is consequently told by her grandmother that not only is she the next Tamayorihime, but that she and her guardians also have to protect the artifacts that keep this thousand year old demon, Onikirimaru, sealed. The only catch is that she has yet to awaken as the Tamayorihime. And thus, her life filled with really bizarre hot guys, weird supernatural events, persistent and crazed bad guys, and deceitful people behind every turn, begins!
Okay.I honestly really wanted to like this anime. I think the story in and of itself, wasn't a bad idea, especially for what was originally an otome game. It had so much potential, and there were so many things that they could have done with the story, but they didn't, and it's just sad. They didn't build up the story at all, and any fight scenes there were, I felt emotionally detached from. There was no real moment in the anime where I was really into anything the characters were doing. Instead, I would find my mind wandering or me fighting the urge to bang my head on the keyboard. During the "emotional" moments, I would find myself getting ticked off because everything was just so cliche it was unreal.
Art-7
One of the redeeming features of the anime was its art, though not necessarily the animation. The characters were pretty. It's what you'd expect from otome game characters. I think one of the only reasons I was able to stick through both season of this anime is because I liked the art enough to keep going. The animation on the other hand was funky at times. Especially when the drowned gods appear. I think they were trying to do some kind of cg effect, but it didn't work out very well. Instead, it just looked like the drowned gods had been photoshopped into the scene.
Sound- 6
The only reason the sound is so high it because the first season opening song is beautiful. Maika Fujito does a truly spectacular job on that song. The second season ending song isn't that bad either though. I can't really say much about the background music throughout each episode, because it didn't really capture my attention. I guess it wasn't bad, but it also wasn't something noteworthy.
Character - 3
Oh goodness. I don't even know how to put what I feel for the characters into words. There were two characters that I actually really liked throughout the entire anime. One of those being Komura, and the other being the cute little fox deity thing that was always around Tamaki, O-chan. All the other characters severely annoyed me. Tamaki was pretty much completely useless the entire time, and the others had so many conflicts between not only themselves, but also with Tamaki, that it really made me wonder at times how they even managed to protect anything at all.
There wasn't really any character development, though there were plenty of times where it could have easily occurred.
Enjoyment- 3
I seriously forced myself to watch both seasons. It was painful to do, but I did it. I think it was probably a waste of two days though.
Overall- 4.8, which rounds up to 5. Though I seriously want to round it down. I really don't recommend it. There are much better otome adaptations out there. Go watch those, and save yourself the pain.
