It is sad when an anime that great is so much underrated.In my point of view it is by far one of the best animes I have ever seen.Everything,from the story to the characters,to the music was fantastic.
STORY 8/10
The story is very original and sucks you in like a black hole.From the start to the end for sure.The only problems i had with the story were the monsters our heroes were fighting and the ending,kinda.The monsters were pathetic in my point of view except from the black knights.And the ending although i liked it it wasn't as epic as i was imagining.And don't get me started at the OVA.
ART 8/10
As far as the art is concerned it's good looking.Although the designs were not outstanding it had great landscapes and felt really big
SOUND 10/10
What can I say other than it is the best i heard.Epic,dramatic and overall awsome.What more do you need.
CHARACTERS 8/10
The bigest reason why this anime gets so much hate are the characters.And personally I think that is disgustingly stupid.The characters are great.Kakeru cannot be considered as a generic main character, due to his dedication to Yuka.Speaking of Yuka, although annoying she plays her role well as '' an motivating friend,not a damsel in distress'', and the reason she wants to protect Kakeru is because HE IS HER ONLY FRIEND AND SHE DON'T WANT TO LOSE HIM! Yes she can be really annoying but there is a reason for it.And there are other character as well which are really well developed.Misuzu,Yukiko,Takahisa,Shiori and the rest of the cast are great characters!And I never understoud why everyone focuses only on Yuka.There are many more characters other than Kakeru and Yuka Bakas!
ENJOYMENT 10/10
Every story ark,every blatle,every dialogue was never boring.And the development of the story was very strong especially the last spech!And even thoughthe ending was not really epic I didn't care,because I wanted those characters to get out of the red night!Een when it was fanservisy I didn't care because of the power of the story!!!
so OVERALL 10/10
And a word of andice,don't let Yuka destroy your reception about this anime and don't have any expectations before you watch ior else you will get disapointed.