The story is amazingly well driven, it captivates you, the problem is that it isn't the most original story in the world, which is one of the reasons why I can't call this a masterpiece. The second reason why I can't it's because it's predictable. From the moment it starts you know how it will end, after all morality will always prevail against evil... Right?. So why did I rate "Story" with a 10? Well, because even though you know how it will end the journey might surprise you, and the "journey" in this story is superb.
The art is beautiful, the way the scenarios are presented are breathtaking. Enough said.
The sound would be one of the "problems". Don't misunderstand me the end "mix" of sounds it's amazing, the music, the ambient sounds etc are really great, but in my opinion -and not just in this anime- when an American, European (etc, etc) appears in the anime let an American or European speak or the -lets call it- magic of the character vanishes away and the character becomes something that you can't "believe". Yes I know that this isn't an American production but trying a little harder doesn't hurt.
Characters, it's probably the best of this anime. Some might look useless but most of the time some of those "useless" character are important for they're "triggers" for the main ones. Ex. Lissa.
For a closure this anime was enjoyable, every episode leaves you hanging and guessing what's going to happen next -even though you already know how this will end-.
