He had thought his normal days would last forever, until they were ended abruptly by an encounter with a girl with red hair and eyes. He named her Shana.
Not long after he enters high school, Sakai Yuji’s normal days come to an end. He sees something bizarre on his way home: people are frozen in a strange fire, and a monster that looks like a large doll is attacking them. Just when he's about to be killed, a girl in a dark cloak wielding a large sword appears, and slices the monster in half. Although Yuji survives the strange encounter, the girl informs him of a desolate truth: " 'You' don't exist anymore."
She calls herself a Flame Haze who hunts "Guze no Tomogara"; intruders from another world. She explains to him that he is a "Torch", a substitute of Yuji whose “existence” has already been devoured. She also told him that he is a special Torch, "Mystes", which contains a precious item in it. When he looks at his chest, he sees within himself a faint flame, just as she said.
It is in this way that his eternal struggle alongside the girl begins.
Art:
The art work was enjoyable to watch because the way the character had good details and how you can actually see the real quality of it made it great. The quality is enjoyable but is not the same quality as Clannad or Fate Zero. The art work could of been improve more on the world and the way the fighting animation were.
Sound:
The sound was great, I loved the first and last season intro and outro. The sound was played at the right time and just made me want to watch the anime again and listen to the song over and over again.
Characters:
Some people can say Shana was suborn because she didn't like to be around Yuji because she felt weird around him. Yuji was the main character who was dragged into the world Shana secretly lives in.
Then you have your supporting characters such as:
Alastor
Kazumi
Keisaku
Eita
I found Alastor to be like a faster to Shana because he would always be by her side and will always comfort her and try to make her happy and focus.
I find Kazumi brave that she always trying to help even though she can't because humans can not do anything the the Crimson Denizens.
I found Keisaku brave and a person that only care about the present time because he would do everything he can to be a help of Margery.
I found Eita brave and shocked because he would try to be a help of Margery but when the incident happened he stopped talking to Margery since he was in a state of shock.
Ending:
The ending was not as I expected. Why? Because it was left as a cliffhanger and the audience will not know how it truly ends. But nonetheless it was a great ending with a cliffhanger.
My rating here:
8.5/10
I gave it a 9 because of how the third season was. The third season took a while to get used to and it didn't explain how it happened until the ending of the anime. I also hate how the ending was because they left it as a cliffhanger that will rise a lot of unanswered questions.
