-Yeah! Lets do it!
-Ok! Now remove all the demons!
-Yeee... Wait what?
Don't get me wrong, I LOVE it, but it just didn't feel right not to start the review this way.
Adlet Mayer is the "strongest man in the world!" as he-self proclaims 55 times (counted), and along with five other heroes he must defeat the evil demon lord that rises every 300 years or so. My bad, I meant with the other six heroes. No, no wait... I meant seven... EIGHT? What the hell?!
Well, basically what gives the false first impression of a classical fantasy anime focused on heroes fighting demons, quickly (ep 3+) turns into a detective game. Instead of 6 heroes gathering, 7(+) have appeared, and one of them is a fake working for the demons, that has trapped everyone, including him/herself, in a mist barrier. If the fake dies the barrier will disappear and the heroes set free to continue their journey. Aaaaaand barely 10 minutes after they discover this the heroes start blaming each other and looking for excuses to kill.
Excellent animation (some people complained but honestly I don't get it, I loved it from start to end), amazing voice acting, a very intimidating story that keeps you guessing until the very end (and actually after the end) and extremely good character development are bound to leave you craving for more.
FROM THIS POINT ON SPOILERS:
Pros:
-The protagonist's fighting style is what you would actually expect from an episodic villain in shounens, kudos engineering.
-First time ever in anime history when the rogue/assassin character KICKS ASS.
-The typical anime female overenthusiastic female lead material gets the shaft and instead the protagonist goes for the emotionless loli route. Kudos.
-Flemie's voice acting when she cracks down in the final episodes. Oscar-worthy, will at the very least make your eyes moisten.
-Everyone, EVERYONE is well written.
-Excellent animation.
-The hate is real for Nachetanya.
Kons:
-I could really do without Flemie turning slightly tsundere in the end.
-The f@cking cow in the final episode. Epitome of bad character design.
-The bromance between Adlet and Hans was fun but in the end it started turning a bit gay.
-Quite a few wasted comedy moments here and there (for example when Adlet wakes up to find Maura above him instead of Flemie).
-So the main problem was that noone clicked the right texture in the point&click section of searching the temple? Come on! That's just disappointing.
Now that I think about it all my Kons are from the final episode... Heh.
Overall: Definitely worth your time!
