First of all I'd like to keep my reviews short so let's get to the point with no unnecessary summaries.
Rokka no Yuusha is like a lost amnesiac child not knowing where to go, who he is, where did he come from and what to do in the future. It tries to blend fantasy, adventure, action and mystery but ends up mixing a bubbling witch cauldron with contents god knows what.
Again what was this story about? Oh, it's about a group of 6 braves + 1 disguised enemy among them and it's up to our heroes to find the culprit! Yeah, so much for defeating the evil king, somewhat, somewhere this show became sherlock holmes, but oh, don't expect some exciting, brain-wracking mystery to solve here because none of the characters here apparently uses their brain properly. Very dumb mystery solving story that only manages to move on bathing with a bucketful of red herring. Story doesn't need more elaboration, 2 points speaks enough.
Character designs is medi- okay I guess with a good choice of color palette and blended well with the ambiance and background. Animation is "rough"--too few key frames-- noticeable inconsistency and quality drops quite often. Good clouds though, if only the camera angled more upwards. And lighting was decent too.
BGMs are very very generic and it irritated me up to some point. But at least the ED songs returned some of my sanity, except for 1 song.
The characters deserves as much hatred as the story. Besides Fremy, they are all stale while some (princess) took a wild, badly-handled U-turn ending up in a messy accident. Sigh. But hey, at least the supporting cast have their own unique color.
If you are a TRUE mystery fan, I pity you. With nothing but red herrings all around the plot, you must have smelled quite bad after 12 episodes. A 5 for making me stay throughout the run.
Overall, not recommended whether you are a mystery, fantasy, action or adventure lover. You are wasting your time here.
