This is my first time ever writing a review and I’ve decided to do so because of this very anime.
The story’s got good potential, but I felt as if the anime failed in being able to flesh it out completely and rather, it just did one massive – literal – loop with the story. You’d know what I mean if you decide to watch it.
Don’t get me wrong, Rokka no Yuusha – or rather, Braves of the Six Flowers isn’t an entirely bad series. It was quite good, but just to an extent.
I honestly loved the character designs; Flamie’s design was the whole reason I wanted to watch it in the first place. Adlet’s hair was a bit too flamboyant for me, but in a way, I guess it matched his character. The other characters were done nicely as well; Goldov was a hunk and you never really get an insight on why Nachetanya decided to dress up like a rabbit or if Hans cat tail was fake or not. The 3D-ish take on the fiends were quite interesting and personally – this is probably just me though – I find the smoothness in their art oddly satisfying. The overall setting of the anime was rather typical of an adventure-action anime, so it was nothing new.
In terms of storyline, I’m going to keep saying that it was indeed a wasted potential. I’m just so mad because it could’ve been so much more – but it wasn’t. The whole mystery genre didn’t really work out too well for it either and on top of that, the action genre played its part and yes, I admit that some fighting scenes were rather decent but all in all, there was no climax. I felt like there was fighting in there – especially between the Braves – just for the sake of fighting.
Honestly, character development declined as the series went on. Especially for Adlet’s character. He had such a strong appearance in the beginning but its original flare was lost and then regained then lost and then regained and so on… However, a little bit of Adlet’s initial personality which drew me in did eventually make a solid comback towards the end. Nachetanya was poorly developed, in my opinion. Her character was a little all over the place and inconsistent, and that caused me to feel put off about how she was portrayed. She had the potential to be a main-main character – if you know what I mean – beside Adlet, and I believe that was what she was meant to be but then she was cast aside way too early in the story. Goldov was the one character that eventually became transparent towards the end, and it’s a shame because he was a character I really wanted to see come to life a lot more.
Overall, Rokka no Yuusha isn’t bad. It just has a few holes here and there and you might become annoyed at how frequently you hear the phrase ‘I’m the strongest man in the world’ but if you’re into some adventure and some spot-the-imposter mystery, I’d say to give it a shot. If a better job was done with developing and tweaking the plot and characters a little, it could’ve truly become a gem. However, as it stands, I’m quite disappointed even after finishing the series and I know this sounds horrible but its left me with an inkling of a ‘maybe this wasted my time’ sort of feeling. Horrible, I know, but quite true.
