Well, I really have nothing good to give it more than 7, so here goes:
Storywise, well the plot does have a direction, I give it that, but it kinda disgust me that all that plot can fit in just 2 episode, now I don't know if this is deliberate or not , but given the political tension that Japan has with China , I probably won't be surprise if the Japanese studio intentionally wants to keep Chinese manhua stay as manhua, and keep it off Japanese television, by deliberately making it a bad anime, but despite of it, it's a fair 6 in my book.
Art, well, it was a poor 3 , base on the background, coloring , hues and the whole scape layout let's face it, this is where Color Designer: Yoshimi Kawakami and art director, Toru Koga fucked up. then again character designer Tsutomu Miyazawa did a good job on the characters especially with the 2 eye candies Shū Yu, whom is the quintessential zettai ryoki/ samurai girl/ tsundere and Ryō Un who is the quintessential, top student, btw don't expect any panty shots from either of the 2.
Sound, since I don't have any comment on the opening , closing and the seiyuus who did the character's voices, I'm just gonna gun for a mediocre 5.
Characters, I gave it a fair 6 on the ff grounds:
Son Shin, ok so as the main character, he's chicken shit that turns me off, but on the other hand he's this quintessential guy who has no other choice but to face the situation that he unknowingly got himself into. Turn off, he has a general who is seemly a bull head and he doesn't even do anything to make her his obedient familiar.
Shū Yu, I would have wanted her to be this caring familiar, however her stubbornness is a turn off . Though, she one hot eye candy her character alone is leaves a bad after taste.
Ryō Un, another eye candy, that I kinda like........just a bit, now I like that she serves as Son Shi's ally . But I just think that she could have done more than just be another card holder, I mean if this anime is done fairly without the geopolitics she could have some potential to be as powerful as Barin Yi.
Another reason for the rating was that most of the characters were introduced in an instantaneous manner, that we the audience were only left to tell who is good and who is bad, just like that, they come in and come out just like that.
Enjoyment, thought annoying since, like I've said the whole 12 episode anime could fit in a just 2, well, it was still a decent 4, enough to watch. In fact this is something that one should just let it accumulate and watch it in one go.
Overall, Studio Pierrot should have just done an OVA of this thing with just 2 episode, so yes, for it's slow pace, simplistic plot and bad art layout it was a dreadful 2.
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