the plot goes in reverse after episode 9, but those few episodes were 9/10, a compelling story and great scenes altogether, with a decent setting and combat system
but everything after that was only worth 2/10, all immersion was sabotaged, and any sense of interest was lost
this is hard to review under the MAL format, because halfway through it goes from being one thing and then turns into a never ending flashback, making it more like two separate anime
and the flashback wasn't that entertaining or important to the events leading up to it, and it didn't even keep the same pacing
this whole anime was totally botched by whoever was in charge