well to start off, the anime has a clean story line in the beginning that i found i could understand without too much trouble. as the anime progressed a few episodes, i found that dialogue was a huge part in the understanding department. i know i'm not the first to say this but, if you don't listen to what people are saying, you are going to be lost later on. it isn't really hard to understand per se if you are paying attention there is just a lot of information. listening to it multiple times may be needed to get the full picture but not if you are good at keeping up with speech. no use in explaining what the story is about since that would be spoiling and you have MAL to tell you that so lets not waste time there. the art here was beautiful in my point of view. all the characters were very well designed as was the setting in which we are in. being set in medieval times made it all more beautiful to me. the clothing of the characters, cities, and scenic points are all done well to show off the beauty of the time era the anime is set in. sound, again i watched the english dubbed version and i really enjoyed all the voice acting. holo i thought was done well with her accent, for some reason i found it pretty. music and sound effects were good too, nothing too flashy but it flowed pretty well between scenes and was put in at good points to keep the watcher entertained. characters, haha well i do love them. some may call holo full of herself, which yes i admit she does seem that way sometimes, but more or less she uses her knowledge to help both herself and ones whom ally with her. it also shows off a personality all of her own that i enjoy and hints toward the fact that maybe traveling alone with a man isn't such a bad thing after all. i really enjoyed the anime for its twist of real medieval times life and the fantasy. i was in love with how the setting/time era played into everything and still managing to have fantasy. as i've heard before, this is the only anime that makes economics fun ^.^ you would be wise to check this anime out in my opinion, it is a winner for me.
