Honoo no Alpenrose is a fairly predictable and by the numbers World Masterpiece Theater clone but that's not necessarily a bad thing since those shows were always pure , Had likeable characters and good moral lessons and this show is no different . I found myself invested in the first half of the story as the struggles the main couple faces and their search for answers amidst the WW2 setting were really interesting . Unfortunately the quality of this anime takes a massive nosedive after Judy resolves the situation at her home
Before that the only downside to me was the amount of times they managed to escape from the comically over the top and almost Looney Tunes at times Nazi army because it clashed hard with how they portrayed them outside of those occasions . There's also 2-3 episodes that felt like nothing but filler but I would be able to overlook both problems if the final stretch didn't suck so badly
Beyond the show ending abruptly and never giving a proper send off to many of it's side characters , From out of nowhere a previous rather uninspired villain returns for no reason with a completely new motivation for his actions thus making the earlier conclusion in a previous episode feel utterly meaningless . Worst of all he gets a good ending despite never truly having a change of heart and only stopping because his plans were foiled
The first half and a bit more is worth it but the rest is just really bad with very few highlights like Tarantula for example . I was extremely disappointed