A lazy soldier with magic-copying eyes fear-hated for bringing upon destruction and a female knight go around killing cruel, heartless villains while in a secret mission from their war-disliking king-friend who just took the throne, loved by his people, hated by evil nobles, that's to search the continent for long forgotten super-powerful items used by ancient heroes to make world peace real.
In a way, similar to Akame ga Kill.
24 episode partial adaptation of a light novel.
7/10★ - Fun, pretty and quite badass, but a mess of a story.
Strengths: lazy mage x female knight OTP, seriousness.
Weaknesses: plot advances at a crawl, repetitive and utterly confusing.
Comic villains laughing maniacally will make your eyes roll, but these bad guys can actually kill, make people bleed, and the fights have impact, they're epic, serious, satisfying. The main couple dynamic is enjoying to watch. So it's unfortunate that the overarching plot is an unholy mess.
By the first episode you already realize: although their mission is to collect ancient items used by forgotten heroes, they have no idea how to actually use those items. It's then a journey of remembering the past and uncovering the unknown. And there's a lot of unknown to uncover.
The main character doesn't even know how his special eyes work, the so-called "alpha stigma." He can't control them, and when it goes out of control bad things happen, and that makes him a sad, depressed man, who's feared and hated by everybody for being a monster. The self-loathing in this show is real. Real tedious. And extremely repetitive.
The story attempts at being deep and edgy fail hard, the king's political conflicts, they're honestly annoying. But the part of the show that deals with the action, the battles, fighting soldiers, rescuing civilians, etc. do have their charm. For the most part, the artwork holds its elegance. And the dynamic and camaraderie between characters, specially the main couple, is a delight to see.
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The Legend of the Legendary Heroes
In a way, similar to Akame ga Kill.
24 episode partial adaptation of a light novel.
7/10★ - Fun, pretty and quite badass, but a mess of a story.
Strengths: lazy mage x female knight OTP, seriousness.
Weaknesses: plot advances at a crawl, repetitive and utterly confusing.
Comic villains laughing maniacally will make your eyes roll, but these bad guys can actually kill, make people bleed, and the fights have impact, they're epic, serious, satisfying. The main couple dynamic is enjoying to watch. So it's unfortunate that the overarching plot is an unholy mess.
By the first episode you already realize: although their mission is to collect ancient items used by forgotten heroes, they have no idea how to actually use those items. It's then a journey of remembering the past and uncovering the unknown. And there's a lot of unknown to uncover.
The main character doesn't even know how his special eyes work, the so-called "alpha stigma." He can't control them, and when it goes out of control bad things happen, and that makes him a sad, depressed man, who's feared and hated by everybody for being a monster. The self-loathing in this show is real. Real tedious. And extremely repetitive.
The story attempts at being deep and edgy fail hard, the king's political conflicts, they're honestly annoying. But the part of the show that deals with the action, the battles, fighting soldiers, rescuing civilians, etc. do have their charm. For the most part, the artwork holds its elegance. And the dynamic and camaraderie between characters, specially the main couple, is a delight to see.
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An action-adventure, set in a fantasy medieval world, with kings, nobles, political schemes and stuff. There's a mix of annoying drama and some good, lighthearted comedy in it.
The gender-ratio of this anime is skewed toward men, most soldiers being male after all. The pink-armored woman-knight is always around to add some femininity to the series. Of the few other female characters, a good portion of them seem to hold the MC as love interest in a way or another.
This... isn't very good in my opinion, as it feels like every fighting female character has the obligation of being part of a romantic subplot.
The MC's morality is constantly joked about, but the anime is not ecchi.
A lot of violence in this anime, in many forms. Murder. Kidnappings. Corpses everywhere. Mentions of sexual abuse. The villains are comically evil, and try-hard to commit every evil thing you can think about
Names
伝説の勇者の伝説The Legend of the Legendary Heroes
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