So, lost interest in OSTs and quotes. Decided to move on to reviews. And since I've been sucked into the world of anime(again.....QQ), I decided to speak my biased opinions about one of them first, before moving on to games.
Warning: This rant/review will contain spoilers. It's a rant/review, what did you expect?
So...my first contender (read: victim) will be...
Mondaiji-tachi ga Isekai Kara Kuru Sō Desu yoYup, that is one heck of a long name. Translation from romanji to English would say "Problem Children are Coming from Another World, aren't they?". The long name has something to do with the ease of finding this anime in the already long list of animes.
Now, this anime has something unusual about it. What, you may ask? It has more than one main character. Well, the unusual factor is related to that. Normally, when one watches animes, where there are like a 2:1 ratio of female main characters, to male main characters, the main male is either A)Some weakling who doesn't even know how to punch, and can not even run in straight lines; or B)It's a harem type anime. Lets see the ratio of male to females in the chart below, shall we?
Male:Female
1:2 Mains
2:6 Subs
2:3 Enemies who are actually named.
Granted, one of the females was counted twice. She used to be an enemy, but switched sides. Ah, it would actually be 2:7 Subs, if one counts the OVA(a whole nuther story.)
Mondaiji Tachi, takes those usuals, and chucks them out the window. They have a main male character, who is some over powered guy that can block a full on slice from a kopesh, with his finger. He can destroy a medusa's laser cannon of pertrification with his kick. Even better, he isn't some brute who can only use strength. He has the minds of a genius tactician, though quite commonly to bored to do anything. The secondary male character is the leader of the faction that these children join, and he is...using the TvTrope Traits, he would be labelled as
The Chew Toy. He does well as the negotiating puppet, for the lack of words, for the main male.
The main female characters are not without merit though. They have the capability to siege a castle solo with their abilities, so there hasn't really been a damsel in distress. The secondary female characters, are much more deadly and useful than the secondary male (well, except one. But she is 11 years old, so I don't think that counts.).
The fan service is directly to mostly one character, and it usually is because either A) the main male taunts her, or B) She happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Or right place at the right time, depending on how you look at it.
Now, the actual combat within the series, is at times rather fast paced, and at others, more of a calculating pace, all with a few jokes in between. Many of the Gift Games(read: battles) have some kind of history/astronomical/etc lesson within the words( though I didn't understand half of the stuff bout axis of fire and wood being related to the axis of an asteroid belt...).
However... The one qualm I have about it, would be the fact that it seemed like the ending was rushed a bit. It was like, "Oh, be there when we hit Delta One. Bye now~!". I watched it, and was thinking, "That's it? Where is the epic ending?". However, you can read the light novels
here, though they are still in the midst of translating them still.
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