After much thought, that's what I decided to open my review with. Do you know how someone who excitedly started reading manga having seen couple episodes of this anime feels now? Absolutely disgusted.
After I watched first two episodes, I was basically hooked on the premise. The anime didn't feel like your typical mind-numbingly dumb seasonal fantasy anime and I was so excited I started reading the manga from the start. I waited excitedly for a new episode each week.
Do you know what I was met with? Disappointment. Who the fuck directed to change so many aspects of the anime which made the source material so fun and unique?? Watching the episodes, I'd excitedly wait for the moments with interesting and impactful encounters... only for them to be completely removed from the anime. I won't go into spoiler terriroty, so whoever has read manga (and you should, if you haven't) will probably sympathise with me when I say I almost flipped out at the bar scene in Episode 4 with Beryl JUST HAVING A DRINK. Like what was even the point of showing that??? That and other VERY important stuff being cut from like Episode 3 with the Blacksmith. This is very important because it sets the scene, it sets the tone and guess what? It sets the characters.
This adaptation is just disgustingly repulsive. Because it took something VERY interesting and dumped it out as forgettable, just your average shitty seasonal fantasy anime. 1 star is generous for this monstorisy. I'm even contemplating dropping this garbage so my enjoyment of the manga isn't tainted.
Read the manga (or even the LN)
