Gensou Sangokushi: Tengen Reishinki

This review is updated as of 4/5/2022 Story (2/10): It feels like a typical shounen battle fantasy anime, for the first few episodes, it's just characters "I will betray you, so I will kill you, even though in my party, so I will be very sad if I succeed, but I am still going to do it.". Then after that period, around episode 9 onwards, it got better, it revolved more around the world they are in (+ world building point), but each episode feels very pointless, most of the side characters introduced never comes back again, or even if they do, serve barely any purpose. Theproblem with the plot of this anime is there is no explained plot, it's basically just the humans fighting wangling over & over again, wangling is an interesting monster, but having a sequence of battles for no reason isn't something fun to watch over & over again, especially if there are no "breaks" in the middle. Art(2/10): I've seen a fair amount of substandard animes, but none with a tedious plot & animation quality as horrible as this. This show made shows like Gibiate, Hyakuren no Haou to Seiyaku no Valkyria(The Master of Ragnarok & Blesser of Einherjar), and in my opinion, even Hand Shakers, look like gorgeous & aesthetically pleasing anime to watch. They decided to cut corners in the wrong spot, the animation sometimes look snappy, the camera angles sometimes are weird, and the CGI was inadequate. But, the extra 1 point is from the last few episodes, the animation was less choppy & even though the battle scenes didn't have stunning camera angles or visuals, it was still watchable. Sound(4/10): The music was overall the best part about this anime, the OPs & EDs were not something to write home about, but it's still good in its own way, the sound effects fit the scenes & overall, the voice acting was not atrocious. The only problem I had with the music & sound choices was that it didn't make a huge impact on me, the music was not imperfect, but just didn't leave an impression, the sound effects were on time & do the job, but it didn't make the scenes more glamorous. Character(2/10): The characters are bland & feel very one-sided. Most of the time, I feel like I am watching a bunch of robots fighting a bunch of monsters, the emotions they give was not intriguing. The only good character I will say that was featured was Teiken, he was an obnoxious character, it was hard to even bear to watch him, but, the struggles & trauma he faced made this character normal, it was normal for him to freak out when he [spoiler] because he [spoiler] in the past. But one character doesn't make the characters section any better. Not to mention the side characters that just appear & never come back, those characters are only made for the plot's sake. Enjoyment(1/10): I didn't enjoy this anime at all, it was not a fresh idea of a concept nor was it a good take on the classic tropes, there is really no reason for this anime to exist, it was bland & boring. Overall(1/10): If you like power fantasy anime where the characters scream to become incredibly powerful, & if you also like the anime where the plot is overall weak, and the villains are too lazy to kill our protagonists using a straightforward way, then this is the anime for you.

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