Orient: Awajishima Gekitou-hen

Okay, Imma be honest with you. The first 5 episodes or so of this anime are absolute trash. I don't know WHAT Shinobu Otaka was thinking, but they're a god awful mess and I think the primary reason why the ranking for this show is so low. But if you stick with it, everything from episode 6 to 12 is actually pretty good, and everything past episode 12 is PHENOMENAL. If you like Magi, this has a really similar vibe. It's well executed, and Shinobu Otaka shines with her worldbuilding, mixing of fight scenes with emotional story beats, and making you feel like the characters arereally human. The animation is well done and the pacing is actually done really nicely so you can feel the growth of everyone in the story. I cried so much at the last couple episodes too Ignore anyone who says the MC is trash, because those people just want your run of the mill anime protagonist who "rages" and powers up fast so they can "kill everyone". This MC is not that, this show is not a power fantasy. This is an actual story and it's genuinely very well done (after those first few episodes).

From the same mangaka of Magi, Orient not only got an anime adaptation but it manages to get a part 2 of the anime adaptation. So, surely it is better than the prequel. Well, it is both yes and no. Not only the story develops even more but it is also a lot more action packed compared to the last season. You can see the effort put into this anime but the problem is there is more action compared to the last season, which also means it requires better animation to properly display everything that is going through that moment. Unfortunately, most of the timeit is just a cinemagraph with visual effects and that alone is a massive turn off. Furthermore, there is not much of a problem to reuse the same shots over and over again but at least there has to be something worth watching after that. After that, the overall flow of the anime is honestly sad to look at actually. Casually inserting a flashback or something similar during an action scene without a proper transition not only makes it hard to sympathize with the characters but it also makes certain characters looks worse than their initial impression. In a nutshell, Orient has a solid foundation since the idea of the story itself is not bad but the execution of it is unfortunately terrible because there is nothing much to like about it. You are welcome to watch it if you want but it is wasted potential in my opinion

It was a decent anime, there were action scenes but less but it was really interesting, character development for our Main Mc and other side characters happened it was decent. Has a decent art style and animation, and decent Osts. The villains are interesting and also strong with a lot of good abilities but in the end, they are overpowered easily by the heroes and his comrades. The story wasn't rushed, every episode has an important part to play in the story. It was better than part 1, the final episode was really good. What I liked about this series was all the character developments andtheir fights. I give this series 6/10.

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