The mood-whiplashes in this series… I’m really beginning to like them. This show moves from light-hearted and outright silly comedy to serious politics, it’s already busy with character-development and in the meantime continues building its world, along with its characters. I love that when characters are introduced, they immediately tell their basic background.
The humour may not be as good as the humour of Occult Academy, but it still has its moments in which it’s really hilarious. The bickering between Raina and Ferris is of course one thing, but the two of them also toy with fantasy cliches surprisingly often (like in this episode where Ferris was able to enter a library because she was a cute girl). Ferris’ sister however may have been a bit too much, as a lot of her airtime consisted just out of screaming and yelling, rather than witty remarks.
This series also likes to play with things that aren’t as they seem. The blue haired guy in this episode for example. He was most definitely evil, but yet he didn’t end up as an enemy, and instead he ended up offering his services as a killer. Shion on his turn seemed like a righteous ruler so far, however that line from him at the end was quite a cliff-hanger. It just shows already how he’s changing as a ruler, and is willing to order this guy to kill his father, in order to make sure his services are genuine, in order to accomplish his ambitions.
Rating: ** (Excellent)
It’s amusing how ferris and everyone else in this anime is obsessed with her looks. Although her introduction in the very first episode was a little funny.
Probably the surprise of the season so far… Like you said, the mood here is awesome, specially because of the soundtrack as well (the end was great)
Good to finally see a decent fantasy anime again
Yep, this series is turning out to be my favorite this season. You know what’s funny–the episodes thus far have pretty decent rewatch value. That’s saying a lot. XD
Yes, this episode makes the series more exciting! I dunno about the blue-haired guy, there’s something fishy about him…but who knows!
This anime could be one of the best this season.
Btw, I noticed that this season’s animes are better than the last!!!^_^
Oh, I dunno how many times I’ve stumbled on this blog, I’ve been reading your reviews for a long time already, and it helps me a lot on picking what to watch, since I’m a choosy otaku. Thank you very much.^_^
I just caught up and I’m also enjoying it a lot much to my surprise. I generally like whole the idea of a good ruler being surrounded by corrupt nobles and has to battle them from within and around his territory, and this adds an interesting variation to that premise.
Haha, it’s great to see some newfound interest! If the show can keep this up (or surpass itself) until an awesome climax, it’d rock.
As for humor, I still haven’t found anything that beats the simple scene in the previous episode showing Ferris and Raina posed a few meters off the ground in the very last scene (followed by the fade-out).