Review of Record of Grancrest War

The main flaw about this anime is entirely the "pacing" of the story. By episode 1 there was already romance, and I would have preferred something like the MC blushing, in fact the meeting between the heroine and the MC wasn't impactful at all; it was more like a casual walk in the park and the next episode you find out there's this sudden romance. Not only that, but antagonists and monsters that took an entire army to beat were defeated in an extremely short time nonetheless by a group of 3-4 people. I wasn't aware that the characters possessed thestrength of a hundred men. Moreover, because of this pacing, the anime was lacking character development other main characters and secondary character save for Siluca and Theo. As a result deaths( to be expected since it's a war anime) didn't matter much. The content in this anime could have easily been stretched out into another season or maybe two more with a bit more plot to go with it. Also, sometimes, during fight scenes the production dept. apparently confiscates the "solidity" of the characters for the fluidity of them. So it looks more like an incomplete painting to me.(-4)
Besides this, I found the plot enjoyable(in fact the whole crest thing was really cool)and I especially loved the whole idea about crests and Siluca happens to be my favourite. I don't know much about the others nor do I care, however Theo seems stupid when he talks sometimes but he isn't an annoying MC which is a saving grace as most MCs who try to do something noble act rash and stupid. The art was good overall(average per 2018). I'd give this a 6/10 - enjoyable, but could be made better.