Review of The Heroic Legend of Arslan

Arslan has a great premise with a medieval setting thats hard not to like but its like a bowl of boring pasta without the chilli sauce. . . ye get me. . . The Heroic legend of Arslan or Arslan senki was first a fantasy novel series by Yoshiki Tanaka and was later adapted to manga a second time with illustrations by Hiromu Arakawa. So thats what got adapted to anime in 2015. Its a story about a naive kid prince who is fated to be a ruler. His comrades appreciate what his ideals are but also know that things wont be so easy, loyalties growstronger as the prince slowly walks down a righteous path to true royalty and becomes a true king of the people. . . Well i think thats whats up...

After looking at the 2015 spring anime chart i thought daymn arslan has some competition, will it be one of the good ones?
What i like. I like the kids development. . . He starts off annoying me but as the end of the series drew near i thought he was becoming someone i could watch another season of. The supporting characters are needed with these kind of mains and they do pretty good. Narsus's strategy, Daryun's strength all to important when i guess, raising this kid into a ruler.
I thinks this is the lightest this show will be. . . what i mean is that a darker under story is all to evident in the first season and it staying as light hearted as the first season, is unlikely and thank god for that, we need a darker undertone so that the gravity of his ordeals aren't forgotten the next day.
I like the villain. . . he has his own ordeals and some of mystery. I see him becoming good at the end, realising his path was broken from the start.

I didnt like arslan at the beginning but was happy i stuck with him because he does grow on you. His character is kind of bland in the beginning and slowly he gets more interesting as he grows up with these awesome support characters.
My biggest problem was the lack of oomphf of this series i get that its political at times and they do that in a way where im not sleeping through dialogue, so nice one i guess but comparing this to other 2015 spring anime the edge was not there.

Do i recommend Arslan Senki? Ye i do, its a mellow ride that i enjoyed. Might be because im a fan of war stories, strategy and a ruler thats for the people or it could of been because i was playing total war and wanted a story similar to what i was doing, either way i rated this quality viewing. . .