Review of Fate/Grand Order: Absolute Demonic Front - Babylonia

I’ll try to be succinct and direct. The character designs are fantastic (minus one LARGE exception), though this is unsurprising given that comes right from the Fate franchise. The fight scenes, though always very short, are an absolute treat to watch as they are incredibly fast-paced, full of memorable angles (the director is clearly an ass man with the poses that all of the girls take while fighting), and impactful sound effects to really hammer home the whole experience. If this show was just the fight scenes, or if they at least had more of them, this would truly be a top tier show. Instead,however, the storyline is absolutely ATROCIOUS in how dull it is. The MC talk-no-jutsus his way through basically every conflict, with everyone finding him beyond charming despite his one-dimensional character. Almost every battle ends with some inexplicable Deus-ex-machina-type resolution that makes you wonder why things were even done the way they were in the first place. Also, Gilgamesh is just not as charming in this as he was in Fate/Zero, though it was at least nice seeing him again.

In the end, you have to sit through a lot of boring dialogue and simplistic plot developments to get to what is (other than the final battle) truly impressive fight scenes that you really wouldn’t want to otherwise miss.