Review of Deca-Dence

A nice surprise. When I first saw the description of this anime, I assumed it would just be another Attack on Titan clone and pushed it aside. After I had it recommended to me I picked it up and I was pleasently surprised by it. To get this out of the way, it is really nothing like Attack on Titan at all. While it shares aspects of the premise and movement system with AOT, the execution is completely different. This anime is fun, feel-good action anime that follows the rise of the main character (Natsume) as she finds the strength she always desired. It is kind ofsimilar to Gurren Lagann in that way. In fact, now that I think about it, it is similar to Gurren Lagann in a lot of ways. A character that learns to find the strength within themselves. A world that is not what it initially seems. The power of love and friendship saving the day. None of this is anything new, but it is a tried and true formula that does what it tries to do very well.

That is the best way I can describe the anime. It doesn’t do anything new, but it does everything well. The art is really good and the fight animation was surprisingly well done (aside from the occasional CGI). The music was solid and got the job done. The characters are nothing new, but have their own motives and personalities that you can understand.

The only real issue that I have with this anime is that it can be way too easy dor the characters to achieve goals that were made out to be impossible. Characters will go entire episodes saying that it is impossible to do something, only for it to be done with very minimal resistence. It is a little eye-rolling at times when it happens, but it isn’t bad enough to take away from the anime too much because it doesn’t take itself so seriously.

When it’s all said and done, this is just a nice anime that you can enjoy as long as you go in not expecting something serious like Attack on Titan but with monsters.

It’s a solid 7.