Now don't get me wrong... I loved this anime and I am shocked that it has such a low score considering its overall quality. It had fantastic music that made me feel as though I were watching an anime version of a Conan the Barbarian novel. Its action sequences were very well done and the strategy of the combat was excellent as well. Its art was... interesting. The twins had very chubby cheeks and I swear that the little monkey girl had one of the ugliest animated noses I've ever seen but all in all the art was very good. The titular character is interesting,inspiring and generally but not excessively OP which I always enjoy. The rest of the characters were interesting in their own respects as well.

So why then if all this is indeed as I claim it to be would I only give it an 8/10?

Plot progression.

The first 13 episodes were captivating and I powered right through them but that was where the anime lost itself. I understand that the show needed to explain what was going on elsewhere but it did so at the expense of the main characters.

There were a few episodes where the title character was lucky to get 5 minutes of screen time and the anime focused so much on politics and needless backroom drama and shied away from the meat of the story.

Nevertheless I enjoyed it overall and I highly recommend it to any fantasy theme fans.