Review of The Ancient Magus' Bride

short version: beautiful world. distant characters. long version: I read someone saying that we feel like we are part of the story in some of the reviews so I decided to give my opinion about that. Yes, I agree on that, but... personally I felt this because they put more effort into world-building than character development. I wouldn't go as far as some people and say that the characters doesn't have a proper personality, they do! But, most of the time they are sooooo distant that we can't really reach them. The episodes plot seem to wander through this magical world and the events never seem to have muchimportance. I don't know exactly how to feel about this, but I guess it's like... a small fairy tale. It's the story of a girl, with a dark past, who is bought by an ancient mage and learn how to love and live, being saved and saving others along the way. That's about as far as it gets. It accomplishes this, and leave most of us feeling like we were part of this world, but we never really got to know none of the characters! They doesn't have much screen-time and when we see them they just stare at us in silence. It's mysterious but it might get sort of boring, if you allow me to say.

I also feel like they rush over promising plot concepts, and it feels like such a waste. They often try to talk about many things, but the show itself seems to get bored of it quickly and then just drops it and moves on... and it keeps doing it until it ends.