Review of Katana Maidens: Toji no Miko

You would think this is one of those where it's just a normal action sword anime but I'm going to go with my initial impression here. These are some great characters caught in a decent story. It's not bad because it does pretty good in everything it does, it's a proficient anime. Kaname is easily the best character but that's for good reason, I mean you can see the pure amount of passion with her as well as her voice work and design. She is the strongest and a decent op. They actually go through the effort of having her training even while she's sleeping (inher dreams) and that's wild!

Takatsu is pretty predictable and Nomi is pretty annoying but it has something of a payoff in the end.

The first half of this anime is pretty solid which I didn't really expect, the name "Katana Maidens" sounds like another pervy anime about girls with swords but it took the high road and made an actual anime. The second half just builds on that and doesn't lack in any sort of quality compared to the first season, it stayed fresh. The action is pretty well done with a little bit of 3D modelling and angling which I respect if done right. The music isn't half bad either, there were times that the theme sounded pretty good in the background, the one complaint I have on that front is that in the final battle it uses the opening sequence song and it kind of killed the vibe in my opinion but whatever. The ending itself was pretty satisfying and there were times where I was like 'this isn't the final episode?!' but there are a few ticks here and there that nodded towards something for them afterwards that I wasn't too fond of.

The whole series really envelopes the character and the sword that they wield, echoes of the past and does it all with a good delivery, I'll give it an 8.