Was quite surprised to find the overall rating to be on the lower side of the scale. This was the first anime I watched that actually sparked my interest. Despite there being so many alternative world-themed anime out there, this one managed to keep me interested and left me at the edge of my seat every single time. I didn't understand this anime when I first watched it as a primary schooler, but I picked it up again during my middle school years and I was so happy that I did. I gained a lot more understanding how they use the two main characters as avessel/vehicle to understand better the culture and what happened in the world that they were summoned to. There were a lot of both subtle and straightforward criticisms on taboos and cultural expectations, and it was a great choice to pick the tension during the war to develop the characters and the love story in it.

I'm very picky when it comes to giving a 10 to any kind of series, but this Anime touched my psyche in some ways that others don't. I think some doesn't like the choice of using little people (chibis) and dismiss it as an Anime directed towards children, but it can't be further than that. It wraps itself well around serious themes like war, rape, survival, and death, and they do it well in the span of 13 episodes.

Not to mention it is accompanied by great OSTs too, the opening and ending song for this match very well to the Anime and the main characters. The opening score is still one of the best song I have ever encountered and it is still in my playlist of songs I love the most. I strongly recommend audiences who watched this during their younger years to pick it up again, I think they may get something more now that they're older and are more experienced with nuances.