Review of Record of Grancrest War

I chose to write my first review for this anime because of the bittersweet aftertaste that it left me and it is proving to be quite a difficult task because I actually enjoyed watching this anime, but at the end I realized that apart from the need of knowing how it would end there was nothing else. The story is actually good and the idea behind it had me intrigued when I read the synopsis. The main problem is the pace at which everything develops. Everything just happens too fast and, even though I appreciated the fact that everything was settled, the rush made everythinga bit flat. Only some aspects were deepened, and not so thoroughly, so the overall result was something superficial.
The same goes for the characters. Even if I liked them since the beginning there was not enough time to develop and therefore really appreciate them. This obviously also reflects on their relationships, it is true that there is romance but it is just thrown in the anime as if they just needed to put the tag (this is true in particular for the relationship between the 2 MC, the relationship between Marrine and Alexis is developed a little bit better, but I think that they could have done a better job also for this one)

In short in this anime the only focus is the progression of the main story (no question asked) everything else is treated as a feeble background instead of being used as as the backboneThe result is a superficial anime, enjoyable to watch if you like action/war strategy types, nothing more and nothing less.