Review of Vermeil in Gold

Kinsou no Vermeil was a decent anime to watch, and I'll try to explain why in this review. First things first, this show has the ecchi tag, therefore, expect a lot of fanservice scenes, and you can already skip this review and show if you don't like that type of scenes, cause there will be many of them, and they aren't that unique nor thoughtful. Pros of this anime : + Vermeil character, you are bound to like this waifu + The visuals were good looking ( no pun intended ), it's colorful, the opening is nice aswell + The character design felt good enough exceptfor the MC Alto that really had a generic/bland look
+ The pace was enjoyable, it's hard to describe, but even if there is only 12 episodes, the story covered many events, a lot of stuff happens in almost every episode, but it remains easy to follow the story

Cons of this anime :

- The plot is non existent. I mean, the story does build a plot, but it's so generic you can't take it seriously, or at least not with the content shown in this season
- It's tightly linked with the last point, but the cast of characters is trivial as hell
- Cringe scenes, stupid moments, it's frequent enough to mark it as a negative aspect. I think it harms the story because it prevents the viewer from expecting interesting things out of it

Regarding the fanservice scenes, I would say it's a neutral aspect of this anime. While some scenes do work, most of the time they feel repetitive or not needed. I don't know, maybe I'm thinking too hard about it, after all we are talking about lewd scenes in animation, maybe we shouldn't try to think about their purpose beside the obvious goal of showing nudity & somewhat erotic moments ?

And I also wanted to add another idea regarding the story : even if I think the story as a whole isn't interesting and isn't a strong aspect of Kinsou no Vermeil, I have to reckon that pretty much everything was plausible in terms of world building. Everything isn't explained in the anime, but the fights, the events, the few rules shown for this magical world were respected, and it's not always the case, so there's that, the story isn't interesting but at least, there isn't too much absurdity.

TL;DR :

Kinsou no Vermeil is an ecchi anime that takes place in a fantasy/magical world. Watch this if you are interested in seeing a relationship between a young boy and a woman/demon. The evolution of their relation is pretty much the only thing interesting to follow in the story, but don't expect something incredible, I might be stating the obvious here, but when an anime has the ecchi tag in it, your expectations regarding the story shouldn't be too high. This show isn't meant for everyone, and keep in mind that it's clearly not trying to be original at all, so if you've seen 100 magical/fantasy animes before, chances are you won't click with Kinsou, except if you are relly into lascivious demons.