Review of Record of Grancrest War

7/10

Recommended

July 01, 2021

2 min read

From the very begging I saw that there was a problem with this anime, but couldn't put it in words. Well I believed I figured the problem with this anime... It's the stories timeline. The Reason i started watching this anime was because I saw a cute romance clip on youtube and that I live the APG/Adventure genre (Possibly because SAO was one of the first animes I got into and was left disappointed). The thing is i wasn't expecting much when watching this since i looked it up on MAL before watching it. I saw that is had a 7 which usually means a mediocreanime. (I've watched plenty of 7's that were good and which it thought were an 8, but most of the time the 7 is decent at best). So I took the chance and watched it. So here are my key thoughts on it.

What is a Good RPG/Adventure/D&D type anime? Well there are a few
Rising of the Shield Hero, Re:Zero, Log Horizon, and SAO(some might say)
The rest or harms, shoujos and ones with unnecessary fan-service (Magi and Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka). The problem is that all the ones i just mentioned are isekais, which really gets boring. The good thing this about this anime is that its not an Isekai and that these characters are actally from that universe. On the hand this doesn't compare in quality story telling to those in comparison.

Pros:
Interesting Characters, Good battles, decent story, Pretty fulfilling ending (for anime that is). Not an Isekai. Don't have to wait for 1,2,3 season to be finished with it (can watch is in one going like I did.....don't suggest that that or you might not get any sleep -_-)

Cons:
The Timeline is so messed up. The pacing just feels so off for some reason. Basically I believe the stories plot would be much better if the story was paced out much more and they took more time to write it.

Overall:
If you're looking for an Adventure/RPG/D&D/ and you don't want to watch another one of those trouble harm ones, then this could be for you. I Liked it fine enough. Probably wont ever watch it again, but it was ok.