Review of The Ancient Magus' Bride

Well it certainly was one trip of a show, it was good, however predictable. It has a lot of really good life lessons and things here and there to take to heart, and to learn from. However overall it just seemed like a bit of a stretch at times. The episodes also seemed sort of spiritic, and even though there was an overall storyline, it was noticeable in the first couple of episodes, but then sort of stopped, and didn't kick back in until the last few. It's a nice change from the overpowered MC destroys everyone else style, and it certainly was unique comparedto most other anime's I've seen. It's one of those that it just to take a lot of emotions too lightly and skips over or rushes scenes that should be more important. IMO one of the best "emotional" anime, which this one was certainly trying to be, is Darling in The Franxx, and that's what I compare this style to, and it falls short of that, however it's clear that it is going about the "emotional" aspect in a very different way which makes it hard to compare.

Overall, it was good, wasn't amazing, wasn't horrible. I don't regret watching it in the slightest but it's not one of those that I would re-watch incessantly.

7/10 overall, visuals 10/10, music/sounds 8-9/10 depending on the episode, character design and growing arcs 6/10, but that's due to most of the "growing" occurring during the last few episodes, but being kind of rushed during those last few instead of being spread throughout the season.