Review of Fena: Pirate Princess

The only thing that made me watch this was how the story was presented to me: "A young child is traveling with her crew on a ship but it sinks in a battle. Years pass and she's trapped in an island and to survive she has no other option but to be a prostitute. One day she's sold to a man and she decides to make a run for it and is aided by two of her old crewmembers! And so it begins her pirate adventures!" From this description, I assumed I'd get a pirate-themed story and a very serious, dark one because of all therape themes that's clearly stated in the first few lines. Is that what we got? Absolutely not! I feel all the potential this premise had went down the drain.

Visuals:
1) not my cup of tea, particularly the noses
2) action scenes are beautifully animated
3) animation and dialog are sometimes out of sync

Audio:
1) dislike the soundtrack
2) voice acting legends together with inexperienced seiyuus but everyone gave a solid performance
3) terrible casting choice for Otto. The legendary Hiroaki Hirata doesn't fit Otto at all

Story and characters:
1) the premise required a more serious tone instead of trying to crack a joke every 5 seconds. Like, someone almost got raped half a second ago and no, it's not something to joke about
2) didn't find a single character to be captivating
3) terrible pacing
4) at first the story is about a victim of human trafficking escaping and become a pirate with her crew, then it shifts into this paranormal, fantasy kind of thing and then... no one knows what we're watching anymore
5) the ending feels very rushed and makes very little sense

This gets a 4/10 from me. Total waste of premise and setting.