Review of Hortensia SAGA

So Hortensia Saga, well is a good anime to say the least. I speak this, keeping in mind that I have no clue of the original game to begin with. First of all to give an overview, the plot of the anime was interesting to begin with, the sound usage was great if you count the OP and ED in the same category, definitely made my playlist, the characters and the character traits were a bit cliché' but the development as the story moved on was good. The art on the still frames, and the art for the environment was really good, but thefights and action scenes can be a little weird at times. As for enjoyment, the last 3 episodes gave a lot of excitement, and thus the story was able to present itself in a convincing way.

Now for why does it a get a 6? this is going to be a mixed with some spoilers, so let's begin.

In my case, the anime gets a base score on the basis of the level of animation, sound usage, art, character designs etc. And that is why, this anime also started with a 7(Good), as all of the above things were competent with the relative quality of anime that is out there in this season or the previous season. That sums up the explanation of 3/5 categories in my score. Sound is the only category that I gave an 8 as I also count the OP and ED as mentioned above.

That leaves us with the story and enjoyment. These are the two categories which obviously in my case, propels an anime to higher score.

Now for Hortensia, the story started off with a good hook, kept introducing interesting elements, with good revelations at proper timings. It took advantage of the kingdom setup of the world as that enabled it to explore many locations in the 12 ep run the anime received. During this explorations we gained new "Supporters", and also had some character development for the original characters. And thus , after basically spending 1/2 of the time in explorations, near the middle, the story progresses towards its conclusion, and to tell you the truth, the story was tight enough to keep you hooked till the finale. So after getting this much praise, why a 6 for the story, well, again Concluding a story is something SOOO IMPORTANT, that it almost easily overrules any of the good things the anime had done. And oh my lord the ending, how should I say this, The ending could have been great, as in the finale episode, a lot of character arcs closed (almost 90%), the conflict is resolved, some major deaths happen which is all great. If the anime had concluded on that, An Overall 8 for sure, but just because this is a GAME anime, and the purpose is to ADVERTISE the GAME, the story pulled out a ridiculous ending just to give a really forced cliffhanger, just to convey and more importantly make us realize that this is just for advertisement, if you want the real story, go and play the game. Now seriously, I do not like this.

In my opinion, if the turn at the end is removed, Hortensia is not at all a bad anime instead it is a promising anime, and if the story had been a little more tight, it surely is deserving of 6.7-6.8 score, that is between Fine and Good.

Also finally, will I recommend it, well if someone is fan of the military, kingdom, fantasy, magic genre, then I will suggest them to give this a try, but with a disclaimer that end the anime with the final title card.

Hortenisa saga gets a 6 .(sadly).

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