Review of The Ancient Magus' Bride
Welcome! I hope you will enjoy reading my review about MahouTsukai no Yome and give this anime a try. Well I'll try my best to not bore you reader and make it very on point for what you are interested to see from this anime. MahouTsukai no Yome is a breath of fresh air for the fall/winter 2017/2018 anime season but also for the anime industry who lately was suffocated with the "copy-paste" shows made each season. The first thing that will captivate you when you start watching this anime are the visuals, they have a very essential role for the whole story and forthe worldbuilding. In my opinion if you take the visual vocabulary from this anime, the story and world lose all of its charm and the viewer will lose all of its interest.
Our characters introduce us to a world filled with magic and mythical creatures who have their own role and contribution to that world. It's a journey that will awaken your inner childhood self, a journey who will take you on an adventure that you will never forget. Chise our main female lead will conquer your heart and soul with her story and growth along her journey in that magical world. She will experience new feelings that she didn't knew about them and from each encounter a lesson about life itself. But not everything comes free, that world has its own rules so Chise must pay a certain price to attain her goal.
The characters are firm foundation for the story and world in MahouTsukai no Yome. Each of them tells you a story about their own life, their mistakes and temptations that lead them on the wrong path or made them what they are in the present . Chise starts off as a fragile human being who only knows about despair and pain in her life. Meeting Elias changes her whole world and helps her grow as a person and character. She becomes stronger, more independent , she starts to accept her own past and stops running from it, she becomes that kind of reliable person that puts other's safety above her own.
Throughout her journey and encounters Chise is not the only character who has development her influence manages to change those around her . Even Elias who is presented as a firm, motionless, unflinching character, who is feared and resented by other mythical creatures, in the presence of Chise his weak spot is revealed and he starts to experience unknown feelings that he doesn't know how to handle them making him more human like despite its gruesome appearance (monster). This creates a certain bond between those two that cannot be explained by mere words and will be tested by that magical world becoming each other's raison d'etre.
As for what I didn't liked from this anime and couldn't give it a higher rate than 8 is the second half which sadly drops in quality. I don't wanna spoil and ruin your enjoyment but they repeat the same formula of Chise getting in trouble and saved by Elias then vice versa until the last arc. I know this is meant to put an emphasis on the bond between those two but we already knew about that from the current events that happen in the first half so it kinda drags the story and leaves a bland impression overall.
In conclusion MahouTsukai no Yome is a great watch that all viewers who seek enjoyment and quality at the same time should watch, with visuals who blend with the story and create a harmony for its main themes and a fantastic female lead that you can't help yourself other than love her. Don't miss this visually attractive gem of 2018 (especially you Niklas)!
Thank you for reading!
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