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Hey there everyone! With the spring anime season coming to a close in the next week or so, I thought it'd take some time and put out some reviews on the anime I watched throughout the season. I'll be judging the anime on the following categories:
I'll try to get a new one posted each day. I only had the dedication/interest/time to finish 7 shows this season, and I'll try to get them out when I can. Anywho, let's get started with the first one... Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry!
Rating: 8/10
*Disclaimer: This is just my opinion. You do not have to agree with my opinion, I just ask that you respect it.
- Story
- Characters
- Art/Animation
- Music
- Enjoy-ability
I'll try to get a new one posted each day. I only had the dedication/interest/time to finish 7 shows this season, and I'll try to get them out when I can. Anywho, let's get started with the first one... Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry!
Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry
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Story:
When I first started to watch Rakudai, it seemed like any other generic school/action/fantasy/romance anime, but it turned out to be so much more.
The story follows the story of Ikki "The Worst One/Another One" Kurogane. Ikki attends a school which trains Magical Knights called Blazers. Blazers manifest their soul into the weapon with which they fight and are rated on a scale from A through F, with A being the highest. Ikki, an F ranked knight without any magical skills, is determined to be the "Worst One" and is not allowed to attend any classes. As the school term resumes, he receives a new roommate, the A ranked knight and "Crimson Princess", Stella Vermillion. The duel comes with a wager: "The loser must obey any command the winner has".
After the duel, we learn that Ikki has a condition to graduate that only applies to him, and not the other students. He must win the Seven Stars Tournament. In order to win this tournament, he must win all 20 of his matches within the school selection tournament.
Characters:
Ikki Kurogane - Ikki is the main protagonist of the series. He is caring and honorable. Ikki, the lowest ranking student in the school, strives to show everyone that he is more than people think he really is. He challenges himself and keeps pushing forward to prove that he can make it as a blazer. And thus begins his transformation from the "Worst One" to "Another One".
Stella Vermillion - The "Crimson Princess" from Vermillion Kingdom. She is an A ranked knight and determined to be the best in the class of first-year students. Stella is also Ikki's roommate as the school roommate systems selects pairs based on compatability. In this case, pairing the worst student with the best of the respective year.
Shizuku Kurogane - Shizuku is Ikki's younger sister and the second ranking of the first-year students. Shizuku is protect over her brother due to some events that happen prior to the beginning of the series. Shizuku is very caring and protective of her friends and wishes nothing but the best for them.
Nagi Arisuin - Shizuku's close friend and roommate. Prefers the name "Alice" as he feels he is a girl trapped inside a boy's body. Alice is a primary support character for Ikki, Stella, and Shizuku and a reliable friend.
Art/Animation:
At first, it seemed like just another modern generic anime art style, which I don't mind as it is pleasant to look at. However, the art style, especially later in the series, really captures the tone of the characters and mood of the scene. I personally feel that art is a very powerful method of communication within anime and I felt that I was able to better understand the characters through it.
Music:
Similar to art, I think that music also helps convey the scene. Expanding to the opening an ending, it really captures the essence of the anime. This is especially true of the opening, Identity by Mikio Sakai. Within the opening's animation and music, it doesn't really give away any of the story, but of the intensity that you can expect from the anime. I felt that by listening to the opening, I was able to get very excited for each episode, and this is most certainly true when you knew something big was going to happen in that episode!
Enjoy-ability:
Overall, I really enjoyed this slow. Starting very early on, I could see that this was going to be a well paced show and I enjoyed every episode. I would definitely recommend this anime to anyone who enjoys shows of this genre and even to anyone just starting to get into anime. The generic shows always sell. But when it is done on a much higher level, that I feel Rakudai has reached, it really starts to show the potential some of these shows have.
MAL Link
Story:
When I first started to watch Rakudai, it seemed like any other generic school/action/fantasy/romance anime, but it turned out to be so much more.
The story follows the story of Ikki "The Worst One/Another One" Kurogane. Ikki attends a school which trains Magical Knights called Blazers. Blazers manifest their soul into the weapon with which they fight and are rated on a scale from A through F, with A being the highest. Ikki, an F ranked knight without any magical skills, is determined to be the "Worst One" and is not allowed to attend any classes. As the school term resumes, he receives a new roommate, the A ranked knight and "Crimson Princess", Stella Vermillion. The duel comes with a wager: "The loser must obey any command the winner has".
After the duel, we learn that Ikki has a condition to graduate that only applies to him, and not the other students. He must win the Seven Stars Tournament. In order to win this tournament, he must win all 20 of his matches within the school selection tournament.
Characters:
Ikki Kurogane - Ikki is the main protagonist of the series. He is caring and honorable. Ikki, the lowest ranking student in the school, strives to show everyone that he is more than people think he really is. He challenges himself and keeps pushing forward to prove that he can make it as a blazer. And thus begins his transformation from the "Worst One" to "Another One".
Stella Vermillion - The "Crimson Princess" from Vermillion Kingdom. She is an A ranked knight and determined to be the best in the class of first-year students. Stella is also Ikki's roommate as the school roommate systems selects pairs based on compatability. In this case, pairing the worst student with the best of the respective year.
Shizuku Kurogane - Shizuku is Ikki's younger sister and the second ranking of the first-year students. Shizuku is protect over her brother due to some events that happen prior to the beginning of the series. Shizuku is very caring and protective of her friends and wishes nothing but the best for them.
Nagi Arisuin - Shizuku's close friend and roommate. Prefers the name "Alice" as he feels he is a girl trapped inside a boy's body. Alice is a primary support character for Ikki, Stella, and Shizuku and a reliable friend.
Art/Animation:
At first, it seemed like just another modern generic anime art style, which I don't mind as it is pleasant to look at. However, the art style, especially later in the series, really captures the tone of the characters and mood of the scene. I personally feel that art is a very powerful method of communication within anime and I felt that I was able to better understand the characters through it.
Music:
Similar to art, I think that music also helps convey the scene. Expanding to the opening an ending, it really captures the essence of the anime. This is especially true of the opening, Identity by Mikio Sakai. Within the opening's animation and music, it doesn't really give away any of the story, but of the intensity that you can expect from the anime. I felt that by listening to the opening, I was able to get very excited for each episode, and this is most certainly true when you knew something big was going to happen in that episode!
Enjoy-ability:
Overall, I really enjoyed this slow. Starting very early on, I could see that this was going to be a well paced show and I enjoyed every episode. I would definitely recommend this anime to anyone who enjoys shows of this genre and even to anyone just starting to get into anime. The generic shows always sell. But when it is done on a much higher level, that I feel Rakudai has reached, it really starts to show the potential some of these shows have.
Rating: 8/10
*Disclaimer: This is just my opinion. You do not have to agree with my opinion, I just ask that you respect it.
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