It's based on a Korean MMORPG and you should treat the fantasy setting as such. I think this anime has a lot of things you need to take at face value. I sure thought so, so let me get to the watching tips. Somewhere that sounds promissing right? Epic battles, blood, boobs and the fantasy to tie them together. Oddities and issues you will need to overlook Seeing the lives of the characters outside of battle In terms of ingredients, Blade of Soul is: So for those of you discouraged and wondering if it's worth watching, I want to pose a different view from the hate it's gotten so far and explain how I enjoyed it.īeware: this anime will seriously test your ability to take things at face value. I think the only people who might be interested in it are people who play the game, but speaking as someone who hasn't I don't think I have any interest.Ĭonclusion: Do something else with your time. Unfortunately, a vague plot and uninteresting characters mean that this anime probably isn't going to be getting any newcomers into the game. On one hand, it isn't a complete disaster and I get the impression that genuine effort was put forth beyond just wanting to cash in on a game tie-in. If you've ever watched the English dubs for Ghost Stories (and dear god, if you haven't, go watch it NOW), it's like a grown up version of the little brother. I do feel it necessary to mention that one character only speaks in a sort of whining grunt, which makes for accidental hilarity whenever he appears. Feeble attempts are made to expand other characters, but again who cares? As for character design, some look fine and some look ridiculous but in the long run it just doesn't matter because the plot is so damn stale. the core of the plot revolves around the fact that she has basically no personality to speak of. We are supposed to feel sympathetic to Alka, but she has all the personality of a potato (to their credit, via extensive character development I'd say that by the end she is upgraded to the intellectual depth of a baked potato). There is a certain attempt to establish motives for the "good" guys, but they are hardly more than cliche variations of vengeance and greed. As mentioned, the bad guys are your standard pantomime supervillains, in this particular instance they are dressed up like the goth kid who listened to too much Visual kei. the characters. Blade and Soul has them in a vague sense, but none of them are particularly interesting. Generally, not much to comment on.Ĭharacters: Ahh yes. The accompanying soundtrack is decent, but slightly generic. The show is light on fan service, but you get the impression that the creators wanted more given the bounteous bosoms featured on most female characters. It tends to excel in darker scenes, whereas in brighter settings the animation quality drops a bit. The animation isn't revolutionary, but it's probably the best point of the show. heat shimmers around fire and some particle effects here and there. They also use some CGI effects to create e.g. Characters are fluid and it has a nice range of colors. The main villains, who are nominally part of the Big Darkbad Empire of Evilness don't really seem to care about any larger motivations and are primarily occupied with being as evil as possible, so it hardly matters.Īnimation: It's decent, probably the highlight of the show. There's even a generic evil empire-type thing that gets mentioned, but we only really hear about how they're big and evil etc. This show attempts to have a fairly violent and dark tone, but it utterly fails by delivering a setting that is bland and insubstantial. At least, I'm pretty sure that's what the creators intended, but I really found it hard to give a damn because everything is so dull and uninteresting. Along the way, she supposedly learns to regret all the people she killed and comes to terms with her own sense of self, primarily by either killing more people or crying about all the dead people.
Story: Blade and Soul follows the adventures of the female assassin and sociopath Alka as she goes on a journey to avenge her mentor, who was murdered by some generically evil villains with large breasts and spooky voodoo magic. Also I did watch all of this show, despite really not liking it after the first episode (which showed some potential). That being said, I seriously doubt it makes any difference as it looks like the anime tries to be self-contained. I haven't ever played the game, so it's possible that somehow the game makes the anime make sense. Tl dr: Bland crap that would have a hard time keeping a house plant interested.īefore we get started, I want to make the disclaimer that Blade and Soul is based on a MMORPG by Korean studio NCsoft.
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