It didn’t look very good and wasn’t even the best ecchi anime this season.
The last episode ended nowhere, but the second season is announced to be in production.
Initially, Chained Soldier (Mato Seihei no Slave) was hyped up to be one of the more exciting projects of the season. Written by Takahiro — the original creator of Akame ga Kill! — the manga already had quite a huge following.
Fans were wondering how it was going to turn out, and the answer was “disappointing.” In part, the last episode was particularly underwhelming, but some argue that it was a result of the entire anime not being as good as viewers expected it to be.
What was wrong with it?
At first, the anime was showing promise. Yes, it had some severe issues with animation (especially with its heavy use of CGI), but it had a certain old-school vibe to it. The fanservice was mostly on point and not censored, so it seemed like everything was fine with the anime.
However, that was actually the issue. Everything was just that — fine — but fans expected way more than just “fine.” The story wasn’t very good, and the characters were one-note.
Yes, the source material doesn’t have incredible writing, but it was still fun. The main selling points of the manga have been its fanservice and good art, and the latter didn’t translate well into anime.
Others argue that even the fanservice wasn’t that good. In fact, it was more disappointing than some expected — while still above average for modern ecchi shows, it wasn’t even the best ecchi anime this season. On that front, it loses to Gushing over Magical Girls (Mahou Shoujo ni Akogarete).
The anime just went nowhere
The last episode felt especially disappointing. Not only was the final fight incredibly anticlimactic, it also didn’t look very good. The anime just ended nowhere.
Some argue that the reason the anime went so poorly and ended nowhere was that it was just an advertisement. It wasn’t even an advertisement for its own manga — it seems like most of the promotion was done for the character songs, which is a very odd choice.
However, fans who watched the Japanese TV broadcast of the anime on Tokyo MX and not the Crunchyroll version of the anime noticed something curious. Apparently, the Tokyo MX version of it (which is censored) featured an extra scene introducing a character from a future arc, Ren Yamashiro, voiced by one of the most famous seiyuu out there, Kana Hanazawa.
That essentially serves as a teaser for the second season, which was announced to be in production — but there’s no date or anything. As for now, though, the ending of the anime is somewhat disappointing, and fans hope it picks up later.
It didn’t look very good and wasn’t even the best ecchi anime this season.
The last episode ended nowhere, but the second season is announced to be in production.
Initially, Chained Soldier (Mato Seihei no Slave) was hyped up to be one of the more exciting projects of the season. Written by Takahiro — the original creator of Akame ga Kill! — the manga already had quite a huge following.
Fans were wondering how it was going to turn out, and the answer was “disappointing.” In part, the last episode was particularly underwhelming, but some argue that it was a result of the entire anime not being as good as viewers expected it to be.
What was wrong with it?
At first, the anime was showing promise. Yes, it had some severe issues with animation (especially with its heavy use of CGI), but it had a certain old-school vibe to it. The fanservice was mostly on point and not censored, so it seemed like everything was fine with the anime.
However, that was actually the issue. Everything was just that — fine — but fans expected way more than just “fine.” The story wasn’t very good, and the characters were one-note.
Yes, the source material doesn’t have incredible writing, but it was still fun. The main selling points of the manga have been its fanservice and good art, and the latter didn’t translate well into anime.
Others argue that even the fanservice wasn’t that good. In fact, it was more disappointing than some expected — while still above average for modern ecchi shows, it wasn’t even the best ecchi anime this season. On that front, it loses to Gushing over Magical Girls (Mahou Shoujo ni Akogarete).
The anime just went nowhere
The last episode felt especially disappointing. Not only was the final fight incredibly anticlimactic, it also didn’t look very good. The anime just ended nowhere.
Some argue that the reason the anime went so poorly and ended nowhere was that it was just an advertisement. It wasn’t even an advertisement for its own manga — it seems like most of the promotion was done for the character songs, which is a very odd choice.
However, fans who watched the Japanese TV broadcast of the anime on Tokyo MX and not the Crunchyroll version of the anime noticed something curious. Apparently, the Tokyo MX version of it (which is censored) featured an extra scene introducing a character from a future arc, Ren Yamashiro, voiced by one of the most famous seiyuu out there, Kana Hanazawa.
That essentially serves as a teaser for the second season, which was announced to be in production — but there’s no date or anything. As for now, though, the ending of the anime is somewhat disappointing, and fans hope it picks up later.
