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[Anime Review] Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry - Master - 06-29-2016
Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry
Action, Ecchi, Fantasy, Romance, School
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What is it about?
The story is set in a school, where pretty much revolves around magic knights, also modern magic users who fight against each other with weapons converted from their own souls. Our Main Protagonist, Ikki Kurogane arrives to this particular school to actually train these Mage Knights, however he’s more of a failure due to his lack of talent of using magic, labeling him as “A Failure Knight” or also known as “The Worst One”. Getting way less than average marks in the scores, he was forced to repeat another year. However, one day he meets a girl named Stella Vermillion, as she challenged him to a duel due to some “issues” coming around. From that, the duel had some sort of payment, the loser must obey the other for the rest of their lives. Based upon the synopsis, many would judge upon it to clarify the story is generic. In a way, yes the story is generic to a degree, there are a few reasons why the story itself is quite different than the others, and it doesn’t make it completely special, however it does make the show quite worth a while on its way that could become a treat for a few people.
Why do you recommend it?
Rakudai is one of those shows that may be considered as an overlooked show based upon the synopsis (not that it’s actually underrated, it’s just people skipping this show because of the setting is what I consider overlooked). Yes, it can be generic but towards a degree where its romance and the mixture of the battle tournament trope handled nicely and not ground breaking and nice characters, despite them being generic, shine the show along the way as the episodes passes by.
The animation and art would not be one of the best out there of all time, but thanks to it palette and backgrounds, the angles and the colors they use towards the sceneries and the mood displayed also was a nice direction towards the anime series, and also with a nice and eye catching soundtrack that gives a well-deserved complement.
In the end in my humble opinion, Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry had exceeded the expectations I never thought I could find in this type of trope of anime (for my experience), and in my personal opinion, Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry got towards the absolute potential and became one with it's actual "identity" of it's own. It became something I would actually recommend, if anyone likes the battle tourney trope with something a little sugar on top, which turns into a nice thing to love an enjoy.
If a second season also comes around, I would be glad to watch the continuation of the show, just because of my statements above and how much I love the show (this is rather personal).
Who should I recommend and who should I not recommend? The answer I will state this simple down below.
I would only recommend this show if you into:
- Generic synopsis but nicely executed
- Straightforward Romance
- Battle Tournaments
- Entertainment
- Simple Story wise
I would not recommend this to people if you are into:
- Something ORIGINAL (in terms of the plot, if you dont like the synopsis/plot)
- Developed Romance
- Complex Storytelling