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I loved this anime, it was fantastic and enthralling, and I don't understand the general complaints it got regarding it being mediocre or having underdeveloped plot. I disagree entirely. The characters themselves are the usual cliched JRPG stereotypes, but they are all cute and charismatic in their own way, to the point those cliches don't feel that forced nor unauthentic, specially when you're supposed to take this series in as projection of how a JRPG would play as an anime.
For example, when they reach the second town, and the little cutie is there waiting for them, it reminded me of that typical NPC that is everywhere and gives you missions or chats. The world feels as alive as any good RPG and they projected perfectly the feeling of people (at least in my case) who really get into the game. With the art sytle, the instrumentation, the music direction, etc. it's impossible not to feel this was a love letter to RPG fans and it shows that the people who made it have a true passion for the genre. Starting from the first episode, the characters "defeat" (i.e. kill) the enemies with magical achievement, there is no blood and it makes you forget it as something that is relevant besides progression. Whatever can be said about this series in general, it has to be admitted that the people in charge understood fully the effect a game has on a player, including the mental gymnastics that the player applies to keep enjoying the game, and emulated that feeling perfectly.
With that said, the series ends on episode 12, and then the episode 13 is a warped, fan-service, retelling of the events using the female MC instead of the male one you have seen for the all the previous. I found very bothersome because there wasn't any indication it would happen, so I was excited for the last episode only to find it's a shallow, CGDCT version of what you have already seen, but with an entirely different character and story dynamic, which imho detracts from the overall series. Same goes for the 14th (special) episode that was bundled with one of the BDs.
>>28521
The story progresses from the viewpoint of you projecting into Gran and becoming the JRPG hero. Li
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