Audience reviews
20 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
Inori_Yuzuriha_7
The anime has a good story "but I think if they used it better, the rating would have been higher."
The anime has great side characters, such as the guitar playing, the nomadic kid "or as I like to call him the detective".
It would have been better if many things had been clarified, including the past of both "jin, varel" and "ran,yu." I also wish the anime had been enhanced with a bit of a darker atmosphere "knowing that the general atmosphere of the anime and comedy is great."
"el,karen" is a calm character, and this is a distinctive trait and character. I wish we had seen her more emotionally.
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Everyone has their thoughts about what makes a good anime.
For me the best anime are the ones who have philosophy lessons hidden behind the story. That's why I like this anime even though it has obvious flaws elsewhere.
If you are not aware, most stories have a message underneath, whether the writer does this consciously or not I don't know.
I believe this one tackles the meaning of life, or at least it tries to.
You have Aruka going through different stages in her life, from the emotionless robot who simply follows a code to someone who through suffering and pain grows into a balanced human being.
I say balanced here, since it pushes the acceptance of all emotions, even the bad ones. This is more or less the philosophy that the pleasure gang is about.
It goes through the acceptance o…
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So I was looking for something along the lines of "hot chicks with swords" and stumbled upon Blade & Soul. I wasn’t disappointed. The action was clever and exciting. The characters were well thought out and interesting. The visuals were a treat to look at. It delivered what it offered and I’m glad I watched it. But I do have one complaint I wish to address to pad this review. The character of Hazuki is poor designed and overused to virtually no effect. I feel the show could’ve done without her. Some may dislike this show because of all the T & A and that’s fine. Personally I felt the story and action were engaging enough to ignore the fan service and just enjoy the show.
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I was excited when I found out that there is an anime adaptation of my most anticipated
MMORPG, Blade and Soul. Upon watching the anime for the first time, the episode kind of clicked with me but the later episode just feels like chewing a flavorless piece of gum for hours but I was interested of what will happen next to the emotionless character. Speaking of emotionless character, I don't particularly hate the anime for having an emotionless main character because she's a heartless assassin with a tragic past (how many times have we heard of this trope before?). What I hate about this anime is that it was unnecessary to be made because the story in the game was more well elaborated rather than a rushed 10+ episode story. I also find it funny that the main character speaks LESS than the s…
Read at the sourceAndreikun
So I watched this anime with great enthusiasm at first, however that enthusiasm fades as each episode passes by.
The story is interesting in the begging but somehow it fails to deliver, you see the main protagonist Alka starting off as a killer then transforming into a wreck and coming back sort of "reborn".
Some characters are presented and killed in the same episode. No time to attach to them as Alka kills them.
Cast is made up of women, very few men in this anime and if there are any, they are weak. On top of that Alka the main character does not articulate more than a few words during the entire series, not phrases, just words.
The art and the battle scenes are nicely made (in the beginning), for some reason the graphics get worse near the end, final battle is quite dark and quit…
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*only really minor spoilers here
Watching the first 8 episodes of Blade and Soul feels like you're just watching another fantasy medival anime, albeit a very bad one. The story feels rather rushed and is vaguely explained, the characters are flat, and lack any meaningful depth or connection to them.
What got me through this anime for those episodes was the somewhat decent animation, and a little hope that the anime would improve itself. It eventually did, with the second half delivering more emotion, character development, and brings and interesting twist to the story. It eventually reverted back to being your typical hero vs Big bad guy towards the end, but the main character motives are better understood and the ending was conclusive. It still left a lot of questions unanswered and quit…
Read at the sourceEmohatotenshi
Contains spoilers, but still you should read as I'm telling you why you shouldn't watch this anime.
I'm writing this review just to warn people who come to watch this anime because of their interest in the game, like myself.
Beware, this anime is super bad, in every way, when it shows some good points, it's only let down by something else, nothing good comes from watching this anime, you'll lose interest after the second episode, and half way though you'll be forcing yourself to continue just for the sake of completion. Let me explain why this anime is so horrific:
1. The story... The story has some relations to the game, which is obviously expected, but it just doesn't have any punch to it, it's so bland, it hardly makes sense, there is no background story, no history. Sure, you know w…
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The animation for the particular art style they chose, was THE LAZIEST I had ever possibly laid my eyes on. This show was atrocious overall. The story seemed fairly interesting in the first 2 episodes, but as it carried on everything became the question of "What the hell am I watching right now?" and not in a good way. The art was basic, but as the show progressed it got worse, by becoming more and more inconsistent and lazy. The animation quality was inconsistent. The same case as previously stated, as the show progressed, the quality dropped significantly, and in around episode 10-11--after I saw them animate fire the way they did, which in itself was pretty laughable--I was so done. Sound was probably the only thing about this show that was passable. The characters in the show had such…
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This is a review of the Blu-ray version of "Blade & Soul" released by Sentai Filmworks in 2015. It was viewed with English voice overs.
"Blade & Soul" falls into the category of fantasy action adventure.
Parental Advisory:
The age rating on the Blu-ray case is listed as MA (meaning 17+), though that rating may seems a bit too high. There is almost no nudity besides a couple of brief backside shots of unclothed females, and a couple of spots where using the player's freeze frame option may detect a bare breast or two. There is combat violence in several episodes, and some of the deaths or injuries seem a bit gruesome or disturbing, but it isn't overly graphic. As a result, this show would likely be suitable for teens 15 and up.
Story: 7/10
The show spans 13 episodes. The story was intere…
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Though I do see why people don't think such fondly of Blade and Soul, I do think it's unappreciated.
Since this is an adaptation of a game, the makers probably chose to focus on the characters than the war.
While I do see the show lacked on the world building department, on characters development department was top notch, specially on the MC.
Aruka started as an empty character, moving only by the desire to kill her master's killer. And that wasn't for revenge, at least, due to her lack of emotions, it seemed that way to me.
But during the course of the story, her evolve at a slow but extremely well built pace. The other characters also had great development, Karen in particular.
But, it all culminates on the end, when someone ask her what she was doing and Aruka answered "living".
The…
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I'm going to get my biggest praise out of the way now: The ending credits kick ass! Seriously, you have to watch at least that once. The animation and song are both absolutely fantastic, and I literally (and I mean it in its denotational sense) ignored the attractive woman doing the fan dance in favor of the effects surrounding the fan and her.
Now to serious stuff:
The characters are sort of well rounded and generally likable, but still hit on some of the tropes, namely being emotionally dead inside and lo-and-behold therein lies all your problems. Oh, and let's not forget that you have to have something to protect as well.
The animation is solid throughout the whole series except for one episode for about 1.5 minutes where it looks like the heroes are riding past a background painted…
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Normally I don't bother with reviews, but the reviews I saw for Blade & Soul p**sed me off. They hardly do this anime justice, apparently Blade & Soul is based off a game, I've never played it and I don't intend to. This review isn't about the game but the anime and the anime was GOOD!
Story (7/10): The general plot of the story is good, it's not to cliche. An assassin goes out for revenge against the person who killed her master. Stuff happens. Etc. Now I don't mean to spoil it or anything, but that's not the only plot for the anime. It begins with her wanting revenge, but it ends up with her trying to find her own path.
Art (9/10): I LOVED the artwork! The fight scenes were done so well, boobs jiggled when they were supposed to, slow motion bullets ricocheting off stuff, sword swings,…
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To be honest, Blade and soul have good moments and alot of Bad moments. The bad ones surely overhelming in this anime but the character design and the style is very nice drawn and also animated, with exeptcion of Episode 10 this was the worst of all.
Alka is beeing hunted by Jin Varrel ( Ingame name is Jeon Seon Yung) Yuran and Ga Gangte.
this is not always the case of the entire anime in some Episodes we all thing it is the end because main antagonist died before the end. And then its turned into an unexcepted disaster.
Overall it is hard to follow and sometimes you wish just to stop the entire series. But the 3 end episodes saving this anime from breaking apart under its story. So I really hope it turns out good with the special ones.
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Watch this if you enjoy a good artwork of anime, however don't expect too much from this anime in terms of story and character development.
The story seems like they cut it way too short and the fights are so quick and ends way too fast which both are a bit of a disappointing side.
However, if anyone doesn't mind a poor story and loves good female assets bouncing around, they would enjoy this anime though.
I give this a fair score due to the good artwork, else i would even give it slightly lower than a fair score.
Enjoy if you are watching =)
Read at the sourceWildNeptune
Blade and Soul is the latest game that is based on an actual MMORPG and not about people trapped in one. It mostly follows Alka, a mysterious swordswoman who is being hunted by the same people who murdered her master.
As stated the story is essentially about how Alka is trying to find the person who killed her master while at the same time trying to stay alive. To make matters worse, Alka herself has a bounty on her and can be identified easily by a tattoo on her body, meaning everyone is out to get her. On her journey she meets both friends and foe as she tries to free both body and soul.
The story background, while standard, sounds decent as a journey of self discovery. It's very hard to talk about why this does not work in this anime without talking about the characters first.
Alka…
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Story: 3
After watching 1º episode I expected a well designed story, maybe not the best, but it seem to be good. It has a lot of diferent powers and characters really interesting and you are waiting to know more about them and.... you will be waiting for it all the anime long. There´s no explanation that reveal the true of the story Thinks happend when they must and thats all. I still wondering why its named Blade and Soul. they only talk about soul in some moments that try to be intense and oving but they end up being crap. So they fucked up with the argument.
Art: 4
this anime seems to have some elements computered-animated, personally i dont dislike them, but excetp the main characters, the rest of the characters and the enviroment don´t have a good animation in my opinión. The other…
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In this videogame-adaptation, sexy badass ladies fight each other in a vagely described dark fantasy-/spaghetti western'ish/steampunk'ish world. The main character is a freakin' ninja-lady without any sort of emotional connection when it comes to killing people. And she's out for revenge on a magic bitch who killed her master, all the while being persued by bounty hunters and an evil organisation hellbound on finding her for various reasons.
This sounds awesome, right? I mean, it's all there: badass chicks, a cool and interesting world to explore, a studio that knows how to handle crazy, over-the-top fights between ridiculously busty ladies just fine (see Vandread and Witchblade). And y'know what? It is! It absolutely is...
... for three episodes, before this series turns into one of the…
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Perhaps a thing of note is that Blade and Soul does not look nor feel like a video game (as one might have expected), just your standard fantasy fare with the magics, totally not loli/shota/furries and stuffs. Blade and Soul is essentially another Queen's Blade... You know, as in, lots of sword wielding thots and... stuffs. Though, it's nowhere near as sexually rampant as Queen's Blade. Instead, in it's place, Blade and Soul can manage to be more retarded. Whatever semblance of an actual story there may have been has surely been bastardized; but to what extent has it been butchered I wouldn't know. And it seems like I will never know for certain either since NCsoft will never make an English release of the damn game. In any case, what we have here are heavy handed conflict and resolutions,…
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Story & Characters:
Blade & Soul tells the story of Alka, an emotionless assassin, who seeks to avenge her murdered Master. Killing and death is very much in the focus in Blade & Soul but it succeeds in showing what a double-edged sword killing truly is. Blade & Soul shows a nice character progress, being relatively short 1-cour series does show through as sometimes the development is slightly too sudden. In the end Blade & Soul is a story of Alka growing up and becoming more aware of the world that surrounds her, it truly is filled with likeable characters and I surprisingly didn't find overly annoying characters in this show. What did bother me was the fact that not all characters past could be told and were left untold, again likely due to the fact that it is only 1-cour series but the…
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Each anime has its own notable points. Bleach has music, Naruto has a good story, One Piece has the moronic fanbase and Blade&Soul has one of the most memorable character developements ever. If you can't stand uselessly long analysis just read the first 2 paragraphs.
Before I start going into a very extensive review of the aforementioned lets throw down the basics. Blade&Soul originates from a chinese medieval fantasy MMORPG. The basic plot is that the Param empire has taken control of everything and groups rebel against their oppressors. That said the anime never clarifies if Param are actually bad guys. Or rather, it never shows the rebels being the good guys. Both sides are corrupt, with drugs, whoring, thieving and murder being pretty common. Keep in mind that I haven't played the MM…
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