Audience reviews
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Kreskon
I never make reviews. But this anime is so shitty that I couldn't help it. This is just horrible.
First of all it is boring. It took me MONTH to watch all episodes when previous anime I chose, I watched in one day.
Characters are just pathetic, retarded, stupid etc. (I can write here whole vocabulary of negative adjectives). I don't want to write spoilers here but I will say that mainly it has to do with the so-called loyalty to their king. Come'on, who would be loyal to such pathetic retarded trash? Louis XV was shown here as the biggest trash ever. It is no longer called loyalty but stupidity (to know why watch it to the end by I advise you don't even try - I admire myself that I managed to finish such a shit and I started suspected if I am not masochist, the only reason I didn't drop…
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Le chevalier d'eon isn't the most appealing or over-the-top battle royale type alternate history anime. It's a realistic depiction of the behaviour of the so called masters, for whom their loyal ones; though valued, were just a toy. We get to see one of the most accurate of human behaviour plausible to the viewers. The anime delves deep into topics like loyalty, betrayal and honor, and how somepeope were bound to them, no matter what happens- even if the masters had ill motives towards them, even if they knew it was bad- but they stil wouldn'tl break the knot of loyalty and alleigance to maintain their honor as a knight. This anime delves into the life of the hideous people for whom loyalty would've been just as bad as death. No one is good nor bad, you simp…
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This review is for Le Chevalier D'Eon. Le Chevalier means the noble or knight D'Eon. This is one of the better anime series I've seen, partially because it was based on historical events and figures. This series was set in France and with events that led up to the French Revolution.
The story and sound or music, in other words, were great. It was interesting seeing D'Eon morph from himself to his sister Lea Beaumont, who was assassinated in Russia (yes it's historically accurate). It showed him as he went to Russia disguised as his sister. The events that transpired were kind of sad, but France was a falling kingdom and changing into a free government. It also showed the importance of faith in hard times.
There wasn't a lot of fighting and it really didn't need it, because the story fl…
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First things first. My "reviews" system is explained on a blog entry. Which can be found through my profile.
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✦Story
Let's keep it short. Story is pseudo complicated. Giving you some political insight of the world that is presented and the role of various parties. Whilst the focus is on the "secret service" members who essentially search and research for various reasons around few countries.
Now... here comes the comical part. The plot or setting itself is fairy interesting and unique. Starting with rather unusual location for Anime to be placed at and an odd setting that mixes bible and zombies with some supernatural powers. Sounds interesting right?
No... truthfully the story tries to be convoluted, tragic and rather grand. But in fact it feels more like a a really bad stage pla…
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First of all - what have I just seen? This is an anime focused on actual historical personalities, which heavily involves fantasy elements and magic references.
Unfortunately, it comprises of the worst superficial characters ever, which have zero development, while the series progress. Everyone acts and feels the exact same way as if nothing around them changes. They do not grow or even make decisions - they only repeat the same lines over and over again as a magical chant, never analysing the messages of life.
Without revealing anything, I would say that the lead character won my utter outrage with their final decision on how their life should be. I do realise such events do mess with your mind, but should anyone really end up like D'Eon? What is the message at all? Most likely, this w…
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Le Chevalier D'Eon caught my attention right away due to it's setting. I am a huge fan of the eighteenth century, and they did a fantastic job at depicting that in this story. Remember that this is a tragedy ahead of time.
Warning: There may be spoilers, and vague descriptions.
Story:
We start off with a coffin drifting in a canal in Paris. Outside is in blood "Psalms" is written, and inside lies the body of Lia who is D'Eon's sister. D'Eon is a loyal servant of King Louis XV of France, and leaves Versailles to serve as the secret police of the King in Paris to try to find what happened to his sister. From there on you are introduced to the other characters and the mystery of the "Poets" who recite verses of the Psalms to reveal their powers for both good and evil. The story itself is com…
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Well here we have an one of a kind anime. First of all i'd like to say that it's not an ordinary anime in terms of storyline and art style which gives it a some good headstart points in my opinion. So let's see my rates per section,
Story: 7
As i said Chevalier D'eon storyline can't be easily compered to any other anime's storyline. As a historical anime it takes place in France in the time of Loui's XV reign some time before the French Revolution. It includes a variety of historical figures such as the King Loui XV, Madame de Pompadour, Marie Antoinette and even Chevalier D'eon himself (even if he's not faithfully portraited). It also takes a wonderful advantage of historical events as well, something which can be as good as it is bad since many people are unfamiliar with France's hist…
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Historical Fiction? Supernatural? Mystery Thriller? HECK YES! Execution of the premise... ah well... (inhales sharply). 'Rose of Versailles' has 21st century successor with a Gothic (in the old literary sense) twist that gets it started with a bang, but a muddled middle act that's only partially counterbalanced by an emotional but not entirely coherent ending. Like 'Psycho-Pass', this leaves me wondering what could have been.
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'D'Eon' begins with the best first episode I have ever seen, hands down. It's fast-paced, exciting, and establishes the setting clearly without resorting to infodumps. I was completely hooked and expecting the ride of my life. And it's a very good ride for the first arc, but when the second arc starts things begin to go off the rails. While 'D'Eon' establish…
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All the world's a stage, all the world's a stage! Comedy and Tragedy cycle endlessly! And to be or not to be---that is the question! We live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with weapons. Who's gonna do it? You weep for those that are your allies, and you curse those that are your enemies. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing the truth. Death, while tragic, probably saves lives. And the existence of love and hatred, while grotesque and incomprehensible to most, is the core of life itself. You don't want the truth because deep down the truth hurts. We use sugar-coated words like honor, code, and loyalty. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punchline. But what does it all really mean…
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Le Chevalier D'Eon - a quite old anime,which is about XVIII century France.Well.
In my ass it is.
Le Chevalier D'Eon - a disappointment.at first,i thought that it's an interesting anime connected with historical events but i have found out that it is just a pathetic cartoon with nothing useful. There are some characters based on real historical figures but most of them are changed and do not reflect the life of real people who lived in XVIII century France. A good example should be the main character Charles d'Éon de Beaumont . His sister dies,and after some "woodoo magical orgies" she occupies his body when he has to fight (seems like the anime creators say that Charles d'Éon de Beaumont was an awful swordsman,hmm.) And how about the real historical person? Well, this Charles d'Éon de Be…
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Style - The animation is pretty good, although it did use 3D REALLY badly at some points and faces are often stiff and/or badly drawn. 2 out of 3.
Character - The characters seemed to serve little purpose other than to advance the plot by doing unexpected things. There are very few moments of character development (D'Eon writing a letter to his lover does not count as character development) where we learn about a character's past and his motivations. As a result, the actions of characters such as Durand and Teillagory are completely unintelligible to us, simply because nothing has been revealed about their past or their motivations. 0 out of 4.
Story - Anything but historical. You might do well to know that not only did D'Eon not have a sister called Lia, but that Lia did not even exist…
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Story - Dreadful. Most pathetic story I have come across for a while. The ending wasn't so much depressing as it was just extremely disappointing. It just got worse as it went on. From the beginning, I noticed something was off because the narrator sounded very old and very depressed. Having someone narrate the story to you in the past tense from the get go takes you out of the real-time immersion of watching an anime, besides the fact that the old man's voice gives an ominous foreboding, which I hate. The most jarring thing about this anime (a hard thing to pinpoint, since there were so many) is probably the whole magical Psalms of the King idea. Somehow, reading the Bible gives you magical powers such as controlling other people's bodies and body parts and killing them in a painful way.…
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Le Chevalier D'Eon made for a solid historical title mixed in magical elements as it explores the hostile tensions between royal figures in the monarchies of the world's powerful countries in the 18th century mixed in with D'Eon's search for answers in discovering the cause surrounding the death of his sister Lia, whom possesses his body in vengeance of those who murdered her and conspire against those among royalty that she supports. Three big things that stick out with this series are how complex it is, its historical accuracy of the final days of monarchy rule being the norm in 18th century Europe and having a large number of characters that it focuses on. D'Eon's quest to recover a stolen item for King Louis XV and find answers about Lia's death lead him to also journey into Russia and…
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Often considered the 'spiritual' successor to the classic shojo anime Rose of Versailles, Le Chevalier is much more fantastical, a little less historical, but still a kick ass series. When I say 'kick ass' though, that does not mean that this is an action heavy series. While there is action, the plot does not revolve around powering up and beating the badguys to a pulp. However, can you say attack of the mercury-zombie-parisian-prostitutes? Oh yeah, they went there.
Story:
The story is loosely (read VERY loosely) based on the life of the real life Charles D'Eon De Beaumont. D'Eon, considered the patron saint of transexuals in some circles was a courtier, spy and professional fencer. She also requested to be acknowledged as a woman during her life, so that is how I will refer to her. Th…
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This series can only leave me asking...why?
Story:
Sadly, I have to say this series had a good story ...at first. I like how the story takes place in France, which is different from many series' setting. Unfortunately, it seems this series sacrificed it's creativity for its unique storyline. The first episode had a rather nice flow to it, but after that it began to slow down.
The flow was so bad, I considered stopping the series after the third episode. Giving it a chance though, it didn't even pick up until about the 19th episode! What kept me watching was simply the oddness of where the story was going. Without giving away too many details, there were just things that didn't make sense.
Characters:
The characters are one of the things that will confuse any viewer! Not only are…
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It was a while since I watched the series so my review won't be long and very detailed, I will try just to bring main points that caught my attention.
For one, this anime had it highlights and downfalls. Mostly it seemed to be not the interesting since there was not enough suspence in my opinion and I couldn't geat attached to most characters.
However, the main highlight was the arc with Queen which I actually found very enjoyable. It had some interesting characters like Queen herself and some unexpected turn of events which were good and sad.
What completly ruined the series for me was the set of unexpected events that started to happen in several last episodes one after another. For me they seemed to be there just for the sake to be unexpected without having any actual thought behind t…
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I was disappointed with Chevalier. I usually enjoy shows with a historical backdrop, and this is the reason why I first approached the series. Actually, that might have been the only saving point of this show, how it utilized actual historical events and fit them into the fictional existence of the Psalms and D'Eon's sister Lia.
I rated the story as mediocre because it starts out in a promising way, the first couple episodes carefully setting up the plot points and characters that will eventually develop, these few first episodes are crafted well enough to hook your interest in the series, and they made me genuinely curious as to where it would all develop, yet as the story progressed, while some enigmas were answered (which honestly you eventually suspect on your own), the use of the Psa…
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I am acutely aware that reviews that do not praise an anime are often flagged as "not helpful," so We expect some backlash here but onward We press, as Louis XV might say.
Le Chevalier D'Eon is an anime that tries to draw off a lot of people who existed in European History, including the main character and several other characters with large roles in the show. The main hero is based on a cross-dressing French spy from the 18th century, given an original backstory to explain his gender confusion. Other, more recognizable characters, include Maximilien Robespierre, Catherine the Great, King Louis XV of France, and King George III of England, among others. Being something of a history enthusiast, this new take on real historical figures was the main thing that kept me watching for most of th…
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Le Chevalier D'eon will always be an anime I will always adore. It's fun, it's thought-provoking, it's educational and it makes you think a little more about life.
I was drawn into the story the minute I saw it on television and I just HAD to watch it all and again! I love how well the characters are shaped and the mystery that unravel slowly with every episode.
I also love how suspenseful and fun they've made learning history. The dialog is smart and the overall sotry, in my opinion, is beautifully done!
If you like good dose of mystery and of history--the fun way, them Le Chevalier is definitely something you definitely SHOULD watch!
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Let me begin by being perfectly honest. I hold a deep disdain for historical fiction titles that take themselves too seriously to hold any relevance or entertainment. I am also intensely confused by the Francophile tendencies of the anime industry. Le Chevalier D'eon is based loosely on the story of Chevalier D'eon who was a French spy who once donned women's clothing to carry out the King's will in Russia. Naturally, Production I.G. could not resist adapting this EPIC story of a cross dressing, French spy from the 1800's into a TV series.
But enough of that, despite a satisfactory and complete ending, Le Chevalier D'eon suffers from miserable pacing issues which damage any sliver of suspense it tries to build with a convoluted plot and arrogantly-written, flowery language. While the anim…
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