Audience reviews
20 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
BigDongDantes
Story – 4/10
Grimgar sets out to portray a more grounded and emotional take on the fantasy genre, but it often feels empty. The pacing is slow, and the worldbuilding is minimal to the point of being confusing. While the premise had potential, most of the episodes feel like mood pieces rather than actual story progression.
Characters – 4/10
The cast is balanced in terms of RPG roles, but their behavior doesn’t match their supposed training or the danger of their situation. They struggle with even basic coordination in combat, and their reactions to life-or-death encounters often lack intensity or urgency. There’s some growth over time, but it takes too long to get anywhere meaningful.
Animation – 6/10
The watercolor backgrounds are beautiful, but the actual animation is limited. Combat la…
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First of all, it's really weak as an anime.
Boring dialogues, meaningless conversations, and poor environment design are all points that discourage you throughout the anime.
But most importantly, the wrong choice of voice actor for the main character. The main character, Haruhiro, is a young boy with an average physique, while the voice chosen for him is a relatively mature voice suitable for young people with a larger physique and older age. This inappropriate choice makes it impossible for you to feel a connection with the main character throughout the anime, and the inconsistency of this voice with the character bothers you.
Perhaps if this were not the case and a voice actor suitable for the character's appearance was chosen, it could cover the other weaknesses that I mentioned at the…
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Painfully drawn out, uninteresting characters, uneventful plot all makes a boring show. Don't get me wrong a show can be slow paced and be brilliant but this just doesn't. The hook for this show is this is an Isekai where the characters are struggling to fight the weakest monsters. This could have been really interesting if it wasn't butchered by the execution.
The fighting is the best part of the show, the challenge of defeating a single small goblin by 6 people. They are uncoordinated, incompetent, the left overs.
Most of the show is an uneventful waste of time. Every scene is excruciatingly slow which would work if the characters were insightful and interesting but nope, all of them have the same goal, to be stronger so they can defeat monsters to get paid and survive. It is so dull, t…
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Sometimes slow pacing isn't good pacing.
Story 6 | Art 10 | Sound 10 | Character 7 | Enjoyment 7 | Overall: 8
So Hai to Gensou might have the best animation, ost, ending and opening I've heard in anime, and had me expecting more from it, since episode 1, it was cliched but promisng, what fails with this anime is the pacing. Even though I'm a fan of well build up characters, and slow pacing shows helps them do this very well, just like FMA Brotherhood.
The slow pacing in this anime didn't help either in the story nor the character development, even the character interactions were slow? like the conversations between them feel like they took ages, to get through.
Art and Sound: 10/10
I won't review the Art or the Sound in this anime, since for me they were beyond perfect, and it was so…
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I thought this anime was going to be like SAO, Log Horizon, Vanadis or some such. You know, like an RPGish anime with a fantasy setting? With lots of action, some laughs and some interesting background story.
But what I got instead was a day time soap opera masquerading as anime.
Nearly all the episodes in this anime revolves around these characters walking around and talking about their "feelings". I'm not kidding. You got one girl who cries all time, 2.5 people playing tsundere (1.5 too many) and a main character who's got a whinny 'woe is me attitude' all day long.
Another thing is that the characters are all pretty stupid. They're stupid in their social interactions (naive, no social skills), they're stupid as hell in battles (outsmarted by goblins, nuff said). They got no goals o…
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If I am being honest right now, I loved Hai to Gensou no Grimgar. To me, it was a fresh look into the Fantasy RPG genre, one which is overcrowded with absolutely god awful shows. It is one of the special shows in this genre in part due to its realism in storytelling in its genre and actual well developed characters.
Story: 8/10
Hai to Gensou no Grimgar tells the story of 7 characters in a world they have magically transported to. Many other characters have also been transported there for no apparent reason. This large group of people forms smaller groups to go and hunt monsters in the surrounding area for loot and to survive. Now you may be wondering to yourself, man this sounds a lot like everything else in this genre, why should I watch it? Well, this is because unlike many of the oth…
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[Spoiler Free Review}
Story (8):
Hai to Gensou no Grimar tells the story of a group of people who all of the sudden see themselves in a completely strange and fantastic world, with no memories of where they come from, or who they where. The only thing they can do is try to survive by forming parties and hunt down monsters to gain enough money to get through the day. The anime shows the struggles of the group in this world. There is nothing really new to this kind of story, but what stands out is the way the story is told. Compared to the light novel or the manga the director chose to produce a more slow paced anime. This resulted in a lot of slice of life/drama aspects that got to be explored more deeply. And also helped to get to know the characters better, seeing some things that usuall…
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--The review contains spoilers--
The show of it's season that everybody likes despite it's pretty bad. We have a group of teens who gets into a world based on RPG ruleset and shortly after this, they forget their previous life... and that's all. We won't get to know who they are, why did they get there, what is that place anyways, why does it operates like a video game, what should they do there. They just live their everyday life, learning some new skills, killing the low level creatures for the loot which they use to cover their living expenses and equipment.
There are some conflict, they lose a teammate, hire a new one who lost her team and slowly move on after their loss, but this doesn't start a real character improvement. It's trying, but doesn't goes anywhere. During their fights…
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To summarise it simply, Hai to Gensou is basically a story that doesn't know what audience it's trying to target and what genre it's trying to be in.
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Story: 2
First of all, if it wasn't for all the combat and amount of fanservice I would have thought the story was targetted towards women, given the amount of emotional drama that keeps going on. People keep crying about the guy that died earlier throughout the series, along with all the whining about how incompetent they are, as well as some blame games going on. They don't seem to properly resolve their emotional issues as they just flip in and out of their emotional states like a switch, with us only knowing that they probably ov…
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I'm honestly not comfortable with reviewing something like Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash because it's one of those shows where every single one of my complaints can be countered with "well that's what the fans like about the show". Which is true for a lot of bad anime in general, but Grimgar is one of those shows that's specifically made to draw "feels" from the viewer without the structured story that ERASED used aka the main the reason why I cared for ERASED's cliched "feels drama" in the first place. So me saying it doesn't have a story as the main reason for not liking it is the equivalent of me going on a rant about how much Uchouten Kazoku sucks because...oh wait, I did do that.
Nevertheless, mood pieces just seem to exist in the same dimension as "walking simulators" in that they foll…
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This is a spoiler-free review.
Hai to Gensou no Grimgar is a rather unique watch. Shows throughout time have had a tendency to force characters from 0 to a 100 in an unrealistic time frame. This often pertains to the widespread demands of instant gratification. Hai to Gensou no Grimgar challenges these demands by emphasising the natural growth of characters: step by step characters are built through every interaction with the plot. Closely observing this and the plot is paramount as to not miss the abundance of implicit detail dedicated to their development and characterisation. Due to this profound nature of the show, reflection is commonplace and as such, the watch is recommended for anyone who enjoys reading pensively into things.
An inherent feature of Hai to Gensou no Grimgar is its…
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Here I am writing my first review. I am not an expert with writing a review but I will try my best to depict the selling points of this anime. I always give every element a 10 and then take a point off along with any setback I find in each of these aspects.
Story: 9. The story would have been a masterpiece if the first three episodes have been squeezed into one. Nothing much happened. It should have dedicated the second and third episodes to explaining a bit more about the characters' past. However, from episode 4 onward the plot keeps up with the audience's expectation - those who still choose to give a chance to this anime up to the 4th episode will definitely finish it to the end. Although one might argue that the plot is very much cliched, it does a great job in bringing all those fun…
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If you're looking for a slice of life anime with RPG/fantasy elements this is your show. It gives us a look into what life would actually be like in an RPG/fantasy world where the characters actually spill blood (their own and other creatures). It isn't exactly action packed and there is no definite end to the story, it's just about a group of people trying to survive in a new world that they were thrown into. My only gripe is that they mention a certain character too much.
Story: 8/10
I honestly like the story. There isn't exactly a goal that they are working towards like getting home or destroying an ultimate evil but really just surviving this world.
Art: 9/10
The character models are kind of generic but the way the scenery is drawn just gives life to the whole anime and since the pac…
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When first watching the first episode of it, i honestly found it quite boring, but i insisted maybe there's more to it, and yes there were.
the more you watch the more deep you go within the anime, the development is slow but enjoyable, and very easy to understand what's going on.
Artistically, the drawings is definately above average, maybe Too glossy for others, but doesnt bother me in any way.
Characters mostly we only got to see haruhiko and mary develope the most, the other didnt get enough screentime, but dispite only two developing characters it was still enjoyable to watch.
i definitly recommend this for people who wish to watch with patience.
take your time and enjoy it.
oh and the music is really good too :)
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well u know how all the foreplay and teasing can sometimes bore u out....
I mean for an anime with 12 episodes 85 % of it is goblin slaying to be put bluntly....
so why do i give it such a high rating.....
well like the anime i wont get to the point immediately :D
story:8
if put basically it is an anime that focuses on people stuck on a vmmorpg without knowing how they were put there..... Heard of it somewhere before?
yuss it will make u sleep in the first half... i mean can u see how many people dropped it at ep4... like ppl who drop girls bcuz they play hard to get an find them not worth it.. However doing so they fail to see the beauty of the girl underneath that wall, the spectacle beyond that spectacular spectacles....
it is slow, but there is a meaning behind it, no its not ur op c…
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While everybody and their mother decided to dispute about Boku dake ga Inai Machi or in english recognized as Erased, and pit themselves on the side of either it was 'da bess show of dis seasin' or 'I am discontent with the latter half of this fraudulent shit show', I despite inexperienced with writing reviews but affluent in being an opinionated douche, decided to tackle the other often regarded '2nd bess show of dis seasin', Hai to Gensou no Grimgar or known in english as Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash, in the form of a review.
I'll do my utmost best to provide a review that's fair (as fair as someone who is writing about something they disliked can be) and spoiler free (that's a + right?). Without further ado, let my explain why I think what I think about Grimgar.
When I initially started…
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Mature version of any "rpg like shows" the done right.
I'll keep this short but informaive as I can.
Many misunderstand what the show is really about and what it's trying to be. They complain "just when will they get over with this and go start adventuring?!" and claim "nothing is happening bs!" what they didn't know is it's not aimed to be that. Grimgar is all about the group of people who have been thrown in a world they don't know, adapting their new environment bit by a bit. So as you can see, action is not the highlight of the show. It's how they adapt the world and how they do it is what makes the conflict. And that's where the interestingness comes from.
The idea of "adapting the world" seems so Log Horizon yet it's far from being exactly the same with Grimgar. the reason why is…
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I enjoyed Grimgar! Did you or should you? Well take a look here to find out.
Pros
+ Exceptional Character development
+ Rich Character Interactions
+ Great approach to to the theme of Tragedy
+ Dark take on the "Trapped in a Video Game/Fantasy World"
+ Video Game world with Realism
Cons - Easily bored or "Mindless Action" fellows may not like this show
- Very slow paced
- Insert Songs
- The character of Ranta (At times)
- Random and Unnecessary Ecchi
Overall, Grimgar of fantasy and Ash is a astounding take on the "trapped in a world" genre. I honestly can say it is one of the best if not THE best of the genre. It's like a deconstruction of it. Instead of our MC's being happy and excited for the new world, everything just feels dark and demoralizing, JUST LIKE I LIKE IT ლ(ಠ益ಠლ).
Give…
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Getting transported to a game world with fantasy elements. You’ve heard of these type of stories before in recent years. From Log Horizon to the infamous No Game No Life, it’s a recycled idea that has becoming a growing trend. What’s different about Hai to Gensou no Grimgar? Nothing really at first until you look a bit into the show. Well it’s not vastly different anyways. In essence, this series crafts a refreshing fantasy show with some intruding ideas but also ones that are unbecoming.
Adapted from the light novel of the same name, the series takes place in fantasy world of Grimgar. We don’t get much inside scope on how the characters exactly arrived there but just the fact that they are now stuck in this world. Survival is what should be on the first thing on their minds as the party…
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The occasional RPG setting within an anime isn't some new, revolutionary trend. Popularized by the underwhelming Sword Art Online, they seem to be popping up a lot more frequently than before and that isn't something I'm particularly fond of. This is mostly due to the lack of originality that comes with these works. To a novice, this idea may seem spectacular on it's own, but at this point, the same thing has been done over and over again and not once did I consider one of them to be good.
With that being said, I believe that this is quite close to the epitome of what an anime should not be - from the embarrassingly awful execution to the completely obnoxious and meaningless characters. It honestly baffles me that some people see this title as average, yet alone good. From the legendary…
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