Audience reviews
20 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
algoPotaku
The anime features a badass protagonist—albeit a somewhat sad, whiny, and hateful one. It’s an entertaining watch that’s easy to get into, though I feel he sometimes loses sight of *why* he’s doing what he’s doing. The animation is excellent, and the show isn't afraid to kill off characters; at times, it feels like anyone could die. You also have to keep in mind that time travel and similar elements are involved, so the story isn't exactly linear. The character design is great and visually appealing; there’s a diverse mix of characters who are quite distinct from one another, which makes the series more dynamic—a welcome touch. The main character is a bit one-dimensional, but he gets the job done. The soundtrack is nothing special, but the story itself is good; it’s a shame there isn’t mor…
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"Calling Ragna Crimson trash just proves you have a TikTok attention span. 💀 You’re used to generic MCs getting video-game cheat codes while the side characters act like a cheer squad. Ragna Crimson gives you a real, catastrophic war where the dragons are actual terrifying deities and every battle is a suicide mission. The psychological warfare, the grit, and the stakes blow your favorite hype shows completely out of the water. Go back to your brainless power fantasies while we eat good. 🤫🔥"
"It’s hilarious how these kids can't appreciate a masterpiece like this. 💀 They need those brainless, shiny power-fantasies where the MC gets a harem and a level-up screen just to stay awake. Ragna Crimson gives you terrifying deities, psychological warfare, and a suicide-mission atmosphere, but i…
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The animation truly fine, even better than Isekai Shadow "Iam atomic".
But the story? It so template, I cannot like it. Like… what the hell? CCTV, nanomachines, dragons, dragon gods, guns, and they can fly to the moon? Verily, such tale is utter rubbish.
The logic is lost, horrible or simply illogical, the setting is chaos, like a drunken bard who forget his own song. Story development? A rotten apple—soft, foul, and wasted.
Average main character with god-strength for no reason. Dialogue too many yet say nothing, like wind dancing through empty halls.
Character designs look good, yes, but the characters themselves? Nay. Foolish puppets. A random OP loli at the start, cloning people, what madness is this?
A waste of gold and time for the creators. Many titles far more noble than this.…
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Ragna Crimson Season 1 has some of the most annoying, unnecessary, and uninteresting villains ever!
Ultimatia is such a bore. Voltekamui feels like a Ban knock-off.
Tbh, almost every character is uninteresting. Crimson has one or two perks, but he's also boring at times. The plot turns the protagonist, Ragna, into a very dull character. He has basically zero growth. He's overpowered, but his decision making is so disappointing.
Then mix Starlia into the pot, and you get a full on bore fest. Starlia was annoying as hell throughout the show. But the heartbreaking thing is that up to episode 8, this anime was actually really good and interesting. Then Starlia came and made everything feel so meh...
I'm severely disappointed, especially given how the first 8 episodes were literally peak l…
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Look, this is shounen drivel at it's finest. It's about a guy who "is kind and protects his friends," and has mysteriously OP powers that uses to bulldoze the enemy; an enemy so evil that they're practically different beings. That's right: they're dragons!
Now, why would I rate something like this remotely high? I hated Demon Slayer and it had around the same plot, and the animation quality surely was multiple times higher. Well, it just has to do with good character development. All the characters in Ragna Crimson are pretty fun to read about. When people or demons in Demon Slayer die and they show their flashbacks, it kind of just is some throwaway sob story that no one cares about. While Ragna Crimson does employ a similar tactic, it's a lot more genuine because you actually know a lot…
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I'm sure plenty of people are gonna write this show off as just another generic, 24 episode edgy shonen series that will be forgotten about within a couple months. In fact, you're probably writing off this review as a bait, since a 7 day old account which is only JUST able to write a review has to be fake, right?
That's where you're wrong. I am being ten billion percent genuine right now (hehe funny dr stone reference (I have never seen dr stone)). I am here to tell you why Ragna Crimson is the greatest anime of our generation, being not only the best revenge story I have seen in a long time, but passing series like Berserk, or the 2003 Korean film Oldboy. So sit down, shut up, and throw away all the other anime you have ever seen for the greatest one, Ragna Crimson.
Story - 10
The story…
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DISAPOINTING AS FUCK
Only really watched because I thought the opening was really really good .
Art - 4/10 Basic animation, lots of just still shots with gums flapping for talking, fight scenes are pretty bland and all blend in with eachother.
Characters - 3/10 Almost None of the characters are memorable, I Finished this today and remember Ragna, Crimson and slime and the princess w no arms thats it. The rest of the characters are just nothing, even the characters listed have 0 Development and do not engage me whenever they are on screen.
Story - 2/10 What story? the story doesnt really exist its just a show of fighting Dragons? Not dragons? it gets repetetive after like 3 episodes and there is 24 of them, the times when the show stops for a few episodes takes a breath and thinks about…
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TLDR: Potential wasted.
The show starts building a decent enough world but then goes sideways really fast. Watching this happen for 24 episodes was an exercise in patience rather than an enjoyable escape. Off the bat, characters are introduced but are either killed or never heard from again. The MC, Ragna, gets way too OP with a grandfather paradox. He is passionate about killing dracu...Dragons, for perfectly acceptable reasons, but was well mannered and sensible right up until he got OP. At which point, he became an annoying, irrational twat. Just like a lot of Japanese anime, Ragna defeats all his enemies in a samurai stance while screaming with willpower as lightning bolts shoot out of his ass. God, it's cliche and irritating. Apparently, his power came at the cost of brain cells. Ima…
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Oh wow, I didn't expect this to be good? Okay, time for my honest and unbiased review. It's been awhile since I posted one.
Story: although the plot was generic, but it wasn't quite that boring, since we all love recycled stuff. You can see those plots being used over and over again through movies, animes, etc,. But we still dig and enjoy it. Truthfully, it's hard to find a unique story out of all the countless stories that are already out there and it's all been regurgitated through these main categories; Action, Drama, Adventure, and Romance. The author made such good use of these plots that makes this anime quite unique on its own and surprisingly it left me at the edge of my seat on some scenes. The beginning was quite meh, but give it a shot peeps, it gets crazy after a few episodes…
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As can be seen from synopsis, the protagonist Ragna meets his future self and gets all those awesome powers. For the first 10 episodes story goes smoothly. And then, the inner sadist in the story author awakens and he starts removing one character after another except hero and his omniscient tactician-dragon-friend Crimson.
I mean, come on, what good would it do if you go through the same hellish life even after receiving all those powers. Also there's full of needless gore and violence in the second half of anime just for the sake of it.
Anyways, the story has many cliffhangers and disappointing moments. It'd be a nice watch for pro weebs but not for amateur noobs. Overall, a 7 from me cause I liked fight scenes, battle strategies, other character s' story development (but sadly their…
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If this anime stopped at episode 17, I would give this a solid 8. it was pretty enjoyable up until that point. If you decide to finish, be aware that this is all going downhill from here.
After episode 18 until the end of this season, everything turned into a series of bullshit development, almost feel forced and as if all the build up to this point lose all meaning.
Worse thing is the author keep forcing to feel sympathy for the villain, but the villain is so badly written I lost count to much I was muttering "fuck you" everytime ultimatia shared her "pain". While at the same time not much development to our main cast, its the final battle, we should feel more motivated to see the mc winning so that we feel relieved, but no, we are forced to feel sympathy toward the badly written villain…
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Well, this anime was a pretty interesting suprise. It has so many main genres in it, that it took me by suprise, especially cuz it kinda switched between them pretty fast at some points and caught me off guard. It's a comedy, it's shounen, it also has mature content, it's big flashy fights, it (tries) to put some sad moments in it. Quite the catalog, if you ask me.
In the first few episodes, it seemed to be kinda basic, but the rule of 3 episodes (+ a few more sometimes) doesn't let you down. It starts showing what makes this story unique, and that for me was the mix of everything put together. It offered quite an unique experience to me. Of course, being it shounen, you can still see and guess some parts, but it still feels pretty fresh overall, at least to me it did.
BUT, it is not a ma…
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I discovered in Ragna Crimson a fantasy story with dark overtones, full of brutal combat in an unforgiving post-apocalyptic world.
An exciting and entertaining read that knows how to engage the watcher and give him or her moments of pure entertainment, without ever boring. The plot gradually becomes more and more interesting, presenting entertaining, well-structured and diverse characters.
Ragna and Crimson are each other's opposites, with the former coming across as an almost anti-hero vigilante, focused on revenge, but never falling into the "seen it all before" or banality. This is because of his feelings and his desire to protect and return to a smile with those he loves. Crimson, on the other hand, particularly surprised me, evil and manipulative,but not overly wicked.
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Promised an Action, Fantasy Shounen about Dragon hunters.
It delivers exactly that. If you are not looking for what it mentioned, do not start it.
If you like this genre, you will enjoy it.
The story is well written and has more parts to come.
The action sequences are enjoyable and visually great.
The characters that matter are built well.
No unnecessary fillers and story keeps on progressing.
The direction keeps the anime enjoyable and binge worthy.
The characters and situations keep you intrigued and hooked to the show. Story - 7/10
Action - 9/10
Direction - 8/10
Animation - 8/10
Now that the whole season is out, this can be easily binged.
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This is the best shit anime of all time. This anime was never meant to be better than shit, but somehow it surpasses all expectations.
Episode 1 fucking sucks, don't drop this show until you get at least 3 episodes in (it picks up episode 3 onwards).
Animation: The studio made the fights enjoyable to watch without having a large animation budget.
Plot: The story has a lot of twist and I can confidently say that I rarely knew what was going to happen next. Very few cliche's, me gusta.
Characters: Characters are interesting and relatively fleshed out. Every character is 'human' per se, with flaws, imperfections, goals, and pride.
Worldbuilding: The world feels big and you don't know whats in it, which I find exciting.
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Ragna Crimson is an honest to god, top notch battle shounen that isn't afraid to shower us in blood and kill off characters like it's Game of Thrones.
Animation / Art / General Visuals - 8/10
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The quality of the animations varies a fair bit, but as a whole it looks good. At times even great. If it could sustain its best it could be a match for any shounen out there.
Art is also clean and interesting. Character designs and scenery detailed. Sound / Music / Voice Acting - 9/10
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As a proper double season show we get multiple great OP's and ED's that fit well with the show's high octane action and emotions. The tunes during the show are similarly top notch, with great battle themes and beautiful emot…
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Well, its better than most mid stories in that it actually tries very hard to keep the viewer entertained, regardless of its lacking in certain areas.
If you can get around the blatant CGI, the animation nosediving the further along we go, and the outright unnecessary death toll of "beloved characters" by the end... Ragna Crimson has a fairly enjoyable story in theory. From the very get go, everything is stacked against Ragna and the humans in general. It has such a strong start in introducing you to the world and the state that it's in-- namely dragon hunting being such a main staple for how much havoc they wreak against humanity.
Ragna has suffered the dragons plenty throughout his life, despite being weak he survives. He counts on Leonica more times than not. Until the moment he can't…
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Ragna Crimson is an anime with a mundane introduction, but after about 3 episodes, I was left astonished, captivated by the dragons of this anime and characters, but what managed to captivate me the most was... my dear Crimson.
Is is the kind of anime with a main character who starts off very weak and evolves, but besides that, Ragna also has a purpose from the beginning for which he fights.
In my opinion, Ragna Crimson has a quite good and detailed world, from desolate places and ruined cities to ancient temples or feudal kingdoms, it's like a Kinder egg with surprises. The author has integrated politics quite well with magic and mythology, which are quite important aspects in Ragna Crimson, and offers a broader perspective on the world.
The characters in Ragna Crimson are VERY STRONG, wh…
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The story is still interesting, it loses some of the impact that the manga has because of some slow pacing.
The animation isn't impressive, which is a shame for an adaptation of a manga that is very action oriented. It can get saucy at times but for the most important fights the animation was extremely underwhelming. The art style also doesn't live up to the manga.
If you absolutely don't want to or can't read manga for whatever reason, then this anime does adapt the story of Ragna Crimson well enough, it doesn't cut out all that much and the animatiom is acceptable. I would just recommend reading the manga.
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In a year where we got so many interesting dark fantasy stories, Ragna Crimson ended up being my favourite by a decent margin and had one of the most interesting premises and cast of characters of any recent anime.
The best way I can explain Ragna Crimson is that it’s metal as hell. This world is dark and brutal as hell and the show does a good job of showing how no one in this story is safe. Death is always lurking around the corner and due to the strength gap between dragons and humans, human life feels so fragile and fleeting. The author doesn’t shy away from killing off characters either. It’s gritty, dark and at times seemingly hopeless. That is, until we get to Ragna’s power up. One of the coolest things about the story is how Ragna’s future self and his present self interact and s…
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