Audience reviews
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Comet_Official
If you’re looking for an anime with an MC who’s a bit of a jerk BUT can forge some truly awesome Demon Blades, then The Sacred Blacksmith is for YOU! It delivers a charming blend of adventure and fantasy with a light touch of mystery, centering around cursed swords and the personal growth of our MC's party. Cecily’s earnest determination as a rookie knight pairs surprisingly well with Luke’s aloof, sharp edged demeanor, and the two evolve meaningfully as characters thanks to each other’s influence. The world building adds just enough intrigue, with Demon Swords, lost technologies, and the lingering echoes of past wars, to create an engaging story without overshadowing the characters more crucial moments of development.
While the series doesn’t tie up every element introduced, (WE WERE RO…
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So... mixed feelings seems about right for this one.
On the one hand:
- overall good animation with sakuga ranging from decent to pretty good
- good soundtrack if not mind blowing, same goes for VA
- hints of world building that could have led both to a much better setting and better characters
On the other:
- wasted potential with said world building and characters
- 100% unnecessary boob shots of the female lead, like I'm perfectly fine with fanservice but in this case it was kinda jarring
- UNBELIEVABLY CHEESY LINES LEFT AND RIGHT. I mean, the cheese with this one is on a whole other level
- Unfinished/unpolished detailes everywhere. How do most of the villain-of-the-week characters (and that one big stand out, the doppelganger) read their death verses? If the forging "skill" (only "sk…
Read at the sourceShorbadu59
It is by far THE ABSOLUTE WORST anime I have ever watched.
Nothing! A bunch of nothing.
The MC has NO WILL, no depth, + annoying
There's no tension, no stakes, no payoff.
It’s like they were checking boxes: swords? check. demons? check. female knight? check. But no purpose behind any of it.
This anime feels like it was assembled by bots, and even they were on low battery. It doesn’t tell a story — it just goes through the motions.
Only good point is probably the demon swords concept , swords that can turn into human and that will be it.
IT IS MORE OF A 1.333333333/10 THAN A 2/10
I WILL APPRECIATE ANY EXPLANATIONS ON HOW IT IS POSSIBLE TO RATE THIS ANIME MORE THAN 3
TY !
A complete waste of time.
Avoid at all costs
Read at the sourceLewd_Beast
A show so bad, they decided to slip in a "blink and you'll miss it" bit of nudity to try and lure in an audience. The titular blacksmith even admits that our FMC is "A sorry excuse for a knight" in the first episode, and while you may feel generous enough to label her "plucky" or "earnest", if you are smitten by her perky breastplate, she is hapless and useless. She is in constant need of rescue by the blacksmith, who makes single use swords in between his sulking and griping and failing to be an edgelord. I can't remember if they tried to explain why he is the way he is in any great detail, as the finer points left my memory as quickly as they had arrived. Other than that, I think there is something masquerading as a plot, some boo-hiss bad guys, some paper thin supporting characters and…
Read at the sourceLolitroy
Stop me if you've heard this before: hot-headed protagonist with a single braincell fights bad guys who are bad because they are bad guys who are bad. Vaguely medieval Europe setting. Lots of swords. Royalty and empires. Said bad guys are monsters with muted colors and conventionally ugly designs so it's easier to see them as fodder. Little girl whose personality is 'cute'. Stoic edgelord with a dark past... need I go on?
I do, because despite this being the anime of all time, it was also heartfelt, sincere, and thoroughly charming. We're at a point of societal collapse where it feels like an either or scenario--either your series is generic slop with no redeeming qualities, or it's a revolutionary work of art that will change media as we know it. (Slight exaggeration). Of course, this is…
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Overview:
"The Sacred Blacksmith" is an unfortunate example of a series that, in the hands of a better writer, could have been great, if not brilliant. It has some interesting ideas with a lot of potential, but the execution of these ideas are shaky at best, resulting in a series that is rather clichéd and predictable. While I personally enjoyed it quite a bit, unless you're a huge fan of medieval fantasy stories, I would recommend thinking twice before checking it out.
Story & World (6.5/10):
"The Sacred Blacksmith" is set in a world that appears to be modelled after medieval Europe, which several decades ago was ravaged by a horrific war where many people used a powerful weapon known as the Demon Contract, where humans sacrifice their bodies to become powerful demons. Eventually, people…
Read at the sourceAeroGunz
“The Sacred Blacksmith” is what happens when You create something that should be mentioned in the Britannica Dictionary under “subpar”.
If there ever was an anime that has little to no originality, uses cheat tricks to force an emotional reaction in a viewer and has barely any logical sense plot wise… this is it.
Apart from very few exceptions we witness the plot from the perspective of Cecily Cambell - a young, a bit naive, idealistic and energetic knight. Despite having the heart to protect people of the city she lacks the skills and mental fortitude (at least in the beginning) to make difficult decisions. After losing her father’s sword in a fight and witnessing the power of a katana he pesters Luke Ainsworth - a skilled blacksmith with an attitude problem, to forge her one. After bei…
Read at the sourceAlthamus
This anime is so utterly without merit it made me write my first review.
It's not especially bad as such, it's just so hopelessly cliche and and the story is so straightforward it could have been written by AI, except that AI would probably have done a better job. Predictable at every turn, but without anything to make it stand out and feel different or unique. The main protagonists are both cookie-cutter anime tropes, likeable but indistinguishable from any other protagonists in similar stories.
And yet I can't justify giving it a score any lower than 4. It's so middle of the road, so safe, so "seen it all already" that it can't be bad as such, just... lacking in anything which would actually mark it as standing out from any of the hundreds of C tier animes out there.
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Um...uh? I suppose that I can give it credit for being 13 years old at this point. Battles kind of draw out and the lead is transformed way too fast at the end. There was no growth. She spent more time not doing then she was doing. Typical incompetent female lead, weak woman "in a man's place"on concept. Men certainly still show the power, although you have to consider the time it was shot for. On the whole, there's still a total lack of proper transformation. Visuals are so so and almost every character is easily forgettable. I think the side characters alone are enough reason to not want to watch this. It wasn't bad, but it certainly wasn't good. Some people may like this, but it certainly was not my cup of tea.
Read at the sourceUpset_Nimbus
Seiken no Blacksmith, had an interesting premise. I would have loved an anime where a blacksmith helped out his allies by forging legendary blades but the "Forging" he has might as well have been some kind of combat skill (conjure a blade but has limited uses.) The forging aspect of Luke is for the most part ignored and instead just tool for the anime's plot. Now the true MC of this anime is Cecily no seriously this anime might as well been a plot of maturation for her as she has seen the most development. However as a character shes well...terrible. All those training montages she has? No payoff for them. So many times when she takes the field I find myself emulating that megamind meme and saying "No Martial?" Aria would have been a monster in literally anyone else's hands. The "blade con…
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Spoilers~ I will try not to. This was made in a era when anime were created to push manga so you might not get a good anime in a 12 episode series, but this anime does a good job. The team knew where the were going to end it nothing felt rush and out of place, should there be more season yes. In this era where anime are more valuable because of streaming sites this anime does enough to get a season 2. Another factor why it didn't get a season 2 is because of the unnecessary nudity which gave it a R rating. The characters are cute if this show went on i might have the couple in my top list but no real romance in the show a lot of implying. The girl basically confuse, and being the tomboy that she is it was very manly lol. You watch this show for what it is you will like it . It's a fair ani…
Read at the sourceRain_Feather
This one isn't really that bad. I mean, don't get me wrong, I think Cecily's kind of cute (and yes, I ship her with Aria instead of that tool Luke), but again, it's just not very memorable.
I mean, the anime goes through great pains to show how brave and strong Cecily is, and then it sacrifices all the progress for a cheapo ecchi moment when her breastplate falls off after she taps it. Just... there's a time and a place for that kind of thing, but undercutting your MC's kick-ass moment isn't one of them.
I don't like Luke, I think he needs to grow up- and let's face it, he's obviously more interested in Lisa than Cecily. It's just...
It's an okay watch. But that's all it really is. If you just want a nice fantasy romp, it can be that, if you're just looking for something quick to pas…
Read at the sourceSkig14
Were you ever playing a video game and your sword broke and you were like "Wow, this is the best thing ever! I love weapon durability in games so much I wish they'd make a whole anime about it!"? No, you weren't, no one has ever thought that, except apparently the person who thought of this show.
This is a very generic anime, it has a cast of character archetypes that pretty much write themselves. The main mechanic is that swords are terrible and break pretty much right away, but this one dude can make katana, which apparently are super durable, only actually he makes weapons by magic and they also break after like one hit. I dunno, it's really really silly. Not that real world logic need apply, but being very durable is not a feature of katana compared to other swords.
The show also has…
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It's not a horrible Anime, but it is definitely below average, about the only thing it has going for it is if you prefer dubs over subbed anime, it has a English version.
The story section will have spoilers, starting with generic info about structural problems of the narrative that kill any joy you may have had watching and then more detailed issues.
Art: 7
The art was good. There was good blending of the CGI and the battles were watchable. If you are expecting Errol Flynn for the sword fights think again. They are dominated by big glowing rays and blobs of magic all controlled by plot armor.
Sound: 6
Music was appropriate to scenes. Opening and Endings were fun but too loud something of a common occurrence in recent anime. If the volume levels were more consistent the audio would of…
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The Sacred Blacksmith is a generic fantasy take regarding the adventures of Cecily, a girl who is supposed to be a knight but is otherwise dressed like a maid with a breastplate made to look like… well, breasts. Ten minutes into the first episode and it is already established trice that her fighting skills suck and she is in constant need of some uncaring pretty boy to be appearing out of nowhere and saving her with his awesome sword in the last second. Said pretty boy is named Luke. He is very good at crafting swords; thus he can slice in half other common weapons just because his works are quality material. He is also living together with a loli elf which can imbue his sword with extra powers in case conventional methods don’t work. Said loli elf is fascinated with boobs and never misses…
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Im pretty new to the fantastic world that is anime but i especially like isekai and fantasy animes , what i can tell you about this show is that it is the first one that annoyed me so much that i had to write about it.
if we talked about graphics they are pretty good for the year this was released ,the soundtrack value is great (i mean dont expect something incredible as lord of the rings)
but what this show is mssing is better characters ,the problem with anime and especcially this types of anime "fantasy/isekai" is that it can become very monotonous in some poorly writen shows you can find the same types of jokes /characters/ story /etc.
and when your main character is worst writen that a sword a literal sword it become clear the story around it wont be good, in the first episode irea…
Read at the sourceKnightwingNC
This anime HAD SO MUCH POTENTIAL! The episodes up to episode 6 were really good! You know when an anime is good when you realise you're halfway through the series just like that!
The anime is in basic, a girl who wants to be a hero and a blacksmith who is rude. Now it sounds bland but honestly, the characters in the opening episodes were written well. Luke, the blacksmith slowly builds up his character and shows he cares. Lisa is that classic cute little girl who has that voice actor who you would swear is in EVERY anime ever, so just a run off the mile character. But her story is entertaining and fun to watch, not the best written character but for the role she plays, just fine. Cecily is a busty and clueless character, but in a good way. She comes off as this want to be hero but slowly…
Read at the sourceBlipBloop
This is pretty meh, not gonna lie. I was debating a 6 or a 7, but I decided a 7 because of some of the characters. The story itself is fairly generic, a clumsy, weak knight who needs someone to save her all the time. The main character, Cecily (don't worry she says who she is like before every fight I probably will never forget her name) grew on me at times. She started off annoyingly weak, but got stronger (?) (sometimes). She tended to kind of be in everyone's business, but she did it with good intentions, and I respect that. She has an insane sense of justice, like maybe even Seryu levels. She's the kind of character that likes to talk during battles, which had my eyes rolling a few times. Although there was a lot about that anime that wasn't that great, there were some funny moments. T…
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"I hope she dies" That's the first thought I've ever had while watching this show and that's quite a red flag right there. You know what she said, first thing, listen to this. "this is the third time, luke." He saved her 3 times! 3 fucking times and she's just laughing as if it's not disgraceful for a knight to be saved by a civilian 3 times! What a weak character. There's an anime I adore, World Trigger and one of the protagonist there is weak af, but in there it's handled properly. He doesn't smile like a moron when his weakness gets in the way of accomplishing things. He works and he takes his weakness seriously, he takes it into account and treats it severely because he knows people might die if he didn't. This bitch is all sappy about being saved 3 times in a row by a civilian after m…
Read at the sourceLegendAqua
A red-haired tsundere who has a crush on her love interest but acts tsundere to him, the love interest is at best have is the strategist of the group, in a fantasy world with magical weapons, demons and or monsters appear and attack the main cast. What do mean this isn't Shakugan no Shana??????
Ok all joking aside, LA will say this as bluntly as possible......Seiken no Blacksmith is average at best.
Seiken no Blacksmith is your typical medieval fantasy anime focusing on a fantasy world of magical swords, demon contracts and a knight who needs a new sword from a mysterious yet justifiably gloomy blacksmith...you would think that LA said this statement, this anime would have been great!...it's...it's not. Why? well...let's get on with this shall we?
In terms of characters, well one of the…
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