Audience reviews
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IM_C4
The story in the beginning is good and the villain is not vary he put the story on way, the twist is good but man the villain end is bad that nearly dropped he show, the solution of the story is bad why she(the most brillian character that invent the magic) did not see it from the beginning. but other than that the show has nice plot, the bad is just the end.
>it is not unique story, but I was un able to predict the twist, I not enjoy it that much.
>the art style fine to is not vary bad or good.
>the characters they were good in there written only the thing I mentioned it was bad.
>characters react to situations and event is good but the villain immediately Confessed his mistake and went to correct them ...man is bad, did the character has no Standards.
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(Note: Since I'm currently looking into the anime, I thought I could revise my original review from 2022 and upload it here in English.)
Tija is great. I watched this anime slightly overtired and had endless fun, because tigers are great.
"Grimoire of Zero" is about the mercenary Mercenary - yes, we don't know his name yet - and Zero. In a world full of magic, in a world of witches and witch burnings, an organization suddenly appears that promises to free the witches from the oppression of humans and avenge the death of a well-known and popular witch. But at the very end of the land, the tiger man and witch hunter encounters the witch Zero - an incredibly powerful witch in search of her book, which is said to have the power to destroy the world.
"Grimoire of Zero" has charm, without a d…
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A fantasy story with the worst kind of storytelling cliches, that is made only just bearable thanks to decent main characters.
Animation / Art / General Visuals - 7/10
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Pretty standard anime fare.
Sound / Music / Voice Acting - 7/10 ------------------------------------------
It's okay. Nothing noteworthy.
Story - 5/10
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Frustrating and annoying is the way I'd put it. The story showed a lot of promise, but half-way through we're greeted with the most cliche of all cliche story twists that made me want to stop watching right there.
We get a terribly cliche villain story, de-powerment of the main character to allow the otherwise inferior villain to continue their nonsense, followed by the most disgusting of tropes to resolve…
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Zero kara Hajimeru Mahou no Sho is located in the Fantasy / Magic / Witches genre and the plot is about a conflict between humans and witches.
Not the most creative stuff I have seen but lets give it a shot.
At the beginning I was quite positive.
The hero party seemed to be the biggest positive of the show. All three characters are pretty likeable and especially in the first 3-4 episodes they show some good chemistry and its enjoyable see them traveling through the world.
But this is where the positive aspects almost end.
The story is the biggest weakness. At the moment when the plot starts to get going the quality of the show goes downhill.
Every reveal is so blatantly obvious that it's almost surprising that they really went for it. The plot isn't creative but it's far worse th…
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The show is borderline between "it's ok, I can finish this" and "boring".
Grimoire has a couple of visible issues that make this into a mediocre show:
1. It's concentrated around a few characters with some support cast who only appear once-twice for a couple of minutes and disappear.
This means that we need to have some proper development of both the characters themselves and the relationships between them. Both parts are very limited and shallow simply following a formulaic path of an average plotline. There is nothing special here, at all. Sure, maybe someone will be amused by "uwu she is sleeping on a furry" part, but it worked mostly as comedy.
2. The bland experience.
Since the story doesn't have much comedy beyond the creepy tailor and some gags in the opening episodes, there are als…
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Story: 7/10
Characters: 8/10
Animation: 7/10
Music: 6/10
Enjoyment: 8/10
Overall: 7/10
I enjoyed this anime a lot. The depth and lore this anime has at first is something you would want in every fantasy anime. It takes place in the medieval time place where it's basically about witches being hunted. The premise of this kind of story is already sounds interesting and starts of great until we get the ending. I would have given the story an 8 if it wasn't because of the ending. To be honest if 13 stayed a villain until the very end I would have like things better. Characters were very big for me. I think the reason I was enjoying this anime so much was because of its characters. Zero personality was just something I want one female character in every anime to have. Mercenary was also someone…
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the Zero kara Hajimeru Mahou no Sho is quite interestin for me, at first i thougt it your tipical anime fantasy were the protagonist find someone and that one is the chosen one to save the world or kingdom from the force of evil, that was i thougt at first but then i see the story of the series and it pretty interesting. it feel like i watchin a origin story or a sidequest story because it doesnt feel like a big quest to save the world type like i usually see in anime but it doesn't bug me at all. it ok and it a original story instead of something generic. overall, i want a second season of this anime and it was a original idea. see you on a another reiew.
Read at the sourcePairedecar09
Grimoire Of Zero is a an pretty interesting anime to watch.
Story 8: The story is pretty good, though it's does leave out some of the important details that are explained in the light novels.
The animation is produced by White Fox, for which I am a fan of because they do very good animation on shows like Re Zero Starting Life In Another World & Steins Gate.
The Soundtrack is pretty good but the opening soundtrack was different than I was expecting. That's not to say the opening is bad but I feel that a heroic fantasy theme would have suited the opening a lot better, though ending song is really nice.
One of my favourite character design are Mercenary & Zero. Though some some characters had bland design like Holdem. In the earliest trailer back in late 2016, his outfit was originally gr…
Read at the sourceGhostflame2153
Overall, it was a super mediocre fantasy about a op witch (Doesnt really feel op, but now that I think about it I dont think anyone else can contend with her poower) with some companions that travel to find a book.
The Positives-
The main draw to me, is the setting. I really appreciated that they went with a more classical fantasy (and classical whitches) and even though it didnt feel particularly well done, or interesting it was a nice breeze of fresh air with all the by the numbers isekai and game-like settings.
Another big plus to me, was the super cute sequence at the very end right before the end credits. The music, and visuals were super nice and it really made me regret breezing through this show as fast as I did.
Cons-
The character designs were ok nothing special and the char…
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The story was very decent I might say. There was some plot twist there and there, but it was mostly predictable anyway. I have nothing much to say about the story. The animation was done by White Fox, Re: Zero's studio so I expected it to be good. I was a fan of the art style. The heroine, Zero's art was done by Shimakaze's (Kancolle) artist and I'm a big fan of Shimakaze. So naturally I liked the design. I'm not a furry, but Mercenary was well designed. I love the opening. Period. The voice actors did a great job. Although most of the characters were well-written. Their interactions were mostly cliches. But I gotta say that I love any interactions between Mercenary and Zero. I really enjoyed this series. The Loli and the Beast was a decent series.
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The story was great and had the potential to be a really good anime but it lacked the punch and the thrill of adventure and the suspense and mystery of the man behind the walls. I would have loved to see a little more adventure along the way and it would have been great if the mystery remained a secret till the end.
Art was good and the characters were good too but in the end, it left me feeling dissatisfied.
But it was quite enjoyable. So I will suggest you give this series a watch and see it for yourself.
Loved the character of Zero.
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Zero Kara Hajimeru Mahou no Sho is a production based off of a series of light novels. The novel were published in eleven volumes from early '14 to late '17. It has an ongoing manga adaptation and this anime that aired at close to its end. The anime was brought to us by White Fox, the studio that produced such colossal shite as Goblin Slayer & Katanagatari but also brought us some strong anime like Jormungand and Gochuumon wa Usagi desu ka. Let's hope for the best but anticipate the worst with this one. Which is pretty much my modus operandi.
Story:
Our protagonist is a beastfallen mercenary, which basically means someone's white tiger fursona. One day he's escaping from a witch when he encounters a young looking witch named Zero. She persuades him to work as her bodyguard while she loo…
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Just writing because loads of people did a bad review.
This anime is not a masterpiece or something that will mark or change your view of the world. However, it is still enjoyable. I'm guessing the people who reviewed it badly had high expectations of this anime.
The whole setting its normal. Not a flawless universe, not characters doing the most intelligent action, it actually shows how real people would react because they don't have the capacity to be wise.
So, to who I don't think they will like it:
Anyone who wants stimulation.
Please who like skipping to the important parts instead of watching everything.
People who everyone needs to act or do or whatever like this or that because that's what they support to do mindset aka overanalyzing
People who want a perfect anime
People who wan…
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1st thing you need to know about any Anime. It ends properly. There's no second season so having an ending is important.
Unfortunately the most important thing doesn't matter because it's GARBAGE and it's not just garbage it's jumbled nonsensical garbage.
From start to finish the show makes zero sense. It's not that there are underlying mechanisms to magic in the world that are slowly revealed, or there are hidden motivations to the characters, it's just that everything in the show is either outright stupid , self contradictory or both. Toss in a really good helping of "STFU IT'S BECAUSE I SAY SO", logic, and you have a story line that makes you want to hit your head into a wall until your brain stops working.
OK the world makes no sense, been there done that, hows the story line ? It's…
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To start off i enjoyed my time with Grimoire of Zero, while it is not an anime of the year let alone season it is a good use of time to watch.
Story:The story was fine, it starts with our protagonist the catlike "Mercenary" fighting a witch and stumbling upon another witch(Zero).
He joins with the lather witch do to necessity; and forms a contracts by blood. And the former(Albus) because of his contract with the Zero.
Like many high fantasy style animes/stories the plot follows resolve around the fate of the world. In this case the story follows the conflict between those who have magic and those who do not.
Story:The art is reminiscent of older works in the medium. Which while normally jarring fits with the simplistic plot commonly found in shows of the past.
Sound: The sound was nei…
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Hey. I'd like to leave a review here. My ranking system is explained on my profile.
Story -
7/10
The story was a typical conflict between different groups. The story had nothing very special to it. The main twist was decent but was predictable due to certain shots from earlier in the anime. The story was slightly better than most anime with the premise due to the involvement of Beastfallen, a certain race which is treated as inferior to humans (Revealing more about them would spoil the plot.). There was decent character development.
Originality -
5/10 Not Original. Plus points for the Beastfallen though
Animation Quality -
7/10
It had a decent animation quality. Nothing too special.
Sound effects/Music -
6/10
Same for the sound. Standard
Profound message -
6/10
There was a…
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(This review has been adapted from my blog/reddit thread. Spoilers ahead!)
I hope to one day write my own novel.
While writing reviews, analyses, and essays is my forte, I have always had a keen interest in fiction. Whether completely imaginary like the Harry Potter series or closer to realism like 1984, the approach involves a different mindset that is fun to indulge. Creating witty dialogue. Describing scenery. Forming logical plotlines. It’s much different than articulating how an anime accomplished its goals or basing events off a personal set of ideas.
Zero kara Hajimeru Mahou no Sho features a novel of sorts – the Grimoire of Zero – written by one of its characters. In some sense, it contains the purely fictional (to us at any rate). Sadly, it doesn’t contain the solution for the…
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This is just based on my likes, and since I've not watched many other fantasy anime shows, that'll influct in this review.
(Also, I'm not and expert on English-language, sorry).
In the therms of story, this is not such unique, since souds like a story that any fantasy-themed story would have, but that doesn't have to be bad, actually I liked it, since it makes this show feels like some kind of Midaged Novel, the story about witches against humans, with beastfallens added is something that anyone who wrote a midaged fantasy would make, but that doesn't make the story bad.
The artstyle is something I really enjoyed, character desings and the scenarios are very well done for my taste, maybe some anime I've never watched has better art, but I really like this artstyle, specially the main ca…
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I think many reviews didn't do justice to this piece of work. Hence I created an account to write for this review.
My first thought after I finished the show was : It makes me remember Spice and Wolf.
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There is a reason why this show has a rating 7.2 or above 7 while the reviews has mixed feelings about it.
1) The plot and characters are standard and nothing special. (Rating : 7 standard)
----- True , but it doesn't mean is has no depth. The whole story has a simple and VERY BASIC background settings.....
but the depth is there hence you don't see shitty rating of 6.9 and below.
*** Trust me , you will find similarities between this show and other big names simply because it has good basics. Just like how all good romance genres has certain similarities with each other.…
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So, the first (wrong) thing this show did was to overestimate the capacity of people to make the difference between Mahō(魔法) - Magic and Majutsu(魔術) - Sorcery. While they are kind of synonyms they have the same difference as normal Alchemy and Alchemy with a Philosopher's Stone. The top review of this series makes this (retarded in my opinion) mistake and makes a lot of comments on the fact that the series is stupid because "how could witches exist before magic if magic was invented by a witch only recently" (Jaden Smith anyone? No?). Well, it is stated, SEVERAL TIMES, that they used sorcery, not magic. Damn, the white tiger (I'm bad with names) even says: "This magic is very convenient because until now you had to draw circles and make sacrifices". Also,(this is not a spoiler) regarding Z…
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