Hands down, this is the best sleeper anime of the season. While Sword Art Online is taking most of the thunder, this one continues to both surprise and entertain despite it's rather simplistic idea - or is it because of it?
I look forward to watching this anime more than ohers in a long time.
It's doing nothing so different that other stories/authors haven't done before but 'Oda Nobuna' is doing it so
well, it feels like a breath of fresh air to the genre. Helps that the colors are so vibrant and the animation is at an above-par level too. The scenery porn is gorgeous and the characters don't stand out from the background, they are very much immersed in it, even during high speed motion sequences and the battle scenes.
Of course, the characters aren't just great - they are SUPERB. I dare say that Oda Nobuna is the best character of the Fall season.
But that's a very biased opinion so take it as you wish.
Even the 2ndarys are great with how straightforward they play their roles and stick to them. In this episode, the sight of them standing alongside Sagaru in a show of determination to keep Nagamasa from forcing his hand to marry Nobuna was great.
I was going to give Sagaru -neg points for his reactions to Nagamasa wannabe trolling of his feelings for Nobuna but I have to remember, he's only a kid himself.
He showed guts for taking on the extraction mission on his own but in the end he got bailed out by an obviously worried warlord. He's still got a lot to learn but at least his heart is definitely in the right place - I'll continue to cheer him on with Nobu-tan.
