(CR) Hyakuren no Haou to Seiyaku no Valkyria (Master of Ragnarok & Blesser of Einherjar)

[Lukes YGO & WS on YT]

Spoiler for Episode 11 Comments/Feedback:

It's amazing how much of an effect Yuuto had on his troops just by coming to the front lines, things are really looking up for them.

Way to go Rune, she fought so hard and never gave up, great job, thanks goodness Scar is also alive.

Well done Yuuto, you managed to defeat that traitorous brother.

Wow, the witch sent Yuuto all the way to his own world, good thing he gave his phone to Felicia so they can still communicate and figure out what to do next.

[Lex79]

Spoiler for episode 11:

This is the perfect setup for him to come back to Yggdrasil with Mitsuki.

[Anh_Minh]

Two lessons:
1. Wear helmets, kids.
2. Cut your enemies' throats when you can.

[BWTraveller]

I'm guessing this is how Mitsuki gets to Yggdrasil. Can't imagine Yuto would leave his people in such a situation; seemed like he intended to go home after securing peace for them. And similarly I can't imagine Mitsuki letting her beloved leave without her again. In short, I simply cannot imagine this ending in any way other than a double summons.

[haseo0408]

It seems to me they are going to compress 2 whole volumes of content in the final episode, now that´s rushed!.

[EroKing]

That was hot... The show started in quite the unique way for an Isekai and the end was something not usually done too. Bravo for trying something different

[RDNexus]

I really would like to not regret having watched this ultra-rushed adaptation, but...

[blitz1/2]

Originally Posted by xrick

I really would like to not regret having watched this ultra-rushed adaptation, but...

But then read the LN. xD

[Rnzlr]

The worst anime ever made

[RDNexus]

Sorry, not that much incited to pick up the LNs of this story.
I did, however, pick up the Isekai Maou LNs

[Lex79]

So it ended as predicted...not that it wasn't ultra obvious of course. Ending felt rushed, I'm glad that they resolved the Mitsuki situation but leaving open the war with the panther and claw clan was bad. This show needs another season with Yuuto defeating his enemies to give a proper sense of closure.

[blitz1/2]

Originally Posted by Rnzlr

The worst anime ever made

Better than Death March or Isekai Cellphone.

@Lex: You mean the Lightning clan not Claw clan. Claw clan is the twin's clan/

[Lex79]

Thanks for the correction.

[Shinji103]

Originally Posted by Rnzlr

The worst anime ever made

That’s............extremely debatable. There’s some pretty bad **** out there, just like anything else.

As much as the series didn’t resolve a lot guys, really, were you expecting a currently-15+ volume series to wrap up in 12 episodes? Sometimes they don’t even finish the current story arc by episode 12.
The thing that people just don’t seem to realize is that LN adaptations are rarely intended to be anything more than advertising for their LN, sadly. Which media is easier to check out, anime or LN? Sometimes we get lucky and a good title will find its way into the hands of a good studio with intentions to take it further than one cour, but more often it’s never intended to be a complete story. Just 12 episodes and that’s that, to get more people curious about the LN. You say the series was incomplete or bad or doesn’t make you interested in the LN, but that’s because your expectations were misplaced.

Bottom line, 90% of LN adaptations are supposed to be nothing more than ads. Keep your expectations aimed right, and not only will you not be let down when the series almost certainly ends incomplete, you’ll be pleasantly surprised when you come across the other 10% that are actually pretty enjoyable like Isekai Maou, or ones the studio takes farther into being a complete series, like Shakugan no Shana or god willing, A Certain Magical Index.

[RDNexus]

The atrociously rushed pacing, weak animation and storytelling, doesn't those say anything to you?
Even for those with low or zero expectations towards adaptations like this one (like me), it was something to come to regret having watched because it failed so hard at even being an advertising.

That said, becuase of my way of going into a new story, Isekai Maou managed to surprise me for the best

[Shinji103]

All that said, I think people should still check out the LN, at least the spoilers in the LN thread here. The LN actually breaks a few of the cliches of harem anime, in a good way. Plus some gutsy (again, in a good way) moves by the author.

[RDNexus]

That's all fine and dandy, but what about the "Anime-only Viewers"?
Since they usually don't want to (or can't) follow stories other than by Anime, don't they deserve a bit more of attention?

[Shinji103]

As I said, these animes are about advertising their LN. So as far as the studios are concerned, (generally) no. Otherwise they’d actually make them into better animes.
Not being able to read the LN is pretty much exclusively a foreign problem; they don’t have any problem getting and reading Japanese novels in Japan. And they make anime for Japan, not us.

[RDNexus]

Wrong. Nowadays, several western companies step into the industry, taking part in the production commitee.
The majority of Anime may be for the home audience, but those guys may be getting conscious that there's a vast audience outside Japan.

[Shinji103]

Nope. Animes like this one do not see the light of day, certainly in no large capacity, in other countries. You don’t honestly think, or think that they think, that the Hyakuren anime would hit the states and rake in money for them, do you?

I highly doubt it.

Established titles like SAO get tons of attention to their foreign reception. But Hyakuren, and other smaller-time animes like it, are and always will be nothing past local-based.

And the western audience may be big, but the western market took a dive long ago. Best Buy used to have aisles full of anime. Now they have two shelves. Gundam used to have models selling everywhere. Now they don’t. The Pokémon TCG used to be huge here. Now it’s not, and the market for all those cards I collected is dead. I just tried to sell a shadowless first edition rare, so I know.

Hyakuren was never intended to be a hit as an anime, foreign or domestically. That’s just how it is whether we like it or not. Why do you think they keep making LN adaptations this way? They clearly didn’t put that much effort into it.