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Aug 24, 2023 9:53 AM
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I saw the first two episodes of this and they were fine overall. But I’m curious as to why the score is so low. Prior to airing, everyone was saying this was going to completely obliterate Japanese anime and that it was going to be better than every anime that came out this year. Did something happen? Did the animation quality deplete after the first two episodes? Did the story go haywire?
Aug 24, 2023 10:06 AM
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Runasius said:
I saw the first two episodes of this and they were fine overall. But I’m curious as to why the score is so low.


As you said , it's fine.

The Score is a little bit lower than it should be , because there is only 1.155 people that rated it.
MAL uses weighted scores , so the amount of vote is very important.
Also , Episode 14 & 15 got uploaded only on few sites (Not the popular usual ones) , so almost no one saw them.

The overall Score will probably be around 7.70/80 once everyone see the last episodes and rate it.

Runasius said:
Prior to airing, everyone was saying this was going to completely obliterate Japanese anime and that it was going to be better than every anime that came out this year.


Oh , you mean the usual braindead fans overhyping their stuff ?
There is no weight in their words...

Runasius said:
Did the animation quality deplete after the first two episodes? Did the story go haywire?


No , it's very constant.
But to be honest , i didn't saw the quality of animation the teaser was selling us.
Alexioos95Aug 24, 2023 10:11 AM
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Aug 24, 2023 11:50 AM
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Alexioos95 said:
Runasius said:
I saw the first two episodes of this and they were fine overall. But I’m curious as to why the score is so low.


As you said , it's fine.

The Score is a little bit lower than it should be , because there is only 1.155 people that rated it.
MAL uses weighted scores , so the amount of vote is very important.
Also , Episode 14 & 15 got uploaded only on few sites (Not the popular usual ones) , so almost no one saw them.

The overall Score will probably be around 7.70/80 once everyone see the last episodes and rate it.

Runasius said:
Prior to airing, everyone was saying this was going to completely obliterate Japanese anime and that it was going to be better than every anime that came out this year.


Oh , you mean the usual braindead fans overhyping their stuff ?
There is no weight in their words...

Runasius said:
Did the animation quality deplete after the first two episodes? Did the story go haywire?


No , it's very constant.
But to be honest , i didn't saw the quality of animation the teaser was selling us.

I was waiting for the big scene of the first trailer and i’m still waiting…
if you hated this episode/chapter, just watch/read something else...


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Aug 27, 2023 7:03 AM
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The animation was well above average. But definitely not at the level shown in the first teaser. Been noticing that trend in other similar Donghua teasers.
Aug 28, 2023 8:20 AM
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Why is the score so low? - cause teens don't understand - no dumb mc, no fanserv, no rainbow girls.
evawAug 28, 2023 8:24 AM
Sep 24, 2023 8:05 AM
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Well, even considerig MALs high average score I would still say the current score is rather fitting, if not a little generous. Most of the time the show is entertaining enough and I think the score reflects that. Keep in mind 7.38 isn't a bad score at all it's just MALs unusually high scores that make it seem low.
I would rate the show a 6/10 which in my book makes it an entertaining watch that I do not regret and would watch a second season of, but I probably wouldn't rewatch the show.

A few reasons that come to mind:
- the trailer made the show look vastly more appealing and pretty than it actually is
- official subtitles aren't very good, sometimes even unreadable
- animation is mostly average cosnidering the current standard but stays rather consistent most of the time
- character designs and art style can be hit or miss sometimes with a dip in quality in certain scenes
- there aren't many interesting characters outside the main cast and one could argue the main cast is rather one note as well
- the cgi used here is really glaring, especially the horses and crowds of people don't look great
- voice acting is alright but nothing special (chinese dub) with some better than others (Dao Ma and Shu are solid, Xiao Qi and Yan Ziniang aren't very good, everyone else is somewhere in between)
- story is alright nothing special and direction is pretty basic



overall it really is just an average production, with a few interesting ideas and concepts floating around that aren't really build upon

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