'Seiken no Blacksmith' anime ~ I have been dreaming about...

'Sacred Blacksmith' is an anime with a lot of good surprises and a single bad one. let me start with the good side

plot and characters

surprise #1

I have dreamt of watching something more watchable than an average entertaining series, and 'Blacksmith' proved to be exceptionally tolerable in terms of ecchi. I would name it 'verbal' ecchi. after only 1 real ecchi moment - when Cecily's chest armour broke and Luke had the honour of seeing her breast, resulting in severe punch by Cecily - the whole 'ecchi' was expressed with constant chats about the boobs size - which is, at least, better than really showing them

surprise #2

I have dreamt of seeing an interesting story and believable characters - after seeing so many stories made out of thin air which left me no choice but to drop or to endure until the end, being completely bored. 'Blacksmith' turned out to be even more interesting and believable than I could expect. the usual scheme of mine while watching an anime is to find a character whom I like and to wait for his appearance. cases when I have several characters whom I like can also be found. the rare case is when I like all of them - and 'Blacksmith' just joined this squad. I have my favourites here, too, but I can honestly say no one pisses me off. by looking at the cover I expected to see the usual 'tsundere' heroine and 'tsundere' hero, cute loli and arrogant miss. what I got instead was a perfect set of main characters each of them interesting and much more human than I thought. the supporting ones were also convincing. one of the key points for me in anime is when characters manage to exceed the level of moving archetypical dolls with nothing but cliches inside. on the other hand, those archetypes are preserved and well-framed with circumstances, stories of the past, decisions of the present and hopes of the future

I cried when characters said something sincere and touching

and laughed when someone behaved unusually

and I was delighted to see every character having his own personality, beliefs and principles. and of course I was especially pleased to see Cecily say something like this, after hearing another person's opinion

and I was especially pleased to see Aria supporting Cecily and becoming her friend. for some reason this kind of friendship looks to me a bit... forsaken... in the modern animes... huh?

graphics

surprise #4

I have been dreaming of something truly saturated. pastel colours are good, but sometimes one would want to see a splash of paints, too, am I wrong? like I said, I am easily impressed with vivid colours, and easily fascinated with imaginary worlds... even with thick lines, I like when everything is like this

and like this

seiyuus
surprise #5
you're kidding? one more time??? really??? Fujimura and Okamoto together????
when I understood I am able once more to hear this combi I was in 7th heaven. the other seiyuus also did not disappoint me. no, this sounds kind of weak... they were all really good, especially the main quartet - Toyosaki-san and Toyoguchi-san, apart from the two I mentioned

conclusion
and also, I have always thought that a heroine jumping on a table and walking on it toward some 'evil' guy is cool. and I have dreamt of seeing it. this is not a reason why everyone else should watch 'Blacksmith', 'tis just one more pleasant suprise