Alderamin on the Sky

This show is amazing, if you can accept what it is. The strategy that the main character comes up with, will make you think that it was written by Eisenstein. The show has little comedy, almost zero romance, but it has great characters and , like said before, brilliant strategy.

Watch the first two episodes. They will give you the perfect idea of what this show is all about.

"Alderamin on the Sky" is a truly underrated masterpiece that deserves more recognition. With two amazing seasons, this show is a must-watch for anyone who loves thoughtful and engaging anime. The first season starts off strong and sets the stage for a captivating story, but its finale does fall a bit short in comparison to the rest of the series. However, the second season more than makes up for it with its intense plot, well-developed characters, and breathtaking animation. Overall, "Alderamin on the Sky" is a hidden gem that is definitely worth checking out for fans of the war and action genre."

Pros: The animation, the music, all is nice. A pleasure to watch.

Meh: The story itself revolves around a war or two, with important background information being thrust forward as needed.

Cons: The one "genius" is always right and the story revolves around him. Similar to Death Note. He's just a magical character that basically always wins. Hard to feel for him though, so the wins feel empty.

Conclusion: Overall it is a decent anime, a good watch, and nicely done, but you're not missing anything if you do not see it. Otoh, if you like anime, it's not something you'd regret watching either.

The overall show was enjoyable. I enjoyed the personalities of all the characters and did become emotionally attached to many - if not all - of the main ones. I also enjoyed Ikta's ideal of how life should be: laziness all the way! What I did not enjoy was the overall theme of war. I only stuck with it because the main character himself did not enjoy war, in fact hated it, and many other characters did not either. I feel like this show encapsulated the corruptness and stupidity of war. Overall, if I overlook the disgust of warfare in general, in this anime, it wasn't too bad. However, even without the theme subtracting from my enjoyment of the plot, there wasn't as much comedy as I would have liked, and a lot of the knowledge was slow starting; you wouldn't find out certain things until midway through the show.

Episodes 1-6 made sense, after that its all just battle battle battle, reckon, strategy and then some more battle until the very end of last 6 minutes in episode 13 when its finally over.

This is one of those bait anime's where you start watching with a promising story and end up watching repetitive 2D animation (at times) for last 6 episodes.

Strategy plot is very vague in this anime, as its mostly commentary and observation apart form a few unorthodox methods of battle.

It still good watch but I just wasn't prepared for that though, that's my opinion on the anime. If they had made 24 episodes with more expansion on the outcomes of the battle and circumstances, it may have been a more entertaining show.