Ragna Crimson

Listen, it's not average-this anime is a show about dragon hunting, and right from the start, it stands out from every other series. Without giving too much away, the way the main character acquires his power is something you've never seen before. It's a unique twist that sets the entire tone of the show and grabs your attention.

And then there's the secondary main character. They're not your typical sidekick-they're twisted, darkly funny, a little evil, and brutally honest. The dynamic between them and the lead is hilarious yet unpredictable. If you think they're overpowered, just wait until you see how action-packed the battles get.

The intensity of the fights is unmatched, and the stakes keep rising with each battle. It's not just about raw power-it's about the bloodline of dragons and the legacy that comes with it. The extent of the dragon bloodline is something you won't fully grasp until the twists hit, and trust me, you'll be on the edge of your seat as the mysteries unfold. It's a wild ride that keeps you hooked with every episode.

I just happened upon this anime because I got bored one day. If it wasn't for so many popular animes this year Ragna Crimson would definitely be number 1. Starts fast and it just keeps on coming. The comedy doesn't feel forced like JJK and Demon Slayer where you need an annoying loud character. Just buckle up and enjoy the ride because by episode 6 you'll want to binge watch the whole thing in one setting. Only reason I can't give it a 10 is because the animation and graphics isn't as good as the top studios. Even though there was a ton of action you can see that if they had a few more thousand bucks or time to flesh out the anime, it would've been so much better.

A very average anime with a basic protagonist, the anime shines because of Crimson, an amazing character and very funny and twisted, this character carries tue whole show, a show that has predictable villains and predictable backstory with a just ok animation, there is nothing Brilliant even the opening are kinda meh, but Crimson make the whole show less of a pain to be honest and lets nit forget that this show is 25 episodes because the first one if one hour of duration, that's a lot of content, the loli girl from tue beginning she just disappears for some reason, that's weird but ok overall 7/10 a meh anime with a great character throwing in there.

'Crimson" (Yes, there was another word before that but I'd like to forget that part)

I was rather anticipating the binge of this series, a 48 min opening, a 24 episode season and "SILVERLINK" who have cooked up quite the resume of fantasy anime.

Unfortunately this is the first time I have absolutely hated a 48 min opening, it was probably the worst I have ever seen. To give you a gist they decided to waste your time on some of the most unbelievably insulting writing imaginable. Who thought of this garbage? An example of Fantasy that ignores any sort of realism or structure so it just fails to captivate it's audience. It's childish. Stuffed with very eerie contrivances. What they were saying, what they were doing, I couldn't believe any of it. A forced mess to try and create some sort of impactful introduction but it lacks any wisdom and understanding. It's in essence an exhibition of mediocrity. I was ready to quit by the end of it but they gave a big hint that the source of that pathetic excuse of writing could die in the next episode so I soldiered on. I could fondly recall this inane sequence of the MC's backstory which just made me burst out laughing. I will applaud that they are no stranger to death in this show which is refreshing.

You can map my experience of this show onto an isosceles triangle with the 2 base angles being white signifying the beginning and the ending and the middle vertex angle being red, "crimson" red. We start from nothing, ascending into an eventful, and clever climax with very sharp and enjoyable moments but with a clear descent into a lacklustre ending.

We are introduced to an acceptable cast of characters I didn't hate many. I watched the show in the Dub and I was impressed, especially during the middle part. It had killer voice-acting and dialogue that left me almost in tears laughing. However the crown goes to Crimson, that character was pretty much the only reason I enjoyed these 24 episodes. Crimson just oozes with charisma, his motivations and actions are coherent and written with wisdom. You can really understand him and empathize with his decisions and the dialogue is ever lively with his presence. Whilst he's on the screen the show almost feels like a banger however his brilliance is unfortunately dwarfed and adulterated by the sheer stupidity of the MC "Ragna" who is utterly insufferable and embodies the worst of the unfavourable shonen archetypes, as well as being a massive simp to boot. His motivations are very much mindless his understanding non-existent he is a tool for the plot and apologist when need be, and you really can't connect with this character. They explore a unique way to give the MC an appropriate power early on, however It's just too abrupt for me, it's not got enough drawbacks and it just feels like a cheat-code. The power-up in question, is comparing a crack in the mud from your back-yard to The Grand Canyon. Comparing your local park's anthill to Mount Everest. Another thing is I hate the idea of people becoming strong all on their own. It's complete nonsense, no one becomes strong on their own some of the greatest people you know all had strong mentors at certain stages and teams willing to expend copious amount of effort to support them. It's quite exciting the clear juxtaposition of the excellence of Crimson with the irrational, impulsive, ignorance of Ragna, the problem is these flaws of Ragna's character shouldn't really exist to this degree and are rewarded rather than punished. What's more infuriating is that the nature of this Power-Up should eliminate most of Ragna's character flaws either immediately or slowly. While there's glimpses of that early-on ,this development is eventually replaced by "Shonen Main Character A" to my pure dismay, with a cabinet of plot-armor injected into his subsequent actions.

Another peculiar choice is the setting of the show, it seems it take elements of different time periods of history and throw them all together. There's no tact here and from what i recall none of it is explained. I won't say it ruins the immersion but the military strategy and soundness is in absolute tatters sometimes you're left wondering why certain weapons are used when there are clearly better options blatantly available. Then they just end up scrapping all that in favour of a single weapon intimately linked with the MC.

The animation had very good drawing but really lacked a true potency in motion that other shows of this genre usually hold them up. Something like Fate UBW with a story and plot almost as bad as this one I couldn't help but give a high score because the soundtrack and animation were the greatest I had ever seen at the time, it's impossible not to get goosebumps whilst watching that but this did not generate spectacle that was that memorable.

The Dragons were utterly terrible both in conception and in action. They are divided in classes but the sense of unity and family is just a farcical formality, those at the top share nothing in common with those at the bottom. They are suppose to give the collective impression of a great superior race but It could never be realized whilst they the stench of commonplace "bad-guys" and "jobbers". The only interesting "dragons" are those at the top and my quotation is intentional and they were butchered for the plot, with motivations that are simply headscratchers. These dragons have certain ridiculous limitations which are the limitations of other fantasy race/classes you've grown to love and they barely even keep the consistency of these limitations. The monster choreography is mediocre at best, it's littered with monsters just staring at characters and waiting to die. If you want to see real monsters go and binge the Chinese masterpiece "A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality" you'll never respect this average level of choreography again. They call dragons the strongest beasts at the start but you'll be hard pressed to not see most as chaff by the end. They show promise at some points but they aren't allowed to shine as the plot armour on MC is strong. They're obsessed with the need for massive beasts with the strength several hundred times greater than the strongest of men not to mention potent magic abilities, to be one-shot by beings 1/1000th of their weight. There's also hardly any coherent and interesting teamwork outside of boss class monsters. It's usually either u get one-shot or the monsters get one-shot ,sometimes they sponge but it never felt like proper cut-off-the limbs sponging, it was hollow..

There's an art to depicting the act of "Dragon-Slaying", and these guys are novices. There's no nuance, there's no specific anatomical points where the dragons are weak, the different types, natures and species of dragons are barely explored. I can't help but feel we were robbed of the beauty of such wise exposition due to the main character and worst of all certain 5 foot sub 100 pound(45kg) girls sometimes not even older than 10 years cutting through them like fodder. These sub-elite class dragons are literally drone bots incapable of higher thinking which is in such opposition to how they are usually depicted. There should have been effective team-fighting sequences for these dragons but The problem with letting these individuals solo-kill dragons is that it's wholly ludicrous and dilutes how impressive a feat slaying dragons is supposed to be. There's no weight to it, the grandiose idea of this Leviathan; this tremendous mythical creature is eventually brought to naught the longer you watch this show. The disrespect spreads to the dragon-slayers themselves being total nonentities outside of the "chosen ones". Where is this association of Dragon-Slayers? Where is the Ranking system? Where is the union, the political influence? The hierarchy of dragon-slayers?, the fame of strong parties of them non-existent, there's just nothing of substance here. This is a problem because it doesn't any make civilization even possible, nevertheless one that has advanced to the level shown in the show. Where are those society can trust in to be safe? Due to the writing they were just poorly conceived plot devices because the only people capable of these feats are the ones close to MC at the right place and at the right time. It just doesn't feel like the world exists outside of when it's on screen perhaps more is explored in later seasons or chapters of the source. I must say at this point, I'm thoroughly disgusted seeing another group of strong warriors subordinate themselves to another shoulder-height, XX, giga-thanos, barely half their weight, half their age or lower, standing at a whopping 2/3rds of their height and 1/10th their muscle mass. This drivel is overdone in fantasy anime, I'm just taken a back, outright bewildered whenever I behold the empty farce of such a scenario.

The last 4 episodes are a complete snooze-fest I had predicted it's ending by that point and in likewise fashion it turned out to be such a revolting conclusion, They of course, tried to make it all more believable by killing off more characters but when millions have perished without much thought to it, nothing even hits any more. Here we have mighty villains who have sworn pacts with strong wills who then basically set the heroes up to win in the best scenario. It ends up being truly incoherent and in complete antithesis of their goals, it's a shame because this kind of "tie-the-knot" , "let-the heroes-win" lazy writing is very much boring for seasoned anime watchers. The is final fight is consequently reduced to an anti-climactic mess.

Final Ratings

Animation 8 Sound 7 Plot 5 Characters 6 Enjoyment 7

= 33 - 6.6/10 - 7/10 - I can only recommended to fantasy enthusiasts like myself.

For the 7 letters of Crimson I shall award a 7.

Hope this Helps.

The beginning was very hard to watch. You feel like it was written by someone who hasn't stepped outside and talked to people for years. Very poor writing and the interactions with the characters feels as I said very weird.

In the middle part of the anime, it becomes somewhat watchable and exciting. The animations and writing at this point were actually not that bad.

But as the anime progressed, for the final, for the ending of season 1, it became so bad again. It felt like they went out of budget or something. It was hard to watch the ending. It was so poorly animated and so poorly written, couldn't even finish the last episode.

Wouldnt recommend watching this, except you enjoy watching trash animes.