At least it’s honest
The first 7 minutes had girls screaming because they needed to be saved.
…That might be the least of Lance N’s Masques’s problems, since it’s just a good time waster at the moment.
The first thought that entered my mind when the main character, Yotaro, showed up on the screen was superior cockiness. To put on his mask and take out his lance, then save a girl who fell off a cliff, it made me think he was someone powerful, and just unnecessarily sure of himself. Then they have him become a lame, one dimensional character that’s kind and gentle and likable. This is a guy who’s a part of the Knights of The World? He’s just depressed that he has to live in the shadow of his father as far as I can tell.
Based off a LN by Hideaki Koyasu, this anime hits all of the standard LN beats, all of it done with nothing that stands out or has anything to say. It beats on being the White Knight that saves people, it has an elite group of maids take care of a girl who lost her mother and her father for some reason doesn’t live with her (thanks Japan), and that’s currently it. The action in this episode, and I assume that’ll be one of the big draws of the anime, was not exactly impressive. I guess the one thing that stood out to me was Yotaro in mask mode acting like a lesser version of Bastian. Bastian is a Fire Emblem mage (Tellius series) that brings out every tripe and throwaway word to hide how smart he actually is, and since I’ve been playing that game, Yotaro briefly reminded me of him.
…That’s about it in what actually stood out in the episode. The sound wasn’t impressive. When flashbacks to Yotaro’s father popped up in this sleep the timing of the subtitles was off (that may get fixed). Simply put, this is a fantastic anime to watch to up the anime watching count this Fall, but waiting for better or at least more engaging anime is my recommendation.
Oh, also, you can totally tell I can’t forget about Penguindrum:
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— Justin Stroman (@Kami_nomi) October 1, 2015
