Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi

“The Elusive Samurai," an adaptation where the animation is more than normal for a historical anime, if I say more specifically, “the animation is overwhelming for this show!” Now the question is if the story or character is also in the same footing with animation? Here is the opinion on this topic:

Story (7.6/10)
Let’s come to the story first. A Kamakura shogunate was supposed to be the next successor, but things didn’t go according to plan, which is convenient. And at the end of the first episode, we got a revenge troupe, and the journey of Takiyuki to becoming a hero from ... zero begins. The story sounds really interesting (as a revenge genre), which got me hooked at first, but the sad part of this is that in just 5 or 6 episodes I lost interest... things don’t make sense, to some degree repetitive.

Character (8/10)
Character or character design is something I like to talk about or like to praise. Unique character design, perspective, characteristics. Like if I say antagonists, they are different from each other, and comparison is also great, like in episode 5, Ogasawara.

To be honest, if I write this review after watching the first 3 episodes, I will definitely recommend it. But while watching the halfway point, a hint of mixed feeling keeps growing, and I came to realize that the animation is too damn good compared to the other things in the show. It’s like if the story, character can barely pull 8/10, where animation can easily pull 9/10.