#ARTHUR MONSTER STRIKE SERIES#

There's a reason rival characters are so common, it just works. The rivalry between Solomon and her childhood friend was great. Does that mean the Arthur we met wasn't really the King Arthur from English folklore and just his daughter or something? I don't understand why they were fine gender-bending some historical figures but not others outright. It's confusing because her name is Solomon, but she's supposed to be descended from the actual King Solomon of Jewish history, like from the Bible. The next section of note is with King Solomon's granddaughter. I understand creating a narrative foil to the journey the hero is going through, but they didn't have to go so hard in that direction. The worst part is that there is actually a really good story about redemption and learning to live without vanity that would have worked so well if the villain weren't so unbearable. Loud, narcissistic, petty, self-centered and loud, she's an amalgamation of everything I hate about the internet since it was given to teenage girls. A team of top-of-their-field scientists working around the clock for decades in a lab to produce the most obnoxious character archetype ever gave up because they realized they couldn't outdo what was created here. When executed well these kinds of villains can actually be fun to watch, take all those classic Disney villains as examples, but I am not exaggerating when I say that every single excruciating moment where disco lady who's name I refuse to remember was on screen I contemplated giving up watching anime ever again. They may be arrogant, flamboyant, over the top annoying, but it's okay because we're not supposed to be rooting for them or anything. I know that sometimes villains are portrayed a certain way to make it easier to hate them. After a brief catch up with Lucifer and friends we get into what I think is wannabe Saber's first real character arc, fighting against the obnoxious disco diva lady.

#ARTHUR MONSTER STRIKE SERIES#

And if I had a quarter for every time I've seen a Japanese video game series portray King Arthur as a blonde woman I would have 2 quarters, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice. Her first story isn't that interesting, and serves mostly as an introduction to her character. Next we meet the Saber Class Heroic Spirit herself, King Arthur Pendragon of Camelot. Like I say it felt really out of place and kind of ruined the pacing of an otherwise competent arc, because it completely derailed the story for an episode and wasn't about anything in particular. For this one episode the animation suddenly looks way worse, like it was done cheaply in MikuMikuDance or something. There was one bizarre and seemingly out of place episode in the middle of the first arc that introduced a minor character who wouldn't come back until way later. It wasn't the most exciting thing in the world, but there were definitely worse arcs to come. While theologically I can't give it any points for accuracy, I did think it was an interesting section, telling a pretty grounded and human story about corruption within positions of power and betrayal from the people who are closest to you. It's all very loosely based on Christian folklore, the kind you won't find in the Bible but might find in something like Dante's Inferno or a

We're first introduced to Lucifer and a whole host of other angel type beings. I'll talk about each of the arcs separately and what I liked and what I think didn't work very well. A sort of continuation of the Monster Strike series of animation shorts found on their official YouTube channel, this series is broken up into several arcs loosely connected by shorts featuring Oragon and a mysterious girl version Oragon that all build toward a single conclusive chapter.

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