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EP. REVIEW: Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers

well you have got to speed it up when you're three episodes in and you haven't touched upon the main mystery of the show which was included in its synopsis.

I like how the story has already led to a lot of theory crafting in here. Sadly for me the traitor was spoiled in the Youtube comment sections. It would've been great if the director told the audience that there was a possibility the TV series would deviate from the LN to prevent LN readers from spoiling the identity of the fake brave.

I like how the story has already led to a lot of theory crafting in here. Sadly for me the traitor was spoiled in the Youtube comment sections. It would've been great if the director told the audience that there was a possibility the TV series would deviate from the LN to prevent LN readers from spoiling the identity of the fake brave.

If you want to ensure yourself just PM me.

"These first episodes are engaging, illustrating character through action rather than statements, and they paint a clear picture of the world our heroes inhabit."

How do I get hired to write for this site? Apparently they pull in literally anyone, since this headline doesn't have anything to do with this series at all.

Everything in the first few episodes is flatly told and expositional, and the characters are entirely shown through statements and bad, redundant dialogue rather than action. And the setting is also told through the same flat methods.

That blurb describes Mad Max: Fury Road, which this does not come close to.

Nyron wrote:

"These first episodes are engaging, illustrating character through action rather than statements, and they paint a clear picture of the world our heroes inhabit." How do I get hired to write for this site? Apparently they pull in literally anyone, since this headline doesn't have anything to do with this series at all. Everything in the first few episodes is flatly told and expositional, and the characters are entirely shown through statements and bad, redundant dialogue rather than action. And the setting is also told through the same flat methods. That blurb describes Mad Max: Fury Road, which this does not come close to.

First off, while there is definitely quite a bit of exposition, people are exaggerating. Seems to me that whenever characters are having a conversation about anything, people are always quick to complain about "BAD LN EXPOSITION".

ThatGuyWhoLikesThings wrote:

Nyron wrote: "These first episodes are engaging, illustrating character through action rather than statements, and they paint a clear picture of the world our heroes inhabit." How do I get hired to write for this site? Apparently they pull in literally anyone, since this headline doesn't have anything to do with this series at all. Everything in the first few episodes is flatly told and expositional, and the characters are entirely shown through statements and bad, redundant dialogue rather than action. And the setting is also told through the same flat methods. That blurb describes Mad Max: Fury Road, which this does not come close to. First off, while there is definitely quite a bit of exposition, people are exaggerating. Seems to me that whenever characters are having a conversation about anything, people are always quick to complain about "BAD LN EXPOSITION".

That's because most people who about complain about exposition don't really know what a good or bad one is. It's a buzzword like Mary/Gary Sue/Stu is nowadays to replace saying "I don't like x". Just only the fact that exposition exists is bad to them which is utterly nonsensical and those probably haven't had much conversations with anybody. The only bit of really questionable exposition was in the middle of the first episode, but that's about it.

I'm just going to compare this show with Rage of Bahamut, a much better fantasy action adventure series from last year.

In the first 3 minutes of episode 1, without a single idiotic line of dialogue telling you anything, the show made it perfectly clear that there is an ancient, apocalyptic evil and that it was sealed away, and then over the course of a few episodes it makes it clear that that evil is coming back without bogging down the meat of the show (the characters on a journey). That is good storytelling.

Bahamut had an extremely rich world with complex characters and tons going on, and I don't remember a single time where the exposition felt as boring and forced as this series, which has a much simpler setting and a more cliche cast.

I'll also compare it to Majestic Prince, an extremely trope-y series that had absolutely not one single original idea(like this one), but still managed to be a solid 8/10 because the cliche characters' interactions and dialogue were well-formed and the action was great.

so far rokka has nothing going for it.
It's not making up for its cliches with solid action and dialogue like MJP
And it's not hiding its derivativeness by being "show, don't tell" like Bahumut (or by being actually great, like Bahamut)

I feel like the only singular thing this series is hinging on is the "who dun it" gimmick, and the characters/setting aren't interesting enough for me to care that much. I feel like if I were spoiled I would lose all interest in the series completely.

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- Solid animation accompanied by wonderful music.

2. I have to agree with the above posters who said that Rokka relied wayyyy too much on exposition. Much of the first episodes consisted of people talking and dumping information on the audience. I'm not opposed to dialogue-heavy anime, but it has its place, and fantasy-action is clearly not its place.

1. Adlet Mayer looks like he was just rescued from Auschwitz. Bony, pale white, etc.

2. I have to agree with the above posters who said that Rokka relied wayyyy too much on exposition. Much of the first episodes consisted of people talking and dumping information on the audience. I'm not opposed to dialogue-heavy anime, but it has its place, and fantasy-action is clearly not its place.

3. The pacing is way. too. god. damn. slow. Three episodes in and still no major action, as well as half the cast still yet to be introduced.

2. I have to agree with the above posters who said that Rokka relied wayyyy too much on exposition. Much of the first episodes consisted of people talking and dumping information on the audience. I'm not opposed to dialogue-heavy anime, but it has its place, and fantasy-action is clearly not its place.

3. The pacing is way. too. god. damn. slow. Three episodes in and still no major action, as well as half the cast still yet to be introduced.