Ixion Saga DT

Ixion saga DT. An anime I'm afraid no one knows or talks about which is a shame since it's honestly one of the best isekais in my opinion, not because it's got godly fight scenes or a beautifully crafted story, but because it's just genuinely hilarious. It's up there with konosuba. Ixion saga DT is basically about this shut in who loves games gets transported into this games world. He then teleports in between a fight between princess ecarlate and her bodyguards and lands directly on the antagonist. Kon basically escapes with ecarlate And her guards and then the shows picks up from there. Now ... I'm going to preface this by saying I watched the show a little while ago so I'm not fully sure that anything I say will he said with 100% veracity. With that said Let's get into this review!




STORY: 7 Ixion saga doesn't have an overarching plot line that has every viewer in awe whilst watching. I would be lying if I said it wasn't rivetting. It's interesting to see where kon and his friends adventure to go back home takes him. And believe me it takes them to the most bizarre of places. I wouldn't say the story is Ixion saga's strongest point though all though it definitely is interesting, I feel some episodes are a little more predictable than others and that would just turn some people off.






ART:6 If you're coming into this show hoping for brilliantly animated fight scenes and stellar character design I'm afraid you won't like this show at all. The art isnt at all bad. I think it's pretty good for an anime made this long ago. There's not much salient info I could give you on this shows animations and art, a you need to know is that it isnt bad by any means.







SOUND: 8 DT DT DT DT DT DT DT SUTERU! I fucking loved this shows OSTs they were all so catchy even if you didn't like them at all at first, they grow on you. I mean the opening is literally about the mc wanting to lose his virginity, need I say more?










CHARACTERS: 9. The characters are by far the best part about this show! They are all so lovable and endearing to the point where the antagonists dont feel like antagonists. I dont even blame Erecpyle (The antagonist) for wanting to vanquish kon. I mean because of Kon, the dude is literally missing both his ball sacks. Yeah I'm being dead serious. Erecpyle and his squad are such a fun bunch and the way they all interact is great! The main cast as well. Kon and his friends are absolutely hilarious characters! Kon is this belligerent edgy shut in teen that has absolutely no tact and his friends are giving him shit for this every step of the way. There is literally a character that pretends to be a girl and he has to be my favourite character in the show. He just loves trolling everyone that he meets and he is just such an intriguing character overall. Ecarlate is a character that I intially never thought I could like as I thought she was just a spoiled brat, being the daughters of an aristocrat. A brat that thinks that everyone else is below her and just a worm is comparison. I was being presumptuous. She is pretty much a tsundere and a fair sweet little girl trying to be a good leader.









ENJOYMENT:9 This show was so fun to watch, it kept me entertained almost every episode because of how interesting the characters and their dynamics were. The slapstick comedy is sure to make you laugh at least 10 times watching this show. Ixion Saga is quiet the facetious anime meaning it doesn't take itself seriously! Not really story-oriented. It solely relies on its comedy which would make anyone a little apprehensive when getting into it, but trust me when i say it's worth it. This is one of the few animes I actually laughed out loud to.






OVERALL: 7.6
While I love this show a lot i do have to say it isnt for everyone as I mentioned in the art section and the intro. Id say give it about 4 episodes before deciding to drop it although I'll have you know you're missing out. This is a great comedy show overall and I would suggest it to all of you looking for one!
That's it. See ya

Concept is actualy great and there are hilarius cense and episode for score of 10 but from 25 episodes sadly i need to say that instead of deap story director chose shalow aproach so some episodes are pointles to watch. This anime is parody in its core but it need to have limit how far can you capture atention of watcher only using plane comedy with out desired outcome. I can not teel you that I am disapointet but still I am sad from amount of waisted potential this anime had in first 5 episode :(...
Concept is actualy great and there are ... hilarius cense and episode for score of 10 but from 25 episodes sadly i need to say that instead of deap story director chose shalow aproach so some episodes are pointles to watch. This anime is parody in its core but it need to have limit how far can you capture atention of watcher only using plane comedy with out desired outcome. I can not teel you that I am disapointet but still I am sad from amount of waisted potential this anime had in first 5 episode :(...

Ixion Saga DT is an anime based off of an online game, because those are known for their compelling narratives and not the high amount of repetitive grind at all. Although, to be fair to the concept, I've looked at an anime based off of a Pachinko machine that was quite good. The anime was written by Yamatoya Akatsuki and developed by our old friends at Brain's Base. Which is a bit of a mixed sign since they've done some good stuff, some kind of mediocre stuff and some stuff that's utter shite. Let's see where this one falls.


Story:

Young Hokaze Kon is a gamer. While ... playing Monster Hunter, or a game with very similar encounters with massive monsters, he meets a young lady player. They talk and she manages to get him to agree to help her. Which results in him being transferred to another world, chair and all. He accidentally falls on top of a man, saving a small group that was being cornered by him and his goons. Kon agrees to travel with the people he inadvertently rescued in order to find a way back to his own world. Together, they head on their journey to get an eight year old princess married for political reasons while also finding a way for Kon to return so he stops bothering everyone with his existence. Various shenanigans ensue.

The most pervasive problem with this series is the humour. It's built around subverting tropes and doing the unexpected. However, half the time it just draws attention to the fact that what it's doing is clichéd and it's jokes that are actually subverting regular tropes are mostly really obvious, making the punch lines predictable before the set-ups are even done. The consequence, in either case, is that the comedy falls pathetically short. The story itself is very shallow, relying heavily on those comedic elements both to provide entertainment and to distract from the obvious element that's incredibly not okay. Another issue with the comedy is that the series likes to repeat itself. There are multiple cases where they'll have a jape and then quickly repeat the jape twice more in a very short amount of time. I guess they just really wanted to run those jokes into the ground or maybe they thought if it didn't make you laugh the first time, it would the third time.

To its credit, there are a few funny scenes and the stuff that doesn't work is more stupid than it is annoying or painful. I also do appreciate the way they subvert the usual unfunny trans-gender jokes you get in anime.

Characters:

Most of the characters in this are just boring and pretty one-note. Then you have Kon himself. He's the worst part of this series. Definitely among the more annoying protagonists I've seen. Yeah, he's better than Shinji Ikari, but that's not saying much. On the plus side, the moments where he's in pain are cathartic.


Art:

The artwork is pretty good. The background details are nicely fleshed out. The biggest issue with it is just that the comedic exaggeration scenes can be excessive and, like the comedy in general, they don't really work well.

Sound:

As a whole, the acting is perfectly passable, but not anything great. Fukuyama Jun does really well making him one of the few male voice actors I've heard play a female character well. Eguchi Takuya, in contrast, is really bad in this. To be fair to him, he was good in OreGairu. In this case, he wasn't given much to work with. I don't think anyone could have made Kon's dialogue sound good.

Ho-yay:

There's a little. It's established early on that Mariandale attracts both men and other women.

Final Thoughts:

Ixion Saga DT is not a good series. The comedic elements largely fall flat. The main character is a constant annoyance and there's just not much to recommend it. That being said, I wouldn't call it terrible since most of its faults aren't particularly egregious. My final rating is a 3/10. Next week is the notorious Byston Well Monogatari: Garzey no Tsubasa. It's supposedly really atrocious. The week after that it'll be the 300th anime review. Until then, may you experience kindness, laughs and tranquillity.