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NOVEL ActionUlysses: Jeanne d'Arc to Renkin no Kishi

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  Tristan24

  100/100
  I've just watched ULYSSES :JEHANNE DARC TO RENKIN NO KISHI and I wanted to share my thoughts and takes about this anime

  I absolutely loved it !! I would recommand the story because it is different : I believe what's makes the story special is the fact that the main characters are not overpowered, there is humor, and also dark content which makes it roller coaster of emotions and an enjoyable ride !

  As for the story, alchemy and fantasy makes it more intresting because mostly everyone knows what happened during the Hundred Years War but here these magical elements make way for unexpected scenes and so the story becomes even more intriguing !

  The music is also captivating and the piano is really great for emotional scenes throughout the epidodes!

  I really like the charcaters developping from the 1st to 12th episode and how they change! You can see them turn from kids to adults episodes by episodes all while keeping humor !

  The animation and drawings are beautiful, especially the charcaters design along with the ones for fights and emotional scenes.

  Overall I would truly recommand it for an audience that what to see something different. It is a special anime in it's own way and that difference is what's makes it intriguing and captivating at the same time !

  Honestly I really do believe that it is an enjoyable anime due to the fact that the characters are compelling, showing emotions, along with the music, it makes it even better ! Also we can see the characters grow as persons through the entire story by what they say along with the actions they are taking.

  My favorite part about the entire anime it is that despite taking place during dark times during the Middle Ages, the main characters are inspiring because they support one another during difficult time and never let each other down. As a result I believe people watching it can be inspired by it. It is a great attitude to have during difficult times (to help others in need) and in my opinion I think the anime does an excellent job emphasising this character's trait (whether it is with main characters : Jeanne and Montmorency, or with secondary characters such as La Hire, Richemont, Charlotte, etc..)

  To conclude, I would say it is by far the best anime I've watched this year and I can't wait to see what's coming next (hopefully a next season or even a spin-off hopefully

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  laec

  10/100
  Not worthy as a historical or linguistic lesson, and barely qualifies at harem, boob and fluid mechanics.

  Let's make this review a story of which you are the hero, and hence a moment ten times more interesting that this show could ever be. Yes, that's also why I gave it a 10/100, to stay consistent with my math - a feat more the show cannot claim. Needless to say, I'm granting 9 extra points just for the sake of maths.

  Let's dig in.

  ---

  She didn't look like trouble. But then, they never do.

  The school had been decked with boob, and the friendships thronged with political intrigue. Their faces would soon vanish in the dark mists of a long-overdue scenario time jump, but not their lingering feelings. A rock and some chemicals in your bag, you take a book from the old man in an obscure library. Of course he doesn't warn you of the occult powers it shuts away from the audience. Back to your place, you accidentally trod on a spell and decide to try it for seven years. You turn around, and are instantly transfixed by a pair of brown eyes. The girl is a fairy, and a young one: Just a few thousand years and no care in the world for consistent stories. Of course, if only you'd known then what you know now... Here you are now in her hands, pursuing a quest of alchemy, transmuting things as they go through your esophagus. Yes, seven years of your life have gone and you didn't read that book (or did you?), but you have now become the very medium of your magic (or was it alchemy?). "Why am doing this again?", you mutter in awe.

  A careless phrase. Heroes don't need a purpose and certainly not you. It's just about the adventure, right? Right, and the bouncing oppai. But we'll come back to this later.

  ---

  A child approaches from behind. Her name is Jeanne. You somehow feel these seven years have just impacted you physically. Whatever that means.

  Fairies pop. Mercenaries come. Village gets attacked. You don't have time to feign surprise. You only have eyes for the flat o-flat Jeanne. Whatever that means.

  Fairies die. Mercenaries die. You still don't care. You only have eyes for young o-young Jeanne. Whatever that means.

  BUT THEN SHE IS MORTALLY WOUNDED. And the only thing you have in mind is saving her/avenging her/drooling all over her and putting a weird rock in her.

  

  (this picture is asking to be photoshoped, really)

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  Technical break

  And we really need one there.

  As much as the scenario went forward, we need to take some time back to think about who produced this mess. Studio AXsiZ? They often co-animate with studio Gokumi, and this time they decided to go solo. Huh.

  The story is from Mikage Kasuga, who also did Oda Nobuna no Yabou. And there I knew something ticked. The plot says it all: "the Sengoku period, [but] where all the major Samurai lords are cute girls". Well, it's all the same shit with Ulysses, you just replace samurais with knights. Actual knight depicted:

  

  Let's put things in order. It's time for the fetish checklist:

  • harem
  • big bouncing boobs
  • boob molestation

  

  • panty shots (and tigh-high framing)
  • crossdressing
  • male protagonist
  • colorful hair (because we're dumb and otherwise cannot differentiate between them, right? Or maybe the colors indicate their level of toxicity, much like with real animals)
  • loving childhood friend(s)
  • drool

  

  • DROOL

  

  • age-gap
  • loli

  

  • tentacles (yes, I know…)

  You do you Ulysses, you do you.

  Introduction

  Have you ever wanted to learn your history lesson, your french lesson and your alchemy lesson at the same time? Do you have one of the above fetishes? Do you disagree with the epitome of Prison School and rather profess your love of the boob? I SAID DO YOU PROFESS YOUR LOVE OF THE OPPAI BROTHERS AND SISTERS?

  I know you do. And so does this show.

  Ulysses: Jeanne d'Arc to Renkin no Kishi is a show that takes its roots in the eponym light novel by Mikage Kasuga, who has already a past of improving tweaking history to its liking fetishes - but I already covered that point earlier. The story takes place in medieval France and centers on Montmorency (full name Gilles de Rais), a character that really existed. The man was actually even stranger in reality than on screen: versed in the occult and known help of Jeanne d'Arc, he ended up convicted of murdering hundreds of children. As a mad storyteller, you cannot choose a richer character inspiration. And Mikage Kasuga is a mad storyteller. So he tells the "adventure" of both of them as they kiss fight to liberate France of the english invading forces. They will meet countless foes and gurls knigths. A real sex ed history course, I told you.

  But all of this would be fine (yes, even the history transformation in a fetish fest) if the show had any direction. Do they liberate France by the end of the show? No. Do they crown the princess? Yes, but it's not shown, they just say crude jokes instead. Do they liberate Orléans? Ah yes, finally, but it's only a half-assed closure that involved a FUCKING RAILGUN FROM SPACE to regain control of the city. So if there is a direction, it's definitely not historical.

  Romance? Not a direction either. They definitely rely on the lolicon side of things (which incidentaly was also the… thing… of the original Montmorency. So if there's a direction, it's on the loli side of things.

  

  Action? Oh god not with that animation. I'll let you judge.

  

  Drawing quality? Swords bigger than the wielder are common things, but if you don't know how to draw faces/abs or running scenes…

  

  Medieval fashion? Rather, they grew tired of drawing clothes at some point.

  

  Ecchi then? That's the bait, but (sadly) not the theme.

  

  Suspense? Puh-lease. Throwing WTF every episode is not creating suspense, just surprise. Yes, that counts the Darlifra-like alien trump card in late-season, and the (beautifully drawn) tentacles:

  

  On that note, the show spends a large part around the Orléans bridge (which is justified by history - but not really supported by the storytelling) and doesn't show much inspiration in battles to take it… until the end, that is. BECAUSE YES, THE ONLY SCENARIO RESOLUTION THAT THEY COULD FIND WAS TO DESTROY IT WITH AN ORBITAL LASER IN MEDIEVAL TIMES… I… I don't have words for this. I would have expected anything but alien ships to blow that fucking Orléans bridge. Well done, Ulysse, well done. I don't care that they flipped the whole scenario late-game, but it just has no coherence with the atmospheree setup by previous episodes, and doesn't contribute to build characters either, so it is just bullshit to fill three episodes at that point. So yes, no spoiler. There's nothing to spoil anyway.

  

  "Ship in the Sky"? "Respond to my voice"? REALLY?

  

  French lesson? Yes but don't expect to have a proper conversation with actual french people, or you may end up cuffled and marked as a sex offender. Yes, each episode ends with a "lesson" translated from what a character said in the episode. And no, it's not "surpisingly useful", just… meh. The translation on-screen is actually wrong too, but who cares at that point.

  

  Character development and breathtaking battles? Almost all antagonists are but caricatures of themselves:

  

  The only character transformation that is fitting is the battle-Jeanne, with her upset mood and strength:

  

  Questions

  I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS, even after watching it twice. I have found (unsatisfying) answers on fandom wikis (hugh) for some of them, but I'm not writing this review to provide answers (much in a gamebook, you have to answer them for yourself):

  • why tentacles?
  • why ulysses? nothing else relates to the Odyssey.
  • wtfh is ulysses noire?
  • where are the scenes shown in the OP?
  • why different ED when a single, boring one would have sufficed?
  • why english have daemon-hunters?
  • why fairies?
  • why excalibur and why is it in France?
  • why is everything explained by a war of gods?
  • why have I watched this till the end?
  • why am I writing a review about it?
  • why is a knight named Bâtard (meaning "bastard") and why is he crossdressing?
  • why is a knight named La Tremouille (meaning "very soppy")?
  • why is 'pure' Jeanne vs 'evil' Jeanne used a plot twist when it's been seen since the beginning of the show?
  • why is Jeanne put at the stake with no context?
  • why is Richemont fighting for both sides?
  • why is everything beginning with all characters at the same school?
  • how is Montmorency spending seven years without food, water or even realising it?
  • why is there a fairy following Montmorency?
  • why is Jeanne d'Arc living with the fairies at first?
  • why a spaceship? (and why dead aliens inside? AND WHY FLOATING FEATHERS??)
  • why has the budget for this trash fire not been given to produce a S2 of Oda Nobuna no Yabou instead?

  Conclusion

  The following yonkoma manga is actually a better story than Ulysses.

  

  (actually a collage of paintings representing battles of the Hundred Years' War. Clockwise, from top left: La Rochelle with spaceships, Agincourt, Patay, Orleans).

  In Ulysses, nothing happens. Nothing evolves. It's just your common fetishes put in the mixer with some legends and language puns. I wouldn't recommend it unless you want the weird thrill of watching something jokingly absurd (which I do enjoy… sometimes). Morbid curiosity and severe masochism count too. Or wait maybe it's the proper way to teach children histor--

  BACK TO YOUR STORY

  Two paths open ahead of you. One, thorny, involves watching Ulysses and redeeming your occular virginity (if any such thing exists on Anilist). The other, harder, consists in erasing the stain left in your mind by the extracts of Ulysses contained in this review, and cleaning with acid the now corrupt inodes of the computer displaying these images.

  What will you choose?

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  Suzuyun

  20/100
  The kind of anime that cheats you out of your hopes and dreams for it

  Okay anime, good characters , protagonist is lacking in more than just brains.
  A lot of time skips. I dislike the heroine.

  Honestly there was so much wasted potential that could have made this anime worth its time.
  It had its moments but never the less still felt like a boring watch.

  A lot of missed opportunity to further the story in a more humane way. ended up feeling like a very boring show actually. As the protagonist was only going for 1 heroine rather than saving all. heroine lacked all kinds of depth to her. Feeling more like a "Saint" ironically this is a major issue that makes the anime Boring. as our protagonist seems to lack any sort of humanity apart from throw away (done before) scenarios. 4 good waifu characters but a poorly developed heroine who feels like a comedy effect. Could have touched more on Richemont and their "love" from childhood. Clearly as they show it develop in episode 1 and showing how she continued to Love him.

  Biggest issue with the anime is that it misses out a lot of the main story line that they have laid down.
  3 Girls like 1 guy. a 7 year time skip within first 3 episodes. Many issues to be honest. They never focused on what the protagonist would do when he found out. Instead its just 3 girls suffering bittersweet throughout the series and 1 being haunted by her father.

  Could have been a 10/10 anime if they had brought out the 3 other heroines love for the protagonist thus creating more plot. Instead it was just a Child falling in love with another child trying fight for a dream they both saw.
  Flawed. for a story based on Human emotions. It seems to lack depth of their characters

  Not only that but. Missing out on touching on the Other Love interest makes it even more pointless to build them up.
  Building up the characters love for the protag only to toss them aside or use it to Boast the "Main" heroine is ridiculously boring.

  Okay watch but not the best. Not gonna lie it felt below average. The characters aside from the heroine were all so good with so much history depth and plot to go further on. But for some reason the anime just said fuck all.
  Also my waifus are pretty obvious. Phillips with her Helmet on but without her fathers don't know whatever haunting
  Richemont, La Hire. 3 Top tier Loving Waifus.

  But the Protagonist chose the one that did absolutely nothing i hate stories like this
  Also this anime brings up a lot of disgusting molestation and man abusing women e.g (Richemont's history) which is fucking disgusting and our protagonist refuses to do anything. Its dumb when 4 women love him including hes Cousin and all he does is Lack human Depth.
  Big irony
  Also the fact that Gilles de rais our protagonist is a child murderer in history and Jeanne D Arc in this show is a loli. feels like this show was more of a joke creation than anything else

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