A violent rebellion in the capital led by Duke Rugis Camellia wreaks havoc on the Kingdom of Hortensia, leaving every member of the royalty either dead or missing. Barely escaping with his life, knight Maurice Baudelaire flees the ensuing chaos after his brother, Fernando Albert, is killed by a werewolf in battle.
To honor his legacy, Maurice treks to Albert's house and delivers his son, Alfred Ober, his father's sword. Despite his grief, Alfred is reminded of a vow he pledged with his father—to become a knight so that he could protect his land, the Albert Dominion.
Under Maurice's tutelage, Alfred hones his combat skills to fulfill his promise. Training alongside him is Marius Casterede, an intriguing boy whose age seems to be more than meets the eye. Elsewhere, Pope Alexi Valdebron delivers the order to capture the missing princess and crowns Charlot D'Hortensia as the new king. Hortensia Saga is a tale of camaraderie and determination as Alfred, Marius, and Maurice work together with friends of past and present to bring forth light amidst Hortensia's dark times.
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Marinate1016
Hortensia Saga is an odd one. On one hand, it’s yet another generic fantasy gacha adaptation. On the other, it was actually quite enjoyable for me. I’ll be quick and brief with this one, everyone knows I am easy to please with anime. Story doesn’t have to be top notch or revolutionary, I like good character interactions and waifus. Hortensia has neither. The plot does nothing to actually draw you in and interest you. The characters are all shallow and have no real depth to them, other than the main antagonist whose motivations are still rather generic. Despite the complaints, I actually did find theshow to be fun to watch. It’s one of those situations where you know something isn’t good, but yet still like it. I definitely would not recommend this show to most people.
The CG in the show is pretty damn bad at times. When the fight sequences stay 2D, they’re decent. But, often times monsters and fights went with the CG style, probably to save the staff time and effort, but it just didn’t look right at all. The still art is really good, though. Backgrounds are bright and colourful and I do like the character style.
If you’re looking for a fantasy gacha adaptation to watch, try Priconne or King’s Raid. Hortensia Saga is painfully average and will most likely be a chore to sit through. Hortensia Saga gets 6 out of 10.
ImWeebs
This anime is nothing interesting but somehow I like it and watch it until it runs out. I like the graphics and animation during sword fighting and for this story it seems normal (I'm not saying the story is bad lol), I like the opening song as well as the ending, For Cgi I don't really care, the voice actors are good too, one thing I don't like is the ending because I think it's hanging and I also know this anime won't get the second season, I want to play the game but it can't be on my laptop because the specifications are low and Ihope there will be a second season.
suchasmallworld
This anime had a lot of potential to be a solid 6 or 7 out of 10. The story was alright as long as you don’t think about it too hard and the animation and soundtrack are pretty great. It’s honestly a passable watch until the last two episodes. The ending left me completely unsatisfied and honestly shocked at how terrible it was. Most of the conflicts were unresolved and the big sacrifice at the end was completely undone in what might be the worst case of Deus Ex Machina I’ve ever witnessed. To summarize, it’s a 4.5 hour mobile game ad that’s just asdisappointing as the 30 second ones.
boshrra99
no spoilers the story it self is quite good and the plot twists were pretty entertaining, i would say the weakest point of the anime is its characters , the characters were so weak and very 2 dimensional and unfortunately couldn't carry the story which caused the entire show to fall apart. the story was good but a bit rushed and the ending was a bit of a shock but nice. it had so much potential to be a fantasy gem but couldn't make it the VAs r some of the big names in the industry which was nice. but overall it absolutely doesn't deservethat very low score it has
AatihoNora
Hortensia Saga is a kind of melodrama about a kingdom and its allied dominion. The story is about a princess trying to take back the kingdom while fighting supernatural beings. The plot had some potential but the story and the events were written far too horribly and the characters never got a single chance of development. It was some sort of melodrama, unnecessary sad scenes, too much friendship power, and a lot of unexplained things. The antagonist and side characters never had any depth, to begin with, and the protagonist never got any development. It was just one bad fight and he learned everything about thesituation. The character of the maid gets pretty annoying at one point with the screeching voice and over-excitement. The animation was alright although the use of cgi was terrible and the background fights were so bad to the point of laughable. The art was also far too downgraded compared to other anime of the same time. The anime could have been an average series if they focused more on character development, story events that had a real impact rather than just being a melodrama and giving better story and direction to side characters and antagonists.
The story just barely scratches the plot in my opinion if they had taken their time and made a 24 episode series and shown better parts like showing more about dominion warfare and involvement and giving better history to support the story. All and all the anime as it is right now it's just horrible and I will not recommend it to anyone.
ShawnH16
Honestly story feels like it could have gone places if things were elaborated on, but too much info is in the air as “unknown pasts” that clearly the characters know but not the viewers we can just assume. Like idk how to explain it well but its more like this whole anime is a summary that gives quick glances into another media without really elaborating it or portraying it fully… leaving a sub par experience…. Like it’s not bad, it’s pretty good in certain key points, just kind of bad where it matters. But hey i watched all 12 episodes so i guess i wasgood enough to fully watch….
ExaltedSenpai
As someone who has no understanding of its adaptation, Hortensia Saga was an incredible anime from its start. The animation reminded me of Mushoku Tensei, and its character had an incredible backstory. Everything seems well woven together, however, what made it felt incredibly difficult to explain was that why it felt bad/incomplete. Firstly, I think that Hortensia Saga could have been a much better anime if the story wasn't as straightforward and tried to squeeze as much content as possible in 12 episodes. The pacing of the anime felt rushed and it feels much faster-paced than most of the anime coming out this season. Secondly,I think that the ending should have been done in a way that leaves a viewer with a pleasant ending, however, the story ends in a way that it leaves a bad taste with no way to repair the damage done. Despite killing off characters, and trying to be edgy the anime goes out of its way so that they can kill the main characters in the anime. Honestly, if it wasn't for such a weird pacing and terrible ending I would have given a much higher score since I love such anime genre. However, this is truly one anime that deserves its low score.
Story: 6/10
Art: 7/10
Sound: 7/10
Character: 7/10
Enjoyment: 1/10
Overall: 5/10
Hivoldep42
So Hortensia Saga, well is a good anime to say the least. I speak this, keeping in mind that I have no clue of the original game to begin with. First of all to give an overview, the plot of the anime was interesting to begin with, the sound usage was great if you count the OP and ED in the same category, definitely made my playlist, the characters and the character traits were a bit cliché' but the development as the story moved on was good. The art on the still frames, and the art for the environment was really good, but thefights and action scenes can be a little weird at times. As for enjoyment, the last 3 episodes gave a lot of excitement, and thus the story was able to present itself in a convincing way.
Now for why does it a get a 6? this is going to be a mixed with some spoilers, so let's begin.
In my case, the anime gets a base score on the basis of the level of animation, sound usage, art, character designs etc. And that is why, this anime also started with a 7(Good), as all of the above things were competent with the relative quality of anime that is out there in this season or the previous season. That sums up the explanation of 3/5 categories in my score. Sound is the only category that I gave an 8 as I also count the OP and ED as mentioned above.
That leaves us with the story and enjoyment. These are the two categories which obviously in my case, propels an anime to higher score.
Now for Hortensia, the story started off with a good hook, kept introducing interesting elements, with good revelations at proper timings. It took advantage of the kingdom setup of the world as that enabled it to explore many locations in the 12 ep run the anime received. During this explorations we gained new "Supporters", and also had some character development for the original characters. And thus , after basically spending 1/2 of the time in explorations, near the middle, the story progresses towards its conclusion, and to tell you the truth, the story was tight enough to keep you hooked till the finale. So after getting this much praise, why a 6 for the story, well, again Concluding a story is something SOOO IMPORTANT, that it almost easily overrules any of the good things the anime had done. And oh my lord the ending, how should I say this, The ending could have been great, as in the finale episode, a lot of character arcs closed (almost 90%), the conflict is resolved, some major deaths happen which is all great. If the anime had concluded on that, An Overall 8 for sure, but just because this is a GAME anime, and the purpose is to ADVERTISE the GAME, the story pulled out a ridiculous ending just to give a really forced cliffhanger, just to convey and more importantly make us realize that this is just for advertisement, if you want the real story, go and play the game. Now seriously, I do not like this.
In my opinion, if the turn at the end is removed, Hortensia is not at all a bad anime instead it is a promising anime, and if the story had been a little more tight, it surely is deserving of 6.7-6.8 score, that is between Fine and Good.
Also finally, will I recommend it, well if someone is fan of the military, kingdom, fantasy, magic genre, then I will suggest them to give this a try, but with a disclaimer that end the anime with the final title card.
Hortenisa saga gets a 6 .(sadly).
Thanks for reading, Have a Nice day.
Humperweeb
although this anime itself is not too outstanding in any ways, the overall storyline and character developments have gotten my attention and interested me into this anime itself, I agree with hortensia being a mediocre anime, there's really not much about this anime that can lead to it one of the great animes, but despite all the negative sides to this anime I found it very entertaining to watch i thought this anime was quite average considering the timing of its release and the overall storyline for this anime, this anime came out basically the same time slime S2, re-zero s2p2, and other big hitscame out, this covered up the anime's potential quite a lot, therefore I believe it won't have exactly too many sales and end up like animes like sukasuka or blackbullet.
if your just wanting to watch a anime that might be entertaining for a few episodes, I think hortensia would do very well, but other than that I don't think hortensia will blow up in popularity or become a popular anime anytime soon
Zerockman
BIG SPOILERS AHEAD: For the first 11 episodes I thoroughly enjoyed watching this anime, I even held it in relative hig regard. I've always known that it wasn't a good anime, it had a lot of fundamental problems, but I still liked it. I liked the characters, I liked the story and probably above all, I liked how it felt a lot like a Fire Emblem anime. But the 12th episode kind of killed the guilty pleasure enjoyment I had from this. Like I said before, I like this anime's characters and, to an extent, the plot. I also really like the OP and ED themes. Withthat out of the way, let's talk about what went wrong here.
Hortensia Saga is a very generic anime. Not that it necessarily means it is bad, but unfortunately it felt like it never tried to do anything unique, and when it actually tried (at the very end), it didn't go well. The story is the cliche "the kingdom has been betrayed by an ally turned enemy and the princess is the last hope it has to regain prosperity". The story goes on from there in a very predictable way, and probably the worst about it is how this anime only has 12 episodes but it feels like for the most part it didn't even try to move the plot forward. There were multiple filler episodes where the cast was there only to recruit a certain ally (only for that ally to in most cases be immediately shafted to the sidelines in the following episode) and this left the last 4/5 episodes the only ones where the plot unveils. This obviously left the narrative feeling extremely rushed. There were multiple villains that showed up out of nowhere only to get killed without them even getting any proper explanation about their goals/motivation. The last episode in particular is crazy in how fast it moves. The entire backstory of the antagonist alongisde the exposition surrounding the aforementioned betrayal events took place in 5 minutes or so.
And let's talk about that, how bad the plot and the villain are. Apparently the main antagonist decided to betray the kingdom, orchestrate the assassination of the king and multiple other people just because (apparently) the king is his father. When he was a kid his mother was in her deathbed and just casually said "hey, your father is the king, did you know that?" and then in his tiny little brain he connects eveyting and comes to the conclusion that the king must be a prick. This plot point is already very forced imo but then he proceeds to want to kill everyone. Ok, you want to kill the king because supposedly, even though there is not really any evidence or confirmation of it, he disposed of your mother, but then why would you want to kill multiple other people, not involved in any way or form with that event, just because you're feeling like it? That's something I truly hate. Coming up with a boring and dumb plot device in order to try giving the villain any motivation and then using it in order to attempt justifying all the other stuff he's doing. And I honestly chuckled at how bad the beginning events took place. The villain convinced the king to enrage one of his subordinates (because for some reason that powers up a relic) and he proceeded to taunt him and insult him for like 2 minutes, waiting for him to snap.
Aside from these bigger complaints, I also want to mention how many characters got absolutely no development/backstory even when they felt like they mattered. I understand that this is a video game adaptation and that the story actually continues from here, but I really doubt that there will be another season, with how unsuccessful this one was. This leaves many characters to be introduced, feel like they're important, only to have absolutely nothing to do with the plot.
The finale also felt super forced and unecessary. The MC dies but then he gets revived as an undead or something? That didn't really fit in with the feel of the anime up until then, but since we're probably not going to see a second season, that will be an ending that will make the anime even worse than it already was.
CheckingOut
This is another generic fantasy gacha adaptation which is a little better than one would think from this type of show. The beggining to no surprise is as the synopsis mentioned from there it turns to episodic allies recruitment episodes or so you would think,those episodes are connected to the main plot which is a little deeper than you would expect from this show with a decent small twists on it.All episodes had decent pacing to it expect the last which went a little too fast and while the ending does not leave you with many questions it does end in a way that you askyourself what happens after it since it is a gacha adaptation after all.
The character designs are a little above generic but pleasing to the eye and the animation is decent and consistent.
The voice actors are very fitting for their roles,the soundtrack while unmemorable the opening and ending are pleasant to hear.
The characters are decent,the ones that are most connected to the plot of course and i mean the main characters and the one 'villain',we obviously learn more about them than the others since their backstory is connected to the main plot.
Overall a decent show that had more to it that i expected but not one i would go out of my way to watch.
