SPOILERS BEWARE This anime was a surprisingly wholesome and warming journey the first few episodes werent looking that promising but the latter episodes really started shining. With each episode I watched this anime started giving me stronger and stronger vibes to Kinos Journeys for those that have seen it. Here we have Yuu and Merc as our main protagonists who also travel to various countries but here they are doing that as a bodyguard paid job for a travelling merchant. Similarly to how it was handled in Kinos Journey here all the countries are shown within one or two episodes and even though this is quite frankly aimed at kids it was surprisingly wholesome at times. 800https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/635602177833959439/930125216296894494/unknown.png The highlight of this show is easily the bird country with Divas because simply put those two episodes completely shocked me. Firstly never would I have expected to hear Fornas beautiful voice in the manner that I did and secondly would be Antels performancewhere did all this suddenly come from? An anime that had been pretty average till now suddenly dropped such a bombshell of an episode and I was stunned genuinely stunned at how Merc Storia went from average to suddenly being an awesome idol anime for a couple episodes. The songs were so powerful and moving I really did enjoy them a whole lot. A final note on this country I really cant help but see a young Emilia in Selena here the similarity is simply too strong. 800https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/635602177833959439/930124106437910568/unknown.png A brief note on the OST for which I already touched on above the idol episodes aside both the OP and ED are seriously great songs and if that wasnt enough then lets throw in Yuus healing song into the mix as well. It sounds so heroic I love it. To put it quite frankly the OST of this anime far surpasses the plot and writing but that doesnt necessarily mean that the story was bad it was simply a collection of multiple short arcs congested together which form into one major show. In some arcs due to the lack of our MC I was starting to doubt whether they were even our MCs anymore but that was simply the way this show wanted to portray itself. The anime adaptation comes from a game itself which I know nothing about so I cant compare how well the anime was adapted but what I can say is that it was surprisingly enjoyable in the end. 800https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/635602177833959439/930123814099116042/unknown.png Merc Storia may not be the greatest anime you will watch but its far from being the worst too this show really had a charm going for itself and that was quite enjoyable to a degree amassed with quite the number of wholesome and heartwarming scenes throughout. I will likely not be remembering this anime for too long now that Im done with it but for the duration that I was watching I was having a good time. If you have spare time and are looking for a cute charming kid friendly wholesome anime then Merc Storia may be the perfect blend for you.
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