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Spoilers ahead, sorry: Seryuu is actually a good example of why I think most people actually like this series (either anime or manga). I've been a big fan from the beginning and I admit the serries has a lot of flaws. The setting is a cliche euro-oriental mashup that's been done too often; the whole "rich people will rape you with their dog and kill you" trope is comically overblown and wipes away most chances of serious examination of how wealthy interests actually disenfranchise the underprivileged; Prime Minister Honest's government doesn't seem to make a friggin' dime in taxes, leading me to wonder how they're financing all that porno torture, and those are just the ones I could think of off the top of my head. But it's those main characters, man. Even as cliche as they appear on the surface, I think the writer actually does a great job of making his band of walking shounen tropes into something more. Seryuu's bloody fanaticism shares equal space with an unexpected and endearing vulnerability combined with an actual sense of humor and social grace. It's easy to say that Esdese has no empathy, but she actually does in her own complex way and actually cares deeply about the welfare of her men. Ran's backstory itself is also amazing and shows a side of him that I honestly didn't expect. You can also say the same thing about Raba, who in the latest chapters showed some really amazing courage when everything so far has set us up to expect him to crack and betray his friends. Bors as well (we don't need to cover what happened to him). The characterization is much weaker for most of the Wild Hunt (although I will say that Champ the Clown was actually really interesting, despite how despicable he was), and Prime Minister Honest still remains a stereotypical and one-dimensional big-bad, but I kind of suspect that might change in time. Anyway, yeah, it's shounenshit with good writing, imo.
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