Fucking furries.
It just did not help that the female lead was a cursing ball of angst, there were the fucking furries. The kung-fu bear and the evil cultists cats.
When there were an outlandish element in a heroic fantasy setting, or any settings, I do expect some effort to make it believable, acceptable and kinda justifiable. Lodoss has worked mostly because it did stick close to the tropes laid by its inspiration, AD&D2 and mainly dragonlance; Berserk was at its core a mix of Paul Verhoeven’s “Flesh and Blood” with a slice of Hellraiser, and it worked. Escaflowne and Scrapped Princess made mecha work and be justifiable in their worlds. It’s not the case with World Destruction, I’ve yet to think of a workable reason to justify why there be furries. The alchemy is just not here.
Technical-wise, there were nothing to complain about it. It’s just the setting that didnt draw me in like the classic like Lodoss, Berserk and Escaflowne did. Maybe if the furries were close to their D&D models like lizardmen, yuan-ti or werewolves, or looked like mogwai, it may have been easier to take. Hell, Utawarerumono has came up fine with women with dog ears, and Karura, it was one of my favorites in 2006. But here, no.
Maybe one or two more episodes, then drop it.
At least, Zero no Tsukaima 3 has Mamiko Noto as Titfania.
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