João Vitor Tomotani¹ & Rodrigo Brincalepe Salvador² ¹ Independent Researcher. São Paulo, SP, Brazil. ² Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Wellington, New Zealand. Emails: tjvitor (at) gma…
I would say part of the problem with Zero not having its stories end well is from being a prequel so I was more willing to forgive it for those.
Strange/Fake isn't finished yet so it's hard to say too much about it but I think it has some very clever designs and character moments so far. Like one of the Riders (there's two different grail wars going on at the same time in the city) is a shadow monster of disease representing Pestilence (that hasn't been covered too much yet though) or their take on Jack the Ripper which is infinitely better than Apocrypha because this Jack is a Berserker who is actually sane unlike most Berserkers and can transform into anything that people thought Jack the Ripper was so crowds of people or a cursed watch or anything really as long as it's a real rumor.
The only character I can think of that's even close to a loli design much is Tiné who gets a youth potion and she's not sexualized at all.
Sounds closer to what I thought the initial concept would be, honestly. Also good that they didn't go with the Grand Order Jack who is... a loli in a g-string.
I would say part of the problem with Zero not having its stories end well is from being a prequel so I was more willing to forgive it for those.
Strange/Fake isn't finished yet so it's hard to say too much about it but I think it has some very clever designs and character moments so far. Like one of the Riders (there's two different grail wars going on at the same time in the city) is a shadow monster of disease representing Pestilence (that hasn't been covered too much yet though) or their take on Jack the Ripper which is infinitely better than Apocrypha because this Jack is a Berserker who is actually sane unlike most Berserkers and can transform into anything that people thought Jack the Ripper was so crowds of people or a cursed watch or anything really as long as it's a real rumor.
The only character I can think of that's even close to a loli design much is Tiné who gets a youth potion and she's not sexualized at all.
Sounds closer to what I thought the initial concept would be, honestly. Also good that they didn't go with the Grand Order Jack who is... a loli in a g-string.