Assassin's Pride is Terrible and I Love It

Assassin's Pride, the latest and greatest anime from the studio behind Master of Ragnarok, has gotta be one of the dumbest things I've ever seen. And I can't get enough of it. What's wrong with it? And with me? Watch on to find out!
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[@jacknzack7379]

This sounds like a fake tv show that would be on in the background of real one.

[@android19willpwn]

"Vampyr! Do you mean to tell me you're not just a magic samurai assassin teaching and protecting these young girls, but you're also-" "That's right! I'm also a half-VAMPIRE!" "I-Impossible!"

[@whyarewestillheretosuffer]

Why is this so specific yet so accurate. 💀💀

[@Hadrian1616]

Great comment

[@thewerdna]

100%. This would be perfect as a fictional anime in an anime series set in the real world.

[@avataraarow]

Holy shit you’re so right

[@ArZChenemy]

Anime back then: "Dude you gotta watch this anime, it's pretty cool" Anime now: "Dude you gotta watch this anime, it's so bad"

[@AnimeSimp234]

Not all modern anime are bad. Take off your rose tinted glasses.

[@ArZChenemy]

@@AnimeSimp234 Dude it's just a joke... Some of my favorites animes are from recent years. I just find funny how someone recommends an anime because of how bad it is haha

[@AnimeSimp234]

@@ArZChenemy Gotcha. My bad. I apologize for sounding aggressive.

[@jobhunter5090]

@@AnimeSimp234 I'll take off my rose tinted glasses when they stop working personally. I haven't found an old anime yet, that when i go back to rewatch doesn't surpass my rose tinted expectations.

[@AnimeSimp234]

@@jobhunter5090 I'm not saying old anime are bad, but I'm getting tired of hearing about how anime "used to be so good" or "old anime is better than new anime" you know what I'm talking about. There are plenty of great shows nowadays, possibly even more than there were back then. Eh, nostalgia is one hell of a beast I suppose.

[@GoddoDoggo]

Malita Angel *tips vampire samurai fedora* _M'Alita Battle Angel_

[@alya2510]

I just exhaled my beverage through my nose help

[@novaroseoooooo]

Best comment on KZbin

[@kingvii9896]

Lmao

[@frizzttymto]

That’s the show

[@thegumonyourshoes]

***Tips blade*** M'victim

[@involuntaryascetic3602]

you had me at "half-vampire samurai assassin" that is everybodies first terrible edgy pathfinder character and i love it

[@18Hongo]

My first Pathfinder character was a witch called Brenda whose familiar was a stoat named Larry, but I guess that I might have been an exception.

[@alecchristiaen4856]

my first was a thoroughly racist paladin with a tendency to fall into punji pits.

[@Sasquach1312]

He's half vampire, and his other half? More vampire.

[@donfluffles6056]

Super edgelord plague doctor cleric was my first character followed by the most stereotypical bard you’ve ever met

[@18Hongo]

@@donfluffles6056 If yours had been the racist paladin, I'd be genuinely curious to find out if it was Grand Wizard Asuna.

[@spacekingdave]

Them: How many shitty anime tropes can you fit in one series?? Writer: Yes.

[@filypa101]

How many anything tropes can you fit in?!

[@amitgeeniga5541]

I began wondering what anime was at the 3-minute mark. The f !?!?!?

[@catcactus1234]

It sucks because tropes by themselves aren’t a bad thing, they’re just a tool for writers to make good stories. But series like these mishandle tropes like a person who mishandles a screw driver by slamming it into a desk repeatedly and expecting it to solve the problem.

[@Percival917]

@@catcactus1234 And watching this show is like watching someone misuse every tool in the toolbox in very over-the-top, hilarious ways because they're just that high.

[@samboujaiteh3331]

Vampyr Dog: Way of the Samurai X Malita: Battle Angel. Oh dear.

[@Arexion5293]

This isn't normal Generic Blandness. This is Advanced Generic Blandness.

[@pills-]

Turned up to 11 and given some saccharine for taste...

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

@@pills- saiki K would love this custerfuck of cliches. it is so cliche!

[@MizukiStone44]

So bland it somehow rolls around to a semblance of flavor apparently. Huh, so someone made My Immortal an Anime series.

[@Copyright_Infringement]

We're reaching levels of generic blandness that shouldn't be possible

[@GrowingDownUnder]

I challenge anyone to watch 1 whole episode of ninja slayer from animation

[@SmallCaz]

Vague Europe is a real place and as a vague european I am deeply flattered at how well the Japanese animation industry has represented my country. The rococo-art-deco-medieval buildings, the many many royal princes wielding katanas, the tiny sexily clad maidens, the slightly wrong names... I, Ekaterina McCazales-Montblanche, completely approve.

[@djantouahmed7319]

But which part of Europe did they represent?

[@SmallCaz]

@@djantouahmed7319 The confused part.

[@ccpmustfall6445]

Many royal princess did not wield katana bro. Is just the main protagonist lmao. AND this is a ROMANCE anime 🤣🤣

[@SmallCaz]

@@ccpmustfall6445 No no no, in Vague Europe they ALL do (also this is a joke)

[@mortarion9813]

This - this is just fucking brilliant. I, Severanus Eda Risolius Mortarianus Avolar, also completely approve of our country's representation.

[@AlbinoTuxedo]

The worst part of the whole thing is that the concept isn't... Bad? Like, a vampire who helps a magically impaired girl by turning her into a vampire and having to hide that fact thanks to the circumstances of the world where the story happens is a decent concept! You could wring a lot of drama out of it.

[@anton6213]

Well I did recommend the manga for this series, since it is FAR better than the anime, as there is much more needed info, world building, and character development, and people were like "naAAaH n0 thxXx..."

[@SuperIcelight]

I thought that too. This might just be my preferences, but like imagine if it was told from the girl's perspective and the vampire dude was just there in the first episode! They might actually have to invent some plot to make up for the lack of harem! It could be a story of her learing to control her new weird powers, trying to cope with her family's expectations, making friends and growing as a person. It could even be a cool mystery about why he helped her - he's an assassin and she doesn't understand. It was such a good idea and they did... this.

[@uwuowo3894]

So... Its concept is basically Twilight , right ?

[@sketchysketches381]

I also really liked the whole shame to the family make her better or just get rid of her aspect like such good premises in this show but nothing to it

[@NinjaSox7]

The show is called fucking assassin's pride they should show him killing people who know too much

[@jonnki4704]

“This show has the pacing of a hummingbird heart on meth.” *everyone liked that*

[@CaptBackwards]

Its not wrong.

[@bobrandomness1055]

and its an entirely accurate statement.

[@Heilzmaker]

I swear to god I will get that into a school project one day.

[@bobrandomness1055]

@@Heilzmaker well good luck on that lol

[@doorbladder5735]

@@Heilzmaker I will also hopefully try that as well.

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

I knew throwing away that fanfic I wrote in middle school was going to come back and bite me. Why was the writer in my trash, though? Joke's on me, I guess, because now we're all in HIS trash.

[@kunalbhattacharyya4244]

Just Some Guy with a Mustache How are u everywhere? I’ve legit seen ur comments on 5 consecutive videos on 5 different channels🤣

[@MandalorOrdo]

@@kunalbhattacharyya4244 and not even anime only. I see him and his brothers constantly.

[@kunalbhattacharyya4244]

Mandalor Ordo this guy spends his entire life on KZbin lmao 😂

[@personontheinternet2164]

Who's canonically stronger, guy with a mustache or guy without a mustache?

[@unitedstatesofamerica4987]

@@personontheinternet2164 Justin Y

[@NotTrapWz]

This anime is if somebody wrote a amazing and engaging story but accidentally alt+F4 and tried to remember what they previously wrote.

[@insuspectedrulling1082]

No dude, this is just a shoujo anime. Look at the Romance LMAO 🤣 And how it relates to vampire falling in love with a pure maiden. The action isn't even the main focus that's why they practically just "skip" over it 🤣🤣

[@frick_____you]

@@insuspectedrulling1082 It's a shoujo anime, aimed at a shonen audience.

[@lenaalt2387]

@@frick_____you I get shounen manga targeted towards a female audience but what you said just sounds like an action shoujo

[@heyfell4301]

@@insuspectedrulling1082 that doesn't mean it's a GOOD shoujo though

[@siginotmylastname3969]

@@insuspectedrulling1082 idk why any practice of sprinkling really interesting worldbuilding which is never expanded on or used to develop the characters much exists in romance... It's so utterly unrealistic and baity 😭 not saying we've read any romance whatsoever but we see a lot of romance fans talk about stuff suggesting this is at least a trope... And it's literally terrible?

[@PrimRooks]

This might just be a “me” thing, but those school uniforms have got to be the most incomprehensible anime school uniforms I’ve ever seen.

[@odoloid]

It's not just a "you" thing. Any sensible person would be flabbergasted.

[@TheBluePhoenix008]

@@odoloid my sisters sometimes wear that shit and I just nope the fuck out.

[@thornangel16]

Keep watching more anime, and it's likely you will see worse than even this. I know I have.

[@zorohibiki]

nah, i think the most weird ones are from roku de nashi akashic record the uniforms of the girls are miniskirts and top crops with little capes

[@SpiralsAreAlive]

Yeah why is their like Elizabethan style slashing on the center of their breasts? And ruffled skirts?

[@IJEMAN5]

“Transplant some of his mana into her”

[@LtZerge]

*how not to summon a demonlord flashbacks*

[@In-The-Zone]

@@LtZerge men of culture: *og Fate flashbacks*

[@priestesslucy3299]

Mana Transfer *laughs in Fate*

[@jptq39721]

@@LtZerge At least that was tongue in cheek about it. I think...

[@THB192]

ohai Fate didn't see you there. I thought you lost your trashiness but nope it's back.

[@ConspiracyNuts]

Worst of all, he's a Kirito cosplayer.

[@jackienguyen1407]

And the girl is loli asuna

[@davestrider4973]

Y e s

[@hannastar]

Yess

[@mikkodoria4778]

Fuck kirito

[@TheAssirra]

I mean with the thumbnail i thought it was an SAO spinoff.

[@raechelh.3100]

Kufa is absolutely one of the least professional assassins I have ever seen. Becoming romantically attached to your target in typically not what you're supposed to do as an assassin.

[@o0bookwyrmknight0o]

I wanna see the first assassin be brave enough and do a react video to this series.

[@GabrielMichaelDels]

I think this the "Hitmam With a Heart " trope, but that's just me.

[@russetwolf13]

"Ya see Kufa Vampyr is a strictly one woman kinda half man, half monster, all samurai and also assassin all the time. And he only has eyes for his 'Little Lady'... Gross."

[@iskravelez9939]

I repeated that part like 6 times because I found it both amusing and hilarious hahahaha

[@russetwolf13]

@@iskravelez9939 eight times for me.

[@savannahs.5874]

_WITTLE WAYDEEE_

[@JohnTrustworthy]

This sounds like someone wrote some serious world building and then did a bad alt+tab and started writing the weirdest hentai they could think of.

[@placeholder2924]

there's a lot more world building in the light novel, but because the interval between episodes skips several chapters or entire chapters are ignored in the episodes themselves, you end up watching without getting any context. You're basically watching animated versions of some action scenes and that's about it.

[@6ixlxrd]

@@placeholder2924 There's a lot more pedophilia in the novel as well. That "intense kiss scene" that everyone seems to love? Weirded me tf out. I mean, loli's just barely make the "okay" line in some stories, but literal underage little girls? Solid pass from me.

[@anton6213]

@@6ixlxrd That's like saying there's a lot of violence in video games which "weird" parents out. Your perspective isn't wrong per se, but many people don't seem to take context and story line into account when judging a show.

[@elvingearmasterirma7241]

@@anton6213 Yea but uh, there is something particularly perverse about basically forcing sexual stuff on underage people. Ya know. CHILDREN. SHE IS THIRTEEN Also murder is less worse than sexual misconduct because the victim is at least _dead_

[@thegreatgamers9812]

@@anton6213 I have to agree with Elvin here, the sexualization of underaged children is worse than "violence" in video games. Now, while there are times where this is used to drive a story forward or provoke thought, there needs to be a reason for it. If there's no reason for it, it's simply disturbing fanservice.

[@zanecole421]

"Pacing like a hummingbird heart on meth." Was the best line in this whole video. Fight me.

[@blarg2429]

"Coachferatu," tho.

[@manuel8123]

@@blarg2429 I laughed way harder than I expected to coachferatu

[@blarg2429]

@@manuel8123 Right? Don't get me wrong though, the hummingbird line is still gold as well.

[@eeshanjoshi3066]

3 words My little lady

[@bluecat3338]

I’d rather agree with you.

[@Narrator1]

My two thoughts: (1) Forcing girls with flat chests to wear uniforms with cleavage cutouts should count under "cruel and unusual punishment". (2) That scene where the main character was glowing blue with power while revealing that he was a vampire took me back to Twilight. "This is the skin of a killer!"

[@Jagrofes]

7:55 is a good example of 1). That is incredibly cursed. Like who the fuck thought that was a good call lmao.

[@cbag0805]

i competely agree that this seems like a HS boy's self insert fantasy, however, the basic plot-line on paper also gives me mega sailor moon vibes. like if the show was from the girl's perspective and had an art style face-lift it could absolutely pass as a 90's shoujo. just think, youre a powerless 13 y/o and suddenly you get a hot bodyguard who gives you superpowers and promises to wait for you when you ask. im NOT saying that type of dynamic is in any way good but like... 11 year old me would be all over it lol

[@xxgirl101xx]

Yeah I get it. Hot, powerful, cool, tall older guy who is also at least a little inhuman and mysterious and very, very dangerous? Who sees little old unspecial you but thinks you’re special because of some internal previously unnoticed value? And then not only does he dedicate him and all his dangerous hotness to you, but he gives you powers so you can also be a total badass? It’s a romance and power fantasy all in one for teenager girls.

[@kutami2951]

"No, no! She's got a point!"

[@nurlindafsihotang49]

Ah...the ol' "knight in shining armour" troupe. Glad i grew up as more "Jeanne d'arc" line.

[@coolsilnce1]

@@xxgirl101xx So Twilight

[@xxgirl101xx]

Christopher Brown I mean sorta I guess, but it’s also about power being given to the girl. Throughout Twilight, Bella has her agency stripped away. At first it’s because she’s a very weak human among bloodthirsty vampires who display a lot of creepy possessive behaviours. Becoming a vampire isn’t a power fantasy either, it’s an Edward fantasy. And once she has the strength of a vampire, she never gets to indulge in it and she’s still very passive. (Plus, Twilight as a concept is hardly terrible. It’s just really poorly written with some terrible morals) The fantasy proposed here is very much more about having a hot powerful guy devote himself to you, yes, but also having sick ass powers and overcoming problems using your new strength. It’s not too apparent in this anime because it’s very catering to a male perspective, but if it were from the perspective of the girl it would probably more closely resemble Sailor Moon and the like (a group of pretty girls with an older male love interest for the main character) rather than a harem.

[@th01n3d2]

See through clothes and slime in a sewer? 13 years old? Yes, officer. This show right here.

[@GoddoDoggo]

It's cool, it's totally legal in Japan

[@novaroseoooooo]

@@GoddoDoggo cursed comment

[@doominic5211]

@@GoddoDoggo I thought Japan was 14?

[@drakencorin]

@@doominic5211 Everyone gets that wrong. The 'Federal' age of consent is 13, but each prefecture sets their own law, and all prefectures have set it at 18. Yes, I researched that. No it's not for the reasons you think, lol. I just got sick of all the conflicting opinions.

[@18Hongo]

In here officer! It got on my computer!

[@elnacho657]

If he wanted to hide his Vampire side, why didn´t he call himself Not-Feratu or something?

[@Sajirah]

Guardian Triple Damage Yeah, but that’s far too clever for this show.

[@anton6213]

Or maybe, just maybe... just a little, tiny bit of a possibility... that "vampire" isn't an actual word in this setting, i.e. they in that world they don't speak modern English? Besides, Kufa Vampir isn't even this guy's name lmao.

[@alexanderlloydmendoza979]

@@anton6213 didnt people call him a vampire a few times in the anime? Also that clown assassin kept sending messages of fire written in english so they at least know english even if not spoken verbally

[@anton6213]

@@alexanderlloydmendoza979 The bandage guy in episode 3 called him a "vampire" but that's more for convenience. It's like how there's a Japanese dub, English dub, and maybe also dubs in other languages, so what words and language the voice actors used and spoke in isn't the best argument. But I suppose you're right with the message from the clown assassin. I checked one episode where Kufa was writing a letter and it was in English. Case in point. If you want to be really technical though, "vampire" may still not be a word in their dictionary.

[@alexanderlloydmendoza979]

@@anton6213 vampire is probably a word there since theres a lot of monsters roaming and the city looks like a european city (fyi ive never been to europe its only based on my stereotype) and the fact that they have already fought so they definitely would have given them a name and vampire seems fitting since theres a word called vamp that fits the bill to what vampires are (even though there are guy vampires) I dont know if what i typed makes sense so ask me questions about the things you didnt understand

[@aquabreeze7612]

The fedoras appearing on Not-feratu’s head when he said “ojo-sama” absolutely BROKE me

[@Taalsman]

Her name is "Pina co Lada" Levels of lazy writing.

[@epikmanthe3rd]

Ugh don't remind me that Gate exists.

[@18Hongo]

When the character called her "Princess Pina" I thought "If her name is Pina Colada I'm going to shit myself and die". I owe that series 1 shitting myself and dying. I should make that promise less often.

[@chrisschoenthaler5184]

epikmanthe3rd Another show where the basic premise sounds mostly promising, but then the story rapidly stumbles downhill, trips, and breaks its neck on impact. Still, I enjoyed watching the CIV scenario of having a city besieged by a group of bandits armed with swords and axes... only for an assault helicopter to mow them down.

[@nahidbethehonoredone]

Gate is amazing though

[@Ramsey276one]

@@18Hongo Glad you didn't die XD

[@Otokogoroshi]

It's almost like light novel/manga writers are PHYSICALLY INCAPABLE of writing girls who aren't tweens and sexualizing them.

[@GeorgeDCowley]

They had one.

[@milesgwatidzo4143]

While Mushoku Tensei does the same thing but I bet you love that series.

[@Mia_Monika]

@@milesgwatidzo4143 nope that one made me just as uncomfortable if not more and I had to stop watching.

[@dontnerfmebro8052]

I'm pretty sure the only human interaction these people have is when their food gets delivered through the doorflap.

[@PinkGrapefruit22]

Some day someone in this industry is going to attempt to invent the concept of adult men being attracted to adult women and then be taken out back and shot for their heresy.

[@dova755]

The main character sounds like a deviant art OC

[@emilymarie8876]

I swear to you it wouldn't shock me if there was. That is definately sonething you can find on DA.

[@quinn9256]

@@emilymarie8876 there are at least like 20 of that exact idea

[@spookyspider2820]

dude. that’s the best part.

[@MrMarinus18]

Not really. Characters like that aren't as common as many people make them out to be. Simply because that stereotype exist most people actively avoid it.

[@Mcpollo_Justdonalds]

Or a naruto character

[@atino7169]

If there were no harem and no romance and it were more of a parental guide dynamic, I think this would have been amazing. It's really sad how poorly they used their setting and world building....

[@alphacat77]

So hellsing

[@luigivercotti6410]

@@alphacat77 " Our relationship dynamics can best be described as "tags on Pornhub" "

[@rossflavelle-taylor4288]

"Tsundere clown assassin" fucking... KILLS me every single time i hear it.

[@Ahoge-dono]

**stares at the female characters** ...I think this show lacks plot.

[@Sintarzus]

It is justified though

[@ferociousmaliciousghost]

I think some more plot would be best.

[@MajinOthinus]

Said lack of plot is justice though.

[@ferociousmaliciousghost]

@@MajinOthinus True, it is nice to see more justice and less plot from time to time.

[@apgamer4053]

Blanca disagrees vert agrees

[@ankokuraven]

"Tsudere, clown assassin that only speaks in fire" describes this show so well.

[@Alias_Anybody]

How do you even make this sh*t up? Speaking in fire? Is Japan developing new psychedelic drugs?

[@ankokuraven]

@@Alias_Anybody At first I honestly thought it was cool because i thought the character was mute or deaf, and i was like Oh, yeay representation, magic subtitles sounds great.... then it turned out its just some cheeky little brat who can talk but wants to be edgy.

[@Alias_Anybody]

That would have been a few magnitudes too clever for the creators of the masterpiece that is MoRBoE. How would they be able to constantly talk about how great Onee-san is?

[@OriginalTheUsername]

@@ankokuraven Yeah. When she was 1st introduced I thought she was this badass, mysterious character She was hyped up as being Kufa's equal but... yeah it turned out to be shitty

[@lincolnjohn8227]

I thought I'd be prepared for this line because I read this comment, but it only caught me more off guard when he said it. 😂😂🤣😭

[@stardust1815]

An assassin giving powers to a girl to avoid having to kill her and having to hide the secret sounds like it could've been an interesting premise if it had actually been written well.

[@rirururu4697]

This is a shame because the setting and world sound genuinely very interesting.

[@epikmanthe3rd]

Seriously, the setting is downright inspired. It weirdly reminds me of the game sunless seas.

[@18Hongo]

@@epikmanthe3rd It had me thinking of "The Night Land". Seriously: taking such an interesting setting and screwing it up seems like it would take genuine work. Like there was an intentional effort to make the whole thing bad.

[@Yal_Rathol]

i'm mad. i like brass and orange lamp light, all this world is missing to make me all for it is a steampunk technology scheme, airships and a city designed like a layered cake, tiers stacked on top of each other with pipes going everywhere. it's unfortunate lamp-drasil apparently got wasted on a 12 year old's SAO fanfic from 2004.

[@thedarklordx]

There's no way the author put this much work into the setting and there isn't an arc outside the walls later on

[@nurlindafsihotang49]

Yes. Really upset the background of why and how their world becomes like that, is a criminally wasted potential!

[@stingerredshock3418]

He is a swordsman Kirito: Hold my Elucidator He is a vampire Araragi: Hold my Hachikuji His hair turns white Kaneki: Hold my coffee

[@akahren1996]

Kaneki: Hold my scolopendra

[@dreadogastusf3548]

Here let me help you with your cute little Kachikuji ! (Damn! She bit me)

[@big_daddy_6969]

He has a cucked woman's club Kirito: Hold my juice box

[@mioyakiyama5499]

@Unqiue Keys ara-ara-gi san

[@thesephiam]

Moka: hold this cross for me.

[@Raph___A]

"This isn't Sword Art Online... this is Sword Art Online:Three Houses!" -Gigguk

[@Jabbal24]

Kazuma Satou Ah I see, I’m not the only cultured one around here

[@gilgeaschwithkerk2344]

@@Jabbal24 It is vampire/assassin/Samurai art online: Three Houses XD

[@xoderota]

This made my day. Thanks. :'D

[@isaacnorwood4463]

I take offence to that remark. You clearly do not understand the benefits the nobility on society.

[@filypa101]

@@gilgeaschwithkerk2344 sorry to intrude but its magic based samurai (skills). Its a liiiiiiiiitle different. Proceed please.

[@SolidSnake240]

The wasted potential of this show is mind boggling

[@juanpablomontalvo4715]

Afro Shinobi Idk man this is amazingly cringy. Like just hearing about how fucking anime this show is... the kinda sister harem, half samuri assassin vampire hybrids and so on, its just the best in the worst way possible

[@SolidSnake240]

@@juanpablomontalvo4715 im talking as far as the world itself and the magic system in particular.

[@xxgirl101xx]

It takes more from SAO than the character design and harem. It takes a brilliant premise, location and tone, and then wastes it

[@eririspencersawamura5291]

It's even more disappointing considering the show's premise is literally word for word the premise of My Hero Academia. Down to the "OP character passes his powers to a powerless teen with a heart of gold." trope

[@heyyo2828]

Almost as much wasted potential as me!

[@nyam635]

For real tho what a WASTE of setting! The shame in this series is that there's so much potential for serious storylines regarding the outside world or the vampire attacks but instead we get harem shenanigans smh

[@ccpmustfall6445]

Nah, this is definitely written from girls' pov. AND it don't deserve that low review score lmao

[@swiftersunite]

See the problem with shows like this was when I was thirteen, I didn't feel weird looking at anime girls my own age. But now I'm a grown ass man, and I feel like turning myself into the authorities just for your review Jeff

[@water5000]

same

[@user-pt5cl2ro6f]

😆😂😂

[@baywest]

💯

[@grimgracious]

That's my issue with most Anime nowadays with all the moe lol At 13 the fanservice was annoying but that's where it ended. All the characters were just the right amount of stupid for my 13 year old self to accept and still be entertained by it. Now I'm a grown ass adult and these companies - run by other grown ass people - approving these shows using kid characters to titillate you into buying their merch feels all kinds of wrong. All this said to my 11 yo self the MC would be hella cool and I'm not surprised kids are into shows like this nowadays.

[@swiftersunite]

@@grimgracious I never heard it said better, jokes aside you just broke down everything that I and probably most people find wrong about the anime scene as a whole, I want to be a fan but sometimes they make it so hard, all I ask that is that we get less half naked pre-teens mugging the camera, whenever I see that I'm reminded that someone older than me drew and committed it to screen. I get it, that if you can create art anyway you choose, people like to see and want to imagine being people who are young and attractive and overly muscular; but I'll talk the old ugly burnt out Nier (from the American release) any day, cause there's beauty in reality confound-it!

[@Tachuya112]

I literally dropped it after he said “my little lady” and after watching this I still don’t even think I can watch it as a joke lmao

[@luker2999]

Same here :D

[@lolifiedgenius7343]

i read the first few chapters of the manga a year back or so and i dropped it *for obvious reasons* but yea i didnt know it got that bad lol

[@iweeb4u]

I couldn't even make it through the first episode... I love cringe as much as the next weeb, but I wasn't strong enough for Assassins pride lol

[@pyrosianheir]

Yeah... I can't believe I made it 3 episodes deep before dropping it....

[@steph7218]

Yeah, same here!

[@greghmn]

"Transplant mana" *stares into the distance while trying not to think about Fate*

[@jessiechen125]

Well, thanks a ton for reminding me about _that_ tidbit of Fate lore

[@fortunavixen3210]

Whenever I hear about some sort of mana transfer I’m reminded of it every damn time T-T

[@MyGamerforlife]

Oh no

[@hugorobilliard3742]

Oh Lord, same here ! I see that particular scene in my mind when I hear "transplant" or "mana" each time

[@lazydelibird]

Now I have not watched anything fate but from the other people's reactions I think ik what it means.

[@silver7215]

We need to have more shows like Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku, cuz now, as a grown ass man, watching all these shows with the middle school children is starting to get weird. I need more shows with more adult characters with the premises they would give shows to younger characters for.

[@julian7247]

YES!

[@secondsights]

sounds like you want to get into webtoons.

[@silver7215]

@@secondsights nope. I want anime, not whatever webtoons has, not interested.

[@iwannaseehowlongyoucanmakethis]

@@silver7215 Heard about Steins;Gate, yet?

[@silver7215]

@@iwannaseehowlongyoucanmakethis i have, but from all I’ve seen from it without actually watching it, it doesn’t seem interesting to me

[@Ketsuegg]

This anime is a sentient fedora and I love to hate every second of it.

[@randomsandwichian]

*Mai ritoru redeee~*

[@witthyhumpleton3514]

Sentient Fedora: Tips itself towards you

[@polish_filipino]

3:18 "Transfer his mana to her" Is this a sex thing? "By kissing them" Makes sense

[@Lakefront_Khan]

That's how they do it in Fate.

[@flops1792]

And the socks P̶o̶r̶n̶ normal scene

[@atpr3241]

Feels like we're in the early 2000's again...

[@filypa101]

I never saw Fate but all these tropes do take me back to those cringy animes or animes that used some of these tropes and were kinda good and are mostly nostalgic now...aside from Fate cuz i heard its a great series...

[@priestesslucy3299]

@SoulReaper 85 he does warn her in the anime that it could kill her. But yeah any side effects (aside from her having Samurai type mana or whatever) were totally glossed over

[@iwannaseehowlongyoucanmakethis]

This isn't just a boy's power fantasy, it also a girl's romance fantasy. I mean, how many shoujo manga have been written where the main love interest is a guy who can do everything?

[@Dubanx]

AKA. Japanese Twilight.

[@worldweaver2691]

I know one expection: Sailor Moon

[@SorarikoMotone]

@@Dubanx nah that's Diabolik Lovers

[@the_last_ballad]

@@worldweaver2691 Do you mean exception? Or are you expecting the answer to be Sailor Moon?

[@worldweaver2691]

@@the_last_ballad exception. particularlly the OG anime.

[@jasong4460]

I tried watching this a month or so ago. I got to him introducing himself as 'Kufa Vampir' and I broke. I had seen him dressed as Kirito, using a sword to fight people with guns (and winning), and basically just acting like the kind of person who knows exactly what to say to a girl to make her like him. The thing on the train where they said the same thing at the same time (if I recall correctly) seemed like a set-up for an agent and a handler meeting up with each other. Code phrases and all that. Nope. Just coincidence, and meant only to demonstrate how suave he was. And then he gets to his house which is owned by his adopted family (because it's basically a given he's an orphan, right?) and has servants and that's when we hear his name. I couldn't. I really couldn't. My eyes rolled so hard they almost fell out of my head.

[@GiornoGiovannaJJBA]

"In every anime season there is always that bland, repetitive Isekai show that you're going to watch anyway, becouse you're isekai trash like me" ~Gigguk 2019~

[@Mir_Teiwaz]

@Janeiro I it wouldn't be hard to turn this into an Isekai. It could even be the tale of how main character guy got to where he was at the start of this show, lol.

[@tannermilo]

@@Mir_Teiwaz yes but it wouldn't be hard to turn every isekai into a fantasy story just get rid of the first scene

[@logandrawz6063]

Uh wrong channel my dude

[@asphyxia7784]

Well in the manga it is atleast not so horrible? Lol

[@cannonspectacle5195]

I really hate this show. The main reason is that none of the characters operate under any sort of logic that makes any sense. And yet, I can't stop watching it.

[@Fafnd]

Thus the Train wreak reference.

[@tyrantravealpha]

Wow I managed to walk away just fine. Sorry you can't say the same.

[@simplewatcher9366]

It's a subconscious desire of wanting to see how bad it can get and torture ourselves

[@WindXadepts]

probably because its not that bad yet. I dropped Try Knights with a drop of a hat just fine after how bad it was. This doesn't hold a candle to it.

[@nothingtoseehere1221]

I watch for the animation. Or maybe thats just my mind searching for a reason.

[@alphacat77]

This show name scheme is what happens when you don’t realize ace attorneys character names are supposed to be jokes

[@wakipaki7381]

I actually like the premise of the story; Powerful assassin/magic user is hired by shady noble family to train their child, and to kill her if she turns out to be a failure since it implies she's illegitimate. That has a lot of potential and is ruthlessly enjoyable. It's something I would totally buy a powerful noble family doing in an age of magic and fantasy; keeping the family's reputation secure by only producing scarily strong magic users, as well as eliminating any "impure" blood from the family line if she's not actually theirs. Hopefully some other show will tackle that idea better.

[@OriginalTheUsername]

Kufa: * makes out with 13 year old* Samurai Jack: You are very troubled, *and* very confused

[@jeyserreacts3444]

Hes 17... therefore its not pedophilia.

[@yugoxgc]

@@jeyserreacts3444 & year later he will get locked up. Kufa: is this cause I went against my orders & betrayed everyone? FBI: pfff... No. Its cause You're a Freaking sicko getting your rocks off to a 14y girl

[@willchalloner6643]

jeyser 1206 in my country it is

[@o0Avalon0o]

Thank you for the warning. I don't want to see that

[@SuperZez]

Jesus Christ, when you explained the world I almost cried at the deliberately thrown away potential.

[@anton6213]

Just go read the manga

[@SebasRyz]

@@anton6213 no thanks

[@anton6213]

@@SebasRyz ok donald

[@paperl9328]

"consistently moody palette and strong grasp of atmosphere" he says while showing a ghost witch (???) gently glide and spin around, attacking (???) people in the most ridiculous way possible

[@coralanturn]

3:26 look how skinny her arms are. Did the artists look at this and think this is ok even in an anime art style?

[@sadrabbit53]

Nooooodles

[@odoloid]

CAN'T UNSEE

[@FatPodMan]

I was like "how bad can this be?" Then at the start *OH NOOO*

[@lopez.jacinto.6726]

Yeah... I laughed so hard just hearing how bad it is. God help me. 😄😄😄😄😄

[@GundamGokuTV]

I stopped watching half way through this show. Mainly when after the fight between the two Angels they just skipped the fight between the main dude and the Clown Assassin lol Like it was legit one scene let's fight and the next cut to the end. He started to say the animation was good and finished with until episode 2 and he's right. The Animation of this show is fucking Horrendous. Like it's incredibly bad and I couldn't stomach any more.

[@mobilelegends5633]

Kool laid man has left the chat

[@shiguriyamamo6730]

Hoooooorrryy sheeeeeit.

[@JakeNubbin]

I screeched like a Banshee the second I saw this video, the Roast series continues

[@mothersbasement]

Glad to hear you're excited for more roasts! I have a lot of fun making them.

[@becuaseimbored3481]

Will you be making more?

[@adrichibi]

Same.

[@nightshade2826]

And we have alot of fun watching them too.

[@Riftimmortal]

This one does deserve it - I find myself rolling my eyes at this show often. Please keep up the roasts - this show can be very painful to get through. From the names: "What's all this then, a man named Vampir that is a Vampire. Good Heavens, how could I have seen this coming?" To the one dimensional characters: (Bully until you beat her, assassin until you beat her, challenger to your birthright until you beat her). I take it mana in this universe forces people to be your friends and allies regardless of their original intention or backstory?

[@idrabohm3678]

I kind of wish there was a police division dedicated to raiding the basements of writers like this guy. Would probably do the world a load of good.

[@raymondjohnson2744]

Yeah I definitely got an " I have a hard drive full of cp " vibe from the author.

[@ieuansmith518]

Officer: CODE 10:89 we have a bad writer mixing basic trope, repeat bad writer mixing basic trope, possibly that’s he’s taking it straight and thinking he’s a really good writer. Permission to send in the Mother division to “Set him straight.”

[@carolbaker2773]

Im sooo very happy that no one wrote that "The culture is different in Japan" crap. It doesnt matter and its not ok. Slavery was also a part of a lot of cultures but is universally known as being bad. I can suspend disbelief for the ecchi that do the "she looks 13 but really is a 300 yr old witch" but this one straight up stays they are 13.

[@dmmpg]

Call it "To Catch a Predator"

[@mattwalker5689]

@@carolbaker2773These are the same people who say slavery is ok the place you get isekaid to does it😂.

[@michaelpreston5858]

The phrase “secret childhood friend who has forgotten him because: magic amnesia” DID make me exhale rapidly from my nose, and has cemented this series in my post-final anime hatewatch list.

[@TheSilverSmitih]

I've said it once and I'll say it again: A lot of anime would be great if they focused on writing rather than ecchi.

[@letsreadtextbook1687]

Writing difficult Drawing hard

[@Akashi-ml9dn]

@@letsreadtextbook1687 Considering how much fanservice exist I would believe drawing is easier than writing

[@lenaalt2387]

"Top seven most watched new shows" Yeah they know exactly what they're doing...

[@somerandomschmuck2547]

@@Akashi-ml9dn I don’t think they’re taking about that kind of “hard”

[@yalborap]

*tips assassin cowl* M'lita Angel.

[@thepoisonousplayer9646]

I died when the goddamn fedoras started popping in outta nowhere at 5:23

[@tarvoc746]

"Faustian blood pact with a giant talking evil spider." - When the Fighter takes a class in Warlock.

[@uberdueler2990]

“Anime is trash and so am I” -Gigguk

[@pastaguy7053]

I didn’t know that the writer of My Immortal also wrote light novels.

[@andrewrogers3067]

Suggs?

[@appelofdoom8211]

I seems they got a much better beta reader though. They actually spell the main characters name right.

[@parkchimmin7913]

_”dOn’T fLaMe Me PrEpS”_

[@philiphunt-bull5817]

@@appelofdoom8211 taebony

[@nostear8261]

Can we have one of these shows were the guy is genuinely hated by the females l

[@brnk2]

Oresuki sorta

[@ajbaisley99]

School days

[@crackplatinum9883]

@@ajbaisley99 lmfao you caught me off guard

[@tsifirakiehl4250]

What I want to see is a show that looks like a harem anime at first glance, but it’s quickly revealed that none of the girls are romantically interested in protag-kun, they’re actually into each other and have formed some kind of complex love polyhedron, but they can’t openly pursue each other for whatever reason: homophobic parents, being royalty/nobility and thus under pressure to marry a man and produce an heir, et cetera. Protag-kun is a close friend of the girls, knows their secret, and is happy to serve as their cover story, perhaps even helping or hindering their romantic pursuit of each other as the plot demands: “I can’t let Sakura confess to Ayano; that would break Rin’s heart!” As a bonus, perhaps protag-kun is also secretly gay and in a relationship with the guy who would be the annoying male friend who only exists to make the protagonist look better if this was a normal harem anime.

[@GrandpaShagger69]

i just realized Blondie's name is basically "My little Angel" but butchered horribly

[@mothersbasement]

M'little Angel *tips vampire fedora*

[@metropunklitan]

@@mothersbasement keep making fun of that sub set of men please its entertaining thank you

[@bainbonic]

Oh my god, this sounds like the most glorious trainwreck ever.

[@TheDwarvenDefender]

Watch the dub of Kyo Kara Maoh. You can find it on Crunchyroll. I'm over 30 episodes in and the trainwreck just keeps going.

[@filypa101]

@@TheDwarvenDefender I saw that show a long time ago...subbed though... for I remember liking it but it being like...a guilty pleasure, I was like 12 XD ...But I dont regret it.

[@harrisonlichtenberg3162]

Worse than handshakers?

[@Gogo-by9te]

@Bainbow It is

[@jerwwilliams]

I've needed another trainwreck anime since Arifureta ended.

[@azrieljale]

Kufa Vampyr: *tips his fedora* "M'lady"

[@otaku-chan4888]

*It's "mai rittoru reidi"

[@optillian4182]

*tips fedora in Japanese*

[@SadboiLeo]

I felt like turning myself in to the authorities after playing Nekopara...but man, that feeling is even stronger after watching this show.

[@jeffamphetamine2000]

Jeez, Might as well have added, "he's also a cowboy gunslinger with a P.H.D and vintage car collector....all of which he restored by hand himself"

[@Dragonatrix]

"A Faustian blood pact with a giant, evil, talking spider" is like... the coolest idea this thing has and it's squandered on a garbage show like this holy shit

[@someguy615]

I tried to enjoy this as a joke but that 'little lady' line shut that down real quick

[@RemedialRob]

The putting on the socks episode and the one time Melida exclaims that Vampyr "already knows every inch of her body" made me laugh so hard I coughed up a body pillow with 'Cesca from "Smartphone" on it.

[@sunnivamhagatun]

that engrish..

[@someguy615]

@@RemedialRob Some have a taste for cringe, me, not so much.

[@rejinfedilo1236]

Kufa - adult version of Kirito but 17 years old Melida - loli version of Asuna Elise - Oragami Tobiichi's lost sister

[@exile1373]

It really is a pretty damn cool world though. The aesthetic is amazing, if only theyd actually explore it! I want lore!

[@6ixlxrd]

Never thought I'd see the day where I wouldn't be able to use: "Still a better love-story than Twilight".

[@meisterschwert5565]

It still is though.

[@dr.salty.m.d.7021]

な6IXLXRD you did watch the MORBOE review,right? Or better yet, go watch Kodomo no jiken, while I go into the witness protection program so you don’t come find me after you watch Kodomo no jiken.

[@blankslate7491]

@@dr.salty.m.d.7021 no. NOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@blankslate7491]

@Agado Ashe don't even bring that up

[@blankslate7491]

@Agado Ashe you didn't need to apologize, I just don't want anyone to go through that suffering

[@EvexDN]

Just so you know, kufa is the same voice actor as the one that acted kirito.

[@dragontyron]

I'm 100% convinced that he gets hired specifically to do the Kirito thing all the time now

[@rd0676]

dragontyron doesn’t sound like too bad of a gig

[@Nate-qf5zp]

I regret watching SAO s1

[@bibicute942000]

Kufa Vampir has the same VA as the dude in Conception. Holy sh*t

[@custardoftheeggvariety2062]

That’s fucking golden

[@G33k4Lyfe]

One thing I never noticed before: for all the (deserved) shit Geoff gives MORBOE, he always makes a point to pronounce "einherjar" correctly. I appreciate that.

[@marcelgardner8497]

Why do so many anime have magically powerful characters still in highschool

[@GHoST2130]

Are we all sure this didn't start as a fanfic written by a high school freshman somewhere because this is the fanficiest shit I've ever heard outside of archive of our own

[@briarbale]

GHoST2130 idk i feel like it's definitely more wattpad quality than ao3

[@decasuffrage9021]

i truly hope whoever would dare to write this on ao3 would get giggled off the site. wattpad would need them more

[@OtakuAudioRedux]

Sounds more like something you’d find on Wattpad.

[@sadia6503]

Don't sully ao3 with this comparison, this is wattpad quality at best

[@forsenfan69]

it's a narou-webnovel adaptation. take with that what you will

[@isaacnorwood4463]

This anime makes me look like a deep character.

[@android19willpwn]

a deep character? But I thought you were Ferdinand Von Aegir

[@isaacnorwood4463]

@@android19willpwn I am Ferdinand Von Aegir! The legitimate child of the Aegir family!

[@vbnm7309]

Ferdinand von Aegir is unironically a pretty good character ngl

[@historiansayori2089]

Android 19 I love and hate both of you

[@bruhvenant]

You are a deep character Ferdie. Don’t compare yourself to this nonsense.

[@annay.w.9544]

I laughed so hard when you *poofed* the fedoras onto Kufa, my god that's so fitting it hurts

[@funnymeme7127]

The setting of the world sounds really unique and amazing it’s pretty damm depressing that they take a concept as cool and outlandish as the world this shows set in and then rather than focus on that go for a self insert power fantasy. Such wasted potential

[@BaronB.BlazikenBaronOfBarons]

We need more of “The Roast of” series!

[@lewanparesi2763]

Roast of SAO.

[@42Freeman42]

I need one for Valvrave the liberator, but I fear it would immediatly break the poor man...

[@kirbyfanprime]

@@42Freeman42 pretty sure he's seen worse.

[@eyywannn8601]

Daniel Steil I wanna see this one

[@lewanparesi2763]

I also mean the other half of Sao War on Underworld.

[@rye.1577]

"The animation even looked pretty slick, until the whole staff gave up half way through episode 2" XD so one decently animated episode

[@retrofuture1989]

Seriously, I really hate it when shows are so inconsistent with their animation. I always get lured in by the first episode's animation only to be disappointed once quality starts dropping.

[@scifistories101]

the animation went from good to ok its not like the animation is terrable

[@twopunchman9598]

"This show has the pacing of a hummingbird heart on meth" Okay I can't breathe please stop.

[@alexstauffer3359]

I'm embarrassed to reveal how many times I've watched this roast, but "coach-feratu" gets me every fucking time.

[@richardkluin6124]

i literally could not stop saying "of course" every time he mentioned a plot point.

[@gokbay3057]

ikr

[@TheLPSWarriors]

someone in this anime most Definitely says 'heh, nothing personell, kid' at some point

[@davantiowo6519]

Bruh 😂

[@marcusjohnson6974]

When I watched the first 5 minutes of this show, I thought it would be pretty cool, but after finishing the first episode I knew it would be the complete opposite of what I was hoping for. This show seriously had so much potential.

[@pajaroprecario]

The moment I finished Assassin's Pride, I automatically forgot everything about it.

[@mdraj5655]

Same

[@WalkmanWillWalkAllOverYou]

The Anime Equivalent of a Death Note.

[@Gat720Dua]

When I found out he was a vampire I'll be honest I wasn't expecting that.

[@jacquelynpack4258]

i mean you gotta be on a new level to name a vampire character kufa vampir

[@Nubsta5]

I was expecting ex-machina, just not quite that one.

[@witthyhumpleton3514]

I will be honest, same here. I noticed the name but in my head I went "Nahh no way they are gonna go wtih something that silly now that they made that his name, it's just meant to be a light jab to the edge" An episode later the madmen went and just fucking did it anyway.

[@Gat720Dua]

@@witthyhumpleton3514 I only saw clips and nothing else so for a while I didn't know his full name.

[@WindXadepts]

i can see why, for me I thought he was ganna be one from the start from his fake name Vampir, like I get its fake but i mean its so scripted.

[@f.o.4537]

Why is it called Assassin's Pride when it's not about his pride as an assassin?

[@moredetonation3755]

Why is Dragonball Z named after the plot excuse?

[@f.o.4537]

@@moredetonation3755 I'm sorry if I offended you but it doesn't really matter what other anime do or don't do, my question would still remain. I'm not saying that this is a bad anime because of that so if you enjoy it watch it. I was just expecting the protagonist to be a cold blooded assassin with no mercy that wouldn't hesitate to kill Angela and that it wouldn't depend on his personal emotions if he would choose to let her live or not which is the pride as an assassin I guess but it turned out to be the opposite.

[@moredetonation3755]

@@f.o.4537 I was not offended, though I appreciate the thought. I was pointing out that consistent titling isnt really a theme of anime as a whole.

[@Never_heart]

It's about his "growing pride" he wants to have "in his student"

[@fgarm]

Because he say that in the fist episode

[@PugandOwn]

I feel like any artists involved with these gd fighting school light novels should be forced to take a class about how to design school uniforms. bc I have never seen an even moderately appealing one in these things.

[@ninavale.]

When I heard Kuffa/Cuffa(?) Vampyr's name and description I just heard 'My name is Ebony Darkness Dementia Raven Way"

[@bluecat3338]

Soooooooooo... Assassin’s Pride is anime My Immortal? Edit: Yeah this is anime My Immortal. Very goffic.

[@alexelliott7960]

Its written by the same guy

[@Rabbit-uc5kg]

Goffik

[@Thatguy-fp7rh]

Fun

[@megamage911]

I'm so happy I'm not the only one who got a very distinct My Immortal vibe from this whole thing.

[@bigmaxcc]

Blue Cat good taste. Nice

[@robin586]

Sounds exactly like Sword Art Online season 43

[@cuturtimeshort1450]

*there's 43 seasons of that bullshit???*

[@jakespacepiratee3740]

@@cuturtimeshort1450 YES.

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

SAO peaked at season 32

[@robin586]

@@AkameGaKillfan777 lmao

[@ccpmustfall6445]

No dude, SAO isn't a romance anime at all... The direction and art style are totally different lmao. SAO is so shounen and Assasin pride are practically... ROMANCE LMAO

[@marieclaireching]

One minute into the video and I'm already starting to laugh. Not only is he an assassin, but a samurai sword magic wielder. Like tearing up and cringing laughing. Because it is that bad.

[@julian7247]

Really ? Thats the bad part for you ?

[@crackplatinum9883]

You forgot the fact that the man is dating four children

[@anonymousfilipino3232]

@@julian7247 they said they were only one minute into the video so far, so i'm going to guess they cringed at every other part of the video as did i, as i had to pause multiple times just to gather my braincells together

[@deemandude6131]

Wish they made an isekai FBI that arrests degenerate story protags

[@jatinjaiswal4762]

That's actually a good idea

[@raquelrobayo1284]

The whole video can be summed up in one sentence. “Yes, really.”

[@polish_filipino]

Before I seen this video I thought this was going to be an anime with a "new" cool story But I didn't know it was going to be a sword art online remake

[@OriginalPiMan]

SAO makes a little more sense and has more of his love interests being his own age. Other than that, yeah.

[@huroikai]

SAO is better than this....i managed to watch SAO fully. i couldn't go past episode 2 of this crap

[@redpandamurphy]

4:54 Just for future reference, the male counterpart to a Mary Sue is called a Gary Stu.

[@WalkmanWillWalkAllOverYou]

Or Marty Stu

[@TheWipal]

i rather die then ever watch a school themed anime again honestly

[@Brasswatchman]

Well, too bad. Seems we're gonna be drowning in them for the rest of time.