Every Episode of High Guardian Spice Reviewed

[@ChillstoneBlakeBlast]

High Guardian Spice review: The movie

[@tibby4503]

Indeed

[@HawkknightXC88]

Great Movie Title much like the critics of old in their commentary movies.

[@kdparchives3395]

pretty much, this video has around the same runtime as a Christopher Nolan movie ^_^;

[@andrewlevin6331]

If I had a nickel for every 2+ hour video compilation of High Guardian Spice made by an asexual animation reviewer, I’d have two nickels.

[@gegarisawsome2-wc8gy]

That's not a lot, but it's weird it happened twice, right?

[@andrewlevin6331]

@@gegarisawsome2-wc8gy something like that

[@Lordpower963]

Who’s the other reviewer?

[@andrewlevin6331]

@@Lordpower963 C-Puff Person. She’s really good, keep in mind that her review of HGS is just under 5 and a half hours

[@alzaelnext638]

@@andrewlevin6331 LobsterHero's was better. He easily got 7 and a half out of it just focusing on the writing flaws.

[@pining_tree6788]

1:17:10 in a better show this would have been a joke, either sarcasm or a sort of culture shock where Thyme is used to kids doing that at home but has the decency to ask if that’s normal for dwarves households.

[@thatthinginyoureye]

This show is what Twitter users think Steven Universe is like

[@defokochu]

real 😭

[@schwarzerritter5724]

I can think of a few reasons why Rosemary would hide the picture of her mother behind a cheesecake. -Rosemary thinks guardians have to be tough, so she hides missing her mother. But Rosemary never shuts up about her mother. -Rosemary wants to earn her own fame instead of coasting on her mother's fame. But Rosemary never shuts up about her mother. -Rosemary is just weird. But it is really hard to tell when Rosemary is serious and when she is joking. That is what is actually frustrating about High Guardian Spice; the missed opportunities. Another example, Thyme can use Old Magic. Not on the same level as Sage, but you would think that would at least give them something to talk about.

[@markdaniel9657]

Thyme showing interest in Old Magic and asking Sage to tutor her would already make her character a lot more interesting than the way she is right now.

[@ethanmacdonald8568]

0:54 the script was over 2 hours long *looks at video You got a point there

[@dragontales1999]

Damn, who the fuck can watch a 2 hour video in one sitting? Unless you just listen to it in the background lol

[@blockeontheleafeon]

@@dragontales1999 Let's face it. Unless there's a lot of visuals and editing involved, you're gonna put this kind of video on so that you can listen to it.

[@ruleofoz2207]

@@dragontales1999 *Meanwhile, in the home of a Quinton Reviews fan* "Only 7 hours?! why is it so short?!"

[@davidlewis6728]

@@ruleofoz2207 try watching a mauler video.

​@@dragontales1999well, each episode has an individual video.

[@AnnoyingSquib]

It just bothers me that it's obvious they didn't put nearly enough thought into the other girls as much as Rosemary and Sage. Parsley liking blacksmithing can be fixed easily. She has been raised in a forge. She loves smithing. Make her passionate, but there is familial conflict because she looks ahead on the business end while her family is more traditional. With new magic on the rise, people are buying fewer normal appliances and weapons. Parsley sees that her family's forge is starting to struggle because of this. She goes to the guardian school so she can make ENCHANTED weapons. DONE!

[@danielferrieri7434]

I thought of my own High Guardian Spice with some differences such as: 1. Rosemary`s Mother being dead instead of being with the bad guys 2. Astor being removed from the series since he was a nothing Character 3. Old Magic is Infinite but requires time to use and New Magic is easier to use but is limited 4. A New Villain that isn't with Olive and Mandrake

[@lpfan4491]

Conservative, compared to me completely rewriting the premise and having the MC die by the midway-point for a big "the group carries on the legacy"-turn. (xD)

[@aidanaylward9237]

​@@lpfan4491and this, ladies and gentlemen, is why fanfics exist

[@titangirl161]

If I may be add... Snapdragon starting to identify as genderfluid/non-binary (which could very easily fit in for the way he was written with a few small changes)

[@lioN1313yn]

One counter about Mandrake, maybe when he showed up. He will play around the fact that he personally knows about Rosemary, why? Cause he's secretly Rosemary half brother, both Mandrake and Rosemary actually brother have similar light pink hair. It would have been interesting that Mandrake was another child of Lavender, that way it can add a new layer about Lavender being the side of evil.

[@MeemahSN]

Lavender being dead would probably make her too similar to Summer Rose. Then again, HGS isn't really all that original now, is it?

[@UltimateHalG]

Though I think Aster is super annoying, in his (minor) defense, when he got Rosemary’s name wrong the first time (which is excusable because he only just recently learned her name and probably hadn’t memorized it yet), instead of correcting the mistake, Rosemary confirmed it like an idiot. From that point on, he consistently called her Rhubarb, so he actually DID bother to learn her name, or what Rosemary confirmed was her name.

[@MasterofInterspace]

26:35 I think having a demonic character as ethics teacher could be really interesting. My current project has a devil salesman because you know... He makes deals, it's not far off from selling goods. A demonic teacher could have a black and white view on ethics, and a strong principled stance. What could be interesting is the character essentially turning her back on her heritage and leaning hard in the other direction, to a fault. A hardline "Stay on the straight and narrow or you're going to hell" type.

[@BobMcBobJr]

What if she escaped from hell and the only way to keep from being dragged back is to be ... perfectly good, to actually deserve to not be in hell (following the Christian idea that everyone is a sinner and thus deserves to be in hell). So she has this unwavering black and white view to a practical fault, like for example, if you try to help someone half-heartedly and they end up coming to harm because you didn't put your full effort into helping then you are responsible for that harm.

[@samv.3217]

1:04:14 I think you were a bit too nice saying that Carraway revealing he's trans wouldn't be out of place on Nick Jr. Even Nick Jr. doesn't feel the need to spell it out like High Guardian did. The Baby Shark cartoon had an openly lesbian couple in the show, but they don't take time to establish that. They just treat them like they would with any straight couple. How the hell does Baby Shark do a better job at being subtle with it's lgbt rep than this "adult show" that felt the need to talk down to it's audience?

[@MrAuthor3DS]

Hell, even RWBY managed to have a more subtle trans character in May Marigold. She only confirms that she's trans in one brief line in Volume 8 while primarily explaining her strained relation with her former home of Atlas. (And given the Happy Huntresses are gender-bent versions of Robin Hood characters, it's creatively clever for their Maid Marion member to initially be a man and then be one of the _Huntresses.)_

[@NobodyC13]

Or My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic when it's revealed Scootaloo's guardians in Ponyville while her parents are away are her aunts, MARRIED aunts. And the dynamic is healthy and positive and done without the need to derail the story to spell it out.

[@kyuubisgirl3232]

It's very generous to think that the implication of all men being toxic wasn't intentional. You know, considering the "kill all men" tumblr/twitter posts from some of the creators. And how the only male characters that aren't shitty are trans, trans by the nonexistent next season, or displaying traditionally feminine stereotypes (sensitive, crying corner boys or househusband and houseson baking the day away). Aside from unnamed teacher that allows hammers on students' toes, but that's probably because he's black so he gets the minority pass and he's not important to the plot. Heck, they make it that having a crush at all on a boy is a bad decision and you'll get over it by getting to know him. It seems very intentional to me.

[@professorsquid1104]

I think the idea of New Magic having no personal cost, anyone being able to use it, and being more potent, but killing the Earth could have actually been interesting if it was explored more. It would make some of the people portrayed in an antagonistic light actually be right.

[@gothicMCRgirl]

You know, the first time that I saw a clip of this show, I was under the impression that it was done by college amateurs or something. Like, it gave me the vibe of someone’s first animation project, so I was like, “oh cool, the kids who made this are super talented and ambitious, I can’t wait to see more of their stuff in the future!” Only for me to crash back down to earth and realize that this is supposed to be a professional show done by professionals of the industry… I liked it better when I was delusional and thinking young adults made it.

[@BobMcBobJr]

This show doesn't JUST queer-bait. It generally romance-baits. There is NO romance in this show. There are three married couples that I remember the lesbian witches and parsley and thyme's parents. I don't count Rosemary's parents because they are essentially separated. None of these really show any romance on screen. The closest thing we do have to romance is, I'd say, Snapdragon and Amyrilis. Rosemary fawns over Aster for an episode but that is specifically anti-romance. Sage never likes anyone except Rosemary but rejects any idea of romance between the two. S and A at least have fun chemistry and a pseudo-date.

[@lionscave5256]

To be fair, I imagine if this would have continued there would have been more explicit romance in later seasons. You know how some people enjoy slowburn...sometimes a bit too much if you ask me...

[@Uta_Chandra.H]

That's one cliche they got right from Japanese Creators. A romance manga and anime but no couples in the end

[@BobMcBobJr]

A lesson on sword. Rapiers are not "less lethal than a broadsword." Piercing attacks are in fact generally MORE lethal than slashing due to the higher chance of hitting vital organs. It was fashionable for dueling due to it's reach compared to other one-handed weapons of similar weight making it generally more effective in gentlemanly, unarmored, one-handed, 1v1 combat where both combatants are using a similar tier of weaponry. The thing is MOST swords were not battlefield weapons. They were sidearms. They could be carried on the hip comfortably making them easy to carry along with your other weapon or in day to day life, a feature which axes, maces, and polearms did not have. However, they were strictly inferior to other weapons on battlefield conditions. They had neither the reach of polearms nor the armor penetration of axes, maces, picks, hammers or even clubs. Yes, a big stick is a more effective weapon against armored foes than a sword. You can't cut through their helmet (unless it's a VERY bad helmet) but you can bonk them on the head. There are, of course, a few exceptions. There are several types of swords that are basically axes as well as some that are meant to be cut through specifically gambeson armor, like falchions and big meaty scimitars. These would be used with a shield to make up for the lack of reach but suffer greatly against metal armor. Then there is the greatsword, which is basically a polearm itself. The advantage of a greatsword over most other polearms is the ability to threaten multiple opponents at the expense of ease of use, durability of the blade edge, and armor penetration compared to poleaxes, polehammers, glaives, and halberds.

[@MasterofInterspace]

15:25 these kinds of problems can actually be made into huge boons for your story. Have someone complain about the size of the doorways, and have Parsley's family get up in arms about it. Have it be dwarven custom. Have the father stubbornly want his business to be fit for a dwarf, annoying his wife. Have it be that the father was exiled, and the house being this way reminds him of better times. Do something. You can do something with this. It's the small things that bring life to your characters and world.

[@BobMcBobJr]

"Wouldn't you get more customers if they could ... get through the door?" "Why, this is a DWARVEN forge and it shall have DWARVEN doors!" "Honey, she's right. We could use the extra sales." "NO!"

[@CobaltCruiser]

Honestly you could even make a point to show that people are willing to put up with a smaller door because "superior dwarven craftsmanship" or whatever. Like yeah, we _could_ go to that other place with the human-sized door, but I'll huddle down for a second if it means getting my weapons maintained by true artisans of metalwork

[@tisallgood]

20:15 a way to fix it would be for Sage to say “it’s just a picture of cheesecake you carry for some reason” and have Rosemary say “it’s more than a cheesecake” and run off or “first it’s a picture of the best cheesecake in the land second it’s more than that” and run off

[@daltonmortimer7735]

Seems like calling Aster a " Himbo ' is a bit insulting to himbos. Himbos atr usually bumbling and stupid in am innocent and adorkable way

[@WarmLusamine]

Kronk is a himbo. Aster is just a bimbo.

[@Kyuushi94]

Respect. I like how I can still get different views on the show this far out from its release, even when the main consensus is ‘it’s bad’. Thank you for posting! I like your passion, and attention to detail, and this has been a fun little watch for me!

[@theconqueringram5295]

For a progressive show that prides itself on its diversity, it sure did take a while to give Thyme, the black elf girl, a story.

[@TetsuRiken]

Welcome to the woke mentality claim to be about diversity but is actually about check boxes and brownie points not about making interest characters or using that diversity to attacually make characters

[@Uta_Chandra.H]

And ppl wonder why California is a complete dumpster fire state and not because of its wildfires

[@whamloverfr]

@@TetsuRikenplease use punctuation

[@TetsuRiken]

@@whamloverfr ironic give that doesn't have any and even if yours did uh I don't have sentences when I type at least most of the time they are all kinda just one long thought so punctuation is meaningless since i dont have sentences

[@devilwithshades]

@@TetsuRiken your sentence is genuinely illegible

[@ranchoth]

The thing about the Transition Magic(™) that gets me-okay, you have perfect body transmogrification potions, it has no side effects, isn't any more permanent than dyeing your hair, and is apparently both easily obtainable and completely non-controversial. Fine! Cool. Awesome. Except that you now just turned this into a science fiction setting. And I mean that as a _compliment._ It's now a speculative setting that, logically, would demonstrate the changes, either very personal or possibly very radical and fundamental, that could in society and the experienceable world through the introduction of a hitherto unknown form of technology, scientific knowledge, or natural phenomenon. This is like the cybernetic augmentation available in a cyberpunk work, where people can "different bodies according to their needs just as men wear suits of clothes and take a bicycle in a hurry or an umbrella in the wet." Or, more succinctly, and speaking to the common inner infuriation of the internet critic, it's like those episode of Star Trek when they introduce some new technology that, by all rights, would radically reduce or change the problems the cast encounters in later episodes. It's when creators have stolen high-octane atomic fire from the gods-and they're using it once, to light a tea candle.

[@Umbra_Ursus]

The "high-octane atomic fire from the gods" metaphor gets better when you take notes from the series. Apparently, that transition magic requires routine reinforcements, as if it's some higher form of magic that'd require it. Meanwhile, if memory serves, *immortality* is just something in a grade-schooler's book, implying it's something any dullard could pin down. These things are just, THERE, as if they wouldn't be giant deals.

[@MoonPhantom]

Let's be real too, if this sort of magic or technology happened EVERYBODY would make themselves look beautiful. Men and women, everyone. Young and beautiful, they would all make themselves look like 25 year old super models. And hey... That would be a great excuse to have a show where everyone is just super good looking so now there's a real sex appeal for the audience. But... What will the consequences be to this world? What would the psychological effects be on these people? The ideal has been reached so there's nothing to strife for anymore, some women will probably still compete and find flaws in each other, that the person in question will then fix. Will she then loose her own identity because she doesn't know what her real self is anymore? A sixty year old woman may actually think she's 25, then suddenly keel over and die because she's old and no one gets why.... maybe I should write this story. Hmmm.

[@PlanetZoidstar]

The only reason Transition Magic (that name does *not* sound like it belongs in a Fantasy setting, it's too on-the-nose to its modern medical counterpart) takes a montly potion is because it's a 1-to-1 with undergoing a medical transistion in our world. There's using Allegory in a Fantasy setting (something Tolkein infamously hated), then there's just putting something from our world in your Fantasy setting and making it possible through a magic potion.

[@FF-tp7qs]

That actually reminds me of a rather weird manga where a boarding school on some island gets transported to hell by the principal randomly deciding to draw a massive magic circle in the courtyard, after which demons form contracts with every single student where almost every single male student wishes for a handsome face ​and every single girl wishes for bigger breasts, the only exceptions being a handful of already good looking boys or busty girls. One of the guys ends up with super long legs like a stiltwalker. I can'trememberthe title but it was a real trip@@MoonPhantom

[@MoonPhantom]

@@FF-tp7qs Heck in "The Witcher." both books and video games, it is a legit plot point that all the Witches look like they are in their early twenties because... Of course they used magic to make themselves look beautiful. Yennefers big backstory even is she used to be ugly but then when she became proficient enough in magic she turned herself into the most beautiful woman in the world, even among witches. And then the Netflix show... They... Were more politically correct. Look the women they got for Netflix's witcher weren't ugly persay but... Playing women with magic who intentionally use their magic to make themselves look like 21 year old supermodels... Yeah... They aren't quite there... And these show writers pretending women wouldn't do that if we had magic I am just... look I'm a woman, of course I would do that if I had magic. Let's just be honest about this okay?

[@metal6948]

Just wanted to say, this video had really helpful writing tips in it. Mr. Enter could make a great series of just pure writing advice. I'd love to see Mr. Enter do writing lessons

[@MediaDroid960]

Let’s see: -BlackLightJack -LobsterHero -TheMysteriousMrEnter The holy trifecta of HGS reviews

[@giggukardaguy9077]

C-Puff Person deserves mention

[@nancayleena]

Guardian HQ was a big one too.

[@tgiacin435]

@@nancayleenayeah, he was doing deep dives into the episodes and made an abridged series

[@elli_senfsaat]

Aw man, I've watched all of them. I want more HGS destruction :(

[@tgiacin435]

@@elli_senfsaat unfortunately the well will dry up when theres nothing new about the source

[@WigglePup]

1:15:15 All our protagonists have mommy issues? What kind of Vivziepop nonsense is this?

[@pining_tree6788]

29:14 this whole issue is funny cause there’s an obvious solution: make it a block based system. I’ll use what my own high school did to explain: there are 7 blocks and the schedule rotates like a wheel, with one block being dropped each day. Students have requirements they need to fill, but otherwise they can choose what classes they want to take. However since some classes only get taught during certain blocks it causes the students to really think about their decisions or otherwise shuffle what classes they take when. That way it’s not that the students were all given different schedules, they ended up with different schedules because they CHOSE different classes. Heck that could even explain Rosemary and Parsley having different classes, as Parsley may have wanted to take blacksmithing which cause her schedule to be organized with taking the class in mind

[@darthkhan29x98]

The sad thing is, a season 2 of THIS would still be better than a season 2 of VELMA.

[@hoodihoo3033]

At least this was interestingly bad and could be fixed Velma is just a fire

[@Uta_Chandra.H]

Nothing more annoying than a adaptation of Anime DW read with Pink hair

[@MeemahSN]

@@Uta_Chandra.H She really does sound like DW

[@chaijulut4143]

I’m not sure. HGS may not have the same level of toxicity and aggressiveness of Velma but it was heading there eventually.

[@hikaru9624]

In this cartoon its the mum who left to get milk and ciggies.

[@CyborgForgael]

I didn’t watch the video. It’s a little long for me on a typical day. I just wanted to leave a comment saying that I appreciate the effort, and you’ve earned the engagement, even if I didn’t find the time to give it. You rock, Mr. Enter.

[@TDownit_Strider]

If it’s any consolation, it’s the exact same as all of the individual episode reviews he did, but compiled. You could watch those instead.

[@NocandNC]

39:00 - to be a tiny bit fair, earth and wood are separate elements in Chinese practice, as is metal… But then they also get fire instead of wind.

[@HawkknightXC88]

I only watch the Rants of High Guardian Spice. It's basically the only enjoyment from the Series without watching the actual show.

[@elli_senfsaat]

Same here lmao. Haven't watched uninterrupted 10min of the series, but I know enough to keep it that way

[@dragowolfraven3806]

The rewrites are pretty good too.

[@Uta_Chandra.H]

Its like California It's more fun to watch it catch hellfire at a long distance

[@StrawberryMoonlights]

Guys, see this loaded gun has bullets that were dipped in a napping potion, so totally safe

[@neminem233]

It's time for the moment we've all been waiting for

[@escapefr0mslender]

Your original series of HGS videos is the first thing I watched after coming out of the psych ward im so hyped

[@nggames9201]

21:03 - "isn't this really easy for a blacksmith?" "shut the fuck up" honestly that's the only instance where I liked Sage

[@tgiacin435]

I love how the potions master is a careless A-hole because Snape was a careless A-hole. Except that by the end of the book series, we learn why Snape acted the way he did, and of course he had the most dangerous job during the entire war. What her excuse in this show?

[@alecrutz956]

I wouldn't so much call Snape careless, careless is more poisoning the students and telling them "lmao good luck", he's more of just an A-hole, if anything i remember him being more strict than irresponsible, constantly being a hardass on the students to get them to make the potions right and being harsh on any imperfection

[@tgiacin435]

@@alecrutz956 true enough. I was thinking of the times he took enjoyment in tormenting his students

[@IamBardsongWolf]

This is the type of show that there's many ways to rewrite it depending on what you want to see it morph into; it's that basic that it's pratically a study guide of tropes in animation and fantasy wrold building. All the rewrites can totally transform it. If anything; it is very much a lesson on how bad story writing and world building is like, so it's pretty boring and hard to enjoy. Edit: I love seeing this show torn aprt by people who are dedicated to good stories because it's great and funny.

[@tgiacin435]

There was an easy way to explain the multiple transportations. First show the life of pebble, with Rose and Sage getting ready to leave. The night before they leave, they look at a map, and showing how far it would be. First they go to the train, then a ferry to go across a large body of water, and the the mountain climber because the city is on top of a mountain. And the reason they don’t take broom is because they get uncomfortable on long trips. And everything else could’ve done a lot better. Like when they get to the city, all the buildings are different sizes, or built differently based on the inhabitants. And hell, make up a spell that allows characters be just big enough to fit in a room if it’s a smaller building.

[@lpfan4491]

An easy way would also just be to say...the broom is kinda slow and harder/less safe to use than just taking the transportation. Why do we have busses and cars in our modern world when everyone could just go on foot or use a bike?

[@tgiacin435]

@@lpfan4491 exactly. Brooms are good for short trips, or sports, but long distance is just horrid especially if you’re going through clouds

[@ryancraig110]

OK I might as well dissect the rabies line from my perspective. Rosemary is clearly written as a tomboy what they were trying to do from what I gather is the whole thing about boys liking stuff like bugs and raccoons and badges and stuff. basically liking scary gross or dangerous things and trying to catch it like little boys tend to do because they're kind of stupid. so I believe they were trying to display her tomboyish nature

[@talltalestudios3332]

This whole time I thought Rosemary somehow cut herself but the crab queen did it. I didn't even see her bleed until she revealed it to her friends

[@BladeCrossEXE]

High Guardian Spice DID get a Season 2. Weird choice to make it live-action, and to have it jump franchises, though. It caused quite a firestorm on the internet when it came out. It was called "Star Wars: The Acolyte".

[@blobtuna236]

It's kinda funny how much backlash this 12 episode Crunchyroll original got

[@MeemahSN]

Diversity means nothing when your diverse characters only exist to be diverse. In order to have proper representation, you need to take the time to humanise your characters. If you're advertising a story that features a lot of queer representation, that representation needs to have actual substance. If your queer characters do not have defined personalities and experiences outside of being queer, that's not representation, that's pandering. The whole point of representation is to break down pre-conceived notions about minority groups. Society is horrifyingly good at vilifying people and stripping them of their humanity. That's why representation exists--to bring to the forefront that humanity and treat people like actual people. When you place such a huge emphasis on LGBTQ+ representation, yet your primary sources depict LGBTQ+ people as personality-less and either incompetent or downright insufferable, it paints a very bad picture of the queer community. It does the opposite of what you are trying to achieve, which is the humanisation of minorities, particularly queer people. You are causing more harm than good by doing this. I wish the writers cared more.

[@Zelix678]

Exactly. A character needs to be a person first and foremost, that we want to get to know about. All starts with an archetype that then gets expanded on, who learn to embrace or reject new things they encounter, hold on to or let go of things they used to have. Shows like this, their characters never make it past the archetype phase. Nothing changes, nothing progresses. Just a sterile model for the sake of an pandering agenda by talentless hacks. Who finds that interesting? Even watching grass grow is more rewarding; it gets bigger, attracts insects and eventually perishes.

[@androzani]

35:51 I know the joke was for Rosemary, but that girl in the background never fully loaded AOL online.

[@MarioMasterProductions]

Count how many times Enter uses Malo Mart

[@No_Sleepee]

only if it's a drinking game

[@Radman1889]

​@@No_Sleepee Don't do it! If you're smart! You won't drink to Malo Mart!

[@No_Sleepee]

@@Radman1889 YOU FOOL, YOU FAIL TO REALIZE: MY MIND IS THE FACTORY FOR BAD IDEAS!

[@natesmith6871]

My biggest pet peeve about the show was how the show treated its characters names. Take the Triad for example: what are their names? If you were going solely off the information provided by the show, and not look it up through the wiki, you'll have a difficult time learning their names. They never introduce themselves during orientation day, a moment where you'd think, being the headmistresses of the school, they'd introduce themselves to the new years. But the best you get in the show is Thyme casually namedropping Hemlock in a conversation once. But who is Hemlock? And who are the other two? The only reason I know their names is because I looked it up in the wiki. Then there's Sage's mom. For someone who's pivotal in Sage's views against the use of new magic, she's never given a name. Not even Anise (her cousin) gives her a name.

[@lovkarts]

And as if the magic system wasn't pulverized enough, Mandrake is able to use magic without a terrasphere or old magic

[@LaineMann]

Wait a second. THIS WAS DIRECTED BY AUDU PADEN!? I think I’m gonna go in the corner and cry. 😭

[@theotherjared9824]

I'm going to talk about the transition magic scene because it falls into a common pitfall in fantasy writing. Magic exists that can change your entire physiology with no downsides, I get that. Why is it treated as such a big deal? Why isn't everyone some homunculus comprised of everything they consider attractive? The allegory falls apart when applied to the world it inhabits. It's like the fantasy wheelchair debate that keeps popping up; there are much more interesting ways address disabilities, so much so that a mundane real-world item feels out of place and uninspired.

[@emilywalla8958]

that title comfortingly reminds me of pieguys old spongebob reviews, feels weird I have been watching Mr. enter and Pieguy (hope hes chillin) for almost a decade used to pop vids like this on all the time before doing my college work.

[@andykishore]

I was getting reminders of that too.

[@aisadal2521]

Roasting the entire trashfire of a mess High Guardian Spice was?! Ooh, I know what I'm watching before bed ☺️

[@andykishore]

This man is doing God's work.

[@pyromania1018]

The title makes me think of PIEGUYRULZ. I hope he's doing okay.

[@michaeljordan5630]

I bet he doing fine. We all need to move on from things. He said he was a film major so, I’d love to hear if he currently working on a project soon. I could be wrong.

[@pyromania1018]

​@@michaeljordan5630His farewell just sounded so depressed. And I recall him mentioning that someone "brutally betrayed" him, causing him to stop making SpongeBob videos.

[@4wingedowl]

this will be a good thing to listen to while i draw! Thanks Mr Enter!

[@tayloredwards4968]

This show could have worked if the writers actually knew what they were doing

[@dragowolfraven3806]

Even better if they actually read any fantasy novels and played JRPGS or RPG games in general.

[@hoodihoo3033]

The animation also needed some more clean-up time

[@entertainmentpowerfuchs5744]

Audu Paden who worked on that Show worked also on the Original Animaniacs. What a carrer

[@sharkanenoa5928]

I would’ve hated/LOVED to see how bad this show would’ve gotten if it kept going

[@dalime605]

I was skeptical on whether i wanted to watch his review of the series since it's been torn to shreds by SO many other youtubers. but i stayed for the whole thing. it's amazing how much this series makes no sense lol it never gets old. it should be a testament on how NOT to cartoon. the dialogue is what gets me the most. xD

[@MrAuthor3DS]

My HGS character tier list: S: Parnell A: Amaryllis, Slime Boy, Zinnia B: Aster, Camphor, Flora, Neppy Cat C: Cal, Angelica, Sorrel, Parsley, Snapdragon D: Thyme, Moss Phlox, Sage's mom, Sage's dad, Lavender, Fennel, Chicory, the mermaids F: Caraway, Dretch, Hakone, Mandrake, Redbud, the centaur, The Triad, Olive, Aloe, Anise, Rosemary, Sage

[@EsPikachu]

U know the crazy part about Aster, he's not even THAT bad fr. The writers tried to make him worse than who he actually was, Aster is definitely an airhead and can be a bit of a dick by forgetting her name but honestly I don't find that as a bad thing, I just think it's a character thing or gag where she could continue to correct him like in another anime Needless or Demon Slayer for example. Plus at the end he was open to changing and admitted he was wrong but they wanted to make him look bad and honestly don't see the problem with Rose liking him either, ngl much better than her being or being around Sage she's just the fcking worst.

[@MrAuthor3DS]

@@EsPikachu In his defense regarding Rosemary's name, she squandered any chance before her snap to actually correct him.

[@EsPikachu]

@@MrAuthor3DS True she didn't even care that he was messing it up since she was just happy to be around him, ngl kinda sucks she basically stopped liking him cuz she probably thought he was lame or a loser but they could've trained together and could easily fix that

[@anthonyackerman7914]

How do you retain your sanity after watching this series

[@alecrutz956]

trick question: you don't

[@nekonomicon2983]

Man, it's almost a 3 hour review, and we still don't know what a Guardian is. Lol

[@ketaminepoptarts]

i dont think that anyone, even the shows creator, actually knows what a guardian is supposed to be in this shows world

[@MeemahSN]

@@ketaminepoptarts I've come to the conclusion that the Guardians are trying to be like RWBY's Huntsmen. It's better than having no clue whatsoever.

[@SwellStuff483]

"I jUsT bOtChEd My mOm'S lEgAcY" has been living rent free in my head for the best three days

[@raxadian]

"I didn't want to make a movie." Well this video is way longer that the average movie.

[@Hack_Man_VII]

Monokuma says it's PUNISHMENT TIME!!!!!

[@chloesnightmares]

He should give this show Kirumi Tojo’s execution while doing his sexy Monokuma dance

[@Crim-kun]

everytime I hear his name i wanna call him onebear

[@Kywriter475]

I like the “A lot going on at once” plots where all of the main characters are all off doing their own things at almost the same time.Too bad they didn’t execute it good in episode three.

[@LunaProtege]

Hmm... Weirdly enough, you bringing up the appeal of magical school stories has gotten me thinking. A big part of why real world schools are boring is largely due to the structure of the modern school system being about control (being influenced highly by the military, prisons, and the educational needs of factory assembly lines), so I can imagine a magic school system grounded in this same mentality being equally boring. What can and would make school interesting is being able to directly connect and interact with your future career path, and see the potential positive impact on the world you could have; as such, perhaps a school setting (magical or not), where even as a child you're being trained as if its a combination of an apprenticeship and a university college: the students get practical job tasks handed to them every so often that's within their current skill range, and get paid for it, and between these assignments are theoretical explorations of concepts that will be useful for a new type of task, which feeds back into the next round of practical job tasks.

[@Dking1998]

I love the marjora's mask music playing in the background.

[@Ra88ful]

I think i know how to fix the stupid of the locket, have Rose say, "It's special to me, and I need it," make it like a support animal or a stuffed toy kinda thing, then have her best friend Sage kinda go "is from your mom" or foreshadow its Rose mom kinda thing. Then, have Rose get defence with it and go from there, and then when she gets the locket, Have Rose hide what is inside and every so often show her looking at it, then at a use point like bad guys showing up or Rose is losing her mind, or I idk Rose brainwashed or something, show the lock and BOOM! It shows that Rose pressures herself to be like her mom but doesn't want to be weak, so she hides it from people! grow that rose doesn't like to be weak and belive that "Stegeath = power" kinda of thing

[@robbythebun1912]

Hi, I'm Delta Dorby. But my friends call me Delta, I guess you can... call me Delta Hooo, that boy, Slime Boy, he he yeaah, he is a character.

[@eatatjoes6751]

I realized what the main problem with the new magic=no cost system is. Where’s the excitement?

[@chesiregirl]

I have such conflicting feelings about High Guardian Spice. There's SO much promise. I like the art STYLE (even if it wasn't executed well in animation), I like the premise, I like some of the bare ideas. But the execution is SO bad that even if they did get a second season with a better budget and more time, and a chance to learn from their mistakes, I don't know if they could redeem themselves. Maybe a whole reboot could fix the problems...but not a second season.

[@torterratortellini6641]

1:03:51 You can tell someone is old when they think that The Regular Show is modern.

[@gamewizard2008]

This is the real Animated Atrocities 200.

[@frostyfrenchtoast]

I still enjoyed this show a decent amount funnily enough. The designs and dynamics were enough to make for a fun enough watch on its lonesome, and the animation quality didn’t rlly bother me as I’m used to being a big fan of many projects with awful production quality. I really think with some modifications and production changes, this show could’ve been something super fun, I can tell it has a beating heart that’s just constantly held down by the industry freshman creating it. To that end I hope the creator can rebound and get on another big project in the future, I don’t want them to be blackballed from bigger projects bc of this series. High Guardian Spice with a more seasoned Raye Rodriguez and a production crew that actually cared would’ve BANGED, and I do genuinely believe that.

[@RealGateGuardian]

Here's the thing, it's obvious from the show that the production value was there. They just didn't spend the money equally on all episodes. Some were made with the budget it needed, others on the budget of a school bologna sandwich. She (because you can't change your chromosomes or the fact her pelvis is wider than a man's) isn't that bad. Her writing staff on the other hand WAS. I do think if Raye had hired people based on merit, Hell, even if Ray ONLY wanted to hire women, she should have hired those based on their previous writing experience and not DEI filled with as much gay as possible, HGS could have been successful. I do think with shit like Velma getting a second season, there's a small, however small, but still a chance of it getting a season 2 and hopefully Raye gets a better writing crew. The directing seemed to be competent for the most part, the VA director could use a little more seasoning but hopefully they got it.

[@frostyfrenchtoast]

@@RealGateGuardian this is true to some extent, but you can tell the production value overall wasn’t very high to begin with. Noticeably with the voice work and audio mixing, it was unequal for every VA, and it sounded sometimes like someone was being recorded from a cave at times, and that’s enough to take you out of a show entirely all by itself. iirc the animation team didn’t follow all of the storyboards and sketches correctly, resulting in various scenes straight up lacking Raye’s intent with some of those sequences. As far as writing, I personally don’t really care much about that. I don’t know if the writers were hired through merit, if Raye just got his friends on the project, if Raye just hired based on gender, or otherwise - not that it’s really a problem to me, I’ve enjoyed plenty of media with all female teams. But I could’ve still enjoyed this show even if the writing was utter slop as long as everything else was above board and it was atleast fun and pretty to look at. I think either way you slice it Raye did get screwed on that project, and I would wish to see a season 2 for HGS sometime down the line. The chances of that are virtually nonexistent but it would be cool to see it picked up by a studio that actually cared and like I said before, with a more experienced version of Raye at the helm with more industry knowledge.

[@BobMcBobJr]

I, for the most part, did not enjoy it though it did have some fun parts, like the undead dragon randomly exploding. This is entirely NOT because of the animation quality, though it can be fun to pick at. The visuals has never really affected my enjoyment of something unless it is extremely good, in which it gets a couple plus points.

[@Radman1889]

"Because I didn't want to make a movie..." Too late! 😅

[@wesmcinerny4524]

Caraway is an obvious self insert of the creator Raye Rodriguez. Because of the fact of looking like Rodriguez, female-to-male thing like Rodriguez (conflicting with radical feminism), and being VOICED by Rodriguez.

[@bumblehoney7206]

Don't forget the second self insert "caraway" character in Rodriguez's second series pitch

[@Razzanonymous]

Just when I watched all your reviews of the show back to back, you release this. Perfect timing.

[@Hapecyyistrash]

Honestly, reviewing this whole show would take every ounce of my strength.

[@cameoshadowness7757]

You made me realize a few things on this BUT Hakone introduced himself in Episode 2.

[@stevesamuals2651]

Normally if you want to justify magic based worlds having schools you usually just want to individualize classes based on types or roles. For example, a course designed to teach rouges how to use their stealth and stealing skills, with a minor in combat with another character who isn't much of a fighter. With lunch or group training sessions being a time for us to develop the group dynamics

[@librathebeautifulwarmonk1283]

That's what I'm trying to do with my own magical school idea. There are 6 schools of magic, and your classes are shaped around what kind you choose

[@SoulStarSketchin]

He did it. The mad man really did it. A sacrifice has been made. You didn't need to do any of this but by god you stared madness back in the eye of the abyss and didn't blink. Real talk tho yea this show was absolute trash from conception to execution.

[@CMYKITSUNE]

oh boy! another comically long review of hgs i can listen to while drawing

[@blitzkingful]

"High Guardian Spice"? More like "High ON Spice".

[@Fang1st]

You absolute madlad. I know that by now there are far worse shows out there, but to put this much work into a terrible series like this? I don't think I could do it if I were in your shoes. Either way, gotta give credit where it's due, very nice work.

[@Austin-kt7ky]

I like Slime Boy because he's the most normal thing in the show. Dude acts like a weirdo who's always high. A lot of us went to school with that kind of dude. He's not being some pretentious message or "quirky" teacher. He's just Derpy. He's the legit High Guardian at the academy XD

[@Kywriter475]

Great, I have something to listen to while I work, or take a walk.

[@bej4987]

Missed opportunity to call it high guardian herby fully loaded.

[@RiderSentaiKamenger-hu5yl]

As a person who dreams of writing my own fantasy story, I pray that my story will be no where near as bad as whatever this is.

[@Sonicfalcon16]

This is one of his legendary video series to go with the others.

[@DocEggbotnik]

Oh boy! Time to get out the popcorn fellas cuz it's gonna be a long one!🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿

[@donanilao7724]

This is, like, my 10th. High Guardian Spice review video I'm watching. Please help.

[@Lockz1111]

They aren't even named in reference to a Simon and Garfunkel song, they're in reference to a very old folk song, they just made it popular again. Which in my mind makes the reference even more egregious

[@andykishore]

Now as one package. Nice.

[@RAtheGoodRailfanner_888]

1:03:00 PBS kids sprout wouldn’t allow that word or blood! It’s a good thing there tv y!

[@-meh-4890]

I have a weird fascination with this show so its nice to get more vids abt it

[@pama1040]

58:41 not only is He trans, he also has a photo of samus aran (the one in the pink frame in the middle of the screen)

[@E3AloeLi]

FINALLY constructive criticism not hiding anything phobic or a simple “I didn’t like it/it isn’t my demographic so it’s bad” I feel like I would have liked high guardian spice if it was more fleshed out. I think the art style and designs are fine, it works, there are a lot of animation mistakes and the colors were too over saturated for my eyes. I’ll binge it again with one of my friends and probably make my own review

[@Pen_Slinger]

Part of me wants to take on the challenge of reimagining this as a proper anime, but at the same time I feel like doing so would be wasting my time on a lost cause.

[@deborahamos5401]

It's called High Guardian Spice because everyone was High during the process

[@vallieriver]

I wanna make a webcomic that serves as the true finale to High Guardian Spice. I want to make where it gives the reader End of Eva vibes. Good writing or bad writing, it would just be for fun.

[@Twilightiger96]

Yeah, lets face it; if _Velma_ can get a season 2 despite its horrid reputation, then there's a good chance this travesty is going to get one as well... assuming Crunchyroll doesn't end up crashing and burning due to it's own incompetence and greed.

[@DangerDan64]

Not exactly, Velma has a "season 2" because of the practice of making one season, cut them into two, and call it a second season. Netflix is notorious for this with Sonic Prime, The Cuphead Show, and Inside Job. (For Sonic Prime specifically, they cut it into three parts as three seasons. Yeah, disgusting as hell!)

[@CaseyDplays]

Thanks to a certain reviewer of said show you are referring too, I happen to know that it didn't actually get a season two. Season two was just part of season one and the split it and called it one and two. Something to do with making more money off it in an unethical way and paying animators less allegedly.

[@DangerDan64]

@CaseyDplays Yeah, that's the more detailed version of what I said.

[@daltonmortimer7735]

Velma is getting a season 3 by the way and I'm so sorry

[@DangerDan64]

@daltonmortimer7735 Source on the that? Because that sounds too sudden given its only been two week since season 2.