Queen's Blade

I found this to be much better than I expected. I read several reviews and was not impressed. That just goes to show to follow your own path. I found the story of Leina to be extremely enjoyable at her honest and sincere approach to life. I have watched both the first and second season's and am now watching the third. The relations between the three sisters are interesting to watch and see how each of them in their own ways truly love Leina and are rooting for her success Elina has an odd obsession almost possessive love for Leina while on the other Claudette loves her much more after the duel in which she lost in ep 9 in season 2. Not that she did not love her but that she always was a little jealous of her since her mother was not the same and Leina's and the father chose Leina to be the successor of the family. I hope that CR will choose to add the other seasons to their collection.

And yes there is a lot of fan service and their boobs are large but I think that Cattleya's where the hugest by far. But I am frank and rather enjoy the anime's generous, amount of naked flesh.

Every female character has BIG BOOB, as much as i hate crappy story, what i hate the most are stories drawing in people who have interest an interest for BIG BREST character. Everything just fall apart, i couldn't even watch past after the defeat of the Acid BIG BREAST Witch. I would have overlook the breast character because story plot itself seems more interested then the character that was used for the story, however; character and the event can't coexist with each other.

I would like to say, for the record, I have no problem with mostly naked women fighting as their armor gets shredded. If people really like watching that, that's fine. I understand the nature of a turn on, and yes, as a woman, I know why it is hot, and I agree that it is hot. However, let's not pretend that this is an excuse to call a series good, and Queen's Blade is simply terrible.

Think about the source material, if you will. Queen's Blade is based off of a series of erotic art books that some how pass as a "game." What I know about these books, because my local game shop has them, is that there is very little focus on the game in these books; the focus is on the women, their nakedness, and sex. That's it, these books are all about sex. And again, that's fine, let's just be honest.

My problem with this show is that it is trying to be a show and failing. Story? In what universe does this story make sense? A tournament to decide a Queen... and then, huh? Yeah that's right; I've seen Swiss cheese with fewer holes than this plot. And characters? These aren't characters, they are un-fleshed-out archetypes with no personality at all because there is no need for that. The creators of this show obviously think that the people watching it are just fapping away, so any attempt to say that the story or the characters are worthwhile is just lying to yourself. Admit that you are really only watching this because it's almost porn. And if that is your motivation, then I respect that, just be honest about it. But still, think about the quality of what you are watching.

And while the character designs might be your thing, let's not pretend this is well animated. This is choppy and quickly done, and again, I think it is done because the creators think that the target audience for this does not care about quality. And if you are in that target audience, if I were you, I'd be angry and a lot insulted. Same thing goes for the music, which is at best, forgettable.

So why did I watch this? Well I was led to believe that this series had "Yuri" potential, and as a Yaoi and Yuri fangirl, I watch anything with Yaoi and Yuri hints, and I am often disappointed. I went into this expecting a lot of T&A, but I also expected a story, developed characters (and I'm not talking about breast size here), and the various other things I demand out of my anime, regardless of whether or not it is trying to turn me on. There was nothing here to like. When the art looks better in stills than it does in animation, you know that something is wrong and you have been cheated.

And that leads me to my final point. Queen's Blade is boring. There is no edge of your seat action and once you are done being turned on, you will find the next 18 minutes of the show tedious and dull. Just because something is erotic or a turn on, doesn't mean it should be boring. Do yourselves a favor and demand better from your media, and don't watch this show. There's a ton of other erotic animes out there that at least make an attempt at a plausible story with interesting characters, but this isn't one of them. Pass on Queen's Blade.