THE GREAT PRETENDER
I. Introduction
Genres : Action, adventure, comedy, drama, mystery
Theme : Mafia
Animation studio: Wit Studio
release date: spring 2020
number of episodes : 23
II. SYNOPSIS
Edamura Makoto is a crook who calls himself the biggest con artist in Japan. One day he will try to swindle a French tourist named Laurent Thierry but he gets tricked into his own game and is in turn swindled by this same tourist who turns out to be a very famous crook. Afterwards, makoto decides to collaborate with Laurent and his team in order to get back his money by making money all over the world.
__III. Positive points
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- One of the main strenght of this anime it's especially the adventure side which is very nice and makes us travel with each new arc whether in the districts of Tokyo, the skyscrapers of Singapore and so on... and does not concentrate only in Japan geographically. Plus, the chara-design is really clean and beautiful. Not forgetting the color palette which is very colorful and pleasant to observe.
- Moreover, what I find great with this anime is that the viewer is somehow ripped off too, since the entirety of their strategy is only revealed at the end. So, prepare yourselves to be speechless more than once.
- one of the others strong point of this anime is the mix of humor which is not excessive and seriousness very well balanced which makes an anime very pleasant to watch without any fuss. But despite this humorous and chill side of the anime many morals are present which is once again really good.
Furthermore, the drama side of the anime contrasts the humor to avoid the heaviness that some comic anime have.
- Finally, the greatest point of this anime is the realistic side where the characters actually speak in another language besides Japanese at certain times, for example in English or in French.
Worth watching ? YES
