I guess Assassin's Pride is a good enough example of anime being wasted potential. It's been nothing but a downward spiral toward the abyss. Well, it did catch my interest by the first episode, and I am a sucker for these underdogs kind of story, as I have said many times in the past. So I can't help being a bit open and positive to start off since in my case, it had all the ingredients to turn out a decent fantasy anime I could kill my time with. I mean its abundantly evident, AssPride is as cliche as you can get, but honestly, If there is entertainment to had, what points is there to be so brutally focused on such other useless things? But Instead, I was hit with disappointment which intensified as the episode went by. Thus It sadly ended up becoming a chore to watch this anime as a result, which was rushed to absolute oblivion, and the importance of context was thrown out of the window.

There are so many things that are lacking connection here, which makes no sense, and these things form a plot-holes, that could've otherwise be avoided. It's not too hard either, you just had to follow the source material - light novel or the manga that I personally took a small peek off. Since I knew if there is one thing I could count on, it would be the source material, and in some cases, manga doesn't fall that short either. So there was this one scene where Kufa, our main character, confessed to something slightly heavy, and the influence it made on me, I definitely felt it. It was real and felt truthful. While the anime took that same scene and made it feel so forced and uneventful. It's like the people behind this mess adapted everything as they would like it. No thought or consideration went into, the direction or the execution at all. Every arc felt random, and it was like I was watching, several episodes worth of content like I was meant to know the context behind it prior.

On top of that, all our character, the main for one Melida's development as well as power progress, was quick, and not efficient at all. She went from zero to a hundred way too fast, and we didn't have a chance to appreciate her growth properly. But the biggest issue is undoubtedly the terrible pacing. There were so many arcs, which would feel important and substantial to the overall story. Still, it was just cringe-inducing to watch, and I couldn't take it seriously one bit whatsoever. At least, there was still some few things that come out from this trainwreck of an adaptation. Because the art-style actually looked very clean for a short while and polished, it was so appealing to the eyes, I really liked the colour pallet they used here. Also, the animation had some decent sakuga in the beginning, the action bits were at the very least satisfactory to myself. Too bad, it didn't last all that long, as you could clearly see the downgrade in production over time. Until it looked like your where rubbing sands in your eyes, and it becomes an outright abomination of a derp fest, and started looking all stiff and iffy all over.

But if there is one part, I would give praise to AssPride it has to be the opening first off. It was something that I personally started out disliking, but it did grow on me tremendously, and now I love it. It's such a unique style which plays in all kinds of the way with the camera angles, and scenery. The song nicely complements it all and fits the overall song and visual properly. Opening prepares your soul and body for horrifying experience. While the ending is also quite beautiful and is a great way to heal your aching soul after a terrible episode of AssPride. It's too bad it's wasted on this absolute mess. Overall, I really don't recommend AssPride to anyone out there, and you can do so much better. Sure, there was some potential here, but the studio made sure to throw it in the trash before it even begins. You will not find your new next, generic fantasy here, only lots of horror and pain, which for me is finally over. I am so glad to be done with this trainwreck, and never again have to lose my common sense over it. It starts out with a decent start showing lots of promise. But each episode after that brings it closer to the abyss, until its thoroughly soaked in there, and it never tries to find its way back. Absolutely terrible, and a waste of time.