I had a lot of issues with the tell-don’t-show worldbuilding in this first episode, but despite that I found the story really engaging and definitely want to see more. I’m sort of a sucker for main character bait-and-switch type shows (which is why i try to go into shows blind) and this pulled it off very well… except when they added the fake main character back in later, boo. Overall, I give the premiere a mixed 3/5, but it has plenty of room to grow.

Also, I find the fluffy-haired barbarian sidekick character’s eyes very suspicious and I wonder if Clevatess’ plan of “become an advisor to a puppet monarch” has already been executed by a different beast lord.

Absolute stellar first episode. Going in completely blind knowing nothing of it I was blown away. It’s probably going to be my favorite this season even with all the stacked shows I’m looking forward to.

That ending. Sasuga Clevatess-sama!