#EPISODE 5 COOKING FOOD RAGNAROK MOBILE SERIES#

#EPISODE 5 COOKING FOOD RAGNAROK MOBILE SERIES#

Some of their interactions are really cliche in the beginning, but thankfully that died down as the series progressed. The male lead is stoic, but also compassionate and honorable. She's not the damsel in distress, but she isn't the overtly strong female archetype either, which makes her more realistic to me. I admire her passion for food being a foodie myself and I love that she can take care of herself. The female lead's cheerful personality is infectious. This was a fun cast and I definitely enjoyed the character interactions throughout the series. I'm a sucker for historical anime/donghua music and Meng Qi Shi Shen's OST didn't disappoint. Appropriate music was played for different moods, whether that was action, humor, or romance. I enjoyed the voice acting and the music and sound effects definitely enhanced my experience. I could live without all the repetitive Sailor Moon-like sequences of the female lead preparing to cook though.

Action scenes were still impressive enough and the cooking scenes were drool-worthy. The animation is not as smooth compared to mainstream anime, but it was good enough. While Food Wars' food reactions are more silly, I find the food reactions in Meng Qi Shi Shen beautifully metaphoric and calming, especially as the series goes on. Also, the backgrounds and the food look amazing (food looks on par with Food Wars). The plot had a lot of potential and I only wish they had more episodes to work with. I wish they had time to explore the male lead's side of the story, which would've explored more of the action/drama aspects of the plot.Р”В¬onsidering the short series length, I still thought they did a good jobР”В«alancing the genres and delivering a story that made me want more.

The studio had to gloss over the relationship build-up, but they provided enough material to compel me to keep watching. The studio tried to do a lot in 12 episodes and this left the series with an under-developed romance and plot points that are introduced but never followed up on. Meng Qi Shi Shen is an interesting blend of genres: historical, romance, comedy, food, with some action. Its a good effort on part of the production company and director for improving on what i would have considered an unsalvageable property. There are some rather unfortunate stereotypical issues around playing character sexual orientation for comedy towards the end, which isn't great. Overall its not like it isn't enjoyable, its easy to ignore the lack of any significant writing if you're just in it for the food scenes. There's the overarcing drama, which is resolved unceremoniously with the sudden appearance of some goons, to generate a damsel in distress rescue.Р”Р„nd there are 2 instances of cooking competition where they barely pretend that the heroine will lose. The second arc lacks any significant conflict (which is what i feel the series should have just been from the start, just an episodic cooking adventure). The first arc is never really explained properly, the conflict ending up pretty much just being a background detail. The biggest issue is that there's no feeling of conflict, which is most likely because the original source material just lacked anything substantial. The second arc sort of implies some dramatic plot points will be brought up but it goes no where as does the rest of the plot. Its made more ridiculous when she actually has more chemistry with a character introduced in the second arc of the season (not that that's much of a romance either, its a low bar). The first arc isР”Р„n episodic isekai standard of getting to know the world, with a pretty unappealing romantic plot including multiple scenes of the heroine going 'wow i really like this handsome guy' as he straight up threatens her. Really just nothing much in the writing at all. They barely manage a cooking scene an episode and its really the only reason to watch this anime. My only complaint is that there isn't enough of it. The food and cooking is fantastic, with appropriate musical accompaniment. Its a rather straightforward work overall, you can see hints of its origins as a wuxia/xianxia if you're familiar with the genre, but the worst the original work was removed. The budget put into animation quality and graphical quality is pretty self explanatory, too bad the source material holds the art back.

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