Fate: The Winx Saga - Série 1

I suppose because at my age I am not really the target audience for this kind of series. I must confess that I was not too keen on this anime series at first. One reason is that I often found a lot of the main characters (Terra, Stella, Sky...) quite irritating to the point of being almost unbearable. The first couple of episodes were a terrible cringe-fest for me - in other words, I am just too old and not into these teen romances anymore. I also found a lot of things in the show were a bit peculiar, like there is a school full of teenagers, but then there are only three teachers?!?? Fortunately, this anime series’ air of mystery kept me intrigued - and somehow the screenwriters managed to draw me in to thinking about and wanting to know who the Burned Ones and Bloom are, etc. I somehow enjoyed the last two episodes, so now I do not feel like I wasted my time, and I would even go as far as to say that I would happily watch a second season, even if it borrows a few storylines directly from Harry Potter like the first one has... This is really not a bad anime series, it is quite enjoyable, and in the end the storyline really piqued my interest. It is probably not such a good thing that Beatrix and Riven were the most interesting characters in this series so far, however, the question is whether it is down to the bad drawing and depicition of most of the other characters in the foreground (there is no point writing about characters as good guys and villains in purely positive or negative terms, because no character is perfect or blameless here), or my poor taste and strange inclinations... 5.5/10. (17.03.2021)