Drifters - Is it worth watching?

Episodes : 12

Genre : Action, Adventure, Historical, Comedy, Samurai

Plot : Shimazu Toyohisa, while involved at the Battle of Sekigahara, manages to mortally wound Ii Naomas, but is critically injured in the process. As he walks from the field wounded and bleeding, Toyohisa finds himself transported to a corridor of doors, where a bespectacled man at a desk waits for him. This man, Murasaki, sends Toyohisa through the nearest door where he wakes up in another world. There, Toyohisa meets other great warriors like him who have been transported as well, to be part of a group known as "Drifters".

This world contains both native humans and a number of fantastical races, including elves, dwarves, and hobbits. However, the world is at war, with the humans waging a losing conflict against another group of great warriors, the "Ends", who wish to take over the world and kill all of the Drifters. Under the Ends' command are many terrible creatures, including giants and dragons, which they use to destroy everything in their path. At the start of the series, the Ends' army has control of the northern part of the continent, and are trying to invade the south through a pivotal fortress at the northernmost tip of a nation called Carneades. Meanwhile, the "Octobrist Organization", a group of human magicians native to this world, attempts to bring together the many individual Drifters to save their world from the brutal Ends.

Our Opinion : The anime starts with a huge mystery about the world in which Shimazu is transported. As the story progress, each piece is unwrapped and the mystery about the world is slowly unfolded. As these happens, I really loved the idea of developing characters simultaneously.

Once the plot is clear, then we see lots of wars and intelligent strategies which adds to the story of the anime. It is truly worth watching and you might relate it to Game Of Thrones.

Then there is loads of blood and action sequences in anime, so I highly recommend watching it.

As far as the animations are consider, they are not typical animation which we see in anime. They have dark things added to it which I feel was required as it is a historical and war-like anime.

Although, I was very disappointed by the ending of the anime because there is no conclusion we can draw from the last episode.

Final Verdict : If you are into action, samurai genre then this anime is for you. If you like intelligent strategies in wars and stuffs, you should definitely give it a try. It is a serious anime with bits of comedy and hence no room for romance and stuff.

That’s it from our side. Hope you like this review and if you haven’t seen it yet, then watch it now!