this is definitely a show I'll be following.

I had such a bad feeling about the twins that "the sister will do all the hard work and in the end the brother will get to be king because he's finally learned some kind of life lesson from all that she's done for him", but I was surprised when it appeared as a concrete backstory plot point.

i don't like the brother at all. how could I? but i think he fits the mold of "priveliged son of nobility sucks at survival when his castle and servants are all gone". Hopefully he'll get some development and improve as things go on, but i do feel we'll be in store for, by and large, a great deal of "christ that kid is annoying".

ruthless enemy soldiers (even the grunts seem to have their shit together), dream eaters, ghouls. God damn. Either that forest sucks way to hell or this show is going to be a brutal "who's who" of monsters and sorcery.

I guess the older brother will live after all, since he was in the ED/OP at the end. I thought it was incredibly awesome that he got shot like that after besting those two Mongol swordsmen. Also, hitting a guy so hard that his helmet sparks a fire has got to be one of the most badass things I've ever seen in an anime.

also, "keep the fire going or we'll die". "Bitch, it's raining, fire's out." "Oh well." Not a very good handling of the situation (thought they'd just said something about water demons?) I liked that the main battle plan went to hell so quickly and they needed to just run the fuck away to stay alive.
i happened to grab the AniYoshi one. good work all around.