![]() Following along with the typical trends is not always a bad thing, but when the anime is fairly new and doesn’t have a lot to make it stand out otherwise, it does not make an impression. Radiant is a shounen anime at heart, despite being based on a French comic, and that is made clear by all of the genre’s tropes it includes! With a loud protagonist who wants to achieve his dreams through determination and a pretty standard cast of characters to follow him, this series is pretty typical for the most part. And Seth’s airheaded and frivolous yelling does nothing to make his character more interesting either… 2. Since we’ve seen this type of character goal from every other shounen protagonist, it feels overdone at this point. He is determined to fulfill his goal of finding Radiant and destroying it, no matter what. ![]() Bland Main CharacterĪs is the plague of shounen anime, Seth follows many of the typical tropes of a protagonist and comes across very one-dimensional. As Seth and his friends discover more cities, like the sorcerer-only island of Artemis, we continue to be excited about the potential for this anime’s unique setting! However, Radiant uses this setting to enhance its story in a slightly different fashion, giving a refreshing world for a shounen anime. ![]() It is reminiscent of Grandblue Fantasy in this sense, with a variety of different small islands spread throughout the sky and our main character striving to reach an unknown, mythical location. A World Set in the SkyĪnother unique thing that Radiant has is its setting, which is a world where magic-users are rejected by everyone else and people reside on different floating islands spread throughout the sky. Though Melie doesn’t like it when she gets out of control, she is an interesting character and we’re excited to learn even more about her past! 3. It is when Melie becomes stressed that her personality flips completely as a result of her curse, and she becomes an offensive magic-wielder with a penchant for fighting. Radiant’s characters all seem pretty typical for the most part – except, that is, for Melie and her unique personality! When Seth first meets the airheaded young girl, she doesn’t seem to be much more than a pretty face and a few defensive spells. Even from just the second episode when the Bravery Quartet is introduced, it is clear that discrimination does not have an easy solution in this world. ![]() Partnered along with the typical shounen themes of determination and friendship, the discussion surrounding discrimination is particularly intriguing. In many ways, sorcerers are treated as women were during the witch hunts of our own history, when people were told if they survived tests (or in Radiant’s case, attacks of the Nemesis) they were evil. From the beginning of the series, it is clear that Radiant is making a statement about discrimination, as sorcerers are hunted down. ![]()
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