Drifters Episode one

First, I'm going to apologize for the slow updates (all 3 of you). Between moving and the youngest in the hospital for seizures. He’s doing better now. So, thanks for being patient.

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I once had a high fever, took some medicine, and was fighting to stay awake during history class. If you smashed the fever dreams I had with Hellsing the end result wouldn’t skim the surface of Drifters. If you have ever seen Hellsing you'll notice Drifters looks familiar. That's because Kouta Harano the same person that wrote and illustrated Hellsing did the same for Drifters.

The instant I saw the shade of red and the characters' eyes there was no doubting this was the person that created one of my favorite anime.

Obviously don't expect historical accuracy

Drifters is an alternative history fantasy. Various historical figures from battle of Seilacher. The battle between Ishida Mitsunari and Tokugawa Ieyasu was the decisive battle which is often said to note the beginning of the Tokugawa hegemony. Two guesses who probably won. If you really want an in depth historical background on the battle just Google it.

Okay so now that you have your basic historic background done and over with let's talk about the actual anime. The anime starts out with the battle mentioned in the previous paragraph. The main character Shimazu, Toyohisa being an all around one man army destroying badass. Unfortunately, like so many sarcastic heroes on the battle field he dies on the first episode. Who knew being impaled by several spears would make someone bleed out and die?

Toyohisia is shocked to find himself in a brightly lit hallway with several doors to the left and right of him. In the middle of the hallway a blonde man that might as well be a younger brother of The Major with an unimpressed look on his face. Our hero is quickly sucked through one of the doors and is discovered unconscious by elves.

Mother wasn't pleased when he didn't go into dictatorship like his brother.

Will I continue to watch Drifters? I don’t know. Hellsing is one of my favorite anime and I was excited to see something new from Kouta Hirano, but something about everything after the battle and the hallway scene just left me bored. I forgot I began to watch this and it became buried under other shows. I’m crossing my fingers that the show will become more interesting as it goes on, but I’m not betting on any horses yet.