I really liked the series in the beginning, I was fascinated to learn more about the culture and its traditions. And when the dead showed up, all the more interesting and fun. When they began to show up, living feared them. One dead man could take many hits and not feel any impact, just keep going. They fight also quite well with weapons. A skilled Waka struggled against one in the first episode. But on the last episode, Waka just beheads them as if it is nothing.
It changed halfway through the first season where the dead became dumb and kept screaming at the living instead of fighting them properly, despite having outnumbered them. They go down after a few hits, some even beheaded after one or two slashes. Most of them are suddenly not skilled with weapons anymore, all they do is swing like 5 year old kids. They rush at the living people like hordes of zombies from TWD.
The dialogue between the characters is a bit off, and reminds me of the modern pattern of conversations. I do not know if that was poor writing, or intentional. And then we have the plot armour... Many characters have made dumb decisions, yet they somehow survive or get out of what seemed like inescapable trap. The guy who freed Waka on the last episode did it for ''many wives'', a sudden change of reason? This character is the coward to run at first sight of Waka losing a fight, and has stated so many times before. But at the ending of last episode, he jumps at a whole horde and frees a tied Waka somehow. For ''many wives''.
This and more other reasons is why I am giving it a 6. The series is great, I like its concept plot, fighting, effects and the details about the culture etc. But I am not going to watch the second season.
It changed halfway through the first season where the dead became dumb and kept screaming at the living instead of fighting them properly, despite having outnumbered them. They go down after a few hits, some even beheaded after one or two slashes. Most of them are suddenly not skilled with weapons anymore, all they do is swing like 5 year old kids. They rush at the living people like hordes of zombies from TWD.
The dialogue between the characters is a bit off, and reminds me of the modern pattern of conversations. I do not know if that was poor writing, or intentional. And then we have the plot armour... Many characters have made dumb decisions, yet they somehow survive or get out of what seemed like inescapable trap. The guy who freed Waka on the last episode did it for ''many wives'', a sudden change of reason? This character is the coward to run at first sight of Waka losing a fight, and has stated so many times before. But at the ending of last episode, he jumps at a whole horde and frees a tied Waka somehow. For ''many wives''.
This and more other reasons is why I am giving it a 6. The series is great, I like its concept plot, fighting, effects and the details about the culture etc. But I am not going to watch the second season.