Tales of Wedding Rings (2024)

[結婚指輪物語]

Season 1

Director: Takashi Naoya
Studio: Staple Entertainment
Starring: Gen Sato, Akari Kito, Miyuri Shimabukuro
Episodes: 12

Synopsis:
A young man follows his childhood friend to another world, where she is one of five princesses entrusted with magical rings that must be united by the Ring King to fend off the forces of evil.

Impressions:
An isekai harem... I can't say I had much in the way of expectations going into this and that was probably expecting more than I should've. We have a bland loser protagonist and a main girl who's arguably worse. The other haremettes are better but nothing outstanding. I can remember seeing the OP and thinking that Marse and Saphir were a thing and that would provide some mildly interesting conflict, but that was hoping for too much. (It's not Saphir but her twin sister Saphira, which results in a far less interesting bit of conflict.) Suffice to say, the writing is underwhelming and with at best so-so production values, you can't expect much from the action. Well then, as a harem show, how about the "action"? If that's what you're here for, you're going to be disappointed. Something could be made of Satou's pledge of fidelity to Hime, but all it seems to do is serve as an excuse for nothing to really happen in the development of the relationships. Yes, there's a fair bit of ecchi content, but it's not going to satisfy those who are after that sort of thing first and foremost. In other words, no matter what you want out of a series, this isn't going to provide it. About the only thing I can praise without reservation is Shigeru Chiba's performance as Alabaster and maybe, just maybe, for his sake, I'll edge this just over the line to say take it or leave it, but, personally, I'd recommend the latter. I'll have to be in a rather masochistic mood to continue this into Season 2. I suppose we'll see.

Rating:
50/50