As the newest head of the prestigious Campbell household, young Cecily Campbell is following family tradition by becoming a Knight Guard of the Independent Trade City of Housman and taking up the family sword. She is still wet behind the ears as a warrior, though, so when she breaks her family sword trying to stop a crazed former knight she has to get saved by the dashing but standoffish swordsman Luke, who uses an amazing sword. Upon tracking down Luke later, Cecily discovers that he is a blacksmith and tries to convince him to make her a sword which will be her partner in her quest to protect the city from threats. A monster attack on a nearby caravan gives her a chance to prove her mettle and Luke (and elfin companion Lisa) a chance to show their true power: that of a Sacred Blacksmith.
based on a light novel series and produced by manglobe,
The Sacred Blacksmith has so much of the look and feel of a classic RPG-based fantasy story that it is rather surprising that it is not directly adapted from a computer or console RPG. It does nothing bad but nothing particularly special, either, until the episode's final couple of minutes, when Luke and Lisa forge a new sword on the spot in the midst of a battle (as seen in the screenshot).
That is a novel and interesting scene, and Cecily scores some points, too, for some dialog that is effectively earnest without being overly cheesy. A nicely cute closer and respectable technical merits (watch for some nice footwork in one scene) don't hurt, either.
As the newest head of the prestigious Campbell household, young Cecily Campbell is following family tradition by becoming a Knight Guard of the Independent Trade City of Housman and taking up the family sword. She is still wet behind the ears as a warrior, though, so when she breaks her family sword trying to stop a crazed former knight she has to get saved by the dashing but standoffish swordsman Luke, who uses an amazing sword. Upon tracking down Luke later, Cecily discovers that he is a blacksmith and tries to convince him to make her a sword which will be her partner in her quest to protect the city from threats. A monster attack on a nearby caravan gives her a chance to prove her mettle and Luke (and elfin companion Lisa) a chance to show their true power: that of a Sacred Blacksmith.
based on a light novel series and produced by manglobe, The Sacred Blacksmith has so much of the look and feel of a classic RPG-based fantasy story that it is rather surprising that it is not directly adapted from a computer or console RPG. It does nothing bad but nothing particularly special, either, until the episode's final couple of minutes, when Luke and Lisa forge a new sword on the spot in the midst of a battle (as seen in the screenshot). That is a novel and interesting scene, and Cecily scores some points, too, for some dialog that is effectively earnest without being overly cheesy. A nicely cute closer and respectable technical merits (watch for some nice footwork in one scene) don't hurt, either.
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