The anime Nihon Sangoku (Seii Seisei Arc) has ended

The anime Nihon Sangoku (Seii Seisei Arc), which I looked forward to every week, has ended.
It ended at a very difficult juncture.
I am truly looking forward to the second season.
I devoured the manga as well, but the brilliance of the anime is something else.
Since I believe many people are already talking about the appeal of both, I will just leave my own impulses here.

First of all, one is surprised that Nihon Sangoku is an apocalyptic story with that particular art style.
If The Walking Dead is Society 2.0, then perhaps Nihon Sangoku is Society 3.0.
Scenes like riding a horse against the backdrop of buildings left behind from the Reiwa era are very fresh.

When I wonder what the driving force behind the protagonist Sankaku-kun's resilient mental strength is, it turns out to be the promise he made to his late wife, but I think I would be unable to go on living the moment I lost my wife.
Perhaps he is able to live and calmly continue to look at and witness the 'future' because he lives based on a sense of loss and the spirit that one will die someday anyway.
To live life to the fullest, he does not hold back on living.
He is a very cool and relatable protagonist, and I love him.

Tsune-chan (voiced by Jun Fukuyama) is also irresistible in his bewitching and self-assured manner.

In terms of voice actors, the subordinate-superior relationship between Sankaku-kun (voiced by Kensho Ono) and Strategist Kaku (voiced by Yuichi Nakamura) overlaps with Giorno and Bucciarati from JoJo Part 5, which is heart-pounding.
By the way, Part 5 is my favorite among the JoJo parts.
It is because it is darker and sadder than any other part, and the kindness of Bucciarati, who is the only one among the young people with disadvantaged backgrounds who can perceive love as they move forward with hope, shines like a fleeting light, which I find moe.

Returning to the topic, the opening theme 'Hidane' by Tatsuya Kitani is also wonderful, as it reminds me of the primitive Japanese flame-style pottery.
The director seems to have graduated from a music college (I read this in Animage), and the way music is handled in various places is truly magnificent.

Finally, I am keeping a close eye on how the story will continue to respond to the inhumane nature of humans and the concept of war.
Especially because it features a protagonist like Sankaku-kun, who fights using speech as his weapon.

I have written many things, but the moment I am watching the Nihon Sangoku anime, I just feel like 'Whoa!', and when it ends, I feel like 'It's over!'.

I am really looking forward to the manga and the continuation of the anime.
It is a work that makes me feel very happy that it is being created and delivered with such heart.