Rokka no Yuusha Episode 1: The Strongest Man in the World - Bobble Reviews

This anime's world is weird. Their art looks like this:

But they look like this:

And a lot of them have names like this:

And they do have buildings that look like this...

Hey, these are good drawing skills for a bear.

...but you know what, the part that really matters is the plot gunk under the hood. Let me just call it Jikuu Tenshou Nazca crossed with, uh, Vocaloid.

So let's cut to the chase; the Goddess of Fate chooses six people to the the six heroes and they have six petals on a sweet tattoo that they will get at some point in their lives at some possibly-provocative point on their body. Enter our hero, Adlet Mayer, self-proclaimed strongest man in the world, who interrupts an important holy tournament to beat everyone up himself, just to say that he can.

Yes, yes, I understand that.

He beats everyone up, mostly using tricks like smoke bombs and caltrops that come out of his rusty sword. Still, the audience throws torrents of rocks at him and he gets thrown in the slammer, which is one way to lose.

Now Platelet's doomed to solitude! For about half a minute until this prison maid shows up:

And they talk for a while, mostly about how strong he is.

But that wasn't even his final prison. Now he gets to go to this big hole in the ground where guards occasionally walk by and toss him potatoes. Nonetheless, Adelaide, determined to remain the strongest, trains in sub-terra for days and days and days.

You don't understand! He's so strong that this is how he looks when he's emaciated.

But when the sky goes red and shockwaves devastate peoples' eardrums, will Bracelet be strong enough to defeat the

!!!?????????????????

And will he earn from the powers that be the six-petaled flower mark of the Braves of Six Flowers, for whom the show is titled!?

First answer: we may never know, since the latest demon fiend wave hit while he was still in prison.
Second answer: yes.

Already stirred awake by the sudden appearance of The Mark upon him, Leaflet leaps way, way up to the grate at the top of the prison with his super legs, only to see the person with a powerful, tournament-winning reputation who at first looked like this:

And has somehow become this!

OH BABY! I'M SO (surprised/disappointed/disturbed/titillated)!

She frees him with her conductor-wand magic, and they ride off on horses together. Prepare to fight the Demon God who goes by the name of "Demon God," you strong and courageous heroes of flowers...

Could it be!? The strongest man meets the strongest...horse...!?