Great Pretender Anime Review

ABOUT:

The Great Pretender is  series of unfortunate events has led Makoto "Edamame" Edamura to adopt the life of crime—pickpocketing and scamming others for a living. However, after swindling a seemingly clueless tourist, Makoto discovers that he was the one tricked and, to make matters worse, the police are now after him.

While making his escape, he runs into the tourist once again, who turns out to be a fellow con man named Laurent Thierry, and ends up following him to Los Angeles. In an attempt to defend his self-proclaimed title of "Japan's Greatest Swindler," Makoto challenges his rival to determine the better scammer. Accepting the competition, Laurent drops them off outside a huge mansion and claims that their target will be the biggest mafia boss on the West Coast.

Jumping from city to city, Great Pretender follows the endeavors of Makoto alongside the cunning Laurent and his colorful associates in the world of international high-stakes fraud. Soon, Makoto realizes that he got more than what he bargained for as his self-declared skills are continually put to the test.

(This synopsis was taken from MAL)

REVIEW:

I was honestly a bit skeptical about starting this anime but decided to give it a shot. One of the greatest decisions I ever made. To say this show is incredible is an understatement, the visual, the storyline, the characters everything. 

- Characters:

                     Makoto Edamura has a split personality throughout both seasons of the anime. In season 1 he's much more calmer and  overreacts to the smallest thing. He became more colder and more calculated in season 2. He befriends another con artist Laurent Thierry who he starts going on different schemes with.

                    Laurent Thierry is an expert con man who travels the world with his team of con artist. He goes after the corrupt individuals across the world and tries his best to rope Edamame into all his schemes.

                    Abigail Jones is nonchalant and thick skinned girl. She's skilled fighting and acting and gets the job done

- Plot and Animation:

          The plot is overall decent with no major plot holes. There are a lot of unexpected cliffhangers so be warned about that. The plot thickens a lot in each episode making you want to binge watch the series in one day like I did....The background in every episode was beautiful for each location around the globe.

-OP Song:

                Freddie Mercury The Great Pretender was a great song to end the anime with. I didn't like the op as much.

Overall I'd recommend this anime to someone who wouldn't mind a deep plot with some comedy thrown into it. Wish I could rewatch it again for the first time.