Clevatess: Season 1 Review

A brutal opening that rearranges morality

The Beast King crushes the kingdom's heroes, then unexpectedly takes responsibility for the infant Luna and resurrects Alicia as a magically bound servant. Alicia's broken, almost corpse-like return is visually disturbing, immediately refusing heroic comfort and asking whether the apparent monster may be more rational than the humans who exploit war and slavery.

Escape, pursuit and widening conflict

Ambushes and the pursuit by General Drell and the Boelate forces expand the story from a strange personal arrangement into political war. Alicia develops from victim into a calculating fighter, while Clevatess conceals the full extent of his strength. The later revelations about magic suggest a balance larger than any kingdom, but the finale wisely leaves motives and origins unresolved.

The child, the corpse and the king

Luna functions as innocence and ethical test: she cannot defeat anyone, but her presence may expose whether the Beast King is capable of change. Alicia embodies freedom under magical enslavement, divided between a body commanded by another and a consciousness still seeking meaning. Death and resurrection become narrative tools for asking where identity truly resides.

Dark craft built on tactics, not noise

Direction contrasts intimate trembling eyes with wide hostile landscapes and lets environmental preparation (ice, terrain and counters) determine combat. The muted grays, blacks and dark reds make magical color feel dangerous rather than decorative, while distinctive creature design avoids generic fantasy silhouettes.

Animation is generally fluid and strategically readable, with only minor decline in isolated episodes. The voice work creates a productive contrast between Clevatess's calm threat and Alicia's strained resolve, and wisely allows silence to carry moral tension instead of overplaying emotion.