I hate to say it but I feel like it was kind of bad. A bit of a loredumping mess to justify some fanservice party and cover up the flimsy script. Absolutely nothing happens until you stop at a random campfire and suddenly, shit gets real and we gotta go kill the big bad now.

But wow, I soyjaked when I saw Gigachad Vandham-Zeke-Rex and Dunban-Shulk!! Them having their children around seems like such a wasted opportunity when they’re just used for cheap winks and nods. You can say Aionios isn’t really even the setting to explore these themes to begin with, which true, but that just makes it REALLY concerning this was a story they considered worth telling to begin with