Sniper Português (Short 2020)

Sniper Português: Directed by Rui Constantino. With Rui Constantino, Robinson Cohen, Duke Sheppard, Pedro Pinecross. A portuguese sniper is sent to the jungle of Colombia, to seek out a mysterious mercenary sniper, that is working for the enemy, to eliminate a top rebel leader.

“I should have known by the title that something was going to be off on this anime. I was looking for a Rise of the Shield Hero type of anime and this one came up as recommended on IMDB. It has all of the usual traits I like: Dungeons, monsters, levelling style characters, action, adventure check, check, check across the board. The title tells me itu0026#39;s going to be a bit of a comedy, but I can live with that.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSo what is it about this anime that has me giving it a 7/10 instead of the 8/10 that I wish I could be giving it? The plot is decent enough, storytelling is ok, animation is great. Itu0026#39;s the main characters stupidity combined with the u0026#39;moral of this storyu0026#39; type of episodes that the creator has decided to make this show. For example, the main character a new dungeon adventurer teams up with a shady fox girl that is supposed to support him as he runs dungeons for loot and fame. From the very start she comes across shady with secret sneers and shady smiles telling us that she is out to steal and rip off the main character.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eUnbeknownst to our protagonist his u0026quot;supporteru0026quot; is lifting money from him every run because he is to dumb to understand a 50/50 split on loot OR because he just implicitly trusts her when she says she split the loot 50/50. In reality she is getting 70 and he 30. Their relationship culminâtes when she pushes him into running a much harder dungeon than normal where she drops monster lures all around him then steals his magic weapon and money straight to his face before leaving him TO DIE surrounded in high level monsters.nIf this happened to anyone they would be pissed! Well he manages to escape the monsters thanks to another adventurer. The thief manages to get surrounded by monsters herself and is about to die when our protagonist shows up, kills the monsters and saves her life. This is the part that got me upset: he treated her u0026quot;why did you run away?u0026quot;. He didnu0026#39;t even understand what or why she did what she did to him. She starts crying and tells him how she has been stealing from him before trying to have him killed. He just shrugs it off like it was nothing of note and still wants to be her partner even after learning what she did to him!nThis kind of moral high road story is ridiculous. Anyone wronged in such a way would want Justice, their money and goods back and certainly wouldnu0026#39;t want to work with or be friends with them again. Our hero doesnu0026#39;t want any of that and it bothered me a lot!u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThatu0026#39;s why this could have been a better show if they u0026quot;got realu0026quot; with reality and didnu0026#39;t take the high morals to such a ridiculous place. If this show was a little more serious and a bit darker it could have been a hit like Shield Hero.”