It’s no great stretch to imagine that KING’S RAID: Successors of the Will is based on a mobile game. More specifically, it’s based on an SRPG with character collection elements, which explains both the quest format – it’s essentially a single long journey carried out over twenty-six episodes – and the vast number of named characters who rear their heads during that time. Taking the form of a Tolkien-style fantasy with elves, treants, orcs, and other familiar staples, the story suffers from its extended journey format and competing storylines, one of which is almost always more interesting than the other.
The main plot is that one hundred years ago, King Kyle of Orvelia set out to vanquish the Demon Lord Angmund with the sword gifted to him by Lua, goddess of light. Whether or not Kyle ultimately succeeded or failed is fairly swiftly brought up for debate, because not only…
