Not a faithful adaptation.

The source material may not be Shakespeare but I have enjoyed the books so far. The same can't be said for the anime. The full series is not out in the U.S. (up to episode 9) so it might get better but I will stop watching.

The defeat of the pirate Goaz and his fleet was what propelled Liam Sera Banfield (main character) to prominence in the Empire but it was one battle. The main reason for this was that he did it with only his forces and no support. So adding the "mistake" of sending him to the imperial army's training grounds seemed detrimental to the overall... read the rest.