Hagure Yuusha no Aesthetica

Edit: I came back to this review. Reviewed the review, and decided that I was too lenient on it.

We'll get straight to the point here, I am somewhat tolerant of the MC. Sure, he's on the far other side of the spectrum when it comes to harem mains, but that's not exactly a good thing either. I'll get to that later:

Story: 1
There is no story. If someone asked you what it was about, all you can say is this: Over powered main character literally plays with girls until episode 10. That's it. There is no overarching main plot, well ... until episode 10, there are numerous subplots though. Pathetic romance plots and one actually very notable inner conflict in the main girl (Miyu). Other than that, it's the very definition of EPISODIC. And it's not even good episodic

P.S. They left room for season 2. Which we're probably not going to get because the author is busy with Shinmai Maou no New Testament...or something else.

Art: 3
Nothing too good, nothing too bad. Average. Character designs are good though. They do laze at some episodes though, lowering the detail a noticeable amount.

Actually scratch that, the art is pretty bad. It was one of the reasons I actually dropped the show after half way through the first episode. Kinda wish I kept it dropped.

Sound: 5
Average. No comment. OP and Endings are what you would expect.

Character: 3
And probably my most controversial rating. The characters. They're all stock characters. There's the tsundere, the easily embarrassed main girl, the perverted girl and the class president that is actually the most normal out of them all. Then there's the main character. He's actually a "good" main character, though I do have a few issues with him as a person, I won't let that affect my ratings (and so...his personality affected my ratings). He's boring. He's cool (arguably), he's funny, and he's BORINGLY over powered. He gets no character development, he gets NOTHING. He remains the same throughout the entire season. And he's STUPIDLY strong too. He's the type of strong that makes you go like, "Yerp, he's going to win. Oh, he's going to win again. Yup...winning...again." That's how strong he is. I would compare him to Saitama (OPM), but they actually make a joke out of Saitama. He has ABSOLUTELY no reason to be this strong.

Enjoyment: 6
Despite the crap I said and the low ratings, I actually did enjoy this, a little. The humor was nice even though it didn't make me laugh (I don't laugh to anime for some reason). You'd like the humor and the situations each character gets into. It's actually the only reason I kept on watching. The fight scenes however, they're something to be desired. You never really care what happens to the characters in fights since - well - we all know what's going to happen. MC somehow wins because plot armor and he's OP (even the OVA crossover with Queen's Blade illustrates this).

Overall: 3
There is NO story (until like...10). The art is average. The sound is average and forgettable. The characters are stock and one Gary Sue. We get a FAIR amount of enjoyment out of it, though don't expect much out of...well anything. It's almost like a poorly written author self-insert when you think about it. The type of situations you day dream.

Overall, this show is crap. After coming back and reevaluating my review, I can firmly say that this show is garbage and the author is right to keep it on hiatus and work on better things (Shinmai Maou).

Ahhhhhhhh! That's all that needs to be said.


But to add some more:

Tired of all the pussy main characters? Tired of authors redefining the main characters at whim? Tired of nothing but boobs when you want action?

Hagure Yuusha no Estetica is like a direct response to "Hey we want something bad-ass for once!" I watched the first episode and was hooked.

Akatsuki is simply the man I aim to be. Complete bad-ass-ery from start to finish in every single episode. Another strong point is Akatsuki's power - while he is over-powered, he opted to train in a different fighting style ... than the typical magic user. It brought back some memories of DBZ, especially in fight scenes - which there was no lack of.

The art is more than decent enough, same with sound. All the characters were interesting and entertaining.

The story was beautiful. It's original, but unfortunately it does not look like we'll get another season. It could have been better in terms of 'execution' as other reviewers have said, though that does not take away from the fact that this anime was completely amazing and we could use a hell of lot more like this one.

I definitely recommend any shonen lover to watch this anime.

BTW, its nothing close to HighSchool DXD in terms of 'hentai', I see the hints of it as testament to Akatuski's bad-ass-ery.

I can say this was a great anime. There were gaps and holes and a lot of things i didn't like but i was thoroughly entertained the entire time! First I would like to say I haven't read the novels an all speculation is based solely upon the anime. What I can say from the start is it takes some getting used to knowing that there is this massive back story that we didn't get to see and that there could be enough content for a prequel season however after the fourth episode that stopped bothering me as some things were being explained. I liked ... that they used flashbacks but didn't completely kill you with them. They were moderate and gave the info they needed to.

The only thing I disliked about the anime was throughout the first half it was almost entirely fan service with only a little action. Sure one would expect it to have ecchi in it but i was expecting much more action. I dove into this anime expecting a lot of action and got a lot of boobs. Not that it is a major complaint since this was however satisfied very quickly after the first few episodes. the anime was a little spotty with the story, a plot never really made itself present. At points it seemed like we were getting glimpses of a plot but in then turned out to be miniscule with the constant revealings of other plot points.

GOD FUCKING DAMN! Akatsuki's badass level is OFF THE CHARTS! I love this character quite a bit. He has amazing power and the author didn't screw up by making him overpowered because in fact the author made him unable to use magic bearing a weakness however he is just so badass that he turned his weakness into a strength. All the other characters are very well thought through although none are as captivating.

They really did kind of force a second season and I really hope we get one! I don't necessarily like reading action light novels because much of it is visual so I hope the anime adaptation carries on. Many things were left lingering and I feel as though this season was barely scratching the surface because the only time a clear plot was in fact introduced was at the very end of the season. They left way too many things lingering but that's because they were probably just following the novels. This anime is well worth watching and I really hope we will get to see a second season.

This anime tries to do to many different things. It tries to be funny but I didn't laugh once while watching the show. It tries to be action packed but the main hero is so overpowered it isn't interesting and you find yourself not caring about the outcome. This show also decides to be an ecchi anime, but the ecchi aspect of the show isn't the main point it just ends up making the show worse. The show had an interesting concept, but it just ends up becoming a mess. The art was pretty good. The sound was fine nothing special but Funimation did ... produce a good dub. The characters were poorly written and I didn't care about any of them. I really did not like this anime, but I don't think this anime is necessarily bad it's just about average.

Story: Amazing story even though it ended abruptly. This was a very engrossing anime that took a new spin on the "hero from another world" type of anime where those same other-worldly heroes end up back home

Art: Visually pleasing, modern anime style.

Sound: Nothing too stunning but overall pleasing, including average intro/outro soundtracks.

Character: The main characters were surprisingly well-developed in such a short amount of time with seemingly little background episodes. This leaves the viewer with a cast of "old friends" who you find yourself not wanting to say goodbye to at the final episode.

Enjoyment: Overall a slightly different twist on the over-powered pervy male protagonist. ... A strong plot with just the right amount of ecchi/fanservice added in with comedy and seriousness to boot.

Overall: A well balanced, great weekend anime, however it was far too short with the amount of depth the characters and plot were given.

Hagure is a ecchi-based action/fantasy for those tired of wimpy, "nice" male leads. However, it is also a series only for those who can tolerate thin character development and a story trying to foreshadow a second season so badly that you might as well just wait until the next season comes out.

The story shares the dimension-travel theme of other shows such as Zero no Tsukaima and Astarotte no Omocha. The main difference being the lack of Rie Kugumiya and a much more blunt approach to the ecchi; the main lead here is strong enough not to be a victim of violent acts of retribution for ... his openly perverse nature (though he displays it in a much more controlled fashion than the lead in Sora no Otoshimono). However, this refreshing change of lead personality is just wasted on a wish washy plot line full of inconsistencies, plot holes, and purposefully-unanswered mysterious questions. If you're looking for a stronger male lead who is not afraid to express his perverse nature, look to Onizuka. If you're looking for just a male lead that can stand up on his own, Campione gives this series a run for its money as well. If you do somehow decide to delve into this series, be prepared for a very lackluster story line.

Animation:
While there isn't anything atrocious here, the animation isn't what I'd call good. The color scheme gives the series a slightly childish feel despite the story trying (at times) to portray a more somber mood. As for the characters, there's something about their facial styling that is off putting. As for ecchi, the main hero has the ability to undress female characters (almost similar to the protagonist in DxD's ability, though Akatsuki can remove articles intact). He also has the ability to control the flow of chi in people, and thus can basically "control" how people "feel". You can interpret that one as you see fit. Expect plenty of groping, bouncy parts, and panty shots.

There is a decent amount of action in this series, but the choreography is average at best and there is neither seriousness nor gore (dragon implodes upon death? what is this Mortal Kombat Annihilation?). The majority of the fighting is analogous to laser spamming in certain Gundam series; basically you see large swaths of colored energy being hurled between contenders.

Sound:
The series has completely forgettable music all around. OP and ED are both action-sounding rock pieces, the ED being the slightly better of the pair. BGM has one or so unique pieces (for ecchi moments), but pretty much your standard fare.

To be honest, the only reason why I considered watching this was the outstanding list of VAs. Also to be honest, I have no idea how this show got so many good VAs signed on, as the characters are so cookie-cutter that none of the VAs even had a chance to drive any life into their roles. Kana Hanazawa voicing a very quiet, orderly character? Ami Koshimizu getting virtually three lines in the entire series? Marina Inoue in a tsundere role is probably the only one that was a good fit.

Story:
As mentioned in the intro, this series' setting is hinged on dimensional travel. In this case, kids are mysteriously transported to another world where they become RPG heroes, eventually returning to Earth with a wide variety of magical and physical abilities. These students are somehow gathered and placed in a school called Babel (of course we're not supposed to ask why or how). Our protagonist is one such student, who just returned from the other world having defeated the last demon king and taking "ownership" of the demon king's daughter (as the king's final request). The story follows Akatsuki as he and Miu adjusts to life at Babel.

The best way to describe the story is that it is analogous to DBZ had Goku started out at Namek as a SS3. There's just no point to it as the hero is already so strong that there is nowhere to grow. All the character relations and "important" friendships are meaningless as the "hero" ends up saving everyone. Every. Single. Time. To the point where one asks "why even bother?" The show tries to keep the viewer interested by occasionally hinting that there is a secret organization with potentially other beings at Akatsuki's level, but nothing ever comes from it other than hooks to try to get you to watch the second season- but if the first series is any hint at how well the production will go for the second season, please count me out.

The story starts out in a slice-of-life, episodic progression before moving on to the "final" arc starting halfway through the show. It builds to an eventual climax with an all-too-predictable outcome. The main plot line aside, there are just too many other subplots going on concurrently (the mysterious organization, occurrences in the other world, etc.) that are just thrown at the viewer as if we were some multi-core processor able to context switch seamlessly between subplots. Ranting aside, the execution of the story was overall significantly sub par.

Character:
To be honest, this ought to be a continuation of the rant from above, but I'll spare you and just say "more of the same". There are way too many characters thrown in seeming for the lolz, and the antagonist is so cliche that you'd have thought he came from something over a decade ago. All the characters (Miu aside) lack any depth whatsoever, almost as if the show is purposely hiding details. Character relationships also feel shallow, the deepest probably being Chikage's yuri feelings towards Miyu. As mentioned in the sound section, the great VA talent is truly wasted on these characters.

Value:
Some may rate this series highly because of this section alone. I'll agree, the male lead is a refreshing change from the wimpy lot. However, he overshadows all other aspects of the show to such a degree that he single handedly undermines the story as well as the importance of the other characters. Watch this series only for the fan service; otherwise, be prepared to be disappointed.

Its definitely a breath of fresh air in many aspects from your typical action/fantasy series. Definitely a strong male lead who isn't afraid of harassing the nearby girls. However, it shoots itself in the foot as it feels like we've been shoe horned into a confusing plot line which is described as vaguely as possible to try and make the show look cool.

The characters are definitely the shows most redeeming feature as the protagonist is the complete opposite of the shy ecchi harems you normally see. He is portrayed as a panty snatcher, molester, and peeper in a good light. ... Its kinda hard to describe but the girl victims do the kya screams while believing that he isn't really a bad guy at heart. However its merely a fresh twist on an old cliche to be honest. As the show goes on you get somewhat tired of his antics. Its like an original idea that was really poorly done to be honest.

As far as the harem and ecchi bits go, its the picture perfect cliche of the harem/ecchi genres. However like I said, the daring protagonist who openly gropes his harem girls to their chagrin does add a fresh twist to it.

The art and sound is pretty standard. Nothing particularly high tech, but nothing particularly bad either. Basically very little is animated in each of the scenes. Its an ecchi thrown out their because people will buy ecchis no matter what.

The story is by far the worst part of the show. The entire time I watched it I felt like they just threw out one half explained idea after another. They throw in new characters who's back stories are left a complete mystery but they are treated like front row side characters. They add in all kinds of weird plot elements which are never explained past being introduced. The whole thing felt so sloppy I was tempted to drop it half way even though I consider myself to be a part of the niche audience this show was aimed at....

Great series, but canned after first season.

1. Story - The episodes are full of action, with plenty of funny moments and few dull ones. There is a little bit too much fan service in the show for me personally, but I'm sure others will love all the boob and panty shots. I think they expected this to go for several seasons, so much of the overall story is an unknown.

2. Art - Okay, I thought some of the characters faces looked a bit too round and for some reason, whenever faces are like this, they seem lacking in detail. They also use hair colours like ... pink and green.

3. Characters - The protagonist Akatsuki is a cocky jerk, but still comes off as cool rather than a perverted creep. The lead female, Miu is a little whiny at times and she has ridiculous sized breasts. She doesn't seem to do much besides provide fanservice and need rescuing. Even so, I grew to like her character more towards then end of the story. The only other character of note is Haruka. Haruka came across as a bit of a bitch at first, which made it more fun watching Akatsuki mess with her. I grew to like her character quite a bit though.

4. Overall - An enjoyable action comedy, marred by the fact it got cancelled after the first season.
You will probably enjoy this if you liked High School DxD, Testament of New Sister Devil, Sekirei or Maken Ki.

As various others have mentioned, this anime has a main character who isn't wimpy, which is a great change from the usual. It's also the opposite of some fantasy stories where someone is thrown into another world and has to gain powers to save it. Instead, Akatsuki has already been through this, and is ready to return home after defeating a demon lord. What is more interesting is that this is a common event, and there is a school, aptly called Babel where people hone their skills from other worlds.
The main character can't use magic, but can manipulate the "energy" of his opponents bodies, ... which is also something new. He also doesn't give the speeches about friendship etc that other shounen heroes tend to give. He stands up for the weak, is a pervert and has power.
The anime itself has elements of fantasy/magical/supernatural, ecchi, and harem. The harem part I usually hate, but it's not so bad here, if predictable. The ecchi is a bit pathetic in how they bring it up in most episodes. I usually love fantasy/magic anime, but I'm still unsure about this one.
I'm beginning to think I'll be disappointed in the second half of the series.

Story- 6
After 7 episodes there still isn't much of one, but there seem to be some interesting developments thus far. It will either turn out grossly predictable, or will have some sort of interesting twist, hard to say so far. There has been some interesting foreshadowing of events to come, and some characters who may not be all they seem, but the story thus far seems more "how can we get Miu naked?"... I don't care about fan service most of the time, but to dedicate an entire episode to her picking out a bra and getting her breasts fondled by a shopkeeper and the guy who is posing has her brother... yeah, it's just pathetic. The most recent episode I stopped watching after the girls entered a contest of tag that results in removing someones bathing suit. It's just stupid to dedicate 2 episodes (thus far) out of 12 to fanservice. You have an interesting story, develop it! If you want fanservice, fine, but you can include it while developing a story...

Character- 7
The main character is a welcome change from similar guys in his position. However, he tends to rub me the wrong way sometimes. I still like him though, it's nice to see a main male character that's tough and has elements of fanservice. Little is known about him, thus far he has been revealed to be arrogant, strong, perverted and with some intelligence. But he has to be the one to save the day, which is a little too predictable. Like in a recent episode where I thought we would get so see some different characters kick ass, out he comes, completely out of nowhere to save the day. You're allowed to have more than one kick ass character! He's the "bad boy" type, who secretly has a kind heart.
Haruka is perhaps the most predictable of female characters. She's the bitchy annoying one that gets in embarrassing situations while having it in for the main character, but then will eventually develop feelings for him.
The characters just aren't that great. I like the new blonde guy, because he seems to have his own agenda, but otherwise they are all pretty predictable.

Art and sound are fine, the art isn't as good as many I've seen, but not too bad either. As for enjoyment, thus far I'd give it a 6, but I'm hoping it will be able to change that in the second half!

Lion Tamers! We try again to like another harem anime.

I managed to marathon all 12 episodes in less than 2-days, which was fairly easy, because then I skipped most of the opening music, and closing music. All of which was really not very good. I even went against my own principles in marathoning the show, just to try to find good things about the show.

As some of you know, I dislike j-pop hi-speed rhythm music. While theses musical pieces were made to sound reminiscent of "Unbreakable Machine Doll' the end product was not anywhere near as memorable. The singer for the opening theme song, was ... quite good, and I felt sorry for her; as she was stuck trying to make something out of a song played more than twice as fast as necessary.

There was actually a tune, and almost had some noticeable harmonies there, but most of the things I was willing to like about the songs, was hidden in all the screaming guitars, and hi-speed playback. It almost felt like the music composers and arrangers had it in their minds to hide the good parts intentionally. Oh well, these people that annoyed me, and my musical sensibilities should be horsewhipped, but I'm killing too much time already in talking about the unmemorable music.

I DID however like the soundtrack sounds and musical riffs. Not bad at all. There! I said it. Something good about the show.

***

Now I want to talk about the Story. I will save the characters for last. I know, that's backwards, even for me, but there's some bass-ackwards stuff in this anime anyways. And I'll get to that too.

This story does have a few items that are clearly innovative. But the plot I wanted to see was the one they hinted at thru the whole anime, and we never got to see it. And we never will. Don'tcha just hate that? We'll get to that, but let's get to the main story.

Okay, I'm not gonna get into a lot of story specifics, but I do want to mention a few basic ideas from the plotline, in passing, that I found interesting. Careful about the phrase "May you live in interesting times. " This was an old Roman curse. So careful what you wish for.

Anyhow, we have a inter-dimensional rift story here, where people from other places come into a second place (always the same first destination), chase girls, sometimes even a queen or a princess or two (most of the new arrivals are male Americans, I love that (grin)), then they get bored and go home. No apparent offspring launched out at me as a viewer. So all is fun and games.

And oh yea, when you're in this other land, you have to learn weird old english, in the floweriest of terms. If you don't speak as they do, they turn to their fellows and say things like; "Avast, hast thy knave lost his reason, or mayhaps he is a stranger!" Which of course confuses our visitor, and in the case of our main character, prompts hm to bash a fellow in the face, or strip a girl from her undies.

Which they would not have been wearing in such a backward culture anyway. People tended to be, in past eras, let's see, how do I put this; oh yea, Rita Rudner had a great phrase "... Naked under my cloths ..." Undies were not present, even for rich people. But without the undies, we would have lost more than half of the fan-service. Which I like, as long as people don't get hurt from it, or gets in the way of telling the story. Which happens in this story. A lot!!!

Let's describe the culture as best we can. I counted a lot of women in this show. And some fellows, but mostly women. After all, if one expects to have harems in any culture, you would want a culture that contains sufficient women that most men who want a harem can have one. Right?

And not one of these women can be over the age of 22, and none of them can be fat, and they can only be flat-chested if they are under the age of 14. And the male population are inconsiderate bastards, almost uniformly; which these females mostly go head over heals over. Cool! There's reality for yah!

Both worlds, Earth (maybe, just a guess) and this other place, operate in the above fashion, although the Earth demographic seems to be slightly more balanced. But not by much, barely noticeable.

Look folks, I like a little fantasy as much as the next fellow, but this is stretching a lot of my ability to suspend disbelief.

***

Now I wanna talk about dialog. I like good dialog. But I have to say, when the male hero is talking his future girlfriend out of committing suicide, it is a good idea to keep one eye on that giant ***Dragon*** trying to fry you two to atoms. This is exactly what happened in one of many scenes, which began to resemble a Shakespearian rendition of Hamlet;

"Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow
of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: he hath
borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how
abhorred in my imagination it is! my gorge rims at
it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know
not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your
gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment,
that were wont to set the table on a roar? Not one
now, to mock your own grinning? quite chap-fallen?
Now get you to my lady's chamber, and tell her, let
her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must
come; make her laugh at that. Prithee, Horatio, tell
me one thing."

Meaning, in not to make too much a point on it, there was too much dialog, in about half the episodes. And the dialog was irrationally placed at points, where large speeches got in the way of timely and pressing events. Like big fights, or strong conflicted differences of opinion.

***

And now I get to the characters and their juxtaposition. What we have here is a form of double reversal of roles here.

The male lead is Goku, from DBZ. I realize that is very brief, but there is literally nothing else. He even glows in the dark like Goku when he gets really, really annoyed. He postures like Goku. He has the bravado of Goku. He even yells often about needing 'more power' or the lack of it, and makes insinuations that imply that it would be nice if he could strangle his opponent to death, it would make him quite happy, like Goku.

The female lead, playing his non-related sister from the other world, plays a meek and mild little person, that before the end of the show grows into a person who isn't bashful about anything (she gets her fear muscle completely burned out of her by the events of the anime).

Meanwhile, this little cutie is the biggest chested girl in the anime, of course; and shapely, quite pretty and has a nice little sweet name "Miu". Sounds like the cutest little lap-kitten on the face of the earth. And she becomes this little piece of heaven, as the show runs along.

Mind you, she is the daughter of the nastiest Dark Lord and King of the dark and putrified forests of the other place. Yep, she's just gonna be sweetness and light, upon everybody she meets. I believe, I believe; yes I believe I will have another piece of pie. The authors have GOT to be kidding me.

We have a lesbian girl who attempts rape of at least one girl in the locker room of their school, and everybody is just fine with that. Putting aside she's lesbian, that's still unwanted physical assault. Lemme try that again. That is unwanted physical assault. And should have gotten her expelled and jailed. If a fella had done that in the show, he would have had a wonderful view out his window at the graybar hotel.

We have an entire student body government that behaves like the Nazi High Command. And that never changes through the whole anime, even when they begin to see reason. They're still rude, officious, crass, and generally ill mannered. Oh yea, I fergot. They lean towards dumb as lawn fertilizer, eventually taking all their productive leads from our main hero, with strong misgivings, and still blaming him for everything.

****

Were there things I liked? Yep! I liked that Miu was is a lovely sweet girl that can be talked into anything, because she trusts. A rare and pleasant characteristic. I didn't believe it for one second, but it was cute.

I liked the artwork, most of which was the stuff which has become standard fair from Funimation, Lantis, etc.

I liked that our crass and irritating super hero from the funny-farm does actually feel some responsibility for his actions. It's hard to find, and he wrecks havok upon all observers, including his own friends, by doing something really, really thoughtless. A lot! But if he wasn't that lovable guy we have known and enjoyed, hell most of that fan-service would never have got off the ground.

Oh! I almost left out a complete thought. Shame on me. The hinted at subplot is the one I wanted to see. Not more of. It should have been the material for the entire main plot, and now requires a second season to actually do anything about. Which we will never get.

That plot is the hinted at Star-Chamber, operated by Kyouya Hikami, a very potentially mean element, and subplotted again by Motoharu Kaitou. Ostensibly these characters and others, are involved in silencing opposition to stable governments all over the world, via the use of their superior super-magic. The sub-text is one of domination of lesser mages, and the destruction of all forces that would contest their power.

But we don't get to see that. And as I've said, we won't either. Oh well, nuts.

I give "Hagure Yuusha no Aesthetica" a strong 6.

Hagure Yuusha No Estetica.

Well it's not the best show out there, but it's also not the worst. I'f anything It will be a hit or miss show with you. With a low bar for hit's, by this I mean that even if this show appeals to you, you'll most likely end up ratting it an 8-6 at best.

Plot 4/10

By far the weakest element here, the only reason I'm giving it a 4 is because I can tell they really tried to add a real story to this. Unfortunately despite there attempts people will find the story to be somewhat annoying, as the ... characters are constantly referring to events that we have never seen. there are no alliterative flashbacks, and at some point the viewer will start to wish they were watching the story of what happened before the demon king was killed, because that sounds a lot more interesting the whats going on now.

art 4/5

the art is fine, BUT O MY GOD DO YOU HAVE TO MAKE YOUR PICTURES SO BRIGHT. And i'm not talking shiny bright i'm talking diluting your pictures with a extra shade of white.

Also I'm not a fan of how some of the characters faces are fat.

characters 7/5

Kuzuha. the saving grace of this show, you have no idea what a relief it is to watch a show, and see that the main character is not a pussy.

-bad guy in front of you, i'm going to beat his face in.
-girls with bathing suits, fuck consequences i'm taking those off.

In terms of what the designers wanted they nailed the badass part down perfectly and that counts for a lot with me A LOT. That being said I still can't figure out why he was such a ass in the begining…

music 5/5

not much stands out. but it does it's job

Decent harem show after all. Of course you'll probably forget about it after several months, but during show itself you'll have great enjoyment.
Story and plot part were never strong sides of harems, same applies to this one. Story is fair enough to maintain interest. What is kinda unusual is strong main character, this is so refreshing after watching tons of harems with useless main male chars.
If you want to watch another harem show with cool main male character, decent art and sound, fantasy background, then this show is for you

My number one ecchi harem male lead anime.

The art is kind of old IMO and I wish for more "modern" art style but once you get hooked, you stay hooked on all of it.

Ousawa Akatsuki is probably the best male lead of all the anime I've seen. And I've seen LOT of them, especially from this genre.

I like the story LOT, which is saying much because other anime have kind of always highschool bla bla meh stories. This one has a captivating story and I regret not knowing more of it because not much is shown as his life before the story this anime ... is based on.

He is perverted, honest, masculine and no pushover. He always knows what to do, when to do it and how to do it. Some critique though is that he is kind of a stone statue in some ways. He doesn't show desire too much and is kind of condescending if you dislike his attitude. But that's personal taste IMO.

I desperately want more seasons, but I doubt they will come.
I would DEFINITELY recommend it to people that like this genre.

If you like overpowered heroes and overpowering ecchi, you'll like this. It has a lot of interesting pieces, but doesn't utilize them, instead focusing too much on the sex stuff. A lot of parts can actually be considered softcore hentai in my opinion.

I enjoy the overpowered hero genre, which is why I am disappointed in this. The series sets up a number of possible plots that could fill a second season on their own, but it has never had a sequel and really doesn't deserve one.

I would say it's worth one view and then can be forgotten, but ... it's definitely not for everyone.

My last review was one for the best. It seems fair to have one, in which in my opinion is one of the worst.

This anime, though I can't believe, was finished. Completed. Done. Processed. Though it may be that way, no information can be recalled as I try, with effort and reluctance, to write this review.

The plot found in MAL is all that I could remember, even some, I was reminded.

In short, this was very forgettable as I have seen this series just this year. That's just no good. Normally so.

The story is graded 3. As the powerful cool kid deals this encounters with ... whims, many overrated scenarios come to play. Girls, left and right, of all kinds would fall. Enemies strong as they may be, was put down with clear predictability. This was as direct and straight as a horizon, and clearly, the outcome, like a boat floating a mile away, can be seen by anyone with eyes.

The art is 5. Ordinary and bland. Incomparable from most anime. Perhaps the style is chosen best for the story. Having an ordinary eye for art, I failed to see the difference.

The sound is 6. The sound seems good. With expertise the same as in art category, you can't trust me in this too.

Enjoyment is the lowest it could ever be. As I think back, I still can't believed I completed this. I make a list of anime I watched and completed and that's how I this got a review. Being an unforgotten anime, I considered that very bad.

Thanks for reading.

Hagure Yuusha no Estetica
selling points=OVERPOWERED HERO and FUN
, This anime is an enigma... the story was bad, the fan service was dreadful and the art was nothing special in fact i didn't like how some faces were depicted.
BUT I HAD A F******* BLAST!
this anime has been tailored to all the needs of a dude, although i resent all the fat otakus drawling and faping over the characters i must say i enjoyed each and everyone of them. The main charater is STUPIDLY over powered and i like that i don't know its jsut fun for a change, he doesn't care much for anything so he ... just has fun 24/7 he may be a pervert but in this world he makes it work.

The cliff hanger at the end makes me cry at night i want a second season but i dont think its coming BUT if you want fun then this is the anime for you,!

3rd review. Please treat me well.

This could've been good. This could've been an actual honest-to-gods properly done good harem anime.... Where did it all go wrong???

Story: 3
This story had an interesting backdrop where a hero finished mopping up the demon lord and brought back his daughter as souvenir. So where did it go wrong?? Well first off, they started the series off right when he was leaving the fantasy realm after defeating the demon lord, therefore he was already immensely powerful, so powerful that he could potentially win every single battle, single-handedly. Here was an MC that could literally be god due to how powerful ... he is. A good comparison would be to say that his rpg gaming level is 99. Or perhaps... "Vegeta. What does the scouter say about his power level?" "It's over 9000!" But seriously... It might as well have been that way. He may not be one of THOSE current conventional hero MCs, where they are emo edgelord "badasses" that they have a fancy sabers and wields lots of powerful spells making them pseudo mage knight or "Hero" class, because he can't use magic at all. But instead he got something else.... Something that renders magic almost completely obsolete. A martial arts ability called the Linked Energy Manipulation. Have you ever heard of the "plot armor", where a character can never truly die or know defeat? If you have, know that that ability that he wields is what I dubb with my own little coin term as the "plot sword", where an item/tool/weapon/ability is so powerful, it might as well be on the level of godlike ability that cannot be overcome. And that's exactly what that ability was. It made him... Nigh invincible. Able to perform feats that is almost on the level of Dragonball Z... So don't let that huge black sword on the cover shot of the series fool you. That's just the bait. And also despite its cool colors and whatnot, its design is pretty ugly in terms of badass looking anime swords... Anyways, his real power comes from that ability, which he even boasts it as such himself. And that makes him do a lot of things from swiping girls' underwears without them noticing or feeling a thing or him giving the beat-down to every opponent he ever faces. So if you're expecting some kind of character development or progression by walking alongside him to his goal of fame and glory? Pft. Forget it. He was already there. It's like arriving late to a party while almost everything is gone. Now it's just the slight after-party you would have to settle for. And that's what this all was. There was no serious threat or overarching story. He just came back, got enrolled into a mandatory school, just so he can fight them? And they want to see if he's the so-called "true hero"??? Anyways, this story was brought together all so poorly that when the ending came... One could be left wondering "What did I just watch? And what can I take from all of this?". Another sad thing was that he was mainly in a futuristic Japan setting where technology and society has progressed a lot esp when recognizing the existence of many other worlds/dimensions including the fantasy one that he conquered. Unfortunately the world he went back home was not much explored beyond his school. And the fantasy realm was almost left forgotten until the literal "tune-in next season" cliffhanger cliche at the end that foreshadowed its importance. But otherwise.... A complete mess.
A good potential material of a backdrop plot, don't get me wrong. But it was all done SO poorly. I mean a powerful sentient bike where it only ever accepted his father, but somehow accepted him in mere seconds and off-screen no less? WTF????

Art: 8
The art was honestly VERY good. Everything looked bright and shiny as to give off some kind of majesty or high quality. Of course, it's not on the level of a AAA anime, but it got the job done. Even the ecchi scenes were very engaging. If you know what I mean.

Sound: 4
Honestly can't remember the music. And I just watched it for the first time few weeks ago. That should tell you how impressionable it was. The voice acting and sound effects were fine I guess. But nothing that stood out and made me say "OMG!".

Character: 3
Oh here we go. Other than the story, this is the main bread and butter.
... And they utterly disappointed. His attitude is one of arrogance and confidence. But don't expect some development because he never gets into a vulnerable spot. Of course, that makes some Western audiences go all googly-eyes for a char like him that is not emo edge lord or a walking mess or sissy MC. But as such... He is not very relatable at all. He might as well be the Sylvester Stallone of anime where he can commando everything if he wants to and gets the girl in the end. Utter walking mass of muscle perfection. Which is a doubled edged sword, since not everyone is not looking for a male fantasy power trip or already perfected/flawless character. Then there is the main heroine. If you're looking for a character development there, then nope. She only falls for him like a good damsel in distress would. But she offers little to no help in terms of battles or overall plot progression. She tends to be more of a nuisance, like that the princess that keeps getting captured and you gotta go and reluctantly save. That's how "good" of a character she is. Otherwise she's worst than main heroine of other Yuusha anime, the one where the MC couldn't be a hero and instead had to get a job. Because as I said, she offers very little to the story since the MC is strong enough to protect her and save the world all in one day. So she's the titular damsel in distress while only being good for eye candy... Although she's pretty much the ONLY main eyecandy. Since like the other yuusha anime I mentioned, she shares same parallels with that main heroine Phino, where their tits are the only tits that matter. You can clearly see and witness all of the hugeness (since it's some kind of unwritten anime rule that main heroines gotta be busty as hell) and shape of their breasts, to even their nipples. But.... That leaves no room for other girls. Sure, there are other girls who get stripped, but nothing is shown that leaves less for the imagination. And worst of all is Kuzuha. She's barely to no reveal at all because of the nature of her character design (her being a small girl aka loli)
And there's not much to say about other chars since they are usually pushed off to the sideline, while the MAIN FOCUS and treat that the anime is trying to keep pushing fans towards is the MH aka Miu....

"Only Miu deserves your unworth eyes, peasants. Look upon her splendor!"
-This anime

Seriously, if you are looking for character development or plethora of nice girls being out on display as nice treats for your eyes? Too bad you only get Miu. This is not DxD or even Trinity Seven.

Enjoyment: 2
Story sucked. Character development was very little. Fanservice was so one-sided by favoring a lot towards MH. Honestly I had hoped to see more interactions with cute Kuzuha and pretty Haruka, but alas beyond that single ep of them being the main focus, it was not meant to be. And even in their "dedicated" ep, you could count on Miu to be there constantly to be the distracting main attraction that you just can't escape...

Overall: 2
Terrible... This could've been so good! This could've actually had a future more or less the same as Trinity Seven or even better. But it utterly failed...
Sad too because this hero could've prolly owned his own harem if he wanted to... If he stopped focusing too much on the MH. I mean I know they are MHs for a reason, but it give a break please. This is why anime harems are never a true thing and can never be truly realized as a harem. It's all a sham. After all, daytime/evening animes or non-hentai animes and games couldn't dare to show polygamy of all things. Therefore, stick with MH because.... They are the MH!

Anyways, as I have mentioned how the MC is fist swinging terminator commando. He was like made for Western audiences. And as such him and his pathetic series did not fare well with our Japanese counterparts and thus bombed so bad that a 2nd season is nowhere in sight. And I for one say good riddance. Even though it left the series on a cliff-hanger, I don't have much hopes or expectations out of a series and MC that is just MH crazed and obsessed. This was one of those hopeful bets that you place on with all of your spending on because it looked so promising, but it quickly became a gut-wrenching train wreck or should I say a "wrecking ball" of an anime..... This is definitely by far one of the most guiltiest pleasure animes I have ever seen. And not necessarily a good kind either. If I had to compare it to a game, this wasn't God of War. This was Gears of War... That bad.
So I suggest that whoever wishes to see a MC to not be a ssisy for once and take names and make all of the girls his hoes, then go ahead. But don't expect much beyond the MH, which he switches his laser targeting to, and any sort of good story. Because there is almost none. Just fanservice up the butt. And only plot to advance the story to make a cliffhanger to have people watch this and stay interested beyond the tits...

First let may say this was a great anime to watch i enjoyed it, made me laugh and it just awesome... Genres: Action, Drama, Ecchi, Fantasy, Magic, Romance and School life

Story:
Its about a man named Akatsuki who beats a demon king or lord. Right before the lord or king dies he tells Akatsuki to take his daughter with him and to protect her. so Akatsuki takes Miu to his the lords daughter to his world and there is were they meet new friends and start their new life

Art:
The animation was great there was no problems with the images or the backgrounds.

Characters:
there's five main ... characters i already mentioned two Akatsuki and miu the rest you have to find out for your self and there's 11 supporting characters

Like i said i loved this anime i hope this helps you guys and give this anime a try for those who haven't seen it and let if this review helps

i did not watch beyond the 3rd episode so i can't tell how good the full season is, but the fact i couldn't watch further says enough.
i like to watch trash isekai every now and then as a guilty pleasure yet even still i've never dropped an anime before.
i don't like ecchi and i'm sure that's a big part of why i didn't like it but even beyond that the story didn't manage to captivate me and i came out of every episode feeling bored, and actively insulted.
it was predictable through and through, a single scene got dragged out way too long and the other ... scenes just felt like recreations of the same.
i did like the idea of powers being earned in another world instead of being born with, however they seemed to abandon all that made this show unique and i couldn't bring myself to watch further and see if they pick them up again.

if you enjoy this, nothing against you at all and i'm happy you found something to enjoy, i however didn't enjoy this one at all

I am 7 episodes in. I have seen hentai with more plot. It is hard to understand what the point of the story is halfway through.
This series is just lewd fan service. The main character is just some sort of "perfect pervert". Mr Nice Guy who acts like a knight in shining armour but also molests/steals the undergarments of the entire female cast. It is hard to even relate with the characters since they are basically just caricatures. The main character is just annoying. I won't even mention his "sister". She is even more annoying.

I do not mind the occasional trash series that does not ... take itself seriously. However, this one is just dreadful.