Kenja no Mago

Possible Spoilers!!


Kenja no Mago is yet another isekai anime that gets adapted because they thought i'd be a good idea to do so, while the manga is arguably good and way better, the transitions are awful and do not fit, one example of this is when he is supposed to deliver a speech as he got the top grade in the admission test, they just show him talking then immediately cut off to the next part, him being on the classroom then another cut happens, so not only they removed important scenes that added to character development, but even the action scenes feel forced, one ... of such is the part where he deals with the knights harassing the 2 girls.

It just seems like your average isekai, but with even horrendous transition times, and no character development at all, the first episode showed a lot of promise, giving me the illusion it would be a good adaptation, but then second episode arrived, it completely shattered it.

If you liked the first episode, please do not watch it and instead read the manga, or else you might find yourself dropping the anime.

This show had so much potential. Sadly for us, the viewers, authors of this anime were high on summer shoe fumes when they wrote the script. Premise is not bad at all and main character being stupidly overpowered doesn't necessarily mean a bad show, just look at One Punch Man.

However they messed up every single character to insurmountable degree. Everyone is constantly buys ooo-ing and wow-ing our protagonist that they are lack time to use their brains for a moment. Grandson is no better either. One moment he'll get lectured not to show off as that could cause international scandal, very next moment he goes ... and does it.

In short, it needed so little to be good and it ended up being so bad because of fan service basically. Should you watch it? Yeah if you like dumb fun and have nothing else to watch.

(First time really writing an actual review, spoiler free too)

Kenja no Mago needs no serious introduction as it is your average run of the mill power fantasy with plenty of fanservice loitered around the place. It should be noted that when deciding whether to watch it, or throw it into your trash can of isekai anime, that it's not going to be as intense or story driven show like other anime (such as Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari) but it is rather a relaxed shounen/fanservice anime like Isekai wa Smartphone to Tomo ni.

There isn't particularly much to write home about in terms of the animation ... quality or developed characters but if you are an individual who enjoys feeling somewhat attached to a strong main character then Shin Wolford is most likely right up your alley as one thing this anime does decently is constantly have Shin analysing everything, whilst also explaining it directly to the viewer. Sadly apart from this as it stands there is currently nothing else really to write home about...

(I will hopefully be watching the rest of this short series with fairly low expectations treating it as more of a filler for my Wednesday afternoons, apologies if this review didn't help you in the slightest bit but it was my own very honest opinion of the show Kenja no Mago)

Bad start, the accident besides being cliché, totally disagrees with the style of anime.
Silly and cliche but evolving romance, unlike most animes who are all in one thing always liking each other but never doing anything.
Nice ecchi I like, but I think the ecchi makes the work lose a bit of depth, I have not seen any anime with much ecchi that impresses me in history, animation, etc.
There were completely unnecessary dialogues throughout the anime, as in the part where they spend several minutes talking about shoots.
There were a few moments where the story flowed that left me with a positive impression, like the villain's ... presentation, which was quick and unremarkable despite having a medium development.
The mood could have been better, just a few moments amused me, if the anime had a more serious aspect I think it would have been much better, such as re: zero, tate no yuusha, and other better isekai with very serious moments that know how to give weight to characters, unfortunately this was just a supergeneric anime.
The conception of magic is quite interesting, Shin developing spells with a "current and scientific" perspective using concepts such as the substances in the periodic table, something that doesn't really exist in the anime universe.
The school is based on meritocracy but at various times the students brag about having any store, restaurant, territory, etc.
Villain with a lot of potential that was used porcely.

Kenja no Mago, an anime about a reincarnated boy, living in a magical world, who is stronger than everyone else. What else? He is smart, powerful, and handsome.

This anime is, indeed, not very original or mind-blowing like the commedable Death Note, but it does have some strong points.

Fortunately, to begin with, the main character is not your dense, retarded boy. He knows his shit. He likes big breasts, cute girls, and he does not get easily deceived.

Story [6/10]: The story is about the adventures of the main character. There is not much stuff going on. The main character is obviously going to ... win all his fights and kill all the bad guys.

Needless to say, this 2019 anime has relatively enjoyable art and sound. It is just as expected. The characters looked fine; the fight scenes, surprisingly, were very well done. And lastly, the opening and ending themes were also fine.

The characters were all basically the same, except for the main character, of course, and the main villain. Honestly, I thought the anime was composed of two types of characters only: the main character/villain and all the bots. By bots I infer those types of characters who show no different identity. Those who are all weaklings, stupid, and always get surprised by the main character's skills. By the way, if you didn't know, literally every girl from this anime likes the MC.

Now, onto some ranting, what I really did not understand was why the anime had begun with a reincarnation. Could it be to target the male working audience in Japan? I have no idea, but it was futile.

In addition, this anime should have more progression and less pointless talking. For real, all the characters do is talk about how strong the MC is, and there is no useful discussion. I really hoped for a romantic progression, but until now, all the two of them do is blush and talk nonsense. How can they tell each other stuff like "I will protect you", "Trust me!", "You are mine", but they cannot even hold hands?

This anime has some annoying points, but it is definitely not a shitty one. It could be boring and clichè to some veteran anime users. But it has some good points, and new anime watchers would love this type of anime.

Having read some of the manga, I came in absolutely expecting to hate this anime, and 5 episodes in, I don't. I'd give it a 6/10 so far. I'm not a fan of the overpowered MC with a harem in an isekai world plot line. Spoilers ahead.

The anime exceeds expectations by at least trying to do a decent job in the animation itself. The magic is all very fluid and colourful. Likewise, the world itself is designed fairly well. background characters are not CGI polygons moving like stiff robots. Even the world-design has some decent thought put into it. I was surprised to see ... at one point that this world has advertisements and posters on the wall, for instance. The design is consistent. I was also pleasantly surprised to see some level of consistency in the design of the magic system. It's shown that Shin has superb control of magic because he has trained himself to have very precise control of his magic power and he can use the science of his past life to change the way he visualizes magic phenomenon. This gives him an edge. This is a far cry from other Isekai characters, who are powerful just because.

Even the character of Shin isn't terrible. The kid has not been taught the common sense of the world and has a skewed perception of what a strong magician is. This is not by itself a problem. In fact, it's nice to see that his success doesn't get to his head. He is also smart during battle. He takes decisions well. When one of his enemies secretly escapes, he doesn't immediately assume that he's vanquished him. He gives it thought and lets the prince know that the enemy might be alive. That is solid work in my book.

But the basic problem of the story is still Cecily. I wish Shin had been given a chance to explore this world himself and make relations by himself. As it is, he falls in love at first sight and volunteers to guard her from her stalker just to be near to her. From then on, with very little explanation for why the romance subplot is valuable or meaningful, we barrel headfirst into it. Everyone seems to support this weird love between Cecily and Shin. But Cecily herself seems bashful and reluctant to say she likes him. Unlike most of the other characters, Cecily doesn't appear to have some ambition, or some sense of her own morals and ideals, or some role she wishes to take in her society. She is pretty much defined as the MCs girl. Unlike her, Maria is a far more interesting character. The prince also seems to genuinely enjoy being friends with him because he likes interacting with someone who doesn't alter his behaviour toward royalty. Cecily alone is this paper moon, floating above a cardboard sea. I won't be surprised if she becomes a damsel in distress in the near future.

The threat towards the kingdom and Shin's family is not yet clear. We know it includes demons. But the fact that this opponent can face Shin head-on despite his OP nature is reassuring. Not every anime can pull off the One-Punch Man effect well.

You won't miss much if you forego this anime. There's certainly not much to this that's likely to change the way you see the world, or truly create a memorable, audio-visual experience. The story isn't fantastic. It's actually pretty predictable. But what it is is an 'average' anime decently executed.

Review:

Story: 5.5/10
Art: 6/10
Sound: 6.5/10
Character: 5.5/10
Enjoyment: 6.5/10

Every season anime has at least one isekai. Since this is the case most isekai try to find a selling point or something that makes it stand out among the rest. For example, the main appeal of konosuba is that it is funny and defies the tropes of other isekais. Another great example is an isekai that aired last season "Rising of the shield hero" which subverts the tropes by having the main character that has been framed for a crime he didn't commit.

So what does Kenja no Mago do differently to stand out? Absolutely nothing. It is as ... generic as an isekai can be. The main character dies and reincarnates into a fantasy world with unimaginable power. Along with a generic love interest. The cast is as cliche as it can get. But for some reason I can't find myself hating this anime. I found myself liking it even though it is so generic and cliche. In fact I enjoy it more than most isekai with an original idea.

The reason is it's just a fun anime. It wasn't made to wow people with its original idea or anything like that. This anime is made to be a balls to the wall generic isekai. It was obviously just made to be a guilty pleasure anime. Something that was not made to be dissected or analyzed, but just made to be fun to watch.

This anime is not for everyone. If you can't stand to watch a generic as can be anime and like to watch something more emotional or impactful and masterfully made then stay away from this anime. This anime is for people who just like mindless fun.

Conclusion:

This is a generic anime. The plot is basic (the main character has to fight an evil person to save the kingdom), the art is not bad but not great either, the sound effect is okay and the character is just every anime character trope ever. But I still enjoyed this anime quite a bit.

Score: 3/5 (Good)

While Kenja no Mago is far from the pinnacle of originality and quality in anime, it is far from the horrible mess many claim it to be. While I went in with extremely low expectations, I was pleasantly surprised and ultimately found Wise Man's Grandchild pretty entertaining.

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Story: 1/5 (Terrible)

The plot is without a doubt the least interesting aspect of Kenja no Mago. It follows the typical shounen/isekai formula: a normal person is born into another world as an incredibly powerful prodigy, defeating powerful enemies and leaving the inhabitants of the fantastical realm in awe. This structure is not deviated from in the slightest ... -- the show includes all the tropes of the isekai genre, and fails to offer much more than that in terms of narrative. This is especially frustrating when the show's entire premise is considered. It would have been far more interesting to see the typical isekai formula derailed due to the main character's total lack of common sense.

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Art: 3/5 (Good)

Though there is nothing extraordinary about Kenja no Mago's visuals, it is never terribly ugly, and there are multiple action sequences that are impressively animated. Unfortunately, not all is good in this department; the only unique and interesting character designs were those of Schtrom and Miria, neither of which manages to be more than just decent. The rest of the cast sports painfully bland and unmemorable designs which are nearly as generic as the plot.

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Sound: 2/5 (Bad)

The voice acting in Kenja no Mago is not bad at all, but is unfortunately paired with an awful soundtrack. The music is boring and forgettable, and often times does not seem to fit the scene during which it is playing. This leads to a number of scenes not feeling right, such as victory celebrations that aren't quite jubilant enough. This further drags down the story, making an already predictable story lack any sort of punch.

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Characters: 2/5 (Bad)

Although most of the characters, like their designs, are quite generic, there are a couple that stand out as slightly entertaining. The first of these is the titular wise man's grandson, Shin Wolford. Isekai anime often end up being a bore due to their insanely overpowered main characters who are all but guaranteed to win every fight. Kenja no Mago cleverly takes this trope and runs with it, turning it into a funny gag and the premise of the series. The ramifications of a character being ridiculously strong are explored, resulting in both humor and interesting political and sociological dilemmas. Additionally, the lack of common sense that Shin has helps explain one of the most annoying cliches among anime protagonists -- being insanely dense romantically. This makes it more bearable (though it is still frustrating at times). The one other character given a sufficient backstory is the primary antagonist, Schtrom. While his motivations are somewhat cliched, an interesting problem is posed by his demonic transformation. From just one bout of rage, he went from a kind, noble sorcerer to a cruel, revenge-driven monster. A strong hero could quickly turn into an equally strong enemy, which is a very intriguing concept.

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Enjoyment: 4/5 (Great)

Despite the bland story, Kenjo no Mago still managed to be fun to watch on account of its comedy. The "no common-sense" joke is hilarious, from Merlin somehow forgetting to teach basic practices to Merlin to the various situations that arise as a result. There are a slew of running gags, most of which manage to consistently funny, and I laughed just about every episode.

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Overall: 3/5 (Good)

Kenjo no Mago is certainly not the show for you if what you are looking for is a well-thought out, original, and serious narrative. But it does, however, succeed at being a humorous spin on the shounen and isekai genres and their associated tropes, and I'd whole-heartedly recommend it to a fan of either.

I just wanted to write this as a see a wall of hate for this anime being unoriginal.
The anime KNOWS it's unoriginal, it specifically plays on something that is popular, giving isekai fans more to watch which, in my opinion is fine.

I enjoyed watching this series, as many isekai fans would but the thing to know it yes, it is NOT original but that doesn't mean it's bad. It's fun to watch, just be aware going into this series that is it nothing new / exceptional.

That being said, again, I did enjoy this series as it hit the spot for a fan having ... watched most similar animes already. It is the perfect series for those who are starting to get into isekais or those who have watched a lot as it's conventional and entertaining.

I think isekai animes will fall down soon enough! at least to have one per season.
It was good entertaining but the middle of the anime was boring
lack of action and the story wasn´t really moving.

The new think is protagonists who is really powerfull in the begginig i was all for it but now i really don't care!

The romance was good!!rare in any anime the progress of this couple!!
In most the characters was easy to like them.

In general was a fine to good anime.
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Animation was pretty! but the end was kind "UUHHH" '_' where is the CLIMAX!!!!!

Kenja no Mago (2019)
STORY:
Story is well a bit of a pain, an orphaned baby gets picked up by the most powerful wizard and his soon to be ex Mrs but still has a harmonious relationship and the baby has an unknown background (to them) with vast amounts of other worldly knowledge, all leads into an expected Isekai.
Long story short, a boy grows up with little outside contact in a very small community of experts in respective fields and being pretend family with the King of the land. Eventually he goes to school where he is so overpowered it is absolutely ridiculous. He not ... only can out do everyone he meets at a young age, he could if made a villain take over the world or destroy it. By using knowledge of his old world (our one) he is able to use spells that he thinks in his head to produce the needed elements to make them more powerful. But I don’t mean oh he can make fire a little more powerful I mean snap his fingers and he could burn down London powerful. Ultimately, he teams up after a misunderstanding with people who originally saw his power as a way to progress in society. (All students are nobles in some sense). He then has the girl fall for him from a prestigious family and they train to become a team of heroes who have protective clothing to make them even harder to hurt. They cut through most enemies with ease, although the majority of the series is about them training at a school summer camp lets all get on better fan service style method. In the end we have a very generic story with a very generic cast of characters with the expectation that the main character is perhaps level 1000 and most of the demonoid villains he faces are level 150 type gap. His teammates are more even (that’s a lie). The main villain is perhaps close but still a long way from him in power.

ART:
The art style used is quite nice, if not average for the industry. It doesn’t do anything spectacular but isn’t an eyesore in any sense. It seems to have a lot of bright vibrance about it even in the darkest places which takes away from the enemy when seen in their lair. The OP and ED are both a bit silly, the OP being worse with the start having our main character’s (obviously ripped) shirt being torn away.

SOUND:
The sound again like the art is average for the type of series we are watching, the songs are good, but the OP and ED are a bit generic sounding. The ending song is at least something you could listen to at the gym.

CHARACTER:
The main character development from the bat goes from hero to superhero, which is fine, but he is perhaps just way to powerful too quickly. I mean he can teleport about using doors he creates, something no one else can do before he arrived. The main character is not completely blind to a girl’s affection like Infinite Stratos, but you do get a lot of inner thoughts and no action until eventually it happens with everyone being involved in a way that is just meh.
Other characters are generic in development, the girls often worry about being single forever if they are already single and have a slight anger at couples. Some are worried about their chests and how guys view that. The ones in relationships are more content but show modesty. The guys in the series much the same but for male tropes instead. The development of them otherwise is from good students to suddenly ridiculous in a matter of no time particularly.

ENJOYMENT:
The series despite what has been said isn’t entirely unenjoyable. If you like this sort of thing then go for it. I do usually and I absolutely loved In another world with my smartphone because at least the over powered lead had issues and they had the harem thing going on in a funny way with lots of meeting of new people. This however is just about the main character becoming who he is, it is almost like they want it to push into a slice of life for an overpowered hero who gets everything he could ask for with no effort genre. I have to admit from episode 8 onwards I really have struggled to watch it. I always finish what I start however, but this is just a pain. When finally, as you expect we get to the climax episodes we just see oh the enemy fall like fire taking hold of a dry leaf and our hero and his team get a minor scratch. The final episode needs to have some major develops that makes up for a lot.
OVERALL:
In the end, it is a very generic series that is enjoyable to some but not all. It needed to have some more weakness or developments in characters that didn’t just turbo charge them all suddenly. Also needs love where people don’t just go hey, lets get married stranger and everyone just acts like it is beautiful.
I would be very surprised after this if it was renewed, and if it is renewed it needs to make major efforts towards changing itself. It is not unenjoyable like said but it has a long way to go to make itself something different for the right reasons.


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*This review has been done to give as little away as possible by not referring to characters actual names to avoid spoiling the series.
*Other anime mentioned in the review is because they are worth watching and make great examples.

Oh, boy is Wise Man Grandchild(WMG) generic! It like they made a checklist to make sure they hit all the generic fantasy Isekai tropes. That said, it is barely an Isekai as the main guy does not remember his past life; for the most part, just his education. It also still manages to be enjoyable with likable characters, but let us not kid around it is still generic as all hell. That genericness is what holds it back in the end.

The whole premise of this show is that Shin is comically overpowered, and his adoptive grandfather never taught his common sense. Shin is ... your perfect Gary Stu. Once Shin is a teenager, his adoptive grandmother wants to rectify this insufficiency by getting him out of the woods to interact with his peers. So she sends him to what is essentially high school but for training magicians and knights. There he makes friends and is alerted to the treats of demonified humans, which he and his friend group battle through the rest of the season. The comedy for the show is that Shin is so powerful he does things defy common sense and elicit comedic reactions from his friends and guardians. It works sometimes, but other times it gets overplayed.

If I had to place another flaw, it would be that the friend group in WMG is too big for me to care about all of them. What I find to be WMG's, saving grace is its romance bit. Shin and Cecily don't beat around the bush about their feelings for each other. In this way, WMG differentiates from other typical shows in this genre who like to drag their feet on romance.

All that being said, WMG is not all that creative and is comparable to junk food tasty but nutritionally deficient. I am not going to recommend WMG, but I don't think it warrants a warning to stay away from the show.

Cliche? Check
Randomly warped to another world? Check
Harem? Nope

Kenja no Mago, for much a terrible show that if you watched it you should feel ashamed for it, but is it really this trash as people make it looks like? The real answer is not really. BUt why then, why is it so bad-talked? This can me summed up in one word: "Expectative". The expectative that we finally get another good-writen isekai show, which we've been absent of one since Hai to Gensou no Grimgar aired, mind you. But what dows this have to do with anything at all? Well, it's simple, it's entirely like how some ... people go watch Violet Evergarden expecting action and find it boring instead, much like so, people went watching Kenja no Mago expecting the new Re:zero or the new Overlord.
Which is completely wrong, since in any point at all KnM stablished itself as as a Good-Written or original show. With this in mind, I'll start with which are the real problems of this show.
First of all, being an isekai. This should never ever be considered a problem or negative point, but for Kenja, it is. Think about it, it's completely unnecessary for Shin to be transported into another world, since he starts as a baby anyways. What's the real point of it being an isekai show aside from commercial and popularity values? There isn't any at all, he could have very well been just a normal citizen of the world, he's the grandson of the most powerful character in the show at the beggining, nothing would have changed at all.
Secondly, TOO MANY CHARACTERS. KnM has way too much relevant characters, which that if they would get any development, the entire 12 episodes would have to be dedicated to each one, which obviously didn't happen at all, and ironically, the villain is the one to get an entire episode on his story and the only to get some "development"(if you can count that as development lol)
And third, the is no plot nor an objective until we get to episode 10 and 12 respectivelly. Which is really ironic, because one of the only advantages of writing an isekai is that you always can use the cheap objective of the MC wanting to return home or know why he was transported into this world. But like I said, it's isekai just for having an easier time into getting popular :v, and the show instead focuses on showing us the Slice of Life of Shin and the training of the other 11 friends.
With all this negative points, is there even anything good on this show? Well, there is, it isn't the biggest relevant stuff, but it's something that at least puts it above other isekais like Smartphone or Valkyria.
First of, KnM isn't a Harem, this is weirdly a big plus to me, even tough I like harem, and it also does not use the infamous "dere" copy-paste personalities that almost all other isekais do use, which in itself is also a Double-Edged Sword, as since the author opted for not using a copy-paste personality, he didn't create a remarkable personality at all for a bunch of the characters. But why is this a positive point? This leave the author free to develop those said characters in the future(at least in the Light Novel, as I know there isn't gonna be a second season).
Second, Shin is not the only overpowered character, unlike ALL other isekai(except Grimgar), which characters exist only for being romantic pairs, harem members or comedy fodders. Which means that the author can show the training and the development of said characters, fact which becomes evident in the last two episodes, where they use their team-work(which for the first time in generic isekais, was actually shown them practicing, in fact, until episode 9 almost all we get are their everyday lives and training), and if Shin is, for example, the equivalent of "Jiren", his friends are "Goku Super Saiyan Blue", where even tough Shin is the strongest, his friends aren't just rescue fodder for shin, and rather companions. And this opens up the possibility of the author doing better and better fights in the future.
Kenja also has an interesting, but not much explored Magic System, which sometimes are shown shin applying formulaes that he knew from past life into his magics, as example on the flying magic were he manipulated the gravity.
The animation, well, it's not my strongest point to judge this, but it's not bad. It has a bright and colorful color palette that did translate well the overall mood of the show, it had decent action scenes and the most important, the magic effects were explendid, which since this is a magic anime, this should be an important aspect, right?
Soundtrack wasnt too shabby either, nothing remarkably, but I enjoyed the OP, which was very creative to me.
In a final evalutation. Kenja failed in being something new, and was a good example of "More of the Same", in an isekai meter of evalutation, this gets a 7, it was infinitely better than Smartphone and Valkyria, but it isn't anything new either, and cant compete with Re:Zero. In an overall anime rating I give it a 5, as an anime it was right in the middle, wasn't trash as people forced it to be, but isn't the greated thing ever. Summing it up and taking the medium, it gets to the 6 grade. Which summed with my personal taste modifier gets it a 7, which is the value that will be on my profile.

this anime was an embarrassment to the manga. I don't know what made it so cringy but I read the manga first and this is just lacking and very cringe worthy. The characters were very lacking, the plot was so predictable abd dreadful the romance was just thrown in there and I don't know for who, even 12 year old me would cringe at it. I think the anime would of been a lot better if it choose its audience better if the anime was for kids why include the lackluster romance and the fan service and if its targeted to teens why make the ... plot so childish.

Before I get into the review, I will say that I LOVE ISEKAI anime. I don't really care for the concept of transportation into another world, I just really like seeing the limits of another world. After seeing the first episode of Wise Man's Grandchild, I was easily hooked because this story doesn't foot around the issue that the MC is NUTS OP, and the plot revolves around that entire idea.

However, when we get into his teenage life, then the series really drags on and contradicts itself. A big plot point of the beginning was to make sure that our MC doesn't get militarized because ... his power level is akin to literal god status. Yet, we get 6 episodes in, and he's literally made a focus group that can be militarized into battle. Wait? What?!

So, Earlshide (the setting's country) metaphorically has multiple students who are walking NUCLEAR BOMBS to help fend against Humanoids who can also be created, never gets explained well, and are similar to walking NUCLEAR BOMBS.

Now, that sounds exciting, but the fights don't even last longer than 10 seconds a pop. The only things viewers get are a few moments where some of the cast are squaring off with Humanoids, but cast a couple of spells and they're all dead. The longest fight is about 1/2 an episode long, but most of it is filled with exposition like, "I DON'T WANNA HURT HIM... but... I have to hurt him! But, he's not a bad guy. What happened to him?"

Dribble that shouldn't get praise because it's nothing, but empty calories on a diet consisting of sugar and CGI magic particles.

If I haven't made it clear, I don't think this show is good. I'm not going to call it bad because it's pretty consistent with everything else. It's an average Isekai with an OP MC, and the art style doesn't really dip or exceed expectations. If you have nothing better to watch hit the MAL randomizer again. If you land on this twice, then give it a shot. Don't give this show the 3 episode rule, give it 2.

The best description for this anime is aggressive mediocrity bordering on the militant. everything it gets right it does something wrong for every High Point to it insist on inserting an equally opposing low point for every laughing it's a grown not 10 seconds afterward. It isn't good it isn't bad and it is aggressive about that fact.

It has a decently good story which is fairly offset by the characters being tropes to the point of being insufferable. The Comedy of its heart is cringe quite frankly juvenile but that's usually offset by a throwaway gag or line that manages ... at least to actually get a laugh. the story is somewhat compelling but the characters don't really carry it in the narrative seems to just flow with no rhyme or reason why our specific cast of characters are really involved. the mechanics in the world are very interesting immediately offset by the main character being so grossly overpowered as to completely undo any sense of tension that they might have created.



Overall again it just doesn't do anything particularly well nor doesn't fail at anything too spectacularly. Worth a watch if you're bored or just want to enjoy an anime but if you're looking for this season's best you're not going to find it anywhere remotely near here.

This is my first time writing a review. I went on ahead writing this review because I think the anime didn't do the manga, at least, any justice. I'm aware of its light novel but I prefer reading manga because I'm not a fan of reading through a lot of text. Anyway, I enjoyed reading the manga even though people say it's kinda generic and all. And when they announced that there will be an anime version of this, I got really excited and decided to read the manga up to its latest chapter first before watching the anime. And after watching a few episodes ... of the anime, I was quite disappointed how... bland it was. *sigh*

The anime completely skipped a lot of good parts or just skimmed over it. There were also scenes that didn't align very well with the manga, at least, which destroyed the mood for me like "Oh boy! This is where the part where he's gonna..." and BAM!!!, "not quite I was expecting" kind of thing. The pacing was just too fast it ruins everything like the story, character's interactions. And don't get me started with the excessive use of powerpoint slide transitions. I don't want to nitpick too much but yeah that's about it for me.

The only thing I find it quite good in this anime was its art. I personally liked it than the manga but other than that, there's not much more to it.

TL;DR: So yeah, I recommend you to just read the manga if you're interested. The first parts of the manga were okay but it gets quite interesting later on.

Many will quickly dismiss this after seeing the classic, dies five seconds into the story and is reborn in another world, trope. However, this isn't done without reason, and isn't for the reason of making a fantasy world more relatable to the audience. Instead, it is done to formulate the very unique nature of the main character's existence.

Shin, our protagonist, dies on his way home from his job, and is reborn in a fantasy world as an infant. As he ages he realizes that he remembers things from his past life, however, that which he remembers seems limited to knowledge of the world he came ... from, and does not include many factors of his personal life, including how he died. These are all very important factors that shape shin's character, and to keep in mind while you watch this show.

Merlin, a master magician and a national hero, raised Shin as his grandchild. Merlin taught him magic, and two of merlin's friends taught shin combat skills and enchantments. Obviously, the protagonist is shaping-up to be quite OP, however, Merlin (overly focused on developing his grandchild into a powerful magician) completely overlooks the bare-essentials like teaching him how to shop, interact with others, and the like. Potentially, the biggest reason for this is Shin's way of understanding magic. Unlike most of the people in this world who focus on the end goal when using magic, Shin thinks about the process in which it is created. This is important, because that is how science works in our world, and if it wasn't for Shin's knowledge of his past life, and the differences between that world and our world then it would be incredibly unlikely that Shin would be as talented as he is. One example is Shin's 'gate' spell which connects two places in space. This uses the concept Einstein founded that space could be folded on top of itself to connect two points in space that would otherwise be very far apart.

My biggest complaint towards this show was one that I lost after I realized it. Early on, shin enters the classic scenario of ugly men harassing women, and steps in to save the day. While overdone, it happens in the real world, so I'll let it slide. But, after saving the girls, the audience gets a clean shot of one of the girl's cleavage. I was less than amused, until it hit me ... Shin had never met anyone his age by this point in the story, and he definitely hadn't met anyone he had been physically attracted too before, and in my honest opinion, we couldn't have received a more honest reaction from Shin. While this was the thing that initially stuck out to me, there are certainly a fair number of issues with this anime. A point of praise, was Shin's character, and while I did find Merlin, shin's cousin, and shin's uncle to be rather enjoyable characters, the rest of the cast managed were pretty lackluster.

This is a show that you will have to be willing to look a little deeper into in order to see how it uses what you may believe to be overdone to its benefit. Ultimately, while there are positives in this anime, a lot of it does fall victim to simply how unoriginal the general story is, and how poorly the supporting cast is handled.

It's an easy to watch series.
I'd recommend it to someone who isn't heavy into anime.

I'm a sucker for the adventure tropes. The trope where the main character is a bit naive and needs to learn to control their power. The start and middle was pretty good but felt like the story stalled towards the end.

You get to see glimpses of Shin's power but I wanted to see the extent of his power. Also, why didn't they show how strong his grandfather was, I know it's not about the grandfather but seeing a comparison would have been fun.

why just why ???

why would they always destroy promising animes???

if this was more serious, it would had much better ratings. even at the end of episode 1 i knew what kind of anime this was gonna be. thats a reason why i dropped 'seven deadly sins' as well. the weird fan service destroys it all. it would had been better if that anime stayed more on the serious side. damn it. is it necessary? it seems like those cliche typical animes.
it is so boring.

story was good but now this silly side destroyed all the fun

this happened to many animes, destroying ... the ratings and making people loose interest. of course there is some who might enjoy it but overall , this will be dropped.

i hope to find another good anime like demon slayer..