Quanzhi Fashi III

After the crisis brought forth by the Black Order, Bo City's surviving residents desert the place. With nearby cities providing shelter to the displaced refugees, Mo Fan and his family accept the offer and travel to Mingzhu City, the capital of magic. Mo Fan has little time to settle in when his teacher Tang Yue requests him to assist her with an investigation involving the Black Order. However, Mo Fan agrees only on the condition of having a dark element awakened in him.

As he steadily attunes to his newfound powers, Mo Fan prepares to enroll at Mingzhu University, a dream place for all magicians. Along the way, Mo Fan's interactions with the elements steadily surpass his expectations, showing him that this is only the beginning of discoveries within his limitless potential.

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Mo, Fan Main

Tang, Yue Supporting

Ye, Xinxia Supporting

Zhang, Xiaohou Supporting

Mu, Nu Jiao Supporting

Mo, Xing Supporting

Zhao, Man Yan Supporting

Mu, Bai Supporting

Luan Original Creator

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Dec 28, 2019

simplydru

Recommended

Now that you have made it to season three of Quanzhi Fashi (QF3), you have watched Mo Fan grow from a hopeless flunkie to one of the strongest mages in Bo City, and then put those skills to the test when the city was demolished by frenzied monsters, set loose on the populace as part of a well-planned scheme by the mysterious & evil Black Order. Now, after emerging from the rubble of his hometown a battle-hardened hero and moving to the magic capital, Mo Fan knows that he must get even stronger if he is to survive the evils of this world, and has ... set his sights on attending the most prestigious magic university in the country. What awaits our intrepid hero in this latest chapter of his journey, you ask?

As with my reviews of the previous seasons, I will try to keep this as spoiler-free as possible; however, in this case, there may be some light spoilers, due to numerous facets of the story. With that said, here are the scores for this season:

Story: 7
Art: 5
Sound: 7
Characters: 8
Enjoyment: 9
OVERALL: *7/10*

STORY: The story for QF3 is sort of a happy medium between the past two seasons, both in terms of content and timeframe. This first half of the season focuses on Mo Fan's first year or so after surviving the Bo City Disaster, during which he moves to the Magic Capitol, enrolls in Ming Zhu Institution and starts his college career; the second half of the season is more about a specific incident, one which yet again forces Mo Fan to fight for survival whilst putting his life on the line in order to save those around him.

One of the biggest highlights of this season for me is the expansion of the lore. This time around, you learn much more about the different types of magic, including a deeper exploration of elements only barely mentioned in the previous seasons. You also learn about some more advanced levels of magic, different ways a mage can gain stronger abilities, the variety of magic equipment, and other details which give you a more complete picture of magic and just how little Mo Fan actually knows, despite his already-OP abilities. In addition to the exploration of magic, this season also reminds us of the fact that Quanzhi Fashi is something of an isekai anime at heart, and addresses this issue far more than even the first season. The change in Mo Fan’s world is still a mystery that needs to be unraveled, after all, and QF3 gives the impression that this mystery is likely going to be of ever-increasing importance down the road.

This brings us to perhaps the biggest improvement in QF3: the ending (or lack thereof). Unlike the prior seasons, which had extremely-abrupt endings that came off as rushed, in part because the endings were also the climaxes, this season actually has something of a gradual "cool-down" after the climactic battle, and even sets up for a continuation of the story, all whilst stopping at a perfect point in the story. This is easily the best-executed ending in the series thus far, and it made waiting for QF4 to finally drop a little more painful than normal.

ART: I would put the production quality of QF3 about on par with that of last season, which is really about what you would expect at this point. While nothing looks particularly terrible, the animation is still sub-par.

SOUND: It’s there, and it works. I suppose the music is alright, but it is still nothing compared to the first season's smooth, sexy jazz licks.

CHARACTERS: In the last season, you saw a number of supporting characters really get some development, and that trend has continued in QF3. This time around, though, Mo Fan is basically starting from scratch in a new city, so there is a brand new supporting cast. There are a few notable connections he builds, from new friends to business colleagues, and a few of these get a fair deal of attention. There are also several characters who get set up to develop more, should we get another season released.
The character who develops the most, though, is Mo Fan himself, perhaps more so than the other two seasons combined. Not only does his strength increase considerably, but you watch him grow as a person in a number of ways, both personally and professionally. He begins to not only establish his priorities in life, but set for himself a number of personal goals to achieve, both short-term and long-term. While he is still a male in his late-teens, you get the impression that he is really coming into his own, and becoming a force to be reckoned with all the while.

ENJOYMENT: In my opinion, this season is the most enjoyable of the series thus far. QF3 sets itself apart from its predecessors is by giving us some of the best that both of the prior seasons had to offer: The first half is more slice-of-life, as in QF1, following Mo Fan’s efforts to get stronger and more well-connected; the second half is related to a specific conflict, much like QF2, albeit without much of the dystopian feel. When you aren’t cheering for Mo Fan, you are being drawn in by the world in which he resides, ever curious to learn more about his society and the magic upon which it relies. I was having fun through every moment of this season, and I can’t wait to see what happens next!
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IN SUMMATION: QF3 is the best season of this series yet: It takes everything that worked with the prior seasons, and combines them into one season full of Mo Fan kicking ass all over town. While there have been no improvements in production quality compared to QF2, the story and characters are just as solid, but with more extensive world-building. This is a great continuation of Mo Fan’s journey, and I hope this won’t be the last time we see him on the tele.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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May 23, 2019

Sensei_Jaq

Recommended

This is by far the best season of the anime! I'm honestly shocked this got a continuation after season 2, but I am super happy. I'll keep this brief.
The storyline improved. Mo Fan went from being an OP Dual Elementalist to an OP More than dual Elementalist!
The characters were more like the ones in season 1. Some were against mo fan, and others were for him.
The fish scenes gave me chills, though not like the final fight in season 1.
Overall I give this a 20/10. If this gets a 4th season, we will see mo fan wielding every element!
A must ... watch!
-jNutt2

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Jun 4, 2022

mrfried

Mixed Feelings

There will be mild spoilers in this review, because it can't be helped.

I'll start with the TLDR:
On a technical level this is better than season 1&2, though that isn't saying much.
The story feels like a reset and a rehash of much of season 1
And with the abandoning of most of the previous characters, and a new roster of characters, some of the investment that you might have had is lost with them.
It is still somewhat enjoyable however.

To review this in context of the other seasons, Quanzhi Fashi is one big mess, the pace is all over the place, Season 1 covered over 2 - 3 ... years, with the amount of time skips in it, it's easy to lose track of just how much time has passed, but it's over 2 years, whereas Season 2 takes places over the course of a few days, then in season 3 we get an entire year totally skipped, and then we presumably get a few other skips, and we seem to come close to a total of 2 years passing in the entirety of season 3.
So pacing is an issue.

The animation seems to have improved, it's still bad in places, and it still looks like 90's animation, but, it's better than the last two seasons, now it rises to the level of being mostly average/decent
Likewise the OST has also improved, and can be called average

As for story... To be honest, you could probably skip the first two seasons (except maybe episode 1 of season 1) and not feel like you missed anything, because of how little anything that happened before had any effect or weight on what happens in Season 3.
The main plot gets mentioned 3 times in the entire season, we move to a new city, and it mostly repeats the same events of Season 1

He goes to get a new magical element, but gets two instead of 1 - same as season 1
He goes to Uni, instead of high school
He gets the collective ire of most of the students
He spends most of his time focusing/meditating on his magic and levelling it up
he needs money, and joins the Hunters
he has to deal with monsters in the city

- beat for beat, it's Season 1 again, it's just done a bit better, and this time he doesn't hide his identity by reversing his name and wearing a mask and having people who have known him for years some how not notice it's him.

As for characters, pretty much all the characters from the first two seasons are gone in season 3, so we have a cast of new characters, but it focuses on a smaller group so we can likely get to know these characters and tell them apart, but at this point I don't know is Season 4 will even keep them around or feature any of them, so, it's hard to care about characters after how it's treated the past group of characters.

As bad as things are though, there is still enough to keep this being dumb fun, it is still an entertaining ride, I just wish it was done better as there is promise of a good series here, but it's not living up to its potential

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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