Kenja no Deshi wo Nanoru Kenja

With a dignified veteran's body and a long white beard, summoner mage Dunbalf was one of the strongest player characters in the virtual reality online multiplayer roleplaying game Ark Earth Online, even heralded as a one-man army. Together with the "Nine Wise Mages" and King Solomon, they formed the mage player Kingdom of Alcait. But one day, Dunbalf and the other Nine Wise Mages suddenly go missing, leaving no trace behind.

In an effort to spend his expiring credits, Dunbalf had purchased a cosmetic kit and tinkered with his character; however, he accidentally fell asleep during the customization process. Upon waking up, Dunbalf not only notices that the world of Ark Earth Online has become more realistic, but also discovers that he has turned into a cute girl! After reaching Alcait, he learns it has been 30 years since he supposedly disappeared.

Now tasked with finding the other missing mages by King Solomon, the avid role player proclaims his new identity as Mira—the Pupil of the Wise Man Dunbalf—and ventures forth to prove his legacy.

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Mira Main

Oomori, Nichika Japanese

Solomon Supporting

Murase, Ayumu Japanese

Luminaria Supporting

Hinata, Minami Japanese

Zeph Supporting

Saitou, Junichi Japanese

Pam Supporting

Kino, Hina Japanese

Mariana Supporting

Horie, Yui Japanese

Tact Supporting

Izawa, Kanomi Japanese

Fricka Supporting

Sakura, Yae Japanese

Asval Supporting

Yasumoto, Hiroki Japanese

Emera Supporting

Natsuyoshi, Yuuko Japanese

Shimosato, Satoru Producer

Arai, Kousuke Producer

Yoshida, Kento Producer

Takimoto, Rei Producer

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Mar 4, 2024

kchakrak

Recommended

This is a forgettable but fun anime. It's like Land of Leadale with the VRMMO setting and overpowered protagonist who develops a close network on this game they're trapped in. The plot is largely irrelevant but it's simple, fun trash that I highly recommend for those who like relaxing shows, or something simple while your tired and laying on the sofa because you don't have the energy for anything else. No prizes for guessing which category I was in.

If you like mid-tier Isekai that's designed to be simple relaxing fun with no romance nonsense or edgelord garbage then this is for you. Bofuri is the ... top-tier example for this kind of show, and while this isn't up to that standard it is fun and I really enjoyed all the characters you meet along the journey. There really isn't a lot more to say than it's simple, low energy fun.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Oct 6, 2024

Nebucad

Mixed Feelings

A basically interesting storyline that is poorly executed.

The anime begins by not explaining to the viewer what actually happened. In episode 1 he is the Wise Man and towards the end you only see the girl waking up in the grass and making her way ‘back’.

One wonders whether he has been transferred into the world? But she doesn't seem to worry about it. There is also no ‘logging out’ and if you are in a VMMORPG, why do you have to sleep, drink/eat or go to the toilet at all.

In the same way, the 30-year period raises questions. Is that 30 years rl or ig? ... What relevance does this time period have and why are the other sages shown as online but are not accessible? - Actually, no interesting questions are really answered.
This is rounded off by the faulty animation. There are a few places where there is no animation but only sound. This means that the story continues even though nothing is shown, only to show animations again in the next scene.

The categorisation of the enemies is also confusing. In an episode before, our sage single-handedly kills a full demon Rank Graf -3 and in the episode after that, a half-demon is supposed to be a much bigger threat and you want to prevent its ‘awakening’ to a full demon - Okey, weird story -- To summarise, there are worse storylines but the story is not really convincing either. For this reason, the rating shouldn't really surprise you. A sequel is not to be expected, the result of season 1 was not convincing enough for that.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Jul 12, 2022

Snowtime4K

Not Recommended

Why am I even reviewing this?

I have to say that this is a prime example of one of the worst shows I have ever seen to this day, and I purposely watch shows that are the lowest rated on MAL from time to time.
First I’ll go over the one redeeming factor for this entire show. The main character is cute, and they make a point to force the story to dress her up in as many ways as they can in a short timeframe.
Outside of that, I cannot think of a single thing that someone would really enjoy about it. If you like power ... fantasies then this might work out, but you also require other perspectives to enjoy it too:
1. Ignoring terrible cgi and horrible fights that reuse nameless monsters
2. Don’t mind lack of characterization and 1-dimensional stock characters everywhere
3. Watching the epitome of “We know the Isekai genre is doing great right now so let’s make another terrible one about literally anything”
If you want to watch a power fantasy isekai with a cute character, just go watch Sword Art Online. I recognized this show was bad in the first episode, but nothing could prepare me for how much worse it could get.

Reviewer’s Rating: 2

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