Seijo no Maryoku wa Bannou desu

Since ancient times, the citizens of Slantania have lived within a shroud of miasma, a force that brings forth monsters creating havoc around the world. When the kingdom's Order of Knights becomes incapable of containing the monsters, the Grand Magus summons a holy maiden—the legendary "Saint"—to obliterate the horrid creatures and restore peace.

One evening, as Sei Takanashi returns home from a long day at work, a magical force pulls her into a foreign world. Upon her arrival to the kingdom of Slantania, she overhears that the Grand Magus inadvertently summoned two Saints—Sei and a brown-haired girl. Needing only one holy maiden, the prince declares the other girl as the Saint, leaving Sei to her own devices.

Sei sets her sight on the Medicinal Flora Research Institute, an establishment known for its studies regarding herbs and potions. While indulging in her latest passion, Sei has a fateful encounter with the commander of the Third Order of Knights. But little does she know, her aptitude as a Saint will continue to exert its influence over her new life.

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Takanashi, Sei Main

Ishikawa, Yui Japanese

Hawke, Albert Main

Sakurai, Takahiro Japanese

Drewes, Yuri Main

Kobayashi, Yuusuke Japanese

Valdec, Johan Main

Eguchi, Takuya Japanese

Jude Main

Yashiro, Taku Japanese

Ashley, Elizabeth Supporting

Ueda, Reina Japanese

Misono, Aira Supporting

Ichinose, Kana Japanese

Slantania, Kyle Supporting

Fukuyama, Jun Japanese

Hawke, Erhart Supporting

Umehara, Yuuichirou Japanese

Leonhard Supporting

Hino, Satoshi Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Ogura, Rie Producer

Sotokawa, Akihiro Producer

Yoshioka, Takuya Producer

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Apr 12, 2024

Nilsou

Recommended

And another Isekai! But, lo and behold, this time it was very good, and even, surprise, original because here we have an anime that combines Isekai and Josei-type romance.

In summary: In the fantastic world of this Isekai, the regions are semi-wild and humans live in cities that are constantly under pressure from monsters and an evil mist from the outside. Occasionally, a saint appears, who has the power to repel monsters and mist and bring many other blessings.

Unfortunately, it's been a long time since a saint has appeared, and the country is in difficulty and decides to resort to a ritual to summon one. It's ... our heroine, a young Japanese woman, who gets chosen along with another Japanese girl she doesn't know. Since the prince of the country expects only one saint, he chooses the young girl, and our heroine finds herself relegated to the status of a prestigious guest, but not too much, and ends up delving into herbology and potion-making.

Of course, the situation will evolve, but I don't want to spoil, so I won't say more.

The big strength of the anime is to set up a romance that will be the heart of the story. Unlike some Josei, the anime avoids the pitfall of the stagnant reverse harem, and here it's really focused on a single, very sweet romance. Another strength of the anime is that our heroine is of a certain age and is not a middle or high school student. And that's already quite rare in normal times, but in an Isekai/Romance, it's a bonus.

And well, it was cute, the heroine is adorable, and everything is very well put together. It's not perfect-perfect either: it could have been longer, had a better soundtrack, been a bit more original in the universe, which is just another medieval fantasy world without much character. But it's already very good as it is. I recommend it. Oh, and even though I would be happy to have a Season 2, Season 1 is self-sufficient and doesn't end with unanswered questions or any cliffhanger. So you can go ahead and watch it with your eyes closed.

For me, it's a solid 9/10.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Jul 4, 2024

ArchangelEST

Mixed Feelings

The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent is a female power fantasy romance that has nice production values, but does very little with them. Taking as few risks as possible.


Animation / Art / General Visuals - 7/10
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There's a notable lack of action scenes which seems to have given more space for higher base art and animations, which are quite nice across the board, though not overly noteworthy.


Sound / Music / Voice Acting - 7/10
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Nothing outstanding, just generally solid across the board.


Story - 5/10
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The story is exactly what you'd expect from a power fantasy isekai that's made for women.

Our protagonist is a young woman working in an office. One day she gets teleported to a fantasy land as a saint that's supposed to help the kingdom fend off monsters.

That in itself is a pretty standard isekai formula. But unlike those focused for a male audience, in this story there are no women crowding the hero, but instead countless men crowding the heroine. In fact, I dare say they go way more overboard with it than in male fantasies. There's an insane lack of other women. Every single notable character is a pretty man. There are no women except servants, and a "rival" basically. Even the heroine in the story is taken aback by how there's a pretty guy around every corner, all vying for her attention. Guess the notion of having girl friends is overrated in female power fantasies.

The story itself goes nowhere. Our heroine is basically spending all day every day just slowly improving her special powers under the tutelage of an army of hot dudes. She has almost no ambitions or desires of any kind herself, just wanting to be a nice girl that helps others here and there, and that's about it.

The story really feels like a missed opportunity because the foundations are solid, but nothing really happens except endless slice of life and very non-consequential political and nobility intrigue.


Characters - 5/10
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Our protagonist is a nice enough, competent woman, but her personality is all but non-existent. She has no real hobbies or interests, no real aspirations, deciding to latch onto the first pretty man that offers her a place in the new world and just rolls with it.

Similarly, the first hot dude to actually pursue her romantically is the one she automatically responds do, but in a very awkward manner as if she has never been in a relationship before. For a character that's supposed to be an adult, this is a tad weird. Why even make her to be an adult when she acts like a highschooler?

Secondary characters feature a whole army of pretty guys, all in their early 20's but already masters in their respective fields. Apparently everyone is a genius. All so that our heroine would be stuck in a perpetual state of mild confusion, surrounded by too many pretty faces, all of whom can be potential love interests.

There are no real villains or even proper antagonists of any kind. Nobody gets in our heroine's way, making it feel like nothing she does or does not do has any meaning.


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Total - 6/10

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The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent is a solid looking female power fantasy story, but does precious little with itself. The heroine isn't particularly interested in chasing power, the romance feels lackluster, there are no villains to fight against, and nothing really at stake.

But if you enjoy fantasy slice of life and want to watch a girl be granted immense power and be fawned over by a bunch of pretty guys, this will be the show for you.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Oct 3, 2021

DarthLizrdWizrd

Not Recommended

TL;DR: Generic and boring anime. Production quality is decent but low budget. Don't watch. It's a waste of your time. If you want to get more details keep reading.

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No character development. What you see if what you get and what you see in episode 1 is what you see in episode 12 so 0 on any development for the MC at all. A potato has more growth than her as at least it would have grown instead of stay as static as a piece of cardboard or a pair of pants.

In fact that's all the MC is is a pair of pants to step into ... for wish fulfillment as she's so generic it's painful to watch so basically no personality and the same role as a pair of shoes for the target audience to fit themselves with. I've seen extremely generic harem anime protagonists with more personality than her and that's already such a low bar most of the time that it's just sad.

The world itself is generic too so not much going for it except the decent production quality and the interesting side characters. The sad thing about the side characters is that the MC acts like a black hole just sucking everything and everyone around her into blandness so it's still painful to watch their interactions. I guess that's the best way to spot a Mary Sue so by definition that's what she is.

I guess the only reason I really watched the whole thing was the side characters but by the end of the last episode I've felt I've wasted my time and was cheated as I thought there would be some plot, conflict or character development but I didn't get any of those things. Instead all three of those were busy being warped and sucked into the MC's gravity well of blandness. It has such wasted potential I bet an amateur fanfiction or a parody such as an abridged version would be better.

4/10

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If you want romance and fantasy I would highly recommend The Ancient Magus' Bride anime as it has top notch production, an interesting enough plot and a good MC to act as an audience surrogate.

9/10

If you want an interesting tale of a healer that finds himself using his gift in an interesting and clever way then read either the manga or light novel of The Wrong Way To Use Healing Magic. Lot's of fun action and a very amusing cast of characters. Not the most well known or the greatest story but it's good enough I would recommend checking it out.

I would give a higher score but the artwork isn't as good as it could be. I've yet to read the Light Novel but since the manga is based on it I imagine it's good as well.

7.5/10

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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