Seirei Gensouki

This anime is good. 10/10 in fact. I too am surprised when i first watched this anime. I mean, who wouldn't? In terms of overused materials, this anime got them all. Cliché plots, generic kirito-type character (they even got the same seiyuu wtf), cringe and emo MC, i mean damn, you name it all.

But the real reason why i rated this anime a 10/10 is because of the plot itself. It's clean, it's bland, and it doesn't even have any new contribution to the isekai genre. I might have rated this anime a little bit too high but please listen to what i have ... to say.

This might be a little bit too scientific. If you're one of the people who said "SAO is bad because tons of people say it's bad." then you're free to not read this essay.

What i want to explain, is about how clean the plot is. You might think it's lazy to make such a simple plot, but being simple in the world of infinite possibilities is actually the hardest thing to do. The author brilliantly starts and ends an arc without a single space for the sense of "uncomfortableness" to fit in. Yes, it might be cliché, but the cleanest of it is also something we need to give credit to the author. (I mean, making a long story without once making the readers feeling weirded out is extremely hard.)
Diving from one arc to another. It's really clean that you could even see the plot structure and it's especially good if you're learning how to write an engaging story. Basically like Nemo and other Disney movies that are also clean and solid in terms of plot structural management, but in anime version.

I'm not the type of person who would say "try making a story and see how hard it is". I understand that Seirei Gensouki is lacking in some parts like the art and the sound quality. I also understand that people are trying to find newer and more engaging stories to watch and were certainly disappointed after watching this. But if someone were to ask you how is Seirei Gensouki, you can say "Yeah it's pretty bad but it also got some good points in it" so you can sound a bit more intelligent. Or don't follow my advice im not your mom

Seirei Gensouki (2021)

One day a show won't skip the fight or make the MC move faster than fast, they will show it to you and that shall be a statement. I do find it funny when he asked if he could run faster then it zoomed out like he was jogging lightly.

The show itself is a typical Isekai style show but has more connection to the previous world especially as evident in the final episode. I must say the show is very typical throughout and rushes a few bits like the school arc but it isn't that bad necessarily.

The art is pretty good ... overall, it is very consistent and nicely animated in fight scenes.

The OP and ED are both fun, the general sound is good with voices but the combat is a bit hollow.

Characters are wide and that means not so developed. One minute they are important and then suddenly don't matter at all for a few episodes but then the story does move quite quickly.

The show is fun from start to finish. I do wish the MC had a bit more of a struggle to gain power or showed you gaining it more than straight to the elders for a party. I would say the show is good, it sort of hints at a second season or something but then it could be a really great set-up for the manga since it switched to that before saying thank you.

7/10.

This anime is what I live for, Im so happy right now. Need a season 2,3,4,5 asap.

Plot 10/10
One of the best isekai animes out there with a unique twist. The characters retain their memories from both japan and the new fantasy world. The mc was really well made with his cool and dashing personality. Combining romance , action, some revenge and harem, this is one of my favourite isekai anime out there to date.

Art 10/10
The animation for this is just top notch, no other words are needed.
The music is great too.

Enjoyment 10/10
Overall, I enjoyed this a lot . Highly recommended.

After seeing all the other reviews dunking so hard on this show, I almost passed up trying to watch any of it.
I'm glad I did decide to watch though.
While there may not be anything particularly amazing or noteworthy about the show, as an isekai junkie, this show is a very smooth watch.
The main character isn't a moody jerk, nor does he do anything particularly fantastic.
But if you like watching a "hero's journey" and finding out what the character can do and how he handles situations, there is a fun watch here.

Will I ever turn around and point to this anime as ... something worth going out of your way to see? Probably not. But if you find you like Isekai shows, this is one of the better new ones this year, and can scratch that itch until Shield Hero starts up again.

Don't let the bad reviews cause you to miss out on giving this a chance.

To be honest, it has everything I expected.

The thing about isekai anime is, new anime unless it is backed by a strong plot, can't expect more than 12 or 13 episodes of content. With limited episodes to cover the source material is a major handicap. Kinda why many find this anime generic because of its fast pace, and find mc being generically OP, while they fail to see the limited episodes to showcase MC leveling up. This isn't shounen after all.

I would give this anime an 8(ofc inflated) because of the art, decent execution, and overall enjoyment factor lives to some extent.

Character development, ... Story is definitely not in this anime and that's because it is made with a key role to satisfy that isekai adventuring genre of anime and it does well.

Edit: After watching the whole season I can definitely say I liked it. Though it can be very slow throughout most of the anime. In the last two episode though it had such a good build up, and even a cliff hanger for a season 2. I take back on what I said about the animation being stiff, but it's alright animation, nothing amazing. So I increased my score to a 7/10 overall because it's good for what it is

---OG thoughts below---
Should you watch it? This is a hard answer. For a simple answer. Give it a watch once and see if you like it.

Story: ... Its an Isekai which follows a boy who died and his spirit fused or took over a boy of another world. To be honest it seems like another Isekai fantasy, but the story is interesting to an extent. Like he has a goal, a journey, a nation is pretty much against him. He makes a ton of friends. Most are girls which would make you think it's a harem anime, but it all mainly platonic it seems. Like they're just friends. At most a diet harem if that's even the right way to describe it lol. I'm kinda interested to see him prove his OPness to his classmates, and I honestly think that's what's keeping me around. But it has some other elements that are keeping me around not to sure, but I like this anime. It's not like way up there as a favorite, but it's alright.

Art: Let's spend most of the budget on eyes and the hair, making the characters look great, but animation mediocre. Like I love the looks of the characters, but those animations can be stiff sometimes. The only thing that bothers me is Kirito clone lol. I mean he got story which is why I'm not minding it, but can't help but to think Kirito at times.

Sound: Eh op and Ed are alright, but nothing I'd listen to on repeat.

Characters: They have some uniqueness, but I feel the most unique one was probably the little sister demi-human had the most character development so far because of her backstory. Though you have Rio and his story is still growing as it's his adventure

Overall: I'd say I'm liking it so far, but I definitely understand why alot of other could be turned off by this anime. It's really a one-and-done type of anime

I honestly don’t ever leave reviews but seeing so many people are saying how much they hated it really shocked me, this is definitely one of my top 5 shows now and I was hesitant to even try it because of the reviews. I usually stick with slice of life stuff because I’m not a fan of crazy thriller action stuff but this checked all the boxes for me, I will admit the last few episodes seemed to dull down a bit but I know for a fact season two will make up for it and be great as well. Overall if your looking to ... kill some time with a heart warming hero story then I’d recommend this.

This is the first time i wrote a review so that's why this review wont be very helpfull but I'm writing it anyway. Isekai anime's have gotten a lot of hate and i get why. The shows are very generic and its just not that exciting for most people to watch shows that are just so similar. Even though i get why this anime is getting hate, I find this anime very enjoyable. I like the plot (even though its the same shit over and over again with other isekai anime's) I love op protagonists in general but that's just my opinion. The animation isn't ... bad in my opinion but im not some pro anime watcher thus don't know if animation is good or bad. I have been searching for isekai anime's like these with op mc's whose strength aren't really known yet just like in this anime and in isekai anime's like Rising of the shield hero. I'm looking forward to the upcoming episodes. I like the plot a lot and i like the protagonist. he isn't some useless otaku who had nothing going for him in his first life. His combat skills weren't just given to him from some goddess. He trained is his first life. Anyway this review probably wasn't helpful but i just wanted to tell y'all my opinion.

Don't listen to the other reviews from other people for this anime. They say the exact same shit for every other new isekai that airs and can't help but complain about how similar the main mc is to Kirito from SAO. Then they proceed to hate on the show for every element of the show they don't like and call it "trash". (This literally happens a LOT on crunchyroll comments for ANY new isekai that comes out. Literally 90% of the comment section for each new episode that airs for the isekai is just a hate thread).

If you want my advice, Seirei is worth watching ... and you will enjoy it if you keep your negative attitude out of the equation. I hope one day these hate watchers will take new Isekai's that air for granted.

9/10, cant wait for Season 2.

This is a little different from your typical isekai. The main character, Haruto, who dies in a bus accident is reincarnated in the body of Rio, a child who has his own life in the new world. He cannot deny the fact that he is Haruto, but continues to believe he is Rio. The main character goes through a lot of challenges as he grows, some due to his class, others due to his reincarnation. I know it may not sound so interesting at first, but trust me, it gets you hooked. We get to experience the main character age from a child, to a ... teen, to a young adult. Though the conflicts stay at a minimum, it is clear the first season is only setting the foundation for future storylines. I don't want to spoil way too much, but overall, this isekai is great, and I wish it did not end at 12 episodes. Definitely looking forward to the possible season 2!

At The Time Of Writing This I Have Watched Only 4 Eps And Have Not Read The Manga So I Can't Full Heartedly Write My Review In Stone That Asside Tho.

The Anime Seems Good But Is Really All Over The Place I Think The Main Plot Is Very Good But The Execution Of The Producers Is Kinda Bad If You Have A Spare Few Mins Then Id Reccomend Watching It But Don't Hold Your Breath For Something Outstanding It Deffinetly Is A Good Watch If You're Board But If You're Looking For Something Amazingly Good With Great Story And Even Better Characters Then You're At ... The Wrong Place But Like I Said Can't Fully Support This So Do As You Please.

I Will Update This Review Once The Rest Of The Anime Comes Out Of My Thoughts Change.

It is good, reminiscent of Mushoku tensei buuuuut worse in pretty much every single way. But still it is good

University student gets trucked into the body of a 6 year old orphan. He soon after gets superpowers and goes to the local academy. I don't personally quite understand why every isekai character has to attend school, it is the middle ages my dude nobody was attending school. The kids behavior is also totally weird 8 year olds acting like high schoolers it just doesn't make much sense. "You are sullying the name of this fine institution with your baseless slander" 8 year old kid says ... that??? You know what a 8 year old kid would actually say? "PEE PEE POO POO! FORTNITE!" Weird behaviors from characters in this show. Latifa is mentally 18 years old by this point so why does she act like an 8 year old? Hell, physically she is a teenager so again, why does she act like a 8 year old? It doesnt make sense.

MC also acts in this pampering "yes sir" simp way constantly. It is normal MC stuff but in mushoku tensei they actually bring it up but here it is just accepted as fact. Gets a bit annoying.

MC becomes laughably OP as well, dude becomes Goku or something halfway through the season like what?? Rudeus is pretty OP too but never to the point of it becoming silly. In this show MC flies around just casually and beats up a wyvern no biggy. He can also cast all elements, shoot fireballs build a bath in 10 seconds, completely busted balancing.

Events that take place are also a bit weirdly paced, MC goes to a place stays there for a while and then says "btw im leaving soon" Which causes a girl who loves MC to get really sad. THIS HAPPENS EVERY SINGLE TIME MC GOES SOMEWHERE. Yet MC shows no interest in the girls because..... I honestly dont know. It is not explained, you dont get inner monologue or explanation so the only reasonable thing I can assume is that he isnt interested because he is in love with someone else. And this someone else is someone from the other world that he used to know. Im not a big fan of this, it has been 20 years AND YOU DIED, get over it man.

MC motivations for doing what he does are also kind of silly. He is motivated by his desire to take revenge on the guy who killed his mom (reasonable)and his desire to marry a 7 year old girl(not reasonable). Of course by now she is older than 7 years old but he made the promise to marry this 7 year old girl when he was 7 whatever, WHAT IS WEIRD ABOUT IT IS THE FACT YOU STILL REMEMBER THE PROMISE 20 YEARS LATER. In general what he does is just kind of weird, he wants to go to a place because his mom wanted to go there with him. Your mom is dead, why do you still want to go there? "Because he promised his mom" No he didnt, she just wanted to go with him, there was no promise. In mushoku tensei, Rudeuses decisions make sense. The things the characters in general made sense, here I am left wondering why the F is MC trying to cuck blonde guy? Because MC likes his professor? I don't think that is enough of a motivation frankly to plunge a kingdom on the brink of civil war to further chaos, especially as MC has shown no interest in the professor in any other way than compliments and platonic friendship. If you dont want blonde guy to marry your professor then marry her first is all, polygamy is accepted in this world so go right ahead bro.

It is alright but motivations are weird, pacing is off and taking into account by season 2 MC has become the most powerful guy in the universe or something I don't know where it is headed. ALSO FOR A HAREM SHOW THERE IS DISTURBINGLY LITTLE HAREM SETUP. Rudeus got laid by end of season 1 this guy has some catching up to do

If you are bored of isekai, this probably isn´t a show you should watch.
While yes, it is a little generic that doesn´t make it bad.
It has a unique take on reincarnation which i personaly enjoyed and if you haven´t seen a lot of anime or perhaps you like the easy to watch shows this show will put a smile on your face. I hope there will be a second season as the anime ends on a bit of a cliffhanger, so if you don´t like to be kept waiting, maybe i would wait to see if a second season comes out.
(This show needs another ... season because it has a lot of potential)

Hope you found this review helpful.

Yup.

Completely OP MC with virtually no flaws goes on an adventure, faces hardships that he immediately overcomes and is pretty much a boss.

You get one of these every season and I'm going to tell you, if you love isekai stories and OP characters as I very much do, then this is definitely up your alley. I will also tell you that it absolutely is exactly what you think it is. There are no surprises, there's no real twist (I mean there's a slight one but it hasn't impacted the story as far as I can see), and you're not in for a very deep plot. ... Everytime you think to yourself "well then X is probably going to happen next", you're probably right, because you've seen this before, so you're not surprised.

Does that make this story bad. I mean...not really...it just makes it a bit predictable, but sometimes that's okay if you really are into the genre, and there's nothing wrong with being into a certain type of anime.

But if you don't like the "boy sent to another world gains insane abilities and dominates everything he comes across" then just do not watch this because it has nothing added for you to latch onto.

It is good for what it's supposed to be.

This is the best anime every even though it is my first time watching anime . one day my friend made me watch one episode of Seirei Gensouki and now I'm obsessed with anime now .

This is the first time every watching anime and first one to start is Seirei Gensouki so I look forward to watch episode 9 which come in Tuesday .

I watched many anime but this in the next level of powerful emotions and best at storyline . I liked this anime because I liked the storyline and the characters and the script . I liked .I hope ... this Seirei Gensouki get's a second season and get on with other anime lovers.

Don't judge me but its good probably i like isekai anime but the story is not that different from any other isekai anime. But what i like about the anime is probably about the spirit arts. To me the characters are pretty good and has pretty good enjoyment. I don't a whole lot about art or quality of anime but i think the art for this anime is pretty decent though there are some time i don't like the art. Though i wanna warn you if you don't like isekai anime i would say to not watch it because you might hate it.


I do hope ... it gets a second season

Seirei Gensouki is a story where it starts out as generic but as it goes further, it becomes interesting. I've read the manga and light novel of this show so I know how it is. At first, I was telling myself not to read the novel of Seirei Gensouki after reading the manga because I really thought that it would just be another typical isekai. Then, the announcement of the anime came out so I thought to myself "This show is getting an anime adaptation?" and told myself not to watch the anime since it wouldn't be great anyway.

After some time, I ran ... out of novels to read and I got curious about seirei gensouki. I was curious as to how it sold a lot of copies. So I thought, it might be a good read. At the first few volumes, I was really bored about the story. But as it progress, I really thought I am starting to enjoy this. I read a lot of novels which which aren't that great which I enjoy, but this was different. I actually enjoyed the story and is actually looking forward to the new volume and the anime.

When I saw the opening of the anime, I thought that the anime would be rushed but didn't care. I was just looking forward to how the fight scenes were animated. I think the fight in the first episode was great. The second episode was a bit lacking but decent. I was disappointed with how the third episode was animated. The fourth episode's animation was great. The fifth, a little lacking but it was great. You can tell that human vs human fights were decent but when it comes to the monsters, it could use some work. What was up with that stiff minotaur when it jumped.

The art and character design is great. Celia's character design slightly differs from the novel when it comes to the face but it is still great.

There is one thing that this anime does really well. It is how to end an episode. It made everything feel badass.

The soundtrack, opening, and ending was great.

I am looking forward to how it looks in the upcoming episodes especially during the last few episodes. I admit that this isn't that great of an anime but I can't help it. I just enjoy watching this anime.

**SPOILERS**

This anime is one of those amines I feel that had a great idea, but did the process wrong. I believe they shouldn't have done some fighting scenes like they were (makes some fight scenes in SAO that I personally didn't like seem a bit better), and slowed the pace at certain parts of the anime. I find myself not able to be engulfed into the anime at certain parts of the anime. The story is a good, reused plot, but I like how they made the school arc really fit into the plot of the anime.

The anime is a good anime and has ... good ideas, I just recommend to slow down and not make the fights stale, but more exciting and so that we can feel the action somewhat. For season 2, slowing down can help us be engulfed into the plot of the anime, but do not make it too slow where you will make us fall asleep. The fighting should be more intense and the MC should take more damage then the other people around him (to make the action more intense, because seemly the process of 'Overpowered MC' does not look good with this type of anime). I know that this is a manga adaptation, but most common mistakes is how the anime should be paced and the execution, so I usually watch manga adaptations with medium expectations (my expectations for a decent manga to anime adaptation is a good story, plot is understandable, evident for what the studio is trying to do with the anime (if they want to make it so the viewers are engulfed at first and then making the pace a bit faster, start fast at first then slow down, etc) and art that doesn't seem rushed).

**This is only my OPINION so please do not get offended if you believe the opposite of what I said, but I do share with the knowledge that people have different beliefs**

This show was a banger, the beginning...bro the beginning was epic. What a way to get isekai'd.
Story foremost is pretty solid and I can't wait for more. Sure, this follows the trope of the OP Main Character but I feel like it's well needed in this show. The other main characters have their place, but you primarily follow the MC throughout most of the story and that's fine. I absolutely loved this anime, with the possibility of it's continuation, I'm ready for more.

This show is an absolute blast, full of friendship and power. I only hope that it gets a 2nd season.

This is your standard, stereotypical anime. I didn't expect to, but I actually ended up really enjoying it a lot. It's a cute show. The characters are cute and colorful, the music is good, and the story was good, too. The art could have used some improvement, but it wasn't really BAD, either. It's about what you could expect.

I actually wish that the season had been longer. I don't necessarily like filler, but this seems like the type of anime where filler episodes would have been enjoyable. I would have liked to have spent more time with the characters, and I felt like the story ... moved me through so much when I just wanted to hang back and chill for a bit. I guess I'll just have to wait for the next season.

I would recommend this anime if you are looking for something fun and colorful to watch.