Seirei Gensouki

I'm 4 episodes in and, having not watched a lot of isekai anime, even I can tell you that this anime is very generic. However, it's not offensively so and I think I can at least manage to watch the 12 episodes of this series without the urge to quit it. The protagonist is your usual overpowered polite guy and, aside from the handful of pretty women he's with, the rest of the characters are cartoonishly evil and needlessly bully the main character for being different - there's very little nuance there. The characterization in this series really isn't that great, and the most I ... can say about the main characters is that they're nice.
The main gimmick of this series is that it's an isekai where in the first episode a group of people on a bus die in a collision with a train and then mysteriously are connected to the people in the fantasy world. At the point where I'm at in the series, this aspect of the anime isn't really developed, but it looks like it will be in future episodes.

tldr: this anime is "fine", nothing special nor offensive. I'm just happy the child character they announced is treated like a child and not added to the harem.

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!

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.

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.

this review contains both spoilers and swearing!

Story: 2

Step 1: introduce characters in a re zero like manner thus inciting discriminatory treatment.

Step 2: make the character go through childhood trauma/ awakening of sorts.

Step 3: ENROLL INTO MAGIC SCHOOL.

... Step 4: GET KICKED OUT CUS OF BLAITENT SETUP (but dont forget you need to establish connection that can be used as plot convenience for the finale)

Step 5: Make harem to fill episodes to the finale.

Step 6: Make trashy wedding crashing finale

THE ONLY REASON THIS FORMAT WORKS AND ANYONE WOULD WATCH THIS IS: cus that girl thats being saved looks like barbara from genshin impact (would you believe me if i told u am not a genshin simp...)

Art: 7

pretty good art actually, especially with the girl that looks like barbara... (once again am not a genshin simp....)

Sound: 5

Nothing memorable about sound, voice acting is also mediocre

Characters: 1

oh boy, time to rant again. I dont even remember any of the characters names except for Rio (the mc) and am only doing this review for a school assignment in all honesty, il put the grade i got on my assignment here when i recieve it ;).

Rio is copy paste mc being discriminated against (i dont think i need to explain much more)

Woman that looks like barbara is maiden in distress that needs to be saved but makes it more difficult by trying to bear the burden herself to make the series feel more real and more of a challange for the mc to morally justify but in reality just makes the plot forced and makes it painfull to even watch casually

All the other characters are just there, they dont matter

Enjoyment: 2

I enjoyed roasting it and kinda liked the first episode so i cant give it a 1

Overall: 3

Maybe enjoyable if ur 10 years old and your taste is more trash than the pile of garbage in your room your mom ask you to clean up every day

In conclusion: I heavely doubt this will ever get a second season

the story is not interesting and too many timeskips are not clear but it's good enough to speed up watching time

the art is just ordinary, what's more, when the action is swearing it's not very interesting, what's the genre for if there's an action, it's really normal

the sound is good, it's good and it's just right

Well, when it comes to the character, I don't like heroin or the MC, because this is like a special anime for lolicon, wow, love is normal and I'm not a lolicon, so I don't like it

My enjoyment is also lacking but it's only at the beginning that I enjoy ... watching it

for all of them, this anime still has a lot of flaws

The first episode was pretty cool. Being able to follow the progress of the main character could be interesting but I was wrong because it is an umpteenth anime where the hero development is done over two episodes and where the rest of the anime is going to be mainly to follow the unbeatable character without no surprises, no comedy or no real intense fighting to compensate. This is the caricature of a basicand uninspiring anime. The characters are simple and boring: there are the typical enemies without personality and not charismatic and the allies of the character are useless and are almost part of ... the scenery. The hero helps a girl who will fall in love with him but he doesn't know her feelings, seen and seen again. There is no suspense and the main character never finds himself in a situation that puts him at even a little disadvantage. This is typically the type of story that some animes denounce in a humorous way. The universe, the story and the characters make this work really average and without interest, an anime in addition which merges in the mass of "other animes" as I call them, animes which do not stand out because they are neither original nor really bad enough to be lynched.

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.

The biggest problem with Seirei Gensouki is that it seems that despite his 'hardships' everything seems to come up Rio. Rather than feeling like you're following along for the ride, feeling the hardships along the MC, it's like you're listening to someone tell the story about their D&D character that never really had to struggle for much. Rio just takes everything in stride, and never actually loses. The one thing that made him interesting, his backstory in the alternate world, could've been reflected somewhere in the story at some point, but they never utilize it.

There's some interesting worldbuilding and characters to play around with, ... but the story focuses so much on Rio we never really get a chance to see where any of it could go, which is really unfortunate. There seemed to be so many interesting and whimsical characters, but other than some stereo-typical anime humor and fan service, there's no meaningful connection there. There's one point where he actually has some decent interactions with other characters, but we don't see much of them afterwards.

Never do we see any interesting use of any of the important plot elements, the things that you learn through the series could have had some interesting implications, and the entire show just makes extensive use of the 'overpowered protagonist' trope.

This could have been a good show, if not for the poor treatment of the various 'tools' the author had at their disposal. The show uses one 'tool' as far as narrative goes and it is no better for it. Lot of subtle things could've made this into a top tier show, but apparently they were left on the tool bench as the author continued to slam square pegs into every shaped hole.

Final thoughts: I started watching because of an interesting premise, I continued to watch even though I saw some red-isekai-flags, and I finished watching because I thought I could learn something as an author myself: how not to tell a story. So I can't fault this show too much, because it's use of tired and true tropes with decent character design is pretty stereotypical of an anime that's just trying to tell a story. I wish I read the light novel for this, so at least I could have a comparison of tone between the anime and the source. If the anime is anything like the source, then the author needs more practice making the story stand out from the rest of the isekai trash we muddle through.

Overall Score: Mediocre (5)

It's a reasonably high quality but uninspired isekai show. Fortunately, there is no RPG trash, system menus etc. It's a vanilla isekai, Mushoku Tensei style.

The story would be sort of rationally oriented, if not for the fact that the MC is a freaking Chosen One.

It wasn't enough for him to be reincarnated - he also has an unholy amount of cheats and plot armours. He has a super rare secret contracted spirit (hot girl ofc), then right after regaining his memories, he saves a random noble from kidnappers - it turns out (what a twist! lol) she was a princess. ... Apparently, he has some special spiritual magic and was a martial arts genius, can kill a professional merc at seven years old, gets to study at the magic academy. Then, a random beast-race slave-assassin (girl ofc) attacks him, gets defeated, and joins him - and she also happens to be a reincarnated person (of the royal blood of the beast-people). Then it finally turns out MC himself is a crown prince of some fantasy version of Japan - his mom was a princess in benevolent exile. His grandparents are still ruling their country and are very well-intentioned towards him. Add to that him being a girl magnet and a typical harem protagonist.

There is a limit to how many cheats you can use before the plot becomes boring. If he had no cheats (or at least a few, not ALL of them) and survived and persevered by using his wits and grit alone - then it could be an exciting story.
But in reality - meh. A high quality meh.

Disclaimer: I have not read the web novel (WN) nor the light novel (LN) of this series. However, I did try to find sources that can explain the differences between WN, LN, and the anime series for a clearer, overall, understanding of this series - albeit the relevant sections that the anime covers. This review will (strictly) be covering the anime but will consider the differences between the different media, such as the LN and WN based on my own understanding and interpretation. Feel free to disagree since I admit that I do not have all the information and I am aware that not reading ... the original material (i.e. the LN and WN) might make my review less convincing.

*For this series the MC will be used interchangeably for the character that has been isekaied and the character that hosts all of the MC's memories.

Story: The story of this anime starts with an interesting concept for a reincarnation isekai genre where the main character (MC*) behaves (mentally) different from other reincarnation isekai genre MC's. This is because the reincarnation isekai genre (so far) makes the MC; preserve both memory and (physical) body, inhabit another body and preserve their memories, or inhabit another body and lose their memories, when going to another world. However, there is not much anime that tackle the question of the MC having to inhabit another person's body whilst the host memories are still retained. This gives the impression that the story will be about how the MC and host resolve their own identity considering that the host suddenly receives memories (from the MC) and believes they are his own despite not having experienced any of those events. However, its execution on this front was unsatisfactory since it focused more on the adventure where the MC meets relevant characters instead of his mental state. I am aware the LN also contains the adventure part so this is not a saying it's an error but more on its poor method of execution on the main theme of the story, i.e. the mental state of the MC confirming his identity.

From my understanding, the entire first season of this anime should be the prologue according to people who read the LN (from what I gathered is 3 volumes long!!) but the irony is that the anime does not convey this at all. The story starts the series when the MC was in his childhood but then quickly moves to his adolescent state after two episodes. This gives the impression that the "prologue" was over and we were already in the main storyline. The main cause of this impression was a lack of an in-depth narration and/or monologue from the MC since understanding the mental state and goals of the MC gives a clearer idea to the viewer what events have to transpire for the MC to attain their goal. Even more so for this series since the MC has to come to terms with the "extra" memories that he does not fully understand. It was clear (after knowing this was meant to be a prologue) that the adventuring was meant to be an exposition for the MC so the viewer has a better understanding of his character, ability, his two different memories (and arguably their two personalities), and their background. This implies the next season may start focusing on the identity issue for the MC and host where the host will start to get confused about who he is considering he has two sets of memories (and personalities) from one being on Earth and one is in the current (isekai) world. As a result, the story left an unsatisfactory feeling where important information/insight on the MC's mental and emotional growth is left in an unknown state.

Character: As mentioned in the story section the main point of the story was to explore the identity crisis of the MC, but the anime conveyed very little information about it. The main reason was that the MC was introduced to us (the viewer) in his childhood and after two episodes (of going through education) he becomes an adolescent young man BUT we are not given how much the MC has adapted to his new memories nor his emotional state on the matter. His outer appearance always delivered a calm and mature outlook of life and makes it seem that he has sorted out the memory issue but later in the story, we become aware that he is still trying to cope with them. Moreover, the lack of information on how the MC copes with his new memories (and the new personality) makes some of his actions when interacting with other characters (during his adventure) questionable since we do not understand the choices he makes. For example, he turns down on a girl who wants to travel with him on his adventure despite the fact he is only traveling to figure out his past. You can argue that there are dangers to the girl if she wasn't prepared but the anime made it clear that he is powerful enough to protect her and she was aware of the dangers of traveling and yet he still doesn't allow it. As a result, for the first half of the series, you are always trying to figure out why he acts the way he does and whether this has any relation to his identity crisis until midway through you are given his background, origin, and motivation and then it becomes clear that all of his actions has little do with his identity and more to do with his motivation (his revenge). The lack of the MC's monologue on his emotional state makes his character quite boring and confusing and even after knowing his motivation (which is revenge) it still makes him boring since we are unsure how his other persona (the isekaied MC) feels about it. In addition, we get to see other characters (predominately females) interact with the MC and this should also contribute to his emotional state (since he has two personas) but again we have a lack of information about it making it seem that both personas have similar values, which is not the case by the last few episodes. Thus, creating confusion on the situation of the MC's mental (and emotional) state between the two personas.

As for the other characters, they are quite one-dimensional since it is very easy to identify which characters will either be friends or enemies to the MC without any grey areas so to speak, such as being frenemies or spies, etc. Therefore, it becomes easy to identify characters that are villains and allies and characters that may become his romantic interests. Although considering this is the prologue of the story, it is possible that these one-dimensional characters are meant to set the stage for new characters that could actually endanger the MC where he needs his allies to aid him. Otherwise, the story would become very linear with a very predictable plot and very simplistic story where it is easy to foresee the MC will always be placed on the pedestal where his identity crisis makes him more special rather than being detrimental.

Art and Sound: For the music, I do not have any problems with the OP, ED, or OST but I do have issues with the art (or in this case the animation). The animation was very noticeable when looking at the fight scenes throughout the series. All of them show a very simplistic (to borderline lazy) representation of the MC fights with difficult foes. Such as, the sword swings the MC uses to cut through the body of large beasts or the MC's hand-to-hand combat against powerful foes makes it very noticeable the animation for these motions was done with a lack of understanding of how the body interacts with such dynamic movement. As a result, the fights feel lackluster and quite amateurish which downgrades the supposed difficulty (or ease) the MC should be experiencing when he is fighting.

Overall: The anime takes a very interesting approach to the reincarnation isekai genre where it is rare to see the MC having an identity issue in regards to both the MC (isekaied) and host's memories preserved. However, the anime executed this topic poorly leaving a very unsatisfying feeling. Both the story and characters did not deliver the importance of this identity crisis and it was left in the air until the last few episodes where it becomes apparent the MC's and host's personalities have different values and this becomes clearer near the end of the series. Luckily, there is a second season so it may be possible that the anime will do better considering the "prologue" of the series is now over. Furthermore, the last episode introduced us to other (spoilers) isekaiers thus providing potential character development for the MC by comparing him to the others based on their adaptation to this new world - as long as these other isekaied characters are not one dimensional.

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.

The only reason why I rated enjoyment as a '6' was because I had fun picking out all the cliches while watching this show.

> Besides the criminally underused amazing premise, which is good enough to be the central preoccupation of an entire isekai, the show demonstrates that it is just another isekai in which the knowledge of a previous life blessed with immense magical potential manifests within an 'underdog' protagonist from the slums who is constantly belittled by the obnoxious spawn of nobility. This overused trope of classism, especially within an educational environment, is wearisome and unrealistic. How is it unrealistic? Even after 5 years ... of constant accomplishment in both academics and swordplay, the attitude of the insufferable antagonist remained unchanged. So unchanged, in fact, that it is almost like there was no time skip, no growth or adaptation to the MC's presence, and that he only joined a month ago.
During the cliche of saving the royalty, the assassin moved unrealistically slow, in order to have the MC not die.
I did not notice any noteworthy music nor animation, though the art seemed above average.

*animation seemed a bit cheap on inspection. Action Fights were 'skipped'.
In the ED, i noticed characters looked like
homura https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/843514243030843464/867000732891611146/unknown.png
misha https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/843514243030843464/867001488361127966/unknown.png
horikita https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/843514243030843464/867001629861740575/unknown.png
madoka https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/843514243030843464/867001647443345408/unknown.png
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/843514243030843464/867002661194170418/unknown.png a bit like kirito

Frankly, I didn't expect much before I started the anime, I thought it was an isekai anime that comes out every year. However, after watching the 1st and 2nd episodes, my expectations rose and I had the idea that it was one of the best anime of the season. It was progressing well. It was not unnecessarily extended. it wasn't boring. Of course, I wanted to continue because I really liked the anime, but later I realized that it was a big mistake. Once again I am disappointed.

It didn't take me long to realize that the anime I watched with love had turned into an ... anime that couldn't go beyond a cliche. Perhaps the worst Isekai anime of the season. The quality continued to decline each time a harem was added to the anime.

Story : I remember watching at least 10 anime like this with exactly the same storyline. ( 4/10 )

Art : Unfortunately it wasn't bad, but I don't think it was at a sufficient level. ( 5/10 )

Sound : It was as I expected. opening and ending deserved to watch. ( 7/10 )

Character : It was pretty bad. There were 1 or 2 that we can call solid character. ( 4/10 )

Enjoyment : As I said, I liked the first episodes, but it started to decrease over time. I can't even tell you how sorry I am. ( 4/10 )

Overall : 4

All I can say about the anime is it is very cliche, you definitely seen some of the most common plot and troupes in anime and yes, they are all *almost* here. Some of the examples are being reincarnated by "train-kun", being the lowest status and getting bullied by royalties, cute girls, op mc and many more.

If you don't like that then you definitely shouldn't watch the show but (very bias opinion coming), my take on this one is I personally enjoyed it. It's pretty fun and it's called fantasy for a reason, maybe it has overused troupes but it definitely has a good story ... and characters. Will recommend to watch it if you have some time to kill.

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

An outstanding premise and world creation that has been reduced to half of what it should be by shocking pacing of the story. In my opinion this had all it needed to enter anime royalty if it had been delivered properly but the studio has obviously had doubts over its success or rushed production leaving me scratching my head over why they felt the need to destroy great material with shoddy development. The main character is the only one who has had any meaningful development and even his actions are at times unexplained I'm guessing due to cuts from the original story. No other character ... gets enough screen time to create any affinity with, case in point the (I'm guessing) 3 years of schooling is done in 2 episodes and his deep bond with a teacher is contained to about 6 minutes of screen time.

The first 6 episodes of content should have been 12 to 15 in order to capture the protagonist's beginnings and motivation as well as properly introduce the side characters who influenced him.

In general I'm over the isekai genre but this had my hopes up a little. While this is by no means bad and worth a look if you want something to fill some time, don't get your hopes up too much. The studio obviously considers this a 1 and done and outside of the art which is fantastic not much has been invested into making this a success.

**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**