Ueki no Housoku

Unbeknownst to most humans, a bizarre tournament is held to decide the next ruler of the Heavenly World. In this tournament, 100 Heavenly Beings known as the "God Candidates" are required to search among the middle school students on Earth, and transfer their powers to a student of their choice. The chosen ones will then battle each other, representing their God Candidates. The victor of this tournament will be awarded the "Blank Talent"—allowing them to choose any one unique ability they so desire—while the God Candidate they represent will obtain the position of "God" and become the king of the Heavenly World.

Participating in this grand tournament is Kousuke Ueki, a middle school student who is given the power to turn trash into trees by his homeroom teacher, Kobayashi. Despite the concerns of his classmate, Ai Mori, Ueki embarks on a journey to pursue his own sense of justice after witnessing the people around him misusing their powers for selfish purposes. But as he encounters talented power users such as Seiichirou Sano, Rinko Jerrard, Robert Haydn, and Hideyoshi Soya, he realizes that achieving his goal might be harder than it seems.

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Ueki, Kousuke Main

Park, Romi Japanese

Sano, Seiichirou Main

Hoshi, Souichirou Japanese

Mori, Ai Main

Kawakami, Tomoko Japanese

Jerrard, Rinko Main

Noto, Mamiko Japanese

Tenko Main

Saitou, Chiwa Japanese

Soya, Hideyoshi Main

Yamaguchi, Kappei Japanese

Haydn, Robert Supporting

Saiga, Mitsuki Japanese

Kobayashi Supporting

Mori, Katsuji Japanese

God Supporting

Kosugi, Juurouta Japanese

Anon Supporting

Fukuyama, Jun Japanese

Urasaki, Nobumitsu Producer

Takahata, Yuuichirou Producer

Watanabe, Hiroshi Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

Inoue, Kazuhiko Sound Director

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Oct 29, 2023

Tselet

Recommended

The anime is good i love the power system my problem is that mc's dub voice is annoying and hes too much of a nice person i prefer mc's who are good hearted but smart and a little selfish the animation is good i like how cozy it feels as you're watching it, you might feel nostalgai from watching this anime because it has alot of simalarties to og shounen the plot is good i like tournement's in anime the side characters are forgetable though, i think alot of people will like this series for the simple yet intresting powersystem and the main villan, ... the show is a entertaining watch because it does have a little plot twist that i wont spoil , last thing i want to say is if you like fightiscenes youll defenitly love this anime

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Oct 5, 2011

ktulu007

Mixed Feelings

The Law of Ueki is the story of several young teenagers with super powers who are fighting in a competition to gain great power. The competition starts with one on one battles but shifts to group battles for the second round, but there's a problem. There's a competitor who wants the power to wipe out humanity. You know, this plot sounds very familiar, almost like I've seen something with an identical story, but where was that...

I remember, it was Shaman King.

Be honest, you all saw that coming. The underlying plots really are almost identical. The only major differences are that Shaman King's tournament ... had competitors of all ages and the competitors in The Law of Ueki can lose their abilities but those aren't really significant changes. Hell, even the plot twist toward the end, which I won't reveal in the interest of avoiding spoilers, is the same. To be fair, the Law of Ueki does have some legitimately funny moments, but that doesn't make up for the fact that its plot borders on plagiaristic.

The characters aren't much better. They all have personalities based around common shounen anime tropes, which they play straight. The result is that they feel like very stock, listless characters. Another issue is that the main antagonist's motivations, when they're fully revealed at the end, don't match his actions. Which results a distinct impression that the writer changed his character at the last minute.

The art is decent. It isn't spectacular but it's not bad either. Although they do resort to borked proportions in a few cases.

The voice work is actually very well done. Oddly enough, the Law of Ueki has a lot of the same vocal talent as Shaman King. The music is mostly good. The only issue is that some of it doesn't suit the anime. Causing a disconnect between the feel of the action and the feel of the music.

The yuri factor is a 2/10. Mori and Rinko have some moments that seem a little homoerotic but there really aren't many.

My final rating for The Law of Ueki is a 5/10. It's average. The biggest issue it has is that it's simply too standard to stand out on its own. Everything it does with its story and characters has been done before and better. In the end it's an average shounen anime that plays it safe. If you're a fan of shounen anime, Shaman King especially, you'll probably enjoy it. Just don't expect anything new.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Apr 8, 2021

marslander

Not Recommended

Funny

Preliminary (5/51 eps)

Nothing original about this anime. Many inconsistencies in the story line. Characters are boring and everything they do is predictable. I would have watched more of this anime if the dub was better, it's almost unwatchable. But the issue is not just the voices, the issue here lies in the script, it has this constant narrator feel. The girl, Ai, keeps narrating and describing the events as they occur, it's not necessary for that to exist here. We know how to watch anime and enjoy it without an obnoxious narrator voice coming from a character in a middle of a fight scene.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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