Tensei Oujo to Tensai Reijou no Mahou Kakumei

I wasn't expecting much from this, but holy crap it is amazing (at least, in my opinion). The feels hit me like a god dang truck. I actually almost cried, and I NEVER cry when watching anime, so you know it's really good. The story is pretty unique imo, even in this hyper-saturated genre of Isekai. Art style, though not the best, definitely gets the job done good for a fantasy anime. The characters are also pretty good. The main cast is well written. One character I still kinda hate is Mr. Knock-off Gepard (for my fellow Star Rail players).

Overall, I really really enjoyed ... it. If you like Fantasy, Isekai or Yuri, I think you'd also enjoy this anime as well.

I don't write reviews but i just had to vent and ramble a bit so here you go.
After reading the positive reviews, i went into this anime expecting to enjoy it but it was a dissapointment.
The story is generic but slightly interesting and i thought the first episodes weren't bad but i struggled to finish the last 5 episodes. There was nothing interesting at that point. Now the reason i hate this so much is the characters and the dialogue, OH BOY , i was feeling pain from how cliche and cringe they were. The only good thing here was the animation.
I regret wasting ... my time watching this.

Before I continue with this review, a full disclaimer: This isn't an isekai. It's all fake, done with the flimsiest justification plus a reversal so people would read the author's fantasy novel.

Tenten is full of surprises. You would never expect a show selling itself as an Isekai, animated by Diomedia of all people, to look this good. And yet in spite of the odds it still manages to deliver on a believable and engrossing romance set in a (now refreshing) non-RPG-based fantasy world.

It's clear from the word go that the team has a lot of passion and love for the original work. Far from ... being a repeat of the WN or Manga, the anime instead takes advantage of its own medium and does its own thing without deviating from the original source material too much or being a 1-1 repeat.. Gone are the endless expositions, in place are instead more natural integrations into the actual episodes themselves, scenes that happen later in the LN with minimal explanation are given proper foreshadowing too. The show is in that sweet spot where it almost never has a dull moment yet isn't overly exhausting. If I have one critique, it's that the show does feel like it's going too fast.

Anis is great to follow as an MC. Too many shows of this ilk often fall into the same pitfall of being too invincible with conflict only arising from external factors. Anis on the other hand, and this is the big difference between it and most other Isekais, has actual weakness and character flaws within her otherwise bubbly and confident exterior. It's character flaws like these that make Anis so interesting to follow, and makes her eventual romance with Euphy just so fulfilling. Both characters supporting each other in a mutual relationship with their personalities complementing the other may seem like an obvious thing , but believe you me so many shows just has some one way relationship between the audience surrogate and some invincible character with no flaws (COUGHLycoRecoCOUGH). Actually speaking of Chisato, I had similar feelings with Senbongi's performance as Anis. While initially I felt it was off in the PVs, I cannot imagine anyone else doing Anis' voice. She is able to deliver a such believable performance for Anis and really sells her confidence, optimism, determination, and even vulnerability when the story calls for it.

Euphy herself is fine but doesn't fare as well as Anis. She does have her own struggles and overcomes them during the runtime of the show, but she does come across as being too perfect and too willing to put herself for Anis even relatively early on. Still, she is a great foil to Anis' personality and her growth from a meek damsel in distress to a confident leader is well earned. The other secondary characters are fine too. Kudos for having a non typical King character, who's actually kinda crass and straightforward in an Apple Doesn't Fall Far From The Tree kinda way. I do think Kugyu's character appears far too late for her arc to have any significant meaning, Lainie and Ilia complement the main couple well enough, though their arc and spotlight is over too soon for my liking. Tilty is best girl and I always sympathize with her type of character, ie the third wheel who never scores despite meeting the protag first. But as a consequence of having so few episodes to expand upon, these characters do feel somewhat throwaway.

The story itself is fine. I do appreciate it being able to weave from fantasy adventure to political intrigue back to fantasy adventure without feeling out of place, but the true draw of the show really is just Anis and Euphy's relationship. Over time you really do get to understand how the pair ended up falling for each other and how their relationship grows over the course of the series. For my money, it's the best romance show this season, and one that isn't as generic as the usual one-to-one no drama romances that are really common these days. In fact, while the plot beats are fine at best, what truly elevates each scene are the Anis and Euphy and how their drama and growth relates to the scene at hand. I'm particularly enamored with the ending, which delivered such a sweet and satisfying conclusion that serves as the perfect capping off point to the pair's romance across the series. (though with a final flimsy justification to technically classify the show as "Isekai" when it never needed it)

The presentation is surprisingly good, again, coming from Diomedia. Fights that would have been done in 3DCG these days are accomplished in pretty good looking 2D. The show is pleasing to look at, and there is no sense of mediocrity you'd usually get with their shows. Then again, it says a lot when one of the best looking shows of this season is something that is above average and hasn't been delayed.

All in all, Tenten has everything I want in a yuri romance that goes far above and beyond a typical romance. No "best friend" nonsense here, you get what, as its namesake, I hope will bring in a yuri revolution in seasons to come.

The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady is better than it feels like it even thought it was. It's also quite the mouthful, so I'll be calling it Magical Revolution for the rest of this review.

Consistently throughout the show, I expected it to fall into derivative story telling habits akin to others in its genres - girls love, isekai, and fantasy. I try not to bring bias to a new show when I start, but sometimes it's an unconscious feeling. Anime, like most things, has as sort of language that you learn the more you interact with it. I'm speaking ... beyond tropes and the like, to be clear; tropes are essentially unavoidable.

No, I'm speaking about the unwritten language of this medium. It's in the way episodes are paced, how dialogue is structured, the mise en scène, plot decisions, and the nuanced cultural attitudes frequently found in Japan. There's a rhythm to a standard episode of an anime, with some allowance for genre changes, and it's very easy to take it for granted.

In the same way that people with normal hearts (not me lol) don't notice their heartbeats until something is off, we tend not to notice the way the rhythm of anime changes until it does.

So when I say that Magical Revolution kept catching me off guard, it was in these little ways. Episodes were frequently paced in a way that's more like a Netflix live action original and less like a standard anime episode. Plot decisions - characters, fates, conflicts - all happened in decidedly abnormal ways, at least to my expectations. The tact with which Magical Revolution handled its own themes - the way it showed respect for its characters - genuinely surprised me.

Please don't misconstrue; I'm not surprised that a show could be "good." The quality of how Magical Revolution bucked orthodoxy isn't the focus insomuch as the fact that it *did* - even more so because of the ways it chose to do so.

Magical Revolution is a show for people who really love girls love, isekai, or fantasy as much as it is a show for people who are burnt out of those genres or don't engage with them at all. It's weird! This show genuinely stumped me and I respect it a hell of a lot for managing that.

If anyone checks this show out on the basis of my review, I'd love to hear your thoughts. I hope I'm not the only one to notice the way Magical Revolution changes those small things that it does in the strange way that it does.

People who appreciate Yuri should include this in their collection.

Some of the premises of this show tackles themes relevant to real life; the conflicts that the characters face are conflicts that we could be facing in real life. It is a show about the burden of duty. Duty and piety for your family and country is esteemed to be the norm and is what drives the characters' emotions and conflicts. It goes to the point that it feels too overdone - to the point it gives me the idea that Japanese people consider piety and duty for one's family more importantly than other people ... in the world. It makes a conclusion to the ultimate conflict of the plot by asserting Yuri solves all of the problems.

If you don't appreciate Yuri, like how I don't, you can still enjoy how the characters of this show do face some realistic conflicts that we could face in real life and how it's resolved relatively convincingly, not completely convincing, but to some extent, convincing. There are a few plot holes but they can be ignored for the sake of enjoyment.

The characters are all likeable and full of emotion. They are all driven by some kind of underlying emotion except for the Euphie. This aspect of Euphie plays a role in the story.

I didn't expect this anime to be this good. I thought it's just SOF+Yuri, but no, it's getting serious in some point and not doing generic Isekai things. I not interested any Isekai anime and Yuri anime,but this somehow successed make me give more attention for it.

In my Opinion, It's easily One Of The Best Anime in Winter 2023.


Story:8.5/10
Very simple, First 3Ep quite calm and wholesome focusing on the bond between Anis and Euphy.
Then Plot trying to show classic fantasy world and Characters over doing Isekai stuff.
Later it's getting serious moment too but not change the color of the plot.

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Characters: 9/10
I love development Anis and Euphy.
Anis's personality gives me the same energy like Chisato from Lycoris Recoil.
Both of them got great development characters.

Anis, She ignores her responsibility as heir to the throne because she is obsessed her experiment with her memories from past life,. However after some conflict, She regreted of what happened to someone she love suffered because of her.

Euphy, from being afraid to do anything, emotionless,and just do what people wanted her to do,
later changed to courage enough to take step for what she wanted and for Anis's Happiness.


Animation: 8/10
I think it's pretty good. Better than any trashy Isekai.
I really shocked when I watched Ep5. Animation is pretty damn good for wholesome anime.


OST: 8/10
Very good. I'm not good at judging the OST, so I'll say it's successed make me feels sad at some point and also nice timing for each scene specially during serious moments.


Overall: 9/10
If you come here to find great characters, you come to right place.
If you here for Yuri stuff, of course it's have Yuri development for Anis and Euphy, not Yuribait.

This Anime not your typical Isekai. It's simple plot and wholesome, but it's sometime also can give you mix-feeling about what characters did.
So if you love Characters and understand their feeling, then maybe you will love this anime even more.

This anime not for everyone, but at least give a chance if you try to watch something wholesome show.

Cant really call this isekai as her previous life/experience seems to have minimal impact on story. Yuri thing is quite problematic when it comes to the fact that she is in royal family, fun to watch it unfold. MC still gets to collect a harem (kinda). First 6 episodes are awesome, after that it is so-so. Poor execution of kingdom politics ruins experience. Vampire thing being completely out of place does not help either.

Production quality is quite good, but battle scenes are often lacking in vfx, choreography or overall.

Second part of season really tanks in story quality. The change of MC motivation, that happens after ... confrontation in second half, feels out of place and out of character. It just feel like that it was intentionally set onto generic drama rails for more emotional and soapy plot developments.

this anime is amazing. i can only recommend it for you. but it's up to you to like it or not. if you like it great, if you don't you can just drop it. anyway i will start with 1 overall 2 plot 3 art/graphics and 4 characters

overal

despite being an isekai you barely see anything that indicates it.
the main character isn't alslo totally OP at the start and not even at the end
something you normally see in isekai's (which i don't mind it's my favorite genre)

the story is interesting, the first half of the serie it was mostly funny.
but the second half is where ... it really started to shine, when you saw the most of the characters development as a person.
i had so many feelings during that part. one moment i'm sad next moment i'm happy then i got angry.
it was really a rollercoaster of emotions, something that only 2 other animes have done to me before.
and i really liked that, i just felt dragged into the atmosphere.


plot 8/10

the plot is good it isn't going to fast or to slow.
it really shows you how the nobles and commoners in that world are.
also it shows how hard it is to live freely when you're of royalty or a high ranked noble.
just doing what you like is practically impossible, but it shows it really wel how it is and what you could expect

art/graphics 8?/10

don't really care about this, if the story and plot are good then i don't care much for it.
nontheless the quality and art style look

characters 10/10

all of them were totally unique.
each of the main characters had something they had to deal with.
and they did it in their own way.
their development was well paced. seeing how they grow and how to deal with it and their responsibilities.

there was something about this show that captivated me at first glance. looking back, i still have no idea what that was, but all i can say is, if you're not watching tenten kakumei, you're missing out on a lot.

before you start comparing this to lycoris recoil, i'd like you to get it into your head that the two are vastly different. the story and characters are not as similar as you think, but this is anime review and not a comparison essay, so figure it out yourself. anyways...

to keep the summary short, the story is about a a princess named anisphia, who is crazy ... about magic, but can't use it herself, and euphyllia, a genius magician whose magic ranks amongst the top. they have a fateful meeting one night, and the two of them cross paths, with euphyllia (euphie) become anisphia's (anis) assistant, and the story goes on from there.

from the get go, the story is set in stone. it gets to the case very quickly, and i don't think i can recall a time when i got bored watching it. i was always looking forward to wednesdays for the next episode.

art style was nailed perfectly. the colors were so vibrant throughout every episode, and the art style was absolutely beautiful. the fight scenes were animated to crisp perfection, and those who saw them know exactly what i'm talking about. the opening and ending were also animated beautifully, both with banger songs.

if there was one thing that made this show stand out the most, it definitely was the character dynamic between anis and euphie. they fit each other perfectly, each and every scene with them was so smooth. with anis being the outgoing, crazy one, while euphie being more laid back and calm, their personalities blend to form colors you could never imagine. not to mention the yuri aspects, but my comment on those: yes. this was definitely the main selling point of the show, and i'm a firm believer that they have some of the best character dynamics i've seen in a long time.

so yeah, tenten kakumei is an easy 10/10 for me. pretty much everything i wanted in show, great pick to start off the year and i hope to see it in the anime awards. now if you excuse me, i'll go buy the LNs real quick...

A wholesome fantasy story of a rebellious princess and a genius noble girl, whose paths just happen to cross at the right moment, leading them on a journey of self-discovery, love, and the goal of changing the very kingdom.

And historians will call them...

- close friends
- besties
- roommates
- colleagues


... Animation / Art / General Visuals - 8/10
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The show boasts fairly standard visuals. The art is in line with modern anime, while animations are good enough to give us some eye candy, while still showcasing fairly obvious shortcuts. As a whole, it doesn't assault the eyes and is enjoyable enough.


Sound / Music / Voice Acting - 8/10
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Again, fairly standard anime stuff. Nothing crazy, but nothing to bother you either. The music is even pretty good, and kicks in with just the right tunes at the right times.


Story - 7/10
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There is nothing particularly noteworthy about this Fantasy story. The same old "evil, greedy nobles" are up to no good, and there's an ever widening social class gap between the nobles and commoners. An issue our protagonists are trying to solve, but which as expected is not an easy task.

We get some minor twists and turns here and there, but all in all, the story is quite predictable and doesn't try to do anything really unique. Though the cliches are well enough done that they're enjoyable, even if they don't quite get the heart pumping or anything.


Characters - 8/10
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The story focuses heavily around dual female protagonists with very obvious Yuri undertones. The romance is clear as day, though it takes a while to fully blossom.

Anis is clearly the best character in the show, with an extremely strong and unique personality. She has a dream and an unshakable will to follow it. Yet finds plenty of room in her heart for love, friendship and duty. An idealist, but a fairly rational one.

Euphie takes a while to find her feet, but by the end, she's every bit of a match for Anis, and the duo find empowerment with each-other.

Supporting cast isn't particularly noteworthy as the short runtime doesn't give too much time to develop them, but there are a few stand-outs, like a similar minded gloomy research partner of Anis, who brings an equally unique personality to the table. As well as the Princess's maid, who isn't just a mindless servant, but a true friend.

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Total - 8/10

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Tensei Oujo to Tensai Reijou no Mahou Kakumei is a very solid, wholesome Fantasy anime with light Yuri action. The latter also sets it apart from most similar shows that flood the market on a regular basis, so it makes for a nice change of pace. More competent women are always fun to watch!

In my opinion they very much chose the wrong ending and tried to puff it up as much as possible to make it the "good" ending. The manga is mostly the same and (at least English translation) goes up to the same point as episode 9. I noticed that the explanation for spirits is slightly different in the manga and I'm not sure why they did it like that (i.e. they were explained more inert in the manga).

But yeah, after episode 9 it's just not as good and, in my not so humble opinion, tries to force drama and tough choices that are just not ... enjoyable to watch.

This is the most 5/10 series you could get. An isekai in name only with some cool spells and rules and boring creatures, characters who appear out of nowhere that are great in concept but get barely used, crucial character traits that are completely forgotten near the end and to top it off the most boring and repetitive character designs wearing decent outfits... I only watched it for the lesbians and even that aspect is mediocre. The core couple gets an imperfect and rushed development at the start, barely speak to each other for half of the series until the last 3 chapters and their ... marriage as queens doesn't happen, which would be literally the only satisfying conclusion to the entire plot. Even then, the secondary characters have it much worse in that regard. The king has a wife appear in the middle of episode 4 so he doesn't look gay, the lesbian vampire suddenly has a playful and comedic conversation with a guy who tried to kill her a few hours ago... It's all a complete mess.

This was beautiful!

Everything from start to finish was nearly perfectly executed. I'm so glad to finally see an isekai that I've seen that has excellent fight scenes! It has everything. There are a couple of decisions that I think we're weird and I know they were put in there just to make a plot point (and close one) the could be added later in the story.

Characters are well portrayed and the animation is great. Rather than just being straight up brown everything and having no portrayal as seen in many isekai, this has color in the scenes have characters. Individual colors that were with each ... other had a beginning and an end. You learn about the backgrounds of side characters. Ones just enough to merge into the current story and what was coming well building their character. Things that needed to be remembered later.

Out of all of the anime I have ever seen (not as much as many, but a whole lot for me considering the ratio), this is only the 5th perfect score I've ever given. I'm truly that impressed with it.

What a treat. Not a masterpiece by any stretch of the imagination, but still exceptionally satisfying to watch.

Honestly, I'd say a solid (8), then a bonus half-star just for leaving so much potential for season 2.

This show was almost pure story, and that is just fantastic. I have no idea how you'll feel about it, but for me it was a breath of fresh air that was just enough of everything: Quite entertaining, just enough action, just romantic enough, just dramatic enough, just creative enough, just funny enough to keep my full attention. The animation is solid, the world-building and comedy has both obvious ... and subtle sides, the story is interesting, and I genuinely want to see these two together.

It certainly could've been better, but it didn't have to be as good as it is in the first place. Definitely worth a watch.

Side note: If you're looking for pure yuri without the fantasy vibe:
As always, I still recommend the bleeding-personal-experience absolute masterwork that is 'Bloom into You'
https://myanimelist.net/anime/37786/Yagate_Kimi_ni_Naru

Don't thank me, thank TROYCA.

ACTUALLY DECENT ISEKAI 👏👏👏
It's actually sad to see that the Isekai genre turned out to be automatically related to trash, people may have ignored this one just because of that, this anime is actually very good and i never expected to enjoy it as much as I did. The soundtrack, that solid animation, the cast and specifically the main antagonist, whose twist and conclusion are very rare to see nowadays lol or at least rare to see done so well, and after seeing people talk about the adaptation, I realized that they really tried their best, this is an actual W, give this one a ... fair chance, you may actually enjoy it.

The seasonal yuri anime yes, including isekai element and creating magical tools, following the 3 episode rule I've watched 3 episode of this and... Well, disappointing really. Yuri is there? Kinda? Not really, maybe it existed more after 3 episode but eh.

- First of all despite being a yuri anime it doesn't... Feel that way, actually i'll just say it, it's bland, it's one sided most of the time and barely any interaction to indicate any yuri element, at best holding hands, maybe i set my bar too high but it's kinda bad tbh.
- Second the political side of the story is also... Bland, predictable, ... and very dumb tbh, I know what they're going for but it's dumb
- The magical tool side, no explanation of the world building good enough to make them compelling, yeah only the noble can use magic but what? How was it created? How does it utilised the magic to function? None, no explanation, which is disappointing because I came here for that part, yuri second.

Characters:
Well at the very least the character is written well I can say that much, the MC is fun personality wise and the other cast also have good personality, which is nice and their action is understandable(Except for the very dumb one)

Song:
Also nice, sets the mood well and well, it's just above average, which is good

Art:
Above average to a lot of show this season, extremely consistent and nice to look at.

Tldr: Frustrating for me to watch plot wise, but everything else is nice and fine, I recommend it, but it's just not for me

Ever since the premiere of Lycoris Recoil there has been a very vocal amount of people that have loved and asked for more yuri anime, even though that show wasn’t yuri to beging but that it isn’t my point, and I’m not saying that more yuri isn’t something that haven’t been asked before, but specially nowadays is that you can notice it everywhere, and if you go and see future premiers of 2023 you will see multiple yuri coming out, and the first one of those announced some time ago was Tensei Oujo to Tensai Reijou no Mahou Kakumei. With a very proactive and energetic ... MC tied to a calmer and more well-mannered girl, it has the perfect recipe to become fond of it quickly due to the contrasting personalities of the two leads, and since this show is actually yuri unlike LycoReco you won’t be getting any of that so-called “yuri bait”.

From the very first second you’ll see how Anisphia, or simply Anis, will behave across the whole series, being the energetic girl that doesn’t care about her duties as a princess and who searches a new way to do magic with her magicology, as she loves magic and thinks it is made to make people smile, pretty charismatic gal . And as stated above, Euphilia, or simply Euphie, is quite the opposite, she is more reserved and is very serious of her duty as a noble and that’s why she tries hard to interact with Algard, whom she is supposed to marry, at least until the incident from the very first episode happened. You’ll see their relationship being cute, the yuri touch is something that I can appreciate, and the way their relationship blooms and Euphie turns into someone more open to others, specially Anis is definitely what will keep you going with this series.

Algard is a whole can of mixed things. He was always shown as rude due to her whole canceling of his engagement with Euphie, and as time goes on, you’ll notice that this guy has an inferiority complex towards Anis, he hates her for abandoning him when she renounced her rights to be the queen, as he felt betrayed since he admired her and wanted to see her become the queen. And then you see his whole plan in action, he wants to take over the kingdom forcefully, basically like a tyrant, and wants to free the commoners from the oppressing system by their hatred towards the nobles as he basically wants to take them down. He opposes his sister because, while she loves magic, he hates it and sees as a curse, so that is the whole ordeal behind their fight, his ideals are opposite to hers. And yet, at the end, everyone is happy and smiling with him while waving him his goodbyes and I’m confused with at. People, he not only tried to take over the kingdom, he pierced through Lainie’s chest to steal her vampiric powers, shot Ilia’s arm, tried to kill Anis and at the very beginning he basically tried to ruin Euphie’s reputation, and I truly do not believe the casual conversation Euphie and Lainie were having with him in an almost happy manner, this treatment goes beyond suspension of disbelief, but at least he was expelled from the kingdom, so something is something I guess.

By the last episodes, you will be noticing how Anis has to come to accept her status as a princess, and this comes with both good and bad things about it. First off, you can notice how she came to a realization after her battle with Algard about how much pressure she threw at him by resigning from being able to take the throne, and she decides to take the duty by herself. And it seems like Anis wants to become the queen, specially if you see how reactionary her personality turns and how emotional she gets every single time someone says to her that she wouldn’t perform well in her duty or that she wouldn’t be accepted due to her lack of magic. Problems that come with this is, and I don’t want to be the guy that gives the reason to the ones that tried to just put her with an old man since they explicitly mentioned it and that they are supposed to be big “No U” characters which you shouldn’t resonate with at all, however, their proposition of the king just making another heir to not have Anis as the queen is actually completely valid and not something out of the realm of possibilities, they even mentioned the age of the king and he seems to be young enough to still keep having children, I know it takes a toll on our main character and her motivations, but the fact that the king does absolutely nothing is baffling, and this is something that happens across the series, the only part where you can say he did something was about the dragon’s attack, even if the only thing he did there was discuss with other aristocrats the way to tackle that problem, and while it was fun seeing how Anis gave 0 shits about the bureaucratic process that was happening to decide if attack the dragon or not and just went to it, it made everything he did not important. Also, the fact that when Anis was debating with Euphie that she shouldn’t become queen and Anis was basically defending these guys that were insulting her is pretty weird, because she has never shown any interest in them up to this point, and I know she wouldn’t like to become a tyrant like what Algard was trying to do since the thing of kings making decisions absolutely by themselves and getting people killed on the spot and them having absolute power is definitely something that isn’t valid in this kingdom, because they aren’t above the law, so Anis cannot just make those old men to disappear even if she wanted to.

And going into this very thing is Euphie’s sense that Anis shouldn’t become queen and keep doing what she wants with the magicology because she cares about her, and then she stumbled onto the solution of doing a covenant with a spirit and turn into part of the royal family. Anis obviously doesn’t take it the right way since she doesn’t want Euphie to become an immortal being, specially not after the explanation given by Lumielle, but for Euphie, this wasn’t a sacrifice since it would mean that she would be the one becoming the queen and Anis could continue with her investigations and the magicology. And, I mean, it was obvious ever since the duel was mentioned that Euphie was going to win, at least that was very apparent to me since this is the whole point of the show, the magical revolution that can be reached through the magicology. Anis accepting that she doesn’t actually want to become the queen makes all her behavior before look weird, but makes complete sense with her character shown through now, but also makes her whole conflict about inheriting the throne and her battle with Euphie kinda pointless, since it could have been solved if she, you know, knew how she herself felt about it?

The series looks pretty, Diomedea isn’t a studio I particularly dislike, I have disliked every other thing they have done, but animation wasn’t one of my complaints on them. Seeing how people reacted by how episode 5 looked like is no wonder why so many people consider Ufotable to be the best studio out there even when Production IG exists, after all, it did a great job at post-production with the flashing lights looking good and not hurting the eyes, however this obviously didn’t have the actual movement to accompany all of that nor the camera direction to actually say it was so great. But don’t get me wrong, I’ll give credit where is due, in the very same episode there was a dragon and it was fully 2D, you don’t see many animes these days trying to pull off that, this very season there is another anime where a dragon appeared and holy, I wanted to tear my eyes after looking at that horribly hideous 3D dragon, so I’m very grateful with this series to actually put effort into hand drawing the dragon, and the series itself is consistent enough in terms of on models for me to not complain, but the battles are always in the same wavelength as the one in episode 5, specially the important ones, so the best choreographed fight ends up being the one in episode 1 with Anis and those monsters.

I’ll handwave this part in the very same way the series did until the end, but this doesn’t have any actual reason to be an isekai, since in case you don’t remember, Anis is someone reincarnated into this world, this is mainly the justification as to why she is looking to do stuff that looks like objects from our real world with the magicology, however, there isn’t any particular reason for it to be this way, you could have made it a normal fantasy series where Anis had a very creative mind and it just so happen to look like things in our world, you know there are people crazy enough to try things different in the very same series like Tilty, but Anis could just have been a very creative girl to do this, because those objects in our world didn’t appear out of thin air and there were creative people behind them, no need to make her a reincarnated person when that adds nothing to the narrative, this isn’t me ranting about isekai series nor an actual issue in this series, it’s just that, despite being part of the title, it truly is unnecessary and it could be cut without anything being different.

Thank you for reading.