Tensei shitara Dainana Ouji Datta node, Kimama ni Majutsu wo Kiwamemasu

In his past life, Prince Lloyd de Saloum was a commoner who could not become adept at magic, no matter how knowledgeable or obsessed he was about it. Now reincarnated into his current royal lineage, he receives a body with seemingly endless mana, making his desire to master all things arcane attainable. Moreover, as the seventh prince of the kingdom, Lloyd has no claim to the throne, allowing him to nurture his abilities as freely as he wants.

Unfortunately for Lloyd, ancient seals that imprison powerful demons begin to break down and release the horrors within, endangering the peace. With these monstrosities roaming around, Lloyd's overwhelming magical prowess is the ultimate weapon that can neutralize these threats before all things descend to chaos.

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de Saloum, Lloyd Main

Koichi, Makoto Japanese

Grim Main

Fairouz Ai Japanese

Sylpha Supporting

Lynn Japanese

Tao Supporting

Sekine, Akira Japanese

Ren Supporting

Takahashi, Rie Japanese

Jade Supporting

Shimazaki, Nobunaga Japanese

Taria Supporting

Akesaka, Satomi Japanese

de Saloum, Alieze Supporting

Kumada, Akane Japanese

Shiro Supporting

Matsui, Eriko Japanese

Babylon Supporting

Toki, Shunichi Japanese

Yamakawa, Norio Producer

Sakurai, Tsukasa Producer

Yamazaki, Chieko Producer

Tsuchihashi, Jin Producer

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Jun 17, 2024

Marinate1016

Recommended

Well-written

Dainanaoji is arguably the biggest surprise of the season. I came into this series expecting some laughs and thick shota thighs and ended up experiencing one of the best 12 episode stories this season. Surprisingly God tier quality Sakuga, awesome characters, interesting story an OP protagonist who isn’t your run of the mill isekai/reincarnation MC, this is a must watch for any fantasy or isekai fan.

I was on the fence with watching this one for the first month or so of the season and eventually decided to peep it because of Tao and Sylpha pics that I saw on Twitter. From episode 1 I was ... instantly hooked and by episode 5, I was very comfortable putting this in my top 10 new shows of the season vid. It’s hilarious, it’s fast paced, wacky but endearing.

The MC, Lloyd being more interested in magical research and testing his magical abilities rather than saving the world or some cliche fantasy plot line made things quite interesting and the devious way he approaches fighting makes him out to be more intimidating than any demon. I mean seriously, don’t let the cute design fool you, this guy is straight up scary in the best possible way and doesn’t hesitate to kill when needed.

Speaking of that design, it’s definitely targeting a certain demographic and plays heavily into it, but it wasn’t nearly as distracting as I thought it would be. It was certainly the most I’d ever seen a male character naked or having their clothes torn off. I just wonder if they’ll ever find this dude some pants.

The other big draw for me here is the side characters and their relationships with Lloyd. Sylpha, the busty overly obsessed maid, Tao the beautiful martial artist with a crush on Lloyd’s alter ego and Lloyd’s family. Being a 7th Prince, Lloyd is nowhere near the throne, but even then, in a lot of shows we’d see a family recognise the OP MC’s talent and try to force them to succeed. Not the case here, they fully respect Lloyd’s desire to conduct magical research and share that with those who can’t use magic in the kingdom. We didn’t see a ton of his family members, but the few we did see all seem to be diverse characters with their own interests. It’s just a cool family who all respect one another and I found that so refreshing.

The first half of the show the story is solid, but the last 3-4 episodes is where things really got special for me. A proper villain who was a challenge for Lloyd, amazing animation, some nice stakes and an emotional twist. Just a very solid seasonal story all around. If you’re anything like me and a big seasonal fan, you’ll find these episodes go by in seemingly seconds!

Just briefly want to touch on how beautiful the art is in this show. Character designs are so bright and full of life and the overall art style is gorgeous. Bravo to all the staff involved in this one, they cooked.

Dainanaoji is my pick for the surprise of the season. Expected a solid 6-7 show and came out much higher and with several new characters I love. The light novel will be getting read

Dainanaoji gets 9 out of 10.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Jun 17, 2024

MeanEYE

Mixed Feelings

Typical run of the mill issekai show with many tropes that come with the genre. Generally poorly written and riddled with plot conveniences authors didn't even bother explaining. Thing are just like that because they are. This means main character has exactly zero grievances and issues in this world as everything seems to be made just for him to play with.

Art style is questionable at times. Most notably main character is drawn as a female while being touted as male. I don't think the goal was any woke agenda but it's kind of odd how many ass shots we got without asking for any of ... them. Perhaps art directors appetites lie in less conventional groups or indeed slightly criminal.

Story is nothing new or surprising. Main character has a main villain which doesn't show up until later half of the season. Of course there's no challenge what so ever for our all mighty protagonist in dealing with any hardship.

Average to a fault! That said, I'll give them the fact MC is not afraid of touching females and not screaming constantly.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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May 10, 2024

BeetleR19d

Not Recommended

Preliminary (3/12 eps)

Option 1: Drawing a '10-year-old female protagonist' and giving her a 'Thinner waist and wider hips than supermodels, add massively thick thighs.'

Option 2: Drawing a '10-year-old male protagonist' and giving him a 'Thinner waist and wider hips than supermodels, add massively thick thighs.'

So, which one sounds normal? The answer should be quite clear: none of them.

This spring season is stacked with promising starts to multiple new shounen animes, the return of three most popular isekai shows, and remakes of 'Spice and Wolf' and 'Bartender,' which have had smooth starts so far. Amidst this flurry of activity, how can an anime stand out? Well, making a ... shota protagonist with bizarre body proportions is probably the last thing that comes to mind when searching for an answer to that question. Yet, here we are...

Plot (6/10):

One of the most intriguing aspects of this show is that it isn't an isekai; it's simply based on the theme of reincarnation. The protagonist dies and reincarnates in the same world, and as the title suggests, he reincarnates as the 7th prince. Our protagonist is depicted as somewhat insane when it comes to anything related to magic, and he is exceptionally powerful on top of that. He can defeat pretty much anyone he faces without a hitch, and maids love him; almost any female character he encounters falls for him (or I should rather say that they get obsessed with him). That is essentially how the story unfolds.

I have to rate the 'Art' and 'Animation' separately for this anime, and there is a clear reason behind why I am doing that.

Animation (8/10):

This anime has numerous action scenes, all executed with precision. Fight sequences are captivating, and the visual effects have been impressive thus far. So, the animation is definitely up to par, considering this is not one of those 'popular' series with a relatively much bigger budget that everyone eagerly anticipates. It easily surpasses a handful of new fantasy shows airing this spring in terms of production quality.

Art (3/10):

Let's revisit the beginning of this review. As I mentioned earlier, none of those two options seem right to me.

So, one might ask, 'Tomboys and Femboys have been a part of anime for a long time, so what's the problem?'

I will discuss the 'Femboy' part later, but before that, I deliberately quoted the '10-year-old male/female protagonist' part for a reason. That also raises two subjects to discuss: First one - '10-year-old' and Second one - 'male/female protagonist.'

Regarding the '10-year-old' part, I have actually seen quite a lot of anime characters of that age or even younger with body proportions that do not match reality. So, Lloyd having a character design that definitely doesn't fit in the 'normal' category shouldn't have bothered me. But that is where that 'protagonist' factor comes into discussion. 'Have I witnessed a 10-year-old male protagonist with this type of character design in the past?' 'No, I haven't.'

The story of this anime mainly revolves around Lloyd, and he gets the majority of the screen time. So, there isn't any 'Turn your Brain off and Ignore' option here. You have to consistently watch a 10-year-old 'boy' with a very weird character design moving around for 20 minutes straight. The production staff didn't even attempt to tone it down. Lloyd's movement, his postures, expressions - they ensured none of them had any 'male' characteristics in them. So why this intentional move? There could be multiple reasons. But if the primary reason behind creating this type of character design is to attract a very niche type of audience or generate publicity by becoming a hot topic of discussion in forums and social media, then they have succeeded remarkably.

As for the 'femboy' or trap part and why they shouldn't become a more frequent type as far as the protagonist's character design is concerned, let's focus on an example: Imagine Totsuka (one of the most popular traps), maintaining his character design and equipped with Hachiman's personality involved in a love triangle with two beautiful girls and think if you could possibly tolerate the whole three seasons of 'Oregairu' that way..... I pretty much doubt that.

Music and Audio (6.5/10):

Lloyd is voiced by a female VA, and that's not an issue at all. In fact, a ten-year-old boy definitely shouldn't sound like a man. So there's not much to discuss about the voice acting. Others did a fine job as well.

Both the opening and ending songs were average. They neither sounded extraordinary nor had anything special in the visuals, in my opinion. And apparently, the ending song is about unrequited love!!

Overall (5/10):

Could a change in character design possibly make this show great? Ummm... It's still a 'No' for me. But it could be better than those run-of-the-mill fantasy shows that we get every season and end up watching them anyway. Even if it weren't for the awkward character design, there are still much better and interesting shows airing this season. So I wouldn't recommend this one to anyone who watches a limited number of anime per season.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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