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If you are looking for a confusing, boring, monotonous, underwhelming, dull, tiring, nonsensical, anime, then this anime is for you. In all seriousness though, this anime was a disappointment, especially after all the 10* and 9* reviews I read.

******IN SUMMARY******
First few episodes were fine up until they introduced the supernatural aspect of it. The first few episodes weren't great, but at least they were watchable. The second they turned their focus to the magic, the show went downhill. It became confusing very quickly, and that caused the anime to become boring. And if that wasn't bad enough, they dedicated two episodes to a random flashback ... that only raised more questions than it answered. It felt like they tried to cram way too many story details into the 12 episodes they had. Honestly the anime would have been better if they slowed the story down and developed the characters a bit better.

This anime made me unreasonably angry and I didn’t expect to have such a reaction to an anime like this. One of the main reasons I get angry towards this anime is from the title alone. The English title for this anime is “When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace”. When I and 90% of people who watched this anime saw the title, we were expecting an action-packed anime full of battles that show off supernatural powers. Instead, I got an extremely forced and cliche harem anime that uses the powers as a gimmick rather than a necessary plot point. I’m willing to bet that this anime ... would be exactly the same with or without supernatural powers, which is incredibly disappointing.

******WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD******

WHAT I LIKED:
This anime starts on a high note with episode 1. Episode 1 does a decent job of introducing the characters and their respective powers. We also get to see some supernatural battles, which unfortunately is one of the only times we ever get to see a supernatural battle in an anime called “When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace”.
The sound design for the most part was good. It may not have been memorable, but it was pretty good for setting the tone. The art also was fairly good. It was fairly bland looking but it wasn’t physically painful to look at

WHAT I DIDN’T LIKE:
The romance. For an anime that focused a lot on the romance and harem aspect, it does not do a good job at it. The romance doesn’t feel natural (you could even say it felt supernatural) and as a result, I couldn’t connect with the characters as well as it wanted me to. Here’s what I think about the main 5 characters:

Hatoko: Her character is essentially the dumb girl that wants to get closer to Jurai, but feels like she can’t. In episode 7, she yells at him for not being able to understand him. This scene lasted for 2.5 minutes. It’s pretty sad that her whole character revolves around her not being too bright. I literally can’t think of any other character trait for her other than dumb. The rant scene in episode 7 was supposed to make me feel sympathetic towards her, but it honestly made her more unlikeable.

Chifuyu: She’s a loli.

Tomoyo: She’s the least likeable character out of the entire anime. The way she talks to Jurai and interacts with him almost always conflicts with how she feels towards him. She’s a tsundere, but not a likeable one. An unlikeable tsundere is never a good thing, especially in an anime like this. The way she expects Jurai to understand her feelings despite not having the foresight to express her feelings makes her infuriating.

Sayumi: She’s the most forgettable character out of the four despite being the most likeable which is ironic. I don’t really have much to say about her.

Jurai: This is yet another harem anime where the main character is oblivious to the other characters’ feelings towards him. I guess it makes sense in context to the anime, but that didn’t take away how annoying it came across. Speaking of annoying, this anime really likes to give Jurai a hard time. When superpowers are brought up, the characters have to consistently remind us that his power is useless and they constantly make fun of him because of it. I get that this was supposed to come across as funny, but in reality it came across as annoying. (Although to be fair, I don’t like when any show unfairly treats one of the main characters for comedy).

The second half of the anime introduces a boatload of new characters without any warning. Seriously, they just throw 10+ new characters at you and expect you to care about what’s going on. It was like I was watching an entirely new anime. This could’ve been done a lot better if we got more information on the reasoning behind the supernatural powers. I was insanely bored while watching these new characters talk because I had little clue on what was being said. It felt very rushed and forced. To sum it up, it was confusing, unnecessary, and annoying.

All in all, this anime was disappointing and infuriating. I never want to watch this again. I had some fairly high expectations going into it, but then I got this, After the first half of the anime, it got pretty boring honestly. Even the final battle wasn’t very entertaining to me after I had to sit through the other episodes. I do not recommend this anime to anyone unless they want to make themselves angry for some reason.

In summary:

Story: 2/10
Art: 6/10
Sound: 6/10
Characters: 1/10
Enjoyment: 4/10
Overall: 3/10