This manga has left me with very mixed feelings. It has hints of something great wrapped in a great big pile of mediocrity.
The art is the typical "all manga looks the same" style. It borrows so many tropes from better anime. The story lacks urgency.
Yet there is a potential for great plot twists. Where did mc's powers come from? Does he have a weakness? Moral dilemmas? What are the villains' motivations? So many things could be explored. And there are hints of this scattered throughout. Just enough to keep you thinking: 'maybe in another chapter something will happen.'
But while potential is great,
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Feb 14, 2019
Saka no Ue no Mahoutsukai
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When I first saw the cover of this manga and read the tags, I was worried that it was going to be yaoi between the master and the apprentice. I don't mind yaoi, but I find the stories that center solely on the different ways the characters would end up sleeping together rather boring. I was pleasantly surprised to find that this was not the case.
Story: As far as I managed to read, the story is a combination of slice of life and mystery. Ravel the apprentice lives his life learning sorcery, going to school with his friends and going on journeys with his ... 
Jan 20, 2019
Watching this as someone who had played both of the games it is based on, I can safely say that this anime is better sequel to Tales of Berseria than the eponymous game.
That said there are a few very jarring inconsistencies between the story here and the story of ToB. I will not describe them here to avoid spoilers but let's just say that, among other things, Zaveid would not be happy to discover that dragons can in fact be purified. The story is also quite different from the Tales of Zestiria game, especially in this season, where pretty much the only common point is ... 
Aug 14, 2017
Deep Black
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I read the summary and the tags and thought: ok, a gay batman story, sounds fun. And that's basically what it is, except it has that cheap cliche vibe. If you have ever read some amateurish shonen ai/yaoi you'll know what I mean, plus the art is super generic and the japanesenes is almost abrasive. Also, saying that the main hero is like batman is an understatement, he is a single rich man with a kid and an old butler. All in all, if you are into batman you can see it as a hilarious parody and if you can't get enough of generic shonen
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