I personally enjoyed the romance scenes a bit more than the action scenes because I felt that the fight scenes weren’t animated as well as the romance scenes. A personal pet peeve of mine is when there is too much talking going on during fight scenes in anime explaining everything that’s happening and Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry has a lot of this. It’s fine once in a while to explain fight scenes but when most of the fights are literally people talking and explaining the fights instead of properly showing and animating the fights, it seems really cheap and unenjoyable for people who came to watch the action scenes.
The story? You probably know the story by now; chances are that if you pull out any other anime with a magic school setting you'll actually get something very similar. But just because the show has a generic story, doesn’t mean it can’t be told very well, and as long as you’re someone who doesn’t mind all the tropes like tsundere, imouto, or overpowered gary stu MC’s with ridiculous plot armor, then you’ll probably enjoy the show.
If there’s another reason to watch the show, it’s the opening. Some people overlook openings because they really have nothing to do with the actual show but a good opening sequence like this one can really make a show more enjoyable watching and also entice people to watch it.
Character development is something I wish I’d have seen more of in this anime. There are SO MANY characters which they dump in the show literally just to create a trope and then disappear having almost no impact on the show. And with a show that already has a generic setting, it’s a bit disappointing that they don’t flesh out the characters a bit more so that they have more of an impact to the viewers.
Overall I found Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry fairly decent, it’s better than most generic harem-ish anime with magic school settings but it’s still just a generic harem-ish anime with a magic school setting.
