I am glad that I watched this.
I wouldn't recommend this to others.
I have watched this once, subtitled. I have only watched the anime.
I may watch this again.
---- Positives ----
This series interestingly ties together technology and magic.
When dealing with technology and magic, I'm used to series deciding that the two are, for bizarre reasons, at odds with each other, often resulting in battles between users of technology and users of magic. Thankfully, that doesn't happen here. In this series, technology is used to amplify magic. Specifically, computers can be used to collectively cast spells, whereas gathering thousands of human mages to do the same thing would be impractical. Also, we see how computers can store spells for later use, making them even more useful for magical purposes. This concept of technology being used to improve on classical magic was interesting and done well.
Morishita keeps the series entertaining.
She has a try-your-best attitude even though she isn't proficient in magic, and her only spell is amusing not only for what it is, but how other characters take it so seriously while Morishita herself doesn't. In key instances, she resolves the current issue in the story with her try-your-best attitude and/or her signature spell. She's a rare instance of an earnest yet amusingly untalented character who is able to still make the series so good.
The series maintains a great pace throughout.
No part of the series is slow. Because the story lost me in a few places, I might actually characterize the pacing as a tad fast.
---- Negatives ----
The characters seem to only ever use sword-summoning spells.
During battles, I only remember ever seeing sword-summoning spells being used. Some of the summoned swords were physical, some were mana-based, but that was the only memorable variant. The series doesn't talk about other spell options suited for battle, so I don't know whether this is literally the only spell they have available to them or if it's just the best choice for most situations.
Opportunity for cancel: No. There should have been explanations on what other spells there are and why they all chose sword-summoning spells.
The story is difficult to understand at times.
I actually like it when series don't spoon-feed its viewers and instead requires them to think about both shown and speculated-to-have-taken-place events. However, this series just lost me in a few spots. It took a moderate amount of imagination to understand the initially-unexplained gimmick of the first few episodes before the series explained itself. Then, toward the end of the series, there's a battle that I couldn't figure out the purpose of. Some things that happen after that point also left me confused.
Opportunity for cancel: No. I think the series could have given different sets of clues to help make certain events easier to follow.
