I watched this with no expectations and still left disappointed. Everything was good until episode 13, which started the path towards rock bottom. Episodes 13-21 were still fine, but they lead the story into one of the worst I've seen in anime. Episodes 22-24 sucked. They pretend that character development exists when there was no effort to make any for over 20 episodes, and they try making this the focal point of the story.
The art is fine, it's nothing special but is above average for the most part. The sound design isn't anything to remember but also not bad.
From this point on, I will not avoid spoilers.
The relationship between Kazuma and Ayano is dreadful. These two are cousins, so a relationship between them already feels wrong. This is amplified by the complete lack of chemistry between them. Kazuma constantly belittles Ayano, and she hates every action he takes and the decisions he makes. Despite this, the story tries pretending that they are a couple in love. This gets worsened when it's revealed that Kazuma had a real lover in the past. The story demands that Kazuma loves Ayano, a girl he lacks any chemistry with, more than he loves Tsui Ling, the girl who brought him out of depression and gave him his dream life after banishment from the family. For whatever reason, he does without hesitation. To top it all off, it is revealed that Tsui Ling hated Kazuma in her final moments, which is a reveal that only exists to make Ayano "the one."
The characters all fell flat and lacked any depth.
Kazuma was the best of the bunch, and was thd only character that felt complete. (Well until the end, where he fell apart). He was the standard op mc, but he didn't have heroic intentions, focusing instead on making money and protecting his brother. He wasn't a pushover that submitted to others intentions, which is very refreshing in anime like this.
Ayano was a tsundere type who had no reason to like Kazuma and lacked any traits besides being the female mc.
Ren was the younger brother who flipped between being capable/intelligent and being captured easily/childish.
The Soshu wanted to harness Kazuma's power, so he tried getting him to bang his daughter Ayano so a "mistake" would be made.
Kazuma's father Genma exists solely so Kazuma doesn't want to join back with the family. He hates his son because he used to be weak, even though he's easily the strongest in the world currently. Genma is supposed to be the strongest of the family, but he is never seen in action against anyone besides Kazuma, who swept the floor with him.
I would recommend not watching this anime. It's 6/10 until the end, where it becomes a 2/10.
