Reviews

Seirei Gensouki made a great first impression. Gotta root for the underdog! However, it starts going downhill after Rio becomes a wanted man. The story is confusing and I honestly did not know this was a revenge anime until around episode 9+. The action scenes are great but there's so little of it compared to the speedy flashforwards of his village life (Which isn't exactly the coolest to watch) The characters are adorable if you came for sweet and wholesome know that he leaves pretty much every one of them behind (often in tears) The extent of his powers also seemed to have snowballed out of control. He went from having only Japanese kendo knowledge from a previous life (Which understandably works wonders on rookies but he's also able to stand toe to toe with various "The strongest in ____ " I doubt the student was even championship grade) and not having magic, to essentially ignoring the "Null Magic" rule because Spirit magic can match or even surpass regular magic and beating a wyvern with his bare hands. The anime has great art! However, that's about it... I hope a second season can streamline the story a bit better.