Such a protagonist is surrounded by painfully one-dimensional characters, whose singular purpose is giving him chances to show off. He is going to tell everyone how to do their job - from his harem to the most important figures in the empire - and all of them will gladly take his guidance, making you wonder how that world even functions.
Naturally, villains keep up with this level too. There is no place for clever antagonists with their own ambitions or problems. All the demons and monsters are just evil guys that do evil things because they were born evil. Their role is to be overly confident, underestimate our protagonist and then die shocked by his power.
And you know what? I love watching such things. Stupidly overpowered protagonist, harem and neverending glory is relaxing and enjoyable to watch for me. But not this thing. Even I couldn’t help rolling my eyes and facepalming when watching it. There is a thin balance that keeps usual power fantasy stories apart from bullied teenagers' wet dreams. This abomination of a story (how did such a thing even get picked up by a publisher?) just disregards it and goes all out in the wrong way.
Still, I haven’t scored it a 1, so there must be something that saves it? The answer is Iris. This is a single character that is somewhat funny and the only person in this story that has interactions with Mathias other than making a space for him to show his power or wisdom.
The base premise is good. It alone caught my attention and made me want to watch this anime. One could build a really interesting story from it.
Art also isn’t tragic. It’s not good, but I’ve seen worse. Designs are “normal” and repetitive, colors are bland, details are lacking, animations and effects are meh. It’s simply a boring art with nothing going for it, which is a standard for such titles.
And as I said, I usually like such stories. So even in this case I found some enjoyment in it, although I’ll admit that I had to force myself to finish it, just to be able to properly share my thoughts.
