Despite bringing next to nothing new or unique to the table, there's a lot to love about an anime that reminds you of the best parts of good shows from the past.
Animation / Art / General Visuals - 8/10
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The show looks pretty nice. The animations are nothing to write home about, but the art is nice and clean, setting and backgrounds are solid, and magical effects can even be called straight up good.
Combat coordination in regards to physical combat is lackluster, but magical effects make up for it and in general are enjoyable to watch play out.
Sound / Music / Voice Acting - 7/10
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Fairly standard anime stuff. I did quite enjoy the emotional ending tracks.
Story - 8/10
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If you're looking for a unique story, you've come to the wrong place. However, don't let that get you down.
This anime features a story that's surprisingly good as a whole even if not unique, because it manages to grab all the important bits of other successful shows and mixes them together into something that ticks all the right boxes when it comes to Fantasy Isekai enjoyment.
The premise of the show might be the slightly more uncommon one among this genre, namely the Isekai aspect. Our protagonist chooses to re-incarnate himself, but ends up landing in a different world. The best parallel would be with the show Misfit of the Demon Academy, except in that show the MC landed in the same world.
That tiny curveball aside, the story features our MC growing up in the cliche noble household, learning to embrace his powers once more and adapt them to the new world, we get a low-key romance story with a childhood friend, we get sibling rivalry, we get a School arc, a School Tournament arc, we get an overarching story underneath that promises grand adventures and yeah... it's nothing you haven't seen a hundred times before. But I think it's all pretty well done, they understand the audience and gave us exactly what we wanted.
The ending of the show also throws a few interesting curveballs and makes a solid landing. You won't be blue-balled with a cliffhanger, but there's plenty of room for sequels.
Characters - 8/10
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The cast isn't large, but I find them all likeable. The MC is overpowered, confident, competent, intelligent. He knows what he wants and how to get it. Few things surprise him. It's always good to see MC's that aren't fumbling through their entire existence. And despite being overpowered, he isn't omnipotent and has to rely on all his skills to get what he wants.
The show features a small harem of secondary characters, but they're decently developed. They all have their background arcs, we learn about their personalities, a bit of their history, we see them act properly in character, and despite the obvious romance undertones, the show never pushes its welcome and keeps it reasonable. No girl is falling straight up heads over heels for the MC, which is nice to see. Despite how competent he is, I'm tired of every woman wetting their panties the moment they see a decent male. The girls are also very competent themselves which I also favour highly. Too many damsels in distress is boring.
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Total - 8/10
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Saikyou Onmyouji no Isekai Tenseiki may very well be the very definition of cliche when it comes to Fantasy Isekai, but I think there's a lot of enjoyment to be had from it. Not every show needs to try to re-invent the wheel and risk failing miserably. It's okay to copy the good stuff.
I'm not going to be angry if after eating a nice cake, someone gives me another nice cake. Like sure, maybe I'd want Ice Cream the second time around, but cake is cake.
