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Nov 1, 2023
Mixed Feelings
Knight's & Magic (2017)

Who just stands still when a car is hurling towards them, like literally take 3 steps forward or just don't stop?

For a show made in 2017, it honestly feels much older than that in the way it looks. Also using the Infinite Stratos style ending with the running is classic.

The show whilst entertaining completely moves away from the monsters quite quickly. Instead of an amazing protagonist, you have your normal Isekai with many holes. The main character was a programmer, not an engineer, designer, or someone particularly knowledgeable of combat, and yet here he is the master of everything and still a young child. Imagine going to a race with hundreds of years of history and suddenly uprooting it all like nothing. This is that sort of anime. The main character is the generic child who is able to do more than he could ever do before without any real explanation.

The art is the biggest issue since it looks so very old, I could have seen this being around the days of shows like Infinite Stratos in 2011 and fitting in nicely. It just feels very dated and I don't know why that was a benefit in this case.

The characters are fine, no one is really particularly memorable but then no one is particularly bad. You get some cases of a character turning a new leaf and then just fade into obscurity.

Overall, it is fine as a whole show but feels like it could have been better. The combat is good fun and so is the storytelling when you get past the amazing amount of cringe. I do dislike a show that says it involves school but then moves away from it almost immediately.

5/10.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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