I think I'm pretty forgiving when it comes to age gap stuff. But this show is definitely a no-no. For example, I usually forgive something like middle-school-child-crush-stuff as long as the characters aren't sexualized. However, Riko's crush on Kanna will often tread into sexual territory. That's very uncomfortable.
There's also a dragon woman with massive boobs that regularly flirts with a 9 year old boy. Great stuff. To keep myself sane for a long time, I tried to convince myself that it's just teasing. However, it slowly gets more and more sexual and it becomes apparent that she wants to sleep with a child. Nobody calls her out on this. Apparently they all think it's completely normal.
Fafnir is basically a caricature of whoever enjoys this show. It seems they really know their audience because they made the most relatable character for them. My first instinct whenever he's on screen is to dissociate myself with him (in my head). When the show depicts him sitting in his room with magical girl figurines playing video games all day and not doing anything, I feel greasy.
This show is a pressure test for how much degeneracy you can tolerate and it only gets worse in later seasons. If people manage to link this review to my real self, I am burning all my identity documents and living as a steppe nomad.
