Shikkakumon no Saikyou Kenja

At birth, mages randomly acquire one of the four "crests" that represents the extent of their magical capability. Equipped with a crest specializing in creation, a man named Gaius reached the ceiling of his potential, becoming known as the world's strongest sage. Despite his overwhelming power, he is unsatisfied with his abilities and desires to possess the mark suitable for close combat. Knowing that a person's crest is unchangeable, Gaius decides to reincarnate far into the future, hoping to alter his fate.

Thousands of years later, Gaius is reborn as Mathias Hildesheimer, successfully obtaining his long-coveted crest. However, he is surprised to learn that in these times, magic has vastly waned, and the techniques that were once widely used are now nothing more than just a speck of legend. Moreover, the crest that he painstakingly strived to attain is now considered the weakest—merely dubbed the "Crest of Failure."

Nevertheless, Mathias naturally exceeds all expectations. He enrolls into the royal capital's Second Academy, acing every trial that comes his way. But soon after, Mathias discovers the dark truth behind humanity's downfall into magical mediocrity—demons—and endeavors to remedy the consequence of his millennia-long absence once and for all.

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Iris Main

Izawa, Shiori Japanese

Hildesheimer, Mathias Main

Tamaki, Nina Japanese

Aventrot, Lurie Main

Suzushiro, Sayumi Japanese

Lepsius, Alma Main

Shiraishi, Haruka Japanese

Gaius Supporting

Ono, Daisuke Japanese

Erhard Supporting

Matsukaze, Masaya Japanese

Giluas Supporting

Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu Japanese

Guile Supporting

Kobayashi, Chikahiro Japanese

Zardias Supporting

Koyasu, Takehito Japanese

Melkia, Dokiel Supporting

Sugita, Tomokazu Japanese

Matsukura, Yuuji Producer

Ogura, Mitsutoshi Producer

Miyazaki, Seiji Producer

Fujishiro, Atsushi Producer

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Jan 30, 2025

Ryudrake

Recommended

Third time the charm! I rewatched this for the third time and realized it's very good. It didn't really hit me when I watched it at first, gave it another try but still didn't do much of an appeal then I focused more on the progress and it's fairly decent, the first 6 episodes were kinda rushed that it felt like full 12 episodes ngl and the rest felt like a new season 😂 , hoping for this anime to get a new season. I'll be honest with the rating, it should be at least 7 if not for the mediocre animation(it's not really that ... bad, it's ok but it's not the worst).

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Dec 14, 2024

Me_Mario

Mixed Feelings

Probably being a bit generous here but yeah let's start with the positives.
+ Fast/Good Pacing
+ Can be fairly funny sometimes
+ Not bad in a "discomforting way" just a typical B series.
+ Iris is a mood, also DIO (even in a show this "meh" there's still good VA's)
+ It can have "charm" kind of like how Fairy Tail is "Charm > Writing" except unlike Fairy Tail it doesn't pretend to have good writing which does make it less "frustrating" to watch than a B show that pretends to be an A or an S.

Aight, here's the bad things:
-The "good pacing" is sadly because of an utter ... lack of writing.
-Kind of anti-climax/bad ending.
-The best parts were in the middle of the show, not the end nor the start which... is generally the opposite of what you want.
- World Building = 0 Nor does it make any sense
- I know the top review says "Show don't Tell" but it doesn't Tell the things it should either. There's one major thing it never explains and it literally cuts away from the explanation and as the show goes on all you can do is assume that "there was no explanation."
-One plot line it kind of just "forgets about?" (I know crazy considering it barely has any plot.
-The overarching plot the series hinges on, is not really explained or solved, or resolved in any way.
-The characters are the only reason I stuck around and they aren't even really good, it's just that they "can be" funny occasionally somehow more so in the outro. Alma feels most of place/empty, it's not that she doesn't do anything it's just that the other can at least be narrowed down into a "relevant" stereotype, whereas this is just "Side/Supporting Character"

Anyway certainly not impossible to get enjoyment out of this but very Cookie Cutter, and not much going on when it comes to writing.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Oct 11, 2024

Destron

Not Recommended

I wouldn't say I hated this anime because there's far worse shows out there. However, I wouldn't say I enjoyed weakest crest. Crest was by far one of the blandest animes I have watched in quite a long time. Normally my gripe with Isekai anime is how overpowered the main character gets in such a short space of time. Crest manages to go one step further and make him OP in the first episode. I get the whole reincarnation thing as that was the reason he offed himself was to get a 4th crest, but even with his abilities not to full capacity, he's still ... killing everything in 1 hit.

I don't mind if a show makes it so weak enemies are killed in 1 hit, especially if the MC is strong as it saves time. However, with the exception of the final episode I can't think of a single fight Matthias struggled at. There wasn't really any moments in the show to get excited about as he was able to kill pretty much every enemy in 1 hit. I think the writers thought by making most of the combat oriented around the 3 girls would balance it out, but it still ended way too quick because with Matthias's guidance, they too became stupid strong.

The ending was also incredibly stupid in my opinion. The solution to beating what was considered his strongest foe to date was 110% pulled out of the creators arse. Painfully average anime that didn't really have much substance to it. He didn't even make it slightly exciting by creating new stuff to aid him on his journey. He used weapons and artifacts from his past life that was conveniently placed all in one location that he was allowed access to.

5/10

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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