Reign of the Seven Spellblades (light novel)
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| Tbh, I didn't expect much out of this show....the magic and fantasy battle themes are the standard for this type of anime. Oh and of course, we can't forget about a school for the students. Oh well, at least it's taking itself seriously and one of the directors Esmeralda seems kinda badass. The protagonist Oliver is so blend though...nothing really impresses me at all. Quite a bit of characters got introduced in this, at least ones with speaking parts. Nanao seems somewhat likable I guess but damn, she talks a lot. |
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| From novelist Bokuto Uno, comes his 2nd anime adaptation, 7 years exact after Summer 2016's Nejimaki Seirei Senki: Tenkyou no Alderamin a.k.a Alderamin on the Sky, with this show, which has the Kage no Jitsuryokusha a.k.a Eminence in Shadow vibes from the PV alone. The prestigious Kimberly Magic Academy, home to students of all kinds, and has Harry Potter's Hogwarts feel with all of the mythical creatures and magic elements with its parade. Though with a dispelling magic spell, an orange-haired girl almost becomes embroiled in a major accident with a troll going berserk, which apart from a group of students seeking to work together to take it down, instead, a samurai girl eradicates it with ease, at the expense of her strong Innocent Color power. The main MC being surprised by the samurai girl's magic power is one thing, and with the entrance ceremony, the introduction of Headmistress Esmeralda and the school that prides itself in freedom and results, a total resounding time of 7 years where only 80% of students make it out alive and the 20% consumed by their own spells, it's no joke when life and death is on the line. That, with the welcoming banquet in the likeness style of Hogwarts, finally introduces the MC crew of Michela McFarlane, Katie Aalto (the girl who got saved), Guy Greenwood, Pete Reston, Oliver Horn, and the samurai girl Nanao Hibiya, who comes in as the special recommendation after being saved by Michela's father, who also a part-time lecturer in Kimberly. The 6 of them sure get along nicely, regardless of their differences. The entrance ceremony is over, and Oliver rests with Pete as his roommate, Though Oliver wakes up early to find a Gwyn convert operative by the name of Teresa Carste supervising his every move, it's Nanao taking a bath in the public in front of the boys' dormitory, which he insulates with a barrier. Though she reminds Oliver of someone familiar, his familiarity with Nanao will be one to shape his school life. A rather interesting fantasy show worth keeping my eyes on, and J.C.Staff has been on a roll recently. I'll intrigued by what this show will have to offer since I've never watched Alderamin before. |
KANLen09Jul 7, 2023 11:21 AM
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| Here we go again with the fantasy school anime, this one gives me Maou Gakuin no Futekigousha x Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute vibes. This episode introduces us to a world where magic and these deadly irreversible techniques known as spellblades, most people that use this technique are cryptic people that don't reveal themselves in the public. The episode does an excellent job of balancing action while introducing us to this world and for once I'm intrigued in it's world, the worldbuilding in just the first episode is clear of what any fantasy show could hope to accomplish in their entire run. While there are several exhilarating battle sequences, there are also moments of quiet reflection and mystery. The end of the episode leaves me with numerous questions and an eagerness to continue watching for the coming weeks I have to say. The opening also gives me major Harry Potter vibes One minor flaw is that the episode occasionally introduces a few too many characters and concepts at once for the typical fan, which even had me slightly overwhelmed at times. However, this can be forgiven as the story gradually unfolds and provides a deeper understanding of the world and its inhabitants. Overall, with its average animation, intriguing characters, and a well-established fantasy world, it successfully hooks me and leaves them craving for more. If you're a fan of fantasy adventures with a touch of mystery and captivating magic systems, this is definitely a series to come to check out every week! |
IzanaSolosJul 7, 2023 10:14 AM
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| Nanatsuma Fridays are here. I love the LN. Really good strong first episode. Nanao's design is really cute in the anime. And we finally got to see that scene from volume 1 get animated. Good stuff. Definitely one of the shows I'll be looking forward to the most every week this season. |
| FINALLY. The REAL anime Harry potter is here. Man I wish I could’ve streamed my reaction to this first episode because I’ve been waiting for and pushing this Light Novel for so long. Tears in my eyes man. J.C staff did an amazing job introducing you to this incredibly complex and intricate magical world as well as the characters. This series has one of the most detailed magic systems ever and I can’t wait for people to really experience all it’s got to offer. The art, animation and pacing were all very solid. When it comes to JC Staff you just never know but this time it seems they got it right. They been on a roll since Railgun T and it looks like this could be among their best.. I just pray the quality stays this good throughout. Pacing is going to be the big test for them here. The first volume in particular is quite thick and has a lot of world building. I hope they don’t pull an Index. Cautiously optimistic. |
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| Probably the show I've been looking forward the most. Like the setting, love me some school fantasy series. Animation looks fine, nothing that amazed me though. Bunch of characters already introduced, Oliver and especially Nanao seem interesting, others still need to warm up to them, hopefully that comes with the next episodes. Solid character design for most of them. Teacher also damn hot. |
IzanaSolos said: Here we go again with the fantasy school anime, this one gives me Maou Gakuin no Futekigousha x Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute vibes. This episode introduces us to a world where magic and these deadly irreversible techniques known as spellblades, most people that use this technique are cryptic people that don't reveal themselves in the public. The episode does an excellent job of balancing action while introducing us to this world. While there are several exhilarating battle sequences, there are also moments of quiet reflection and mystery. The end of the episode leaves me with numerous questions and an eagerness to continue watching for the coming weeks I have to say. The opening also gives me major Harry Potter vibes One minor flaw is that the episode occasionally introduces a few too many characters and concepts at once for the typical fan, which even had me slightly overwhelmed at times. However, this can be forgiven as the story gradually unfolds and provides a deeper understanding of the world and its inhabitants. Overall, with its average animation, intriguing characters, and a well-established fantasy world, it successfully hooks me and leaves them craving for more. If you're a fan of fantasy adventures with a touch of mystery and captivating magic systems, this is definitely a series to come to check out every week! It’s incredibly clear of Maou Gakuin. The world building in nanatsuma is on par with Harry Potter. |
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| Ah so it's finally here. I already own some of the light novel volumes, so I will definitely start reading it soon. |
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| Already way better than I thought it would be. It's just the first episode but I am interested to see more, which I definitely wasn't expecting. What was that scene at the end though lol |
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| Hello Nanao Hibiya from Reign of the Seven Spellblades Hello Himura Kenshin from Rurouni Kenshin *using a crap ton of old fashioned japanese* Nanao speaks in an even more old fashioned japanese than Kenshin tho Nice premiere, but this is just an introduction. I saw many LN readers hyping this up, so I'm optimistic. |
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| So the world map is basically normal except it's missing Africa, the middle east, and Mexiko? |
nestharus said: lol. i was at 4:42.Seems watchable and maybe even slightly above average. I just don't really want to watch another mid school show. Seems to get worse as the episode goes on and the series itself doesn't seem like it has much potential to be decent. Got through 4m47s of it before dropping. |
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| isnt it a big miss not introducing Oliver's reason for being at kimberly? a lot of people dont watch past episode 1, not introducing something so vital to the series seems extremely weird also, why does this have a score below 7? lmao you people need to chill the fck up do you rate a music album after 1 minute of track 1? seems rather stupid |
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| I know they were establishing the characters this episode but I got nothing out of this episode other than it's another of many magical school series. I heard 'some' things about the series so I'm hoping the next couple episodes has something to make it stand out from every other of the same genre. |
| That was an okay magic, fantasy anime start. A bit on the bland side too, nothing much interesting happened. The episode was just used to introduce the main characters. The main girl seems a bit too innocent and kinda dumb too. Anyway this is just the start so hopefully things will get better later on. |
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| Knowing JC Staff I know they gonna fumble going forward.. I mean that's just how they work. Though kind of a generic art and plain setting to be honest, so I wouldn't really care if this do get the short end of the stick later. Watchable for now, but that's just it. |
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| Was a bit sceptical due to the cookie cutter character designs and art, but looks and feels pretty nice so far(me definitely not biased because of J.C. Staff) |
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| Okay yeah i think we need to watch atleast 3 episodes. This one felt underwhelming tbh. But i wait. |
| “Do what feels right in your heart. You will be criticized either way.” (Eleanor Roosevelt) |
| boring and cheap. I thought this was a good LN? Why was this shit hyped up? That's barely watchable even for me (and I like trash shows) |
| seems alright. world building isn't bad but it kind of dumped a lot of information all at once. and the scene where the (i assume main cast) introduced themselves to eachother was kind of cringey. it was like the first day of a new school year in elementary school when the teacher makes everyone stand up and say their name, a fun fact about themselves, and what they did over the summer. just very awkward, lmao. main character seems to be an important person in the world considering his brother sent someone to keep watch over him. unless it's just an overprotective sibling thing. and i wonder what's up with that samurai girl. and that flashback when she was in the fountain caught my attention too. someone from the mc's past maybe? hoping it doesn't go downhill and at least stays at the same quality, or preferably, gets better. |
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| Samurai girl is already best girl of the season, no need to watch anything else lol i can't believe half the things she does, specially telling the principal about her headache tricks :D the book guy reminds me of Hermione, non magic parents and always reading |
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| Doesn't really have any substance nothing to pull the viewer in. Hopefully it'll get more interesting. |
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| Not a bad start for the series. I was a bit surprised to see Theresa so soon, did she really appear that early in the novels? I wasn't remembering that, wondering if they did it to start giving the idea that something's afoot right from the first episode; or if I just genuinely forgot she first spoke that early. Animation is good (no CGI for monsters is pretty rare nowadays and we saw several monsters so pretty fancy start), pacing seems fine too. Voice acting and music was on point. Characters were nicely introduced IMO? Though I found it pretty funny that the anime appearance for Kimberley is quite literally the Mt St Michel :  The reference is super clear, looks like Mt St Michel just moved on the other side of the channel to be in 'not-England' lol. I was like "wait a min, pretty I've seen that appearance somewhere before..." well at least this time it's not that stupid round city seen in so many fantasy anime lol x). ----------- BTW Some peoples here seem to forget that it's a novel adaptation, not a manga. Manga are published chapter per chapter so they need to catching the interest of the readers by the first chapter, which translates in anime adaptation often providing attention catching events from the first episode; meanwhile novels are published obviously per volume, so they only need to grab reader's interest by the end of the first volume (Web novels being excluded from this, being released by chapters as well). Hence why when you get a novel adaptation, you will often get a relatively slow paced start with no major event in potentially several episodes, as one volume is adapted in 3 to 12 episodes depending of the adaptation pacing (probably will be 5 eps per volume here since it's 15 episodes ?). ---- Oh and as for fanservice, don't expect especially, or at least, none of the regular kind. This was kind of the only regular ecchi scene in the whole novel after all. |
ZefyrisJul 7, 2023 11:55 AM
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| this went by so quickly, the cast seems really well balanced and thought out though im still a bit confused by the setting and where the story will go. |
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| The script is not good. Very unnatural dialogue and sequence of events. I cringe a bit at the way some of the characters interact. And I can't believe that was 23 minutes, it felt like 10. Nothing happened, like Unrivaled cheat isekai from last season, but at least it didn't look like ass. Also, the "hari pouta" vibe is strong here. |
| Quite surprising how this is quite underrated. |
| Didn't really like it.... Acting all goody two shoes while the characters are saying it has some dark fantasy setup? Does it actually have dark story or they are just saying that to make the anime a little more appealing. And what's up with all those goody characters? The female lead came from a battlefield/warzone and acting like that, did they throw bunnies at her in that war and some of them scratched her body or some messed up screw loose girl she is! I don't like being deceived like this. Felt like it's one of those kids anime where nothing bad ever happens even with dark story, I don't know correct me if I'm wrong. And what's wrose they added a tsundere boy,,,,, a boy? Not a girl! (Could it be a reverse trap? Hardly) If it's all fake and the characters are faking it I will drop it. Edit: they are a bunch of magic users all of them with swords around their waist and the only one out of place is that Samurai girl? I am speechless. |
OP_RiderJul 7, 2023 1:00 PM
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Shinoa____Hiragi said: just another typical fantasy really very dissapointed I was thinking like some kind of the eminence in shadow plot lmaoo my bad Me too, what a disappointment. And the troll fight scene they had, Oh my god talk about cringe. But can't even compare it to a cringe, lol. Ps: if it just gave me one good reason, I would've watched the rest of the episodes. |
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| Well they certainly covered a lot of ground. Too bad all of it was poorly done. |
Tachi27 said: KennaIsANerd said: i preferably more ecchi/fanservice in this anime serieseems alright. world building isn't bad but it kind of dumped a lot of information all at once. and the scene where the (i assume main cast) introduced themselves to eachother was kind of cringey. it was like the first day of a new school year in elementary school when the teacher makes everyone stand up and say their name, a fun fact about themselves, and what they did over the summer. just very awkward, lmao. main character seems to be an important person in the world considering his brother sent someone to keep watch over him. unless it's just an overprotective sibling thing. and i wonder what's up with that samurai girl. and that flashback when she was in the fountain caught my attention too. someone from the mc's past maybe? hoping it doesn't go downhill and at least stays at the same quality, or preferably, gets better. aren't they highschoolers?... also shows don't need fan service to be good. imo fan service actually makes shows worse, but to each their own i guess |
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| Finally, something without the ISEKAI tag and just plain FANTASY. After watching this first episode, this looks like a fun and interesting series. They didn't just focus on one character but 7 of them all at once in just a single episode. However, I am perplexed to see another trope of a cool-beauty samurai girl being an airheaded-idiot for this series. I guess this will be something to look forward to. I think I'd rather have Katie to be the main girl but it is obviously plain as day that Nanao will be the main girl... a bit disappointed but whatever. |
CrazyButNot4UJul 7, 2023 1:13 PM
| It's not that I dislike this genre but... to add unnecessary fan services to/in/for heroines and ultimately destroys her character and personality; their purity tarnished because of it, is the only thing I hope to not happen to them. For that sole purity is my fan service. |
OP_Rider said: Didn't really like it.... Felt like it's one of those kids anime where nothing bad ever happens even with dark story, I don't know correct me if I'm wrong. I 'll try to not spoil anything on the current anime and just point out that this is an author who has shown through his previous works that he doesn't hesitate to kill his main characters at all. Not even the most popular ones, if it serves the story on the long run. So you can rest assured that the "nothing bad ever happen" is not going to be a thing when the first thing the main characters are told is that 20% of the student body dies before graduation. Obviously though, that doesn't mean that any of the main characters are going to die in the first few years and therefore in the anime since it's probably going to cover only the first year and maybe a part of the second year, while they'll be studying there for 7 years, so can't promise anything on that part. But you can trust the author for not writing a story that promise tragedy and death and doesn't deliver on it afterwards, that's all I can say x). As for them being surprised of seeing a samurai despite having sword themselves, they're spellcasters that can fence as part of their magic manipulation, rather than pure swordsmen. If we were talking with Final Fantasy traditional jobs, it'd be pretty much like like a school for Red Mages seeing a Samurai joining their school. You can bet they'd be intrigued. Now, is it satisfying to you or not, it's up to you; but maybe it'd be better to stop aggressing every single person in the thread that enjoyed the episode lol ^^" |
ZefyrisJul 7, 2023 2:05 PM
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