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Jan 7, 2023 3:45 PM

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Dec 2015
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Can this be more generic and horrible write than this first episode?
Jan 8, 2023 12:16 AM

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Mar 2014
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Wowww this is not generic at all, it's absolutely shit
Jan 8, 2023 7:14 AM
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Feb 2021
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I sympathized I would say
Jan 8, 2023 8:03 AM

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Feb 2011
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why was 90% of the episode greetings? LMAO

i wonder if the animators and voice actors ever think "ugh, this crap again?" then do it anyway cuz it pays the bills. 

ScootboiJan 8, 2023 8:21 AM


Jan 8, 2023 9:55 PM
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Jul 2017
9
the flashback were confusing but when i realized he was literally a child back, then it started to make a lot more sense. very intresting!
Jan 8, 2023 11:15 PM
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Jun 2016
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liked the first episode, got me curious to read the manga....NOTHING alike.   I mean the beats are there, but main char meets rose who is a bit embaressed he likes her, the first teacher is drunk, and the duel happens right there with the challenge if the MC fails he's expelled...it's like someone took the manga script and threw everytihng out but the bare bones.
Jan 9, 2023 2:37 AM

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Jan 2016
416

hmm something about this show piqued my interest, I can't quite put my finger on it
Jan 9, 2023 2:49 AM

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Jan 2016
416
this show looks really cheesey
might be fun
Jan 9, 2023 6:54 AM
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Sep 2020
15
a great start for a new anime
Jan 9, 2023 2:30 PM
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Mar 2010
26
God, this show is beyond bad. It honestly looks like an AI-generated story, or something that came from a Wattpad pre-teenage author. It's basically a "how to not do exposition" guide for both the magic theory and the introduction of the characters. He just kinda bumps into all of them and they go "call me by my first name" and he is like "ok". It was also hilarious how all the animation budget for the episode went into that one shot of him after he evaded the classist guys' sword.
Jan 9, 2023 11:31 PM
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Apr 2020
114
I hate this anime because it is not above average, I will watch it because it is not below average. This is right in the middle, a typical, most typical, no nonsense (so all nonsense) power fantasy. I guess this one is aiming for tropes supremacy.
Jan 10, 2023 6:42 AM

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Jun 2013
4853
Well that was fucking generic
Jan 10, 2023 7:15 AM
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Jan 2023
5
one of the best since 2023 started
Jan 10, 2023 1:56 PM

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Sep 2018
1973
Oh dear, that was a bit lame.



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Jan 10, 2023 6:59 PM
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Oct 2017
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It's 99% tropes with nothing unique, which isn't my style.
Jan 10, 2023 10:22 PM
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Dec 2022
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It was so fun and great
Jan 10, 2023 10:43 PM

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Sep 2021
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i almost died when they explained the magic system lol, its giving off Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei (irregular at magic highschool) vibes but more cringe. 
Jan 11, 2023 1:42 AM
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Aug 2018
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Having gone from reading to manga to watching the first episode, the drop in quality was absolutely pitiful. The sequence of events is already being rushed (which is impressive in and of itself given it's only the first episode) and Albert's friends have just been turned into "yes men".
Jan 11, 2023 1:45 AM
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Outside the tiresome big stack of magic school tropes, characters seem actually fun.
nice music, but discount designs, budget low like Fired from Demon Army.
Ray White seriously? So a rich real estate mogul. Feels a great mc already, such a funny chad actively flirting with high rank cast already.
Mahouka's code magic but with matter types.
But Ainsworth is a mage from that Bride show.
Liking Evi lots, good muscle buddy with mc.
Rebecca the rare one with not shit design.
Claris straight out of Aho Girl lol. Carol & Claris both got funny poses.
Jan 11, 2023 9:58 AM
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Apr 2013
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A fairly simple introductory ep. Not entirely sure how things will be going on.

Seems like there's actually four main girls, though in the op there were SO MANY characters its hard to keep track. Is this really going to be 12 eps or are they just gonna have a ton of side characters?

That being said. It would be kind of funny if there was no plot twist and he was just an ordinary character in albeit magic school for the rest of the season.

So far we havent gotten to see them much, but the girls are reasonably cute and the buddy is quite funny too. We didnt get to see much magic right now, so that remains to be seen, but the physical side of things is sure something I wasn't particularly expecting. Hope they dont go too overboard.

Its kind of funny how they spent more time talking about the magic than actually doing it. It's nice to have actual previews for once though, it seems next ep they're actually going to be out doing some stuff. Whatever that is.

Like are we just going to have normal stuff or is an actual antagonist gonna show up at some point. Hmm.
CocoaGalaxyJan 11, 2023 10:02 AM
Jan 11, 2023 2:08 PM

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Sep 2017
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I saw already seeing so many overused tropes and clichés within the first 5 minutes it's like I just went back 8 years in time. There's a reason they stop making anime of this magic high school genre. Not the mention the animation is also subpar. Episode 1 is already making me lose interest I don't think I can hold on until episode 3. Not to mention the characters also aren't really appealing.
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Jan 12, 2023 2:18 AM

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Mar 2013
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This will probably be a forgettable cliché fantasy story for me, just the introduction earlier was so very familiar and the characters are soulless... for now, it's ok.
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.
Jan 12, 2023 5:35 AM
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Dec 2018
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Another new power fantasy is here for the winter season!

Once again, we are greeted with an overpowered protagonist that has gone through some traumatic experiences on the battlefield before retiring/changing his lifestyle and now enrolling in school. (Who would have seen that coming..)

From the get-go, we are introduced to the classical small-time antagonistic bully character (who quickly gets put in his place at the end of the episode).

Then the morally upright, upstanding, beaming with integrity noble girl steps in to stop an ongoing quarrel between them. She is the classical trope for a high-class lady of noble birth with impeccable morals and fairness.

We will have to see how this character evolves, but for now, she is not fleshed out much. She is also the one used for most of the exposition dumps in this first episode.

Then we also get introduced to the shy and beautiful half-elf student that is sure to grow close and admire our main character Roy in no time.

At last, we get introduced to the clumsy, 'in a hurry' blonde pigtails student that fits the bubbly extroverted trope with perfection thus far. (Harem route anyone?..)

None of the characters have been built much in this first episode, but we got their general personality and baseline character built, mostly.

We get some general hints at his background and traumatic story before starting his new life as a student, and I assume we will get the full picture in due time throughout the first season.

The main character Roy seems bland so far, with nothing too much drawing me to him at all. We did not get any clear show of overpowered action in this first episode, except for the small hint of it right at the end with the bully, though it was not impressive or engaging to me.

These shows ride or die on the premise of the power-fantasy being fulfilled for viewers, as well as having at least a somewhat engaging story, side characters, or main character. Thus far, none of the elements have been fulfilled, but we have a starting point which we can build from.

It is only the first episode, but it is nonetheless a bland start to this new anime. The three-episode rule will be telling with this one.
Jan 15, 2023 1:28 AM

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Aug 2014
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OP MC who hide his identity. Kinda classic but lets see how the story unfold
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Jan 15, 2023 11:32 AM
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Apr 2013
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Ugh, this first episode was awful in multiple ways but how do you go off-model in the first episode? It's just shoddy animation.
Jan 18, 2023 12:01 AM
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Mar 2020
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I was so ready to sh*t hard on this and call it basic, generic, mid, maybe even straight up garbage. And while it really isn't anything special at all, idk, I kinda dug it. I mean two dudes strip in front of each other and admire each other's BULK. I really can't ask for anything more. 

Generic-looking isekai or fantasy or whatever seasonals usually only deserve the one-episode-rule- but this one episode was enough to convince me. I'll be watching this all the way through. 


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Jan 20, 2023 5:38 AM
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Oct 2021
1
its absolute dog shit

imagine smartphone without the smartphone

you get this absolute dogshit of school life fantasy
Jan 23, 2023 6:24 PM

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May 2015
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I swear the entire episode I was just thinking "This is just Irregular at Magic High School Fantasy version" lmao. 

Like the MC is literally just Shiba Tatsuya. He acts formally and politely, he is part of the military and goes to a magic school hiding his abilities. 

Shiba Tatsuya is my favourite male character so I'm all for this. I was worried cause this series looked super generic but I'm gonna enjoy this.
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Jan 23, 2023 9:17 PM
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Oct 2019
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That's a good comparison. I was actually thinking it felt like The Misfit of Demon King Academy or The Greatest Demon Lord Is Reborn as a Typical Nobody

I don't mind the OP MC type of show, but I still want it to be "earned" at the same time. Not just boring OP-ness. So we'll see how this progresses

It was ok, 6/10 first episode. but more like a 5/10 until the final few minutes imo
HagePotPotatoJan 23, 2023 9:23 PM
Feb 5, 2023 10:57 PM
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Aug 2022
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It's perpect episode
Feb 8, 2023 3:58 PM
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Jul 2022
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Cringe that's make me don't want watch it anymore
Feb 14, 2023 3:41 AM
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Oct 2022
7
The first episode was mid
Feb 18, 2023 8:37 AM
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Nov 2018
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Imagine going to class with kids say 15 years younger than you so you could pretend to be one of them and impress them.

Now imagine this guy, going to class with kids far younger than him. So he can make them go "ooh!" and "aah!" when he reveals the magic they haven't learned yet, the lowly inferior beings.

Can you respect that? Doesn't it just mean he's a seriously disturbed person? And apparently he has made no personal bonds in his real life that would keep him from isolating himself in a school with kids for an extended period of time.


Oh, and of course nobility are BAD and commoners are GOOD. It would be really daring to make an anime that actually defends the reason there's nobility in a feudal anime world, but that would take some thinking and novelty.
Feb 18, 2023 1:44 PM
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Aug 2020
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Everything that makes the public judge anime is in this except sexualizing minors.
Mar 9, 2023 11:18 AM
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Apr 2022
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this shit is so stereotypical it's brain rotting
Mar 9, 2023 4:18 PM
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Apr 2021
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extremely generic and bad. Absolutely nothing of interest
Mar 21, 2023 1:55 AM
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Mar 2023
12
for anime 2023... weaky...
Mar 23, 2023 12:47 PM
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Sep 2008
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bros who bulk together stay together.
Mar 28, 2023 3:30 PM
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Sep 2015
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Not even 5 minutes into the series and this shit looks so generic lmao. Poor non noble MC immediately catches the attention of a douche bag noble. I wonder how much more original this series can get!
Mar 28, 2023 6:16 PM

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I forgot about this series (until I saw the season ended, lol)... gonna rush through it.

But from first episode, why does the art style reminds me of RWBY? There aren't that many "depth" to the art and some parts of the art felt kinda off or blocky.

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It looks interesting, however the plot felt very generic that a lot of older anime have used before.


BTW... are the "spells" computer AI? LOL

Felt like the AI that's given to OP Isekai MCs at the beginning of their series (aka "gods voice") or Nanoha series' AI helpers, hehehe.


And dude's already making friends (harem)... with not only girls... but also guys...

But what's weird is... right after he stripped and show off his body to the dude, next morning he was wearing body tights AND THE MUSCLES ARE ALL GONE? Wha?

And... "Cleveland" huh... ok...

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And they sure are going hard on that sex appeal in ED huh... LOL (What is this? HS DxD?)
amlgMar 28, 2023 6:29 PM
Nothing Written Here But Us Anime Bunnies *boing boing boing*
Apr 2, 2023 8:29 PM
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Feb 2023
2
wonderful episode
Apr 12, 2023 10:57 PM
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Aug 2021
107
Let the main character breathe. This man stepped into the school for around 10 seconds maximum and already has a gang of bullies right there just to bully him. That blue haired guy was hating on bro the whole time, he needs to hop off him.
Apr 15, 2023 6:26 PM
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Jul 2021
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Right out of the bat hom0 stuff, jeez get a room you two 🙄

Unnecessary pandering to the "modern" western audiences. It's uncalled for, not funny comes off as pure concentrated cringe. 
Me every time I hear the word "reparations": 🤣🤣🤣
Apr 28, 2023 6:02 AM

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Oct 2017
111
The mc kinda remind me of rean schwarzer from Cold Steel

Jun 17, 2023 3:56 AM
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Dec 2022
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A promising premise.
Jun 22, 2023 1:47 AM
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Jun 2023
1
A bit bored i mean the comedy isnt that good
Jun 23, 2023 8:49 PM
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Jun 2023
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Anime nya sangat bagus MC nya gak lebay dan heroin nya cantik cantik kayak Rebecca bradley,
Serta alur cerita nya bagus membuat mc nya merasakan kehidupan sekolah dan mempunyai teman. Dan membantu mengatasi masalah para teman nya. 👍👍👍👍
Feb 17, 2024 5:42 PM

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Dec 2022
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Hmm the ending part was some good fan service. Small, medium, large and extra large servings of happiness.

Also, I wanna see the reactions of the people who ridicule Ray when they learn the truth about his identity
Apr 20, 2024 9:11 PM
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Feb 2019
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this sh*t is trash
May 3, 2024 1:54 AM

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Jun 2022
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Dropped Once , Back To Give It A Few Episodes Before Dropping Again For Good .
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