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I really like this anime at first. It had great art, great music and sound, a decent idea, but then halfway through when I saw the main antagonist I was like, "wut?".
Literally the shittiest antagonist I have ever seen, their group wears ridiculous armor, especially K.

I wanted to still say that this anime was awesome, but then I saw the Beach episode. I blew it off at first thinking that it would be another one of those cringe-worthy filler fan service episode, but then they just threw stuff at the audience right at the end. Had me like "wtf?"

after that point it just got weirder ... and weirder.

hella disappointed with second half, but since first half was amazing, so overall I rate it a 7. (Yes, I know that I am generous with my rating, but I am generous for all of them)

:) *prays for an good s2 to make up for it*

despite whatever I say, I still really enjoyed it, but there were some serious problems

for the quick review -

pros:
- fantastic starting concept
- great paced story (FOR 3 EPISODES!!!) *sorry for the rage here, but seriously*
- good introductary plot that draws viewers into the concept
- great main character

... cons:
- terribly messy and uncoordinated character and plot development
- horrible pacing the rest of the anime
- seriously, neede more than 12 episodes, cummon
- unneccessary sh*t

more detail if ur up to it -

FIRST THOUGHTS

when I first started watching it, I didn't know what to think, but I immediately liked the idea of it. cool and humble main character (who wasn't a HUGE P*SSY!). magic school is something that isn't really that common, and I liked where it was all going. it was even pretty funny at first.

however, this little taste of awsomeness from the first few episodes, was all I was gonna get. I thought that they were gonna elaborate on the whole "black magic is in the school", or that they would add some episodes to have our protagonist settly into this new and mysteriously wonderful world he is just introduced to, but...no.

CHARACTERS

(The character development in this anime was so bad, I had to google most of the character's names because there was such poor development, that you coulnd't care who they were)

AKUTO: He wasn't a puss, what can I say, its a harem (kinda) so what can I say, he is amasing othere than his absolutely terrible decision making throughout the anime
MITSUKO: felt like she was going to be an important teacher/advice giving character who was gonna help akuto to master his powers or something. however she was just cutoff right away
KEENA: she was cute, but god damn annoying at times. I satred to accept the idea that she was the main love interest at one point, but then whaaattt???? I guess... not???.....wait maybe?...no (watch the damn anime)
FUJIKO: she was some hot stuff. I honestly though she was goign to be the experienced chick who was gonna have some osrt of relationshit with akuto. like, really, nobody in all of anime history gets so much screen time so early on, and provides so much fanservice just to do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. yeah that's right, NOTHING! in my honest opinion, it went downhill as soon as her presence faded, I think a lot of people were looking forward to her possible roles. with all the plotting she did, she had a frickin crystal ball and did dark magic and shit, you'd think she would play some sort of roll being one of the hottest chicks there. biggest character letdown I have ever experienced.
KORONE: where to start, I liked the idea, but she got so annoying, I got bored of her instantly. things just got wired and she ended up slowing down the whole anime's progress. literally, two episodes were wasted on her backstory, while they could have trashed that shit for the OVA people to deal with so that they could make room for other character development for the ones who TRULY needed attention. I think that she was necessary to be present, but in no way deserved her own plot seeing how short the anime was
LILY: liked the character, played no part in the "harem" duggested by the ending theme and had no character development at all, so it left me with no time to even care about her at all. basically, all that undeserved screentime throguhout the last few episodes was but another...waste
HIROSHI: I liked this guys at first because he brought some joy to the anime table and a couple laughs. but the holy shit, they didn't need to turn him into a sexually confused power ranger. next thing you know, someon outside of the harem had all this plot based around him even though he was built up as a minor character. in my honest opinion, he should not have got any real screentime after the first few episodes, he woulda been less hated if he was just a nobody character
JUNKO: I was open to the idea of her being a love interest to our protagonist. but I pictured her as the butchy type pretty much exactly like that tatsuki chick from bleach. with how wierd she was with her rope (or whatever the hell they were) panties which did not need to be seen. I did not like how favoured she was by the writers, it was actually rediculous, because you really couldn't tell if she was a love interest or nah.
EIKO: she was hot, and since it's a harem, u'd expect our protagonist not to be a man, and add that lady to his list of ladies, but of course, the one time he pussies out, it's in a place where he completely throws away his man-card. she should've at least been able to do something for the plot, once again, being a harem, she looks like that one wierd stalker chick that every few animes have. but she just disappears for a reason that is not even understanable, then comes back like the viewer is supposed to care.
MOTHER F*CKING PETERHAUSEN!!!: this is the biggest badass of the whole anime, I would nothave continued if it weren't for a dragon named f*cking PETERHAUSEN. props to this character.
BOICHIRO: WAIT WHO ARE YOU??? OKAY youl reveal your plans later? no?....wait what I blinked where are you from?...wait future?!?! WTF? where did you come from and why are you in this anime. I really couldn't figure ouyt his business in this anime to begin with, let alone know who he is.

Not one character had the opportunity to have proper development so that the anime can succeed. VERY IMPORTANT TO ALL HAREMS (I don't normally watch them, but this is still a must) : YOU NEED A BOTTOM B*TCH! AKUTO needed to make up his mind so that we could at least have SOMETHING to follow, viewers need a little bit of guidance, we can't do all the work ourselves. I think this anime could have used much more nurturing than it had, 25 episodes MINIMUM, coulda gone for 50 to maximize ALL development or pulled a Death note with 30 something. one of the most important parts of an anime is the memorable feel that you get from watching it that you will always remember the next time you watch it, this anime had none.

don't get me wrong, it was enjoyable, just not as good as I had hoped. I would have immediately gave this anime a 10/10 if it followed the incredibly srtong start it had with the exact same stuff so that people know what they are watching. I want to be able to tell the difference between an anime, and a bunch of pictures being thrown at my face.

either way, I still recommend watching as you never know, you might still enjoy it. :)