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Two things i rly like abt Phantom Seer are the art and the MCs.

Art is rly great, i started reading this particularly for the art and i stayed bc of Iori, the MC. He's kinda a drama queen and actually a kind person deep inside. I love the fact that hes not that typical weak MC at the beginning who want to save everyone despite how stupid the situation is. Iori is super strong since the start of the manga and he has that actual self-aware of the situations where he should plan for each move, not just jumping in and using the muscle and ... miracle power to decide the battle. Hes broken in some ways due to his past and it left him not wanting to ask for anyone's help.

Thats why i rly the other MC, Aibetsu: the first short black-haired anime girl that i was rly fond of. She is the typical shonen MC who is a girl, thats it. She was weak and bring bad fortune to those around her. But she wants to be stronger to save ppl and fight alondside Iori. I like the relationship between these two, which could be seen as platonic one. At the end, we somehow get to see Iori opened up and fight with a help from Aibetsu, which rly made ma happy.

This duo; Iori and Aibetsu, they showed great potential for a great duo in the future and i was rly looking forward for it. At the end of the manga, we kinda get a glimpse of it just a little and it's such a shame that the manga ended this way just bc its cancelled by the magazine.

One thing left unsolved is the future fight with the main boss since the mange got cancelled right at the end of the first high level mini boss arc. And i would love to see more of Iori's sister who actually kinda badass.

The story is interesting but not so intense or complicated to be so curious with. I would say there was a potential and space for the development of the story in the future, which unfortunately we wont see it.

To conclude, Phantom seer is a wasted potential that should have been given more time to grow. It was probably one of a few manga from rookie batch from shuiesha that i rly enjoy reading it. I will be looking forward for the artists' future works

THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS

This is like a copy of Nisekoi but with much worse characters development and the story of a liar.

The art is actually good and enjoyable, characters are cute, but in the same time, so plain; a tsundere, a rival with poor health and a tsundere's maid. Doesn't it sound similar to some specific popular manga? And in the future, the author may add more complex for this manga.

As you have noticed that it is also tagged as harem, so the MC must meet many girls and have some love complex with them. But this guy is really a cruel dude. He somehow ... reminds me of the MC of the School Days (you should watch it once in your life); indecisive and his actions affect others in many ways. I sense that Makabe's actions are going to corrupt every of these girls, especially Aki Adagaki. I pity this girl so much, she deserves better than this mess. In the anime she really was distasteful and rude, but actually she is so pure and innocent in the manga. She's not even the one to be blamed for Makabe's change.

I think the only interesting point for me is the truth behind Makabe's triggered childhood.

Maybe the author wants it to be as popular and interesting as Nisekoi but can't manage the plot and somehow it lost the way and becomes just a dull plain plot. As someone who watched the anime adaptation before, I would say I expect more.

I will just say that the main things that made this anime "goes to hell" for me, is directly because of the main protagonist which is a homunculus named Sieg. At first he's just nothing but a mere doll for fighting in battlefront, and THEN!!! Im not going to spoil so if you want to know then watch it, i would only admit that this guy really has a tough luck...
The servants of this series are really interesting and cool as fck, like Mordred and Karna. They are so freaking awesome that even if how much you hate Sieg things, you still keep watching ... this whole mess for seeing them just for a min. Other characters are also fascinating and make me want to know them more. so it such a waste of characters for me. Mordred is the best character for me, she came for fight and she fights to the best limits. She deserves the title "Best Girl" of this anime.
The story, as you know, fights for the holy grail and between the fights we got some drama and flashbacks. For Apocrypha, instead, this anime should change the name to "the unrequited love story in the mess". People like to comment Jeanne is everyone's "waifu" and Jeanne/Sieg is cute ewww but for me its really irritating urgh. We should have gotten some fight scenes or maybe a story behind servants' motivation, instead they wasted half of the show with Sieg. Such a waste.
For anyone who expected a good fight, I recommend you to watch Fate stay night or zero. Do watch Apocrypha if you don't have anything left to do and want to waste sometime or you are mad and want to throw something around your house. Because this guy Sieg will manage the day.
7/10 if you skip all the Sieg scenes and come only for characters like our dear Mordred and many more, you will finish each ep in about 6 mins cuz Sieg is everywhere! Enjoy!!!!
and 3/10 if you manage to finish watching whole series without skipping and killing your computer