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TLDR:
The tone of the series has changed. No more care-free school. It's all serious from here on. If you liked FMP for its school shenanigans well you're out of luck. It's all tears from here - and maybe a tiny trickle of comedy you get at the end.

Also big change up here, the quality of this FMP series has somewhat diminished. 1st season - 24 episodes with a conclusion
2nd season - 12 episodes with a conclusion
3rd season (this series) - 12 episodes .... this is just PART 1 of the story! Part 2?dunno. So until next time folks!

Recommended: Any Arbalest fans.
Run for ... the hills: Any Gauron fans.

Review
Story - For me, the time skips are logical and realistic except kinda felt weird when you get to the last episode and you realise the 12 episodes cover 6 months in the story's timeline. O_O. I really do enjoy that the seriousness was brought out at the beginning which did a good job at setting the tone for the rest of the series. (there will be injuries and there will be death). I wish they had shown the mini-AS some more screentime. In second raid, I had the impression that these AS would be somewhat of a problem because of how they were portrayed in second raid but turns out not really. They just your (beefier) cannon fodder. Additionally there are some twists of the story that you don't see coming nor gets explained.

Most importantly, the final episodes - it feels very janky or wonky donky (whatever you wanna call it). There is no 'final boss' moment in this season, instead gave us this pseudo gauron trio. But I will also let that pass since it is 12 episodes long. (basically we're in the middle of a story in FMP standards - previous FMP series were done in 24 episodes)

Art - No problem with it except for the CGI at the start. I understand it would be easier to do that scene, but just can't shake off that feeling that it feels wrong to me. Fortunately I think that was the only case of CGI that triggered me.

Sound - gun sounds, lambda drive, etc didn't find anything wrong with sound effects/voice acting.

Character - well, I feel that some characters came out of nowhere. E.g. Sagara's connections. I'm like 'Sagara has acquaintances?!?!?!?!?!' As well as character relationships, some just kind of come out of nowhere.

Enjoyment - Will have no problem rewatching but the incomplete story is bothering me. I really do think 12 episode format does not suit this FMP story arc, it feels unnatural the pacing. I really really want the story to slowly build up to its 'final boss' moment. Should have used 24 episode format so that it could finish the whole story arc.

Overall: if you're an long-time FMP fan love ending the season with a 'final boss' (or at least with a conclusion), I would recommend to put this off until the new season comes out (whenever that might be). Alternatively, just go read the manga or light novel.

If you're new, what are you doing here? go back to season one.

(I've not read the web novel or light novel that this is based on. )

Reincarnation, Remember, Revenge. with a hint... I mean a bowl of S and M and this is what you get. [not sorry for the crappy alliteration]

I wish we could have seen a bit more of Keare's journey from innocence to corrupt but hopefully more flashbacks will happen in later chapters. EDIT: Still not as much as I hoped there would be.

As you would imagine being exploited (and that's just a euphemism) till the very end would do some serious damage to the mind.

However, so far there does not seem to ... be a character that can be considered as a 'rival' or someone of equal power to oppose Keare which may become a problem - action or any danger becoming negligible because of Keare's OP-ness and knowledge of his world's future.

PS - all sex scenes are skipped. :^)

It's an alright anime.

Story:
I think another 12 or 13 episodes should have been allowed for this series to make this a coherent story. But with 24 episodes, some story arcs were rushed or the ending was not satisfying enough. I was left somewhat frustrated or wanting more in some of the endings.

Then there are the backstories, there is not enough of it. Lots of explanations that needed to be there to clear up any confusion. i.e. What Kazuma actually do in his exile period? (other than him acquiring some power).

Art:
The monsters and minions used in here look good. Though some scenes just ... looked very awkward.

Sound:
It's good.

Character:
The main protagonist, Kazuma, is competent and able to compose himself in what would be stressful situations. (well until someone connected to his past comes along). And he does lose his cool sometimes and goes all out rage mode.

The other main protagonist, Ayano, completely the opposite. She's a hot headed (quite literally as well) rocket that could pop at any time. Though she is able to occasionally become competent and able to think of a strategy.

Enjoyment:
Overall, the story was interesting enough for me to forgive the writers for hacking the story a bit to fit it into the 24 episode constraint. And was satisfied with the open-ended ending.

I'm prepared to re-watch this in the future once I have read the source. (light novels).