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Mashle: Magic and Muscles (2023)
Harry Potter of Harry Potter was a magicless meathead
This anime is funny and entertaining and basically a parade of Harry Potter if it was an anime. From Quidditch to Draco Malfoy, it's basically mocking the entire magic school genre, with a main character with no magic, but instead of being an angsty, poor unfortunate outcast, he's a musclehead whose so dense he doesn't realise half the things happening around him, and the scenarios he ends up in because of it are simple hilarious.
I'd recommend it, purely on its comedy chops, but the animation and voice acting are nothing to sneeze at either. I've only watched the dub, but the voice acting is also solid.
I hope we get a 2nd season. I had a blast.
Isekai de Cheat Skill wo Te ni Shita Ore wa, Genjitsu Sekai wo mo Musou Suru: Level Up wa Jinsei wo Kaeta (2023)
I get that they are just following the manga, but this show is boring!
I'm really disappointed. The pilot had so much potential but quickly deteriorated into generic, uninspired nonesense.
From the start, we see Yuuya as someone downtrodden, bullied and miserable, but a good person worthy of far more kindness than he receives. Someone we are obviously meant to sympathize with and root for. But after the first ten minutes of the anime making it clear how difficult his life is, it than proceeds to make everything WAY TO EASY.
From Magical weight loss and indestructible fighting skills, to every character fawning over how HADNSOME and AMAZING he is. Nothing feels earned. Everything was just given to him with magic. On top of that, he is a complete Gary Stu, with no flaws other than some social awkwardness that everyone predictably finds cute rather than an actual flaw.
And that's just my gripe with the main character, not that any other character is really noteworthy. All the girls want to be with him and all the guys (except the BAD GUYS of course) admire him. The plots from episode to episode are weak, repetitive and unoriginal and the anime itself adds nothing new to the table in terms of design, animation, lore, history; any of it. It's just boring.
Otome Game no Hametsu Flag shika Nai Akuyaku Reijou ni Tensei shiteshimatta... (2020)
Super FUN!
If your into action packed anime full of fighting, monsters and overpowered MCs, this is not for you. However, if you enjoy more day-in-the-life stories with a side of comedy and romance, I would highly recommend this.
On top of having individually engaging characters, a quirky, enjoyable concept, great animation, and a magnificent score, the heroine isn't typically over-powered or overly intelligent. She's just a nice (if oblivious) girl who draws people towards her with her kindness. I'm also a massive fan of the fact that, despite there being multiple leading women in the series, not one of them is given inflated chests that defy the laws of gravity, as is typical for most anime, these days.
That is not to say the series doesn't have it's flaws, such as it's rather repetitive themes, as well as the lack of drama and conflict, but I'm hoping with the darker episodes of season 2, a third season will improve upon this. (if we get a third season, that is.)
Shijô saikyô no daimaô, murabito A ni tensei suru (2022)
I lost interest pretty easily.
From just the first few episodes it appeared that the concept wasn't very original. On top of that, it felt incredibly rushed with zero character development.
One episode, Ginny is introduced as a shy, meek, submissive girl, the next she's confident, confrontational and strong? A teacher is introduced, then immediately revealed to be a traitor, with no time for the audience to really feel anything about the reveal, and Ireena's character started interesting (or at least, had potential to be), but quickly dissolved into a big breasted bimbo whose only function was to fawn over the main character. It just felt like very basic, bad writing.
I give it four stars because that's how many episodes I watched before giving it up.