Audience reviews
20 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
teddyRex
It is common to assume the MC in a harem anime to be a loser because he does not take advantage of the very obvious choices offered to him. This anime was not very ecchi at all, and there was very very little fan service. But what is there, is a beautiful romance about a boy and a girl. The girl, was a childhood girl who he had helped, and who promised to be his wife when she grew up. Boom, she shows up in his dorm room, claiming to be his wife. He doesn't even remember her, until much later in the show. Then things happen, and he ends up with a harem, and the MC girl, trying to keep her husband from their aggressive clutches. There is the classic, stoic loli, and the rich girl, with the upper class high pitched laugh, but beyond this, is a love story about seeing what is true, what is goo…
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If your looking for a show you don't care about the artwork, story, etc, and are looking for a little bit of ecchi/harem.. you will probably still be disappointed.
Ok, we have a story about a boy, who only has 8 spells, after that he will die, and turn to ash. Despite knowing this, of course, guess what he does, uses the spells, dies, and turns to ash. Despite time spent with him still, not a lot is done to fix him, and eventually, they find, that if they put all his ashes together. They can reconstitute him, which of course goes wrong for different reasons.
As its harem, they are all after sex with him of course but for his magical genes, and of course, he is a clueless guy, who has no experience with girls with your typical tropes of bf, yandere, tsundere, and that one girl who just wo…
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Maburaho was one of the first harem anime I watched back in the 2000s. I just rewatched the whole series and remembered why I enjoyed it in the first place. When I first watched this anime as a teenager, I mostly had a crush on Yuna Miyama, Kazuki's self-proclaimed wife, but I definitely liked Rin Kamishiro and Kuriko Kazetsubaki as well. I like the individual magical girls in this anime as characters and think they work well together. Yes, it's true that Maburaho has a cheesy storyline, but it's a harem anime, so I think it works in that context. As someone watching a y2k anime in 2022, I noticed myself appreciating quite a few of the aesthetic elements present in this anime. I especially enjoyed seeing the art style, fashion, and visual effects of the characters' magic. Although I've sin…
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Text book definition of old Harem.
Submissive protagonist with no whatsoever appeal, confidence or charm but "kind and selfless" and with the usual plot device (his genes) which justify why he gets surrounded by girls.
Other characters are, in order: the rich slutty lady (blond), violent clumsy tsundere (violet) and sweet, deeply and blindly fallen in love for a promise we made as children girl (pink).
These characters are so generic that you literally don't need anything else but those few words used in my description to get the full picture.
Beyond these 3, the rest are so dull, bland and uninteresting that you start to consider them extra screen time to fill the episode.
As for the story, it's the classic every episode is a step in which the protagonist show how "kind and selfless he…
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Dissapointment is all i can say about this anime. I had such high hopes for this anime, until the 12th episode that is. When they killed off the MC and made him into a ghost was when this anime died for me. After that he was basically a side character. Most if not all of the characters in the anime were just awful people being far too greedy in terms of money and lust. The highest i'd rate this anime would be a 4/10 because anything higher than that would just be a lie. The writing this anime had was just horrible and the direction it took after episode 12 was just sad. Throughout the anime all i really felt for the MC was just pity. The best girl was supposed to be yamase but she really shot herself in the leg at the end. So i'd go with either Yuna or the blonde. All in all i kinda do reg…
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Story 6/10
The best way I can describe Maburaho is as another ecchi harem anime which is what makes the story the weakest part of the anime. Every episode mainly just follows Kazuki and his harem going on some wacky adventure....just like in every other harem anime. Disappointingly, this doesn't help make Maburaho stand-out from other harem anime.
Something I did like about the story, however, was that the anime takes place in a world where everyone is a magician and magic is just like this everyday occurrence. For example, you see students flying to class and in one episode the characters play a game of magic baseball.
Characters 7/10
Kazuki is a typical "nice guy" protagonist whose kind and honest and does his best to stay optimistic. The thing I like most about Kazuki is how selfles…
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I just finished this one last week. In short I felt this story had potential, and had great moments, but by the end just fell short of what it could've been.
Story (6):
The story is decent. Basically it takes place in a world where everyone can do magic, but everyone has a different amount of spells they can perform in their lifetime. Once someone uses up all their magic, they turn to ash.
The main character Kazuki only has eight spells, but because his children may be the most powerful magicians in the world, the three main girls (along with a fourth) all desire him.
I do like that the harem element does have a logical reason for why these girls are interested in him. That sets this apart from others in the genre by giving these characters a reason. Of course over the series all four…
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This was one of the first animes I ever watched, and it drew me further into the genre because it was quite good.
It is a harem-style anime that revolves around a teenage boy Kazuki who has especially super-magical powers of healing. Along the way, he meets several girls who are romantically interested in him, but their reasons are somewhat selfish -- there were rumors that any child Kazuki fathered would also have super-magical powers. Unfortunately, each time he uses his magic power, he weakens physically. Being a selfless person, he ignores the harm to himself and continues rescuing with the help of his magic, until tragedy strikes. A good portion of the series revolves around his girlfriends' attempts to undo that tragedy, and overall the dialog and story line is quite captivating an…
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Well, that's that. "Kazuki will always be Kazuki."
I've finished Maburaho (officially) for the fourth time.
This time, however, was very different. This time, it was with new eyes.
Maburaho was the first anime I ever owned.
All in all, I can say, without a doubt, that Maburaho is one of the best shows I've ever seen. It is an amazing story disguised as a harem/comedy anime. Even seeing through it all, right to the very end, I couldn't hate it. There are flaws, sure. (Example: Seriously? Who throws out two main characters in the final episode, just to let them stand there and do nothing?! One of them happens to be my #1 female anime character!)
Maburaho, compared to other anime, stacks up like so:
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The story starts off making you think it will just be a waste of time with a "girl of…
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Ok, so this review is going to be very biased due to this being my very first harem anime I ever watched. Have you ever thought as a boy "Gee I wonder what it would be like to have tits smashed in front of my face 24/7?" I'm sure you have because every boy has had that thought, now how about having that thought in 5th grade? No. Well that's what happens when you stumble across the hidden gems known as harem animes. Now I was fairly young when I watched this so my tastes were as refined cinder block.
If you want a watch/no watch, then the answer is no. This show is mediocre and plain bad. Why did I give it a 7? Nostalgia.
I could give you a play by play of all the characters and their development, but you won't need any of that because the show will not offer it...........
Here it is a…
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I did not rate this series so badly because of plot or dreadful character development. I expected all that; I picked this series to watch solely for the mindless fan service and comedy it appears to offer.
There is as much ecchi in this show service as in Naruto. Instead of focusing on girls and ecchi moments, this show leans towards interaction of characters and plot. This would not be so bad if the plot is not paper thin, instead it causes moments to feel stretched, and repetitive. (*cough* Haruhi endless eight)
conclusion
Show is like soft-core porn without the arousal.
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~ Review ~
Anime Information
Anime Production : J.C.Staff
Director: Shinichiro Kimura
Episodes: 24 episodes
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Ecchi, Magic, Romance, School, Harem
Duration: 24 min. per episode
Original Run: October 14, 2003 - April 6, 2004 Synopsis:
Kazuki Shikimori is a 17 years old student who attends Aoi Academy, a prestigious school for elite magician. In this world full of magic, each magician has a set limit of spells, and performing more spells than the limit allows will cause the user to turn into dust. Thus normally for many people, their set limit of spells are about around hundreds or thousands but for Kazuki Shikimori, he's got to be the unluckiest guys around. In this case, the number of magic Kazuki can use is far below the average in his school. Then one day, a huge tw…
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The ending to this anime is pretty shocking really. The main guy has three girls around him who really want a shagg yet throughout the whole series he purposely tries not to get close to them in a sexual way he actually runs away if they take a piece of clothing off. This doesn't reflect a person of his age or sex.
The story changes half way through and the protagonist pretty much just wastes away his powers for stupid reasons. there is no real villain, everyone just has some weird obsession with the main guy.
i would only advise someone to watch this if they really don't have anything else to watch. A waste of my time and i skipped most episodes most episodes because after briefly skimming the synopsis before hand i could tell the episode was not worth watching.
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Kazuki Shikimori lives in a a world where everyone can use magic. Not everyone’s magic is equal. Everyone has a set number of times that he or she can use their magic. Most normal people can to use magic around hundred times or so, while others can use their magic several thousand times. A person's social status is determined by how many times you are able to use magic. If however you use up all your magic, your body turns to ash and is scattered in the wind. Kazuki however is different from most because his magic count is less than 10. Then one day three girls Kuriko Kazetsubaki, Yuna Miyama, and Rin Kamishiro show up all wanting one thing...his genes. Although he himself has very little magic it is believed that his genes will one produce the greatest magic user of all time. Though they…
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I can sum everything up in but a few words -
Why did you not just end this at twelve episodes J.C. Staff?
The story was partially decent leading up to the first arc if you want to call it such; then comes episode thirteen onwards... just a highway disaster.
It would have been a rather touching anime worth at least a 6 or 7 overall if they had left it to end at the mid point.
Kazuki went out of his way to gain some manly points with how carefree he sacrificed his limited amount of magical usage on the 4 girls he cared for and loved.
Time for he characters themselves with Kazuki proving to be, at the start of the series, the kind of male protagonist that is a stable point for any harem anime. Kind, dense and easily agitated by situations which might not be to his liking.
Moving onto the…
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People may look at my score and say that its outrageous, but i feel as if it was more of the spur of the moment score. This anime was pretty dope. It was incredibly entertaining and just loads of fun. Its as simple as that.
This is one of those rare little gems that made me laugh a lot. There's a lot of ecchi, but personally im okay with that. I mean theres a guy surrounded by a bunch of different girls, so what do you expect? Im not a pervert or anything, but if i was in his situation this anime would probably have played out the same or a little more to my liking ;).
The story is pretty good and is interesting and keeps you occupied, but i loved this for the laughs. You have your typical pussy of guy as your male lead and some hella hot babes that are outgoing and want his "genes" an…
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Ok, ok, so now I've just completed watching this classic (since it was released in 2003), time for me to make my review, take note that I'm yet to read its manga, so my review is only for this anime. So, let's get down to business:
Story- fair 6.
Ok, so this is your typical comedy, set in the school, with magic and a ghost, but this anime is focus on the harem and its comedy revolves around it. However this is one harem that can be considered as a "TRUE HAREM," because unlike other harem this one has all parties having feelings for the muchacho (male lead) and the muchacho also has feelings for his harem as well, but there is still the typical “who should I pick” thing that any harem genre has. Another thing about it is that the muchacho (male lead) was able to provide a compromise (sort…
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to be honest i really liked this
and my recommendation is
if you get a chance watch this
but honestly it is an not an r rated anime! there is no reason that it should be rated higher than pg 13
it has a very interesting plot with an amazing ending which we rarely if ever get to see in animes
if you enjoy harems and ecchi and kinda get whole this harem comedy going on with similar series i think you will enjoy it besides add fantasy magic to this combination and tadda you've got a winner
interesting and diverse characters a very good plot that was kinda refreshing
and comedy prone environment that is destined to make you laugh at one point or another
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Story:
When I first started maburaho some odd years ago, I was very intrigued by what the previews showed. Simply, in a world where people can cast spells a certain number of times, Kazuki Shikimori, has a very low count a considers himself worthless. This is until he becomes the target of an unwanted harem when it is revealed to his class, that he has some impressive magical genes. Going in, you get what you asked for. A harem series set in a magical world. At the time, I didn't expect much but now that I had some time to think, I realized a lot of potential was lost in the making of this series. First of all, the magical world; I believe this is the first time (outside of games with mp) where I've seen magic being in a set number. It wasn't much, but it would have been interesting to see…
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Cruz Reviews:Maburaho
Maburaho is a romance story of a shy and kind male getting chased by three girls for his genes. This is a great if you like light romantic comedies in anime. I like this "harem" style anime because of the humor. There were little sentimental moments as well shared between the main character Kazuki Shikimori, and main three female characters (Yuna Miyama, Kuriko Kazetsubaki, Rin Kamishiro), so it's not all chasing after a male. The ending was a lil whack for me and seemed a lil rush as if it was made just to end the series, I was hoping for something better and more romantic.
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