Audience reviews
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1List2RuleThemAl
Isekai protagonists being OP and worshiped by NPC's isn't anything new. In-fact, we enjoy watching Isekai shoes because of the OP power fantasy coming true in front of our eyes.
But it's how the OPMC character is written, can make or break the show.
It's necessary to introduce the character to his skills, along with the viewers, so together we get into the groove of things. We see the MC learn to control his abilities, use them in OP manner and wow himself and us, the viewers. MC grows, getting stronger, more sure of himself and his skills over time. It's all fun.
It's also necessary to not write a smug, douche or cucked OPMC character, because those are the worst traits you could possibly have for an Isekai character.
"In Another World With My Smartphone" is a good example of a shit,…
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Do you like boredom? Do you like agony? Do you fancy the sensation of feeling like your soul is being pruned from your lifeless, withered husk of a body? If so, then boy do I have the anime for you! It’s called: Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei. I repeat, Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei. In just 26 episodes, you’ll feel like you were quarantined in your room for a year as all life ceases to shine from your eyes! Call now at 1-800-XXX-XXXX or text “KILL ME” to this number!
What does one go about describing Mahouka? Is it bad decorum to just go “generic OP MC with lifeless harem, wish fulfillment bad” and call it a day? Perhaps, as wish fulfillment isn’t inherently a bad thing. People often come to entertainment mediums to escape, sometimes self-insert into fun stories with likable, memorable protag…
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I've probably said this some time before, but I'll say it again. I hate light novel adaptations. Not all of them however. Some of them in fact, have proven to be great in fact such as Baccano, Spice and Wolf and the Monogatari franchise but the vast majority are near enough the exact same god damn thing. Some boring as hell high school character who is a beta male joins a new school and instantly gains a harem and becomes the number one fighter. Rinse and repeat every season. These shows are vapid, boring and appeal to the lowest common denominator and yet, still become massively popular. When I saw this show announced a few years back and noticed who were making this anime, I had some hope. Maybe Madhouse can make a light novel adaptation great? Unfortunately my hope dropped as quickly as…
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Pop Quiz: What happens when you take a giant sturdy, steel block and throw rocks at it to try and move it?
It won't move right? The rocks will all crumble, right? And doing it repeatedly will get frustratingly boring, right? Well that experience would still be more thrilling than watching 26 episodes of The Irregular at Magic High School.
Based on the light novel series of the same name, and animated by Studio Madhouse, Irregular at Magic High School, also known as Mahouka is what happens when a writer completely gives up making an interesting story or cast and instead tries to make their main character, Tatsuya Shiba in the case, be on top of things in every situation imaginable. Since so many of Mahouka's problems exist because of this character, and his existence massively drags down…
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Alright, despite giving a score of 9, allow me to make this perfectly clear, THIS SHOULD NOT BE WATCHED BY EVERYONE!!! There are three very crucial aspects to this show that form a fissure among the viewers. If you are able to tolerate or enjoy these aspects, watch this show. If you find these elements unbearable then you should definitely walk away because they are ubiquitous throughout the entirety of the 26 episodes.
I: An over-powered protagonist. When I say over-powered I mean it in the most literal sense possible. This guy does not lose, ever. He's a genius with combat capabilities surpassing every other person we encounter within the show. This world practically made him a god. Someone tell Kira to take notes because becoming this guy is how you really conquer the world. You will ne…
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Mahouka is the worst anime I've ever watched. I finished it just to be able to say this with no doubts.
The story... well there's no story. There's Tatsuya killing everyone and being flattered by his blind followers. If there's any plot there, you just don't care. The slow pace and flat characters make you forget that there's somethign actually happening.
The art was the only reason I started to watch this bomb, it looked good... But in the end it wasn't. Repetitive school uniforms, all the students have the same faces, there's little to no facial expressions in any character, the scenery looks always the same place. There's also a lot of fanservice boobs.
The music is some horrible random electronic pop everytime. OPs and EDs completely forgettable. The voices are emotionless and drows…
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Story: (7/10)
Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei is about a brother and sister duo that attend a magic academy in their first year, in the year 2095 magic is common and interwoven with science and used in everyday life. The series is split into smaller arcs within the 26 episodes with the first couple of episodes focused on introducing the characters, then moving on to an inter school magic competition and then finally developing a bit at the end using the characters to start on a deeper plot with a small scale war. The ending of the anime suggests that there is more seasons planned after this one as it introduces more characters that are essential to the backstory and development of the main characters.
Characters: (7/10)
The characters are introduced slowly in the first 2/3 of the series and…
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I felt compelled to write this review as a counterpoint to all the negative reviews this anime receives.
First off, it is a hard anime to understand at first as it gets very science-y explaining how all the magic works and you get lost in the technical terms a bit. Bare with it. The biggest thing I couldn't figure out at first was what the CAD they kept referring to was so if you haven't seen it: a CAD is a Casting Assistance Device. Basically the devices they use to cast the magic. They can be anything from a cellphone looking device to a gun to watch to a baton or sword. I can say I enjoyed my second watching more than my first.
Now, I love this anime and it is easily in my top 5 of all time. It does a little bit of everything, from sci-fi to action to school days and even a bit of ro…
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Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei (translated as The Irregular at Magic High School) isn’t entirely what I see as irregular. Nothing too irrational happens throughout the course of the show and the majority of the cast doesn’t have that “it” factor. Rather, Mahouka does have something we won’t see regularly because of there is magic at high school, or more specifically the Private Magic University Affiliated High School. It’s here where we meet the main characters and siblings - Tatsuya Shiba and his sister Miyuki Shiba. And with their enrollment sets forth this story at an irregular high school where regular things happen and sometimes does not.
Adapted from the light novel of the same name written by Tsutomu Sato, the series takes place in a more advanced future in the year of 2095. In this…
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Hmmm.. I don't know if is should really say this but thus so far all reviews are being negative in this anime. It frustrates me and saddens me, for I personally enjoy this anime..
Please keep an open mind. This story is fantasy and the protagonist are uniquely strong but so what..
And for what I like in this anime.. is because
-this story is a fantasy but the setting is realistic and the events are reality
-the main characters are unique in their own way
-the siblings are strong but they are not undefeatable if you truly understand the story you will surely get it
-strong sense of duty and responsible
-wonderful sibling love and friendship
I dislike the manga the characters are ruined and please read the light novel if you like the anime it might suit on your taste..
thank you for rea…
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Ah Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei (hereafter Mahouka). I'm going to start off this review by saying this is the worst anime ever created - this is THE worst anime ever created. Don't worry though, while the review will be largely negative, I'll hopefully be able to convey why I think this is the case with as little bias as possible.
Mahouka's story follows Tatsuya Shiba and his sister Miyuki. They're in their first year of First High, which is the top school in the country for magicians. This is it. There isn't really much of a story, but rather several story arcs which don't really connect in any way. This lack of overarching story isn't technically an issue. Some of my favourite shows also lack an overarching story - Lupin III, SoreMachi and so on. The problem with Mahouka is that none of…
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I just found out about this website... It's pretty neat. I'm going to try writing a review on here for an anime I really enjoyed: Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei.
So, for the story part of this anime, I have to say that it's really cool. First half of the show takes place in a Magic School, where people learn magic. But not like wizardry magic, but a futuristic technology that allows people to use magic. There's a lot of dialogue that may annoy people, but I personally found the dialogue really interesting. There's a school magic competition, and multiple magic schools compete in it. Pretty fun to watch. The second half gets even better. It's about another organization trying to sabotage the Magic High competition, and it goes even further than that. The ass-kicking that goes on in the 2nd ha…
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As my opinion, this anime is a masterpiece,I don't want to admit it myself, but I going to say , it is.
Mahouka koukou no rettousei is magic, school,action,thriller, and kinda psychological, all of them in the future 2095, that makes magic a sci-fi,It's my way to see it.
story:I'm not about not spoiling so I will only say this much-->it's the story about a guy, shiba tatsuya who joined a the first high school,he has been placed in the"noob" categorie, he is actually very, and I repeat, VERY smart and strong. and I would say, It talks a lot about terrorism.
art: not much to say about this-->the art is just amazing,characters are very well made, the behind scene is realistic(anime version ofcourse),all the spell,power,action are well made,I can't complain about anything from the art.
cha…
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Well, the one and only reason i watched this anime because i am crazy for strong main protagonists, i took some measures and before watching it checked the MC's profile on wiki. He had some special ability (hidden power). Everything looks good at the start of the anime but the story didn't seemed to progressed at all. 26 episodes seems too much as there is not much explanation on the character's background unless there is another season.
The most important thing is not sure whether you guys have noticed or not but the guy and his sister are way too strong, for the first time i am feeling mercy for their enemies. There was not a single time when the guy ever gets beaten or revealed his full strength. Still both siblings are too overpowered. I think the guy is not needed after all, his sis…
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Mehouker Review:
MINDSET:
Light novels are a shift media, as they mass produce the same tasteless product for the mass appeal, as we anime critics just sit there, and are forced with casual opinions into the face.
SYNOPSIS:
21XX it is the magical century, a century in which magic has been advanced into extreme levels of power has become the Earths main source of power, research, finances, health (etc.) and because its a Light Novel Adaptation, highchools. We centre around two siblings, Tetsuya and Miyuki in a near incest relationship who are dealing with such current affairs, trying to adapt to the changes of there world and have Your typical high school light novel adaptation “Fun”.
REVIEW:
Lets start of with one of the most obnoxiously large crowds of cloned opinions in the Anime Comu…
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"Onii-sama", these words are the very heights of the human spirit, they are the essence of a male soul. It is the light that will guide a man during his darkest hour. Make your imouto recite these holy words exactly 167 times over the span of 10 hours and you will be granted what your heart truly desires, my child.
Mahouka is like solidifying the shit your dog left on your mattress with liquid nitrogen then dipping it into gold and expecting people to buy it just because it's shiny. And well, people buy it. Apparently. ...Well, actually, that's not quite the case. Mahouka should have been just another forgettable fighting magic school themed story adapted from a novel, except for some inexplicable reason, it gets popular. Mahouka is really just boring op-magic-imouto-harem garbage that ad…
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The conception of "perfection" we previously had is going to change, because after watching Shiba Tatsuya (the protagonists show) in action, the word we used to describe the type of character which is sightly too powerful among his peers, overpowered, is going to be "Onii-sama" from now on. With Shiba Tatsuya, better known as Onii-sama, we reach a level of perfection never seen before in the anime industry, characters we reputed as OP, notable recent examples such as Kirigaya Kazuto (Sword Art Online) or Gilgamesh (Fate/Zero), are practically nothing next to our glorious Onii-sama, capable of turning the Impossible into something actually possible.
> Is a problem an OP character as main then?
To that question I reply: "not necessary", since an overpowered main character isn't a big icebe…
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The Irregular at the magical school........Frankly the title alone was a bit misleading, since the main character-in this case Tatsuya was more like a overly protective brother to Miyuki. Whether it is an anime, light novel or manga, we can't deny that this anime is a combination with bits and pieces from "Harry Potter" and James Bond sagas, and frankly, the series' combination of Sci-fi with magic wasn't bad except that it lacks one thing........and yes, it lacks a formidable antagonist, also there is the geo-political thing added to this anime where it indirectly concerns Japan's current conflict with China. But enough of that as I present my ratings for this anime:
Story: Fair 6.
Ok, high rating is for the anime's story plot where from the first arc involves the conflict between the B…
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What does it mean to be a good main character? Does it mean being weak and growing strong throughout the story? Or could it mean starting strong but learning how to overcome your weaknesses in order to continue growing? How about starting off absolutely perfect at everything other than noticing girls affection for you? Well, if you answered "no" to that last one, you should probably stay away from this show. If you answered "yes," let me show why I believe that is not the right way to create a protagonist.
Shiba Tatsuya is a new high school freshman at a prestigious magic academy in near-future Japan. Magic is being studied like a science and used in order to gain an upper-hand in a long-lasting global conflict. Tatsuya and his twin sister Miyuki happen to be excellent at using magic. Des…
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Set in 2095, magic is now a form of technology and science. After the 3rd world war, magic wielders were high in demand in the world to defend their individual countries from further chaos. Mahouka follows two siblings, Tatsuya and Miyuki Shiba, who are enrolled in Fist High School. Based on enrolment test scores, the brother becomes a Weed, a presumed low-achieving magician, while his little sister becomes a Bloom, a presumed high-achiever in magic. However, there's more to these two siblings than as first thought. And school life at First High School will no longer be the same...
And thus, the most anticipated, but highly controversial, anime of the spring season has reached its conclusion. Controversial in the fact that this series ranged from "Mahouka is the best anime ever!" to "Wow,…
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