Audience reviews
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for those of you who would enjoy a cdrama with the genres Action, Historical, Comedy, Romance, Wuxia, Fantasy you should check out another adaptation of this novel Once Upon a Time in Lingjian Mountain. It was hilarious and a surprisingly good romance for a student/teacher tag, possibly because the idea of our female lead grooming our male lead to be her husband is less likely than our younger male lead doing the same.
This anime version was fine, with way more cultivation methodology than I was expecting instead of the focus on interpersonal relationships that really gives our main character's the chance to shine. If you want a comedic cultivation show with no romance and as many fourth wall breaks as our protagonist can manage then check it out though if you want a deeper story that turn…
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I really enjoyed Reikenzan. I first saw it a few years ago, then couldn't remember or find it, so it was really nice being able to see it again recently. It might not be an isekai anime, but it shares a lot of the same vibes as an isekai anime. A lot of comedy, some action, a main focus on the MC getting stronger (hes already super op when he starts). I found it was really similar to My Hero Academia, in the sense that the MC is always training. A major theme in the show is that the MC is always training, so if you like anime like that then you will enjoy this. Im not sure why, but Reikenzan had a similar vibe to Demon Slayer as well. There isn't nearly as much action in Reikenzan as there is in Demon Slayer, but they both shared a similar vibe, as well as the focus on training/learning un…
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Man, I really wonder how this anime has such a high score. I mean, okay, it's pretty decent. That is, if we set the bar at a low level.
It was written as if a fan, upon watching a lot of shounen anime, suddenly had an idea about a story and then went off on a writing spree. Of course he'll include an overpowered MC - an intelligent one with great physical ability on the side. And then a sexy woman who acts as if she's a good-for-nothing but is actually really strong and would be the MC's master. Ah, and then another woman who is also very strong but in another sense, it would be good if there are two masters. "Not sure what that other sense would be, but I'll probably have an idea of her background later on." And then a whole bunch of other cliched characters that would serve to make the…
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I am a bit salty about this series but that's my fault as I had expectations in some areas; for TL;DR just jump to last part of my review.
I became aware of this series after I watched the drama version, and as I'd enjoyed the drama immensely, once I learned about the anime I got curious. The thing is, original story (novel/drama) takes place in an Ancient Chinese Fantasy world filled with Taoism sects, and I can say that one does need to know about the setting to make sense of what is going on in this first season as explanations are about some specific topics/techniques and not the world itself. And even then, I can't say I got the feeling that I was watching this particular fantasy genre (xianxia).
Everything was so all over the place, and problem was, most likely, limited time and…
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While I was reading the novel, I saw a comment mentioning this anime was like "Sh*t, this actually as an anime!? Did I miss something big?" and went to search around, and here we are.
Now, quite honestly this anime is something of an abomination. The thing is, this is a japanese anime made from a chinese novel in some form of a cooperation. This is the part where it becomes something of an abomination. You can easily see how they mutilated the novel to fit in with the usual fast-food japanese crap(the low-level crappy animes that they send on a conveyor belt for the addicts). Hell, they even changed the small parts of the novel that you do see, they changed A LOT of the dialogue, jokes and story, now it's pretty much like any other japanese anime... The good stuff is gone and we have yet…
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I will keep the spoiler to the minimum.
Overall - 8/10
Story - 7/10
The story is good since is heavily focus on tactics and planning to win against enemies. But i think is a bit lacking of the explanation about the martial arts and their abilities, i found it a bit confusing about it. But otherwise, the story is good.
Art - 7/10
The characters are well drawn and the quality is quite good as well. Why i dont rate it 8 or above is because i think the animation of the action scenes are just average, it does not really stand out compared to the other anime.
Sound - 10/10
The sound is beautiful and the voice suited the characters as well which is perfect.
Character - 8/10
i will just talk about the MC. I liked the character of the MC since he is very confident about his own tactics and st…
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I tend to review shows i'm more opinionated on, that is to say shows that I feel are really bad or really good and wouldn't ordinarily review a show of such middle ground that wouldn't warrant the effort. But I feel this needs to be said as something of a disclaimer for anyone reading up on the show before watching it.
The show doesn't present itself in the usual way an anime would and this probably has a lot to do with the fact that it's of Chinese origin rather than Japanese. As such the cultural references and pacing wont feel all that familiar and you'll notice this more as the story progresses. This isn't to suggest the show is bad, although there are things i find particularly lacking about it, just be aware that it doesn't have the usual format and will take a little getting used t…
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There are lots of other reviews that may dive into the explicit details, but if you are a fan of manga/manhwa like "Battle Through The Heavens", you will understand this anime.
I was able to breeze through it quickly because the story flowed well and didn't have too many branches off the main plotline to slow things down. The comedic banter between Oriku and Obu was funny, as well as some of the other charcters. This first season set the basis of the plot and some light character development. I am looking forward to some additional plot/character development in the second season, which according to the end card of the final episode was approved.
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This is one of those anime where either you love it, or you hate it.
You will love it if you are familiar with the Chinese Taoist cultivation themes.
You will be weirded out if you do not, the anime also does not give much explanation until further into the story.
The good: the story is about overcoming trials and ascending deity-hood. It portrayed that side of cultivating life well. If you watched the first half of the season you are sure to see all the tests for choosing a disciple. Those are tests you never see in other anime, and makes the entrance test into so many magic/swordsman/adventurer/etc. academy looks like a cake walk.
The bad: Generic characters, you will feel a constant sense of deja vu watching this. The author did not put his mind into making original characters and dev…
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Reikenzan is a story of Oriku, very clever (with stress on mischievious aspect of word "clever") boy striving to become a deity through various tai-chi-esque eastern sage mumbo jumbo, with a light-hearted comedy mixed in.
Now, this is IMPORTANT, for people who might start watching this series: take care to choose the 'correct' subtitles, as there are ones that translate everything explicitly to english, and ones that don't bother to translate proper nouns, which, taking into account the amount of nomina propria in this show makes those subs nigh worthless.
There's not much for me to say, I love this anime, so I certainly won't be objective about it. All I can say is that you watch one episode. If you liked it, you'll like it all, if you didn't, then move on.
Just one thing to clear up. T…
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Let me start with: If you like comedy, read further on, if you don't like comedy, just search for another anime.
Story: 6. Storywise, this anime isn't that great. It has the typical storyline of a main 'hero' who is special in some way and quite OP and who shows everyone else that he's not just a loser. The story is quite clichéd but I do give the show some credits for keeping the difficult explanations of everything at a fast and understandable pace without getting too much into detail but in a way you can still kind of understand everything.
Art: 9. Here I have to start with the art of the OP and ED which I somehow really noticed and really liked. Afterwards let's talk about the art in the anime itself...I think it was great. Normal scenes had nice and clean drawings but what really ma…
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The anime was really great with lovable, mastermind, intelligent, cool, calm, normal looking Main Character. The plot was really great but some part of it is sort of abrupt I think.
Story:
The character development was great with a smooth flow, great plots. Can't really explain, but it is really satisfying, with funny moments to get pass the serious moments or the sad moments.
Art:
The art is really modern with beautiful drawn characters. It is not necessarily the best but it is really cool.
Sound:
The voice actors are really fitting to their characters, I can't really complain much about sound. Character:
Great character development that are funny and not pathetic. All of them are strong and none of them are really weak or too different from people.
Overall:10
Do give it a try and…
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Let's be honest, this story will be confusing for a good amount of people who are not familiar with Chinese culture. Originally this is an anime that was a collaboration between japan and china, making the Japanese voice over harder to understand because of all the chinese idioms.
This review is more of a comparison than a review of how good it was. This is because it really does depend on whether or not you can understand or relate to chinese culture.
Story:
This anime will be very different for those who love anime. The plot pace will be different and more chinese paced where the whole back story is presented before the main problem of the story appears. To make it more simple the story is about the efforts and life of a character who is growing up as they face many different life ch…
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Chinese xianxia. The point is for MC to reach enlightenment and become very strong.
What's great about this anime is the really down to earth but still uplifting comedy and perspective towards life. For example the MC is the one that bullies at some point some secondary characters, multiple times, for the fun of it and the out of convenience and it's all in a very lighthearted manner. The anime won't tell you what to think about this event, it's neither bad nor good, just funny and convenient, but usually one can also find a moral.
The main character is overpowered in the sense that he never loses, but in every episode he needs to find a path to become better or work towards his goal. Most of the times he needs to interact with his fellow clan members, teachers or other clan members in a…
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Story, this is where I found the most issue with this anime. The story lacks direction, conflict and resolution. The real conflict is introduced toward the end of the anime and isn't given the attention or foreshadowing needed to make it feel natural or conclusive.
There are underdeveloped parts in the story, and random skills( or sealed beasts) included that don't pertain to the story but work off previous anime. Story lacks originality and depth.
Art: old school but expectable. Nice animation , just a bit dated ( but that may have been what they were going for )
Sound: Good, appropriate. Wouldn't win any awards, but set the mood nicely .
Character: Oriku can come of bratty, braggy, and arrogant at times. Your waiting for him to redeem himself with some touching scene later, but ofte…
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Hey folks, this will be a review for Reikenzan: Hoshikuzu-tachi no Utage. I'm really surprised to see many people scoring this so highly. It wasn't terrible but it definitely wasn't anything impressive by any means.
The story revolves around our male mc Ouriku, and his journey to becoming a sage. The beginning of the story flows rather nicely, showing the characters and placing them in the trials that would determine whether or not they gain entry into this clan, which seems to be the best clan to be in. However after the first few episodes of being able to follow the story we are given massive time skips(years of time). Most of the middle and end of this anime is Ouriku hearing about a new word or power then saying "I want to learn that", then time skip, or simple quick 1 day montage unt…
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I just need to say one thing really, this is clearly a chinese story, and follows a wuxia type plot.
For example, stories like "Against the Gods", "Battle Through the Heavens", "I shall Seal the Heavens", "Tales of Demons and Gods" and others are similar to this one. Though there are a bunch of those wuxia that have been fan made into a manga, or manhua, theres almost none that make it to anime (as far as I know, only this one). Im very glad to see this anime and hope to see more wuxia type stories come to animation.
I also love the OP character type stories, which this anime does follow for the most part.
Also the MC is stupid lucky, which is par the course with a wuxia story, and I like that as it fits with the whole OP character.
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