Audience reviews
20 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
rose_kai
This is by far the worst anime I've had the displeasure of forced consumption. I would rather gain 100 pounds and have 46% body fat then to ever sit through this level of torture that is The Strongest Sage with the Weakest Crest. I genuinely cannot even think of a single good thing this show has to offer other then allowing me to appreciate that some shows that I thought were bad, might've not been as bad as I thought. The character designs are worse than generic. The plot is a snoozefest. The protagonist is a soyboy but somehow the characters find that alluring. The female lead is so incredibly degrading and boring to look at she might've been generated by a ChatGPT beta model from 2019. Animation is stiff and lackluster, and somehow even the voice acting seemed dull.
Terrible watch. Sta…
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I had high hopes for this anime, but unfortunately, it didn’t live up to my expectations. The story is quite average, scoring a 6/10 — it’s not bad, but it lacks depth or any real twists that keep you fully invested. The characters follow the same pattern: they’re serviceable, but nothing stands out or makes you care deeply about them. The world-building is minimal, offering just enough to support the plot without expanding into anything memorable.
Animation-wise, it’s decent. The quality is consistent, and while there are no standout scenes, it gets the job done — another solid 6/10. Overall, the anime feels like it plays it safe in every aspect. It doesn't take risks, and as a result, it doesn't offer anything particularly fresh or engaging.
If you're out of things to watch and want so…
Read at the sourceRyudrake
Third time the charm! I rewatched this for the third time and realized it's very good. It didn't really hit me when I watched it at first, gave it another try but still didn't do much of an appeal then I focused more on the progress and it's fairly decent, the first 6 episodes were kinda rushed that it felt like full 12 episodes ngl and the rest felt like a new season 😂 , hoping for this anime to get a new season. I'll be honest with the rating, it should be at least 7 if not for the mediocre animation(it's not really that bad, it's ok but it's not the worst).
Read at the sourceDestron
I wouldn't say I hated this anime because there's far worse shows out there. However, I wouldn't say I enjoyed weakest crest. Crest was by far one of the blandest animes I have watched in quite a long time. Normally my gripe with Isekai anime is how overpowered the main character gets in such a short space of time. Crest manages to go one step further and make him OP in the first episode. I get the whole reincarnation thing as that was the reason he offed himself was to get a 4th crest, but even with his abilities not to full capacity, he's still killing everything in 1 hit.
I don't mind if a show makes it so weak enemies are killed in 1 hit, especially if the MC is strong as it saves time. However, with the exception of the final episode I can't think of a single fight Matthias struggle…
Read at the sourceWeebabu
TLDR: My thoughts... this is an anime for kids to help them get into anime for what it is, which means it makes a killer anime to watch while working if you need background noise.
Is the story unique? If it was predictable, did you enjoy it anyway because you like this genre/set-up?
The story was fairly predictable if you've watched any kind of kids show. It follows the same anime troupe with a hero and fantasy.
Do you think the art style is fitting for the story?
Yes, but I can't remember when an anime's art style didn't match for the story it was telling.
Were the characters well-rounded? Did they have flaws and strengths, or were they unusually strong/smart/stupid?
It was one guy teaching the team so naturally while the team was on screen the focus was more based around the MC.
Did…
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The Strongest Sage with the Weakest Crest
This anime is one of the reasons why quality control is needed. Why are the voice actors and animators paid for something so inferior? Surely there are better uses for the money and surely better manga, manwha, or novels to adapt.
I have to admit at least one thing, the basic idea with the seals and the banishment of "wordless magic" was interesting. The demons weakening and controlling the human world in this way is a nice touch. But why is everything else so disappointing? And I'm not talking about the bad animations or pacing, no that's the least of the problems.
[Story 2]
The storywriting in the anime is so bad, you could compare it to an Indian action movie. Nothing makes sense, everything seems forced and overdramatized. The final fight…
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This is a nice diversion, a wholesome piece of simple entertainment and an all around fun few hours of showtime.
The main characters are goofy and likable with Mathias being close enough to omniscient but needing to start from the beginning to compete for power in all the combat and warfare. He does it intentionally, hoping to overcome limitations he couldn't surpass while still being at the top of the world.
It's a decent premise that neither brings you out of immersion nor brings any deep or true points to bear. It's just... entertainment. The genre is OP main character goes through new life like you would a video game with fairly low stakes but good fun - it's not meant to stress you out or keep you glued to the screen to see what happens next. And the show seems to know what it is…
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The Strongest Sage with the Weakest Crest Review (6.3)
The story is good but the pacing is fast and a bit rushed.The animation is not suitable for anime because for me it would be better if the animation is also good.MC good leader and side characters they did their part in the story well and they are also funny to watch.The song is good.
STORY:5/10
The story is too fast,it seems a bit rushed but it is well understood and especially the funny scenes are really funny.
ANIMATION:5.5/10
The animation is not good,the low effects are not suitable for anime. Because in this genre of anime it will be even better if they use high and beautiful effects.
CHARACTERS:6.5/10
The animation is not good,the low effects are not suitable for anime. Because in this genre of anime,it will be even better i…
Read at the sourceEliteEmperor
An OK series, the MC is also OK, he is pretty forgettable indeed, the story is decent, and the other side kicks of the MC are the same as the MC. I have a lot of mixed feelings about the season, there are some good points also but the negatives overshadow it sadly. The villains are also weak from my point of view as I have seen a lot of magic anime.
The art style and the animation are decent.
The magic shown are also Ok, they aren't that flashy and overwhelming when you compare it to other shows.
I give this series 4/10.
Read at the sourceMrKaiMan
it's one of the most generic animes i've ever seen, but i enjoyed it a lot.
it's one of those animes where you won't enjoy it if you've seen a lot of this genre, which is the isekai genre (?). it's in no way creative or outstanding when it comes to anything. the story is generic and the characters seem fake.
the main character is fine. the side characters are entertaining. everyone else is boring. i wish there were more challenges for the main character, Matty. Matty was super strong and defeated enemies with relative ease. it would've made the story just a little bit more interesting if he got badly injured or lost a fight. it might not have made sense or made the anime more enjoyable, but it would change up the otherwise repetitive plot.
overall, i liked watching it, but it was fairly…
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a real shame: the base story, AKA the manga, was really great, but the anime studio did a really bad adaptation, it was way too rushed and it seemed too bland and with no actual motives behind it, where the mange clearly had, and this is neither the first nor the last anime butchered by a bad execution.
i would only want one thing: if you do not want to make it even as a decent job, then leave it for someone else who will.
As i earlier said, the story itself was great: you had a lot of surprises on top of the main protagonist being overpowered but still wanting more, and everything was good, i know some might not really like it, and i understand, but for me, it was perfectly great: everything was within what should happen, nothing too boring, surprises everywhere, but... most of it was rem…
Read at the sourceWhatShouldIBe
Let us start with the flaws.
1. The show moves at a stupid fast pace. This is the root of almost all of the other flaws.
2. You never really learn too much about anything, because it is all being rushed.
3. If you dislike Overpowered Peeps then this is not for you.
Spoilers
*****Of course this is part of the story and actually is a plot point that Humans were dumbed down by demons, and he would only be moderately overpowered instead of a god amongst men if that had not happened*****
Pros, I like all the characters, The story is good and... You never have to wait too long for the story to continue. Ok that last bit was a joke, It should have been sweetly long like a long bath not bitterly short like a freezing shower. If you can not take your time to enjoy things I do think something is…
Read at the sourceZymymar
This anime is ok. The premise is pretty standard with an overpowered main character and a bunch of girls surrounding him. Nothing special there.
Where this anime is let down is that it's just so rushed. They skip any sort of character/world building in favour of skipping to the action sequences, and even those are rushed.
The main character goes from being a bottom of the pack loser who's shunned by society, to being recognised by the king himself in a mere 3 episodes. He busts an extinct form of knowledge out of nowhere, and no one questions how he knows it; they just ask him to be the teacher and by the next episode, everyone knows it.
Read at the sourceGamesaucer
In as few words as possible, this is an adequate take on the "strong hero reincarnates" genre.
This series likely won't wow anyone with its visuals, storytelling or characters, but it's solidly structured and avoids the major pitfalls a story like this might have otherwise fallen into. It's even occasionally clever with the way it builds up its setting and characters, without being pretentious about it. So even if you like to engage with media on a deeper than surface level, you'll still find a few things to enjoy here.
Overall, the story has an enjoyable arc in which things gradually get more tense, and character interactions and story beats, while sometimes on the cliché end of things, do generally feel meaningful and/or deserved.
It's not the kind of series I'd go out of my way to re…
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for a tl;dr
I LOVE LURIE, she is everything an anime girl means to me! Story moves interestingly, enjoyable around the quick pacing, and I am in complete agreement to how Matty does things, leader type strong and wise with much foresight. I like to see this type of goodness happening with my Isekai anime XD
Onto the actual review,
I worked exceptionally hard on this review because The Strongest Sage with the Weakest Crest is my favorite anime and I further associate it as the perfect anime that describes me and why I love anime.
Lurie is adorable and bit of an airhead. She got such a shy pretty face and opens my closed heart as waifu. She is why anime girls are the prettiest! In the anime, Matty and Lurie like each other although they're too shy to admit it. When Matty teaches Lurie mag…
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Oh what's that? You think this is another generic power fantasy isekai? Well think again, because in this show, the MC gets reincarnated into the SAME world, making this pure fantasy. Checkmate isekai haters.
Yeah this is basically just another power fantasy isekai.
In this case, the gimmick is the crest that everyone is born with. MC reached his limit, and wanted a reroll to get the crest best suited for combat. However, once he is reincarnated he comes into a world that thinks the strongest crest is instead the weakest, and magic in general has regressed significantly since the time he was alive. To the shows credit, that is a pretty interesting twist that could give rise to some very interesting world building, But in the end, though it wasn't bad, the world building wasn't really tha…
Read at the sourceIrrelevantGuy
Shikkakumon no Saikyou Kenja is pretty much the same generic power fantasy series that comes out every season, which means it has most of the same fundamental flaws and cliches that you would usually find in the said genre. The plot is entirely devoid of creativity, the protagonist is extremely shallow, his abilities are far too overpowered, the supporting characters are completely neglected, the world-building is almost nonexistent -- I could honestly go on for a while.
Our protagonist, a sage known by the name of Gaius, desperately wishes to become stronger. But in a world where an individual's magical abilities are predertermined at birth and cannot be changed, he is severely limited by his given crest which is not suitable for combat. Wanting to obtain his desired crest instead, Gaius…
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Have you ever played a difficult game and wish you could've defeated a boss easier? Ever wish you could've just cleared a game without dying once? Well, look no further than Gaius, aka Matthias Hildesheimer who reborn as a sage embedded with powerful magic and skills. Welcome a show about a young man who was once powerful still remains powerful.
Now, I don't want to knock down expectations but just reading the synopsis invokes a dull feeling. You're likely expecting a character who's going to treat every fight like a walk in the park. And honestly, you're not wrong from the truth. You see, Mathias represents the iconic Mary Stu type of character that you may find in some isekai. The recurring trope has been a mainstay in some isekai series in recent years after all. Mathias really is a te…
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Isekai, or rather, reincarnation shows can be both good and bad. Case in point, the recent most famous of them all: Rifujin na Maganote's Mushoku Tensei, which is the undeniable platinum standard to follow. And over the years, many people have become mangakas and novelists just to have their ideas shuffled into the ever growing source material form, and one such person of interest is novelist Shotou Shinkou (or going by his official pen name, Shinkoshoto). This madlad has penned no less than 8 series to his name, and all of them (LN and manga adaptations combined) are released year after the next circa. 2015 (technically 2016 is a jump) to now, and concurrently serialized in various magazines.
But sadly, with his first break-out series: Shikkakumon no Saikyou Kenja a.k.a The Strongest Sag…
Read at the sourceSpRayquaza11
“Well at least it's not another isekai” –stupid pea-brain anituber (and their bandwagoners)
This may be rather blunt but this is just plain old power fantasy anime, where the character is just on New game +.
This anime is too lazy to even be an isekai XD
In every situation there is this single asspull, “I know this because of my previous life, hence trust me bro / I did this in my previous life/I know this chic from previous life / I made this shit in previous life hence it's strong”
Now power fantasies can be great, many may forget due to their focus on comedy but One punch man is fundamentally a power fantasy and it is done fantastically well, though since some may argue its more of a satire and they would be correct if we want a better comparison we must compare it to another anim…
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