Audience reviews
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onny23
While the initial Isekai premise itself isn't very original, it is incredibly enjoyable because of how exceptionally well it is executed. What truly sets this series apart is the amazing character development. Instead of an unusually overpowered or cliché protagonist, we get a well-rounded character with genuine strengths and believable flaws. Furthermore, the characters react to the fantastical situations and events in a grounded, realistic way, which makes their journey much more compelling.
It also manages to mix humor and serious moments well (overall a light but enjoyable anime), It really corresponds and lives up to its English title. Even if you usually find this genre predictable, I highly recommend it. I think both hardcore fans and newcomers will enjoy this series for its thought…
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[Hood Review]
Tbh I had high expectations for his anime because it was supposed to be a different outlook on Healing magic. I thought it was going to give me like shield hero vibes. But it didn’t. It’s really a lighthearted anime. The fight scenes is what kept this anime alive for me. Basic character designs, basic storyline, the main character doesn’t really feel like the main character. The whole anime just felt kind of flat to me. Me personally I wouldn’t recommend this anime but if you’re into just watching anime to get them under your belt, then cool but if you’re looking for a really fulfilling anime, this is not it.
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The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic brings a refreshing twist to the isekai genre. While many series rely on an overpowered protagonist steamrolling through the world, this one takes a different approach, focusing on character growth and the struggle of adapting to a new reality. Watching Usato push past his limits, not through sheer power but through sheer endurance and will, made for an engaging experience.
One of the biggest highlights for me was Rose. Every scene she was in hit hard, whether it was her intense training methods or the way she carried herself as a mentor. She brought both weight and heart to the story, making every moment with her stand out.
Another thing I really appreciated was the lack of unnecessary ecchi content. Too many modern isekai rely on fanservice to hold at…
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The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic is a hilarious and refreshing take on the isekai genre. When I first saw the poster, I thought it looked like one of those typical NPC-focused anime, but I was pleasantly surprised! The story turns the usual tropes on their head, especially with its protagonist, who's dragged into battles he clearly wasn't cut out for.
The comedy is spot on, and it plays around with the idea of using healing magic in unconventional ways, which adds a fun twist to the usual fantasy setting. The humor, combined with the character dynamics, kept me entertained throughout. While the premise isn't entirely unique, the way the show delivers its jokes and action makes it stand out.
If you're looking for something lighthearted and different from the usual power-fantasy isekai,…
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Alright overall, but kinda meh. The animation is pretty standard boiler plate stuff, but acceptable. The characters don't have a ton of depth, but are at least semi-fun. The story is fun and semi-unique, although a bit derivative in many regards. The pacing is enough to keep you interested in what it going on. Soundtrack was a bit sparse in the number of tracks, but was otherwise alright. The op and ed were pretty good though. I thought is was entertaining, but devoid of any real effort. Nothing was a highlight, and nothing was terrible. Well, that's not exactly true. Why are the the demons British? The British accents are of course terrible, but I'm more interested in why are they British? German? Austrailian? Canadian? No, they're British. Of course, why not. Anyways, kind of average, bu…
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(Doesn't contain story spoilers, but could contain some information about stuff, like how a story should be written and what to expect. If you really want to be surprised by every little aspect, because you don't know anything about story writing, then you probably don't want to read that review.)
That Iseaki is a genre with not the best quality Anime, specially in terms of story, is a thing everyone probably knows.
So, if you are here, you are okay with that anyway.
I am a Iseaki enjoyer myself and have liked some stuff 'normal' Anime fans probably wouldn't like.
But this Anime was not good, even subjectively speaking.
First of there is just the problem most newer Anime have these days.
They are put out as mass entertainment on low budget and without much love.
Even every Isekai a few ye…
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“The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic” is what happens when You have a good start and botch the ending.
Do You know what’s the difference between “Story” and “Plot”?
I actually like the way Lisa Cron describes them:
“What happens in the story is the PLOT, the surface events.”
“STORY is about how the things that happen in the plot affect the protagonist, and how he or she changes internally as a result.”
As she put’s it “The problem is that most writers mistake story for the things we can
see on the page: the stunning prose, the authoritative voice, the intense and exciting plot, the clever structure.”
That is the reason so many anime have absolute garbage stories. Because their plot does nothing. Most characters, especially in isekai’s, start and end the same way. They don’t change, don’t…
Read at the sourceJonsitoa
This is just an average isekai about one guy that its a healing dude and he is just overpowered and he has a hot teacher and its just basic stuff to be honest, it bored so much and i don't understand tue positive reviews. We otakus deserve better than this after sacrificing our social lives and sexual lives to watch only anime, we deserve respect ok animators, this show its just abominable in every single way and i will not forget this atrocious anime ok, please fellow otakus dont Watch this and watch a better isekai like.... And like .... Ok just ignore this awful excuse of an anime ok and lets he happy.
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Its as meh as meh can be. I have forgotten what its about and all its characters almost as soon as I finished watching it.
The premise was very appealing to me, since it's isekai and also since I had played healers in MMOs many a times. And it was quite funny and entertaining in the first couple of episodes. And then it got boring. And blah, and just eye-roll inducing. The characters were all so one-dimensional that they started to bleed into one another, the storyline felt like they just did not know what to do with it once they actually got people to start watching, and the humour and comedy just started to feel forced and like they finally realise how boring the show was getting and they just absolutely had to throw in some jokes to try to make it entertaining.
Shame really, because i…
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Very underrated. I get the whole isekai thing might throw someone off considering how many of those anime are out there, but this one for me passed the test.
Interesting MC and supporting characters (especially Rose who at times is the real protagonist). The writing and art style is good although nothing really special.
It's not like Shield Hero although i can see why someone would find similarities, but it's more on the lighter side. It has the right amount of comedic relief to balance the darker stuff.
Personally i found it very entertaining and i hope there's a season 2 eventually.
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THE GOOD:
Light-hearted isekai with minimum fanservice and no edgy or perverted/rapey teenagers. It's an easy watch with a really likeable and, finally, a more normal MC.
THE BAD:
Really cheap fight and war scenes. Actually, just really low budget in general. While I really like how the heroes are all so pleasant and get along for a change, none of the side characters or antagonists are even close to being memorable. The story needs a lot more depth and characters a lot more development.
I gave it an 8 when it really should've been a 7 in my books, because... maybe I'm just getting old and really sick of the edgy and rapey trope. I'd like to see characters behaving more like normal humans and The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic really shines in this department. I'll be watching the nex…
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Thrash isekai. Nothing more, nothing less. Was somewhat enjoyable. Ig the comedy wasn't really my style... and seeing as how comedy is one of the main, if not the main points of this anime, ig I missed quite a lot of its enjoyment. It's the dumb king of comedy, but for me it seems like the bad dumb kind of comedy. The unfunny one. So yea, ig it wasn't for me
Story: 7
Pretty average basic story for an isekai. Forgetable fast af. Some of the story parts were dumb af tho, literally made me ??? myself for the reason they did it this way.... It's superficial af as well, nothing deep at all, not even a little bit. Was fine with that, not like everything needs to be complex or anything... But I feel like they tried to force at times some kind of feeling moments? Guess it didn't work on me cuz t…
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Within the isekais this can feel like a resting point before continuing to consume more anime of the genre.
The beginning is the most cliché thing that exists, here it is not about innovating, it is about quickly reaching what the name of the work indicates. The work is interesting because it slightly removes the two most used elements within the genre. Those are the "hero" role and the super powerful ability. On this occasion our protagonist is not a hero, he is just a random person who was trapped in the summoning ritual. His ability is not the strongest that exists either, it is just unusual since few people have access to it. Due to these two issues, instead of having training to fight on the front line, our protagonist is forcibly adopted by the rescue squad. Where he will has to bui…
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An excellent anime with a lot of add-on problems which are annoying.
Firstly, this anime is qualitatively very good, and is an 8/10 in my opinion. But that doesn't detract from the many issues that keep this anime from being a masterpiece.
These issues would roughly come down to three problems; 1-Characters, 2-Pacing, 3-The Ending.
1. Characters:
The characters are really well done when they are on-screen, the problem arises when you actually see the amount of characters that are main characters that maybe get 40 minutes combined for all MCs that are not Rose and Usato for the entire season. This is probably an issue of this anime only being 13 episodes long, and not 24–26 episodes long.
This is probably one of the most annoying issues with the anime, because Usato over the span of the…
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Was this show amazing? No. Was it worth a watch? I think so.
The Wrong Way To Use Healing Magic is one of the new more common types of shows that air nowadays, with a small amount of weekly episodes. If you didn't watch it while it was releasing like I did, I can see this being something you'd watch on the weekend or even a single day. If you're going to breeze through this, I think it will make it even more enjoyable.
I'm going to use the MAL ranking system to make my reviews easier to look back on for myself, so here we go.
STORY: 7 (Good)/10
The story of this show was quite basic with a few interesting but not unheard of concepts. However, for 13 episodes it was reasonable and didn't need to keep me hooked - the progression was basic, as it only covers about 1 chapter an episode, but…
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Intro - The second line of the anime name gives the overview of what the plot planned.
Story -
The plot and characters are interesting. Multiple interesting characters exist in the anime.
The main character was given some backstory and depth.
But the pace is highly uneven in middle episodes. Almost seems like a drag.
The amount of story covered in this season is low. They could have made the season longer or covered more chapters.
Somehow they managed to make it entertaining in the last 3-4 episodes. (And the first 3 or so eps are good).
The action and humor sequences are enjoyable.
The upcoming season looks promising but it all depends on their pacing and number of episodes.
Read at the sourceMarinate1016
Chiyu Mahou ended up being one of those pleasant surprises this season. At first glance from the title alone, I was expecting another somewhat generic healer/pharmacy style anime of which we’ve had several lately. However, after the first few episodes I quickly realised this had way more potential than I thought and I ultimately think it lived up to that.
This show’s got a few things going for it that really make it good for me. The first is that we have a group isekai. Not an entire class, but a trio of friends. Usato, Suzune and Kazuki are unexpectedly summoned to another world while walking home one day. While Kazuki and Suzune are quickly named heroes, Usato is taken off to join the healing corps, which brings me to my next point. Usato being proficient at healing magic and working t…
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This is such a frustrating series. The premise both felt like it was written specifically to appeal to me and repulse me. The former because, as someone who commonly takes on the healer role in online games but still likes to throw hands as a healer, the entire concept of a "wrong way to use healing magic" felt more personally investing. The latter because it's as basic isekai as isekai premises get: three students (because of course they need high schoolers) get summoned to a fantasy world because they have to save the kingdom, one of whom just ends up coming along for the ride but, of course, ends up with the special magic that distinguishes him even from his fellows. To be fair, it doesn't stay rote, as Usato quickly finds himself at the mercy of the powerful and sadistic healer Rose, w…
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The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic - Is this Redo of Healer ver 2.0? If not, what is this then?
Every year, in and out, I always think to myself: "What's the best way to market Isekai works without having any of the stereotypical tried-and-true obvious "word search" counters like "Isekai", "Overpowered" and the like, without looking too offensive nor too generic to the Average Joe?" And like most of you, I've likely found that title by accident through its unassuming presentation, that however, takes a methodical approach to the whole "being Isekai-ed" measure. May I introduce to you: novelist Kurokata's Chiyu Mahou no Machigatta Tsukaikata a.k.a The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic (it's long-ass title is exactly what the series does).
Everybody wishes to have that fantastical treatment o…
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So.....before we move on to the season of ‘Big Isekais’, Winter 2024 quietly delivered some decent shows within the same genre. Among them, ‘The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic’ is probably the one closest to being termed ‘Generic’. However, it handles certain aspects so well that the ‘Generic’ or ‘Clichéd’ elements become almost negligible. ‘The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic’ was unexpectedly a good watch.
Plot(7/10):
The first 20 minutes of this anime mostly contain the ‘clichéd stuff’. Multiple students get summoned in a hero summoning, and the protagonist receives the least powerful ability (Healing). Everything up to this point is what you would call a generic start to an isekai show. However, things begin to improve a bit after the introduction of Rose. But the show still follows…
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