Audience reviews
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Connoisseur5910
Well, a quite underrated hidden gem in the fantasy school genre. It’s not a masterpiece by any means, but it’s still a very good and enjoyable watch if you’re looking for something light.
The first two episodes are the most promising — they hook you with a cool premise, solid world-building, and an interesting mix of fantasy and sci-fi elements. Unfortunately, the show has some noticeable flaws, especially in the fight scenes. They often reuse the same frames and shots, which makes the action feel repetitive and a bit cheap at times.
Still, despite its weaknesses, it manages to stay entertaining throughout.
The story follows a powerful Demon Lord who wakes up in the body of a young boy in a futuristic world threatened by mysterious Voids. It has a decently interesting plot with some nice…
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This anime begins with a Demon Lord named Leonis Death Magnus using a spell that would resurrect him a thousand years in the future. However, the resurrection is only partially successful, and he returns in the body of his 10 year old self. Furthermore, his goal of conquering humanity is made much more difficult by the fact that the world has changed considerably to the point none of his old assumptions apply. To put it simply, he comes from a world of fantasy but was resurrected into a world of magic powered sci-fi. Furthermore, the threat to humanity is no longer demons, but rather some extradimensional force known as Voids and humanity no longer fights directly with magic, but rather with special weapons known as Holy Swords.
Leo’s first order of business is to gain a better understand…
Read at the sourceTrashWaifuHater
I know why you are here. We both do. You have already watched every popular, high-rated show in the genre. You have exhausted the entire spectrum of any isekai that could be reasonably construed as a work of art or brings new and interesting ideas to the table. You have descended into the ranks of trash isekai... and you like it. You are now scraping the bottom of the MyAnimeList barrel looking for anything remotely watchable and enjoyable, because that is what you have become - a trash isekai-loving Gollum searching desperately for your precious.
Well, my friends, I am pleased to inform you: this IS the trash isekai you are looking for.
There is absolutely nothing in here that you haven't seen before. It doesn't even slightly pretend to originality, creativity or realism. The art is as…
Read at the sourceMitsuhashiIcy
One of many anime that would've benefitted had it not been for this 12 episode standard. I haven't read the original source material so I don't whether or not the things I'm unsatisfied with the anime is covered in it.
Focuses too much on our protagonist and main character, Leonis and Riselia. Did try to expand on the lore of the other platoon members however it feels very short and just thrown out there for the sake of it being mentioned. And of course, while understandably so, our protagonist is overpowered. I would've passed it off if his sorceries had shown more variety before having to pull out Dainsleif 3 times.
Read at the sourceMitsotakiShogun
I started this, was disappointed, dropped it, and now I picked it up again and finished it. I left the original / preliminary review unchanged, and the rest of the review will be at the bottom.
### Previous preliminary review (5/10 after 6 episodes)
The first two episodes seemed kinda interesting, the premise was definitely not new but it did seem like it could be enjoyable, but it slowly became more and more boring until I couldn't get motivated to watch another episode, and eventually dropped it.
It's not the worst thing I've seen, but it has zero redeeming qualities and is a mix of all the older popular series with demon lords (and maybe a few more), taking from them 3+ bad parts for every 1 good part. The result is a run-of-the-mill story, with poor animation, poor story, uninterest…
Read at the sourceRigga
This show is... boring. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who isn't enticed by one or more of the following aspects:
1. Rebirth of a demon king into the future as a human
2. Shota Harem of schoolgirls
3. Generic battles with magic and spirit guns
The show really excels in these three categories. It manages to really dig in on these premises. The first episode is somewhat high quality and you almost don't notice that the monsters are 3D. But after that, it all goes downhill. The show increasingly sexualizes the underage female cast, and even forces the kid to deal with it. The monsters are all 3D CGI monsters (except for the tree guy)... The harem doesn't really occur as a harem per se, but moreso 1/2 girls kissing him on the cheek and a bunch thinking of themselves as his older sisters.
A…
Read at the sourceBruce_lightener
Had a lot of potential as an anime however ended up as a rather forgetful one. The prologue sets up the story well, the flashbacks are not too long hence do a decent job at increasing the premise. The characters are fun but they aren't developed all that much. The plot though new kind of generally remain on the character Leonis using his Demon Sword and saving the day. And by far the most infuriating part was the reuse of a single shot over and over again, it greatly reduces the watch quality and makes me feel like the anime doesn't deserve anymore than a score of 6. A rather poor attempt at animating perhaps one of the better light novels.
Read at the sourceQuarenten
Demon lord is overrun by team Good and escapes to his secret basement and enters cryogenics.
He falls asleep promising vengeance on his awake 10,000 years in the future.
Upon being woken up by a cutie tomb raider, his loins decide to act the victim to gather information.
As he learns more about the new world, he discovers that by chance he has found himself fitting the role as a classic MC in a harem hero story, and decides emotional conquest has a better return on “Plot”.
The demon lord bides his time, after all world domination can wait... There are waifus to collect.
The End.
Read at the sourceStanky5187
This might be one of the most underrated series I’ve ever watched. The lore runs deep, with each episode gradually revealing more about the world, the MC, and the main group's background. Every single episode kept me engaged, especially the later ones. IMO, people rate it way too harshly—I almost skipped this one after reading some reviews.
The anime has plenty of funny moments, and while it does use CGI at times, the animation isn’t bad at all. The enemy monster designs, known as "Voids," are pretty cool, too. There's no harem (at least from what I can tell from Season 1 and the wiki), which I really appreciated. Outside of the main group, the side characters don’t have much depth, but honestly, that didn’t bother me
Power scaling isn’t taken too seriously here, but I’d still consider i…
Read at the sourceArchangelEST
The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy is a fantasy story with interesting ideas and worldbuilding, but is ultimately let down by low production values and apparent rushing of the story.
Animation / Art / General Visuals - 6/10
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While far from terrible, the show lacks any notable animation quality. Action scenes are little better than slideshows and visual effects an absolute bare minimum. The base art and detail is quite solid though, making non-combat scenes quite enjoyable to watch.
Sound / Music / Voice Acting - 7/10 ------------------------------------------
There aren't any notable tunes, but the voice acting and basic sounds are up to modern standards.
Story - 7/10
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Even though it comes off as rushed, the stor…
Read at the sourcenkz9lt2
Seiken Gakuin is a fantasy, magic and isekai anime and follows the former demon king Leonis Death Magnus, this personality in the past, more precisely 1000 years ago was the Demon Lord, so it was to be expected that he would be incredibly strong, something quite present and highlighted, the protagonist as commander of the underworld creates a very powerful army, as well as ammunition to conquer the human race, however the opponents organized themselves in battle, resulting in a victory for humanity that overthrew the demonic empire and its leader, This is a fundamental occurrence for humans to become stronger, be autonomous and progress in society.
The calamity described above concerns the losers, the demonic empire, which was ruled by Leonis, which due to this fiasco in struggle, was for…
Read at the sourceMavisLH
Yet another bang average seasonal harem fantasy anime.
Now usually I don't mind them. I enjoy this pairing of genres for quick late night binging. As long as it has a cute cast of characters and a respectably apt main lead I'll consume any harem anime.
Well it ticks the box for cute characters. Even though most lack any semblance of depth and are just cardboard cutouts appealing to degenerates.
The story is passable. Its an interesting concept and an even more interesting theme. It definitely had potential.
Alas my biggest gripe is the protagonist. For some unfathomable reason I simply cannot understand why anime still run with child protagonists. Especially this one. The MC is a 10 year old demon lord incarnate. But the indomitable spirit of pure intimidation and malice simply does n…
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Title: Seiken Gakuin no Makentsukai: The Reincarnated Demon King
Rating: 5/10
Summary: In a world where humanity is on the brink of extinction by Voids, the Demon King Leonis is reincarnated into the body of a ten-year-old boy. Determined to protect humanity and reunite with the goddess, Leonis enrolls in Excalibur Academy, a school that trains students to fight against the Voids.
Review: Seiken Gakuin no Makentsukai is an isekai fantasy series that, unfortunately, fails to meet expectations. Despite having an intriguing or mildly curious premise, the execution of the story is simple and, in many cases, boring. The protagonist, Leonis, is a one-dimensional character lacking depth and development. His motivation to protect humanity is simple and unconvincing, and his personality is flat…
Read at the sourceHyroSan
"Edgy" Show #1
Lame Shota MC
Lame Onee-sans
Lame Ripoff Shadow Dog from JJK
This is one of some edgy shows this season and has to be the lamest. And by "edgy", I mean a lame attempt to make the MC look cool while getting fanservice through tits and closeups.
It's pathetic to see an incompetent Maou-sama, staying low only to start caring for his enemies, while simultaneously looking for ways to conquer the world, yet getting restrained by a naked woman. And yeah, harem. That's also pathetic. It's a poor excuse to see strong women who are already DIDs (Damsels In Distress) start loving the MC.
And then there's the MC's maid, who shouldn't even exist (I hate her)
Ugh, at least the action was ok...?
Read at the sourceSuperAdventure
If you look up the source material for this drek, you’ll see something that has become increasingly familiar in this Post Modern trash heap of a world we live in. A manga, or “Light novel” that looks suspiciously like every other light novel coming out these days. It’s a bunch of random-character-generator waifus created in a program like Manga Studio, with generic faces made by the program, dressed up in outfits that were picked from the program, colored by swatches in the program, arranged into manga panels with the program, by an author who probably couldn’t draw a stick figure if you asked him to. I’ve noticed nearly all the Current Day anime and manga media tends to look the same. It’s totally generic, looks like everything else, because it was made the same way as everything else. Th…
Read at the sourceFlacion
A simple fantasy sci-fi anime with surprises in it, though with some nice and smooth animation.
This show revolves around a demon lord that is defeated and decides to hibernate for a thousand years. To then wake up in the future with a weaker form and where humans have forgotten how to use magic, and technology now mostly rules. You then follow how he becomes a part of a squad only made up of women, and has made strong relation to one of them.
The plot in itself is in no way mind baffling, and is honestly very predictable with little to any plot twists. The plot is still building on itself and is making progression in the story, though be it a rather bland one.
The characters are not that original or very interesting, only showing very few deeper details to them. None of them seems extr…
Read at the sourceKANLen09
The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy — the definition of the LN BS trope done a thousand times and more, which sounds different, but honestly looks no different from many of its contemporaries.
For the record, novelist Yuu Shimizu is one of those authors that you don't know much about. That is unless, you've read or even seen Seireitsukai no Blade Dance a.k.a Blade Dance of the Elementalers, which got TNK's anime adaptation almost a decade ago in Summer 2014, which to me is one hell of a guilty pleasure of a source material when both the school and harem genres were a riot back in the day (i.e. 8-bit's Winter 2011's show Infinite Stratos is one of them), and I loved it for what it is. Fast forward 5 years later, and we have the latest work from the author: Seiken Gakuin no Makentsu…
Read at the sourceMarinate1016
Seiken is a tricky one for me to evaluate. On one hand, I’m a sucker for rather generic fantasy settings with hot girls, on the other hand I can’t help but feel like this was a let down. Somewhat promising post apocalyptic setting that really didn’t get explored much, lacklustre side characters and some bad animation. While I overall enjoyed it, I wouldn’t call this a must watch.
I’ve known about this series for a few years now and hadn’t read the LNs because readers told me the story was generic and boring after the first volume or so. For fantasy LN readers, who normally have much higher tolerances for that type of stuff to say that, threw me off a bit. But after this season I can definitely see why they felt that way. This series doesn’t do anything particularly well. It’s got the usua…
Read at the sourceTheAsterNaut
Another isekai with generic characters? Where to start? The two main girls, a high class lady and her servant have lost everything to the "Void" attacks and are looking to save the last of humanity with their holy weapons. It's a fine concept and these are the only two characters that feel fleshed out, so if the story was about that them it could've been a interesting show. Sadly, the plot revolves around a demon lord that comes back after 1000 years in the human body of a 12 year old and gets adopted by said girls from earlier. This happens to muddle the story and cause it to feel bland with the same over-powered protagonist slop as you see in most isekais.
The Void enemies are also very uninspired designs and don't really make for interesting enemies thus far. The show has gone to make t…
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