Audience reviews
20 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
7boogie
This is around the third time watching this crappy show nothing special about it the animation is pretty mid the sound track is farily decent to be there, and the story is so lackluster but its just so entising.
smth about the ice blade sorcerer just grabs you buy a cu*k hold and drags you in and every time something about a unique and fascinating world is just stinkin good who dosent love magic and swords as well.
This show is like your average isekai slop its good but its not good to be good its just good. if you watch it youll know what i mean.
Read at the sourceLucarioAura208
thought it was just going to be another average story and it has Bad episodes but overall parts of it I really think it does go above and beyond with what you think from such an average story this story has been told a million times but they do it in a very unique and interesting way I really hope that it gets another season but I might end up reading the light novel I normally give anime like this a 7 out of 10 but this one really deserves an eighth a seven means a good and this is really Good definitely watch it if you are looking for something
Read at the sourceMashadaar
I really wanted to like this one more, such a fantastic MC. Ray tries his very best to carry this show. Pretty much anytime he’s on screen, the show hits a sweet spot of humor and feels. He’s such a genuine character and pretty much completely developed from the first episode. His writing and VC portray him in such a way I keep wanting to compare him to Clark Kent. The combination of directness, confidence, humility, and compassion is so rare for a Japanese character and really makes him stand out. The show’s charm mostly comes from his interactions with the friends and enemies he makes upon starting magic school. Another thing I really like about the show is the MC steps back and lets other people around him take the spotlight. For example, there is a fighting tournament and he doesn’t ev…
Read at the sourceToribelle_16
Great potential, but there's no excuse for the wasted time in earlier episodes for that rushed of an ending. If you made a mess in your pants after Game of Throne edged you for years, then let them punch you straight in the balls on the final episode, and can't wait to have that feeling again, by all means start this show.
If my sarcasm wasn't apparent, then I'll plainly say it as well. I was teased into thinking that this show might actually go somewhere.
The first episode felt like the intro to a visual novel game where you're forced to meet all the characters and they have the "first impression" moment where they establish the characters cheaply and you can tell there won't be much if any character development.
The best parts of the show were the opening, the visuals, the magic syste…
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"Grandiosely generic and fantastically fair" is the one sentence I would use to describe The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World (Hyouken no Majutsushi ga Sekai wo Suberu). Its a high-school slice-of-life infused with harem and bits of romcom in front of a fantasy backdrop. Except when the backdrop becomes the main story and turns everything into a menacing fantasy world based on magic-as-science which forces its inhabitants to grow and improve to survive.
The show successfully blends enjoyable parts of different genres together without overdoing it and as such is a very welcome breath of fresh air.
However: die-hard genre purists that are either into fantasy/isekai with constant level-ups and epic boss battles or are of the high-school slice-of-life/romcom type expecting lots of shy em…
Read at the sourcePedro12371717
The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World, it's a really cool anime, it has a really good story, the characters in the series are incredible, especially Amelia, who is my favorite in the anime, who for the love of God is super well written, the protagonist is also well developed, the other characters are less developed than Amelia and Ray, but they are really cool too, the fights, the animation and the visual aesthetics are really beautiful, seriously, this anime is way above average, I didn't give it anything and it gave me everything, especially the opening of the anime is really good, Sizuk did a great job with the lyrics and especially with the choruses of the music, it's an anime that's worth it, and I really like magic/isekai anime, I would really like this one. It's a great anime,…
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The opening is a hidden gem and one of my all time favorites. It was unskipable. The anime overall was very enjoyable somehow.
Did not expect him turning into a girl randomly, but it was not bad. (He looked fine as hell).
Maybe its just another isekai trash, but its not the worst.If you enjoy this type of anime its a must watch.
The animation is alright, the plot is somewhat interesting, and the character development is basic, but its not bad.
Hoping for a season 2, but sadly it will never come.
Deserves a good 7/10 for me. May be worse for others.
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The Iceblade Sorcerer...
is in short, well, a trash action-fantasy anime... It has the same recycled plot with an overpowered MC, magic school academy, Noble-Commoner discrimination BS, and cute girl harem... I mean, I expected this before I watched but I don't mind this repeated plot (I like it)... It will still be fun and can entertain me if it has some good storytelling, execution, and quality...
The story:
I would say it has potential, the magic concept is good, MC's abilities are cool, and the overall characters are interesting... However, these are all good things I can say about it (well, girls are cute too)... The execution and pacing are very bad, it's just too flat and rushed. There is no preamble, connection, peak romance, or climax drama, story events just happen here and the…
Read at the sourceRian_Rahmat
After watching, overall 6/10, not good and not bad, just normal.
1.This anime adds a little fan service to certain episodes and especially in the ending, but in my opinion, instead of fan service, it's better to focus on the storyline to make it more interesting.
2.The character who is too excited about her dry comedy is called Caroline Carol, which I think is just ordinary.
3.For the MC's background, it is also absurd that war victims continue to live peacefully and there is absolutely no further information about the results of the war.
4.The MC's voice when he was little and his pseudonym character was Kugimiya Rie and I'm already bored of hearing his voice.
5.It was said that the MC could rule the world but when he fought the last enemy he was overwhelmed.
6.The last episode…
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I watched the first episode because I saw it in a TikTok. I watched the other 11 because I wanted to see if anything wasn't a trope in the entire show (everything was a trope XD). The main character was a trope/bland, the harem of girls he had around him were all tropes/bland, the plot was bland, the backstory was bland, but the opener was decent. The animation didn't even deserve to call itself animation, it was more of a slideshow than anything else. This show is a shaky 2/10 (1/10 if the intro wasn't so good) don't watch unless you want to enjoy a show for its blandness.
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Alright let me just say this outright
This anime got me into working out just by watching it
I know how that sounds but holy hell idk what happened
Should I say it's actually a good anime? Nope. Can I say it made my life better? Yep.
Ignore all harem stuff as MC does and you can actually enjoy it.
Actual plot is decent, fantasy stuff is beliavable-ish, villians are dorks, harm stuff is annoying as always, pacing is fine, mandatory beach episode is present.
Overall I can recommend watching it but it does require some mental strength to pull through first episode.
Read at the sourceBujolg
The anime adaptation was a huge disappointment. I don't understand for what reason they changed the story, characters, and art style in the adaptation. They might as well call it a separate anime. And if you for a split second thought that they improved the bad sides of the manga, making it easier to follow or making female characters more deeply written, you are wrong. They have made from a decently written story with a fair amount of cliche moments another "op mc" mess.
The story became more cliche and predictable, with every scene spelt out to an embarrassing amount, and the same setup feeling completely different in the worst way possible. The art style was also one of the most disappointing aspects, with the heroes' designs completely changed and the animation feeling stiff and the a…
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The perfect man doesn't exist they said...
Enter Ray Chad "Casanova" Chaddington White, the MC who wettens the panties of every woman he meets, who's so jacked every dude drools, is so skilled that in the world where the 7 greatest sorcerers stand as the pinnacle of power, he is considered to be in another dimension above them.
This is his story...
Animation / Art / General Visuals - 7/10
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The spell effects are quite nice, using some 3D effects that don't hurt the eyes. Overall animations are fine, though you won't see any crazy combat movements or anything. The overall art style is clean and modern with enough details in both characters and scenery to be enjoyable to watch.
Sound / Music / Voice Acting - 7/10
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I actually enjoyed this one and it surprised me in that.
At first I was ready to dismiss this as being incredibly generic, while having an art style that is 20 years out of date.
Even though this is not an isekai, at first glance this looks like the standard plot where the most powerful hero//mage/demon king, reincarnates and then goes to a school where no one knows who they truly are, they show off how OP they are, create a harem, while being the blandest MC that doesn't have any characterisation possible. - That's how these things normally go.
This slowly subverted my expectations.
The MC isn't reincarnated, instead he was trained at a young age and served in the military, certain events happened, and he mysteriously disappeared as far as everyone knows, a couple of years later he is…
Read at the sourceAllwynd
Plot:
The story is about a kid who attends some magical school where everyone is from a distinguished family of sorcerers, he is the only one who is of regular lineage. The first few episodes there is a lot of talk about this "Ordinary" student who is attending, a lot of the other students are skeptical, some are even looking down on him, only a few don't mind who he is. Over the course of the series, the protagonist wins the hearts of everyone and becomes involved in some high-scale conspiracy.
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Characters:
The protagonist can be best described as a Mary Stu, he literally shows no flaws in his behavior, whatever he does - he's a professional at it - best wizard, best swordsman, best ladies man, best drag queen, best outdoorsman, best bodybuilder. The other characte…
Read at the sourceZukutoo
I did not expect to actually finish this Anime, but I did. The story is pretty "average" which is kind of sad because I actually liked the protagonist. He is not like the average MC, he is a gentlemen. He isnt simping over every single female person that he meets or is too scared to even talk to a female character. He is the opposite.
Plot:
The protagonist attends a Magic academy because he wants to learn more about Humans, make friends etc. Something cruel happened in his past and because of that his only "friends" are a group of soldiers.
It is a pretty basic plot to be hones. The other characters get introduced pretty fast and from then on they get to know eachother more etc. But, like I said, the MC is a gentlemen, thats why half of his friends are women. You probably know where th…
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"The Iceblade Magician Shall Rule the World" is an anime with a weird name that's fitting for how bizarre and unengaging the show turned out to be. From the start, it was clear that the story was lacking in direction and purpose, and the character of Ray White was just as uninteresting.
Typically, an anime protagonist faces challenges and grows stronger as a result, but Ray is inexplicably overpowered from the start, making it difficult to feel invested in his character arc. Instead, the show relies on tired harem anime tropes, with Ray saving a group of girls who then become infatuated with him.
I was completely underwhelmed by the show's lack of depth and coherence, and after the 12th episode, I was genuinely disappointed that I had invested any time in it at all. The show failed to pr…
Read at the sourceExemplarCayman
Violet Evergarden, except actually good.
“I have no trouble communicating with women” - the protagonist.
“Wtf, how am I supposed to self-insert?” - weebs that were expecting a generic isekai / battle harem.
First, this show isn’t a battle harem academy despite the superficial appearance of one, it’s a slice-of-life comedy.
Second, it’s self-insert fiction in a very old-school western way, like Harry Harrison’s and Robert Howard’s books. The protagonist is a gigachad with bodybuilder's muscles, mad sword & sorcery skills, a multitude of diverse talents, and an ability to unhook bras with his eyes. Basically, he’s Conan the Barbarian - a self-insert in the sense that the audience would like to be like him - and *could* realistically imagine themselves in his place because everything about…
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I don’t know what it was, but iceblade just hit for me. First episode was meh, but as the next few went on I really started liking the MC, the world and characters. Something about them just ticked for me.
I always say that something being generic does not necessarily mean bad. All stories have really been done before, so it comes down to execution to keep things entertaining and I think the execution of the characters in this one was good despite the generic overpowered guy at magical academy who everyone thinks is weak plot line.
Smaller cast means more focus on them and time to actually flesh them out. Little details like the edgy class rival who tries to make life hell for the MC actually growing and changing over the course of the show as opposed to staying a whiny brat all the ti…
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I effing hate this show to the core, it stinks and reels its way to the Isekai trash bin on an easy approach off the anime runway.
As Gordon Ramsay would say: "Bloody hell, here we go again." The desire for people to fill the AniManga scene with more generic Isekai/fantasy trash, I don't really understand the appeal of sadists like these to try and come up with "unique" LN-like titles for anime adaptations, simply because they are THAT popular in Japan. And people would LOVE the freak hell to pick out even the most blatant of generic works, no matter who was writing it, no matter who were the target audience for the shows, and absolutely no matter what was earned after the post ordeal with the anime on Blu-Ray sales. Case in point: novelist Nana Mikoshiba's Hyouken no Majutsushi ga Sekai…
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