Audience reviews
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kchakrak
TLDR - Skip this. A good first half is thrown away by a terrible second half.
Kunon is, centrally, a comedy with dramatic elements. It has a somewhat unique setup and odd characters. This leads to the first half being really surprisingly good with a heartfelt change in arc which made me tear up, as we say goodbye to the old setup and hello to the new one. However, I can only assume the second half was written by someone else as all characters are 4-koma comedy archetypes with no depth and Kunon himself becomes extremely irritating.
This anime starts off by doing a great job of showing us the full character of Kunon. He's isolated due to his blindness and quite pessimistic, but he comes out of his shell thanks to those around him and gets a ray of home from his magic tutor. All good, most…
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The story is very repetitive and plain. The main character is supposedly an honest gentleman, but is annoying in his portrayal, which is mostly just him being a philanderer and "good sexist," treating women preferentially to the annoyance and frustration of almost everyone in the story. Other than that, it is a very milktoast fantasy magic story.
The show is a bit disappointing in that the premise was interesting, however it abandoned many of the traits that would have made his portrayal representative and relatable for those with disabilities. Of course, the name says it all, so really it should be expected, however it's still dissapointing that a lot of those struggles are resolved so quickly. They even manage to do some interesting things with some of the characters like the maid and t…
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This clearly should've been an ecchi, right?
Rather than pretending like the magic and plot matters every episode should've just been Kunon being a maximum pervert and leaning way harder into his whole "women only" shtick, maybe then I wouldn't have gotten tired of his gimmick so quickly. Everything in this anime feels so half hearted because the story takes itself too seriously for what it ultimately is: Self-Insert Slop. Kunon may have a interesting design but his personality is barebones, being nothing more than the pervert trope but reeled back to make him seem like a "gentleman".
All the girls are so damn bland, both design and token personality wise. Anytime a new girl was inroduced I was confused because she would have classic attributes that should make her attractive (A maid, a…
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I'm writing another review since the previous one got taken down (lol)
Honestly... It's good. Like... Not perfect, no great animation, no intense fights, no immense author's dedication to world building and magic system design, but.. It's good.
While I understand why people might dislike it, it is thoroughly enjoyable if you can get past few issues. Yes, the jokes are corny. Yes, the MC is kinda obnoxious from time to time. But this anime is self-aware regarding this. Given the fact that good fantasy with original plot is rare nowadays... and the fact that "comedy" in anime is honestly non-existent as of the latest few seasons... this one making me giggle from time to time and actually making me want to know what will happen next is probably what's making me biased in the score I give.…
Read at the sourceAeroGunz
“Kunon the Sorcerer Can See” is what happens when incompetent writing butchers an interesting idea (this happens way too often lately).
There aren’t many shows that tire me out. This one is definitely one of them. Watching this was not only boring but also exhausting. This show doesn’t care about anything. Not the plot, not the story, not it’s own world, magic system or characters. It’s like watching someone’s loose thoughts. The problem is that those are not fever dream-like, high octane thoughts like in FLCL, no, these are the most boring thoughts one can have. Alfred Hitchcock is attributed to the quote “Movie is life, with all the boring parts cut out”. This show is the exact inverse of that. It’s all the fun parts cut out.
Before we start I would like to explain something. I will be…
Read at the sourcePanzerIV-J
"Kunon the Sorcerer Can See" is a weird anime with a lot of odd characters, a very different kind of story, and plenty of obscure moments—but does that actually make it good?
In short: it depends.
In long: it really depends on what you look for in an anime, especially whether uniqueness alone is enough to keep you interested.
Getting into it, the biggest issue is how the show handles Kunon’s blindness. After about 6 episodes, it basically stops mattering. It ends up feeling more like a cosmetic trait than an actual disability. It’s like if a paralyzed character could use magic to move again and the story never treats that as something with limitations or consequences. Because of that, the core premise loses its weight. His blindness barely affects him at the start, and once he starts usi…
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Really liked the anime, but seeing overall rating by people.. might hinder S2 and onward production that makes me sad.
The things I like are as follows:
- MC with some lacking/disease and tends to be depressed about it
-- Discovers Magic (Technology) and decides an ambition for himself that fuels life to his view of life and living standards (obv works towards it)
- Support like her "Maid" is epic, especially not only in fueling the MCs motivation but mine throughout the series
-- Good jokes and fun to watch
- Magic used is basic most of the time, but the variations keeps on and on (improvisation) - Earliest Sensei devotes in curriculum creation to keep up with fast learner, she improvises and also pass on the mantle when she think she's not sufficient (yet she decides to pursue her own…
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Majutsushi Kunon wa Mieteiru starts with a genuinely good idea: a blind boy who uses water magic as his own sensory system, with a precision and depth no generalist mage can match. That premise has real weight. The problem is the anime treats it as a launching pad and then builds something far more generic on top.
The first half is a slice-of-life romance with decent rhythm. The second half, once the magic academy arrives, drops almost everything it had built before — shelves the more interesting characters, abandons the relationship dynamics — and falls into standard power fantasy: new place, better than everyone, wins everyone over, done. Conflicts resolve in one episode or less. Episode 12 literally starts and ends in the same place.
Worth it if you watch week to week with low expectati…
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the bird brain emptyheadedness of the mc is appalling up til the end. the magic is nothing near cool or nice to watch just subparness we're all supposed to pretend is great in that universe. the character is as deep as a dry springroll sheet. cannot understand who was supposed to be the audience for this show. subpar and brainwashed upbringing due to a maid raising him is easily fixable but the author wants to pretend that's the charm. I watched out of spite, hoping someone slaps some sense into that greasy child but alas here we are. the highest rating it should get is 3.
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having a relatively strong opening sequence, the show quickly falls into a cycle of repeat jokes that fail the land. while overall being mildly enjoyable, its hard to say it was anything but a waste of time. every problem the character has is solved in the first six episodes, and the rest of the show is a clown show of him demonstrating that as the main character, he is the only one who knows anything about magic. probably the largest sin is how the main character only ever uses two spells, and even in his main character way of making the most of those spells, he still generally only uses 4 or so 'compound spells' through the show.
there is no villain, there is no challenge, there is no moment of weakness, there is no personal loss. this is the worst kind of slice of life wearing the skin…
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This anime was like pulling teeth, sure it might seem like a good idea but it gets worse and worse as it goes on and then at end you just get this painful mess.
The concept for this series was a good one, it had strong potential, and in the first few episodes you could actually see that potential, it just obviously fails to live up to and deliver on it, there are a myriad of reasons for that, and don't worry I will get into that.
What we do have is a series where the MC goes from being able to do nothing to very quickly being able to do everything and is also very obnoxious at the same time.
One of the biggest issues I have is that nothing really happens, the initial episodes Kunon has a clear goal, something he seeks to work towards, after that it kind of drifts away he's distracted by…
Read at the sourceChandra1337
The show starts off decently, however it soon devolves into a fairly bland story about a mage who can't see, who overcomes this in like the couple episodes, but also at the same time somehow doesn't and spends half the series learning how to see, even though it appears that he's been able to see since like episode 2 or 3 or so.
The show tends to get worse as the episodes go on, getting rather ridiculous in episode 12 where he suddenly starts hitting on every female and basically ignoring all guys - which is something that wasn't really touched on until this moment. Overall, the story is your typical trope of "MC is stupidly overpowered for no apparent reason" anime. Don't bother.
Read at the sourceHERMIT_PAIMON
This anime got same treatment like jack for all trade just because it follows seasonal Isekai tropes . I agree it got some cringe and overuse of gentleman trope just to give mc a different personality more like to overcome his struggles which he faced from birth .
The overall concept is pretty cool and detailed, it's not like other Isekai cliche where mc use non chant magic spells or explains how science is responsible for magic etc .
Magic used by mc is pretty simple but detailed like it explores 100s of possibilities in just on spell. The struggle to overcome birth disability is a inspiring journey, it literally changed the relationship of mc with different people which are close to him or not .
The ending is set for another season . So, i assume we getting it soon .
Overall it's a 1…
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Why people probably hate it:
Low-stakes.
Repetitive gags.
Low quality animation.
Blindness doesn't affect his daily life as much as you think it should.
Plot points aren't that serious and things never seem to really go anywhere.
Problems are pretty minor and are solved without much struggle.
It's episode 8 and MC is still a literal child, though that's pretty standard in the genre. Why I love it:
The characters are funny.
The characters are funny.
The characters are funny.
It's just so stupid in the best ways.
The low quality animation only adds to the non-serious vibe for me.
Minor spoilers, imagine a character alone in a room, and then a giant crab manifests ominously behind them. And then the character continues what they were doing with nary a reaction, for a good 30 se…
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