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Synopsis
In the dawn of the 21st century, magic, long idea to be folklore and fairy tales, has become a systematized technology and is taught as a technical skill. In First Loftier School, the institution for magicians, students are segregated into two groups based on their archway exam scores: "Blooms," those who receive loftier scores, are assigned to the First Course, while "Weeds" are reserve students assigned to the 2nd Grade.
Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei follows the siblings, Tatsuya and Miyuki Shiba, who are enrolled in Kickoff High School. Upon taking the exam, the prodigious Miyuki is placed in the Offset Course, while Tatsuya is relegated to the Second Course. Though his practical exam scores and status as a "Weed" show him to exist magically inept, he possesses extraordinary technical knowledge, physical combat capabilities, and unique magic techniques—making Tatsuya the irregular at a magical loftier school.
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Sep 28, 2014
26 of 26 episodes seen
| Overall | iii |
| Story | 3 |
| Blitheness | three |
| Sound | 3 |
| Grapheme | 3 |
| Enjoyment | 3 |
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I'one thousand not entirely sure why I watched all of Mahouka. At some point it was a scholarly interest in why this was the latest hottest thing in calorie-free novels. It might have been considering people said information technology gets improve in the novels afterward and I wondered at what phase that would be. At another betoken it was purely to see if I could finish it every bit a personal challenge. If I could keep watching I might be able to detect something good about this anime. Something that at the stop of the mean solar day I could say "sure it was more often than not bad, but at that place was this one thing near the evidence that was enjoyable". I never found that thing. I tin find naught to recommend most Mahouka. It is bad on pretty much every level. The starting time indicate it fails at, and the main signal that drags down the entire show, is the main character. Tatsuya Shiba is a highly talented sorcerer who has been placed in the crappy kids class. He's in that location because he is bad at pushing a foursquare inch wooden block across a flooring with his heed. This is the just matter he is bad at in the globe of magic. He is a master wizard who can abolish out other magicians magic. He's baffling intelligent to the point that he can calculate mind-bogglingly complex magical problems in milliseconds. In his spare time he's the globe's greatest engineer, fronting as the mysterious Silver creating the best magical equipment in the world. He solves magical bug that the rest of the globe have been struggling with for years. He creates the ability of flying on a whim. He tin see through walls. He can take down an entire platoon of terrorists by himself. He can detonate the ability equivalent of an atomic bomb over anywhere in the earth. He can heal all wounds instantly. He can raise the dead. But he is not very good at pushing a square inch cake across a floor so clearly he's a flawed graphic symbol. When your main grapheme is as perfect as this, there is no tension. There is no struggle. Whatever problem presented to Tatsuya tin can be solved with no outcome. Yet the show likes to pretend he genuinely has factors confronting him. It's purely lipservice though that has no applied limitations on his capability to do literally anything. Whenever the bear witness tries to make me feel like Tatsuya is inconvenienced, information technology ends up flipping effectually and making me feel like I should be on the side of the people against Tatsuya. It got to the signal that for long periods of the show I found it easier to treat Tatsuya like he was the villain. You know that large Darwinian spoken communication given past Charles 6 Brittania from Code Geass where he goes on virtually how the strong will destroy and subjugate the weak and that's why everyone will bow downward to Brittania and all hail Brrrrrrrrritannia? That'due south Tatsuya'south, and past extension the author's outlook on life. Except when Charles delivers his speech near the myth of equality, it's past Norio Wakamoto hamming it up to eleven equally the about evil character in the globe. In Mahouka it's Tatsuya delivering the speech about how equality is a bad thing and we should destroy those who seek to change that, and we're supposed to hold with his outlook. The weird thing is, Tatsuya would make a pretty great supervillain. His at-home attitude and dangerous intelligence is perfect Bond villain cloth. He's a cold-blooded killer who wipes out several thousand people without remorse during the show. You lot can totally practise villain as protagonist thing. Lite Yagami did a pretty good job of it as a similar smart person with dangerous beliefs and astounding power. Tatsuya though is ever presented as the hero. All the villains are terrorists, more terrorists, and the Chinese, none of whom are presented as anything other than paper-thin cutouts of villains. The first episode shows that the schoolhouse has a dumb arrangement where less magically talented kids are treated like shit by the upper grade of magical students. Just instead of coming to the conclusion that the whole system is dumb considering it creates a class arrangement, the bear witness comes to the conclusion that the system is bad because it didn't rate Tatsuya highly. And so we have unstable foundations from which to build this show on, but what about the more superficial presentation bending. Are the magical fights fun? No. Technobabble. Magical sequences in the show are interrupted by long explanations of the magical theory behind them. Characters would sit in the cafe and discuss magic. Tatsuya would move a block across a room and then launch into a lengthy explanation why this was difficult for him. Tatsuya would explain why wizards flying is really difficult for near of an episode and then go on to solve it a infinitesimal later accompanied by another explanation. I got a pretty practiced grasp on the globe's magic arrangement by the finish of the show, but these scenes are all excruciatingly boring even with that cognition. Eyes glaze over as they talk about oscillating magical frequencies and squiddidly heebijeebies and whatnot. What was even more frustrating is you lot could use none of this knowledge to enjoy the bear witness more than. None of the explanations helped the viewer agreement what was going on in a boxing better or let y'all work out what was going on yourself. Fifty-fifty with the knowledge of magic I gained, it never became useful to know for anything else. It wasn't edifice lore either since it felt mostly like reading from a highly slow textbook. And so what was the point of these lengthy magical explanations? The explanation is pretty piece of cake really. You know in Kill la Kill one of the characters would accept an explanation equally to why Matoi Ryuko gained this incredible power of hers, delving into theories about life fibres then on, until Mako would burst in and yell "so what you're saying is Ryuko has awesome powers", turning the entire previous conversation into a hilarious joke that outlined that none of it was really important? That'southward Mahouka's magical explanations except it's explaining why Tatsuya is totally awesome. Also it's not played as a joke. What these magical explanations also do is make Mahouka very dull to look at. The vast bulk of the show is talking heads with no artistry put into their presentation. The magical fights are equally pretty deadening with no interesting fight choreography. In general Mahouka is pretty bland visually and doesn't have dandy blitheness either. The music, since I'grand on the subject of product values, is also pretty bland. A agglomeration of generic jpop for OP/ED and insert songs is the virtually it can muster. The pacing is also atrocious, in detail during the middle and boringest arc, and again I tin attribute this by and large to these Tatsuya-appealing sessions of lengthy magical explanations that ultimately pb to no conclusion beyond Mako yelling "so what you're saying is Tatsuya is totally awesome right". There's also a whole load of nitpicky problems. One that bewitched me was the bear witness's weirdly conservative treatment of women. Tatsuya'south sister is madly in love with him, but oddly that didn't bother me also much because it's just another method the show uses to appeal to Tatsuya. No what I'm referring to is the weird way anytime a adult female would wear something other than the nigh skin-covering clothing, a character would comment on how they should cover upwards and stop existence such a dingy whore. Usually by Tatsuya, because he's a admirer *tips fedora*. All while the camera pans lovingly up the underdressed woman's skin and makes their boobs really shiny. It's a small thing, but it compounds with lots of other piddling things that make me really start to resent the author. I really tried scraping through my memory banks to find something I liked about the bear witness, merely I could come upward with nothing. I mostly just establish more than and more nitpicky bug the further I probed. The grapheme designs are banal to the indicate that I kept mixing upwards characters. It has too many characters in general and there were a large clamper of them for whom I didn't sympathize their purpose. That i episode where the student council leader gave a speech during a contend that solved goose egg only somehow their opposition thought they were defeated by this incredibly speech. How boring the presentation of the magical sports were and how encarmine long they kept showing them. Peradventure the closest I can think of every bit a skillful thing about Mahouka is how, by the end, Tatsuya'due south power goes across the signal of fifty-fifty self-parody. So what, one wry smile from the whole prove, and even that is an ironic one? Here's a proffer for you if you're thinking of watching Mahouka. Puff your cheeks out. Now stick your tongue out slightly. Now blow air out of your mouth and so information technology escapes nether your tongue. This should cause your tongue to brand a rasping noise, not dissimilar to that of a fart. Congratulations. Y'all accept at present done something more fun that watching Mahouka with nearly as much creative merit.
Jul 5, 2015
26 of 26 episodes seen
| Overall | nine |
| Story | 8 |
| Animation | ix |
| Audio | 7 |
| Character | 8 |
| Enjoyment | ten |
Alright, despite giving a score of 9, allow me to make this perfectly clear, THIS SHOULD NOT BE WATCHED BY EVERYONE!!! There are iii very crucial aspects to this show that grade a fissure among the viewers. If yous are able to tolerate or enjoy these aspects, watch this show. If yous find these elements unbearable and so you lot should definitely walk away considering they are ubiquitous throughout the entirety of the 26 episodes. Story: 8 Art: nine Audio: seven Characters: eight Enjoyment: 10 Overall: ix
I: An over-powered protagonist. When I say over-powered I mean it in the most literal sense possible. This guy does not lose, ever. He's a genius with combat capabilities surpassing every other person nosotros encounter within the testify. This earth practically made him a god. Someone tell Kira to take notes because condign this guy is how y'all actually conquer the world. You will never take to ponder who will emerge the victor, the competition was won every bit soon equally our hero decided to make his advent. If this aspect volition bother you, Practise Non Picket THIS Prove!!! This never proved bothersome to me. I accepted the simple fact that this narrative would have a god in the driver'due south seat and just enjoyed watching the moments when the other characters realized the truthful power our protagonist held.
Ii: Exposition heavy dialogue. The dialogue tin be said to bore some people to tears with the snail-like pace it moves at. In this story it's not simply that magic exists, no, there is a organization to it. This system that is more alike to science than the traditional wizards and wands way. The specifics of this system of magic, it's integration into society, the social standing of those who tin can utilize magic, all of information technology is explored through the dialogue. A fight with magic will occur and the adjacent 10 minutes will be a discussion of the fight. History, politics, and a magic that behaves as science are all explored in heavy detail. If that sounds monotonous, laissez passer on this championship. Personally, I found this fascinating. I loved that the author took time to craft a world filled with detail and societal nuances.
III: Hints towards an incestuous human relationship between the two main characters. With the primary characters being an elderberry brother and sister who are very close, incestuous hints are littered throughout their interactions and thoughts. This never impacted my enjoyment in the slightest, it'south a work of fiction, not myself. I tin split my ain deportment from that of the characters. Not to mention the simple fact that I could not think of any reason as to why incest is fundamentally wrong (potential genetic issues in offspring irrelevant, reproduction not mutually inclusive), but I digress. If you dislike seeing siblings with a relationship that seems to become across the standard definition of a sibling relationship, then practice not click play on that commencement episode.
For all of you who find yourselves unperturbed past the aforementioned elements so by all ways, keep reading. Now, onto the standard format for reviewing on this site:
This story is far from unique. Two new students showing up to a school and taking an ax to the beliefs and perceptions of the entire student trunk is nothing new. These siblings arrive and the foundations that anybody believed to be stable are shifted. That being said, I loved the execution of this concept in the world the author created. In my exposition portion I mentioned that this world has an incredible amount of detail to information technology. Said particular is exactly why I love the idea of shaking the roots lodge stands upon. The school has a very discriminate social standing that our principal characters are able to shatter.
Outside of the schoolhouse itself we also have the governmental structure of Japan, foreign nations and terrorist groups, etc, etc. These components were all stacked together to build a earth that felt real.
The narrative of this show is arc-based. This shouldn't be surprising given that light novels serve as the source material. The arcs follow a logical sequence of time and progression, then a drastic disconnect betwixt the episodes never seemed to exist.
The animation was fantastic. Madhouse one time over again came through in boggling fashion. The movement was fluid which was specially noticeable in the combat scenes. The back-drops were pleasant and the color palette was rich without feeling exceedingly vibrant.
The graphic symbol designs are also something I found particularly nice. Information technology'due south an accented fact that virtually men are going to exist larger than women. Greater height, broader shoulders, uncomplicated size and body mass. Even so all too ofttimes this central truth is all simply forgotten in the earth of anime. But not in this series, no, the characters in this serial are for the nigh part correctly proportioned. This besides applies to females in the sense that they weren't erroneously sized in their bust. Non beingness a fan-service bear witness that may seem to exist normal, but fifty-fifty then this show felt real in regards to how the characters were built. The remainder of the character designs (faces, hair, etc, etc) were also pleasant. You won't discover exceedingly wacky hair styles or colors. The majority of the chief and supporting bandage were fairly individualistic in pattern, but at that place are a few noticeable exceptions where two characters will appear to be carbon copies of one some other.
Oh, and a special note: Coolest schoolhouse uniforms ever. The cease.
There's non too much I can say in this department. The OST was skilful, but at the aforementioned time information technology wasn't particularly special. Featuring a lot of techno music each scene was complimented well.
The voice acting was besides solid. The respective actors managed to express the unique qualities of their characters. Their performances weren't too stand up-out or deserving of excessive praise, simply at the end of the solar day I could say they did a good job.
This score is probably pretty surprising. I mean, with an over-powered main character in that location's no way he could actually exist a expert character, right? Well, this is where I disagree with many people. I am non one to say that "over-powered" and "bad character" are mutually inclusive terms. They can be synonymous, sure, just no subjective idea could ever be set in stone. Tatsuya Shiba, or every bit I similar to telephone call him - Japan'due south lord and savior, is a sixteen year old genius who comes across as very calm and apathetic. He possesses almost no magical affinity but nevertheless shows up at the magic high-school to study as an engineer. His combat capabilities aside, I remember Tatsuya is a good character. He may run into equally just a boring lump of clay with a sister-complex, but as we come up to acquire of his dry humor, logical fashion of thinking, and direct mannerisms, my perception of him as a grapheme was altered. He never undergoes whatsoever sort of evolution, simply nosotros do become insight into his past, learning why he is who he is, discovering why he holds his sister and so shut to his heart. His emotionless attitude becomes sympathetic, bordering on tragic.
Then we have his sis, Miyuki Shiba. Her character can be summed upward equally this: "Onii-sama". (And get used to that name, you lot'll hear it a lot.) I kid, I kid, Miyuki harbors farthermost dearest for her brother (so much then that it might besides he obsession), but she does take a few boosted aspects that make up her personality. (The name still stands, though. Many, many times will "Onii-sama" grace your auditory glands). Miyuki is in part the ideal daughter. She's intelligent, capable, well-spoken, beautiful, her genetics and upbringing ensured she would be nil but the best. She'south likewise a girl who holds a smashing bargain of resentment towards her family unit, simultaneously feeling farthermost gratitude towards her brother. She has a massive brother complex and most of her deportment are taken in an attempt to help her brother or brand him proud of her. However, I practise think that I am in the minority for finding Miyuki to be an interesting character. The large majority of those who watch this bear witness find her to be bothersome and abrasive. But fear not if you lot happen to exist one of those who find her irksome, her initial presentation in the first few episodes changes slightly, accompanied by less screen time every bit the episodes progress.
The supporting cast is fairly big. You have the respective councils within the school, the normal students, war machine personnel, family members of students, etc. None of the supporting cast are particularly deep characters, but I wouldn't allocate them as complete cliches either. On first glance these characters volition seem to fall into a full general archetype. Contrary to that initial perception, nevertheless, these characters exercise not fall into the pitfall that is stereotyping. As I said though, they are lacking in depth. Whilst walking the path of a grapheme, Mahouka's managed to get past the trap of cliches, but stopped short of the span of development. One element I loved near the cast on the whole was their perception and strength. Tatsuya will definitely steal the spot-light, but these characters are all skilled in their own regards Some fights they will manage lonely, some explanations will come from their own lips. Tatsuya is ultimately the one who will save the twenty-four hour period, but prior to his arrival we witness the remarkably skilful capabilities of the cast.
A special shout-out for the best girl that is Mayumi Saegusa. The adorable student quango president and the only grapheme capable of trolling Tatsuya to the same caliber he trolls others.
I won't prevarication, I initially turned this show on after looking up shows with a bad-ass protagonist. I had watched 1 besides many series with a weak male that had to be protected. One too many series where the protagonist was the only character to over-react to a situation. This show was a fulfillment of my wish to not watch a spiky-haired pansy go his ass kicked. I never expected an emotional narrative with compelling themes and deep symbolism, I just wanted a protagonist that would kick ass in a spectacular fashion, and this show delivered. The copious exposition was just a bonus for me who loves detailed world building.
I loved this show. The sheer amount of "Holy shit that was awesome" moments made this bear witness great. From the first episode I never looked to encounter who would win, I just wanted to see how many jaws Tatsuya could drop when he showed the world how he won.
All in all, if you want to lookout man two siblings who love each other very much kick some donkey, accompanied by friends that talk about how the two siblings just kicked ass, watch this immediately.
Sep 29, 2014
26 of 26 episodes seen
| Overall | 4 |
| Story | 0 |
| Animation | 0 |
| Sound | 0 |
| Graphic symbol | 0 |
| Enjoyment | 0 |
The formulation of "perfection" nosotros previously had is going to change, because after watching Shiba Tatsuya (the protagonists show) in activity, the word nosotros used to describe the type of graphic symbol which is sightly too powerful among his peers, overpowered, is going to be "Onii-sama" from at present on. With Shiba Tatsuya, improve known as Onii-sama, we reach a level of perfection never seen before in the anime industry, characters nosotros reputed as OP, notable recent examples such as Kirigaya Kazuto (Sword Art Online) or Gilgamesh (Fate/Naught), are practically zilch adjacent to our glorious Onii-sama, capable of turning the Impossible into something really possible.
> Is a problem an OP character as chief and then? To that question I reply: "not necessary", since an overpowered principal character isn't a big iceberg plenty to sink an entire ship, nosotros take plot development and side characters after all; and overpowered isn't a synonymous of " Bad", sometimes is good to watch a main graphic symbol that isn't completely a weakling, just problems comes when the plot's development is nil more than than a series of events made to emphasize the greatness of our master characters, plural, because Onii-sama didn't descended from Heaven alone, there is his sister, the principal female protagonist, Shiba Miyuki, another instance of absolute perfection, to accompany him in his journeys. > And then this is an anime about these perfect couple of siblings and cipher more? We aren't that far to draw this show with that phrase up hither, but actually in that location isn't a better phrase to depict this show neither, since the anime I'll now innovate yous is going to exist the anime with the nigh perfect main protagonist I've seen in my whole life, and as y'all've probably noted, the word 'perfect' isn't used with a positive tone in this review. I'll now claim that I haven't read the LN, this is going to be my judgement from what I've seen in this adaptation. This show is attack the year 2095 d.c, subsequently the conclusion of the Third World War and the introduction of the Magic Arrangement, magician isn't a term anymore related to fairy tails, Science and Technology converged into what we at present call Magic. Lodge developed itself around this new grade of Scientific discipline, and this lead the necessity to create new generations of youngsters capable of crafting this new kind of science, so Magic High Schools were born. This show follows a particular blood brother and sister, fresh enrolled in the First Magic High Schoolhouse (at that place are only ix in the country) at the beginning of the kickoff episode. "We're not the aforementioned" As everything that isn't "uniform" in the Club, information technology creates a fracture between the population, racism in few words, and Magic is not the exception. Some individuals are more capable of others, that is a fact, and so is too related to Magic. People who show an incredible magic ability grade the Course 1 in the High School, and the others, less capable, form the Course ii. Somehow Onii-sama sucked at the enrollment test score and ended in the Form 2, the so called "Weed" course, meanwhile Miyuki ended in the Course 1, the "Bloom" grade. How a perfect being such as Onii-sama ended in the grade two?, that will be explained through the bear witness, something I'll non reveal, let's proceed going. Funny fact that actually all Onii-sama's friends, course 2 people, are above the course one students in matters of skill gainsay and magic. This is the classic shounen design where all the protagonist's friends are improve than everyone else and save the earth, with the difference that only Onii-sama is able to relieve the mean solar day here, the rest aren't of whatever utilize really. In this 26 episodes accommodation from the all-time-seller Light Novel, there are adapted three arcs, each of them, naturally, revolving effectually Onii-sama and his friends dealing with an unexpected conflict, unnaturally always is Onii-sama the centre of everything that happens in this show, leading the viewers to inquire themselves a such basic question as: > "If Onii-sama doesn't want his true identity beingness revealed, why does he keep trying everything to be in the spotlights every time?" Such a million dollar question sadly didnt get an answer, events just keep happening and Onii-sama always saving the day, in the most perfect possible mode. And that but seem to be irony, since a characteristic of this show is that of explaining EVERYTHING, well...at to the lowest degree the things related to magic spells, magic sequences and effects. Practically a huge fourth dimension was spent on explaining things that aren't real and somewhat irrelevant for the evolution of the story, fourth dimension that surely could have been spend in a more than useful and productive way. The cast of characters was surely wide, nosotros have practically a character for every kind of stereotype. At that place'due south the glasses daughter, the tomboy, the beautiful and moe girl, the silent girl, the tusndere, the Student Council President, the best protagonist'south friend, the bad guy who didn't accept the protagonist merely later he accepts him, the rival, ect ect ect. Actually none of them had an important role in this prove, since its all most Onii-sama, merely we're able to find something in common between them, possibly the only reason why the author decided to create side characters for this show, and that would be: "to praise Onii-sama and his sister". Actually that may audio like a joke merely believe me when I tell you it isn't, every single side graphic symbol in every unmarried episode, when they aren't wasting time explaining Magic related things, that remaining time is spend on praising Onii-sama for ten, y and z reason, a fact that I found overly above the ridiculous level. By the other side there'due south no need to spend a lot of words for our sibling protagonists, there's only a discussion capable of containing all their essences, 'Perfect'. Onii-sama is good at everything possible imaginable, every presented female character falls for him simply he doesn't have eyes for any of them, considering Onii-sama cares a lot nigh his sister, and that was stated several times through the show. Meanwhile Miyuki is his female counterpart, a cute young girl which excels in Magic and in everything she does, I'll only end here to write almost them, since my writing skills are way too far of being perfect to describe this pair of siblings in the proper way. When it comes to Animation and Audio, at least, this anime isn't mediocre, animation is made past Madhouse, characteristic trademark of this studio is the high quality blitheness of its adaptations. The deportment scenes were quite fluid and very well done, camera angles and sudden zoom ins and zoom outs were coordinated very well, as well as the OST plumbing equipment them, electric-stone oriented, nosotros can't say its perfect as our protagonists just we can say its done quite well, higher up boilerplate for sure. OPs and EDs were quite nice, Rising Promise past LiSA was by far my favorite vocal from this prove. At some betoken of this show I couldn't accept seriously anything that was happening, likewise much perfection, events emphasized to show how great the Shiba siblings were, too much useless explanations, pathetic side characters, and a lot of details I didn't mention considering they're spoilers, overall is a quite interesting anime that shows how would be to have a perfect MC gaining the praise for each side grapheme presented, something completely original I must say, nothing that I've seen come close to what I've seen in this anime but this is not surely something I would feel to recommend to people.
Sep 27, 2014
26 of 26 episodes seen
| Overall | 7 |
| Story | half-dozen |
| Animation | eight |
| Sound | 9 |
| Character | 7 |
| Enjoyment | 8 |
Gear up in 2095, magic is now a form of applied science and science. After the 3rd world war, magic wielders were loftier in demand in the world to defend their individual countries from farther chaos. Mahouka follows two siblings, Tatsuya and Miyuki Shiba, who are enrolled in Fist High School. Based on enrolment examination scores, the brother becomes a Weed, a presumed low-achieving magician, while his trivial sis becomes a Flower, a presumed loftier-achiever in magic. However, there's more to these 2 siblings than equally get-go thought. And school life at Commencement High School will no longer be the same...
And thus, the most anticipated, but highly controversial, anime of the spring season has reached its determination. Controversial in the fact that this serial ranged from "Mahouka is the best anime always!" to "Wow, this serial is complete BS." Then how did it truly plow out? Was it as good as the die-hard fans claim it was? What nearly the opinions of the critics who truly despise this series? I discover that Mahouka truly fits in between the ii; information technology's neither really good, nor really bad. It was nonetheless a somewhat enjoyable anime serial that I didn't regret watching.
Earlier I brainstorm, I will say that there's a high chance that you may end up being in either of the aforementioned polarizing sides. To make things a bit easier, for those who actually like and would just watch a huge action-packed serial with an adventurous plot, non-cease fight scenes, and emotional characters like some shounens have, yous probably want to cease reading this review and notice another anime series. The relatively slow-paced Mahouka volition really diameter you really fast, and would DEFINITELY not be for y'all. I probably weeded out a few of you, and you lot'll thank me for it. At present, I can't guarantee that this review will be spoiler complimentary, but let's dwell a bit further into this series, shall we? Story The biggest problem about Mahouka is definitely its pacing. Some would find this series to be incredibly deadening due to all the explanations and dialogue used to set up up a conflict, especially as a shounen anime. This is highly prominent in the get-go arc. Later on, the events in the story became extremely rushed, which happened nigh often in the second arc. Almost magic was no longer explained in its entirety, and some prior background have been omitted at times. I concluded upwards consulting light novel readers a few times of what I but witnessed. Regardless of your stance on Mahouka, this is easily the biggest flaw. I like to turn that around and utilise it as a way to say that this series is unpredictable in nature because of this pacing. You don't know what will Mahouka bring the adjacent episode, but fifty-fifty this tin can be a relatively frustrating process, especially considering that the plot had very adept potential to be great. In all, the story was executed well to a sure extent, merely it definitely could of been better. Viewers will have to acknowledge this imminent flaw should they decide to take the plunge to this series. However, each arc does have some pretty interesting perks in the story. There were very well thought out concepts for all the arcs, merely the third arc of the series (Episodes eighteen-26) was hands my favourite. Of course, I won't say what happens then, only for me, the last arc made the series a worthwhile watch. Information technology might be frustrating to have to consult LN readers at times to know some groundwork facts that Madhouse has omitted, as well every bit a lot of disruptive bits here and there, but it's flushed out enough to at least give a minor sense of satisfaction at the end to the typical anime watcher such as myself. 6/10
Art Audio
LiSA'due south "Rising Hope" is arguably one of, if not, THE best opening song of Jump Anime 2014, while GARDiNELiA's "grilletto" stands up as one of the amend opening songs for Summer 2014. The ending themes are decent too, but sometimes, the catastrophe scene of an episode does not transition well into the song, specially when suspense was attempted to be made. Mahouka's OST is skilful in full general, and definitely sounds very shounen-like. A adept plus side of the series. 9/x
Characters
Tatsuya is enrolled into the First High School every bit a weed. This would hateful that he'southward presumably weak in magic, correct? Wrong. Rather, this guy is seriously overpowered. We definitely can question how on earth was he determined to be an inferior weed in the kickoff place due to these placement tests. The trouble some people take over Tatsuya is that he is claimed to be merely another "Gary Stu". He only seems to get more and more OP as the series progresses, making him pretty much the "perfect" protagonist. I personally don't call back he's completely perfect; he comes at the cost that he rarely develops emotionally. Tatsuya in a sense doesn't feel human, which does arrive difficult for him to fit with his classmates and live a perfectly normal school life with his lilliputian sister. His lack of man emotions is definitely a conflict that he must e'er go through, and is something that is explored throughout the serial. Tatsuya's mysterious nature definitely creates some suspense in Mahouka. We know Tatsuya is great, but merely HOW good he is? What skills volition be pull off next? The enigma that is Tatsuya really makes viewers wonder only who the hell he really is. How many things he can pull of his sleeve is pretty damn incredible. Heck, his classmates don't really know who he really is as well afterwards. Tatsuya is an enigmatic character, simply whether this is an enjoyable trait is definitely upwards to the viewer.
Miyuki is the other main character, who is mayhap as controversial as his older blood brother. Miyuki is your beautiful, smart and kind female character that many look up to. However, her personality and ideals in full general, like Tatsuya, are very simple. Some may argue that information technology'south fifty-fifty banal. Oh, and she may have a slight bro-con for Tatsuya. I'm pretty sure all the complaints that Madhouse got over her cries of "Onii-sama" concluded up having her get less screen time later in the series. At present, it definitely isn't as black and white as this; notwithstanding, Madhouse unfortunately does not dwell into this farther, which is something that I'll exist looking into in the light novels. I practise like Miyuki, mostly because of her sincerity and well-mannered demeanour, while getting notable roles in the story likewise. Even so, I'll note that both Tatsuya and Miyuki barely undergo evolution throughout the series, at to the lowest degree emotionally and a character equally a whole. If you get frustrated nearly characters who really only develop in terms of OPness, then this probably won't be the serial for you. For others who don't listen, you're in for a care for.
The supporting cast is very cool, but they are the supporting bandage for a reason. After all, Mahouka centres effectually Tatsuya and Miyuki the most, who are relatively mysterious just simple individuals in the first identify. Some characters appear in episodes to glue some parts of the story together, but they don't get quite plenty spotlight to accept them fully develop. Once more, a lack of grapheme development may be a flaw of this serial for some viewers, just that would be way likewise much to put in a 26-episode series, specially considering that some parts were already feeling rushed. At that place's at least enough of a blueprint for all the supporting characters to be able to option a favourite. I personally dear the pupil council president Mayumi myself, but I was slightly disappointed that she didn't become that much time to develop as a character. Overall, this huge cast of characters is squeamish, but unfortunate sacrifices had to be fabricated in club to forbid these 3 arcs from stretching over 40 episodes. 7/10
Personal Enjoyment
Overall Final score: 7/10 (First review, feel gratis to give some feedback!)
Mahouka focuses on two main leads, who are the Shiba siblings, Tatsuya and Miyuki. The series is split into 3 arcs, each having a specific school event attached to them (enrolment, a schoolhouse competition, and a thesis competition). The general idea of Mahouka is that disharmonize arises, usually from a specialized group having ulterior motives for magic, preventing these school events from going as at-home and smoothly as planned, and the students from First Loftier School and other acquaintances will take to bargain with them. Conflict doesn't happen immediately, however; everything is set up with loads of dialogue and explanations. Unfortunately, the huge amount of set upwards can turn stale for some viewers.
No complaints here. The art style is very typical of shounen anime, and instances where the animation quality gets noticeably bad is extremely rare. Action scenes are fluid and flashy, while the graphic symbol designs are very absurd and slick. Honestly, those are some pretty badass schoolhouse uniforms. There'south nothing nigh the art and blitheness that actually stands out compared to other series, merely information technology gets the job done, and does the job well. I actually give Madhouse credit for the great animation quality of this series. 8/10
Some other 1 of the better points of this anime. Mahouka has a huge cast of characters (which volition exist explained after), and Madhouse pretty much recruited the best of the best to voice them. No character sounds awkward or out of place, equally most match their private character's personality very well. I mean, information technology's like a dream squad of all-star seiyuus, including Yuichi Nakamura (Tatsuya), Saori Hayami (Miyuki), and Kana Hanazawa (Mayumi), merely to name a few. A task well washed to all the voice actors and actresses involved in this series.
At present, this is the 2nd category that many individuals critic about Mahouka. The story focuses on Tatsuya Shiba and Miyuki Shiba, two characters that are, for some reason, really hated past a lot of people out in that location. Do the Shiba siblings make or break the series? For some, there is that chance. So I'll explain the pair to the best of my abilities, alongside the other characters of series, and note the places where some people hate about them.
This serial is flawed, yep. The pacing of the story is my biggest business organization, with a somewhat lack of grapheme development being another. But I did accept the motivation to continue and look forwards for the adjacent episode. I personally establish the series to be quite enlightening, and there was plenty substance for me to be intrigued to continue in watching, even if I know in that location was quite a few things wrong about it. The concept of Mahouka is very nice, although Madhouse may accept non brought it out to its full potential. I do look forward to reading the light novels and continue the series from there.
8/10
On a completely realistic overview, character and story must be weighed more than the art and sound of an anime series. The former may exist the weaker points of the series, only it definitely isn't Every bit bad as some people say it is, nor you should write if off merely because of the flaws I've listed in a higher place. This is a serial where you really have to see it to give a proper opinion on it. Don't inflate your expectations, or you volition be disappointed. If you lot are interested enough after the first few episodes, I'll say that you'll be on the road to watching a pretty nice series. Volition information technology accident you abroad? No. Will this be a waste matter of your time? Mostly probable no equally well. All in all, despite some flaws, information technology has been a pleasure watching Mahouka, and I promise some of you will consider watching this series as well!
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