Full-Time Magister

For me this is an odd show to review. It'd be a lie to say I didn't enjoy it but if I actually think about reviewing it it's hard to come up with something positive. I'll start with the thing I disliked the most, namely production value. The art style is pretty mediocre imo. It looks far closer to being a decade old rather than something not even a year old. Same goes for the animation, it 's not at all fluid and really feels..budget. The electric guitar track used as an attempt to hype up a fight is sometimes placed at odd times andfeels clunky. And in terms of voice acting there's a lot of awkward laughing among various characters along with other seemingly forced heroism or sorrow that is not only out of place but slightly creepy as a result. So overall I have quite a low opinion in terms of the production. Does the story or character development impress me instead then? Basically, no. There hasn't been much of a story so far; we have the protagonist being op with potential like no one else before in the history of dota/mankind and it half seems to stem naturally from birth and half from a character we see once in a flashback and is never mentioned again. The causes of his strength are never really touched on. But if you imagine a 'good guy' coming from unfortunate backgrounds and having unexplained overwhelming strength fighting against stereotypical rich kid obnoxious villains you more or less have an accurate idea of what the main plot line is for the 12 episodes. Naturally other stuff happens in the meantime for him to get stronger and realise his potential, including somehow duping 2 apparently elite mages into thinking he was a different person by swapping the order of his name and wearing a mask covering his mouth. Besides the main overarching plot of 'good guy who is pitiable because of his background fighting obnoxious dickhead rich villain' each episode is basically just another fight for him to become stronger which I guess is why the plot-centric questions are never answered. So essentially all I've done so far is bash everything about the show. Yet I originally said I enjoyed it. It's clearly not a show to think deeply about, the plot and character depth simply aren't existent enough to warrant that. But neither was there good production value to allow it to get away with plain fun action. And neither was it something I enjoyed because I cringed/laughed at everything I didn't like about it. The more I try and review it the more I end up thinking something was poor. So I think it was probably just something fun to binge on for a few hours whilst not really thinking about it too much. By ignoring any of the important questions to the plot and letting myself get swept along in the pace of 'introduce setting, introduce characters, fight here, fight here, fight here, and finale fight here' I think it's enjoyable in one go. Incidentally, if you do plan on watching it I'd recommend waiting a bit as max resolutions appear to be a mix of 480/720/1080 and subs were done by fans for speed, using abbreviations like 'n' and 'u' and having a few typos/errors. Not bashing on them for that at all, it's thanks to them using their free time everyone can watch it, but it's fair to let people know beforehand I think.

I liked this anime for two reasons. The first is the MC he is not stupid like other MC by how he dosent just go and show his magic. He is calm and has a proper goal in mind not some stupid thing like wealth. He shows very deep emotions by how he plays everything off as if its for him although he is actually doing it for a deeper purpose the second reason is overall type of anime it is. It has tints of romance and drama but dosent over emphazize those but instead puts it like a topping on a desert. It sticks to agood structure having the unreal feeling of anime and also a realistic touch makeing the anime a good one to watch

This show is ranked as a 7.71 as of me writing this review. It's real value is something closer to 2-3. This is one of the worst anime I've ever seen. Go ahead and watch it, it'll give you a good understanding of what terrible writing looks like. This show is so bad and it's score is so high that I can only assume that the Chinese publishers used bots to artificially inflate it's score on popular websites such as this. Seriously, there is not a single admirable, or even meh aspect to this show. Everything is out right dog shit. The story is so simple that itactually hurts. There is literally only like one event. The art was cringe worthy. Everyone stood around like statues and anything like emotion or inner thoughts were either cartoonishly depicted or not at all. The characters. Sorry, Character. There is only one character in this show. Its the main character everyone else just has to fill their "he's so awesome" line quotas each episode. The sound, i don't really know how to rate this. I have no idea what to look for in sound i'll be honest. I'm giving it a 1 because im assuming its as trash tier as every other aspect of it. As far as enjoyment goes, yeah. I watched it in 2x speed in like 2 hours flat... It felt more like a chore than something i'd do for fun. I'd probably forget it in like 2 weeks flat, but that might actually be a blessing in this case.

So this isn't so much a review as it is an explanation for why I recommend the show even though I only gave it 6/10. To start off, its worth mentioning that this is an adaptation of the manhua Quanzhi Fashi (same name). I have read quite a lot of manga and manhwa, but I have always found manhua to be very dense and difficult to get into. While that is annoying in a manhua because it implies heavy reading and long paragraphs, its a good thing imo in a donghua (Chinese anime) or any anime, for that matter. It is true that the animationis not exactly great, or even that good, and its also true that some (not all) of the voice acting is a bit strange. This isn't exactly a unique concept, or a brilliant story, and the characters are not exactly shocking or intriguing. But, this is a perfect example of what I call "op mc secret vigilante beating bullies shitty romance porn". I enjoyed it. It's fun watching mc get strong way faster than his peers, flexing on the haters, and being a baddass. So even if it's objectively (imo) bad, I still recommend it unless you're an anime elitist who can't touch some fuckin grass.