Black Summoner

Black Summoner is... ...Basic Harem/Isekai at best, Thankfully a Good Measure Less Pervy than The Majority of The Genre. All in All there are some Redeemable Points, Though I have to give it a Just Under Average 4/10 For being just Another Filler Anime. A Placeholder that Isn't Quite Good Enough to be a Palate Cleanser. The Beach Episode of Anime... ---Pros--- 1) Very Positive & Uplifting Vibe The General Atmosphere is very Positive & Optimistic, Which is a Rare Trait in Modern Action Anime. I see this as a Particularly Rare Plus.2) Quick Watch (12 Episodes) The Action is Pretty Rare when it does happen it's Decently Animated. It Doesn''t have any Strong Comedic Moments, Though I did get a Couple of Light Chuckles out of It. It holds up Alright as a Background Show, I Wouldn't Recommend it as any kind of Serious Watch, It Excels as Background Material Though. ---Cons--- 1) God Awful Pacing The Pacing is like, How do I make MC Strong enough to rip The World in Half Barehanded? In 4 Episodes? While also making this Show as Slow as Absolutely Possible? MC goes from Who Am I?, Where Am I?, To "I am Level 50" in what feels like 30 Seconds with No Weight. Uninteresting enough to Make You Wish there was Any Action or Intrigue or Anything Exciting at All. 2) Shallow Dialogue/Characters There Isn't any Real Depth to the Dialogue or Characters. More often than not Dialogue consists of Simplistic Back & Forths that You might see Equivalents in either Porn, or Cartoons targeting 7 year olds. They hit every single 'Girl In A Harem' Tropes. 3) Lackluster Animation The Animation is at it's best when there is Combat (Which is pretty rare). The rest is alot of Still Frames & Slow Pans of Mundane Scenes. The Ending is Just as I thought, (Not really an ending at all / A Played Out Cliche' that we all were expecting) Could've Been Great, Just Another Clone - 4/10 (P.S. The Dub Is Awful) It's On Par With... - Banished From The Heroes Party (5/10) - .hack//Sign (4/10) If You Love It Watch... - The Rising Of The Shield Hero (8/10) - I've Been Reincarnated As A Slime (6/10) 1st Review, I Tried to Keep it Brief & to The Point. Thanks for giving it a Read.

And another one OP MC isekai. To be honest you don't even need a review for this one, you know everything already, but here we go: -Sound. Nothing interesting. -Visuals. Average drawing, below average CGI. I will give it credit, it is much better than most isekais use nowadays, but it still runs at half the framerate of animation, also the transitions between CGI and drawing are not really well thought. - Plot. What plot? It is a power fantasy isekai, get transported to another world and just get yourself a harem. Cause you know, even though you behave like a log in social situations and like adrug addict when it comes to combat - you are still a glorious japanese male, so every single female will desire you. There is no point of you being in this world anyway. - Characters. The usual. Blank MC that is used as self insert for viewers, NPCs who give quests and praise MC, female slave girl for harem (ofc virgin cause what self-respecting MC will pick a used slave?), loyal monster companion who is horrible OP, and a few more females for harem cause you can't have a harem if there is only one girl in it. Basically it is as usual - noone has a personality, everyone is blank and an empty husk. - Enjoyment. Well it is good if you need to waste some time. Or if you are sitting on a toilet. Overall: it is just as bad as thousands of unoriginal isekai anime we have been having for a while. Don't waste your time.

This show is one of my "guilty pleasures" and something I have no issue re-watching on occasion. Although it is not a show that rocks the boat, or adds anything particularly new to the isekai genre, following most of the tried-and-tested tropes and clichés very closely, I still find it an enjoyable experience, even now on my 4th or so re-watch of it. What I like about this show, especially compared to isekai that has aired in the 2+ years since Black Summoner released, is that each character gets ample screen-time and growth. They aren't one-note talking heads that only serve to glaze the MC at everyturn; Each one has their own personality and backstory. Now yes, a lot of the main cast are women and there are obviously harem elements in this story, but the MC, at least in this season, doesn't involve himself in that way with any of them. It's not done in the "clueless idiot" way, where the ladies are basically telling him to sleep with them and he still doesn't get it, as Kelvin does know their feelings, it's more done in the way that he doesn't want to overstep his boundaries as party leader, especially given that the women are also mostly his familiars. There's also no out-of-place ecchi here either and, to my recollection, no real fan-service scenes or elements; There is a swimsuit segment, because of course there had to be, but it's done tastefully and has a narrative reason to exist. We also have a male in the main cast who is done surprisingly well here too, compared to most isekai. He's not thrown to the side as a wannabe or jealous-type, he's a core member of the squad and actually goes through a nice bit of development over the season. I also think the story, although by no means genre-defining, has just enough of a twist to it, to also allow the show to be more enjoyable than most isekai slop we see year-on-year. Although reincarnated and OP by the end, Kelvin isn't a hero on a grand crusade to kill the demon king, he's just a super strong adventurer doing the jobs he wants, when he wants. We do meet the actual heroes in this season and the growth they show, thanks to Kelvin, is also nicely portrayed. Speaking of growth, although Kelvin is obviously OP, I still think him becoming OP is shown and developed much, much better than many trash isekai that predated this show, or have come since its release. Lastly, before I delve into spoiler territory, I think, especially compared to a lot of other isekai, that the art and animation are good quality here and, although I might be in the minority, I even consider the CGI to be decent in this show. It's not overused and it has a sort-of video-game quality to it, which I find quite fitting. It certainly isn't Overlord or Berserk levels of CGI that's for sure (which might be why I think it's OK to Good here). Overall, I'll rate this an 8/10, as I have watched it multiple times over and still find it an enjoyable watch.