Kunon the Sorcerer Can See

"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 storynever 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 using magic to “see,” it becomes almost completely irrelevant. The characters don’t help much either. A lot of them are weird, but not in a way that actually makes them interesting. They have quirky traits or strange personalities, but there’s very little depth behind them. Most of them feel one-note once you get past the surface. The ending is easily one of the weakest parts. It’s clearly meant to act as a cliffhanger for a second season, but it doesn’t feel like a proper stopping point at all. It just kind of ends wherever it can, rather than where it should. Because of that, it feels abrupt and unsatisfying, and it honestly drags down the overall experience quite a bit. That said, the show isn’t without its positives. It’s very easy to watch, and there weren’t many episodes where I didn’t get at least some enjoyment out of it. Kunon’s “gentleman” behavior (which is basically him being a bit of a womanizer) can be pretty entertaining. It’s not something you see often, so it stands out a bit, and while the humor isn’t amazing, it’s usually good enough to land. The story itself is also pretty creative. It doesn’t follow the usual fantasy anime formula, which helps it stand out in a crowded seasonal lineup. Even if you don’t end up liking it, at least it’s doing something different instead of blending in with everything else. Overall, I’d say this is a solid watch for the season, but definitely not for everyone. Its uniqueness is both its biggest strength and its biggest weakness. 7/10

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 everyoneover, 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 expectations and a free Sunday. If you pick it up to binge looking for substance, you'll probably drop it halfway. 6/10 Majutsushi Kunon wa Mieteiru arranca con una idea genuinamente buena: un chico ciego que usa magia de agua como sistema sensorial propio, con una precisión y especialización que ningún mago generalista puede replicar. Esa premisa tiene peso. El problema es que el anime la usa como punto de partida y después construye encima algo mucho más genérico. La primera mitad es un slice-of-life de romance con bastante ritmo. La segunda, cuando llega la academia, abandona casi todo lo que había construido antes, archiva a los personajes más interesantes y cae en el power fantasy estándar: el protagonista llega a un nuevo lugar, es mejor que todos, se gana a todos, fin. Los conflictos se resuelven en un episodio o menos. El episodio 12 directamente empieza y termina en el mismo punto. Vale la pena si lo mirás semana a semana sin expectativas altas y tenés el domingo flojo. Si lo agarrás para maratonear buscando algo con sustancia, es probable que lo abandones a mitad. 6/10

the bird brain emptyheadedness of the mc is appealing 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 is3.

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.