When a young man is hit by a truck and killed he is then reborn in another world, because of course he was. He is found by the most powerful wizard in the world and raised by him as his grandson. Merlin, because of course that’s his name, names the baby Shin and teaches him all about magic. Shin’s memories of his past world help him do impossible things with magic by applying science to them, because of course they do. He is sent to the city to join the magician academy, because of course there is one. While Shin learned a whole lot about magic from Merlin, Merlin forgot to teach him something important: some goddamn common sense. So Shin’s falling in love with the first beautiful girl he sees, launches nukes like it’s a basic fireball and pretty much ignores the laws of magic because he doesn’t know he’s not supposed to be ABLE to do those things. A sad thing for the demonized people who want to destroy the kingdom, since now they have a magical super-powered idiot they have to deal with.
As you may have noticed, I am an isekai-trash lover. But really, this anime comes off as a fake isekai, since him being from our world has no real impact. You can replace him knowing about science with him being blessed by mana or something, and it would change nothing. That being said, this show was enjoyable for me. While the story is about as bland as you can get without becoming Cheat Magician, the characters are a joy. Shin’s jealousy is fun to watch because he’s so earnest he can’t hide it. I found it funny how Sicily just has to look at a guy and he immediately falls in love with her like she’s made of pheromones. Merlin and Melida are great and I wish they would have been in the show more. I did actually really enjoy the final arc because it gave all the kids a change to shine, and not just have Shin curb-stomp everyone. Hell, even Sicily had a really cool scene, and she’s a healer. All in all, you can actually do a lot worse then Kenja No Mago. Special props for the ending of episode 12: it’s very easy to make a clip-show and put it to music, but it’s pretty damn hard to showcase the whole series, have it make sense AND time it to the music so it actually looks exciting. Well done, Silver Link.
Subs from neko-raws.
http://anidb.net/anime/13477
As you may have noticed, I am an isekai-trash lover. But really, this anime comes off as a fake isekai, since him being from our world has no real impact. You can replace him knowing about science with him being blessed by mana or something, and it would change nothing. That being said, this show was enjoyable for me. While the story is about as bland as you can get without becoming Cheat Magician, the characters are a joy. Shin’s jealousy is fun to watch because he’s so earnest he can’t hide it. I found it funny how Sicily just has to look at a guy and he immediately falls in love with her like she’s made of pheromones. Merlin and Melida are great and I wish they would have been in the show more. I did actually really enjoy the final arc because it gave all the kids a change to shine, and not just have Shin curb-stomp everyone. Hell, even Sicily had a really cool scene, and she’s a healer. All in all, you can actually do a lot worse then Kenja No Mago. Special props for the ending of episode 12: it’s very easy to make a clip-show and put it to music, but it’s pretty damn hard to showcase the whole series, have it make sense AND time it to the music so it actually looks exciting. Well done, Silver Link.
Subs from neko-raws.
http://anidb.net/anime/13477
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