Shikkakumon no Saikyou Kenja

Title:Shikkakumon no Saikyou Kenja
The Strongest Sage With the Weakest Crest
失格紋の最強賢者
Overall:Unevaluated
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Notables: Animation - JC Staff
IZAWA Shiori
SHIRAISHI Haruka
SUZUSHIRO Sayumi
TAMAKI Nina
Magical academy student Matthias 'Matty' Hildesheimer seems to be cursed with 'The Crest of Failure' as one of his four, but it isn't nearly as much of a handicap as one might think.

12 episodes
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Unevaluated Stretch [series:4433#628]
(One episode watched):

Based on the title, I guessed that this would be what, for lack of a better term, I call 'joke isekai' series: someone winds up in a video game-like alternate reality with an amusing habit or problem and finds a way to work around it. Perhaps in this case a super-strong guy with an embarrassing and silly weakness. I got the impression from the first scene that Matty is unhappy with his fourth crest (what is a 'crest' and why do they matter?) and wanted a new one--but he also says you have no choice which crest(s) you are born with. But in fact the so-called 'Crest of Failure' isn't a weakness at all, no, that name is just a piece of disinformation that demons have been circulating because they know it is in fact an amazingly powerful one. So Matty has no real weaknesses after all. When you get right down to it, he's actually in a situation most of us could only dream of. His father, 'Castor', was a famous magician and he is actually the reincarnation of an awesome magician himself. This is an exercise in wishful thinking, basically: you can impress cute girls with your skills, and amaze your formerly dismissive classmates by doing things like taking down a disguised demon that they weren't even aware of. As such, it's also pretty shallow, however. Instead of showing off, Matty might resolve to keep his powers secret for as long as possible in order to take villains by surprise in the future, but he doesn't. Most people would just show off. I didn't detect any sign of an engaging, ongoing plot developing. This show did not impress me, it seems at best like another generic magic academy anime, and I soon decided not to watch it.

Last updated Sunday, January 16 2022. Created Sunday, January 16 2022.

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