Review of Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor

"Albert: My superiors are scumbags for ordering it, and for following it I am just as dishonorable, I don't deny it, but at this point I won't be merciful" You can see from the above we are talking soap opera levels of dialog and character motivation here. It only gets worse as the series progresses. "The years sneek up on you" Sistine Fibel Mind you that's a 15 year old girl who who is talking about how the years wiz by. To be fair, There's characters in this anime that make Doogie Howser look like an old man and a has been. The main character, is a 19year old who for 4 years was the top assassin in the empires secret police, graduated from the magic school at 14,spent a year as a hikikimori and is now the best professor at the academy and is connected to just about everything of any import in the empire.

Strains credulity doesn't begin to convey how ridiculous the plot line.

The world building is nearly as bad. There's considerable effort establishing a medieval tech level with magic. You have swords and halberds for the military, horse drawn carriages, no rail, candles for lighting, no powered transport . Next thing you know there's colt 45s ??? Magical displays that looked like the came from Star Trek, genetically engineered life forms just to name a few.

Then there is why these people do things which is for no reason at all. They act like automatons trying to find the best opportunity to shout dialog. Monologing in the middle of battles also seems to be a big motivation. Also letting the defeated get away so they can keep on bothering you seems to be really big.

The highlight of this is the presentation. The girls are perpetual fan service, the music is good, mostly it's well drawn and animated even if the fight scenes are weak for 2017.

Overall ? It's one of those if you have nothing better to watch this will kill some time.