Review of Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor

THIS REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS, IF YOU ARE GOING TO READ THIS YOU PREFERABLY, HAVE FINISHED THE ANIME. Story: The story seems like typical school/magic anime with an oberpowered teacher with a "complicated past". The anime itself says that the protagonist (Glenn Radars) is supposedly a normal person that manages to pull off the unexpected but in the end, it seems like all of the conflicts are resolved in the same way as these other magic/school anime where he just saves the day every time without fail. As I see it, the anime saying he's an ordinary man is just something they say to seem slightly differentwithout really changing how the conflicts are resolved from the norm. It doesn't really stray much from around the lines of "unmotivated teacher changes and wins over students and protects his students". And, although this may sound lazy I feel like the pacing for the first half is slightly rushed, like he goes from unmotivated bastard to amazing teacher within the first 2 episodes iirc. The story doesn't really seem like it knows where it's going it just dramatically throws you background information on the characters while not really building up to anything or doing anything with it.For example, Re=L has her own little bit where they reveal that she's part of an experiment to revive or rather copy the dead and tells you about her brother that was killed.But afterwards she just goes back to acting like a normal girl while the plot just uses the fact that she's actually a strong when its convenient.

Art & Sound
I personally am not too good at being critical of more subtle details of animation or noticing background music so this section will be more on a surface level.The art itself is pretty standard and there aren't really any moments I can recall where the animation seemed clunky or it sounded off.But at the same time, nothing really stands out in either aspects.But for the few soundtracks that I've noticed, they don't really seem like they stand out such as the music that they play for most fight scenes or dramatic scenes really just seem like an afterthought.

Characters:
The character's designs themselves don't really stand out in my opinion but it's better than the designs being too over the top.One main issue I have is that the anime doesn't really seem to know which character it wants to be the female protagonist.For the first few episodes it seems like Rumia is the protag with her being targeted by terrorists and her powers and being a princess and what not and then in the later half it seems like she becomes a side character while Sistine becomes the main female protagonist.This itself isn't such a bad thing, however, it just seems like it was executed poorly. This is because the story still relies on Rumia to create conflicts mainly in the form of threats or taking her hostage but she herself doesn't really do anything but the story revolves around one of the other characters, mainly Sistine and Re=L to reveal information about them or the current villain.Rumia seems like she should be important and to a certain extent she is but still ends up being a side character that really from what I remember just says "I'm glad you're okay, Sensei" when she gets saved.But I digress, I'm sorry if that bit seemed like a rant or went on too long.The characters themselves aren't too overused but they're far from original.I can personally say that I think the voices for each character matches their personalities decently well and are believeable.

Enjoyment:
This is an anime I was able to enjoy in the moment however, in hindsight, I probably shouldn't have as much as I did. If you're not actively trying to find faults and just watching it casually, you should be able to at least find some mild amusement.However, if you were to watch this anime critically, I don't think this would be too good of a choice if you're looking for something different or deeper.