Review of Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor
Im Gonna start this off by saying ive completed aroumd 250 different shows to date and that my rating of 1/5 or 2/10 on a 10 scale reflects that 80% of the shows ive watched are better than this one. Im not saying this show has 0 entertainment value to be found. Now ill try to keep this short and sweet because itd be silly to put more effort into writing this review than the writers put into writing this show. Dont get me wrong i understand the appeal of this show, which happens to be more for the type of person who watches animeto project their self into the main characters position as a wish fulfillment fantasy of sorts. Theres nothing wrong with this per say, but its definitely far from my cup of tea. The show is riddled with uninspired writing, boring characters and villains and lacks any real depth.
The main characters of this show are all flat and boring and have no more depth than the archetypes that they were created around. Silver haired tsundere (sisti) is just a basic tsundere, she even makes a point to yell baka at least 3 times an episode in the most grating voice possible. The main protagonist (glen) is basic light novel protagonist type 2, the edgelord. He constantly trys to act like a lone wolf cool guy and of course gets all the underage girls he teaches affection despite his shitty demeanor. You get the point, none of the main cast is likable. The school outfits the girls have to wear cross the line between fantasy and fetish as well. The author just shamelessly put the main females in super revealing clothing and garter belts. Typically im fairly lenient with this kind of thing but as i said previously this is past fantasy and into fetishism. If a character wants to dress like that on their own accord so be it, but for a school to force them into these clothes is just kinda sick.
The story is just another uninspired high school magic acadamy based one like asterisk war or irregular at magic high. the show brings nothing unique or interesting to he table just like the other two shows i mentioned along with it. if youve seen one you might as well have seen all three. They also dont seem to know how to write a proper plot twist at all either. in the last mini arc the main villain reveals himself to be some other guy weve never even seen up to this point. on top of that the guy he was posing as was just introduced as well. as viewers we have no connection to either of these guys so finding out that he was just posing as some other guy is meaningless.
The villains in this show are also as weakly writen as the protagonists. Their motivations are weak and lack elaboration. Almost all of them are just mindless murderers or rapists hat just do it because gotta be evil somehow amiright?? The writers dont spend any time making these villains seem human at all and its just another example of this shows poor writing. I dont think theres one instance of nuance being added to the villains, which just leaves them as cackling maniacs with no real presence. I can honestly say i dont remember one of their names or faces.
It may be obvious by now between the title of my review and my commentary thus far but this show definitely gets a pass from me. Theres many shows that do this genre much better, Chivalry of a failed knight is one great example but theres also just many better shows out there in general. Go watch or black lagoon, sunabozu, my hero academia or psycho-pass season one if youre looking for something with action. Hope this review helps a person or two or opens he eyes of someone stuck in this genre of anime.