Tsue to Tsurugi no Wistoria

Imagine going to computer science and pretend to write novels. Even if you're the best novelist ever, it still makes no sense.

Just like in Mashle, a kid without magic powers attends a magic school, however there are subtle differences.
First, the protagonist doesn't try to hide the fact that he cannot use magic, yet he is allowed into the school because "it is fun" (a.k.a. lazy writing), and, most importantly, the show takes itself way too seriously. You can build a fun comedy on top of stupid premises, but a tragedy needs solid and believable ground, to create empathy with the viewer.

Characters are so stereotypical that, ... by now, you may have already seen them in 4 or 5 different shows. Dialogues are dull, they explain each other things they already know, and music is as uninspired as it gets.

The only reason to watch this show is animation, which is quite good. Everything else, tho, is absolutely boring, I am watching episode 3 right now, and writing this review is the only thing keeping me awake.

I'll be honest idk why this has a high rating at all. One of the most boring MCs I've seen in a hot minute, with the same "I can't use the main power system in my world" gimmick that seems to be so popular recently. Meets the same "you can't use __ so I'm better than you" that's also present in every series like this. Immediately shoves harem in asap. The art is fine I guess, but even though it looks nice it still feels like its missing something.

Character design is boring visual novel garbage, reminds me of a mobile gacha game. Music ... isn't really bad but its just bland which is a bad thing in any piece of media because being forgettable is bad. The story is so boring, without spoiling, its just "climb the tower because I told you to." Which is normally fine, like I love naruto, onepiece, black clover etc, but I mean they literally just want to climb a tower. Again the MC is SO boring like, I would literally bully them.

TLDR: It has the same tropes as every other fantasy anime with a mc that can't use magic. Only difference is that the other shows that use this cliche actually have interesting character, side goals, unique fun art. It looks fine but still feels lacking, the music is okay but unmemorable (bad), Basic ass story too.

This is the anime equivalent of an asset dump. The main character is annoying and has no other identifying traits besides being a bullied outcast who is actually inexplicably, and conveniently powerful for the sake of the story. Not only is this generic, it is also just a collection of tropes from successful anime in the past, but executed more poorly for a show that is destined to be 12 episodes during one of the most barren seasons of anime in recent memory; The main trope being that everyone else has magic from birth, but mc is just really good with a sword to the ... point where he can beat everyone in universe by effectively doing a few pushups between fights.
-Poorly written characters
-Generic character designs
-Insultingly generic plot
-Screen time dedicated to scenes that are actively annoying because they dont world build, say anything funny, progress the plot, or develop the characters beyond what we already know, within the first episode.

Solid pass, getting sick of seeing the same exact anime regurgitated and outscore shows way better than it because of bots and children.

This anime has been a huge let down for me. The world is interesting, the animation is rarely 3D and generally pretty good imo, the fights are nice... but the premise and characters, MY GOD the characters. This is basically a Mashle clone in the sense that our MC has muscle instead of magic in a world where casting spells reigns supreme, but he has the personality of Midoria instead of dense-as-fuck Chad Thundercock.

I really was excited when this anime started, because I hoped it'd scratch the itch Mashle left me with upon seeing s2 being more comedy than action. I wanted to ... see a serious OP MC knock the shit out of some spell casting prissies, but instead we get twink "I'm sorry for standing in your way" four-eyes WHO ISN'T EVEN ALLOWED TO USE HIS POWER HALF THE TIME! Imagine if all your classmates got to walk around with guns, but the school said you couldn't carry a knife because it's too dangerous- that's the logic Wistoria is operating on. I'm gonna give this another ep or two to see if the MC actually grows a pair, but I'm probably gonna drop this by ep 6.

This one's not passing the 3 eps test due to heaping mounds of the usual tropes, cliches and plot holes. A Harry Potter clone, with a dash of Black Clover and Tolkien for a little spice, but the overall dish is still bland as hell. While the characters are pretty much cookie cutter, what really kills this is truly boring writing, The entire series has already been foreshadowed, and it's the same old-same old. Nothing even close to imaginative to hook one into wasting any more time.

The art work is OK but hardly inspired. The animation is all over the place. First ep showed ... some promise, but this third ep is mid at best. As previously mentioned, the writing is an issue already, with plot holes opening up left and right. Case in point; if our MC has zero magic talent, how does he rate having a familar? One of those needs to be summoned, correct? And that's a magical process. And the MC is going to rely on magical technology? Well, as has been said by wiser heads than mine, any advanced enough technology is indistinguishable from magic, anyway. It makes little sense under examination, and my Helmet of Disbelief has already short circuited.

The VAs do a decent enough job, but not enough to carry the day over the hackneyed writing. The direction is not helping much in that regard either, but it barely has anything to work with here. The soundtrack is nothing to write home about.

In the long run, this pans out as yet another flashy trash shonen the studios puke out in such abundance lately. If I was grading this I couldn't see fit to give it any more than a totally mid 50/100 failing E grade. It's not taking any magic to make me disappear.

Tsue to Tsurugi no Wistoria – A Review

Crunchyroll recently released "Tsue to Tsurugi no Wistoria," and I find myself puzzled by the manga audience's willingness to consume such content. It’s also baffling that yet another anime studio has chosen to produce a title that feels so generic and lacks originality. However, to be fair, the animation quality is commendable, so it wouldn't be right to criticize that aspect.

The series borrows heavily from other franchises, most notably Harry Potter. Our protagonist starts with little to no abilities, only to be mocked by everyone around him. His antagonist/rival is part of a trio that bullies him, which ... feels like a tired trope at this point. Of course, the protagonist is imbued with the usual plot armor, and—predictably—his memories of the past and an old promise propel him forward. It’s the kind of overused narrative that made my eyes roll so far back, I could almost see my brain.

I have no intention of finishing this series. To me, it’s an insult to my time, especially given how painfully predictable the ending seems to be. The story lacks any real depth. We’re introduced to just two teachers—one supportive, the other dismissive because they perceive the protagonist as weak. Again, nothing original here.

And, as is the case with many pre-teen anime, there's the young love angle, where everyone is infatuated with the protagonist. He remains oblivious, of course, because he’s depicted as gentle, naïve, and pure—a paragon of innocence (it’s enough to make me gag).

I believe the target audience for this series is likely children and pre-teens who are just dipping their toes into the world of magic and fantasy.

Rips off the setting wholesale from Harry Potter and tries to use this combined with some admittedly fantastic production values to cover its complete lack of interesting plot or characters. The protagonist is Generic Hard-working Protagonist Type 3 Subtype Beta, Pathetic but Overpowered variant, in pursuit of generic love interest girl (and that's the extent of his character so far). He is challenged by people on all sides opposing him due to Standard Anime Oppression Structure Type 1 Subtype Gamma, Mage Supremacy, in spite of the fact that his morning diet consists mainly of top tier mages and that he effortlessly overcomes every challenge set ... before him. In other words, under the thin veil of its setting it's as bland and generic as your average mass produced isekai.

This is the laziest kind of anime there is. The kind of plot based on inserting standard archetypes into a new setting built around some ideas the author finds interesting is already pretty lazy and far too common in anime and its source materials, but this isn't even doing that, preferring instead to lift its setting from another, far better story (and Harry Potter itself wasn't exactly the height of literature). As a result, you end up with something that simply has nothing of substance to offer at all.