Is conventional storytelling really something to abandon to feature a guy that can’t lose? I’m actually more concerned about the people that consumed the light novel. He is also popular with the girls, he is skilled at combat, he gets high scores in tests, he has an awesome incest relationship that’s totally not creepy and he’s so perfect no one in the entire run of the show can stop him. He’s a smart student that can solve scientific quandaries and impossibilities in one episode.
Basically, Mahouka is about a perfect guy that is so perfect that he literally can’t die. But in the end, what really is the point? Mahouka is just a stream of ridiculous light novel clichés and wish fulfillment turned way up. I guess from the title it’ll be about an irregular student and the whole show centered on him. While the show has some few bright moments, I simply do not understand its purpose. So I watched this show one weekend and, in all honestly, I do not get it. If it can get 400 votes in two weeks then something good must be happening here. I naturally wanted to see what the big deal is. Mahouka Kouko no Rettousei is easily one of the most hyped anime of Spring 2014. Early on, it was already garnering a lot of votes. This is the most voted anime in my review poll. Soon, everyone is interested with this guy that scored low on the test but seems to be better than any student in the academy. He is placed in a section considered inferior to other students but he soon proves everyone wrong when potential terrorist attacks are prevented by this inferior student. It follows his adventures as a student of First High School that trains strong magicians. The show is about a guy named Tatsuya that does awesome things because he just can. It also has a sister crushing hard on her brother, so there’s that.
This show is certainly unique but for all the bad reasons.
The plot doesn’t actually matter in this anime since it’s just a light novel where the author hates his life and escapes in the pages of his miserable product. It’s a twenty six episode anime about a student who fights terrorists with magic. The show I’ll be reviewing is called Mahouka Kouko no Rettousei or The Irregular at Magic High School. This anime is part of the Spring 2014 lineup.