Kirin! KI-RIN! Not Deer!

Always up for another bonkers comedy anime. The world needs more Hinamatsuris, Sabagebus and Asobi Asobases…

This reminds me the most of AhoGirl. I liked AhoGirl well enough but I get the feeling that this show will also be 100% carried by that single character with the rest of the cast just being there to setup gags for Deer Girl.

So correct me if I’m wrong:

• Regarden Magical Academy = Hogwards (magic school where elitists are thrown together with “lesser” students for some cheap drama)
• Will Serfort = Harry Potter (basically the underdog the elitists are looking down upon but who is actually the most special)
• Sion Ulster = Malfoy (elitist classmate with a entourage as the basic antagonist for MC)
• Colette Loire = Hermine (honor student friend of MC)
• Edward Serfens = Snape (antagonistic elitist teacher bullying MC but probably turning out to be a good one in the end)
• Workner Norgram = A mix of Hagrid and Gumbledor (basically the faculty staff that is a supporter of MC as a counter to the antagonistic one)

It’s one of the better generic ones so far with very few points sticking out where someone could hit their toes. Pro: MC works for his skill and doesn’t get it presented on a silver platter. Con: MC is completely dense and oblivious to his actual strength. I hope that this will resolve quickly and it won’t turn out as a running-gag that overpowered MC thinks he’s the weakest. I hate this trope so much.

To me, this is a desperation show. This is the show I would expect the only person to watch it is either a person with a fat fetish, or a person who has already watched literally everything else.

Yeah, but you don’t cater to people with a fat-fetish by having the plot be basically “diet and work out so you can look good again”. It’s so strange.

okay, I just have one question: Who is the target audience here? I really don’t get it. They show a naked elf but the elf looks like that. The show someone with fat-positive disposition but they fat-shame her in the plot.

What a difference a studio makes.

Also, capital punishment for bike thiefs sounds like a great idea right about now.

There is a lot more of that coming. There is no way to sugarcoat it. Try to think about it this way: magical toolmaking requires magic and not everyone can just go and become an inventor in that world. So there is a lack of tools that aren’t in higher demand. Stuff that is just convenient instead of a necessity has not been at the forefront of development. It’s a flimsy excuse but that’s what I run with.

The interesting parts should start in this season.

Good adaptation so far. The source starts at a different point in her life and her childhod is told more in memories and flashbacks. That they start there in the anime shows me that the naime will proably respect the slow-burning romance aspect of the source instead of rushing through the material to get to the fan favorites (looking at you, loathsome Bookworm adaptation).

sigh

Fair enough. That cat girl was initiated by him. But that makes it a 5 to 1 ratio. And I didn’t get the impression that she wasn’t in a position where she couldn’t simply say “no” when she really didn’t want to play that role.

I like it. I love the derpy design and I can’t wait to have those cute characters come up with fucked up traps to kill human adventurers. This is my favorite till now.

She doesn’t get Touka’s ability right, does she? She was talking about low accuracy, but apparently at least Paralyse hits true all/most of the time.

Well the title of this is "I Became the Strongest and Annihilated Everything With Low-Level Spells”, so she obviously didn’t get it right. The title already spilled the entire plot. She should have put more attention to her warding items actually going off when MC tried his skills on her. Saying more would be

oh boy, how do I hate those edgy characters and shows. Everyone is evil for the sole sake of showing off how good the MC iis in comparison. And you already know that that one Tenshi-type girl will be a love interest for MC’s harem. To me this is another one of those wanna-be-edgy shows that give me ulcers from second-hand cringe.

I was sceptical on the premise but I think I actually like this a lot. I am unsure though how long this gimmick alone can carry the narrative before I grow tired of it. I hope there will be more to this than just this one dynamic.

I did not get that at all to be honest. Like 0%. To me that was just playful flirting by both sides and clearly innitiated by her to begin with.

She’s played a really wide range of characters so it’s fun to see her in a role that does… exactly that.

She impressed me with her performance. The last time I was impressed by a VAs range was Yuuki Aoi’s double role in Boogiepop.

Some unsorted thoughts I had watching the first episode:

• I don’t remember Aqua being so edge-lord-y. At least I wasn’t annoyed by him in the first season but here I (slightly) am.
• How old is this Himekawa character? With the stubble, he looks like 30-somethings are often depicted in anime, and I’m uncomfortable with him trying to get close to Kana.
• I liked how they conveyed the impact the “good acting” had on others during the rehearsal. I thought that was a visually stunning and elegant way to bring that plot point across. Too bad that they had to go and have the characters talk about it extensively as well. It’s show and tell. But I can excuse it somewhat as it is at least relevant to their motivations, but eh… I just wish they would not spell everything out and trust in the viewer’s emotional intelligence to pick up on it anyway.
• Not a fan of OP and ED songs. Both were absolute bangers in season 1, so I was hoping season 2 would deliver as well.

I liked the first half of the show a lot more than the latter. The direction it took towards the end took out all the originality of the early episodes and turned it into just generic idol drama.