Pros:
Neutral:
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Imagine Harry Potter without much of the Hogwarts parts, this could be the result.
The main character, Elaina is a travelling witch that goes to different countries to write some experiences like the book she has read. To say the least, she is interesting. Most protagonists fall into one side, usually good. She is neither a goody two shoes nor straight evil. She's usually in the neutral side. She doesn't interfere with a location's problems unless she is forced to do it by other people or she is the one that caused the problem. If she could stay out of the problem, she will do that. She isn't your typical protagonist where she saves the day or the person that tries to ruin an area*.
If you have read the LN, well, things are different
Spoilery thoughts on Elaina. Contains spoilers for the LN.
Honestly, she looks to lean toward good in this adaptation where the source material leans towards the negative. She literally conned people in one story there because she's broke and everyone was ripping off each other because of the inflated economy. I honestly don't know why can't they put this one as a half episode and show us that she isn't super nice all the time. Maybe it was cut out as it may make her so unlikeable by the general audience.
This review will judge this show on its own.
The side characters are serviceable and decent. For some reason, all of the recurring characters are female. Now, it isn't as bad as let's say Slime 300 where almost everyone is female in the world. Here, there are male characters. Most of them fall into the character of the day or a background character. The most notable recurring character is Saya which is every otaku that loves Elaina. She's more than that of course. Fran and Sheila? Aside from a focused episode on them, they have fairly little to show in the entire season.
The story is usually self contained with fairly loose connections in between. You could watch this ignoring the episode number and probably know what is going on. The stories themselves are hit or kinda miss (or cliché). Majority of the show is light hearted except for episode 3, 4, 9 and some parts of 12. 9 is the darkest in my opinion though it could just be because of the "visual flourishes" put out there. 4 is not too far behind in darkness. There's barely any transition between tones which could take you out of the story. They just flip flop from dark to light. Most prominently changing from Ep. 9 to 10. If there is room for improvement in a future season or series, this is the one.
The visuals are fairly standard. Sure, the magic parts can be flashy at times. But the rest of it is kinda average. The music, particularly the OP and ED is not amazing and fall to the serviceable but forgettable.
Overall, I think this is enjoyable. Sure this is not going to win any awards in my opinion. But it serves its purpose as an adventure anime. The story is nice though not immune to some mediocrity. The main character is interesting for main character standards though falls flat on the visuals and sound. Maybe this studio could improve the technical stuff (Art & Music) on their next production. For now, this show is good but not much more than that. It just needs more oomph.
Story: 7/10
Characters: 8/10
Art & Animation: 6/10
Music: 5/10
Best Episode: Ep. 6
Worst: Ep. 10 (Most generic plot)
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