You know that extremely annoying character from KonoSuba? The one that is annoying all the time and that I hate with all my heart? The one who ruins every scene that character is in because of every stupid thing that character says? Yeah, that character is Kazuma, thank God he isn't here. But sadly, that is one of the only good things I can give credit to this series, because this series lacks basically everything that made KonoSuba endearing.

This series is a spin-off about Megumin and how she was before she was part of Kazuma's group. There is a little problem with this, and that is that Megumin's personality in the main series is entirely based on "explosion" and that's pretty much it, in this series it is even worse, as half of the series is focusing on her trying to get levels to cast explosion magic. You see, this is a problem in general, because KonoSuba characters aren't actually fully fledged characters, Megumin isn't actually a character on her own, she is part of a set of characters that when they aren't together they come out as pretty boring and feel empty. The banter between Kazuma's group is what made this series oh-so-funny and endearing, the characters in this series are completely uninteresting as the only characters who we actually care are Megumin and Yunyun, and as I said, they are an incomplete part of a set when going alone.

Take for example the first couple of episodes of this series, when they are in the school, there are these characters that are copies of Megumin look-wise but with big to huge breasts, but it is impossible to recognize who is who unless you memorize their breast size, I honestly remember them that way, however, they are no part of the set created to fit for Megumin, so they fall flat in interactions with her, the jokes don't land because these characters are uninteresting. Which leads me to say that Megumin doesn't fit in a leading role, I know I said just above that Kazuma is someone I dislike a lot, however, he works as a main since he is the person who keeps on check the other characters while doing his own banter, he does in fact have some personality and while paired with the other girls it makes it work, even if just makes the series work as a meme more than as a story, meanwhile, Megumin has Yunyun to be her "straight man", and she just doesn't work for that role. We also have what is basically a repeat of stuff that happens in the main series, the episodes in Arcanletia with Axis Order are basically the same as the ones that were in the second season, doesn't matter if these happened chronologically before.

Thankfully, despite the studio change the series looks pretty much the same, so you can feel better if you were worried about it looking different. All in all, unless you are a big fan of Megumin, who I am not, then this spin-off is basically something completely uninteresting, so if you like the series just wait for the third season.

Thank you for reading.