The Great Cleric is a story about a salaryman in modern Japan who happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. He was caught in the line of fire and died instantly. Of course, the story did not end there as he was reincarnated into another world where magic prosper. Given a second chance to live out his life as he wished, he opted for a career of a healer, but soon learned that being a healer in this new world is not a very welcoming job.

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Honestly, this anime actually had a very promising storyline where the main protagonist, Luciel, attempted to challenge the corruption of healers in this world. The story showed how Luciel became a very strong healer and was able to earn the favour of many people, such as the adventurers who had a great disdain against healers, and the presiding pope of the church he was transferred to. I would not mind watching such show if only the protagonist was written in a much better light.

It was never implied what his age was when he died. However, based on the little flashbacks and small background information Luciel provided, I would have to surmise that he was probably in his mid to late twenties. Given how he was able to identify a "business smile" and a genuine smile also points to the many work experiences he had when dealing with clients and his own colleagues and bosses. What I am trying to say here is that there should be some level of maturity and intelligence to his character as Luciel as he was reincarnated and got to keep his memories in the new world.

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However, after starting his new life as Luciel in the new world, it felt as though I am watching a kid in a teenager body trying to navigate his way around. I get it, he has no idea what this world is, what the norms are and stuff, but I feel all those are easily resolvable if he asked the healer guild whether there is a library he could go to to read up on the world. I mean, being called "ignorant" is kind of the hint here, isn't it? It feels as though he forgot that he was reincarnated into a 18 year old body instead of an 8 year old kid. People tend to be more forgiving if it were an 8 year old child telling you that they have no idea what is happening in the world. But for a 18 year old? It's understandable for people to scorn at him for being ignorant.

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While the show is great to watch, as in seeing Luciel slowly become stronger and deal with the corruption, it is honestly quite a pain to watch it. Luciel never showed any character development such as maturing as the years goes by. He just continued with his old ways which is honestly stupidity in general. Not really a show I would recommend, sadly.