Anti-Magic Academy: The 35th Test Platoon - Taimadou Gakuen 35 Shiken Shoutai

[Munsu]

Sure, he wasn't hesititating to go through the door, but when it turned out he wasn't facing some lonely lowly witch but a bunch of ruffians, he instantly turned into apologising jelly. After badmouthing he did turn into what he should have been from the beginning (since according to the series description their business is the eradication of magicians), but mysteriously some mental issue reverted him instantly back before he could do anything. I don't know what's so cool about a captain who gets himself killed without resistance if not saved by underlings. He did have some good sides as well, though, like preventing Ootori from needlessly killing suspects in revenge. But he really needs to shape up himself and the whole team.

It's useless to say "they are just students". If they feel like they are just students and not ready for action, then they have to stick to classrooms and training. They don't take deadly missions out there. If they do, then they better be ready for the consequences.

1. Once he saw he was outnumbered, he was in "buying time mode"... waiting for an opportunity. And once again, decoy... He was good enough to defend himself against bullets even while he was in his "normal mode", so your "captain who gets killed without resistance" is misplaced. At no point was it mentioned he was cool though, I simply think your hate for this particular character seems quite overboard for reasons I can't fathom, particularly compared with the abundance of shitty MCs out there. So that you have this strong reaction for this one is mind-boggling.

Anyways, this is such a common circumstance in whatever medium in which a character enters a room full of more baddies than expected that's it's not worth the nitpicking here about his behavior. I'm pretty sure Van the Stampede would've done the same... I think he did actually.

2. He didn't revert back because of mental issues, an external source (Ikaruga) used it to bring him back to his senses, to ground him. This to say that it wasn't because of an intrinsic weakness that he didn't go through with it, but someone from his team brought him back before he could go berserk. For some reason that would've been bad, and that's not ON the main character, that's ON the circumstances that would prevent the main character going berserk being a positive thing. We don't know what those are yet.

In fact you might say that the flaw in him is the one that makes him lose control, not what reverted him.

3. I'm honestly questioning the premise of "eradication of magicians", at least from the purview of the students. We got Kusanagi seeming to scold the sniper for head shots, we have Ikaruga stopping him from killing the mobsters, we once again have Kusanagi stopping Ootori from killing the murderers at the end, explicitly stating that she would lose her inquisitor status. So this brings us back to #2 on why Kusanagi didn't go through with the massacre as it was.

4. It's not useless to mention that they're students, it's important to understand that they aren't perfect soldiers and will be prone to mistakes, that everything wouldn't and shouldn't go all smoothly.

Anyways, I'm not trying to make sell you on him being a good character (I'm of the opinion that there hasn't been anything noteworthy one way or another), but that I think your dislike to the exponent you've brought to this discussion seems highly misplaced... particularly when the series is trying, and to my opinion unsuccessfully, to mix some humor and lightheartedness to the serious aspects of it.

[Munsu]

Here's episode 2:
http://nyaa.se/?page=download&tid=745014



I'm not enjoying this series much, quite disappointed in it. Not feeling it. Might give it a few more episodes, but honestly not caring for it right now.

[MasterOfMoogles]

This episode was a little more interesting, but the show is still kind of bad.

[Munsu]

This episode was a little more interesting, but the show is still kind of bad.

I kinda dislike the mecha angle this show is taking... was hoping for a series of actual magic vs. weapons, but this is turning into something else. But that's just the last straw of things, I'm just not finding anything in the story that's compelling... not that they've tried to do much story wise.

[KrayZ33]

I like his armor, CGI ruined it a bit but it was cool looking.

[neflight86]

Also not too hot for this one. Many plot threads introduced this episode, but none of them very interesting. Its been a looooong time since I watched a lengthy 'contract forming' scene without my eyes drooping.

[Kraco]

I'm dropping this. Might have as well done it after the first ep, but this second one convinced me. I dislike the main character, who is of the type speaking grandly yet failing to finish what he started (in his social interactions, not fights). He's missing something essential and obvious in his social skills. Only the fact he's associating with other weirdos allows him to pull through.

It might seem like a wothless detail, but I was also annoyed by Lapis's activation line for her hallmark magic. Those lines worked very nicely in Shana because the atmosphere, or lore, was heavily build around such things, but here it came out of nowhere and sounded exactly like it was shamelessly copied from elsewhere. Actually I also didn't care for how the necromancer summoned an ancient hero, who was a technologized copy of Saber. Such more or less direct references can be nice when they are used in other quality shows, but when they are used in a shitty show like this, they are insulting.

[Munsu]

Here's episode 3:
http://nyaa.se/?page=download&tid=747477







And I think I'm going to follow suit with Kraco and drop this. I really tried to find something to keep me watching, but honestly I don't care about anything that's going on, and don't care about any of the characters. So for now, it looks like I'll be moving on.

[shinta|hikari]

I'll keep watching for DFC.

[Munsu]

I'll keep watching for DFC.

Well, feel free to let me know if anything else stands out in future episodes to make it worth my time.

[shinta|hikari]

There probably won't. I've read a good chunk of the novels. It's harem action all the way.

[Munsu]

There probably won't. I've read a good chunk of the novels. It's harem action all the way.

If that really was my problem with it, I'd stomach it. I just don't care about anything that's going on or the characters. Everything is just dull and boring.

[shinta|hikari]

Oh in that case, there might be something in store for you. It gets a bit more serious later on with stronger enemies.

[Munsu]

Oh in that case, there might be something in store for you. It gets a bit more serious later on with stronger enemies.

Alright, we'll see how I feel next week. But will probably stop watching for now and marathon some later depending on how feedback has been later on.

[KrayZ33]

This is definitely the worst out of the 3 shows.
The source material might not be as bad as this adaptation but this is truly boring.
The "School"-Director character archtype is really annoying: "Look, I smile and chill even though my subjects get killed left and right, but it's all according to my plan... I'm such a scheming bastard hehehe, feel my mysterious aura."
I can't stand that.

The necromancing Necromancer was the only cool thing so far... not because the character itself was portrayed well/interesting, but because Necromancers are cool in general and they didn't hesitate to make him actually DO some necromancer stuff.

Lol'ed at the robots, made for killing witches/magic users, getting "mindcontrolled" by said users.
Lol'ed at classmates that have some history with MC dying but no one really gave a shit about them. One of them even got thrown at MC as an Undead. Felt as if they skipped through 90% of the backlash that occured after the incident.

No one cared about how the Necromancer managed to infiltrate their base or what happened to that other squad.