Anime Review: Mahouka Koukou No Yuutousei

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Rating

★★★

Duration

0 Hrs 23 Mins

Drama digest:

This series tells the story of two siblings who want to dominate the world of magic in a dimension where magic is considered to be real.

The feel-good factor:

The interesting thing to watch about the series is that it portrays a world where magic is real, where magic is technology. It has a unique incest story between full siblings. The supporting characters are cool even when they don’t have a significant role.

The disappointing factor:

Though the characters are shown to have exceptional abilities, especially Tatsuya, the show fails to make good use of them. Another point is that they spend a lot of time explaining various magic tricks than the actual magic. Whenever a woman on the series wears something that doesn’t cover her skin even a bit, she gets commented on how she should be covering herself more, which is disappointing. The main character, Tatsuya, is said to be an overpowered personality because he does absolutely nothing wrong, he never loses, which shuts down all the ways for character development.

 In-depth analysis:

The series is set in an alternate dimension, where magic exists for real. During World War lll, a lot of people were killed, bringing the world population to three billion. Out of all these, only those people with a genetic history of magic can do magic, making the number of magicians even less. Here, the country that’s talked about is Japan. In Japan, the magic community is run by its government, called the Ten Master clans. One such clan, the Yotsuba clan, is the one to which the series’s protagonists belong. Maya Yotsuba is the leader of this clan, and her niece and nephew, Miyuki and Tatsuya, are the practitioners. Both of them are eleven months apart and had lost their mother while they were very young. After the death of their mother, their father married his mistress. This made Miyuki and Tatsuya’s childhood sadistic. Out of the two, Miyuki is considered to be one of the best magicians in Japan and is the successor to her aunt, becoming the next leader of the Yotsuba clan. To learn magic, both of them had enrolled in the ‘First High School,’ which separates their students based on their magical abilities. Those on the top with exceptional powers are placed in the first course, and the average people are placed in the second course. After the enrolment, Miyuki and Tatsuya are placed in the first and second courses respectively. Even though Tatsuya is placed in the second course, he’s generally knowledgeable. He has varied tactics, a piece of sound technical knowledge, and unique magical skills. The relationship between the two siblings is unusual. Miyuki was never considerate of her brother during childhood, but after a certain incident in which Tatsuya had saved her life, she devoted her entire existence to him. It can also be called ‘incestuous.’ Miyuki keeps her romantic feelings for Tatsuya, hidden for a long time. Later, they are engaged by their aunt, Maya. This is a story of two siblings trying to take over the world of magic and handling the relationship between them.

Star power:

No one except Tatsuya can be called the dominator of the series. The man is flawless, does nothing wrong, and is the most powerful and intelligent person, even though he is kept in the background for some part of the series.

Overall opinion:

If someone is a fan of a magical storyline with a little bit of incest, they can give this a go. But overall, the series has a lot of flaws.