SEASON 1

Could have finished this a while ago, but was determined to watch it all in Dub form, which has some solid voice acting throughout. But man was it hard to wait the extra 2 weeks once I started watching this brand new anime.

All I heard were rumours and suggestions on Crunchyroll. Saw a couple YouTube clips and was drawn by the gorgeous colourful animation, music score (hell even the "next week on" music is excellent) and the concept. Essentially a bit like an Anime Hogwarts, an academy of mage students strive to be the best, but Will's character cannot use magic at all, but instead bears excellent physical prowess and sword skills. Shunned by most other students, it's essentially the Hero's Journey but with a bit of a cool twist.

It didn't take long to be drawn in, with incredible action sequences, a good story, cool characters and a protagonist that you root for. I was hooked from the start and even though the season peaks in Ep 7 and doesn't quite reach the same heights in the final few beyond, all the episodes are generally solid whether by action or drama. Well maybe the finale isn't that great, but technically the finale is Ep 11 and 12 is more of an epilogue with setup for Season 2, which thankfully is currently in production so I get to see more eventually.

For a period this was a 10/10 for me, I think more realistically, it's one fewer, but big whoop. This is still one of the most enjoyable animes I've come across in recent years and definitely worth a watch if wizard settings are your thing. Lately it seems a good time to be into anime.

9/10.