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Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles
Seirei Gensouki is an isekai that’s using a lot of the same tropes as most other isekai, but it has a very different feel to most of them…
Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles – Episode 1
I definitely said “I’m bored” two minutes into the premiere of this show.
First Impression: Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles
Malnourished and maltreated, the orphan Rio awakens with a clear story in his head of a him in another time, but instead of living in the slums of…
Seirei Gensouki - Spirit Chronicles Omnibus 4
It isn't that uncommon for a film (anime or otherwise) adaptation of a book to not do the best job, but the Seirei Gensouki – Spirit Chronicles' anime…
Seirei Gensouki / Spirit Chronicles Review (Spoiler Free)
Let’s check out another fantasy anime from last season – Spirit Chronicles. As a big fan of the fantasy genre, isekai or not, I gave this and several…
Seirei Gensouki - Spirit Chronicles Omnibus 1 - 3
You've watched the anime, but how do the original novels measure up? Rebecca checks the first six novels out in their new omnibus release format.
First Impression: Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles, Season 2
As bold, colorful lights stream down from the heavens, Aishia, Rio’s contracted spirit, feels a spiritual jolt to her soul; there’s no doubt that something monumental is happening,…
Summer 2021 First Impressions – Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles
Streaming: Crunchyroll Episodes: 12 Source: Light Novel Episode Summary: Rio is an orphaned boy living in the slums, biding his time until he can find the means to…
Seirei Gensouki - Spirit Chronicles Season 2 Anime Series Review
With this second season, I am beginning to think that Yuri Kitayama’s original light novel series is simply a poor fit for animated adaptation.
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Sighs. I guess the year 2021 must be a very lonely and empty year for Sword Art Online (SAO) fans since no sequel or spinoffs under that popular…
Seirei Gensouki S2
Kirito is back. No, not the one from SAO. The one with magic, sword and sorcery and the likes. No, not ALO either. The other one. That’s right.…
Books: Spirit Chronicles
By Shelley Pallis. Yuri Kitayama’s Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles has several different beginnings, and to be frank, I am not sure that it has stopped beginning yet, even…
Seirei Gensouki Episode 3 Impressions – Blame the Commoner
Episode 3 of Seirei Gensouki seems to have wrapped up Rio's time at school. I still kind of wish the side characters had a bit more personality about…
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Seirei Gensouki Episode 6 Impressions – Bare Knuckled Wyvern Fighting
Seirei Gensouki has a few weaknesses this week but it doesn't undermine what is inherently a fun story. Also, how many different outfits will they put Rio in?…
Seirei Gensouki Episode 12 Impressions – It Literally Just Stopped
Seirei Gensouki has brought its season to an end. Kind of. Maybe. It was the last episode at least and MAL says it is done. That pretty much…
Spirit Chronicles #01 — Adults Are Stupid
To be fair, all the characters in this show are quite stupid. Impressions: Are we done with these idiotic power fantasies yet? No? Pity. Anyway, here's Yet…
Seirei Gensouki Episode 9 Impressions – We’re Back To The Beginning
Seirei Gensouki feels like we're definitely backtracking. Rio's gone on this grand adventure to his mother's homeland and now we're turning around and walking back though with skills…
Spirit Chronicles #02 — Mighty Japanese Sword Technique
Good god. Impressions: Technically, I watched more of Uramichi's second episode than this one's, but this has A.) More of an argument towards being a comedy, purely…
Seirei Gensouki Episode 7 Impressions – Homecoming And B List Bullies/Villains
Another episode, another new village for Rio in Seirei Gensouki. He's finally made it to the region his parents came from. This week we watch him settle in…
Seirei Gensouki Episode 1 Impressions – A Confused Beginning But Some Potential
While this first episode was a little bit confused and felt rushed, Seirei Gensouki has the potential to be reasonably interesting. The question is, will it or is…
Seirei Gensouki Episode 2 Impressions – One Dimensional Bullies and Wooden Sword Fights
While Seirei Gensouki still seems very much in set-up stage it has done enough to intrigue me. That said, it wasn't the introduction of sad b-grade antagonists that…
Seirei Gensouki Episode 4 Impressions – Shopping For Pasta and A Dazzling Travel Montage
Episode 4 of Seirei Gensouki takes Rio on a trip where he encounters pasta, an assassin and a travel montage. But it all kind of works as his…
Seirei Gensouki Episode 8 Impressions – How To Take The Wow Away From Your Reveal
When you title your episode "Royal Lineage" you aren't leaving much to the imagination and thus any potential surprise is killed before the opening credits as Rio's heritage…
Seirei Gensouki Anime Series Review – High Potential But Limited Pay-Off For Anime Only Viewers
Having reached the end of the Seirei Gensouki anime I made it kind of clear in my episode review I was disappointed with how it ended. But, looking…
Summer 2021 First Impressions: Kobayashi-san’s Dragon Maid S, Seirei Gensouki, Isekai ni Tsukurou Drugstore
Kobayashi-san Chi no Maidragon S Short Synopsis: A programmer and her live-in maid are threatened by a bizarrely proportioned interloper (who gives Kobayashi-san an unexpected package). Wooper: You…
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid, Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S, Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles
Seirei Gensouki, or, “Fourteen-Year-Old Giga-Chad (Who’s Definitely Not Kirito) Steals All Your Girls.”
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Seirei Gensouki Episode 5 Impressions – Why do all the anime girls love putting their hands on Rio?
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I probably don't have much new to say about Seirei no Moribito at this point, and a conventional episode review would serve little and fail to do the…
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This is not an easy episode to watch, and it's pretty unsparing in how it reflects on the characters. Read more
Seirei no Moribito – 11
The last couple of minutes of this episode are among my favorites of this (and thus by definition, any) series. Read more
Seirei no Moribito – 10
The tenser things get, the more Chagum runs as cool as those cool blue eyes of his. Read more
Seirei no Moribito – 22
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Seirei no Moribito – 09
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#106.5 First Thoughts on Yamato Gensouki
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