And since there are only a handful of genie users, he’s overpowered from the very beginning. On top of that, it also gives him a super powerful genie that easily defeats any non-genie opponent he comes across. Instead, it validates every obnoxious action he takes, as if the power of friendship is all you need to fix any problem. Worst part, the show refuses to point out how wrong he is. He’s basically a happy-go-lucky chuuni, completely out of sync with the grim setting he is living in. He’s ridiculously optimistic, even for shonen standards, and has a creepy boob fetish from the age of 10.

Also, because of the ass fetish everyone working in A-1 Pictures has, the camera keeps zooming on women’s buttocks for some really low brow fan service.It’s also very hard to like the protagonist. It feels ten times worse in Magi, with its not as good production values, and its way more frequent comedy scenes. FMAB, the best shonen of all time, is disliked by thousands of people just because of a few seconds of comic relief deformity in every episode. Also, the characters deform to chibi doodles when something funny happens. You constantly get mood whiplashes, since the story is full of tragedy and death that get constantly interrupted by silly boob jokes. Magi on the other hand is all over the place. Shinsekai Yori is also weird in its presentation, yet it packs enough interesting content to be memorable. It was not exciting, it was not fun, and you were just tolerating its whimsical plot and setting.Of course, not being mainstream material is not really a minus. Magi was more focused on character tragedies and cosmological concepts, than being a good action or adventure. They were too weird for the average viewer.

It’s the same reason why other shows like Toriko and Bobobo never managed to be very popular. From inconsistent animation quality, to some pretty questionable design choices, Magi was not made to be mainstream. What happened? The presentation, basically. When this subversion of the shonen formula did the same, it had no impact at all. When a complete pile of garbage like Bleach ended, tens of thousands lost their shit. And yet it’s not since it was quickly forgotten by everybody, and even after the manga ended almost nobody cried about it. It sounds like it should be regarded as one of the best shonen anime of all time.

The formula constantly changes, the scope broadens, and the stakes increase. Starts as dungeon crawling, proceeds to be about defeating evil rulers, then it’s about what it means to be a good ruler, then how can a nation can co-exist with other nations, then how to form an alliance and stop an evil force from destroying the continent. Notice: This review covers both seasons of this anime.Magi is an oddball when it comes to shonen anime, because it’s constantly changing what it’s all about.

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