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FanGamer24
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Not a great series, but I liked a lot of the ideas. I like that Kyle's knowledge of the future is balanced out by the fact that he doesn't know every single detail of what occurred in the past, which allows for a lot of curveballs to be thrown his way. I also appreciate that Kyle is kind of dumb, so he's not always able to come up with an ideal solution to a problem, such as when he's forced to kill someone who was a friend and mentor to him in the previous timeline, because he couldn't come up with any other way to resolve the conflict.
I also like that Kyle isn't some noble hero, so he isn't above using underhanded methods to get the outcome he's after. |
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SaiyanHeretic
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That goes ditto for me. It was rough overall, but had something charming which I don't get from a lot of isekai/reincarnation anime. Kyle acts like he's got it all together, but it does feel like an act. He's not a brilliant strategist or anything of the sort, he just has a little more information than most people. And the more events he changes, the more his foreknowledge will become irrelevant. His more underhanded deeds are things he hides from his friends, because he knows they're not something to be proud of, whereas lesser anime turn the protag into a gloating edgelord. I also feel like Theron is being set up to turn against Kyle. Not in any overtly suspicious way, but for such a goofball comic relief chararacter, Theron sure has a streak of coldbloodedness which comes out when he's alone. Kyle takes his best friend for granted more than once and I can see a version of this story playing out where that gradually fuels Theron's resentment. The series deliberately juxtaposes them against each other in other ways, like how Theron is derided for his skirt-chasing, but we're told it's Kyle who'll become known as a lecherous hero. Frankly, the girls in the group aren't that interesting, but I appreciate that they don't fight amongst themselves over Kyle. Lise and Urza have better chemistry with each other than him, lol. |
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zztop
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There's still enough content for more seasons of New Saga should they choose to make it; the anime only covered the 1st 2 out of 10 completed novels. (The novels are still not officially available in English.)
However there is an officially available manga adaptation that has covered (almost) the entire LN story, so check that one out to see the rest of Kyle and co.'s adventures to stop the war. https://www.alpha-manga.com/manga/830000061 (I say almost because apparently the manga skipped covering content from at least 2 volumes in order to reach the end faster.) |
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FanGamer24
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If you live in NA Crunchyroll actually has the manga but only 98 chapters and I have no clue when they intend add the rest. |
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prime_pm
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That manga ending really pissed me off and frankly came close to turning me off the anime adaptation. That and the stupid bare shoulder design on the main character. Cover up, Kyle! |
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MFrontier
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Feels weird to dwell on the protagonist being named "Kyle" when it's not even that uncommon a name in anime. Just recently in May I ask One Final Thing? there's a prince named Kyle. It's...just a name.
Honestly I wouldn't say it was a masterpiece or amazing but I feel like this was a solid, straightforward, fantasy adventure anime which I feel is rarer than it should be without an Isekai/Banished caveat or a straight-up Harem. Kyle isn't an OP hero. He definitely has perks from his past knowledge and high level skills but he doesn't have the body to use them as well as he did in his original timeline and so he has to be more strategic in how he fights. Theron was probably one of the biggest surprises of the show going from horndog to possibly the most dangerous/ruthless character in the cast and more deadly than Kyle. Liese and Urza I think were serviceable if not filled with depth as the leading ladies of the series. I think Fairouz Ai and Asami Seto helped carry their characters, but I think Urza at least had a little more going on than just crushing on Kyle because of her personality. I think the idea of being in a party with your first love who you can now be with and your future wife from another timeline is an interesting dilemma even if the show didn't explore it much beyond both girls obviously being into Kyle. Short of doing a full prequel season or hour-long prequel episode, I'm not sure how they could have incorporated Kyle's memories of the other timeline anymore organically into the plot than they did. I like that there were consequences' to Kyle's actions and that he wasn't a goody two-shoes hero. |
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Meexa
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aka Redo of Healer rated E for Everyone Edition.
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zztop
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The books ended like that too, the manga was just being faithful to it. |
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prime_pm
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Another reason to be hesitant on starting this. |
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One-Eye
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Not a good series, generic, dull and like the review stated full of one note characters. The only part that was interesting to me was the possible consequences of Kyle messing with the history of the world. Some characters that were dead in his original time are now alive and some that were alive are now dead. Is he actually making things better, worse or will the outcome be the same just with a different cast of characters? Unfortunately we don't really get to see any of the possible consequences in the show and don't know if there are going to be any. Meanwhile, the action is kind of mediocre. Its not a fun dumb show to me, its more like a dull dumb show and one of my disappointments from the previous season.
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Fluwm
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Not uncommon at all but I still find myself dwelling on it. Was reading something last week, I forget what, with another Kyle, and started wondering how the name would be written in Japanese. I’m thinking, something like カイル / Kairu, right? Which is very similar to another name that’s fairly common in Japanese media — so does that make “Kairi” the feminine form of Kyle? And would that make the more appropriate romanization of カイリ not “Kairi” but instead “Kylie” or “Kylee?” Which then got me thinking about Kyrie from Arc the Lad, naturally. Anyway, “Kyle” is one of those out-of-place names that never fails to draw me out of a story, especially if said story is going for a historical or pseudo historical setting. Which is actually a common problem with historical fantasy/fiction, as some names are just too-associated with specific eras or cultures regardless of their historical usage. That said, Kyle is far from the most distracting name out there. |
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Eilavel
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Well, I give the show some credit. It at least always felt like it was trying to construct interesting world building/events/plot twists. None of these were actually great, but compared to a lot of similar series I did feel like it at least came from a place of at least wanting to write something other than generic isekai #732
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Key
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Yeah, I can give the series this much credit. I also have to give the series a little nod for actually having a character who shares my first name (Theron), and I agree with one other poster that there does seem to be at least a bit more to him (in terms of layers) than the others. And we can't forget the series' funky musical score, which I'm surprised didn't elicit any comments. The lightly jazzy approach it took at times was just weird. Overall, this was a contender for the lowest-rated of all the series I followed in the Summer 2025 season. |
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jr240483
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speaking of, it is definitely not a coincidence that the eng dub VA for new saga's kyle ends up being the one picked to be the eng dub for prince kyle in may i ask for one last thing? in addition, it is clearly apparent to me that the anime is adaptating the manga and not the light novels ala apcolyaspe bringer mynoghra. if new saga ever gets a second season, they should instead do the adaptation via the light novels. |
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KarlFranz
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I would say that it's a shame that the series probably won't adapt the more interesting stuffs about Theron unless it get a 2nd season. A major element of the story is that Kyle and the audiences learn more about the characters and how difference they were in Kyle original timeline and how Kyle actually learn more about them because he meet them in difference circumstance in the new timeline. Theron is probably the best example of this as it's reveal that he spoiler[is secretly the bastard son of the Emperor of the largest empire in the continent, how he earned the sword that was used by the previous hero and his romantic relationship with the demon queen. Like the guy is literally the text-book example of a chosen hero but those only come into play in the new timeline due to him actually have to leave his home early.]
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