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REVIEW: The Irregular at Magic High School Sub.Blu-Ray 1

Well, okay, that's all fine and dandy. BUT...that's too little, too late. If the author wanted to develop MC-kun, he should have done it from the start. As it stands, Anime!MC-kun is still a self-insert. His "flaws" are still portrayed as appealing. He never loses anything that means something, and he gets everything he wants. He's still unrealistically competent, and he's still overpowered. I don't think his defenders would be so forgiving if MC-kun were an MC-chan, if you know what I mean.

Honestly, my vision of the story would have casted MC-kun as something like the world-weary mentor to our idealistic cutie protagonist. My version of MC-kun is someone who's been used and abused by an unfair system, and has grown cynical and aloof to the point that his admirers are too scared to get near him. Essentially, he would be the Broken Ace. I'm not getting that vibe from Canon!MC-kun.

EDIT: Hallelujah! I found a drinking game on TV Tropes dedicated to how much of a Marty Stu Tatsuya is! This is the best day EVER!

I stopped watching this show after like 5 episodes, but I'd like to point out that if you have to read the books to make the anime not suck, the anime actually still sucks

This is the encapsulation of everything that is wrong with Tatsuya as a character. He didn't use magic to diagnose her, he just knew at a glance, and then told the professionals what they should do about it. It's not the only scene where his judgement is flawless, but it's the perfect distillation of the problem.

Madhouse has no right to the title if they don't want to make it, Kadokawa can hire another anime studio to make the anime. it's not up to madhouse. yes, some anime can make by two different studio.

Okay. Is being emotionally stunted ever portrayed as a bad thing? Like, how does it inhibit MC-kun? Also, I find it contradictory that while MC-kun is described as having a social faux pas, everybody still loves him and shills him and spends a lot of time with him. It's kind of like when Bella Swan was described as socially awkward, and yet has a whole bunch of people flocking around her all the time. Gee, it's as if the author wants to have his cake and eat it too!

Let's have no pretenses. Tatsuya Shiba is a self-insert. None of you described any character development he has to go through, because there is none. The author is convinced he doesn't have to go through any arc because he is perfect. Sure, he may have the faux-flaws of "socially awkward" and "emotionless", but they aren't there to make him look bad, but to make him more endearing. He has a Super Duper Dark and Twagic Backstory to make him more sympathetic, which is not what a backstory is supposed to do. That is the essence of the Sue. They never change, never learn, are always right, are good at everything that matters, and everyone in the story loves them, envies them, or wants to be them. Even Silver Talon admitted that MC-kun is a big fat Marty Stu. Can we just acknowledge that this anime is a wish fulfillment fantasy? There's nothing wrong with that, but when people start pretending it is otherwise, it gets really annoying. It didn't work when Stephenie Meyer tried to do it, so it shouldn't work here.

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Yes. He's still a Marty Stu if they never get there. So you basically have the story of "Tatsuya Shiba is a super awesome guy who punches people and gets everything he wants and everyone likes him and he never has to struggle or lose anything". Once again, there's a TV Tropes drinking game dedicated to how much of a self-insert he is. Nobody has denied it.

You know, I can't wait to see what everyone's reactions will be ten years down the line, when nobody cares about Mahouka anymore. Remember when Twilight was everywhere, and then Breaking Dawn happened? I honestly believe that nobody is going to care about Mahouka ten years from now. After all, you can't spell "trend" without "end".

Take a shot for each sentence of Techno Babble.
Take a swig every time Miyuki says "Onii-sama" and try to stay alive. Two swigs if she blushes at the same time.
Use this for practice. spoiler[Don't drive after this.]
Take a shot/sip everytime Tatsuya is the best at something. Double the amount if it is a historic feat that was never successfully attempted before.
Take a gulp every time Tatsuya utterly destroys his enemies. Empty your glass each time Tatsuya oneshots a named character.
Down the entire keg for spoiler[each time he uses Material Burst in Episode 26. Double the amount the 2nd time he uses it.]
Take a shot every time Tatsuya is praised. Two shots if it's from Miyuki.
Take a sip when a man is jealous of Tatsuya's status or abilities.
Take two sips when Tatsuya insists that the credits to a specific feat he committed belong to someone else.
Take a shot/sip when people joke or talk about incest. Double the amount if it is either Tatsuya or Miyuki.
Chug a bottle if Tatsuya manages to do something that the narration or dialogue states to be all but impossible.
And finally... the Meta.
Each time someone relates Tatsuya Shiba to Objectivism, take a swig. Two if Atlas Shrugged is mentioned.
Go buy a can of beer every time a link on Reddit leads you to /r/OneTrueTatsuya. spoiler[Because you need it.]

I can see why Rebecca gave it a positive review in the first half, but this is one of the worst TV shows I've ever watched. Last year Pupa was bad but it was a short show, this really takes the cake. I cringed every time watching it in those six months since I hate dropping, and was really relief when it ended.

I can go much ramble about it but really, it's terrible.

Takamachi Ryoko wrote:

I can see why Rebecca gave it a positive review in the first half, but this is one of the worst TV shows I've ever watched. Last year Pupa was bad but it was a short show, this really takes the cake. I cringed every time watching it in those six months since I hate dropping, and was really relief when it ended. I can go much ramble about it but really, it's terrible.

If you're expecting a straight up negative review of an Aniplex of America or Fun image on review I have a feeling your going to be waiting a long long time. B is pretty much the lowest I would have ever expected this to go. I mean come on these are the sites main ad sponsors and a major source of revenue, expecting them to give a straight negative review of anything they release ever is like expecting Kotaku to go give a straight negative review or publicity to a Triple A publisher. Never going to happen. It's one thing when we're talking about previews but once it comes time to review stateside disc releases, yeah fat chance

T.Silver wrote:

That can be explained as well, spoiler[he's been trained to handle accidents as a Guardian since he was six].

That's not an explanation of his actions, only of his ability to take that action. If he'd had training as a crimefighter, which he undoubtedly has since he's had training in every conceivable human activity since he was just a fetus, should he step in and tell the police how to do their jobs? Of course, since he's better, faster, stronger, more awesome at it than they could ever hope to be!

I think you're not seeing the problem here. It's not that all his OP can't be explained away, it's that it's there to need to be explained away. It's the excessive OP itself that's the problem, not whether he comes by all of it honestly or not. It's just too much to saddle any one character with without it becoming ridiculous. Which is why it keeps getting ridiculed.