Maburaho (TV) Reviews
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Title(s): |
Maburaho
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Creator: |
Toshihiko Tsukiji
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Genres: |
Action,
Adventure,
Comedy,
Fantasy,
Magic,
Slice of Life,
Supernatural
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Age Group: |
Mature (May contain sex, drugs, and extreme graphic violence) |
Vintage: |
October 14, 2003 |
Status: |
Completed |
Summary: |
Maburaho is set in a world where every character has the ability to use magic, however everyone's magic is not equal. Each person in the story has a different degree of magic and a set number of times that they can use their magic. The average person is able to use magic less than a hundred times, however some people are able to use magic several thousand times. Because of this, a person's social standing is determined by the number of times that he or she can perform magic. If someone uses up all of their magic, his or her body turns to ash and is scattered into the winds.[5]
The series first introduces us to Kazuki Shikimori, a second year student from an elite magic school, Aoi Academy. However, unlike his classmates, Kazuki can only use his magic eight times before he turns to dust. As a result, he is at the bottom of the school's social pecking order. However things change one day when Yuna Miyama shows up in his dorm room and declares that she is his wife. Moments later, Kuriko Kazetsubaki and Rin Kamishiro appear at Kazuki's dorm, the former in order to obtain his genes and the latter to kill him to escape her obligation to marry him. Kazuki learns that he is a descendant of most of the world's greatest magicians from both the eastern and western worlds. Even though he has a feeble spell count, his offspring has the potential of becoming a powerful magician |
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Started out good, but...
Written by stevodevo on August 5, 2011 at 9:40 AM
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Overall Rating
Good
Story: 3
Dialogue: 4
Animation: 4
Entertainment: 3
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I had Maburaho on my list of animes to see and now that I've just finished watching it I've got mixed emotions about it...
Although it's listed here as one 24 episode series, there is a definite break midway which gives it the feel of a second season. I mention that to say that the first 'half' held my attention and had a good story, while the second 'half' felt somewhat contrived, included semi-filler episodes and didn't progress the story or characters much until the last 2-3 episodes.
Technically, the artwork was good and at times very ( read more)
I had Maburaho on my list of animes to see and now that I've just finished watching it I've got mixed emotions about it...
Although it's listed here as one 24 episode series, there is a definite break midway which gives it the feel of a second season. I mention that to say that the first 'half' held my attention and had a good story, while the second 'half' felt somewhat contrived, included semi-filler episodes and didn't progress the story or characters much until the last 2-3 episodes.
Technically, the artwork was good and at times very good. I enjoyed the background music and while the OP and ED grew on me, they weren't particularly memorable. Dialogue was well done although a bit cliche which is perhaps to be expected. I would recommend the original Japanese over the dub. The dub sounded forced and in particular the voice of Kazuki was somewhat whiny and annoying.
Back to the story... the premise of the series is interesting and the storyline along with the romantic aspect held my attention through the first half. While there are some suggestive and perhaps 'ecchi' moments there was no blatant nudity. However, in the second half for some reason this changed. It's like they couldn't figure out how to stretch the series to a full 24 episodes so they included filler-like flashback episodes, bath scenes, and frontal nudity! The story pulled together in the last 2-3 episodes and several questions were answered, albeit indirectly, but the lapse of direction in the middle was enough for me to drop the ratings on this one a notch or two.
While I mostly enjoyed the series, I was hoping for a more consistent progression in the storyline and a better wrap up to the romance which frankly just wasn't there in the end. I like a good harem anime, don't get me wrong, but for me at least, it needs to have a clear ending without much ambiguity and Maburaho didn't leave me with that feel good 'guy gets with the right girl' in the end. ( show less)
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8 out of 9 people found this review helpful.
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Very GOOd
Written by rishaz on February 15, 2011 at 4:59 PM
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Overall Rating
Good
Story: 4
Dialogue: 5
Animation: 3
Entertainment: 5
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This anime rocks the only one problem is that its ecchi and it have a nice story.
just watch and finish and try to have fun
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2 out of 6 people found this review helpful.
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