In some parts, however, certain elements are left unexplained as teasers to be fully revealed in later volumes. All this put together construct a world that feels real.
As talented magicians represent a small portion of the population, there are social pressures and powerful factions involved. With technology being where it is, the primary utility of magic lies mostly in combat applications. This is a world where magic has been exposed and then subject to scientific scrutiny, then followed up with the application of proper engineering to maximize its utility.
To reiterate, the entire purpose of these two novels, covering a hundred thousand words, is to introduce the major characters while describing in detail the magic system, the world, and the politics involved. So what makes these books interesting? The setting. It's only really kept from being an ass pull by the fact that it's made clear ahead of time that the main character has a bunch of hidden talents ready to be revealed. Essentially, this is standard Japanese Shounen plot resolution. While the magic system itself is mostly hard, the presentation of it in the first few volumes is soft that is, there is a rigorous magic system underpinning the series, but when it comes to resolving situations, it is handled as a 'revealed secret talent'.
#Irregular school of magic series#
The worldbuilding in this series focuses primarily on the magic system which is very intricate. In fact there is a good backstory to their situation - but that is scattered over the next few volumes, and so doesn't help their case here. Strange relationship is often commented upon by others purely for laughs. In particular, the protagonists suffer from this they come off as particularly shallow characters - a perfect little sister with a brother complex an emotionless older brother who is dedicated to his sister and their While a large cast of characters are introduced, that is all that happens there is insufficient material here for character development or even to delve into their backstory. They serve primarily as an introductory arc to the series while a few fights occur and there is even a small villain that appears, there is minimal tension because the protagonists are too capable. While it is undoubtedly an entertaining read, the first two books are equally weak. Simply put, the younger sibling is perfect and everyone can see that the older sibling is also perfect but due to certain factors he is considered by many people to be worthless. While the sister is undoubtedly perfect (and the author will tell you so repeatedly throughout this book and the series), the impression that the synopsis gives of the elder brother is a lie. This book is about a 'defective elder brother low achiever' and a 'perfect, flawless younger sister high achiever'. Simply put, the younger sibling is perfect and everyone ca This review covers the two books that form the first arc of the series, as translated on Baka-Tsuki. There might be some gold story that I’m probably going to miss by not reading this or a turnaround where the MC actually becomes his own character instead of the same uninteresting and empty husk of a man that you see right now.īut I’m gonna pass on this until I feel like I’m in the mood to turn off my brain for a few hours to read and probably actually enjoy this.This review covers the two books that form the first arc of the series, as translated on Baka-Tsuki. Although I could’ve just described it as “uncomfortable” now that I think about it, but whatever, I’m kind of forgetting why I’m even writing this.
I was just trying to avoid using that one specific word that perfectly describes itself. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that, but for me to personally be able to enjoy this type of series, I need to turn off my brain a little as to not experience recoil in the form of psychological whiplash or physical repulsion that’s often visible through face contortions. It should be pretty obvious by now that this is a somewhat strong “insert self here” type of fantasy series. “I seriously couldn’t recall why I stopped reading this when it first started dropping, especially since the art is so nice, but I think I know why. It’s not a review btw, just letting you know.
E, this is a copy of what I wrote on chapter 17, but it doesn’t contain any spoilers, it’s just what I think about the little that I’ve read of the series.
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