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Mar 24, 2026
Welp...that was a show. I can't see it getting another season, but it desperately needs fleshing out. Trying to combine an isekai with a BL is not a bad idea (Go read Scum Villain's Self-Saving System by MXTX), but this ended up short-changing both genres and all the characters. As a starving yaoi fangirl, I'm always hunting for more BL anime, but this did nothing to satisfy me on that front.
Perhaps the manga is better paced - I'm going to check it out now - but this anime was shallow and poorly paced. Nothing felt very important. All the "issues" were solved in an episode
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or two. It ended on a strange note of...I don't even know what to call that. It's not a HEA, and it's not a tragedy either. It's just kind of meh. Seiichiro didn't state he planned to stay if they managed to find a way to send him back. He barely/kinda admitted he loves Aresh back (not out loud), but the whole vibe between them felt forced and unnatural all the way through.
I don't know, the whole thing felt more like a cheap all-male harem game with pretty guys all sparkling at the MC for no reason and without any real personality. The "plot" about the miasma was background noise. The "politics" of this setting were... "How the hell is this country even still a country if no one understands economics?" The only female character was a pretty airhead, mostly just a tool for the plot.
It was nice to look at. The love interest was voiced by Maeno Tomoaki - always a plus - and the rest of the cast did a good job voicing their lines. There were no major plot holes, even if everything was resolved too quickly. Do I recommend it? If you're bored and itching for some BL, I guess it's not terrible, but it won't go on any lists of mine beyond "I watched this".
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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Sep 8, 2025
I...liked it. Did not love it. Everything about it was solid - characters, art, voice acting, pacing - but not the main romance plot, which was kind of the point of watching it. I don't care that it was cliché to the point of ridiculous, not really, because all romances are to some degree. But there was nothing special or fresh about how those cliches were used here, and there was not enough chemistry between the main couple to get me very invested. They were cute, but writing in the reasons for them to be holding back kind of killed any tension between them. In
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fact, it made it all feel incredibly one-sided and blah until the plot made Tada "realize" how he felt.
Teresa's being the literal heir to the throne killed all my ability to suspend disbelief for the sake of the story. And what was that ending? She just left her country for good? It would have made more sense for the break-up with Charles to send Tada flying back to L...burg (not gonna try to spell it lol) so he can be with her there. He can be a photographer anywhere, after all, while she can't exactly be a queen while living in another country forever.
Anyway, all the group interactions with the Photography club were fun. No one noticing that the one customer is clearly the Rainbow Shogun was funny. Nyanko Big's episode was great, and he did get Cherry-chan, it seems. The one cliche they *should* have used is clearing up all the "romances". Pin-senpai and his obsession with HINA's boobs went on too long, and are we supposed to believe Charles is going to fall for Alec? At least ~~Miyano Mamoru~~, I mean, Ijuuin is still happily in love with himself.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Jul 23, 2022
Fun, cute, sweet, and sassy, with a side of occasional violence - perfect! Others have gone over the details of this show, so I'm just going to say I loved it. Watching this trio of misfits becoming a real family in the most bumbling but sweet way (while taking out spies and assassins and overly-protective brothers) is lots of fun and heartwarming as well.
Twilight/Loid (real name unknown) is wonderfully genuine as a long-time loner with no idea how to be a part of a family but you can see him gradually falling into the trap of caring for them. Yor is delightfully airheaded but
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deadly when it comes to her side job and also protecting her new family. Anya...the entire show is worth watching just for her facial expressions - seriously. Plus, she's adorable and funny.
Just watch it.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Jul 9, 2020
This anime had great potential. I loved the art style, the characters, the mood, and tone. I even liked the slower pacing of it. The story was really shaping up to something big - like, seriously big. Some kind of epic battle is starting, half the important characters are damaged, dead, or missing. It's time for the showdown between the bad guys and the even-more-bad guys!
But...it ends there. Like - check MAL, check other sites, check the reviews - seriously? It ends in the middle of a damned battle?! It didn't even feel like a deliberate cliffhanger-type ending. It felt like the animators just said,
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"Nah, don't feel like doing episode 13."
WTF?! I have no idea how to rate this. With just one more episode I would have rated it 8 or 9. Now...? 7 I guess. I can't just toss out what I did love about it - I wouldn't be so disappointed if the rest of the story hadn't hooked me.
Oh well. Time to go read the manga, just like the creators hoped, damn it.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Apr 13, 2019
If you're fine with this being an animix rather than fully animated, this one is a nice little story. It actually took it's time and established the story then followed it through to a satisfying ending, unlike many OVAs I've seen that just leave out most of the story for the sake of sex scenes and end up making almost no sense and without giving you any sense of who the characters are. It felt more like a romance than porn and that was fine with me.
The seme was hot and amazingly considerate, the uke was cute and got over his reservations in a believable
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time period, there was no rape or blackmail or drugs or S/M. It's nice when there's consent, even though I'll admit to being fine watching a lot of problematic situations also. My one gripe would be that when it got to the sex scene the uke's body ended up looking very young - I don't mind the uke looking more delicate, but this came across as teenager rather than 20ish college student.
I'm not a good judge of sound/music, but I thought the VAs did a decent job. The art was fine aside from what I mentioned above and maybe a bit more Chibi humor than necessary.
Overall, I liked it.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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