Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles

Animation is good, and most importantly seems to follow the books faithfully to the main beats unlike some other animes we could name... Only issue I see is there is no mention of multiple seasons and to date trakt only lists 12 episodes, which will barely [spoiler] get to the point where whatsher face the one haruto was in love with appears from **his** past, think it was something like 5-6 years before he died they went missing including his half sister and half brother... We **MIGHT** be able to see the 3rd person from the bus crash, [/spoiler] but at the speed of this adaptation 12 episodes will likely not be enough to reach that point, they'll have to start cutting chunks of the novel out and speed it up ruining the quality of the anime, or it will stay with the same pacing and hopefully the episode count will be more than 12.... Pretty please?

As far as I know the novel series is still on going and as we know anime is a book advert, so hopefully it will do it's job enough to get a series 2. Otherwise like most anime based on a novel, this is likely best to avoid unless you enjoy being teased without a satisfying end.

If you wanna read the books, hit up JNovelClub they have the licence to officially translate, and have translated 16 volumes of the book series already, these 12 episodes should cover the first 3ish volumes.

I fucking loved it, it's practically another Kirito story and it has the same voice actor in Japan, I'm not a fan of Kirito but I like this kind of stories well developed for a overpowered MC.
I look forward to the next seasons.

This was very solid, with the first season being a bit stronger than the second, imo. The MC is cool and written well, he's missing a lot of the timidness shown by standard isekai protagonists. The pacing of the first season was much more enjoyable for me, but as I reflect on the second season it wasn't so bad, it's just that the storylines from the first season were better, imo...

The revenge aspect built into this story is probably its most appealing. The hero losing himself when triggered in the first season was definitely a special moment, and it was set up brilliantly. Then, the apex of him confronting the source of that trauma in the second season was also spectacular....and animated beautifully.

I hope this continues and I might actually pick up the light novels, since I'd like to know how this story concludes without having to wait for it to be animated, that in itself is deserving of a high rating...

This was the first light novel I read in Japanese…well, the first light novel I read ever. I like it but some things felt rushed compared to the LNs. 1 book = 3 episodes so I guess some things had to be left out. I’ll finish the first season once I decide to read the fourth book….still a really enjoyable show :)

Good anime with a great start but as the story progressed pace of the plot decreased. I'd have loved to see a little more into the story of the protagonist. Hoping for another season! :fingers_crossed:

Admittedly, this series takes a predictable path of most Isekai. Still the pacing is good and they don't spend a ridiculous amount of time giving speeches about stuff that isn't necessary to drive the story. I like it and definitely hope for more than one season.