Seiken Tsukai no World Break - Anime

This one is a bit tricky to describe… At first Seiken Tsukai no World Break comes across as just another one of your average harems. You have the main guy entering a seeming average school and suddenly being surrounded by all the pretty girls. Then you slowly realise the school isn’t as average as the story goes and our main guy is introduced pretty early as something special, because why not? These days you already know he has to be so most plot lines don’t bother hiding it for long I guess.

Anyway, here we have a school that takes in a bunch of kids that have lived past lives and, because of the abilities this provides them with, they now train to be ‘saviors’ in a world ravaged by what they call ‘metaphysicals’, monsters who attack the common folk and obviously need to be dealt with.

Our hero stands apart as he is revealed to have not lived one but possibly multiple lives previously making him stronger than the average savior as he gains additional abilities learned from those past lives. It’s an interesting take on the whole reincarnation theory.

The story progresses on as our hero ‘awakens’ to the memories of his past lives and we see how his growing harem connects to each of his lives both past and present, unlocking more and more of his abilities as he grows stronger and gains the attention of some important peoples.

I have to admit though I find a bit of his general personality a bit lacking as he just goes with the flow of everything around him. Most of the show gets carried by his harem’s actions and story while he just gets plucked in the picture where convenient, it’s slightly irritating. I’d like to see a bit more character building on his side. Hopefully when more of his memories have been ‘awakened’ this will happen, who knows?

Anyhoo, it’s a good anime to watch to pass the time I guess, especially if you’re into the harem thing. Other than that, I suppose the story could use some work as well as the characters, but that’s just my opinion.