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Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles
Seirei Gensouki is an isekai that’s using a lot of the same tropes as most other isekai, but it has a very different feel to most of them…
Manga the Week of 5/17/23
SEAN: Mid-May, and will it be a quiet week? ASH: Is that something that exists anymore? SEAN: From Airship, we see new volumes! The Most Notorious “Talker” Runs…
Ascendance of a Bookworm, Classroom of the Elite, Reincarnated as a Sword, Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles
Text x Context: Not in Kansas Anymore
Welcome back to Text x Context, where we’re not in Kansas anymore! There’s a running joke among the staff of Beneath the Tangles that C. S. Lewis’s Chronicles…
Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Manga the Week of 9/7/22
SEAN: It’s September, and Manga Bookshelf doesn’t even have an AOL account. What are we going to do? ASH: LOL SEAN: Airship has early digital releases for the…
Shangri-La, Ascendance of a Bookworm, Classroom of the Elite, Demon Lord, Retry!, Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles
Books: Spirit Chronicles
By Shelley Pallis. Yuri Kitayama’s Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles has several different beginnings, and to be frank, I am not sure that it has stopped beginning yet, even…
Seirei Gensouki - Spirit Chronicles Omnibus 4
It isn't that uncommon for a film (anime or otherwise) adaptation of a book to not do the best job, but the Seirei Gensouki – Spirit Chronicles' anime…
~SPOILER FREE~ SUMMARIZING THE YEAR! 2021
2021. What a year, huh? I was injured for most of it, especially during the early months, so I watched a lot more anime than usual. Went back…
Super Cub, Weathering With You, RUMBLE GARANNDOLL, Girlfriend, Girlfriend, Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles
Seirei Gensouki
Sighs. I guess the year 2021 must be a very lonely and empty year for Sword Art Online (SAO) fans since no sequel or spinoffs under that popular…
Seirei Gensouki - Spirit Chronicles Omnibus 1 - 3
You've watched the anime, but how do the original novels measure up? Rebecca checks the first six novels out in their new omnibus release format.
Seirei Gensouki / Spirit Chronicles Review (Spoiler Free)
Let’s check out another fantasy anime from last season – Spirit Chronicles. As a big fan of the fantasy genre, isekai or not, I gave this and several…
Animecast: Summer 2021 Anime Season Review Part 1
With the wrap up of the Summer 2021 Anime Season, the hosts of the Otaku Spirit Animecast are here to give their reviews of 13 amazing titles for…
The Case Study of Vanitas, Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles
Animecast: Summer 2021 Anime Season Review Part 1
With the wrap up of the Summer 2021 Anime Season, the hosts of the Otaku Spirit Animecast are here to give their reviews of 13 amazing titles for…
Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles, The Case Study of Vanitas
~SPOILER FREE~ FINAL THOUGHTS: SUMMER 2021
The season of Isekai is here! I swear I skipped watching a big chunk of this season’s Isekai, but I still ended up watching five of them somehow.…
Remake Our Life!, How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom, Girlfriend, Girlfriend, Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
Seirei Gensouki Anime Series Review – High Potential But Limited Pay-Off For Anime Only Viewers
Having reached the end of the Seirei Gensouki anime I made it kind of clear in my episode review I was disappointed with how it ended. But, looking…
Seirei Gensouki Episode 11 Impressions – The Tears of a Silver Bride
Seirei Gensouki has Rio learning the hard way that things don't stand still while you are away. Which is kind of nice that Claire's life has continued despite…
Seirei Gensouki Episode 10 Impressions – An All Round Amazing Spirit For An All Round Amazing Protagonist
Seirei Gensouki has Rio learning the hard way that things don't stand still while you are away. Which is kind of nice that Claire's life has continued despite…
My Experience Following Two Light Novels Turned Into Anime This Summer Season: Realist Hero and Seirei Gensouki
Justin is visiting the blog today to share his thoughts on two light novel adaptations this anime season. He'll be discussing how Seirei Gensouki and How a Realist…
How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom, Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles
Seirei Gensouki Episode 9 Impressions – We’re Back To The Beginning
Seirei Gensouki feels like we're definitely backtracking. Rio's gone on this grand adventure to his mother's homeland and now we're turning around and walking back though with skills…
Seirei Gensouki Episode 8 Impressions – How To Take The Wow Away From Your Reveal
When you title your episode "Royal Lineage" you aren't leaving much to the imagination and thus any potential surprise is killed before the opening credits as Rio's heritage…
Seirei Gensouki, or, “Fourteen-Year-Old Giga-Chad (Who’s Definitely Not Kirito) Steals All Your Girls.”
…Chuck Norris has got nothing on Kiri– err… Haruto! Hi! Remember me? No? Well, uh, I’m gonna keep writing anyways. And if you do remember me for some…
Seirei Gensouki Episode 7 Impressions – Homecoming And B List Bullies/Villains
Another episode, another new village for Rio in Seirei Gensouki. He's finally made it to the region his parents came from. This week we watch him settle in…
Seirei Gensouki Episode 6 Impressions – Bare Knuckled Wyvern Fighting
Seirei Gensouki has a few weaknesses this week but it doesn't undermine what is inherently a fun story. Also, how many different outfits will they put Rio in?…
Seirei Gensouki Episode 5 Impressions – Why do all the anime girls love putting their hands on Rio?
Seirei Gensouki continues to be my favourite isekai to watch during the Summer 2021 season though I'm a little stuck in wondering what direction the story is about…
Animecast: Summer 2021 Anime Season First Impressions
After getting fully invested in the Summer 2021 Anime Season, the hosts of the Otaku Spirit Animecast are here to dive into 27 titles of the season. Listen…
Summer 2021 First Impressions – Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles
Streaming: Crunchyroll Episodes: 12 Source: Light Novel Episode Summary: Rio is an orphaned boy living in the slums, biding his time until he can find the means to…
Seirei Gensouki Episode 4 Impressions – Shopping For Pasta and A Dazzling Travel Montage
Episode 4 of Seirei Gensouki takes Rio on a trip where he encounters pasta, an assassin and a travel montage. But it all kind of works as his…
Episode 712: Summer 2021 Previews #2
This week on Anime Pulse we got a spackling good time, video games that became anime, and being so ugly you get denied hero status. Up first Joseph…
Peach Boy Riverside, Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles, TSUKIMICHI -Moonlit Fantasy-
Summer 2021 Schedule
Sunday Love Live! Superstar!! 19:00 NHK-E (07/11) Getter Robo Arc 21:00 AT-X (07/04) Tantei wa Mou, Shindeiru. 21:30 AT-X (07/04) Tian Guan Ci Fu 21:30 Tokyo MX (07/04) Shinigami…
Mother of the Goddess’ Dormitory, My Hero Academia Season 5, Remake Our Life!, Genji, The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace
Seirei Gensouki Episode 3 Impressions – Blame the Commoner
Episode 3 of Seirei Gensouki seems to have wrapped up Rio's time at school. I still kind of wish the side characters had a bit more personality about…
2021 Summer Premiere Digest
This summer's a strange one, with a few particular standouts and several shows coming late to the party. Let's see what's happening!
Peach Boy Riverside, RE-MAIN, Godzilla Singular Point, Kageki Shojo!!, Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan
Seirei Gensouki Episode 2 Impressions – One Dimensional Bullies and Wooden Sword Fights
While Seirei Gensouki still seems very much in set-up stage it has done enough to intrigue me. That said, it wasn't the introduction of sad b-grade antagonists that…
Summer 2021 First Impressions: Kobayashi-san’s Dragon Maid S, Seirei Gensouki, Isekai ni Tsukurou Drugstore
Kobayashi-san Chi no Maidragon S Short Synopsis: A programmer and her live-in maid are threatened by a bizarrely proportioned interloper (who gives Kobayashi-san an unexpected package). Wooper: You…
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid, Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S, Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles
Summer 2021 2
Your average quiet university before the fun starts. We start with Genjitsu Shugi Yuusha no Oukoku Saikenki, where a college boy named Kazuya is shunted off from his…
The Duke of Death and His Maid, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Genji, How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom, Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles
Seirei Gensouki Episode 1 Impressions – A Confused Beginning But Some Potential
While this first episode was a little bit confused and felt rushed, Seirei Gensouki has the potential to be reasonably interesting. The question is, will it or is…
Summer 2021 Anime Premiere Reviews – Day 5
Over on Anime News Network, as part of "The Summer 2021 Preview Guide," I've reviewed the first episodes of Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan and Seirei Gensouki -…
Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan, Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles
First Impression: Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles
Malnourished and maltreated, the orphan Rio awakens with a clear story in his head of a him in another time, but instead of living in the slums of…
Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles – Episode 1
I definitely said “I’m bored” two minutes into the premiere of this show.
Episode 50 Summer 2021 Anime Adapted from Light Novels
Welcome to another episode of the light novel podcast. We're talking about the summer 2021 Anime season and all the series/movies adapted from light novels. 0:00 Intro Summer 2021…
Drug Store in Another World - The Slow Life of a Cheat Pharmacist, Genji, How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom, The Honor at Magic High School, Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles
Episode 50 Summer 2021 Anime Adapted from Light Novels
Welcome to another episode of the light novel podcast. We're talking about the summer 2021 Anime season and all the series/movies adapted from light novels. 0:00 Intro Summer 2021…
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, TSUKIMICHI -Moonlit Fantasy-, Remake Our Life!, Drug Store in Another World - The Slow Life of a Cheat Pharmacist, How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom
Summer 2021 Anime Preview
The spring 2021 anime season, soon coming to a close, was an enjoyable one through and through. It featured a diverse and expansive group of series, with there…
I'm Standing on a Million Lives, Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story, Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid, Peach Boy Riverside, Scarlet Nexus
A Light Novel Taxonomy
About a year ago, our own stardf29 ranked the light novels he’d read. I thought that sounded fun, but felt it would be for kind of lame to…
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles, Sword Art Online
Animecast: Summer 2021 Anime Season Preview
With Summer 2021 Anime Season just around the corner, the hosts of the Otaku Spirit Animecast are here to give their rundown on the up coming titles for…
Manga the Week of 11/18/20
SEAN: The weekend of Anime NYC, and I am… not in a hotel room in New York City. Boo. Still, there will be virtual con, I’m sure. No…
Holmes of Kyoto, Orphen, Ragnarok the Animation, Saiyuki, Sorcerous Stabber Orphen
Manga the Week of 4/15/20
SEAN: Mid-April, and manga shipments are still, mostly, normal. ASH: I appreciate some normalcy, these days. MELINDA: God, same. SEAN: J-Novel Club has a debut, and it’s an…
Light Novel Recommendations
While we’ve never been a review site, visitors and supporters still naturally ask for our take on anime and related properties. While you’ll find our thoughts scattered throughout…