Maburaho - Review

Maburaho is primarily a Harem Comedy, there isn't really a whole lot of drama, until much later on in the anime, before then it's a really happy upbeat anime. Maburaho focuses on a character named, "Shikimori, Kazuki", a average male who has nothing special about him, your typical harem setup. But in fact he is actually worst then average you come to realize, set in a alternate present japan, everyone has magical powers but they can only use them so many times before they turn into ash. Most people can use theirs at least 1000+ times, but Kazuki can only use his 8 times. Later he learns that he is actually in the bloodline of the world's most powerful magicians, and this is when the harem aspects start, everyone wants his genes for themselves so everyone chases him around and tries to become friends with him or just rape him.



Maburaho ran in 2003 to 2004 so the graphics are a bit dated, but the drawing style isn't bad and the characters are still cute, it's definitely one of the better drawn animes of that time. There will be lots of fan-service as a warning as harem genres usually come with it's not horrible like NSFW fan -service it's pretty light, like bathing scenes with towels, trying to rape some poor guy while fully clothed, low cut shirts with bust shots, nothing over the top bad.

The character design in Maburaho is nice, it's got a character so no matter what type you like, the voice acting is good, and the characters have deep emotions that make them feel like real people. The background music fits in and isn't intrusive but it's not very memorable.

I enjoyed Maburaho myself personally quite a bit, but sadly I can't really recommend it to everyone, it's a anime aimed at a more select crowd, i'd say if you are a fan of the harem genre it's definitely worth a watch, or if you are looking for a romantic comedy you might try it, or maybe even just a fan of magic.


Story - 7.0
Your standard harem story with a twist.

Character Design - 9.0
Characters are well thought out and unique filling all types of the harem genre.

Graphics - 7.0
Graphics a bit dated, but characters are still well drawn for their time.

Audio - 7.0
Good voice acting, okay music.

Overall - 7.5 (Generalized)
Overall - 8.0 (Harem Genre)


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