Sekirei Review

Post 30 and the final review of this year is Sekirei.

Minato is a hapless student seemingly struggling in life after failing his college entrance exams until a buxom woman literally falls on him. This girl is Musubi, a Sekirei; Sekirei are a group of human lifeforms with exceptional powers who fight under the commands of the person who awakens them known as an Ashikabi, their destiny is to fight each other until only one is left standing who will then according to the head of MBI Minaka ascend onto the Heavenly Palace for the ultimate prize but we don't find this out ever as the anime ends before the story even completes, stuck with reading scans of the manga online to get a payoff at all which isn't worth it.
Anyway, Minato who doesn't want his Sekirei to fight acquires more over the story and attempts to cause trouble by trying to defy the rules and not fight at all, the whole system is really messed up. Minaka makes no qualms about using force to get rid of Sekirei who refuse to fight and some Sekirei, remember the majority are female, end up with really abusive people so it can also be uncomfortable in places, if I like anything about this series it's the Sekirei themselves having a whole range of interesting personalities and really makes for an entertaining harem if there's many things I don't like it's Musubi being really dull to watch, no payoff from having to sit through two seasons of anime and just the plot itself being really messed up. There are worst anime under the genre of weaponized harem but if you want something better than this then watch Elemental Gelade.
Dub is fine, nothing worthy of mention.
Final Verdict: With no payoff from the anime it feels like a waste of time to watch, if you really want to know what happens then just read the manga, save you a lot of effort.

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