Should I Watch Kuro no Shoukanshi?
Japanese title: 異世界薬局
English title: Black Summoner
Season: Summer 2022
First impression section, written when the anime was still airing.
Yet another isekai fantasy, over-powered main character anime, sure is quite a lot this season.
Black Summoner is another anime with a very RPG game like plot line. In this one, it's not told how the main
character gets reincarnated, though, so I would say it's immediately fully focused on the isekai aspect.
The story is typical, for the most part. Thus for me, who always enjoys this genre, it is okay. Otherwise it
is really average overall.
The art is good, it's consistent and has a fairly good amount of details. From the first few episodes, the
combat scenes make use of CG animations a lot, and I find that it's done well enough here.
I'm excited to see how this anime will turn out when it's completed.
Opinion section, written after the anime is completed.
Things get a little out of hand yet again for Shido, with yet even more girls that he needs to date in
this
season. In my honest opinion, the concept is already getting a little old by now, so that is not the most
enjoyable part of this season.
Rather, this time the plot unfolds some information that has been kept hidden thus far. If you don't mind
a
spoiler alert: it's revealed how the Spirits came about to be.
The way it's told in this show can feel like an anticlimatic revelation, though it's still interesting to
finally figure that out nonetheless.
Overall, story and development feels just about the same as the previous seasons of this series, still
with
the relatively fast pacing. The ending is another cliff hanger, and clearly indicates that there is
another
sequel in the making.
The artwork is still as good as ever, not disappointed at all. The action scenes during combats are
especially still as great as its prequels. There are slightly less action scenes in this season, however.
And, of course, fanservice still included.
If you are interested in watching this, it's practically required to watch from the very beginning of the
series. If you have been an avid follower of this series, then I say this season is a good watch.
What's good:
- Good continuation to the series
- Art is great
- Fanservice
What's not so good:
- Plot is still as all over the place as ever