The great debate

The great debate

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People keep saying muh animation for Asterisk but that it doesn't matter when most of its fights are absolute garbage with so many uninteresting jobber fights.

Both are garbage but at least Rakudai had some really good fight scenes, which is something Asterisk can't really boast about since it took until S2 to get some really good fights at the start, and then get boring again.

Cavalry is better

Both are pretty trash altogether. I just didn't like how similar they were but I don't shit on battle harems.

Rakudai >>>> Asterisk
Ikki >>>> Ichika 2.0
Stella >>>>> Pink Houki

>Stella >>>>> Pink Houki
This, Stella was the best part of that show

What debate? We got the answer ages ago, both are shit and you faggots know it.

What's the point of the raised arm if you can't see their armpit?

Stella was okay, she got sidelined hard and became irrelevant.

This wasn't a debate after like 4 episodes. Rakudai had a better mc, actual romance, and a plot that wasn't completely retarded (just mostly).

The only detractors, in my opinion, were the OP/ED, which were trash.

>Rakudai vs Asterisk (vs Anti-Magic) was two years ago

This guy was the best part of Rakudai by a landslide.

Julis > Stella

Year and half actually.

Both are shit. Debate away

I actually managed to finish Rakudai but couldn't for Asterisk, so there's my answer. I don't really watch magic academy type shows.
Stella got me rock hard, her along with Hestia and Fremy made that a good year for faps.

>Digibro and his follower's summoning thread

Not a single point he brought can be legitimate, right?

In terms of LN Antimagic's overwhelming victory was soldified when the last volume was translated.

In Rakudai the guy fucks the girl, so it wins I guess?

Rakudai would be more enjoyable and better if its main girl wasn't annoying and a drag on the show's quality.

Does anything ever happen with Kirin?

Literally who?

The one that can't into taking off socks.

>shit or shit?
why is it even a debate?

Asterisk have good tier OPs

Rakudai have good tier boobs

>pink Houki
Thank fuck you bring that shit up.
Was thinking of picking up Asterisk but fucking Houki made me drop IS.

Rakudai had way better opening

SL has not made a single show with these production values since it aired.

They're too busy making S2 of Rakudai

>implying

I think what would've made these shows marginally better is some sort of perspective character, like Koichi from JoJo if that makes any sense.

The one with 2 seasons wins.

Ikki: non virgin badass MC
The faggot from Asterisk: cringey beta virgin.

I like asterisk's music better but overall story, cavalry is better.

It's 2 seasons in the same way Fate Zero is 2 seasons

I agree that Ikki is miles better, but it's not like being a non virgin really makes a character superior to another.

Hey man, they're working really hard

I will keep the dream alive

That's like comparing a root canal to a cavity. Sure, one is less painful than the other, but they're still both pretty bad.

Seriously, what's the key to making a battle harem done right?

Focus on something aside from powerups, girls surrounding the MC, and build a world/other characters outside of the main cast.

It annoys me to no end when there's only one relevant male characters in these things. I think the only series that it doesn't bother me is DAL because Tachibana at least tries, key word "tries", to make a plot.

When you've got all these girls orbiting a character, whether they're alpha or beta, it's still the same shit. Who cares if the MC is fucking them or not? If the writing is bad, or isn't even trying, what's the point? The author's don't try to come up with anything creative, maybe a subversion here or two, but nothing cool or unique for extended periods of time.

Rakudai also had a superior ending scene

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Left without a doubt. Did people even watch Asterisk War?

I regret not only watching Asterisk, but even reading a few volumes to see if the LN was any better.

It wasn't.

Asterisk War Sucks.

This is not even a debate. There is no reason for anyone defend Asterisk war over Rakudai Kishi.

I'm not entirely sure what went wrong. Asterisk War had pretty good production values and the premise is sort of what you expected. But the characters, especially Ayato, felt really bland and the execution was mediocre at best. It was a very forgettable anime overall.

The LN somehow felt like an even flimsier SAO shoved into Index's setting. Although when that aired I had reached my threshold of battle harem consumption, so maybe it pissed me off more than it should have.

The Asterisk War Sucks

The issue is that Battle Harems tend to overlap a good deal. If you gender swapped everyone in a Battle Harem show it would be seen as more original than most Battle Harems.

More likely the director is busy with the 3rei movie.

It was worth watching for those two.

>Jobbers
Not really

>The issue is that Battle Harems tend to overlap a good deal
I'm glad I stuck with Rakudai, not glad I kept watching Asterisk. Anti-Magic wasn't my cup of tea but I followed through with it 'til the end.

That season was great for my "watching objectively bad anime" guilty pleasure.

Why though, the anime was horrendous

Better pairing.

Nothing to debate about.

How is she irrelevant when she is deuteragonist?

It's hard to care about her when she's relegated to side commentary and is never seen fighting again.

Rakudai is the patrician's choice. Also OP is GOAT. It's the last generic harem battle LN I've enjoyed in years

Why are all girls named Saya such semen demons?

I'd sooner rewatch Gakusen because at no point during watching it did it make me angry or bored nor did the ending piss me off.