The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows

The Brilliant Healer: New Life in Shadow delivers a grounded and refreshing fantasy story that puts a support-class character in the spotlight. Rather than relying on brute strength or flashy powers, the series emphasizes healing, strategy, and quiet resilience.

While the narrative isn't groundbreaking and occasionally leans on predictable tropes, the central character's calm, composed approach makes for a compelling watch. The worldbuilding is serviceable, and the cas, though uneven, provides a few memorable moments.

The animation is clean, the tone stays consistent, and the show offers something a bit different in a genre often dominated by power fantasies.

Positif : _Unique focus on a healer and support magic _Consistent tone and competent animation _Relaxed but engaging protagonist

Négatif : _Story structure is a bit too familiar _Some characters lack depth or purpose _Low narrative tension at times.

(16+) Could have been a lot better! The show is divided into two halves with the first half being the best in my opinion. There are some gritty moments and sad outcomes, but mostly the story suffers from a lack of identity, because there is a clear break from one half to the next that I can't recall seeing before. All the characters you had gotten to know and their relationships with the male protagonist got kind of thrown on the backburner as a new arc was explored - and it didn't work. Props to the specter queen, though, she was by far my favorite character and was also present in both halves (thankfully) her evil giggling "huh huh huh" + her gleeful pronouncements of doom were awesome. She stole the show. Also, what happened to the young elf at the beginning is awful, but she became a really central figure after her rescue. Neither of those characters could save this anime, though, so I give it a lukewarm thumbs up.

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I know that some won't review a series until it's fully released yet, but I have to say that my boyfriend and I are both thoroughly enjoying this series so far.

The characters are absolutely intriguing and I love that it's not your "standard" races but still sticks to some that you're used to in fantasy settings.

I love the OP character who doesn't realized he's OP trope, so maybe that's a little bit of a bias in that regards for me, but I'm loving this so much. I love healer characters, and love that he's oblivious to so much around him.

I'm so excited to see how this all turns out and I'm looking forward to each new episode!

Don't judge it from episode 1, main story starts from 2nd episode and it keeps on getting interesting. It has got some element of mystery which will keep you hooked till the end. Its basically overpowered main character who can heal almost anything.

It also depicts life of Victorian noble society and inequality during that period, like most fantasy animes that are based on same theme and era. So if you like that kind of background, you will love this anime.

Yes there's a bit of fan service and some minor nudity but that won't make it unbearable nor will this hinder the main story.

If you are tired of cliche animes, go for this one.

I typically enjoy this kind of fantasy fluff and have low expectations but so far it seems like they put together a bunch of enjoyable tropes and yet bombed. The op MC is so naive and boring that it has no charisma. He only wants to heal so he lets all the bad guys go. Without arresting or punishing them, it's guaranteed they will continue to r@pe, enslave, and kill other people. He's a pathetic MC. The trope of an extremely over powered guy getting kicked out of his party because they think he's too weak is super common but that's not the problem here. The problem is that he's so overtly OP that the scenario doesn't make sense. If you can snap your fingers and heal anything and even regrow limbs when nobody else has ever heard of anything close being possible, how is anyone supposed to buy the idea that neither the mc nor his party thought he was useful? Apparently he's an invincible fighter too but nobody wanted him because he grew up poor. Honestly I'd be quicker to believe magic is real than believe the mc could be this stupid.