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(14+) Great Isekai adventure that explores both sides of the adventuring and real world that the male protagonist finds himself in! This was very close to a "10" for me, because the female elf is adorable, - voiced perfectly, but the overall story itself suffers a little bit. The balancing act between the "real" world and the other world is a little flawed, particularly because the male is younger in the adventure world, which was a little off putting for me. Ms. Elf was amazing, but I think the Arcdragon stole the show! She was awesome, funny, mega-powerful, and very well done! I give this a hearty recommendation particularly if you are interested in a non-harem type of Isekai adventure! Check it out, you won't be sorry!

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(10+) This could have been SO much better! Opportunity after opportunity to "right the ship" just by halving, or even quartering, his frozen blizzards and self-icing! How many times did we need to see it? Of course, it's completely unrealistic in that his snow comes, it goes, leaving nothing... but some of the episodes had him blizzarding ten times! It was ridiculous. The animation was gorgeous, too, so it's a shame. The romance went pretty much nowhere even though in one episode they held hands but then seemed to regress. WTH? It made no sense. Also, the last episode was kind of a train wreck and creepy. Unfortunately, pass on this one.

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(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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