Mato Seihei no Slave

Over the past 12 weeks, I have spent a combined 4 hours of my fleeting time on this planet watching Chained Soldier, and through 12 episodes, all I can say is that my experience was only slightly better than taking the SAT, getting a colonoscopy, or having a physical done by an old man. This series just feels forgettable; in the depressing way where it isn’t laughably bad enough to be remembered, but it’s nowhere near good enough to be remembered either. This series is just another redundant entry into the bloated ecchi ___ genre, that blank being an amalgamation of different story beats that try to add more substance to the main plot of watching the main character be lusted after by beautiful women. Kill la Kill is an ecchi anime that does this well; Its overall story is equal parts gripping and ridiculous enough to keep the audience engaged. Unfortunately for Chained Soldier, its story beats aren't strong enough to accomplish this. Chained Soldier goes for this weird Solo Leveling rip-off angle by establishing Mato: this mysterious shadow realm-esque location linked to Japan somehow. Unfortunately, Mato is hilariously underdeveloped as a setting. As viewers, we only really know 3 things about Mato: one, that people can just wind up there somehow through a “Mato Mishap”, two, that there are peaches that grow down there that give superpowers, and three, the place is packed with monsters that the “Anti-Demon Corp” fights. This is absolutely everything that the plot operates on, so whenever Mato is treated as a “desolate wasteland” that impacts our characters or drives the plot, said character development or story beat usually is underwhelming, due to the sheer shallowness of the Mato. In addition, there is non-Mato-based character development, but it’s so bog standard that it isn’t even worth mentioning. Mushoku Tensei is an ecchi anime that has very strong characters; Eris, Roxy, Cliff, and Sylphie, among others, are developed enough so that if the author decided to make a story featuring any of them as the protagonist, it would still have the impact of the main quest. Chained Soldier doesn’t even get close to doing that, as the characters are some of the most generic, trope-built characters anime has to offer. For example, Yuuki is a black-haired self-insert mc whose key character traits are that he gets nervous around women and he has a generic “good boy” sense of duty. Kyouka is a generic tough leader who spends 90% of her dialogue saying leader shit, and 10% of her dialogue questioning Yuuki’s kinks. Shushu is a “teasing girl” who is really horny. Himari is a tsundere that initially doesn’t like men, but is now horny for our main character for…reasons. Nei is actually the only character that I have somewhat positive feelings for, only because she is a sweet distraction from the rest of the character cast. (Also I’m really happy she is not lewded in the story, as I really didn’t feel like making 20% of this review an explanation on why that isn’t ok.) Keep in mind, those characters who might seem shallow are the “MAIN” characters of this story. The side characters are even more shallow; Tenka is just horny, albeit forcefully, and Azuma’s only memorable character trait is that strikes a Jojo pose to freeze time. I shouldn’t have to tell you that a character roster this bland and generic isn’t a recipe for success in any anime. “So what if the characters and story are generic and non-compelling, at least we have the animation and fan service!” You might say that, however, unlike something like High School DXD, which looks good enough to be compelling as an action or fan service anime, Chained Soldier accomplishes neither. In fact, it looks like shit. Mato is this wasteland with a charcoal-esque ground and a reddish-purple sky. If that doesn’t sound visually appealing to you, too damn bad, it's the backdrop of every single fight that this show has to offer. Speaking of the fights, they aren’t animated well at all. Character movements often look chunky and cumbersome, like they deserve more frames to be fluid. Of course, that’s when the characters actually are in motion; this series uses a lot of animation tricks to avoid doing that as much as possible, i.e, sword slashes coming out of a charging character instead of animating them actually swinging their sword, and panning the camera instead of moving the character on a jump slash or something. The art style of this show is just visually unappealing at times. Honestly, High School DXD, which was released 12 years ago, looks better in every capacity. The lighting is often strange whenever we are outside of the reddish-purple skies of Mato. Impactful moments are often defined with a chain flying across the screen, but these chains are so far outside of the show’s art style that they are jarring whenever they appear. And then the CGI, oh god the CGI. You see, all of the Shuuki, those monsters I mentioned earlier, are made through horrid CGI. Whenever they move, it is incredibly jarring, and it honestly fucks with any non-CGI aspect of the scene. This is even more disappointing for the more impactful Shuuki, who are imbued with special powers, thus having a different appearance, yet they have the exact same CGI movement patterns. Finally, the Shuuki don’t look good either; the basic ones look like Temple Run gorillas and the more advanced ones just look bad. So… Chained Soldier is an ecchi “action” anime that fails to establish any sort of compelling story or characters. The show doesn’t look good either: the animation of the fights is bad, and due to the shitty art style, the ecchi fanservice isn’t fulfilling, and even if it was, it isn’t appealing enough to save the rest of the story. So, what does Chained Soldier do well? Well, other than not lewding Nei, not much. The biggest praise I can give this series is that it isn’t offensively bad in any department. Everything is mid to bad, but nothing is appealing, terrible, or anger-inducing. The only problem with this is that in the long run, Chained Soldier will just be forgettable. Hell, I’ve already started. I needed the MAL page for this series to criticize its characters, before referencing it, I only knew the names of two characters out of the entire story. I doubt I’ll be able to name a character in 2 months; in 11, I’ll completely forget that this series exists. And that right there, is a damn shame, because, on paper, this was something that could’ve been at least memorable. Thank you for reading.

Well, the season of "I want to be a slave to Makima" has come to an end, the era of "I want to be a slave to Tenka" has begun, and femdom fans are back to their old ways.... If you know anything about the world of animanga, you probably know or have at least heard once about such a popular person as Takahiro, a man whose type I call an "idea generator". Takahiro is the author of several manga and short stories, including popular works such as Akame ga Kill! or Yuuki Yuuna Is a Hero. However, bloody fantasy and maho-shojo is not the only thing that this brilliant man can produce, because Takahiro knows all the delights that can appeal to readers, mostly Japanese. In 2007, for example, he co-wrote with Makoto Kanata the visual novel Kimiaru, a work where the story centers on a brother and sister who become the servants of three girls and, yes, yes, it's harem and ecchi, just the way we like it. Then, a year later, Takahiro took part in writing the script for the anime adaptation of the same Kimiaru from A.C.G.T Studios. And so, starting in 2019, Takahiro began releasing his ecchi shounen manga "Chained Soldier" in collaboration with artist Youhei Takemura, and then the announcement of an anime adaptation from Seven Arcs came out, with Junji Nishimura stepping in as director, taking a vacant slot between the two seasons of The Fire Hunter. And AT-X TV rewarded viewers with an uncensored screening of the show. Yuki Wakura, the protagonist, has the unheard-of luck to find himself in another dimension filled with monsters ready to crawl out through the opening gates to the real world. In order to keep the real world safe from the threat, the dimension has created squads of female warriors who fight the monsters with their abilities, while living in the same world in their spare time as if nothing had happened. Wakura was in the middle of a gate and almost got killed, but Kyouka Uzen, the leader of the seventh monster-fighting squad, came to his rescue. She rescued him and made him a slave, recognizing his potential. After becoming a slave, the boy acquired the ability to turn into a large demon, supporting in such a state warrior girls as a reward for...erotic desires. Thus began the story of the slave Wakura, burning desire to fight monsters and the desire to become a hero with a lot of rewards in the form of sexy girls. Chained Soldier is notable for the fact that it combines a lot of erotic moments, clearly dividing the line between an interesting plot and the whole vulgar part of the show. The picture is full of battles between the characters and their relationship with each other, and the fanservice desired by many remains as a cherry on this sweet cake. And the fanservice is really not based on the level of casual poses or showing underwear, but on various fetishes, I'm sorry, but I won't list them, you have to see it for yourself. The show also has a large number of female protagonists, among whom the brightest stands out a person with the name Tenka Izumo - a short-haired captain of the sixth squad, which, by the way, according to the results of the vote among readers took the leading place among the most popular characters of the manga. She is a cunning and charming girl who at first treated Wakura as a pet, not just a slave. And there are tons of such lovely characters in the show, as it's also a harem. Seven Arcs and the animators are to be thanked for the spectacular and special effects, but still it was not enough for such work, especially the CGI graphics of the monsters in the second half of the anime, which apparently wanted to save the budget, but it turned out a bit crooked. Erotic scenes, in turn, shown in the adaptation are depicted worse than in the manga, although they appear in color with a couple of new angles. Takahiro's manga can definitely be called ecchi with a good plot, while the adaptation by Seven Arcs can be understood as a good advertisement of the source material, which I, again, highly recommend to read. But still it's nice that the beginning of 2024 pleased us with ecchi shows, because the previous year was rather poor in this respect.

Meh. I was looking for more fan service than this, but it seems as the season goes on there is more and more actual plot, which is kinda mid. I think the monster villains were pretty cool, but there are alternative "neutral villains" and the basic monsters are pretty boring. Also the girls running over the MC and making him clean and cook gets old pretty quickly. The MC almost always seems to be in a "male worker" outfit. I guess it's the main premise of the show, that the MC is a "slave", but in the combat scenes the MC seems to be a pretty important part of the squad, with the "slave" gimmick simply being a collar and the excuse for the "reward". They didnt have to make him a maid/cook too, but they did, and apparently he likes it and is very good at cleaning and cooking. He takes great care into this "not even a real member of the squad" role. I guess if you are an actual masochist, you might like this premise, but again not for me. Like I said I came here for the fan service and the fact that even in the previews, the guy seems to be pretty powerful and the slave thing seemed to not be like a real actual slave but a power. In the end, while it is like that in the combat scenes, the MC is more than happy to become an actual servant in his off-time. Overall I give it 6 for the fan service and cool, but barely shown, main villains.

Not all fan service are created equal and we can say just about the same for Mato Seihei No Slave (Chained Soldier). When the promos aired and the visuals started showing up on the Internet, many of us probably rolled our eyes as we see the amount of lascivious fan service. I confess to myself that as a manga reader, I came into the series for guilty pleasure rather than the story. While the premise doesn't seem entirely creatively bankrupt, it hardly sounds something that can be lucrative either. In our industry dominated by countless isekai, fantasy shows with cute girls, and fan service, Mato Seihei No Slave didn't seem all that special at all. Takahiro's series isn't difficult to watch with a rather easy-to-follow plot. Right off the bat, we are given some background storytelling about the main protagonist Yuuki Wakura. Soon, we realize the Japan they are in has abnormal monsters known as 'Shuuki'. Unfortunately for Yuuki, he comes across them and almost loses his life until being saved by the mysterious yet beautiful Kyouka Uzen. The catch though: he has to become her slave. That's right. The author wanted to pair up a normal young man with a female military soldier, or specifically the Chief of the Anti-Demon Corps 7th Unit. As naughty as it sounds, this show doesn't hide its intentions. We witness erotic kissing because as part of the show's plot, it's part of Yuuki's "reward". Wonder why this show has 'ecchi' tagged under its genres? You don't need to look no further. I'm not sure what the author is aiming for but the number of kisses Yuuki gets in this show far outclasses one of his well-known work, Akame ga Kill. Look, it's obvious the show adheres to fan service and glorifies its themes for those moments. Yuuki is essentially treated like a boy-toy who serve his master. Luckily for him, Kyouka is an honorable person and doesn't abuse Yuuki for her personal gains. However, she does become more possessive later on as she seems do develop geninue attachment to the boy. Nonetheless, Yuuki is the object of attention to a number of characters. With a domaint female roster, there's just no end to those rewards. However, I warn you that the show doesn't have exactly a stellar character cast when it comes to personalities or development. The majority of them are one dimensional and dead on arrival in terms of creativity. These include Himari, Shushu, Nei, Yachio, and even Tenka. Coming from different divisions, the female cast are poorly written with lack of character backgrounds. All of them are paired up with Yuuki for their own purposes, and mostly revolves around being a good-natured combat tool. Tenka is one character who seems to grow a deeper attachment towards him although this season only scratch the surface. Others such as Yachio seems to reluctantly accept Yuuki until they realize his importance in taking down the Shuuki. The plot kicks in from the start and throughout the show, we are given glimpses at Yuuki's past. There's not much depth outside what we know and the blame should be pointed to the pacing and length. This is a 12-cour show based off a manga that spans over 127 (at the time of this writing) chapters and counting. There's just no simple way to cram the material in and what we get is barely a tease. Nonetheless, you probably didn't stay here for the plot. It was obvious this show wanted to entertain for its fanservice and I suggest watching this in the uncensored version for justice. As it desires itself to be an action fantasy, I do question if the show wanted to maintain a mature way of storytelling. Sure, the animation quality is consistent and acceptable by adaptation standards. In fact, action scenes often strike as alluring and intense, with its crafted chereography. On the other hand, character reactions in this show can be questionable and ventures into meme-like territory. This mostly draws from Yuuki's cartoony reactions and perverted moments. The big wide eyes that seems to pop out easily makes him a punchable character. Even the female cast has their own goofy moments that drags down an attempt at more mature series. And of course, we can't talk about Mato Shihei no Slave without mentioning its fan service. It wanted to service the fans with ecchi through the usage of boobs, ass, and kisses. Some of these include french kissing all for the sake of entertainment so strap yourself in, this show really wants you to be serviced. Matoi Shihei no Slave is forgettable and a carbon copy of what modern shows of similar nature can accomplish. Only here, it added the idea of master-slave relationships. Romance really isn't a selling point, at least this season because those rewards are not based on love. Still, it's a 12-episode show and easily watchable with a bag of popcorn. Takahiro's body of work have been hits or misses throughout the years. This is one is a miss.

Chained Soldier - Great manga with a stupid localization name, eager-but-turned disappointing adaptation, once again by Junji Nishimura, the long-standing director who can't hack a decent adaptation for time millennia. If you know an author by the name of Takahiro, he's the creator who has created one of the most defining works of the 2010s: Akame ga Kill!. Anyone who've seen this show will tell you that it's one of the most popular shows of that time period, when anime was just about slowly going into the mainstream. And based off on one of the most prominent characters of that series, another work is created, and has undoubtedly become the author's next hit, which would become Mato Seihei no Slave a.k.a Chained Soldier (honestly, what a stupid localized name). And since this Winter season is where the cultured degeneracy amps a notch thanks to this and Mahou Shoujo ni Akogarete a.k.a Gushing Over Magical Girls, as a manga reader, I was expecting at least a somewhat decent adaptation to translate the well-regarded source material into anime. Sadly, that is where all my excitement is ripped to shreds. The world of Mato Seihei is actually quite interesting, taking a fair few cues from and sticking true to the action-dark fantasy genre duo which Takahiro has become famous for since Akame ga Kill!. The dark-fantasy vibes, ranging from a dystopian Japan where gates to another dimension known as Mato began popping up out of nowhere, sprouts monsters known as Shuuki wrecking the inhabitants of Earth. To combat this, the resources called "Peaches", when consumed by only women, grant them supernatural powers to keep the Shuuki out of bay within reach from the portals. And it's where in one of these portals that the main MC Yuuki Wakura finds himself entangled into a Mato Mishap, only to find himself facing not just the Shuuki, but also Kyouka Uzen, the 7th Squad Commander of the Demon Defense Force. Fearing for the safety of his life, he consents to Kyouka's enslaving him to rid of the Shuuki, turning him into not just a capable chained soldier, but also a slave of which his power help aid her in revealing into her untapped potential. Of course, what's a slave without his reward, and that's where Mato Seihei ups the ante on the sexual innuendos, making it a defining trait of the entire source material. As Yuuki retains his standing in the Mato world as a caretaker of the 7th Squad to help Kyouka ascend in rank into becoming the Supreme Commander of the Demon Defense Force, he will find mysteries within the Mato world that connect dearly to him. If you haven't noticed well enough, doesn't Kyouka Uzen resemble one of the characters in Akame ga Kill!? The eagle-eyed among you will realize that she is the embodient of Esdeath, and almost every inch of her character traits come straight from her, albeit a less tamed version when it becomes to the extreme. Together with Yuuki and the other girls of the 7th Squad: Himari Azuma, Shushu Suruga and Nei Okawamura, they're only a handful of what makes up the Demon Defense Force, all responsible for distinct areas where potential Shuuki may reside and appear from. As for Yuuki himself, he isn't a bad character, but he's kinda of bland, and by the appearance from the girls, a genuine caretaker to a literate power-up tool that like Kyouka, is able to take the girls' distinct powers to new heights, which at least makes him a valuable slave. As for the girls of Mato Seihei, there have always been the competition for Best Girl of the series, and at least for the anime, we're blessed with a few standouts. Of course, Kyouka herself would be one, with the affinity of a clear level-headed leader, with Shushu being the clear next with her big assets, and both Himari and Kei looking up to Yuuki as just a companion within the small squad. Turn your head, and you have the 6th Squad members of leader Tenka Izumo, Himari's estranged sister of Yachiho and Shushu's match of Sahara Wakasa. Manga readers will already know that between the squad commanders, no girl has displayed as much rizz as Tenka, whom even in the face of trouble, still manages to assert her dominance, both to Yuuki and her enemies with her overwhelming Ame-no-Mitori space-time power, with an intellgent and exquisite mind-over-matter function. Anime onlies, now you know. Sadly, the production of the anime has been the biggest Elephant in the Room, with Seven Arcs at the helm. I mean, I don't expect the studio to have good animation, but in my very humble opinion, the studio does not have the capability to handle action all that well. It's very foretelling that as the anime progresses, the reliance on CGI (especially for Yuuki's slave transformation and the Shuuki) becomes a necessity to combat the shortcomings from such an action-packed series like Mato Seihei. Sure, Seven Arcs may have done both the Trinity Seven and Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha series, but both of those series are from the pre-2020s, at a time where animation wasn't the priority, but looking distinctive to stand out from the pack. Nowadays with so much sakuga going around, Mato Seihei just looks like a low-effort ball from people who don't understand how to make decent adaptations, and it all stems from one person: Junji Nishimura, whom in my opinion, is not the director that you want to lead a high-profile show like this. Even with the show being led by a new debut episode director of Gorou Kuji, there's just no saving the anime in this disappointing state that instead of being pumped for more action-intense fights, these battles just become boring as time passes. The music is at least decent, though the OST is nothing memorable. At first, I wanted to like Akari Kitou's OP song, but it just felt so dragged out that the song becomes just as uninteresting as the visuals themselves. At the very least, Maaya Uchida's ED is somewhat in the realm of creativeness, expressing the 6 main and supporting girls, especially Tenka (since you already know the reason why she's featured quite a lot). The song, like the OP, is just borderline mediocre to fine. As an AniManga fan, you know when your favourite source materials have anime adaptations that don't live up to the expectations, you're bound for a bad time, and that's my sole expression when it comes to Mato Seihei no Slave. Stick to the manga and forget that the anime existed, or just albeit willingly, try the 3-episode rule on the show if you intend to read the manga for yourself.

Honestly, this is gutter trash at its worst. It has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. At least some ecchi anime at least have good animation and sexy scenes, while this is a trainwreck that uses 3D models for pretty much EVERYTHING that moves even slightly, perhaps some things that don’t move too. I am very surprised with just how low an anime can fall, the word ”pathetic” barely even begins to sum up how horrible it is. The manga had great art, fast pace, no unnecessary scenes or drama, lots of ecchi and it felt so lighthearted that even the abuse felt ok even though I’m more of a sadist, because he didn’t feel as offensive as some doormat mcs, at least he’s got balls and gets stepped on because he likes it, not because he’s a wimp. Then enter the anime, some of the worst art I’ve ever seen in an anime with incredibly clear overuse of choppy and ugly 3D animated models (budget much?), messy and dragged out pace due to added drama and more ”political correctness”, hell, they changed a lot of parts completely and focused far too much on forced, artificial and horribly written drama, the writers for this are incredibly untalented. The ecchi is quite toned down and far worse due to bad art, it’s far from as lighthearted and fast paced, the mc feels more like a true abuse victim, ends up being written as a true wimp and doormat and the girls end up seeming far harsher due to the voice actors’ intonations and even newor changed dialogue lines. I detest the anime. It’s a train wreck, purely irredeemable gutter trash. It does everything wrong, not a single element is praiseworthy. Music, sfx, art, story, voice acting… It’s rare that everything ends up so wrong. It’s as if this is a joke to them. Clearly it’s just an attempt to grab some cash with zero love given to it. The manga is at least readable, although the story sucks there too, it’s made up for by the art, ecchi, cool scenes and pace that never stops for more than the bare minimum of drama and the characters are likable enough. Don’t waste your time, read the manga instead if the setting intrigues you.

I don't get why all the hate. It's an Ecchi Anime with good story and great Animation. Yes there's slavery, blackmail, almost rape, forceful sences. But the MC likes that shit so i say it's okay. But to be honest though the only girl with good character is Tenka's team.(Anymore would be spoiler but Tenka best girl) If you want to watch Tiddies with high quality this show is for you. (My rating would be an 8/10. I gave 10 cus people rating it low) Extended review: Animation: 8/10 Action: 7/10 (not bad) Ecchi: 7.5/10 (They show skin but MC'S wired fetish isn't that erotic) Harem: 6/10 The character's aren't that good(other than Tenka) Plot: 7/10 the story is somewhat good

I am a big fan of the ecchi genre. If there’s something this beautiful genre has shown me, it’s that it can compete with any other genre and shine with its great stories. That’s why I’m very demanding with it. Chained Soldier started very ambitiously. An ecchi anime with a deep story and mysteries to unravel. What could go wrong? The problem wasn’t the story or the fan service. The problem was the harem. Without a doubt, one of the worst I’ve seen in my life. How can a harem go wrong? Let me explain: There are two types of harems. The most common is where the girls fall in love with the guy because he is chivalrous, has good feelings, and pays attention to them. The guy is usually a pathetic type with luck who never concretizes anything with any girl out of shame (the dream come true for insecure guys). Most harems are like this. In the second type, we have a guy who is still chivalrous but has no problem concretizing encounters with the girls. The girls fall in love with him for his prowess and power. Chained Soldier, apparently, is of the second type. However, something fails: there is no reason for the girls to fall in love with him. It’s not that the protagonist isn’t a good guy. The problem is that the girls fall in love BEFORE he can prove that he is. It just happens. And it’s not a light infatuation. These girls already want to marry him almost immediately. This incoherent plot development, which seems like a mockery to the viewer, becomes the main development of the story, leaving the plot in third place (the second place goes to the fights), so one can’t help but feel that they are watching an anime that is really a waste. Now, not everything is disastrous. The mystery behind the plot is quite good. However, the best part is the fights. The battles between the girls, or between the girls and the monsters, are truly epic. There is not only violence but also strategy, reflections, and a lot of action. In conclusion, Chained Soldier could have been better, but they wasted everything with such a fake and boring harem that the anime ends up being second-rate. When I watched the anime, I thought, “Why make this a harem? It could have been a great story with strong fan service and it would have been perfect.” THE GOOD: The fights. They are incredible. THE BAD: The terrible development of the harem and its weight in the plot. LET’S HOPE it improves in the second season now that apparently the harem is complete.

This hentai disguised as an anime isn’t a masterpiece, but it’s actually kind of fun. I found it pretty shallow up until around the halfway point—I was thinking, “another empty world full of girls stripping for pure fan service”—but when the story started to take shape, I got interested. Sure, it didn’t develop a ton of stuff, but it was progress. Now the positives: the protagonist’s transformations were really cool—I’d love to see what his transformation would look like if Tenka mounted on him. All the female characters are perfect—but that’s obvious, that’s the anime’s appeal, right? Now the negatives: like I said, the world feels very shallow. And to be honest, I didn’t understand anything about how the ‘Mato’ works or why only women have powers—not to mention, I found the powers a bit generic, except maybe Kyouka’s and Sahara’s. TENKA SUPREMACY AND AOBA 10/10—both of them. Look, if you just love smut without a complex story, if you want to see gorgeous girls killing monsters, I recommend this anime for you. But if you want something deeper—you shouldn’t even try. That said, I’ll be watching the second season.

This is a hilarious story, because it is simply a healthy relationship masquerading as being edgy. Seriously, any girl you ask who has an interest in you will be more than happy to walk on you and step on your nuts while laughing the whole time, especially when you are young. Oh wow, you really helped me all day, so I shall reward you with a kiss. Or, we will bathe together and enjoy checking each other out. Haha, that is actually a super typical, healthy relationship. Who knew a person could be happily forced to address another person's desires. Hehe.

Before watching, I thought that this was the worst anime this season, especially with the Echi and Harem themes which were definitely very boring. But it turns out I was wrong! Indeed, for the first and second episodes I was quite no understand about this anime, especially in the story and background of the incident location, slowly but surely I started to understand that they were in a different world and were tasked with protecting there. For Harem or Echi here it is still in a safe condition, not excessive, let alone making the audience horny, this is just my opinion, whether anyone else's. This is different from the Ecchi anime that I often see, most of which show too much lewdness compared to the progress of the story, and this actually makes me disgusted to see it. Indeed, this anime tells about slavery, but only that, there is no such thing as Lucky Sukebe, or a little bit of perverted things for no reason. The MC himself is also not stupid, he is strong and has his own convictions, not easily tempted by perverted things. In my opinion, the character design is quite good, perfect, not made randomly. When fighting is also quite good, not stiff and not too much drama with unclear nonsense. I also think comedy is funny, it even makes me laugh at some comedies, and this doesn't make me bored watching it. The point is, don't judge something you don't know and don't immediately judge something as bad before you see everything. I quite like this anime because: The fighting action is good. The characters are beautiful. The MC is not bad. Echi is not excessive. This anime focuses more on story progress rather than perverted things. In addition, there is a little romance too.

Mato Seihei was one of the most hyped adaptations of the year and sadly failed to live up to expectations. It never managed to capture the magic of the manga and just felt like a flat, soulless seasonal. I’ve read the manga for the past year or so and was pretty excited when this was announced. I knew the battles could be tricky to animate, but I at least had hope the erotica content would be handled well. I mean, that is the main selling point to the story after all.. but my hopes and dreams were quickly dashed within a couple episodes of this. Scenes were changed or omitted from manga chapters and the ones we did get, were just mediocre. There’s a handful of decent scenes, but it’s just not enough considering that’s what made this series famous. The story has never been the strongest part of this series, but it is decent. Basically your usual bleach style set up of an MC unknowingly being recruited to join a secret evil fighting organisation. What carries the story is the characters and the character interactions. I do think the studio were able to nail the personalities of the girls and the seiyuus were excellent. You can really get a sense of the various quirks of each character. I just couldn’t help feeling that something felt “off” in this one. Whether it was the skipped chapters or cut scenes, I’m not sure, but it didn’t feel like the same story I anxiously waited to read chapters of and I think the current score differential underlines that being an issue for many fans. The other big thing we have to talk about is the CGI. It’s bad, like really bad. Because of the nature of the battles in this series, I understand CGI was probably a necessity, but there’s such a huge contrast with how it’s used here vs say a Synduality Noir(also from this season). It looks really out of place and jarring here. The 2D action scenes aren’t exactly anything to write home about either. Overall, to say I’m disappointed in this adaptation would be an understatement. While the manga isn’t the best thing in the world, it knows what it’s trying to be and succeeds in it. Great art, fights and characters. You’d think translating that to the anime medium wouldn’t be too difficult, but clearly it was an issue for this studio. Mato Seihei gets 6, out of 10.

Well, what can you say about Chained Soldier? The anime has more than its fair share of fan service, so much so that it's annoying. The story is very simple and not particularly complex or good. The characters, and especially the interaction with the main character, aren't even that bad, but unfortunately it's typical of a harem where everyone falls for him after less than three or four episodes. The antagonists had a cool build-up, but then became really shallow and poorly told; it doesn't matter what happens to them. On the positive side, I can say that the anime gets funny every now and then, and everything revolves around the MC's sister.

What is truly disappointing about this show is I really had high expectations for it. The premise seemed very interesting and the kind of original as well, and even seem to have some decent production value behind it. Now that I have actually watched it, I am sad to say I was slowly disappointed. Not to sit here and complain all day I will sum it up by saying pretty much every character in the show is completely irredeemable and extremely annoying. The MC is probably the only character who is kind of okay, however he has absolutely no spine and never grows one. He acts all embarrassed during any scenes for the "rewards" or otherwise indecent moments. However, during the duration of the show he never becomes accustomed to it and continues to act surprised at every opportunity without becoming bold. All the women in the show are completely despicable. They are all completely annoying to no end and full of themselves to the point I wonder if they were going to burst open. They all have great abilities and skills, but if you think about it for 2 seconds, they are stupidly dressed, overly pampered, completely self-righteous idiots who literally got their abilities by EATING A FRUIT and proceeding to act strong and as if they deserve to be showered with praise. I have many other complaints but the plot is my other concern I will mention here. Far too much time is wasted on fan service and pointless moments, and the show is never allowed to proceed. We are never given a history on why these demons are invading Earth, where they come from, how long they've been there, and why they have to put a bunch of girls dressed in stupid military outfits who live in full-on resorts in the middle of this demonic world. Near the end of the show they tease there is going to be more, but it does not leave you wanting anymore and just thankful that it's finally over. I truly hope this does not get continued as it has no need for it. TL;DR This is a poorly disguised harem anime with unlikable characters, terrible plot, and no real purpose or progression. Had it taken itself more seriously, it would be substantially better.

Chained Soldier was one of the best series I've seen in awhile. It doesn't do anything better than any other series in particular, however the combination of elements really come together for an enthralling watch. First and foremost, this is an ecchi show and it doesn't pretend to be anything but that. With that said, it has a surprising amount of depth to it, whether it be in terms of relationship building, story progression, character development, or world building. I was honestly surprised how well the events of the story were conveyed. For a brief synopsis, our main character is Yuuki Wakura, a listless man searching for an occupation. The world he lives is not too dissimilar to our own, except females have obtained magical abilities. The abilities are a side effect of an existing alternate dimension, the Mato dimension, from which monsters will periodically cross over to attack the human realm or bring humans back into. Since women are the only ones able to wield magic, the defense of the human dimension falls on them, making the Anti-Demon Corps. In the first episode, we're shown that Yuuki's sister Aoba has disappeared prior to the events of the series, but we don’t know what happened exactly. This prompts Yuuki to want to become hero, so others don't suffer his sister's fate. This is somewhat of a weak motivation for his proclaimed desire to become a hero in my opinion, but it's not so incredibly far fetched either. Regardless it’s this reasoning he chooses to become a "slave" to the commander Kyouka of the Anti-Demon Corps, when he’s unexpectedly transported through a gate to the Mato dimension. It's his agreeance to becoming Kyouka's slave that he is able to acquire power from her ability of the same name and escape the ambush of monsters he was transported into. I don’t want to go into a full synopsis, but characters, setting, and story all crank into high gear for the rest of the series. To start, Yuuki is just great. He's not so much of a bada$$ that it feels unrealistic or unachievable, but also not so much of a wimp you lose all respect (looking at you Takemichi - Tokyo Revengers). He has a story I can generally vibe with and had no problems following him for the story. I also appreciate his actions and motivations, and seeing how he grows throughout the series. His character is just done incredibly well in my opinion. They fleshed it out to a significant degree from the start, but also left room for him to grow. This leads me to the women of division 6 and 7. The show definitely provides an impression that men are not taken too seriously because of their lack of powers. This is conveyed incredibly well though, because of the obvious lunacy of this worlds setting. The girls all respond to Yuuki’s presence in a variety of ways, whether it be through indifference, concern, friendship, teasing, or attempted bonding. Each interaction had its own unique feel to it as well. Kyouka clearly does not warm up to Yuuki immediately, but slowly starts to depend on him as the show progresses and even starts to get jealous at points. I loved seeing her subtle vulnerabilities being shown sporadically throughout the series, especially given her tough facade. Similar to Kyouka, Himari is cold to Yuuki from the get go…I’m not sure her reasoning aside from maybe seeing him as a distraction from her goal to become stronger. Regardless, when she is given the opportunity to duel her sister, she is somewhat forced to interact/train with him. These episodes with Himari are perfection imo. Not only are we treated to both lewd and hilarious occurrences, but we see growth from an initially unlikeable character and a bond between these two that I considered incredibly heartwarming. Shushu’s character was surprisingly quaint as well, which becomes a theme. She starts off quirky, aloof, and somewhat perplexing, but as she gets to understand Yuuki she realizes the importance of love and just men in general. She’s no longer careless and misdirected by the end of the series. To me, Shushu showed the largest amount of growth of all the characters. Each interaction Yuuki has with his fellow female “military” members is so quaint and bring an unexpectedly welcome amount of both comedy and ecchi. Speaking of comedy and ecchi, I loved how they were incorporated into the series. To me, as an ecchi fan, I was happy to see the amount of degeneracy shown, and it’s done in an interesting way with levity. It also enables a lot of the comedy to occur, which was effective here. The fact it was fully uncensored gives it major bonus points as well. As degenerate as it was though, it still left room for a great story and set of characters. To be honest, I wouldn't consider myself one to like the idea of becoming subservient to anyone, however, Chained Soldier really makes it seem more appealing XD. It's not one sided either, everything seems to have a fair trade off. For example, Yuuki receives rewards for being a 'slave" to Kyouka, in which she has no control over his subconscious desires (but agrees to for the overwhelming power he provides). The abilities shown are all unique and intriguing. I consistently looked forward to seeing the next revealed abilities of any new character. The cg animation definitely left a lot to be desired but were done well for the most part, it's not particularly jarring. What really resonated with me was the relationships built. The dynamic of characters toward the end of the series was really great to watch and I personally couldn't wait for more. In reference to Yuuki’s sister Aoba, it’s, in my opinion, here where the story gains depth. Up to her introduction at the start, this series is just a well directed ecchi in a complicated setting. The revelation about her disappearance adds a complex dilemma I personally would’ve had trouble resolving. Seeing Yuuki and her life together before her disappearance was great and made the situation Yuuki is in, in episode 1, bittersweet. To end, when you watch Chained Soldier, you know what you're getting into within a few minutes. In my opinion, this is not a series looking for deep introspection or philosophical discussions. Its only intent is to entertain (whether it be via comedy, ecchi, romance, or action). I've read through several reviews for Chained Soldier. Some of the negative ones have comments saying this series has things like slavery, sexism, attempted grape, SA, physical abuse, blackmail…and more buzz words to try and indicate how vile this series is. Over sensitive individuals like this are why we can't have nice things in the west, and why I rely on Japan so heavily now. Most of the events in the series are literally there for ecchi and/or comedic purposes. I’ll admit,this is definitely not a show for everyone. There is wonky cg animation at times, characters could stand to have more individuality, there could be a stronger plot, more drama/depth, and a variety of other small gripes. If you start watching it while comprehending the intent, however, it’s a very enjoyable experience for its short 12 episodes…so much so that I binged it in one evening. Chained Soldier is obviously no icon of modern anime, but it does its job better than most others in the same genre. I highly recommend Chained Soldier and hope to see more series like this in the future, along with a season 2.

I'm not gonna lie, I came here just for the tits but I ended up finding a pretty interesting story. I felt the anime had a nice balance of plot and PLOT. I expected to not like it at first because being submissive isn't one of my fetishes, but the anime knew how to balance out the truly important bits. As for the story itself, it seemed rather interesting. Nothing groundbreaking, sure, but interesting enough to make me pay attention to more than just the lewd scenes. Honestly, if this anime doesn't get a second season, I'm considering going to the manga.

The ecchi that had the most potential but they decided to be afraid of success. This work is well known for its ecchi more than anything else. Those of us who made the decision to watch it knew that its strongest appeal would be the fights and fanservice. The bad thing is that the worst of the work is just what we expected the most, the fights and the fanservice. I would like to take the story into account so I can give it some extra points, but they don't even take it seriously. The only thing the anime seeks is to try to provide the best settings for the reward scenes. The fanservice isn't even good enough to make it worth watching 12 episodes. Censorship is bubbles of light that saturate the screen and from the little that can be seen, it can be said that the uncensored version of Blue ray will not be better. Seven Arcs was afraid to focus on the ecchi scenes, this is where one would have preferred a studio, like Passione, to have taken over. The fights lack intensity or emotion. The powers, although they sound interesting in their mention, in practice they look pretty meh. One might expect nothing from the fights against creatures made of dubious CGI, but that the fights against humans/humanoids are boring should be considered a crime. From here it will be a somewhat personal rather than objective criticism. What did they do to my girls Kyouka and Tenka. They are supposed to be squad leaders, one who seeks to be the supreme commander and another who seeks the love of her life respectively. Whether they both have a meek personality or no personality at all is something that hurts. Both are my favorite characters in the work, but if the anime had told me that they were extras for a few chapters, I would have believed it without a doubt. In conclusion, Mato Seihei's production was afraid to be successful with the work. They decided to be lukewarm and provide a half-assed product. They had something in their hands that could have, at the very least, marked the season. We already saw that the author knows how to make us look again at his work with Akame Ga Kill and his deaths. This time, the author and the artist gave a work that had potential thanks to ecchi, but that the production did not want or could not exploit.

My review of Mato Seihei no Slave can be summed up pretty easily: fast entertainment with some very questionable choices. The main character basically gets enslaved and forced to fight monsters so the commander can achieve her personal goals. In other words, he’s not really a character… he’s a resource—an asset with legs serving his “master.” And it raises an interesting question: if a better alternative showed up to achieve those goals, what would happen to him? Nothing good. Of course, the show won’t go there, but it’s pretty obvious he’d be discarded without a second thought. One of the biggest issues is the protagonist himself. He’s incredibly passive. It doesn’t matter who he’s with—commander, sub-commander, or some random soldier—he just adapts and submits. There’s no internal conflict, no resistance, no real personality. His entire character boils down to “service mode activated” depending on who’s in the room. It’s hard to empathize with someone who basically feels like an NPC. Then there’s the fanservice. The show doesn’t even try to hide it—every episode comes with its guaranteed dose of oppai and panties. And it’s all “justified” either as a side effect of abilities or because, conveniently, every female character develops a strong interest in this human puppet. It’s not subtle, not refined… but to be fair, it’s not trying to be. Beyond the fanservice and the occasional entertainment value, the story itself is pretty weak. The world and its rules feel more like an excuse than a well-thought-out system: powers work when convenient, and limitations seem optional. There are no real consequences—neither emotional nor narrative—which makes everything feel weightless. On top of that, character motivations are shallow, and the conflict never really escalates or builds tension. In short, the story doesn’t stand on its own; it relies heavily on its more “eye-catching” elements to stay afloat. Overall, the series is entertaining—but entertaining doesn’t mean good. This is basically fast food in anime form. It looks decent, tastes good in the moment, but you know there’s zero substance to it. It fills you up for a while… but leaves you with nothing afterward.

this review contains words that may not be suitable for some people, you are warned... well well, Harem + Echii= this anime... I really don't like this genre, so I started watching it with a contrary to my inner desires. the first scene was well done, it was like old samurai movies, when all of the village is burned, and it is in black and white, and we see the main threat massacaring everyone in the village, in a very brutal way. this scene is the best scene in the whole show, it is directed well, has good animation and it really delivers on selling you the main story point, about the villains and the main threat, so I give it a point. but after that it was a cringe-fest of just the MC being miserable and acts like he has never seen a girl in his life, being one of the worst main characters I have ever seen, sometimes I don't know if Yuuki or Kyouka is the main character of the show. the other characters are not better just some bland characters, with big Oppais and booty, except for Himari having a development and story for her-self. the fan service is probably why you watched the show so let's talk about it... it is good, it is explicit really, they are really arousing. in the end it is a harem, Echii series with decent story-line and bland characters, so the final rating for the show will be: 6/10

“Peak turned into an abyss. What misery!”- Anyone who has read the manga knows what the meaning is and where I come from. The manga is peak entertainment and as a result, fans are also expecting that the adaptation will also be quite entertaining. But the anime was one of the huge... No, wait... the anime was the most disappointing of the winter ‘23. I am writing this review as a fan of this series who really enjoyed and loved the manga. The one of the most anticipated ecchi anime of winter ‘24, “Mato Seihei no Slave” aka Chained Soldier produced by Seven Arcs. Seven Arcs, WHAT REALLY! I am not saying that Seven Arcs is bad as a studio, it’s just they haven’t done any ecchi based anime at all. Tonikawa and Blue Period are their previous top-rated work, their whole decision of adapting “Mato Seihei no Slave” was a wrong decision. It was my first complaint from them. Secondly, the CGI. They used some kind of 3D visual which came out like gooh/shit. I don’t know what they were thinking or weren’t they even watching what they are making!?! Do they really need the 3D visuals? I understand their excitement but really, really! I am not saying that it’s the animators’ fault. Most of you might, no you guys already misunderstood me here. The thing is 3D animations need budget but if you don’t have budget then 2D is also good enough here, at least I think after this disaster. The story, characters and ecchi was really great and entertaining, I admit it and all thanks or credit goes to Takahiro (manga creator). What! Why is it so unexpected? He writes the story, designed the characters so attractively so who should I give credit to?! They just must execute the plot in a decent manner which they failed to produce. The ecchi sequences are nothing compared to the manga. I think I explained my side now it is you if you are convinced or not. To me this shows what I have nothing to appreciate. I wouldn’t recommend anyone, not even my enemy, to watch this abyss. If anyone is interested in the series please go and read the manga, it will save so much time of yours.