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Yeah, from what I gather, this series isn’t really breaking new ground in its concept, so it really needs to nail the execution to set itself apart. The first episode was a lot of setup, so I am willing to give it a bit more time to see how things evolve.
IMO it’s different enough. It has that something that the first arc of Trinity Seven did, where it’s just another harem plot but it makes some changes that make it less cringy, more funny and appealing than most.
For me it’s that the manga is just so damn good that unless the anime matches it, I feel no need to spend time on it, where an anime-only viewer absolutely would.
That’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time. Years ago I read the manga up through what felt like a pretty natural conclusion to the main story. I tried reading a bit past that, but I just couldn’t get into it. I agree that the beginning of Trinity Seven is interesting enough to distinguish itself. So, if you are comparing it to that, then I am hopeful for future Chained Soldier episodes.
Just as an aside, when I went to pull up the Trinity Seven manga AniList page to refresh my memory a bit, I was amazed at how much other content has been made. Also, the fact that the manga is still releasing is incredible.
Trinity Seven had fun characters and good art, that’s enough for a lot of people. But I need plot with my plot, and it dropped that ball hard after the first arc.
Mato Seihei no Slave has yet to disappoint, I keep coming back now and then, and just devour new chapters and always get that sinking feeling when I catch up because I’ll have to wait for more story again.
Attractive characters are twice as appealing when you actually care about them as (fictional) people, living in an interesting world, and the manga has kept delivering for me in that regard.
There’s not that many ecchi harem anime nowadays
I think that a lot of the genre got cannibalized by the isekai genre. So, there are fewer ecchi harem that take place in Japan, but a bunch that now take place in some fantasy world. However, I don’t claim to be some harem connoisseur, not publicly anyway.