kurtis94 - 2016-07-22 06:04:46

Naruse Mio—red-haired girl & Naruse Maria—silver-haired loli on the right, come from the Demon world to the peaceful human world with the desire to gain powers while escaping from Demon other parties who are trying to catch 'em. The fact that Naruse Mio is the daughter of former Demon Lord with incredible power lures any Demons who want powers to be the Demon Lord looking for Mio continuously. Then, these two meet our main hero, Toujou Basara & his father (the brown-haired men). From this meeting, the story starts off, the survival of Naruse Mio & Naruse Maria in the protection of her new family with Toujou Basara & Toujou Jin, such tremendous powers in an awkward collaboration of Heroes and Demons.

    The story is not something new. Things like Hero, Demons, survival, chasing, protection, something like that plus severe harem to add. The story aspect is not the charm of the show, I can't feel the story is attracting me for continuing it. Maybe I would say it's entertaining enough to keep me here. The feeling when you just want to keep watching it 'til the end because the show is good enough to watch. At first, the story pumped my curiosity but as the time flew by, the show true colour of heavy ecchi-ness sometimes makes me sick (eventho' not pure fanservice like To LOVE-Ru series). If you really appreciate the plot rather than the pleasant things such as fanservices, then do not pick this one, you'll just drop it instantly I bet (I can't even imagine what the BD ver will be since I watched the TV ver with tons of censored scenes).

    The ecchi-ness is the key for character development in this case. Master-Servant contract for the sake of protecting and supporting each other power that Basara makes with Mio and other girls helped by the succubus, Naruse Maria, involved aphrodisiac effect. Once the Servant does something or even just thinking something that lead to unloyalty, the punishment reacts. Unfortunately the way to stop it just by "the touch of the Master", this is where you can relate the punishment and fanservices. The characters begin to know each other better with that way and obtain more power to claim their victory.

    I mentioned before, the series has something to keep me watching it even if the fanservices horrifying me. I think about it twice and maybe that's because the animation. The visual aspect pleases me, not above average but surely pleasing enough. Now to recall the time I watch this series, in my point of view, the character design is nothing special.

    I'm grateful, "Blade of Hope" by sweet ARMS & "Still Sis" by Kaori Sadohara as the OP & ED theme songs are nice! These two songs were on my most-wanted-song list, The thumping heart rhythm is outstanding and somehow represented the hardship of the battle and complicated burdens the characters have on their shoulders.

    Hmmm.. for the rate, well ±7.5  ˁ˙͡˟˙ˀ
Pros:

• I think.. animation and songs

• Average plot. I was shocked in few parts that the story is unpredictable and amaze me, but it wasn't enough to judge the whole plot
• Fanservices everywhere ---===Σ[▓▓]ε¦) I'm not against it but sometimes it's out of place

greenfelder.beatrice - 2016-02-22 17:25:11

"I can't abandon a girl when people are after her life just because she's the previous demon lord's daughter. I'm going to protect her! But... Am I allowed to have only one precious thing to me? Must I limit myself to one?"

No, that's not me pretentiously attempting to attach some meaning or something -- Those are a few lines of dialog that summarize Shinmai Maou no Testament. It's all you need to know about the show, as it is about just as much as the show cares to let us know. 

So yeah, Shinmai Maou no Testament is another harem whose sole purpose for existing is to fill out a time-slot. A show that makes you wonder if the people behind the scenes are engaging in copyright wars from making such an uninspired amalgamation of several elements from other shows put together to make the same harem you've seen a dozen times over. It's so lacking in creativity that it uses the "I accidentally walked into you when you're undressed" cliché four or five times. -- said shows that come to mind are: Inuyasha, Bleach, Highschool DxD, and perhaps Tokyo Ghoul for Takigawa, Yahiro and it's EDGE. 

"Basacchi". Oh lord, pls no. 

Basara is your typical self-righteous "hero" devoid of personality; an indecisive, apologetic asshat, whom let's himself go wild on the girl's tits when he damn well pleases. When his sexuality reaches points where it can be brought under question, he gives in to his urges then he seeks to be comforted by said tits from having gone too far with his manhandling. By the shows end he's only a few notches away from being another despicable Itou, Makoto. If only. If only that would have actually been the case, at least he would have been less forgettable. All the girls in the show line up to feed the ego of whomever uses Basara as their surrogate. They exist just to get their breasts fondled or consistently refer to him as "onii-chan" or "B-baka". 

A little too delusional, but not to the point of aggravation. 

Most of the ecchi is constricted to a single gimmick — the partner binding spell crap — the rest pretty much revolves around it. The art design is easy on the eyes, yes, but still quite forgettable. And while surely not tame, the ecchi is presented in a very boring fashion. Though it may "look" nice, it still might as well be some dude in an ad testing Tenga products. Or perhaps sadder still, are the junkies who will rush in to buy the blue-rays. 

As for the sound or even action? Nothing stands out, everything about this show just screams "routine". ...You might be familiar with a seiyuu who I believe goes by the name of Nomura, Kenji. You know, in bleach, that hot headed bulky bald bitch of a subordinate that follows Ulquiura? Well, Kenji plays that same bulky bald bitch here, same powers and everything, except skin tone. He suddenly appears out of nowhere for a fight and is just as briefly tossed aside so that Basara and galls can go back to breast fondling. *sarcastic cheerful claps* He stacks up a grand total of 5 seconds of screen time. Talk about pointlessly anti-climatic. 

Initially tolerable even with the rather harmless tonal shifts, but then it becomes increasingly irritable as the series progresses from schizophrenic harem to obnoxious shounen. - 4/3/15

klein.elliot - 2015-07-15 05:16:18

This being my first attempt at reviewing an anime i'm going to keep it short and sweet as I've proven to have a tendency to ramble,  thus i'm condensing each section into a bite sized chunk in the form of a paragraph.

Story:  4/10

The story of Shinmai maou no testament had been seen time and time again throughout the history of anime,  An ecchi fantasy cliche fest that remains enjoyable enough if you're willing to switch your inner critic off.

Animation: 6/10

While not awe inspiring the animation is smooth and flows well enough by today's anime standards,  there are a few hiccups here and there though overall the show moves with fluidity of motion throughout.

Sound:  7/10

The sound design is truly where this series shines in my opinion,  while the background music throughout the series is unmemorable to say the least the higher score comes thanks to a fantastic opening and passable ending sequence. 

Characters:  6/10

Again nothing fantastic or ground breaking but the characters and their motivations are fleshed out enough over the course of the series for the viewer to emphasize with.  Not outstanding though not terrible either. 

Enjoyment  8/10  

I'd be lying if i said i didn't have a blast with this serious, it's a guilty pleasure and the show knows that and with the correct mindset i loved every second of my time with this series.  

clotilde.schroeder - 2015-03-27 19:25:17

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS... SO ENJOYABLE AND THE MAIN ANIME IS AMAZINGLY MADE... ITS A MUST WATCH GUYS, AND A NEEEEW ADVENTURE ;D

vratke - 2015-01-22 08:18:42

The anime is pretty good I also have read the manga is which is also very good.

janiya37 - 2015-01-15 04:37:55

It's still new. So ill update it as the show progresses. Overall it has potential.