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240. The Master of Ragnarok & Blesser of Einherjar
https://myanimelist.net/anime/37446/Hyakuren_no_Haou_to_Seiyaku_no_Valkyria
Summer 2018 (12 episodes)
My Score: 2/10, MAL Score: 5.70/10
Best Character: Suou Yuuto

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PTENYkHBnM

Premise: Suou Yuuto, a teenager pulled into a fantasy world based on Norse mythology, uses his smartphone to look up real-world military tactics in order to forge an empire.

The Good: Some of the battles incorporated interesting strategies. Plus, while the animation rarely did it justice, there was the occasional moment where a named character wrecked an army of faceless goons. Thats always a fun time.

The Bad: The Master of Ragnarok is primarily a harem anime, which isnt my favorite genre. None of the girls have much of a personality beyond their connection to the generic main dude Yuuto. That wouldnt be so bad in a typical anime, but this one dealt with medieval politics and some of these girls held positions that really should have mattered. Even leaving that aside, the battles themselves never impacted the bigger picture. Whenever Yuuto annihilated an army, even if the strategy he used was neat, the enemy state would bounce back with a new army by the next episode. It never felt like anything mattered, and the story ultimately didnt go anywhere.

Overall: Its a clich at this point that anime is rife with bad isekai, so Im kind of surprised that Master of Ragnarok is the only one ranked this low. It failed at everything it tried to do, but it failed in such typical ways that I never became angry at it. Anyone who watches past the first episode knows what theyre getting into, so its really my fault for subjecting myself to it.