This is my first review but I have written mini reviews for two other animes I completed before as status posts. I might do a review for every anime I complete from now on if I have the time and if my mini review is suitable. Note: this review is a direct copy/paste of the mini review status post I made about this anime but with some touch up editing I should also mention I havent read manga or LN. LIGHT POTENTIAL SPOILERS DEPENDING ON WHAT COUNTS Im sure youre impatient by now so.... Lets jump in Overview Management of a Novice Alchemist or MoaNAlol unintentional reference is cute. Thats really the highlights of it. There doesnt seem to be any deep story or meaning none of that touchy touchy stuff or anything that inspires any strong emotion. None at all. Simply put its just a cute anime that features a group of cute girls getting in and out of trouble in a fantasy setting. I didnt expect any more or less really. But it makes me feel like Thats it?. Theres nothing else about it? Definitely fits the genre of Cute Girls Doing Cute Things. If you call running an alchemy shop and adventuring on the side cute things. For the most part it is pretty cute so if youre into that kinda thing youll enjoy it Personally Im not that into the genre myself The Good/Positive The drawing/art style is cute I like how the proportions are realistic namely chest sizes. Trivial thing to mention but when youre like me a person who doesnt care for that stuff it can get annoying. G cups are way pushing it in some anime Ive seen. Points added for this but not too much. Watching the girls go through their daily life and running their shop is enjoyable too. Its pretty important cause thats this animes selling point. Id say they achieved it quite well. Im typically not into cute girls doing cute things but it was a fun lighthearted experience. Points added. I happen to enjoy fantasy world stuff and MoaNA certainly fits that description. Theres magic alchemy magic meets science and witches stuff battling monsters and exploring the outdoors for loot. What more could you need right? If this was a game Id definitely consider playing it. If it was a game where you could run around battle the monsters yourself and go back home to brew potions as well as selling them. Points added for fitting the fantasy world setting but that brings us to the next topic.... The Bad/Negative So you might be wondering why would she have problems with this anime about cute girls? I dont but theres a reason why not everything gets 10/10 right? Including this one. Mainly sometimes this sorta escapes the fantasy setting. Probably you: 130https://media.tenor.com/xq7jWN9rIKIAAAAM/d4djfirstmixanime.gif Didnt you literally just spend a section talking about this in The Good? I did indeed. But emphasis on the sometimes. Such as when our lively protagonist Sarasa invents new things to sell in her little shop. Some of the stuff is a bit too real/like our reality if you can believe it. Like the magic stove. Or the inflatable tent. Not really stuff thats in a fantasy world. Without someone from modern life directly influencing in the story this seems a bit off. Not a single isekaied character Luckily theres not a lot of this happening so we can all easily blame it on magic. Yup I just programmed brewed the ingredients to use my magical power to do certain things That doesnt necessarily mean Im super happy about it... I also feel like there is a lack of character variety. The main characters are ofc cute girls of certain ages and everyone else of mention is a villager. Just a villager most of them on the older side. Why isnt there even a cute little village kid? Or even a guy around the girls age to help them out a bit now and then? Ok fine not every series can involve stuff like that but I find it hard to believe Sarasa would live there for a whole 6 months but not meet a single kid. Maybe she does in the manga/LN but if I see cute girls I think its only fair to include cute children. Other than Sarasa herself in flashbacks. I get that some animes cant have as much variety because of how they are but it was definitely possible here. Maybe it takes away from the focus....of the girls being cute I guess. Still not satisfied as I am someone who believes variety is essential. Lastly I should note that for being a novice alchemist Sarasa is OP. Like no joke. Village overrun with hell flame grizzlies? Call Sarasa Shes more powerful than the rest of us shell clean em up licketysplit. Village threatened by a humongous salamander? Call Sarasa Shes more powerful than the rest of us shell shred him to bits in seconds. In both these situations which happened in the anime Sarasa is the main mind at work and does the majority of the hard work herself. Shes incredibly OP compared to well everyone. Her alchemy skills are off the chart as well shes able to invent anything and make plenty of potions without failure. And whenever theres a problem hers are the big ideas. I guess you can blame that on her being MC though. Her OP ness cant be denied. Sure blame Ophelia Millis for being such a powerful alchemist and taking her on as an apprentice. And for saying she has outstanding powers. It bugs me a little not incredibly so but it does. Its not as annoying as fanservice in my eyes but definitely something Id mention in a short summary. So much for being a novice. 00 Youd point out that I watch plenty of isekai with OP MC in them but think again: Are they expected to be novices? Is it in the flipping title of those anime? No. Points deducted because titles count. If the show isnt fully like the title its worth mentioning. Do I Recommend? Yes and no. I definitely wouldnt rave about this super excitedly because 1 mostly shojo does that for me and not too many other genres and two this anime doesnt stand out to me that much. Not when compared with other sights Ive seen and enjoyed. I dont see myself remembering this to recommend to others in the future. It just doesnt catch my eye. Pretty much a cute little escape from Reality for about 20 mins every Monday. Yes I capitalized Reality. On purpose. Thats all there is to it for me. Just another show to add to my list to boost my anime count to kill time and entertain myself on Monday evenings. My personal opinion aside Ill still be... Whats that word Im looking for? Hm.... Fair? Unbiased? Somewhere around there. So if you like the following: cute girls cute girls getting in and out of trouble fantasy not too much watching someone run a shop a unique bond between student and teacher a light barely there dose of Yuri You should give it a try. Should also mention I dont care much for Yuri so it affects the score a bit Ty for reading my review Hopefully this wont be my last one