Evan Buske (Buskalunge)

Way too much filler for an anime that is about a fighting competition. Animation in a fair amount of the fight scenes are actually just the camera moving across a still image. HOW CAN A STUDIO MESS THIS UP ON A COMBAT FOCUSED ANIME. The majority of the story was incredible dull with side stories that added little to nothing to the overall plot. The pacing was terrible. The score was better than a number of fighting anime that I've seen. However, I had to watch the series on 1.5 speed just to feel like the story was moving and to make it seem like there was actually a fight happening. The only enjoyable part was the ojiro backstory as we learned how he developed his prowess as a swordsman.

I was bored throughout the entirety of season 1 wishing for the MC to do something that would be a better use of his ability. I actually stopped watching at ep 16 and then finished the season a few months later. Simply was bored and over the stupid and mopey MC. He is supposed to be relatable but he does some of the dumbest things to put himself and others in poor situations. On rare occasions he takes the many loops he's done and flips the script and then it was back to boredom, poor pacing, and the MC moping/blaming the world for the problems he mostly created.