Seemed a rather slick and moderate to high effort production for at least the first episode.

Wasn't too much of a hook I felt, but I keep hearing the source material is solid so will keep following this for now

That was boring. I'll try another couple of episodes, but this is looking like a drop so far.

I'm gonna give it 5 eps to see if it's any good.

Very promising first episode. A fantasy story without isekai, no overpowered MC so far, feels more like Harry Potter than anime.