If you're trying to watch this show for a deep plot or complicated story, you will be disappointed. I came to watch a tsundere show and what I got was many times better. Kazuma and Ayuno's relationship is hilarious and an endless source of entertainment where yeah, the tsundere trope is played to death but still I just enjoy seeing Ayuno get trolled by Kazuma in various ways every episode.

It's a nice breath of fresh air from the usual of the main character bending over backward for the tsundere and putting up with her antics. Kazuma actually refuting Ayuno and fighting back makes the situation much less cringey than most other tsundere shows. It's just nice seeing a mc who can stand on his two feet and snap back at the tsundere being many steps ahead of her which isn't usually hard due to her dumbness.

Kazuma as a sort of anti-hero, guy with a rugged history and morally questionable but still follows his own moral code is a little cliched. Though, I would take his character any day over the guy who is full simp and just takes beatings from the tsundere with no repercussions.

There isn't too much of love triangle crap that you usually see, where the audience and really the whole show knows that Kazuma and Ayuno are going to end up together. The way it's used to instead make Ayuno angry is pretty funny to watch. Also it's good to see the main couple is the main couple, no harem or multiple relationships or whatever. It's just wholesome teasing and a tsundere. The side characters do alright in promoting the main couple, and they do their job of keeping interest in the main love story. It's good to skip the "will they won't they" stuff that you also often see to build fake suspense.

It honestly feels like good progress is made with the relationship with most arcs, and that they do have chemistry and a fun character dynamic. It really is the relationship the two have that make the show worth watching and entertaining where watching their moments is entertainment.

The plot and magic system aren't really anything too original or anything to get obsessed over. The main villains are mostly there to question Kazuma's past as we the audience piece it together. The overall message of getting over the past and fighting for the present works although it is a little overdone with most battle shounen.

I wouldn't go out and say that the show is a masterpiece or that the romance is anything revolutionary, but what works works. It's a fun watch, would definitely watch it again. It's one of those shows where the fillers are just as if not more entertaining than the main plot. I couldn't really care less about where the story goes as long as I know Kazuma is still messing with Ayuno.