Aira’s life was forever changed in seconds when she was suddenly summoned to another world where magic and monsters are real. Now everyone thinks she’s a saint who is destined to save everyone. Unfortunately for Aria, her stats show that she’s a Mage, and she’s terrified of what will happen when everyone eventually learns she’s not a saint. Now she’s alone in this fantasy world where the only person she can rely on is also the one with the most to lose if her saintly powers don’t pan out.
I absolutely love The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent, so of course I had to grab the spin-off! We follow Aira from the moment she’s summoned into an entirely new world up until around volume 8 of the main series. I was really looking forward to seeing things through Aira’s perspective. While I know that these are lighthearted feel-good stories, I think that there was a lot that we could’ve explored through Aira’s eyes. She’s a teenager suddenly thrown on her own with no way back home. She starts the series with the pressure of the world on her shoulders because everyone is expecting her to be a saint. There is so much that could be brought to the table.
Unfortunately, this series heavily relies on its mother series, and touches on Aira’s story in an extremely superficial way. While the first volume was okay, it had its issues, which I let go because I figured it was trying to find its legs as a spin-off. The second volume continues to heavily rely on the mother series, and it continues to superficially touch on the story. There is no character growth, and it doesn’t add much to the world we originally saw through Sei’s eyes.
While I’m a little sad that this spin-off series didn’t pan out, I don’t think it’s a total loss. I think the first volume is worth checking out because some chapters would’ve fit into The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent, or at least been extras at the back of some of the volumes. Whether or not one wants to continue after that is up to them. Personally, I won't be continuing this series because it’s failing to stand up as its own story for me.
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