A brief description of the manga Backwater Old Man Becomes a Swordmaster:
Beryl Gardenant is a man who diligently manages a fencing dojo in a countryside village. Where did that swordsman, full of dreams of glory, go? Nowadays he just lives life calling himself a “useless old man”.
“I guess I’ll just keep living a quiet life as the years go by.” One day, while living this carefree life, he is visited by Aleutia, a former student who has risen to the post of royal knight. “I have recommended you as the special royal knight instructor.” “…what?”
Still stunned, Beryl goes to the royal capital, reuniting with other former pupils, such as the strongest adventurer and an S-rank magician, all of them… begging for his instruction!? “You definitely don’t need me anymore…”
Beryl goes on, always in self-deprecation. With an unparalleled swordsmanship, fostered for years, his deeds are acclaimed in the capital, where he is known as the “Backwater Swordmaster”. “ISN’T THAT TITLE UNCOOL!?” The “master” of the strongest pupils of all time finally gets rewarded, a fantasy about a “new rich” middle-aged man!
Just a side note, the anime adapation of this is not very good. It basically speed runs the first major plot arc (which was actually very important for establishing Beryl’s character) in order to introduce unnecessary female entanglements that were not in the manga.
It is genuinely disappointing to see how badly the anime adapation is. It feels like someone didn’t know anything about the source material and decided to focus on communication problems between his female students and completely ignore everything else.
just got to chap 32. this is a 10/10. it’s very mild, nothing too crazy, but very satisfying.
it has the trope of mc with a handful of female side characters, but that is hardly a harem.
mc isn’t a god or op, he is just a regular middleaged dude from the countryside who mastered the sword. he gets tired and he gets hurt.
he is a kind man who teaches small children to master the sword making them strong, his best students were females kids, so they grow up to be women. there is nothing but respect for each other, there is no sexual or perverted harem theme. the adventure guild girl is tall and buff, she is the only one that dresses sexy because it fits her strong aggressive personality.
he also has male students from young to elderly. the story focuses on swords but there are also powerful magic users. in this fantasy world there is magic so he also gets magic enchanted items to survive against the obviously op magics. his students gained superhuman strength and there is hyper regeneration, but mc uses none of that, he is pure swordsman, using experience to win.
oh and since mc hasnt fought many around the world, he has no idea how good his skills are. he knows he isn’t the best (even though he might be), so he doesn’t act like it. In InitialD, mc was a great driver and didn’t know how great he was, it’s the same thing. he is hardly ignorant for that, he is humble. he describes his dungeon encounter and he ran away, never ever having to fight a mob in his life.
Hi
Yes there’s an anime BUT don’t expect to much from it
It’s good but not that great unfortunately
Hey guys, the anime has just started on Amazon Prime !
I did not see it coming.
Is it not good news ?
5/5.
31/31+ chapters.
Although it may seem like some generic stories that we see everywhere.
BUT! Trust me, this story is good.
The author knows what he is doing and keeps the story interesting.
There are some ups and downs, happy and sad moments in this story but it is enjoyable and satisfying.
Would recommended to Bookmark it.
This is an absolute gem. It warmed my heart, made me sad and kept things interested. First 5 stars in a while
This is beyond 5.0/5.0.
I wonder how it took me so long to discover this gem that even old men like me can enjoy.
In a word, Garbage. In a few, the mc is a complete moron no worse than that.
24 chapter in 2 years
it is weary god, how ever waiting 5-7 weeks for one episode is suck big time!
It’s an action one, that tricks you into thinking its a harem one.
Sensei is Itachi
not bad, if you’ve read “my daughters, S rank adventures, have a sever obsession with their father” then this can be seen as a more wholesome version of that (if your interested in reading it note that there are 2 names for it, the one listed above and the japanese version of the name with the latter having more chapters)
Harem trash
The anime’s CG animations were so good that I had to check the manga out and…. holy the manga version of the MC is like 20x more badass