Tsuyokute New Saga

Humanity and demonkind have been on bad terms for millennia, resulting in the continent of Leunders being split in two. Although the situation has stabilized between the races, the fragile peace breaks when the new demon king launches a fierce all-out attack. With all of the non-demon nations falling to the violence in under a year, humanity's hope rests in a special squad, led by swordsman Kyle Leonard, that must assassinate the demon king in order to bring an end to the war.

During the dangerous mission, Kyle ends up in a clash with the demon king that brings him to the brink of death. As Kyle realizes he has lost everything he wanted to protect, a mysterious gem transports him back in time before the conflict even started! Now with knowledge of future events and a strong desire to save his loved ones, Kyle sets out to become even stronger to prevent the extinction of humanity.

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Leonard, Kyle Main

Uchida, Yuuma Japanese

Zeeles, Sildonia Main

Takahashi, Minami Japanese

Layla, Theron Main

Shimono, Hiro Japanese

Liese Main

Fairouz Ai Japanese

Urza Main

Seto, Asami Japanese

Goh Supporting

Hikisaka, Rie Japanese

Yuliga Supporting

Hikasa, Youko Japanese

Auges Supporting

Souma, Kouichi Japanese

Eldrand Supporting

Matsuda, Kenichirou Japanese

Governor Bax Supporting

Shimada, Bin Japanese

Cao, Cong Producer

Usukura, Ryuutarou Producer

Ozawa, Fumihiro Producer

Umeda, Kazusa Producer

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Sep 18, 2025

Eva_PhoenixAnime

Recommended

Tsuyokute New Saga does a solid job of telling a familiar “redo the past to save the future” story. We’ve seen the time-rewind setup before, but here it’s handled with decent consistency, and Kyle (the MC) actually makes logical, level-headed decisions instead of running in blindly based off his past experiences, battles and life in his desolate future where he wins but at what cost with everything he fought for is gone... :{

I’d say it’s a must-watch if you enjoy JRPG-inspired worlds, Demon Lord conflicts, and stories where the OP hero gets a second chance to rewrite fate and even if you don’t normally ... watch these types of anime, it never hurts to give something new a try, right?
The cast itself is fairly well-rounded. Kyle’s companions Theron the swordsman and Kyle’s best friend (my goat), Urza the elven wizard, Liese the fist-fighter and romantic interest (very one-sided) and Sidonia (the sword) all bring their own personalities and backgrounds to the group, and while they don’t all get deep development, they add enough variety to keep the dynamics interesting and the show fun to watch.

Additionally, each arc is entertaining to watch and ensures that the show doesn’t become stale with the same stuff that the cast must do and also allows for the introduction of fun and interesting stories with new side characters.

On the technical side, the animation is decent in my personal opinion. There are definitely rough spots where it could have looked sharper, but it’s not distracting enough to take away from the overall experience. The action sequences and effects are solid for what they are, though not the anime’s biggest strength.

The OP is also a pretty great with it being energetic and packed with visuals that hype you up for the watch!

I personally really enjoyed it due to the fun cast and different arcs with new missions for them, but also the action scenes and Kyle actually using his knowledge of the past and not acting like a brain-dead MC in his scenario.

If you enjoy fantasy adventures with a clever time-travel twist, Tsuyokute New Saga is worth checking out. It’s a mix of strategy, humour, and action, tied together with strong character interactions and an overarching theme of second chances. I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys stories of heroes fighting against fate while carrying the weight of their past.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Sep 18, 2025

PanzerIV-J

Mixed Feelings

I can’t say that New Saga is outright terrible, but it’s ultimately not worth your time.

The premise has promise: a heartfelt story about young adventurers who grow stronger thanks to the MC’s knowledge of a doomed timeline where the world is destroyed by a demon horde. Unfortunately, the execution falls flat. The pacing is bloated—so much so that you could probably watch only a third of each episode and still grasp the entire plot. The story feels padded, stretched far beyond what it needs to be, and could have easily been told in half the number of episodes.

The characters don’t do the show any favors ... either. Most are painfully generic, and the male cast often comes off as uncomfortably creepy toward the female characters, with fanservice that feels shoehorned in and adds nothing. The only one who stood out even slightly was Theron, since he at least hinted at some depth—but even then, it wasn’t much. The protagonist, Kyle, is surprisingly bland given the weight of the story that rests on his shoulders.

What makes New Saga even more disappointing is that it clearly wants to be more than “trashy” anime, but it never rises above mediocrity. It doesn’t lean into the fun excesses of trashy shows, nor does it deliver the strong storytelling or character work it seems to aim for. The result is a dull middle ground that leaves little impact.

To be fair, it wasn’t an unbearable watch. But with so many better shows out there that handle similar themes with more skill and personality, this one just feels like a waste of time.

5.5/10

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Sep 17, 2025

KANLen09

Not Recommended

Tsuyokute New Saga — Welp, this is just arduously slow and boring as heck...does anyone feel the same??

In the world of light novels and the like, especially series that have their birthplace in the Shousetsuka ni Narou a.k.a. Syosetu space, there's an unwritten rule that Syosetu web novels will inevitably turn into regular LNs for anyone to enjoy, but the translation between the WN and LN can be spotty at best in the realm of stories that truly stand the test of time (a la the best well-known example, Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation). However, for one influential series that has its place as the "grandfather" ... of Isekai, many other series that were just as old as the former, like Winter 2022's Leadale no Daichi nite a.k.a. In the Land of Leadale, and Spring 2024's Re:Monster, which had anime adaptations more than a decade after their Syosetu debut, were good in their own right and had bad to mediocre translations towards the anime spectrum. And for Masayuki Abe's series Tsuyokute New Saga, since its Syosetu inception in May 2012, the anime is a good talking point to show how different fantasy was like back then, and also, the comparison towards equivalents makes it unfair and unjust to judge it from a modern standpoint.

The heart of Tsuyokute New Saga, at the time of its writing, is pretty bare bones: just think of heroes fighting against demon lords and being acclaimed and honoured after taking those evil bastards down. But what if there's a chance of a re-do at life, one where family and friends do not have to suffer the same fate as history itself? If you're thinking just like the hero Kyle, then you're at least on the right track to see how the story transpires from demons killing loved ones to the hero killing the same demons and wailing at their loss until a gem comes around with the strange ability to take him back in time and undo all of the harm that had his original timeline's life being distraught, and he commits not to make the same fatal mistakes. Armed with the knowledge of his previous life, Kyle's meeting with the same people that he would go to adventure with and eliminate the demons all the same develops another path of its own, his New Saga.

Even for its time, the series doesn't try to experiment outside of the tried-and-true borders and instead sticks to tradition with the hero and his party companions, which can range from mildly interesting to full-on intrigue. Kyle is your average hero who has everything going for him, with a stern leadership that has his followers respect him, as is Theron, being the leader's best right-hand man, with the swordsman being a womanizer everywhere he goes but dealing some serious damage when he's serious. This is in addition to Liese and Urza, the former being Kyle's childhood friend and a martial arts combatant, though she's always fighting against her true rival, and the latter being his partner in his original life but a totally different being in the new, thinking that Kyle would use her as his tool. It's a ragtag team of party adventurers, and for the most part, they get the job done for and against the people they'll greet and meet along the journey, and for that, I give them a serviceable passing grade.

The production itself throws the biggest shade, particularly on how low budget it really feels all around. If you do not know, Bandai Namco Filmworks's affiliated advertising agency Sotsu and Studio Clutch, as well as rookie director Naoki Mizusawa, were replacements for an earlier postponement done back in Summer 2023 before the anime was to be aired within the same period, with Hortensia Saga director Norikazu Ishigooka directing the entire series under the belt of Makaria and Yokohama Animation Laboratory's collab at the production helm. Clearly, something had to give, and the anime was just so beset by production problems from the get-go that it took 2 years before the anime would come to life under a different leadership. But still, the anime just looks cheap; there's no running away from it, even with the majority of outsourced studios (most particularly Studio Massket) helping this production.

The music composed by Hironori Anazawa of Scarlet Nexus and Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story fame...really surprised me...at being an exercise in minimalist fashion, because there's just nothing that truly stands out nor is even noteworthy at all. While 4s4ki's OP is a whole lot of gibberish, Mahiru Coda's ED is somewhat better, even if it doesn't move an inch in being so-so.

In somewhat of an irony, to enjoy series like Tsuyokute New Saga, you have to go at it slowly, because "slow and steady wins the race." That's how early Syosetu novels were written, as were their LN and manga counterparts, but the anime's variable speed of adaptation certainly loses some lustre that both the show and its source material have to offer to make up for the limited runtime.

For now, it's just a half-assed attempt to even try finishing this half-abandoned project and seeing it through to the end...or just leaving things as they are, reverting to the source materials for the story's remainder.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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