I Thought Noble Reincarnation Was Mid… Then I Binged All 12 Episodes

Spoiler Warning: This review talks about major events from all 12 episodes.

I Honestly Thought This Was Going to Be Mid

When I first started Noble Reincarnation: Born Blessed, so I'll Obtain Ultimate Power, I genuinely thought I had found another mid fantasy anime.

The animation looked okay. The main character was obviously going to be ridiculously overpowered. The story did not seem particularly deep.

Basically, I expected something I could watch while turning my brain off.

And technically… I was not completely wrong.

But somehow, from yesterday until today, I just kept watching.

One episode became another episode, then another, and suddenly I had finished all 12.

That alone should tell you something.

This anime is simply not boring.

Noah Is Basically a Cheating 🍩

Noah starts this story already blessed beyond belief.

His level cap is basically unlimited, his stats become stronger through the people loyal to him, and legendary items seem to look at this kid and say:

“Yeah, I choose him.”

The funniest part is that Noah spends a ridiculous amount of the anime at Level 1.

He fights powerful enemies.

He defeats experienced swordsmen.

He deals with rebellions.

He becomes a government minister.

Still Level 1.

Then he finally reaches Level 2 after watching legendary beings fight each other.

Absolute nonsense.

I loved it.

Leviathan Was Only the Beginning

At first, Noah receiving Leviathan felt like the classic OP fantasy protagonist getting his legendary starter weapon.

Then things started getting ridiculous.

Noah kept finding more strange treasures containing their own wills.

Eventually he had Leviathan, the fire-type armor, Behemoth, and Huwawa.

At some point I stopped calling them legendary treasures.

These were Noah’s Pokémon.

There is even a scene where he has them manifested together and they look like his personal collection of supernatural action figures fighting each other.

I was laughing at it.

Then the anime suddenly revealed that gathering all four was actually historically significant.

People heard a divine voice.

The Four Sages were together again.

And the Emperor started talking about Noah potentially possessing enough power to surpass the legendary Silver Age.

So apparently our Pokémon joke was important lore.

Okay then.

The Politics Made This Way More Interesting

The biggest surprise for me was that the anime slowly became less about Noah simply overpowering everyone.

The political side became much more entertaining.

Noah gets involved with economics, military logistics, Imperial Law, government positions, territory management, corruption and eventually the Imperial succession itself.

And because Noah is still ridiculously young during most of this, the whole thing becomes unintentionally funny.

You have experienced ministers and nobles trying to manipulate situations while this child is standing there thinking:

“Actually, according to Imperial Law…”

Then everyone is screwed.

At some point I genuinely started thinking Noah’s most dangerous weapon was not Leviathan.

It was the Imperial Legal Code.

“People Are Treasures” Actually Became Important

One of Noah’s main beliefs throughout the anime is simple:

People are treasures.

When I first heard it, I thought it was just another nice protagonist quote.

But surprisingly, the anime actually builds its main theme around it.

Noah constantly helps people, protects them and earns their loyalty.

Because of his ability, loyal people literally make him stronger.

But even outside his supernatural power, those relationships constantly help Noah politically.

Then we get Albert.

And Albert becomes the complete opposite of Noah.

I Actually Felt Bad for Albert

For most of the anime, I thought Albert was simply going to become the annoying Crown Prince who eventually fights Noah.

Then Episode 12 gave him more emotion than I expected.

Albert had waited around 35 years expecting to inherit the throne.

Imagine spending that much of your life believing one thing is eventually going to become yours.

Then suddenly that future starts disappearing.

Younger princes are rising.

The Emperor begins reconsidering the succession.

And then there is Noah, this ridiculous child prodigy who accomplishes more in a few years than Albert has been waiting decades to receive.

Albert eventually rebels.

That is obviously his own decision, and the horrible things he did in the past cannot simply be ignored.

But I still felt sad watching everything collapse around him.

His own men turned against him.

People whose families suffered because of his past actions finally got their revenge.

The throne he waited 35 years for disappeared.

And suddenly the whole “People are treasures” idea came back.

Noah understood the value of people.

Albert never really did.

And in the end, that became one of the reasons he fell.

That was probably my favorite thematic payoff in the entire season.

The Emperor Was One of My Favorite Characters

I also have to mention the Emperor.

This old man has insane presence.

He does not feel like one of those useless fantasy kings who exists only so the genius protagonist can make him look stupid.

Even when Noah impresses him, the Emperor still feels like THE Emperor.

He is powerful, experienced and intimidating, but he is also willing to listen when Noah gives him a better solution.

There were several moments where Noah basically corrected the Emperor himself, and instead of throwing a tantrum, the Emperor actually respected him for it.

He aged like fine wine.

And the running joke became that the Emperor somehow knows everything Noah is doing anyway.

Basically Imperial CCTV.

Episode 12 Was a Great Ending

The final confrontation with Albert was exactly the kind of ridiculous thing I expected from Noah.

Albert has around a thousand men.

Noah goes alone.

Because apparently armies are optional when you have the Four Sages backing you.

Watching Albert realize just how powerful Noah had become was awesome.

But instead of ending everything with only another flashy OP fight, the story actually focused on Albert’s choices and the consequences of how he treated people.

That made the ending much more satisfying.

Then we get another time skip.

Three years later.

And BRO.

Noah got one hell of a glow-up.

The little Level 1 kid suddenly became this handsome young prince standing beside his fiancée Audrey.

The final succession situation also leaves Henry, Oscar and Noah as the major names connected to the future throne.

Seeing Noah at the end compared to Episode 1 is honestly crazy.

The Animation Is Just Okay

I am not going to pretend this anime suddenly became some visual masterpiece.

It did not.

The animation is okay.

There are some cool scenes and character designs, but nothing here made me think I was watching some insane high-budget production.

And honestly, that is fine.

The animation did what it needed to do.

The main reason I kept watching was the story and the constant feeling of wanting to see what ridiculous situation Noah would get involved with next.

The Story Is Not Deep, But It Is Fun

This is also not some extremely deep political fantasy.

There are definitely moments where things happen conveniently for Noah.

He is absurdly talented.

Legendary treasures practically collect themselves around him.

And sometimes the story moves so quickly that you just have to accept what happened and continue.

But I never really became bored.

That matters a lot to me.

There are anime with much better animation and supposedly deeper stories that make me check how many minutes are left in the episode.

I did not have that problem here.

I kept pressing next.

Final Thoughts

I went into Noble Reincarnation thinking it might be another mid-rank OP fantasy that I would probably forget.

Instead, I binged all 12 episodes almost continuously.

The animation is only okay.

The story is not incredibly deep.

Noah is hilariously overpowered.

Some moments are ridiculous.

But it was fun.

The political side became surprisingly interesting, the succession conflict kept getting better, Albert’s ending actually made me feel something, and the “People are treasures” theme had a much better payoff than I expected.

Most importantly, the anime was never boring for me.

So yeah.

7/10.

Not a masterpiece.

Not peak fiction.

But genuinely entertaining, easy to binge, and something I would absolutely recommend if you want a fun fantasy anime with an absurdly OP protagonist, politics, legendary Pokémon—I mean treasures—and a story that keeps moving.

Highly recommended.