The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent (2 Seasons)

I have to say that I both really liked and was annoyed by this one: The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent. 

It's an isekai, though it has a few differences from my recent crop:

• No harem (yay!) though the MC is totally surrounded by exceptionally attractive people to the point that even your average soldier would be a lead love interest in another show
• Female MC who is both overpowered and NOT at the same time--her healing/magic/mana is ridiculously strong, but she can't fight worth a damn and would be toast without a platoon
• Technically TWO isekai'd people (but only the one is the focus)
• The MC is an "older" lady (20s) rather than a teen girl (come to think of it, there's a fair few older male MCs in isekais but I can only think of teen female ones off the top of my head...hmmmm)
• No 'normal' fan service -- there's kinda josei-ish fan service of another kind though -- like, the love interest properly courts her

So, in this one, Sei Takanshi (our MC) and Aira Misono (a teen girl) are summoned from our world (possibly because they lived in the same apartment building, but it's never addressed in the show). The prince of the kingdom immediately gloms onto Aira and declares her to be "The Saint" who they were trying to summon and is incredibly rude to Sei. Turns out he's an idiot (this goes over the whole first season) because, though Aira is magically talented, it's Sei who's obviously the "Saint" as soon as she starts learning how to make potions and cast magic.

However, it was a little lucky for her as she was able to start her new life with a bit more freedom -- she goes to work at the The Medicinal Flora Research Institute and is enjoying her new life. She was a nameless, faceless, exhausted salarywoman before coming home every day to an empty house. She soon starts saving people left and right, impressing Johan (the director) and capturing the heart of one of the men she saves from certain death, Commander Albert Hawke (the love interest). There's also the Grand Magus that performed the spell that pulled her in and the next in command of the Magic Academy, who also happens to be Albert's older brother (and is voiced by Yuuichirou Umehara, so you know I love him automatically). They are all ridiculously pretty, which Sei can't help but notice, though it's Al that really fascinates her.

Anyway, they were called to the world because of a spreading miasma and dangerous creatures that the Saint can counteract. There hadn't been one in years. Sei is able to purify the areas, with the help of Commander Hawke and his soldiers. She also makes a good friend of Liz, the betrothed of the stupid prince.

The first season is mostly dealing with the political fallout of the prince insulting her and acting like an idiot over Aira and Sei learning how to use her powers and Al doing his damn level best to court her. By the end, she seems to have realised that her powers come from love AND that thinking of Al leads to her special 'conjury' and you end it thinking, ah, yes, progress in this lovely, sweet romance! 

But, no. The second season seems to reset her back to ZERO understanding and denial. Meanwhile, as the Saint's work is coming to a close as they have been clearing the miasma swamps, the nobles are starting to jockey for position for one of their sons to marry her. Al is one of the candidates, but he is a gentleman to a default and is trying really hard not to push Sei, who acts like a blushing idiot around him, and is clearly uncomfortable with any thoughts of...anything beyond work.

Literally the teenage Liz is offering this older woman advice all the time, warning her that the storm is coming and she'd better figure out what she wants (when it is so very clearly Al) or wind up married off because of political reasons to someone she doesn't want to be married to.

Anyway, I'm not gonna too much more into it, but it was really annoying how she was like an ostrich hiding her head. While the final ending scene when Al proposes to her was beautifully animated and executed, the show literally ends with them HUGGING. They don't even kiss. She never even tells him she loves him in words. I mean, it's kinda obvious as the very air explodes in sparkles that the entire town sees when he proposes, but still. FFS use your words, woman. 

There were some nice moments in that second season--don't get me wrong. Johan being the best wingman (though he also sort of seriously proposes to her) to his best friend Al. The older Hawke brother thoroughly supporting his brother, though he'd probably be a good fit for Sei too. The Grand Magus was more the comedic wild card, but I enjoyed him.

A few annoyances -- once the idiot prince gets sort of caught out, he's house arrested by his dad and then...you never, ever hear anything about him again. You'd think with Liz around, you'd at least get some kind of status update. And though Aira finds a life, she kind of mostly drops out of sight too. 

Anyway, overall I enjoyed this one. The romance was literally the SLOWEST of SLOW BURNS, but it was sweet. I am glad I watched it, though I also probably would not re-watch it as you are left feeling a bit disappointed in exactly how SLOW it goes and you literally don't even get a kiss from them when Al has been in love since the beginning. Heck, she mostly had too, though she was ridiculously dense about it. I mean, I get that she's supposed to be inexperienced but there's inexperienced and then there's just stupid. She came from the modern world after all.