Allen has failed the court sorcerer’s exam, and accepts a job tutoring a duke’s daughter. He meets Tina (the aforementioned daughter), the butler, a young maid named Ellie, and Duke Walter Howard (Tina’s father). Plot twist: rather than preparing Tina to attend the royal academy…Walter secretly hopes Allen will convince her to give up on going, since she’s somehow unable to use magic despite having mana. Allen also ends up with Ellie as his student, and begins teaching the two girls about magic. Looming in the background of all this is a redhead named Lydia, who was apparently Allen’s associate of some kind?
So, uh, dense harem anime protagonist teaches younger girls magic? Seems like it…but there are clues that more is going on. For one thing, there are some curious discrepancies between the way Allen characterizes himself and the way other people talk about him. Another hint is how evasive or vague Allen is about certain things, like why exactly he failed the court sorcerer’s exam. On a different note, I found it interesting how the setting appears to be equivalent to the late 19th or early 20th century, with tech such as railroads, automobiles, and telephones in addition to magic. Personally, I enjoyed the light novel, so I plan to keep watching for now. Whether you should watch, O reader mine, will depend on whether the mysteries I’ve described pique your curiosity. If you give it a try, I think you’ll find this show to be fun, lighthearted fare.
Private Tutor to the Duke’s Daughter is streaming on Crunchyroll.
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