User blog comment:B214/Anime Discussion/@comment-202.188.14.202-20151220020414/@comment-24421137-20151220074712

Read the blog and it as you point out the early stages of the two series are will similar but as the stories goes on they differ in very big ways. While one becomes more and more like a harem the other takes a different route and makes it into a romance.

It is honestly something interesting to look at and compare as their bases are similar but their progressions are different.

Now then i do think Rakudai is better but i think it should be noted that Asterisk does have strong points to it, like you said, and there is more to be said then just a simple cliched boring harem.

In fact because of the anime i will be taking up reading the LN's again since i dropped it after one.

P.S.

I like reading anime only watchers reviews more then i like reading ln readers reviews since the anime watcher can't really give spoilers or judge what was left out of the anime content they just judge what is there in the anime. So for that I think your review of both animes is something to at least look at.