Okashi na Tensei

this a standard isekai where a pastry chef kill in the middle of a pastry competition and reincarnated as the only son of a low noble that been breaking is back to turn a wasteland into a fertile land. the young Pas uses his past life knowledge to improve the land for his own goal of making great sweet again this a some romance although the main character a young boy throughout the series, political games, bandit attack and some battles between noble faction

the story is good with some twist and turn and darker moment but overall a laid back easy anime ... to watch

the artist and animation are good as is the voice acting in the English dub

There’s nothing sweet about the show nor about his reincarnation.

Let's be honest, at first, we surely thought this anime would be that slice of life isekai, where the mc is making pastries and sweets in another world. Just like the "Parallel World Pharmacy" but with sweets and pastry, and with the MC opening a bakery or sweet shop. But sike! It's actually "How a realist hero rebuilt the Kingdom!"

While I don't hate the show for what it was, I can understand why others dislike it for this very reason. The actual story was relatively decent, but it seems to be diverging from its initial ... premise. After all, the show is called “Sweet Reincarnation” for a reason. We were expecting a cooking and baking show centered around pastries and sweets, not another politics and war isekai.

It's a slow burn show with an okayish pace. The worldbuilding is present, although it's a bit shallow in every aspect. Nevertheless, it's better than any other current or previous generic isekai. As we progress through the episodes, we get to learn more about the geopolitics, magic system, and war, all of those funsies details slowly build up.

Strangely, this anime reminds me a lot of “Ascendance of a Bookworm,” but it lacks the unique charm that Honzuki has. In Honzuki, the story is primarily focused on Myne/Main, the main protagonist, and we intimately follow her struggles and journey to make a single sheet of paper for her dream of becoming a librarian. However, in this anime, it seems like the story revolves more around the people surrounding Pastry, the main protagonist. While he faces similar struggles to Myne, every time he tries to pursue his passion, it's constantly hindered by others, whether it's his father, his friend, his brother in law, or unnecessary diplomacy with other fiefs. For God's sake, let him cook for a moment!

All that aside, yet it still lacks baking or making sweets. For a show called Sweet Reincarnation it's incredibly lacking on those thing. I swear I could probably count how many sweets he's made throughout the entire series with just one hand. All I want is just one episode dedicated to making pastry/sweets and with Pas as the main focus, no politics, only sweets and pastries. Maybe a second season would bring justice to this anime.

Anyway to sum it up, it's a fun show about a patissier that reincarnated in another world although slightly a bit lacking in the pastry/sweet department. If you are looking for a foodie show, this is not it. If you are looking for another generic isekai that is slightly better than the others, this would be perfect for you.

Maybe the real sweets were the friends that he made along the way. Seriously, his fiancee's name is Licorice.

This anime was not in the realm of so bad it's good, nor was it in the realm of good anime. It was so bad it's bad.
The story is neither unique nor interesting. It's essentially a carbon copy of any kindom/fief building simulator. The premise is completely ignored, both the reincarnation element and the cooking element. Even up to the final episode I was wondering when he was going to do anything interesting.
The art style is standard and neither good nor bad. Probably the best part of this show.
The characters were so one dimensional I struggled to believe they existed in 2 ... dimensions. The main character was a typical doormat Japanese MC who also gave off the impression he "liked them young". All side characters were essentially enablers with no personality, cartoonishly evil (even for an actual cartoon) or sycophants who love the MC for the most basic of favours.
The anime was, if anything, too realistic as it spent the entire time on mundane affairs and ignored the actually interesting stuff like the sweets and magic.
I would like to note he has EXTREMELY interesting magic and apparently no interest in using it despite its utility. Imagine buying a ferrari and then deciding to cycle for the rest of your life.
Others will not enjoy this series unless they are of the same mindset as the moron that though this show was good enough to release.