Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!

Kono Suba's interesting premise and compelling world-building is hampered by its undeveloped characters and lack of plot direction.

I found Kazuma to be a likeable and complex protagonist. He was neither too weak nor too competent, and neither too much of pushover nor too much of a jerk. His attitude and actions when confronted with other characters were congruent with how the viewer would in the same situation. I found myself cheering for Kazuma to accomplish his goals throughout the episodes. The writers really nailed the "NEET shut in" characterization.

Unfortunately, I do not have the same praise for the other characters that I do for Kazuma. ... The only other character I liked in the show was Megumin. My only quells with her was her lack of development outside her love for explosive magic and the writers often sexuallizing such a young girl. Despite her craze over her magic, she was one of the more likeable characters in the show. She rarely antagonized or sexually harassed Kazuma (me needing to point this out is sad) and was more down to earth than most everyone else. One could understand why Kazuma wouldn't mind having a person like Megumin be in his party and as a friend. While she didn't have a lot of dialogue to show it off, I thought she had the best chemistry with Kazuma.

I did not care for Darkness what so ever. Her only personality trait outside of being a masochist and pervert was her ideal of honor which is normal for a crusader. However, whenever she speaks, she is either talking about how much she loves getting hurt or how hot it was that she was being shamed. I found Darkness to be a very bizarre character who's only purpose was to be a sex figure. While I didn't hate her, but I don't understand why someone like herself should be assigned to anything other than a reoccurring character role.

And finally there is Aqua who has almost no redeeming qualities. She is sassy, antagonizing, whiny, and cruel. The only reason someone would want her in their party is for her magical abilities. She is not a person anyone in real life would want to hang out or be friends with. When she's not insulting Kazuma, she's complaining to Kazuma, and when she's not complaining to Kazuma, she's crying to Kazuma. Aqua is a bratty child in an adult's body. And its not even in a funny way or cute way, she is just a straight up annoyance to the point where I feel no sympathy her. I fail grasp why she is so popular with so many fans. Maybe it sexual attraction, but I don't know.

Speaking of sexauliztation, this show is full of it. If you want softcore Hentai, then this your show. The plot and character interactions were plagued with gags about nudity, stripping, and panty stealing. It was like the writers felt they had to distract the viewers from the bring characters and meandering plot lines with titty and ass shots. Anyone without a coomer brain can see that behind their large breasts and slutty outfits, most of the female characters are just bland and uninteresting.

The overall plot is cliche but fun. The only problem is it progresses at a glacial rate and constantly meanders. This is even worse when a couple of the episodes in this short season are filler side quests. These episodes felt like they really didn't have a point other than comedy and lewdness. As for the main story, the mid season fight was very enjoyable, but the finale was underwhelming.

The music was good but nothing amazing (The theme song was fun). The art direction was great and some of the magic spell looks beautiful. Also, the setting did a great job capturing the feel of quiet rural town. This is especially noticeable in the outro when it shows the townsfolk going about their day. iT makes the town feel more dynamic and alive, likes it a character within itself.

Overall, the first season wasn't good but wasn't bad either. I will check out the OVA's and the second season but I feel no rush to do so.

I never really watched much of Comedy shows and this one is I guess supposed to be one, but for me it isn't much and on top of it too much ecchi stuff that feels like this anime is made for coomers and I don't like coomer anime tbh, some that I watched might be something of it but I still doubt, everything else that I watched currently has a decent story and characters. I was nothing but annoyed by these characters, all useless and boring. I felt like hitting something whenever I watched an episode how these characters annoy me. Soundtrack wanted to make ... you feel like it's WOW YOU SHOULD BE MOTIVATED NOW, but nah not even close. Tbh not my kind of anime. From the list of what I have watched nothing is as bad as this.

having finished the first season, konosuba was overall decent enough. since the first season is 10 episodes it doesn't overstay too long.
the show seems to have mixed feelings on what its trying to be, its framed as a satire or parody of isekai yet frequently it ends up playing its tropes straight, and fails to really say anything about the genre or do anything interesting with its premise. for every great joke theres another right behind it that fails to land.
it also feels like they adapted things very haphazardly, episodes seem to feature characters and mention past events assuming you have met/seen them ... before despite that not being the case, particularly episode 8 with the wiz character.
by the end of the season they tried to pull their big moments for the characters in the climax, but all of the show up to that point had given me no reason to particularly care about any of them, so it fell flat. the opening theme starting playing during a big battle and i seriously had to double-take that it was already at the finale, it felt like i had missed something.
perhaps the further seasons are better, but unless i get really bored i dont think ill watch on to find out
if you want an anime with a similar premise but far better execution (or liked konosuba and want something kinda similar) go check out bofuri

Have you ever taken a lethal dosage of Xanax, cocaine or speed?

Exactly.

Konosuba is exactly what that feels like; it was fun while it lasted but now you're going to die.

After getting a rather talented crew to work on an anime producing gorgeous visuals and incredible sound, but not spending any money on the story, what do you have now? Now you have a shit anime, high fucking wages to pay and a deadly addiction of addiction of anti-depressants and anime tits because you just produced this dumb fucking anime.

Halfway through the anime, I had to ask someone exactly WHY they ... thought this was a good show to watch; they told me it was because of the dark humor. Shut up, asshole, because nearly every single god damn anime has at least a grain of dark humor.

Sure enough, the art and sound is absolutely astonishing; get Nintendo to do a fucking collab with this anime and we can finally get HD RUMBLE anime titties! Yes it was good.

The story was terrible; lacking depth, you can't be expected to take the story seriously at all, why? Well there's anime boobs and also maybe some jokes... yeah...


Did I enjoy this anime? Well, I sure as hell enjoyed being under the influence of a shitty anime, driving me into insanity and doctor shopping for anti-depressants.. no.

Overall: 5

Let's keep it simple.

The game genre is all over the place over the last few years, it keeps attracting views, no matter how bad is the concept since it's pretty simple: we are stuck in a videogame. So it was obvious that KonoSuba would be as popular as it was.

Was it good? In short, yes. But it has it flaws

Story:

Don't expect a rich story in KonoSuba.
You are trapped -> Gain money -> Level Up -> Defeat the demon King
... And you are... kinda stuck in steps 2 and 3 in KonoSuba
The pacing is ok, being a 10 episode show, except for a few elements in the last episodes where we miss some characters and some events. God knows why the studio took such decision, but to be honest I wasn't attracted to the story at all. What really dragged me in was...

Characters:

I was surprised that Kazuma wasn't a OP character such as Kirito, or a master strategist like Shigure from Log Horizon. He is the reason why this show keeps shining and makes you simpatize with him in every episode. He is funny, perceptive, and the one with the most amazing skill in the game: common sense. He is the mastermind behind the show making his comments and rants the main reason why KonoSuba is what it is.

Now the rest of the party are ok. Megumin (yes, that's her name) is a unique character in the mage department, being able of only doing one spell per day thus making her the target of some of the funniest moments in the series. Darkness (*sight*... she's not even black) is a masochist and she doesn't land a single hit, being useless as a tank... kinda. I was tired of her since what she says doest's strike you as funny after hearing it a couple of times.

And Aqua... she's the reason I almost drop the show. At the beginning her arrogance makes her funny but after that she becomes a total b**h. Only caring about money, insulting Kazuma in a derrogative way and of course boastering about being a goddess with the power of, you guessed it, water. But she hurts more than she helps and just keeps getting on my nerves instead of making me laugh. Easily the worst part of the series.

Art:

Being a fanservice show, KonoSuba has a fanservice style. Starting with Aqua's perfect butt to the breasts of the guild manager and all the jiggly physics you would expect in a show like this. The animations of the skills are really good like Megumin's spell and the battles look the part. So KonoSuba doesn't flaw in the art deparment.

Sound:

Huh? This show had a soundtrack? Nothing memorable... besides I kept skipping the ending since doesn't match the show AT ALL

Final Veredict:

Being shorter than most anime KonoSuba is good anime to watch if you want a quick relief of heavy series like Monogatari. The jokes are funny, the rants are hilariuous and Megumin is adorable. It's light story, fanservice and comedic approach to the game genre will please all viewers but, in my opinion, will leave them with the desire for more... but hey, a second season was green lighted as soon as the anime finished. Just hoping that Aque becomes less annoying by then

So, Konosuba.

I jumped at the chance to watch this show after hearing about how much it took the piss out of stories like SAO, and in a way, I wasn't disappointed with what I had watched. This anime definitely takes the tired cliches of the "trapped in a fantasy world" setting and humorously puts them on blast.

Speaking of, Konosuba has a very dark and cruel sense of humor, something that's made readily apparent from the the first couple of minutes of the first episode. I won't spoil any of the jokes here, but this show makes it clear from the get go what kind ... of ride you're in for. It's intentions remain consistent throughout the series, and the viewing experience is fun and solid as a result.

That said, there are noticeable issues with Konosuba. The show, despite overall being parodic in nature, definitely reveals it's more pandering nature with it's main female characters. It's a waifu show, and while that isn't necessarily a bad thing, it feels super out of place here. Granted, it's not as bad as other waifu shows can be, but considering that nearly every other cliche element in this show is played to parodic effect, I'm surprised this element is played mostly straight.

The music and sound design in Konosuba is great. It's not the most memorable soundtrack, but it gave me that RPG-ish feel when watching the show, and that's always nice. And despite me ragging on them, all the character designs are super well done and attractive, to the point where if they were handled a little bit better, I actually would've enjoyed watching the female characters in the show.

Overall though, Konosuba is just a fun show. If you hated SAO like I did, I think you definitely find some enjoyment here. And even if you don't really care about SAO either way, there's still a lot of fun to be had here. The jokes, for the most part, land well, the character designs are fun to look at, and the show as a whole is super self aware.

I've used the word fun a lot in this review, but that's really the best way to describe Konosuba. It just wants to have fun, and it does a good job of making fun for the viewer. It's not for everyone, but I'd recommend at least checking it out to see if it's your type of show.

I really don't see the appeal of this. It is clearly not the anime for me.

The story ultimately doesn't matter. It is one of those anime that an author can retcon, add, subtract and do whatever to the story and ultimately it wont matter because there isn't any ground breaking or even a mediocre story to tell.

Art is below par. I don't like how the character look flat. Everything is drawn on the main and background characters look and feel like paper. Thin outlines everywhere doesn't help elevate the paper-looking and flatness problem either. Animation is good from what I can remember.

I don't like the ... characters either. They are bunch of gimmicks and shticks on repeat. Do I want to watch 30 plus episodes of basically the same mishaps and shticks? I don't think so.

Enjoyment, well at this point I can't say I enjoyed anything of it. The humor is immature and not clever, the story is non-existent and the world is not unique or interesting. It is average at best.

Overall 5/10...

My brother recommended this to me so thought I'd give it a try. The art and sound are pretty good, and the premise of the story is rather interesting - Kazuma Satou gets sent to an alternate reality and chooses to bring Aqua-sama with him. Their mission? To defeat the Demon King! The interaction between the two are rather hilarious and the anime pokes fun at various tropes e.g. alternate gaming reality which has been rather popular recently. Plot-wise, the progression is quite episodic and doesn't really seem to progress anywhere, especially with respect to their mission to defeat the Demon King.

The plus point for ... the show is definitely the characters - Kazuma, Aqua, Megumi and Darkness - :D. Darkness' masochistic tendencies crack me up sometimes, and Megumi's one-time-use Explosion Magic is a funny quirk too. :)

Overall I'd give this a 6.5/10. It's a good show! Just not something I enjoyed very thoroughly - but then again that might be just me cos I'm not a huuuge anime connoisseur haha.

Meh.

Story - A bit funny at time but meh most of the time.

Art - Standard anime production.

Sound - OK, nothing great.

Characters - MC is kinda funny, Aqua is annoying, Megumin and Dustiness are OK, but with repeated jokes make them kinda bland. No character progress at all. Can see a bit progress in MC but none in other characters. Nothing about leveling up or character development.

... Enjoyment - OK show if got nothing else to do or just for killing some time.

Overall - Meh.

Recommended? Not really.
Watch if got nothing better to do or nothing else to watch. Watch without any hope or expectation and watch just for the show's bland comedy.

Alright, so is this anime good? Yes. Is it worth a watch? Maybe, if you're looking for a quick, light-hearted pass time. Is this all it's hyped up to be? Weeeeellll... no.

I'm not familiar with this kind of fantasy-parallel-universe genre since I don't really know many "good" anime that stems from it, so when people say this is supposed to be a parody of that genre, I have to admit, I really have no clue how accurate that statement is. So I guess some of the humor is lost on me, then. Lucky me.

As a comedy, this didn't really work for me. Not sure ... if it was just my sense of humor, but a lot of it felt like it was flat and bland. Not saying that it was terrible, but it wasn't anything out of the ordinary, just the kind you typically find in anime. It seemed to fare much better with its longer punch lines and some of its running gags, though after some time, some of those got old quick. I will give the series some credit, since as it went along, it became much funnier and more entertaining, mostly because Darkness became more masochistic (okay, so I might have found that a little funny) and Kazuma became more and more done with everyone's shit. Kazuma cracked me up and probably was what made the show actually decent; he is my spirit animal, god bless his soul.

As for the actual plot... well, not much actually happens, but I don't think anyone was really expecting it to since it's a comedy. Which is kind of a bummer, because I really wanted to see them actually go on genuine adventures and defeat the Devil King and stuff. It gets a little boring when they're just doing the same things over and over again. Because - news flash - humor works just as well (if not better) if you actually spice things up a little. New settings are okay to use every once in a while - it won't detract from the fact that this is a parody (?) if you do it.

The art was pretty, but nothing special, especially for something made so recently. The character designs were pretty bland, especially for something supposedly set in a fantasy world, famous for its elaborate and creative character designs. Nope. None of that here.

The sound was probably one of the high points of the anime. While the opening sounded like something out of Love Live (aka bland and overdone) and the ending was too quiet for my taste (though it was pretty peaceful, which I'll give it credit for), the voice actors and their line delivery was what made me laugh sometimes rather than the actual jokes. Kazuma's tone when talking to the girls and Aqua's screams and wailing were absolutely perfectly done and quite hilarious, and the way the music swiftly switched on and off when something anticlimactic happened was entertaining, so kudos to the creators for that.

The characters were (ugh, I'm going to get a lot of hate for this) overall really bland and boring. Actually, Kazuma was the most interesting, because he was the most relatable: "Why am I here? What am I doing? This isn't the kind of fantasy world I imagined; I hate it." Darkness was probably the only girl I actually really liked, mostly because I kind of found her masochism amusing and her personality a little unique. Aqua was quite annoying, to say the least, and though I thought Megumin was cute, she was nothing special, as I've seen multiple characters just like her in the past. For a parody anime, it doesn't do too good of a job parodying tropes, now, does it?

I enjoyed this anime... I guess. I mean, I watched the entire season, and I'm planning to watch the next (and the next, when that comes out) so I guess I found it entertaining? Strangely enough, it stands out a little among others of its like, so I guess that might be it. I think the best way to describe it is it's one of those stupid cat videos on Youtube that wastes your time and are absolutely ridiculous, and yet you just can't stop watching them. But in all honesty, this review was probably a little harsh purely because of the high expectations that everyone set for this anime (and my terrible sense of humor), so I guess it didn't really reflect my true feelings.

Overall, this anime isn't terrible, but it's not as mind-blowing as everyone says it is. It's good and it's cute, and if you want a few laughs or just something a little silly and slightly entertaining to watch, then give this a go. If you're expecting something like Gintama or Nichijou, then you should probably go find something else to watch instead, since this is nowhere near that level of comedy.

There are no spoilers in this review.

My rating system counts story for 30% of the total, characters as 30%, art as 20%, and 15% for the sound.

I give Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! a 6.45 and I'll tell you why. For those looking for the summary, skip to the conclusion.

Story: 6

The story of this anime was decent but not groundbreaking. We follow the protagonist after his death as he is transported to a new world in order to beat the evil king of a parallel universe. The story of this anime basically takes the comedy and ecchi from Is ... It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? and combines it with the tangible goal of escape similar to Sword Art Online. I also enjoy that this show revolves around one guy surrounded by three girls but doesn’t give him the stereotypical characteristics of incredibly nice and incredibly dense with romance – it takes more the perverted path.

Characters: 8

Personally, the characters are what I enjoyed most about this show.
The MC was perverted, similar to Hyoudou, the main character of High School DxD, but not so much so that it was the focus of the anime. This combined with his intelligence and ability to not get immediately blinded by sex appeal is what makes him different from many ecchi harem MC’s out there.

Aqua, the original supporting main character, fulfilled the role of the annoying and surprisingly capable crybaby. I found her similar to the MC of Skip Beat! simply because of how incredibly annoying melodramatic she was but actually proved to be quite capable when needed. That is as far as the comparison goes since the MC of Skip Beat! has a lot more going for her than Aqua.

Megumin, the mage was a cute, lovable character, but not a very complex character. Still, I very much enjoyed her and what she added to the party so I can’t say her lack of intense backstory was a huge negative.

The character that I found most original and entertaining was definitely Darkness, the crusader. I won’t say more in fear of ruining her character for those who haven’t seen this anime yet, but let’s just say I have never seen anything like it. Really entertaining and the reason I gave the characters the score of 8.

Art: 6

The art for this anime was good and I especially enjoyed the animations when different abilities were used but nothing blew my mind. I also couldn’t help but think of King Arthur from Stay Night whenever I saw Darkness, and couldn’t help but think of Rikka Takanashi from Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! when looking at the character of Megumin. If the characters looked more unique I would have given the art a higher score.

Sound: 7

The sound served perfectly to heighten the emotions meant to be given forth by the video. The sound effects and music made the comedy much funnier than it would have been without the sound. I also enjoyed the voice acting.

Overall: 6.45

I very much enjoyed this anime. It is the closest I have come so far to enjoying a satire anime. Although this isn’t classified as satire, I view it as one. Since I am not particularly fond of the satire genre, this is a surprisingly high score for me. Even I will admit that One Punch Man was brilliantly done but still give it a 6.2 simply because I do not particularly enjoy that genre, and therefore, not that anime. The character and comedy of this anime carried the 10 episodes of this series effortlessly through and although I am not eagerly awaiting the second season, I look forward to watching it when it is released.

i thought it would be good at first but it wasnt even that funny, except for a couple jokes that were pretty good, and a comedy anime that isnt funny isnt fun to watch. the animation was good but the characters are pretty basic, the story is fine, i like the episodic feel, but overall it isnt good, it also feels very empty, like every character is an actual game npc. not even that good of a plot, even if it was fun to watch for like 20 minutes total. it keeps telling me to write a longer review lmao its long enough i gave ... my opinion, im gonna try to submit again

TL;DR: Konosuba is a great shot at making a satirical anime about the "trapped in a fantasy world" premise. It has a really strong start, but as the anime goes on: its plot goes nowhere, its characters showcase a stale repertoire of personality traits, and stops awkwardly where I think the show actually started to get interesting. Konosuba did not crash and burn from start to finish. It definitely did lose some of its luster and shine. (5.6/10)

With the advent release of Sword Art Online there has been a noticeable rise of "trapped in a fantasy world" anime. This isn't to say there hasn't been ... many other before (.Hack/Sign). However, Konosuba is definitely one that has been on many people's radars from its new season coming a few days, and from its overt satirical take on the idea as a whole. I am not the biggest fan of anime series like this. But, friends around me have been signing the praises of this show. Do I believe that it is worthy of its "new savior of anime" title? No. Definitely not. There are various aspects of this show that I did find enjoyable. But, those definitely do not outweigh/set aside the various negatives I encountered throughout this 10 episode series.

To start out, the story of Konosuba starts off extremely hilariously with our main protagonist, the macho-man of this series, dying from shock. The story after that has various things where he picks up a new partner to help save the world from the tyranny of a devil-like figure who rules over their land. The premise of this show is definitely not striking new ground, especially with its otaku being set to save the world plot. This premise, while not new, feels fresh because of the comedic aspects that breaks a lot of the stereotypes that we may assume with its premise. Kazuma is essentially useless who travels with another useless, but extremely powerful new partner Aqua, much to her displeasure. This essentially useless duo makes for a good contrast to what we have seen in many anime series like Overlord, Sword Art Online, and Re:Zero.

From the anime overtly stating that its characters are not going to accomplish much for a very long time, it makes sense that its main focus shifts on the characters very early on. I think this was a smart move to make considering its a satire.

As for the characters, Kazuma is the "regular, otaku, guy" stereotype. He does not possess any outstanding characteristics, besides the "above average intelligence" that he possess from playing lots of video games. The supporting cast of characters are Aqua, Megumi, and Lalatina. I won't spoil their quirks in this review because they are best experience on your own first impressions. However, I found these three girls to be extremely grating towards the series. Aqua was annoying at the beginning of the series, and I could justify her discontent because of what happens to her. I also found this grating edge of hers to be quite a unique contrast to Kazuma. Except, her personality just gets more annoying from the raise in the sharpness of her voice, and her mannerisms that just irritate me. I find it hard to explain the niggling aspects of her behavior, but trust me its bad. Megumi and Lalatina are bit more likable because they are "calmer" in their actions. I would not say that either of them are show-stealers though. They do create endearing scenes, and interactions between other characters that I found really funny at several points in the series. When I wasn't laughing, I found them to be pretty generic characters beyond their single quirk that is supposed to make them "unique". Unfortunately, I hate to break it to those who read this review, a single quirk does not make someone unique. It is the actions, emotions, interaction, reactions, ideas, perceptions, outward appearance, etc. that stands out apart from the rest of the cast leads to interesting, unique characters. Konosuba does not have enough interesting differences between Kazuma, Lalatina, Megumi, and Aqua that I found worked during these 10 episodes that made me feel like I was not slogging through 15 minutes of interactions between its bland characters.

Luckily, Konosuba is extremely good looking. The art style of this show really emulates what I hope to find in a fantasy environment. There are bright tri-colored skies with lush green grass. What I also found is that when Kazuma enters the fantasy world, the animators consciously chose a warmer, brighter color palate from what is show in the first few minutes of this series. That subtle change should be commended because I think it made a world of difference since it emphasizes that idea that "our fantasies tend to be brighter than reality."

The rest of the animation quality is great. The particles from each characters spells and the "fighting" sequences look great. The movement from the characters looks smooth with slight dips in the animation quality in the middle of the anime when the plot really slow down. The spells still look great. But, the character models look a bit messier and less colorful.

In conclusion, I thought Konosuba was fine. I know there was a big focus on the negatives on this series, and not enough on the positives. I will try to work on that for the future. But, I feel this show started with something really good and hilarious. It may not have broken any boundaries or produced something that was unique in some aspect. What it did was create a solid foundation for a funny, satirical anime that pokes fun at its premise. As the anime went on, it got worse and worse from every aspect from it, disregarding the art quality. The plot did not move along nor had enough situations that I found to be funny. The characters even more so got worse, and the additions of Megumi and Lalatina did not do much to add to the camaraderie that I expect in a satirical anime set in a fantasy world. When I add all of those negatives together, I find myself having a pretty lack luster anime that does not live up to the hype. Maybe, I'm not the audience for Konosuba. That very well could be the case, and that would explain my distaste for this show. I know many reviewers and friends alike believe this to be a great anime, even worthy of the best anime of 2016. I do not. I think Konosuba was a great start to what I believe another anime will clean up and finalize into a great anime in the future.

Final Score: Konosuba = 5.6

I watched this first season and it was whatever.

Another generic isekai that I didn’t really care for as I’m not much of a fan of the genre.
Wasn’t offended wasn’t entertained I was just bored.
The character design was good for the main girls unlike the mc’s lame get up.
The cgi in the last episode is very dated, got me giggling
Asides from that, art is bland but jiggle physics are crazy what the helllll
Isekai fans will like this one, it differs from tropes a little but not enough for me. Sure the characters all differ a little from your usual stereotypes, but the overall story ... is similar enough to a normal isekai plot, the only difference being how the characters achieve things and it’s not done in an interesting enough way for me to care about it.


Cheers, loops

I came into this expecting so much more - I'd heard so many good things about this. How it was subversive, how it did something different with the isekai genre and was actually worth the watch... sadly it did not meet these expectations. I was constantly baffled about how Kazuma somehow had above average intelligence as he was consistently proving what a dumbass he was throughout the entire thing. The only thing that makes him above average is because the general intelligence level of that world is so damn low. He's surrounded with his own personal treasure trove of illicit fantasies AKA women who are ... rejected by everyone else because of various reasons.
The fan service wasn't even good - the art style was mediocre at best, the boobs were all over the place, tasteful went straight out of the window in the first episode but it wasn't even attractive to look at, and everything was so over the top and very boring. Kazuma is not great and nothing can convince me otherwise - he is a basic isekai protagonist, and there's just nothing exciting about it.
The only aspect I really liked about this was the flying cabbages and the snow sprites - they were cute. Death, unfortunately, means absolutely nothing in this world because of Aqua, and the story itself isn't really doing anything for me. He's supposed to be going after the demon king so that Aqua can return to the celestial realm or whatever, but they aren't actually doing anything to achieve this. Sure, you need to make money and get more powerful, but it feels like they could be doing more to actively achieve these goals.

Konosuba is a show about a young man dying and given another chance at life in a fantasy world not too dissimilar to a fantasy game (because it is) and he gets the opportunity to take one thing with him as he goes, what is his choice? The God that greeted him in death and laughed at his humiliating way of dying.

The main character isn't all that interesting.

The God he takes with him is annoying.

Megumin is one of (if not the only) likeable characters.

The masochistic knight is fine.

... The sound design is fine.

The story is non existent.

The animation is fine.

The show is fine.

The second season is fractionally worse

I guess I was expecting a bit more from this show given how hyped up it is and the amount of memes it has spawned. I did enjoy the first 4-5 episodes which I found to be really funny, but the second half of the show kind of petered out, telling a series of loosely connected events that weren't all that funny nor did they do much to explore any of the characters further. I know this show wasn't meant to actually tell a deep story or follow the light novels at all, serving more as a glorified advertisement for the source material rather than ... an adaption, but I was expecting to at least laugh a bit more that I did. The show was genuinely funny in the first half, the humor being most of its appeal, but I feel like it lost most of that in the second half.

That said, the animation was way better than it has any right to be. There some really great instances where the characterizations are exaggerated, creating really comical scenes, and others where the animation actually looks amazing. The way the magic is conveyed, especially Megumin's attacks, are quite engaging.

In the end though I feel like the second half of the show just relied on the assumption that the audience would stick around because literally every female character other than Megumin has massive tits. Overall, this show isn't terrible, it just left a lot to be desired for me.

I don't know why but I felt like writing a review for this anime.
I don't understand how this anime got such a high score, I mean there is nothing that special about it.
The story is... wait... is there any?
The art is not that great, it is pretty bad actually.
Those things are the most important ones to me in an anime, but I have to say, I still enjoyed it.

Why is that? Because Konosuba is not an anime meant to have a complicated plot (it doesn't really have any but let's keep that aside), it is meant to try to make you laugh through stupid jokes, ... and it does this pretty well in my opinion. Please note that when I say laugh, I may be exaggerating, I only cracked a few smiles but I never laughed.
I like the way each character can make you laugh in their own way, especially Aqua and Megumin who are the funniest characters of the show.
Of course you have to be into that type of humor to enjoy it, otherwise there is no point.

But the humor is the only thing that I enjoyed in this show. Watching 20 episodes (season 1 & 2) of a show without any plot can feel really boring sometimes, When nothing funny happens for more than 5 minutes, you quickly lose your interest and start wondering if the show is worth watching. The art doesn't help with that either, as I said earlier, it's quite bad.

Anyway, I watched it till the end of the second season and I wasn't disappointed at all, as I knew what I was watching: a plotless isekai comedy with bad art.
So my advice to anyone who is searching for a new anime to watch and wants to know if they should watch this or not: just give it a go!
Watch the first episode, and if you like it, keep watching, if not, find another anime to watch because this one just isn't for you. (maybe you should watch the first two episodes, I don't remember if their is a lot of humour in the first one)

Konosuba is funny. It doesn't heavily rely on dialogue for humour, it has good comedic timing, it often switches its art to better complement the jokes, the voice actors are clearly enjoying their lines, and its main cast of colorful members have great (or should I say terrible) chemistry.

Plotwise, the overarching story doesn't advance much during the short 10 episode run, and none of the side characters seem relevant. The season felt like an advertisement for the main group. I'm curious to see if they make some progress next season, but honestly I'm more curious to see what kind of nonsensical shenanigans the group will ... get into. Finally, I think the animation and the soundtrack were meh except for Megumin's glorious explosions.

Overall, I'm not a fan of the 'Isekai' genre and the season felt far too short and empty to deserve a high score but it is funny and I love the main cast except Darkness. Recommended.

i recommend this anime if you're watching anime to refresh your mind. because this anime is more like slice of life and comedy rather than adventure isekai anime in my opinion. one thing that comes to my mind when i remembering this anime is the bouncing boobs animation, when i watched it for the first time belike "WHY THE HELL THEIR BOOBS ARE BOUNCING EVERYTIME".

the story is light, even i think you can enjoy this anime without knowing the story. the sound was generic, i didn't like the op and ed too much. but i kind of appreciate to the artist that sang the opening ... because she's changing the time signature in the middle of the song. overall, i enjoyed this anime but this anime is not the type that anime that i can binge watching in one day. even i only watch this anime 1 to 2 episodes for 1 day