Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou 2nd Season

Look, it's sort of trash. It's basically filled with tropes and the harem one is the worst of them. Why then am I giving it high scores? The story is actually pretty decent. The twists and turns between the tropes are not bad. They set Hajime up to save the day and never show him actually making the shit he pulls out of his ring, but I can forgive this because I have read the trash webnovel which does a bit. Enough to deflect criticism at least. But largely not at all.

And yes, the harem makes the characterisation of the girls a bit redundant, but ... it's still there and again not lesser than many higher rated anime. The soundtrack is really good, it gets you hype for the trash, and you aren't left disappointed by someone swapping the big win for some more characterisation. Because that bit's already taken by jokes about anal. There are no surprise twists here! It's good solid trash. Hajime will absolutely just keep bringing out bigger guns, even if you've never seen him so much as surreptitiously pop to the loo to build them. And despite it being trash they're a lot more imaginative than any Gundam.

The world building is pretty good, believable for a story about killing god.

Arifureta is not the best Isekai show ever, and it is not even close. There are plenty of shows that are better than it when it comes to quality. It is, however, the most Isekai show ever. Everything anyone has ever liked or complained about an Isekai makes its way somehow in the series, which makes this show one of the most insane ones you can ever watch. There is a car-crash feeling about the show, which helps it stand out in the best of ways.

There are bunny girls, vampire girls, dragon girls, and mermaids in a single harem. There is magic in the setting ... alongside the usual fantasy creatures that one gets in a show such as this, like orcs, elves, and some generic formless monsters. Humans get superpowers, and the main character doesn’t get the best one but makes use of it so that it turns into the best anyway. There are a lot of sexual and inappropriate jokes and tons of cleavage everywhere. Girls throw themselves onto our Hero, and he retains a kind heart even after being tortured for a long time.

That is probably not even half the Isekai stuff in the show, but it is all I care to name. Most shows have some of these features, but Arifureta has all of them. Thus, it is the most Isekai show anyone could ever watch. It is not everyone’s cup of tea, but those who love it, love it to the ends of the world. The first season of the show did very well commercially despite its low budget and the terrible CGI that it had because of it, and because of that, we are now at Season 2 of the show.

If you liked Season 1 of Arifureta, you would also like Arifureta Season 2 Episode 1. It felt like a good continuation to the plot of the first season, and the episode flew gracefully as one lost track of time while watching it. It set up the new adventure of the Hajime gang well, and I liked that the original class that got Isekai’d was also given some attention here, as the show jumped around and skipped a lot of stuff in season one.

The characters are all back and in form for the second go-around. Say what you will about other aspects of the show, you can’t deny that Arifureta has some beautifully designed characters, especially the fairer sex. I like the personalities of all of them, but Shia is definitely overshadowed as more and more characters keep getting added to the harem. Speaking of, I like how Hajime only has this harem out of obligation and doesn’t give anyone apart from Yue any expectations. While I’m not a fan of the harem, I don’t mind it this time around because of how it is handled. Overall, a solid start by the series.

Arifureta is the epitome of a bad isekai, that somehow barely avoided the trash can

It has everything:

--> Bad writing: Several plot contrarieties and inconsistencies, things previously established are ignored, and characters that act out of character

--> Bad pacing: Every problem or story is done too fast or too slow, and most of the time without any real or meaningful climax or payoff

--> The repeated generic Isekai tropes, monsters, world, motivations etc. That only exist to fill the world, but dont get much, if any, development

--> And it also manages to be a worse sequel, as apparently it has now committed more to a serious tone, ... instead of a embracing his own comedy soul

Some times i think this show is just too much self aware of his own trashness, and as it just keeps digging down on it, maybe it is actually a good show, and we just dont have any of the 8D chess thinking capabilities required to understand it

There is no other way of describing Arifueta beyond, Trash Anime.

The first season was bad, yet extremely enjoyable, the second season has addressed many of the issues, and is just as enjoyable

They actually spent money on Arifueta this time around.
The animation has improved, and the laughably bad CGI is nowhere to be seen.
The OST is pretty decent

There are still some pacing issues, but it's better than before
and the issues with a lack of characterisation is still there, but it's mostly present with the wider cast. But as the wider cast has more of a role this time, their lack of character is a bigger issue ... this time around.

But for enjoyment value, this is still over the top, using all the clichés, and it's just top tier trash.

I had to give S1 a low score to reflect the low quality of the anime, but as this has improved on all those aspects, my score for S2 reflects that

This is my first reviewing because i don't typically review anime in this site but here i am.

Let me start with, WHY?

I've found unbearable to watch if you turn your brain on for most part, you'll see some flaws, more flaws, and even more flaws. But let me get started in one by one in each category


●There's Spoilers ahead but why come to a review not expecting any itsy bitsy tiny bit of spoiler eh?●
(I don't think i've spoiled anything)

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Story:
It's your Typical isekai anime, you'll enjoy it if you close your brain and don't care about the plot of the story because it's bad and god the pacing is also horrible that it kills

Soundtrack:
It's decent, but some scenes like in Episode 2 fighting the Lava snakes, the music plays like it suppose to be in another scene because the music tone is very different than the scene tone that it's playing at, and it turns me off. Bad,

Characters:
Hajime = Dogshit MC fucking boring
Yue = No personality one sided slut loli vampire (Shinobu clone, but bad)
Shea = Big boobed rabbit girl whore (i like her design)
Tio = Horny dragon whore (she's okay in my book)
Myu = a fucking child
Kaori = the best one out of them because she's only Human and that's good. She actually had a Personality and have more emotions.
Shizuku = idk maybe soon

Art:
I've seen this artstyle so many times, its average but some scenes is very blinding in the eyes when blonde characters comes to frame. It's too bright.

Voice acting:
Why do you expect in Japanese Voice acting? It's always in the spot. I'll just want stick this to it.

Enjoyment:
I'll highly recommend to watch this if you turn your brains off to watch this in full enjoyment like i did when watching Season 1. Just watching OP characters destroy shit like that enjoyment. But if you watch it for the plot amd characters. You will not have a Good time unless you enjoy bad animes


just watch other ongoing animes, while waiting for the good isekai animes to come.

So...after the massive disappointment that is Season 1 back in Summer 2019 that's rife with production woes, novelist Ryo Shirakome's storywriting that while is highly praised in the LN, was such a misnomer in the anime adaptation due to plot pointers that was glossed over in favour of the rushed pacing that's directed by the now-deceased Season 1 director Kinji Yoshimoto, is Arifureta still the same trash-worthy Isekai as it was back when it released? For good or worse, it's still quite mixed.

For the sequel that's led by Corpse Party director Akira Iwanaga, the story is (obviously) continued from the events of Season 1 that ... ended with Volume 4 of the LN, and the continuation that's heralded between the leftovers of Volume 4 to Volume 6 of the LN, which is in my mind, a huge improvement from the last that doesn't feel rushed for the viewers. Everything is where it should be with no excuses of cut content, just full on trash enjoyment values, which I really breathe a sigh of relief after watching the horrendous prequel 2.5 years back.

Unsurprisingly, Hajime and his harem gang are back (and yes, including his class of heroes which I thought are always brain-dead niceties), and they get a fair bit more action in the sequel continuation. The difference is now with new characters like the mer-folk/dagon-type demi-humans and the whole Demon Army side of things, where only now it gets frenetic with stakes at hand. The young mer-folk Myu is a new addition to Hajime's gang at the tail-end of Season 1, but her inclusion this season does provide some resting moments, other than always being in peril with their lives on the line in the situations that they face in the Grand Guen Volcano, to back home in Myu's birthplace of Erisen. Of course, what's left to say more than the eventual conflict of Hajime and the Demon Army of both demons and classmates being evil, that's a thing.

As to be expected, everyone will bite back at the overall presentation, and this still feels like ass, though not as bad as how much Season 1 was effed upside down with the last-minute production changes. Studio asread. is still here, albeit with yet another studio's help: studio MOTHER, replacing the intended White Fox in the 3DCG department. It honestly doesn't feel bad to finally see Arifureta adapted in decency, though this is still a far cry from its potential.

Though I'm quite saddened to say that the OST wasn't as strong as Season 1, but who I am kidding myself since it was pretty much the same as before, except for the theme songs obviously. Void_Chords set an insanely high bar with their banger of an OP 2.5 years ago (and is still a fantastic song to this day), and though MindaRyn is beginning to build her reputation as an esteemed Anisong artist, it just feels night and day when compared between the two. Even with DracoVirgo's kinda lackluster ED for Season 1, though FantasticYouth did a better job, both songs just aren't really my taste and sound quite average.

Even as a "restart / reboot" to the series by doing the usual adaptation practices right, Ryo Shirakome's Arifureta as a whole, just is not a good Isekai, and even if Season 1 was heaps of terribad with some good points to it, Season 2...just felt like there wasn't any "fun" injected into it with its overall serious tone that it would carry from start to finish. I am glad that the sequel fixed up the vast majority of the glaring issues of the prequel, though at the expense of feeling numb to watch any more of Arifureta. Take this sequel on your own risk if you think that this series still has some value to you that's worth the continuation.

The first season of Arifureta was outright bad, but it also had transcended to the realm of “so bad it’s good” territory. Just like movies like The Room, it was very enjoyable to see it as schlock that unironically tries to take itself seriously and fails at every step. The second season no longer has that appeal simply because it’s not so bad anymore. It’s actually better and that makes it worse.

You might be a bit confused here, so let me explain. The horrible script and animation have improved in the second season and now they are just bad. The edgy revengeporn is gone and ... so is the harem building aspect. Basically, the show lost everything that made it bad and turned into a generic isekai about an overpowered bland mc and his harem fighting the demon lord and his generals. If you noticed, we humans tend to remember the very good and the very bad, while at the same time forgetting anything that is mediocre and forgettable. The second season falls in the latter kind.

Even if you see past that issue, the second season also falls victim of the development phase of any story. The first season is usually the introduction to all the main characters, while the second has the task to develop them in some sort of fashion. There is hardly much of that going on. It mostly introduced the main antagonists, the demon lord generals and the evil apostles and there were fights where even the overpowered mc had to struggle more than usual. That aside, nothing much changed and I doubt most would give a damn about seeing any of the stock characters that comprise this run of the mill set up getting some sort of character development. Whatever fun you could find in the first season was just seeing the bland mc steamrolling his enemies and gathering a bunch of paper-thin harem archetypes with edgy revenge in mind and horrible CGI fights to accompany them. Now that all that are gone, so is the hook of the whole thing. The plot was never serious, and trying to develop it would leave everyone uninterested.

In a nutshell, the second season gets a higher average score than the first, but also an even smaller recommendation from me.

Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou 2nd Season is the highly anticipated second season of the popular anime series that follows the adventures of Hajime Nagumo, a high school student who is transported to a fantasy world along with his classmates. After being betrayed by one of his classmates and falling into a deep abyss, Hajime must use his wits and newfound powers to survive and find a way back home.

The second season picks up where the first season left off, with Hajime and his friends continuing their journey in the fantasy world. From the very first episode, I was hooked by the show's blend of ... action, adventure, and fantasy. The animation quality is top-notch, with detailed character designs and stunning backgrounds that bring the fantasy world to life.

One of the strengths of Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou 2nd Season is its well-developed characters. Hajime is a compelling protagonist, and the supporting cast is equally interesting. The show also delves into the characters' backstories and motivations, adding depth and complexity to their personalities.

The second season also explores several themes, such as friendship, trust, and betrayal, which are woven seamlessly into the plot. The story moves at a brisk pace, keeping the viewer engaged and on the edge of their seat.

Overall, Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou 2nd Season is a thrilling and exciting anime that will appeal to fans of action, adventure, and fantasy. Although it may not be everyone's cup of tea, I highly recommend giving it a try, especially if you enjoyed the first season. With its well-developed characters, impressive animation, and engaging plot, Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou 2nd Season is a solid addition to the anime world.

Arifureta is my guilty pleasure. For me, this second season was 7, but overall i guess it is 6. It was less enjoyable than the first one, but did improve in some ways.

If you absolutely hated the 1st season, the 2nd one will not be any better. There are less coldblood Hajime moments, less cool ass pulls, less edgelord... All of the things that made arifureta distinguish itself from other harem powerfantasy isekais are less apparent in this season. This is an absolute disappointment for me, as it was mainly the reason i liked 1st season. The fact that Hajime learned from his weaknesses and ... became an OP edgelord was enjoyable for me. In second season he still is, but it is way less noticeable.

What got better was the characters. Yue is as enjoyable as she was in first season. Shia is way less annoying. Tio is ever so hilarious. Kaori is boring for me, but she got actual development. I also like how, dispite being a stupid harem, Hajime makes it even clearer how Yue is the only one for him. Even though he is the generic OP protagonist, he differs from others by not being the virgin indecisive character we always get in isekai. Other side characters play a more important role in this season, specially the classmates.

The pacing got a LOT better. And even though the last arc seemed really badly paced, it was not close to the pacing issues the first season had.

Art got a little better. CGI is waaaay better, but still awlful. The music tho... I vibed SO MUCH with OP and ED.

Overall, I guess this is only worth it if, like me, you enjoyed the first season. Don't expect anything different from it.

10/10 easily in my Top 20, no shame, LOVE IT
I understand that the show is not the greatest, or is well received, I simple don't care. I enjoy the show a lot. I love how overpowered the MC is, I enjoy the interactions with the Characters, and most of all its just a fun watch.
Ill eventually read the light novel, but probable not any time soon though, just not enough time to read/ trying to save money.
Could the monsters have be done better sure, but I mean I've seen worse.
Overall, I loved it, and I hope we get a third season.

Loved the show, but the only thing that won't sit right with me is the reason why he wants to return to his world, you've already become the most powerful lord in another world, where magic and things you can't even think possible IRL exist, and yet somehow you wish to return to your world where you'll most likely have to work a boring 9/5 for the rest of your life. Make it make sense.

Overall I think the show was great, lot of fun and ridiculous moments, I wouldn't go too hard on rating an Isekai Harem, it's well written enough and has a lot ... of positive lessons, it's just that small detail that doesn't make any sense to me.

Arifureta Season 1 struggled mostly with two things:
1. Fucking awful CGI
2. The skip it does from a whiny good for nothing MC into a budget Devil May Cry clone. I think if they have spent more time building the character it could have been decent and it was a waste.

Beyond that it's what you would expect from a Harem Isekai OP MC show so if you dislike Power Fantasy with a passion there is no middle ground here. Power Fantasy is fun, but what makes Isekai fun are world building, characters and the plot itself. If some of the proportions are good enough it ... can be enjoyable despite the typical tropes of the genre.

What it does right is that it doesn't rely on MC fixing everything, it gives his harem a good chunk of screen time to show their own somewhat OP powers against somewhat equally OP opponents. Characters have good interactions between them and it's somewhat clear that they went for mimicking Konosuba in that regard (not like it's a bad thing). I hope that they keep improving the jokes and the delivery method as at times they are dragged out.

What works for the world are the OP God who has what seems like ultimate control over the world and the fact that MC seeks no interest in picking fights with him while following his own goals. The fact that there are only so few people that force MC into doing something he isn't interested in, is good enough for the genre.

Trying to pick it apart logically for things like MC pulling out more and more advanced weaponry and equipment out of his ass is the same as counting bullets in B-rated action movies. It makes no sense.

I do wish next season they all collectively put even more effort, since surprisingly Season 2 came out better.
(Unlike a certain Shield Hero)

“Ahh…the return of the “why boner”...with a VENGANCE!” -Alucard, Hellsing Ultimate abridged

Arifureta is probably one of my guilty pleasure shows. While I did find season one to be a crappy edgefest with early PS2 cg, it was at least fun to watch in a “so bad, it’s good” kind of way. With its popularity back in summer 2019, it was going to be inevitable that it got a sequel because if there is one thing I’ve learned lately, is that if you want a sequel, your best bet is to be an Iseakai. So what do I think? Has it actually improved or has it ... just mellowed in its own crappiness?

Well one thing that definitely improved this season is the animation. While asread has returned, White Fox had nothing to do with this second season and newly formed studio Mother has come in to help. And would you believe it, the cg doesn’t look like complete arse. While you can tell that they reuse the same motion on loop, they actually move better and don’t look like bricks trying to move like fantasy creatures. The best example is with Tio’s dragon form in this season compared to season one, looking less blocky and moving less statically. Character designs have also more shade to it than the plain, matte look the characters had in season one. One of the biggest problems with season one was its animation and it has noticeably improved this season, even though guns still don’t have recoil in this world but at this point, this is more of a nitpick now.

The story at the moment doesn’t feel like we are rushing from place to place at rapid pace. I mean, obviously Hajime drives a Hummer so it is going to be quicker but not in a way that it feels like were rushing it. As for the actual story, there isn’t anything that is getting me hooked as it is continuing on from where season one left off with Hajime and his harem searching for more labirynths to defeat god and go home, only now that God’s apostles are starting to take notice of this. So there is now a new foil for Hajime. It does make things more interesting as they do make Hajime look less like an overpowered edgelord. Instead, it makes him look like a strong edgelord. Yeah, its not much but at least it makes the fights more interesting.

The characters though are still problematic. They unsiprisingly still act like their stereotypes but thankfully, they do have a bit more depth this time. Except for Shia, her role in season two so far has been very small and you almost forget that she’s there too. Hajime still acts like an edgelord when he’s around people that not just his harem, but with Myu around, it is funny when he breaks character and acts like an overprotective father. The introduction of Kaori into Hajime’s harem makes for some interesting moments as she simply will not back down into getting into Hajime’s heart which is currently occupied by Yue at the moment. But with her inclusion in this harem has made the whole harem feel bloated. Now there are harem shows that have a larger cast than this, but Arifureta struggles to try and balance it out because we already know that Yue has won and the introduction of Kaori in this harem is trying to complicate things that don’t work because the race has already been won.

The soundtrack still remains all over the place but at least its used more appropriately than season one and I am a fan of both the OP and the ED. "Daylight" by MindaRyn addresses the main complaint I had with season one’s OP, which was the visuals. So now we have an OP that matches the quality of the song with its visuals and the ED, "Gedou Sanka" by FantasticYouth, also has a great looking visual, even if it is a still image being panned out.

I would honestly say that season two of Arifureta is an improvement over season one but the bar was set low so its not exactly an impressive feat. Starting off as a bad anime and moving towards a more mediocre anime doesn’t exactly sound impressive. But, it still acts as a good guilty pleasure show, only now it’s less of a sight for sore eyes. It still has some big problems carried on from season one with characters and its soundtrack, but the story is more neatly told at the moment and the animation has noticeably improved. This season isn’t going to change people’s minds however. If you thought season one was a bad show, then season two won’t necessarily change that and you actually enjoyed how bad it was then good news, you will like this one. I wasn’t expecting much considering how big of a dumpster fire season one was but at least it still continues to be at least amusing to watch.


Story: 5/10
Characters: 3/10
Animation: 6.5/10
Sound: 4.5/10
My Personal Enjoyment: 6/10
Overall Score: 5.0/10
Recommendation: Consider it

This second season presents numerous improvements compared to the first, which is why I will recommend it and why it has gone from having a rating of 5 to an 8 for me.

The differences between the first and second season lie in the way the characters are developed and much more progress is made in the main plot of the story. In the first season, it was simply the adventure of a depraved character who captured waifus and performed quite mediocre dungeons. In this second season, you can appreciate much more the main plot of the story, which revolves around the struggle of God and ... the rebels to himself, as well as the evolution of secondary characters and the relationship between each one of them.

If you fully enjoyed the first season and expected to see something very similar, it is possible that this second season is not to your liking, as it delves into secondary characters much more than in the first. In addition, the main character stops being just a raging depraved and waifu capturer to become one more member of the humans who were brought to this world and who fight against the conflicts established by God's fault.

I would recommend this anime if:
- You liked the first season, but still feel that something was missing. Here is what was missing.
- You did not like the first season, but still, you kept watching it for unknown reasons.
- You are a follower of the novel.
- You still have expectations and managed to endure the entire first season.

I would not recommend this anime if:
- You really liked the first season and expect the second to be the same.
- You want to see more dungeons and more waifus.

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Esta segunda temporada presenta numerosas mejoras en comparación con la primera, razón por la cual la recomendaré y por la que ha pasado de tener una calificación de 5 a un 8 para mí.

Las diferencias entre la primera y la segunda temporada radican en la forma en que se desarrollan los personajes y se avanza mucho más en la trama principal de la historia. En la primera temporada, era simplemente la aventura de un personaje depravado que capturaba a waifus y realizaba mazmorras bastante mediocres. En esta segunda temporada, se puede apreciar mucho más la trama principal de la historia, que gira en torno a la lucha de Dios y los rebeldes a sí mismo, así como la evolución de los personajes secundarios y la relación entre cada uno de ellos.

Si disfrutaste plenamente la primera temporada y esperabas ver algo muy similar, es posible que esta segunda temporada no sea de tu agrado, ya que se profundiza en los personajes secundarios mucho más que en la primera. Además, el personaje principal deja de ser simplemente un depravado rabioso y capturador de waifus para convertirse en un integrante más de los humanos que fueron traídos a este mundo y que luchan contra los conflictos instaurados por culpa de Dios.

Te recomendaría este anime si:
- Te gustó la primera temporada, pero aún así sientes que faltó algo. Aquí está lo que faltaba.
- No te gustó la primera temporada, pero aún así, seguiste viéndolo por razones desconocidas.
- Eres seguidor de la novela.
- Aún tienes expectativas y lograste soportar toda la primera temporada.

No te recomendaría este anime si:
- Te gustó mucho la primera temporada y esperas que la segunda sea igual.
- Quieres ver más mazmorras y más waifus.

Short review:

Action - Check
Adventure - Check
Fan service - Tolerable
Story - Captivating enough

Overall - 7. Enjoyed the season enough to watch weekly, but wouldn't recommend it to a friend.

Full(er) review below:
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I enjoyed the action, adventure, fantasy, fan service packed (bleh) anime that was the first season, and wasn't disappointed with the new season. That being said, in my humble opinion Arifureta S2 is several times better than the first season, for two reasons:

First, the ecchi/fan service aspect no longer takes up half the episodes.

Second, the "annoying" characters are toned down (don't you worry, they're still there, but less annoying).

These two things alone made Arifureta S2 a much better viewing experience. This is coming from someone who did not read the manga and solely watched the anime.

If you come into the show with the right mindset, it can be quite enjoyable. I expected there to still be some harem/ecchi moments (as the tags say), so I was able to muscle through and actually enjoy the OP main character action scenes and plot development that is reminiscent of an RPG game.

Based on those aspects, I give this season an overall score of a 7. It was good, could have been better, but was enjoyable enough to watch weekly and not skip through any episodes.

This is what a 'sequel' is supposed to be like. Not losing its identity while fixing many issues from the prequel.

Weird pacing -> fixed.
Not giving time to other characters -> fixed.
Making the story a little emotional and 'kinda' darker -> done
Repeating the same jokes -> like always

and many more...


In short, I really loved the prequel a lot. Even though it was nowhere near perfect, all the main cast characters always have the plot armor, but still. It still was a really good sequel. The ones who made the season 2 actually listened to the viewers and tried to fix them. Even saying so, there ... were still many problems. Many plotholes, poor quality and repetitive jokes, bad usage of betrayal, etc. But even then, this season is very enjoyable.

Conclusion: If you somehow did complete season 1, this season will not disappoint you.

Arifureta is an Isekai that has a clear intention in it's writing: badass and tropey action. It's clear that all other aspects of the anime/LN, such as easy-to-follow character developments and story specifics, come second to badass fights. It makes a promise in it's writing and delivers in full, what more can you ask?
First things first, I believe main characters carry anime. If the main character isn't well written, then I usually drop the anime all together. The MC in Arifureta is a tight rope balance between being jokingly edgy and not taking himself too ... seriously. For an Isekai focusing on a badass power fantasy, it does a good job at writing a main character that is seemingly overpowered and a total edgelord while occasionally showing humility in that his words and actions(specifically in his less serious dialogues) are just him trying to look cool, which, in my opinion, is respectable because it's more genuine than most fictional characters are written.

Story: 8
The story, in my opinion, isn't Arifureta's biggest selling point. It's good enough to serve it's purpose: as a vehicle to get from one fight to the next and develope the main cast. While it's definitely not a copy paste, almost cheap, premise seen in your average seasonal Isekai nowadays, it's not exactly easy to follow, especially when it comes to the intentions of the antagonists. I wouldn't say that is a totally bad thing either, gives the story somewhere to build from and expand upon later down the line.

Art:6
Arifureta is only slightly above average when it comes to art style and animations compared to other action/fantasy focused anime. While the fights aren't anything to pass up and the character designs aren't abhorrent, you aren't going to see much hyped up YouTube compilations of any fights and it's easy to tell the inspirations for the character designs. The Main Character's style, in character design and abilities, totally look like a middle/high schooler chunnibyo's sketchbook fantasy drawings and it's not trying to hide it.

Sound: 7
The sound serves it's purpose in that the effects don't stick out too much and fits the scenes generally pretty well, but they definitely missed the chance to backup the edginess of the main character with some badass music during fights, but I'm not losing my lunch over it.

Characters: 10
Now my love letter to the writing of the characters in Arifureta.
The main character, Hajime, is a perfect depiction of a stereotypical chunnibyo's realized power fantasy. He tends to jump back and forth between that edgelord chunnibyo and average guy personas. He does this pretty organically in a way that is relatable.
The main girl, Yue, is a trope of her own. You have the typical, pretty much a joke of a trope that is the 100s of years old vampire loli, along with consistent depictions of blind faith in the main character, which is totally adorable. Other than that, she isn't insanely interesting, but that's not the end of the world.
I'm lumping the rest of the main supporting cast together as the harem. Shia, the bunny girl, isn't too dynamic, just fan service and lack of care. I wouldn't mind seeing her develope as a person, but I'm not holding my breath. Tio, the dragon girl, is in a similar boat as Shia, but her intentions are more clear: to serve Hajime in a more master/servent relationship. Kaori, the fellow isekai'd classmate acting as a healer/priestess, is definitely the most dynamic of the main supporting cast due to her motivations being all over the place and she definitely developed clearly as a character throughout the series.
The antagonists of the series, in general, are kinda conveluted and all their motivations aren't made amazingly clear in the anime series thus far.
The other isekai'd classmates act as a more boring foil for Hajime and definitely, in my opinion, leave a lot to be desired.

The teacher, Aiko, is a total cutie and is most definitely best girl of the series. There is no debate, I will not be taking questions.

Another great Isekai. The selfishness of Nagumo, Hajime which is the anti of most of the main characters is a positive. The harem combined with a good story and interactions between the character will produce a great anime.
The cute bunny girl, pervert Tio, vampire and childhood friend who dotes the main character are heartwarming to watch.
The main character is strong and would do anything to save the people he loves even it means he has to burn others for it really why would he has to protect people who he never met or never going to meet. keeping a strong mindset and moving in life ... based on his priorities, enjoying life and journey with the people he loves surrounded by people who love him and do anything for him or his attention really what more does anyone need.

Arifureta.... Is not good isekai. Season 1 was **very good**. The characters, something new... I hoped the season 2 will be better... And the result? Actually, is not bad but guys... THE CGI wtf... why new studio called Mother is working on something like Arifureta, i know... new studios need to learn something but why Arifureta, the season 2 is a disappointment to me due to cgi...

My recommendation?

If you want to watch isekai with medium story... something "funny" Arifureta is a good choice, but if you want something with good art, CGI... You can watch something better

You will find a lots of better isekai

I've seen reviews of this anime, and most of them ranked this as trash anime, although i can see why they called it trash, but for me it's not trash, i can say it is average but not trash, the plot, characters and sometimes the jokes are cliche, but the story is somewhat nice it didn't bore me (it's very important for me that it didn't bore me, cuz once I'm bored of it I'll automatically drop it), unlike other isekai who's enemies would be demons, the church, diff race, Gods and kingdom, this anime depends on the mc which is rare, since most of ... the isekai animes have only one enemy target, it's also rare to find an mc who's an anti-hero, cuz mostly it's always a hero mc or just a villain.

And also that revenge thing in episode 11 was satisfying it deserves an 8, it would've been a 9 if that eri girl died with her head smash, anyways can't wait for another season(if there's such thing)