Xian Wang de Richang Shenghuo

As a donghua, the art and animation is top notch. However, the plot is pretty pathetic. It's basically an OP protagonist with all the common cliches, and other than the fights being somewhat exciting, the plot is really flat as the protagonist basically faces little to no difficulties. Another point I didn't like about the plot is how events seem to happen extremely randomly, and it just felt like the author created those for the sake of making the plot "interesting".
(Another small point to mention is that the author somewhat copied the character and the plot of The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. The ... plot is basically the same at the start, but it was altered slightly as time went on)

Am speechless. Actually speechless and I have to talk. This thing here is a blatant advertising for CCP and China in general. From on the nose ideal behavior of people with power and family values to credit rating and being hard working even though you have all the advantages world can offer.

It's painful. Simply painful to keep watching. It's predictable to a point where I can guess how things end from first 10 minutes of every episode. Of course our OP guy is going to lay low and make friends without anyone knowing his power. Of course he's a good guy even though he doesn't ... have to. Of course he beats everyone without shedding blood. Of course he uses his power responsibly. Of course hottest girl is after him. Of course he doesn't want to date hottest girl but dedicate himself to studying even though he's a god incarnate and already knows everything. Of course he has a pinky-promise with hot girl even though he erased her and others' memory million times before. Of course hot girl doesn't do shit when confronted by people with guns but she was saving MC in first episode from bullies.

It's shit, just blatant plain old shit. Nothing makes sense, everything is predictable and two dimensional. Plot convenience is everywhere and ruins everything, except for voice acting. Dear lord voice acting is atrocious. That's the only reason why it can't be ruined, because you can not kill that which has no life. It's at asking random dude on the street to scream like Tarzan level of bad. I kid you not you haven't heard screams this bad ever.

Just run away and thank me you didn't have to suffer through this. How this "show" got 7.33 score is beyond me. This must mean zombie apocalypse happened and there are no entities with functioning brains left who watched this anime and gave it higher than 3.

This being my first Chinese-produced anime, I immediately noticed the language change from hearing Japanese so much, and I don't know Japanese, heck I prefer dubs for the most part. But the tone was strange, but got used to it over time. Still would've preferred Japanese though. And it felt quite out of place, and I may not be an expert, but even though it was Chinese-produced I felt like they were emulating a lot of Japanese vibes and styles. Out of place I would put it. They got that inu dog, clearly Japanese, not to mention that whole "Brother" vibe. Doubt that's Chinese culture. ... Honestly kinda sad they just didn't throw in there a single katana, you know? It's a weird line they drew but basically all this is just nitpicking at this point. I presume they based it off the light novel or whatever form of content it originally came from. But the story was interesting and the art looked appealing enough for me to give this a view. If it wasn't for Netflix, an American company I should add, I would not have heard about this anime. Heck, it's on Funimation too, Sony property, and hence I was so surprised that there was no dub version for Japanese or English. And the English sub was just terrible. Oh, and I couldn't find one sub for Japanese. Not that I know Japanese. So, I could imagine how much the typical anime viewer would have to put up just to pick an interest into this show. But, I suspect in China this tv show was significantly more popular.
Overall: 7/10

Nearing the end of 2021 (almost 2 years after release), this anime still looks a heck ton better than other anime out there. Which was expected from the art cover. But better does not always equate "great", it looked fine, it got the story rolling which really mattered. The motions and timing, mainly for mouthing, are slight off at times or just really low frame rated I suppose, cuz it got ugly at times. Sometimes it would seem the animators got lazy and got characters speaking with their mouths closed. Noticeably, I must add. For me, it's the little things that matter.
Art: 7/10

I have to say, the opening theme sounded and looked quite nice. The storyline was alright, the pacing could perhaps been adjusted for the sake of context, but I was at the mercy of a terrible sub to begin with, so it's whatever. It doesn't take much thought to piece parts anyways. Most of it did felt quite filler. However, there were moments that made me laugh and some that I would zone out into daydreaming thoughts of existential crisis. Both of which were enough for me to hit that "play next" button.
Sound: 6/10
Story: 6/10

That said, I think this is an anime that one should binge watch or allocate into periods rather than view an episode per week. It definitely felt shorter, because it is: 20 minutes including the intro and outro, so about 16-17 minutes of actual content viewing. But the quality in its art was well done.


Character development is alright with me. Pretty meh overall. Ironically, that just the attitude and mood the protagonist emits. But in particular moments it was executed in such a funny way. Arguably, one find it quite relatable. I guess the only lack in character development or understanding for that matter, was in the main antagonists for their sudden, well, desires. Kinda important, you know. However, a show like this is more tailored to reactions than actual (and understanding) development in characters. But I think the character development that they should've addressed in the least was that spirit frog in the beginning. I mean, come on, from world domination to summoning pet, you gonna explain that leap (pun intended). You know I ain't gonna search the web to read a Chinese light novel or the like (not that I'm your tailored audience to begin with). And in terms of relationships, I am quite disappointed in the lack of noddle obsession that takes place. I would've at least expected a cool or funny trigger from dropped noddles, but was not the case. What was the point of such a deepen relationship to begin with?
Character: 5/10
Enjoyment: 8/10
Overall: 7/10

Overall, I would watch more of this, and am, since the second season is currently airing (surprise) with a striking low of 1254 users, and about 30K members. Just wow. I think that is way too low because the show is quite good. I really think that if this was done in Japanese, just setting aside the English dub option, this would have been praised in the category of "notable anime shows of that season" at least. I really do, because I have seen far worse anime that had overall ratings above a 7.3, but it is what it is. I giving this a rating of 7, but that's just because I typically set high standards for about all my anime. I am tempted to give it a higher rating just because of that overall score, but nah. Heck, I would probably watch a season 3 at this point. Even if the second season so far (3 episodes in btw) feels like a repeat of season 1 content recycled. And noddle ads, which is kind of funny. It's like the Chinese replacement version of an isekai without, well, it being an actual isekai, it is quite better to watch.

An uninteresting, yet also actively frustrating viewing experience that steals everything it can from Saiki K and everything else from Naruto and DBZ. A tiny minority of its characters occasionally manage to be likeable and some of the action in the last few episodes managed to invest me enough to make me wonder at least a little how it was going to play out; that's all of the nice things I have to say about this unoriginal, lazy, hackish mess.

In short, there were a couple moments that were enjoyable, but if I wanted to watch something painfully mediocre, I'd find something better than this.

Story: The everyday mundane struggles of an overpowered MC. Not an original concept at this point in the industry. So what makes " The Daily Life of the Immortal King" different or even worth watching? The Answer... not much.

Art: Northing innovative about the art style here. But the quality and motion of the animation are enjoyable. Fights have a good amount of frames and colors are not too bright or over the top as with some magical themed shows. Overall Art gets a 9 for not dropping the ball, not even for one episode. However, I would have liked to see more creative expressions ... on more than the MC.

Sound: Here I felt the story could have gained a point or two with a robust and dynamic soundtrack. This could have delivered a more impressionable OST to create more fans of the anime. Unfortunately, the sound is one area where this anime falls very short. While the opening is nice. It does not portray the anime accurately. The OP fits a drama better than it does this comedic slice of life theme. The only pro I can give the music, Is the "in-your-face" classic pieces that support comedic scenes.

Character: This area brings to light another disappointment within the show. As after finishing the show, I can't say I feel drawn to any character even have a favorite character. Typical apathetic or socially inept MC, propped up best girl who falls for MC, and 2 male classmates mostly used and developed for comedic means. The romantic emotions, mostly presented at the tail end of the show will fall short for many viewers as there weren't many well-developed moments for the audience to feel attached to these characters.

Enjoyment: Still I enjoyed watching this show. Because it fit my palette for anime at the time. With me gravitating more toward darker, psychological, and action-driven themes; this show was a nice change of pace. An easy-going slice-of-life comedy with some action scenes was perfect to binge on a Sunday afternoon.

Overall: To sum it up, the mix of Magic, High Schoolers, and Slice of Life is executed well enough, I guess. Many reviewers have compared it to Saiki K, which I have not seen. At the end of the day, the show does not do very well at delivering a captivating action-packed action anime nor an enchanting slice of life show. Its saving grace is giving leaning into a Slice of Life theme that happens to fold in some pretty nice action animation here and there. And while I did find the show lacking in some areas, it was still an enjoyable show to watch. I recommend it for anyone bored or maybe to watch with your girl/boyfriend.

How does a studio take a bunch of very successful anime, blend it together and still manage to publish something so average?
Before watching the show I already knew it was going to be a Saiki K rip off which I thought was great cause Saiki K is 10/10. They got us excited and spit out an AI written, mindless donghua.
The story is exactly the same as Saiki K mashed together with some Jujutsu Kaisen. Characters are also a combination of those shows with a sprinkle of Blue Exorcist. They didn't even bother to tweak the designs of most of them. They are beyond stereotypical, ... they just have no personality of their own.
Some say at least the animation is good. Sorry but for a 2D styled animation made obviously in 3D software, this wasn't a satisfying sight.

I was planning to watch this anime for a year at least. But there was no useable translation for it, so it was on my plan to list for a long time. I think I put it there when I encountered an "epic" part of it in an AMV.
So about the anime. It was kind of hard for me to get used to the Chinese voices. But for the last episode, I kind of ended up starting to like the OP.
The story for me was not used by the full mean it could have been. There were a lot of gaps when the story could ... have taken a better turn but they tried to insist on this comedy storyline. The ending was confused, they packed together everything that was possible to make it "SUPER EPIC". But it had the opposite effect. For once it was a watchable anime. Maybe because I wait for a long time to check it, my expectations became too high for this anime to jump it.

This wasn't good.
There wasn't much story and there were many many MANY plotholes. The last 2 episodes were completely out of the pocket and didn't make any sense, since the story hadn't built up to them and honestly left the feeling, that the creators just needed to end the anime really quickly.
But I have to say, that the story has potential, if it had more character development and more story, that actually made sense, then it might actually go from a 5/10 to a strong 7,5/10 or even a 8/10.






Let's ignore this part since MAL wants us to write a whole book as a review.
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My dislike for Chinese media now extends from C-dramas to anime. I cannot, for the life of me, explain what the plot of this anime was - or at least explain in a way that anyone would want to watch it. This couldn't end up as mindless background noise for me, either, because I was hoping against hope that this would turn to be something I liked - the first episode was really promising, and I really like (present tense) the art. Though the story isn't anything out of the world amazing - overpowered MC's shenanigans - that's exactly what I went into it knowing; ... I expected it to be a rip-off of Saiki-K (in the least), and I love that show.

But no. The worseness runs deeper than that. The filler episodes are terrible, and there's way too many of them to even be entertaining after a certain point. Let's just say, 13/15 of these episodes could be seen as fillers. The rest of the two had the dullest story, with the most unnecessary ending. I just couldn't care for any of the characters as much as I would've liked. I want to say I like Sun Rong, but that would just be because I really like her spirit sword.

I do plan on giving the novel a try, but I don't think that's going to happen anytime soon.

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TLDR; Thank everything above that I had Uramichi Onii-san to go back to, so I could fix the bad taste left by this anime.

I have watched some donghuas (chinese anime) for the past year and all I can say is that this is some improvement in the 2D animations that are from China. The animation was nice, the music do its job in setting the mood, and the characters were interesting but there is room for improvement.

(contains slight spoilers so ehe)

However, what irritates me a bit is the pacing. It got so confusing in the last episodes and there are times where I feel like they couldve done more in certain episodes. I am trying to be a bit more understanding considering the budgeting for this anime but ... still, they couldve done better.

Another thing that irritates me are his 2 male bestfriends’ growth and background. They did Guo Hao; the chubby guy, so bad we don’t know that much about him yet he can hack systems and he suddenly has this very powerful trump card he was hiding in the last episodes. Same thing for Chen Chao, that brawn and muscles guy.

I don’t think this anime is going to have a season 2 but if it does, I hope they’ll introduce the characters more.

additional opinion: I kind of find it odd though that the title is “The daily life of the Immortal King” yet there’s not that much “daily life”-ness if you know what I mean. If I see that kind of title, I’m going to assume that it’s some sort of slice-of-life show. Kind of late but pardon my grammar, english is not my first language and it’s 3am currently suffering from sleep deprivation.

simply magnificent, I'm not into chinese anime but this one is worth seeing. The soundtrack is splendid, I don't exaggerate to say it's perfect, I just loved the opening and ending of this anime, The story isn't that good but it's really cool to see, and it looks like the coolest one and it has a romance, and it's not that boring romance and nice-looking romance, As for the protagonist, he's like a Chinese mob psycho, What surprised me the most was the last 2 Episodes was sensational, I gave 7 for this work not because it was bad but as a result of how ... things worked out, I'm really looking forward to the next one season so I will look forward to it.

Aight, as my first Chinese anime it was really good. There were a few times the animation was lacking and kinda wonky but it still was fine with some amazing scenes. The story was confusing sometimes, especially at the end but it was still great. I loved the intro and outro a lot however the music in the intro doesn't sink with the actual animation in the intro but the outro was fine. Sometimes the characters had weird switches in personality out of nowhere but it was fine. This quickly became one of my top 10 animes I have watched and I hope it becomes ... yours too.

Randomly binged this on Netflix, and it's okay. The art is the most impressive part about it, and the action scenes are pretty dynamic. The story is pretty interesting though the pacing kills it. Both the magic system and characters take a hit as a result, since neither get the time to be fleshed out. It felt somewhat like The Irregular at Magic High School and Saiki K. (from what I've seen of it), though, as I regard the former as one of my favorites and the latter as one of my least favorites, this anime comes in at an unusual middle-ground. Besides pretty ... good animation and pretty poor pacing, nothing else really stands out. I suppose the music was all right though not really memorable. Overall, I enjoyed it well enough.

Don't get me wrong the story is pretty good and enjoyable but as an adaptation, it just lacks what you call it: Refinement. It's like a newbie trying to make a 5-star dish and does what's written in the book I mean he tried his best but still can't compete with an actual 5-star chef...

There are many scenes in this anime that could be done better, like character introduction and comedy scenes, which look like made by hastily.

Characters are straight-up, not interesting It desperately tries to be like SAIKI K but fails as its characters are extremely boring and unenjoyable.

Again I am not complaining ... to the studio as many people working on it are still new to the work of animation unlike Japan.

This is beyond the shadow of a doubt the shittiest anime I've ever seen and I legitimately cannot understand how this show has three more seasons.
I'm not even saying that in a place of anger or any strong emotion in fact i don't feel anything apart from confusion on how did this joke of a show made it past the drawing board. I'm trying to search any redeeming quality in this show and maybe the animation is slightly above average (that's why I gave it a 2) but otherwise I cannot understand how anyone could get entertained by this: There is no story (yet it ... manages to be incoherent), no progression, no characters, no stakes, no involvement, the voice acting is abysmal in both sub and dub... I am profoundly confused because people kept saying that it'll get better but it just never did. And i can see that there really is a community that really likes this show but I frankly fail to understand why. It's not even a so bad it's good/entertaining show it's just mid through and through so why?? Is it because it's a Chinese original? Are the next seasons better? What in the world made you people want to watch this honest to god terrible show?
If you're seeing this trying to know if you should watch it or not I guarantee you there is zero enjoyment to be had here, please be on your way.

"THE DAILY LIFE OF THE IMMORTAL KING"

Genre- Adventure, Demons, Comedy, School, Magic, Supernatural, Super Power, Fantasy, Action.

When two or more things in anime run parallel to each other, things are bound to get spiced up. And with this anime, things really did get out of hand when its perfect storyline, flawless animation, and root-struck genres ran parallel to each other, giving us a fusion of them all in one single masterpiece.

Feeling emotions and breaking out of your heart gets tough when society tells you how to live. Shackling their personal laws onto your heart, at times you just stop feeling things. Be it friendship, love, ... or just the joy of being alive, with chains binding you in every direction, you soon learn to live like a robot with no feelings rather than a person with emotions that control your every action. Wang Ling is the immortal king who possesses the spiritual force to destroy the entire world and being as powerful as he is, he cannot do anything but confide in the background (or the shadows) hiding away from the world not knowing when he might break the seal and go berserk. But with Sun Rong's step into his world, will things still be the same? 'The Daily Life of the Immortal King' is an anime about a young child breaking free from his cold-dark world and stepping forward to the basking sun for the first time in his life.

A story that aches every inch of your body with its fantastic storyline and pitch-perfect animation, The Daily Life of the Immortal King is an anime that does not disappoint. It is a trove filled with laughter, tears, and surprises making sure that you cannot move even an inch from your seat.

This anime is absolutely a "MUST WATCH."

So I wanted to try Chinese anime, well, not anymore...

The issue with this piece is basically everything. While you can be halfway happy with plot, animations and characters, it's really plain anime without some deeper connection towards you. It simply feels impossible to enjoy it.

I don't know about others but I had to watch this in English dub. The Chinese version was basically not acceptable for me as some character said 10x the same word and it actually was some sentence. Maybe it's some my problem with the Chinese language or the dubbing was just poor, who knows...

It felt like a fresh air from previews ... and start but then it went really fast down. It's just scrapping multiple concepts and trying to put them together and it doesn't work. But also you can't say it's horrible or really bad, it isn't, it's just "meh".

Btw it has a comedy tag. Don't trust it. This has nothing to do with the comedy. It's not funny in any way...

I don't know if I'm completely missing something or if I'm just ignorant but the characters all sound like they're speaking the exact same tone almost all the time. It's super quiet and I get why the main character is monotone cuz he's like bored of being to power like in One Punch Man but the rest of the characters I feel like don't sound too different from their normal sounding voice. It's like their voices have barely to no emotion. Idk, maybe I'm just dumb but I found this extremely boring and the plot wasn't any better. I watched at first because of a ... little preview on Youtube about the entrance exam thing with the power scale thing but that was the only cool thing that has happened so far and I really can't get past the VA's seemingly monotone expressions. I might just be stupid but hopefully this isn't a bad first impression of Chinese anime since this is my first.

from start to finish this anime felt kind of incomplete. the characters had zero to no quirks and i personally didn’t feel emotionally attached to any of them. the main character is also just a rip off of saiki-k but minus any intelligence and wit.
after 6 episodes i was considering dropping it but i felt as if it would be a waste of time especially as it totals up to only 15 episodes. i really regret watching til the very end; the story didn’t progress at all and felt like a flop.

the main problem for me lies within each character. if the creators took ... more time to flesh each one out i would like to hope it would be been better.

would not recommend if you enjoy emotionally investing animes.

I also would give this 9/10 but I don’t get the reviews of some ppl here. So to do Justice then i have to give this one a 10!

The soundtrack is absolutely 10 though!

The story almost have the same kind of feeling as The 1995 “a chinese Odyssey”. The story is silly and funny like the movie I mentioned. Then during the end it start to get quite emotional.

I’m eager for the season two.

You guys should try to watch it if you don’t have a particular expectation of a genre. If you are hoping for an action story you probably disappointed. Comedy?not exactly comedy ... too. But a score of “5” or lower doesn’t give this anime a justice.