100-man no Inochi no Ue ni Ore wa Tatteiru

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Enjoyment: 3/10
Story: 1.5/6
Visuals: 2.5/6
Characters: 1/5
Music: 1.5/3
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Overall: 3.17
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TLDR: By Isekai standards, this is below average plot-wise and the visuals are average. The characters are terrible, poorly written. The action is low-tier with mediocre animation. If you want to watch some good action isekai, this isn't what you're looking for.


Note: I'm not an isekai hater. In fact, it's one of my favorite genres.

For an isekai, the story and plot are below average. There's a meme synopsis to start with. Two female MCs are a wizard and a warrior. The main protagonist is a mere farmer. What surprises me is that they are all weak lmao. Farmer is even a bit stronger than those 2 girls. It couldn't get any worse. But that's not really the problem. I haven't read the source material but it's very obvious that a lot has been skipped.

The main protagonist is a typical teenager that hates people. It's not interesting in fact this type of personality is very common even in or outside the isekai genre. There are multiple girls here with only 1 guy, sounds like a harem yeah but it's not. The first one is famous, smart, talented, and plays sports. But she is literally useless in another world. The second girl is a very plain character in both the original and another world. The last girl is an online streamer or vlogger. I thought she was interesting at first but it turns out she's just as bad as with other characters. You might be wondering why I keep mentioning "another world" and comparing what the characters are like back in their original world. Well, that's what I mean about "some elements that I've never seen before" above (explained in the spoiler section at the bottom).

The animation is mediocre for an "action" tagged series. Like zenbu! I've seen isekai with the worst animation before. At least this one is chotto dakke better than them. Everything here is nothing unique or great. The character designs are average looking, typical fantasy art styles. The action animation is below average. With just enough frames you can tell what's happening during fight scenes. Nothing looks like the worst but I've seen way better action isekai.


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What I mean by "some elements that I've never seen before" is that the characters can go back to their original world after they finish a quest in the parallel world. And they go back and forth multiple times too. But unfortunately, that part wasn't even able to save this anime for me. I thought it was an interesting concept at first but turns out it didn't become an important plot device at all. They are just able to go back and forth and that's it.

I actually liked the first few episodes but...

As time went on, I started to dislike the characters especially the main protagonist. His personality is problematic. He started acting like the most badass character ever with a devilish facial expression when he killed an "npc character". Apparently, the game master revealed that it's a parallel world and the characters are "real people" meaning the main protag murdered someone and got depressed. They came back to the original world and the girls didn't even try to at least talk to him (proves they're bad characters lmao). And game master appeared again in a form of a loli with a straw hat. She asked the MC how does it feel to kill someone and he said it was a mistake and if he knew those NPCs were real people he wouldn't have killed them. And another problem is the mc also said "The humans with the least value deserves to be killed." WTF??? Ok, I'm done with this shit.

The female characters are no different. Especially that last female player. She's the worst. At some point she recognizes the MC as a "fine" person but when the game master revealed the NPCs are real. She literally talks bad about him and even talks behind his back in an online chat with other female characters describing how he killed that man. saitei!
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Thanks for reading! See you in my other reviews.

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There is an interest for me when it comes to this anime, and an interest could be there for you too! Let me explain.

As the story goes, it's not a normal kind of Isekai, something different that makes the story interesting. Classes aren't the usual either, or least for our main MC that is. Which honestly is a nice touch from the anime. Given that we've seen countless times of magic users, or sword users. So to see something else, is a welcome treat. But there is so much more to the story that hasn't been touched upon, like why is this all even happening, or least are we sure we can trust what is going on? Stuff like that is good for a show like this.

The characters may seem like your typical kinds of characters. But I cannot really say a bad thing about them. Each of them seems realistic, and the kind of normal person you'd see in real life, when it comes to who they are. As if they each have a set personality trait, and it's very welcoming, and makes it easier for you to get to know the characters. By adding issues to said characters, to make them seem not over powered in early stages, which will be good for progressing the story.

The art is very nice, much like the sound is. It really fits in well with the themes of the show, no matter what scene.

Should you give this anime a try? I'd say go for it, it might not blow you away, but it's looking fairly decent so far. With my interest still strong after the first few episodes.

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‘Having no aim in life is like a poison that will kill you sooner or later.’

Tl;dr
Manga is 100x better.

In a nutshell
It is difficult to have no aim in your life. Every single day is like a poison and it makes it worse and worse to the point that one day you do not care about anything. Yotsuya Yuusuke is exactly that person. He has no aim in his life, he does not know who he wants to be, where to continue his education, nothing. And one day it gets even worse, he finds himself together with the two girls he knows in a new world. As soon as they arrive in the said world, the three meet a Game Master, who then grants them a time-limited quest. Death is not a problem, if the party does not get completely wiped. You can even resurrect your allies within 30 seconds. However, the problem arises, when his party members get the roles of a Magician and a Warrior, but Yotsuya Yuusuke randomly gets a Farmer. How can you even survive battles as a Farmer?!

Story
As a manga reader, I am disappointed. The main problem I see is that the manga managed to make it something more than just a generic isekai, there was something dark about it. And let us not forget the fact that the story has a thing, or two to offer. I am standing on 1,000,000 lives uses the concept called the many-worlds interpretation, a term that is used in quantum mechanics. Long story short, it means that the universe splits into multiple realities that exist in parallel at the same space and time as our own. If you toss a coin, it lands heads, but also tails. While it is indeed not a something you would call unique, you would not call it cliché, either. What I mean is that I am standing on 1,000,000 lives has everything for it to be good, but its main problem is that it failed to portray the story as it was in the manga: dark and there was some feel hopelessness about it. What is more, there was even good drama in it. The anime, however, fails because of the fact that it tries to jump between some random comedy and some serious events. And this just makes it annoying to follow the story and, of course, it is hardly enjoyable.

Art
As for the art, even here there is hardly anything unique to offer. It looks like a low budget RPG, with some cliché characters that have little to no unique features about them. Indeed, it is not that bad, but they could have, at least, paid more attention to the background.

Characters
Characters are just boring. The anime hardly gives any reasonable explanation about Yuusuke Yotsuya take on life. Instead of it, the anime hardly shows any development at all. And just like with the story, the fact that the anime hardly gives the viewer an opportunity to understand the characters, it becomes somewhat of a problem for the viewer to take this anime seriously. It looks like some generic JRPG with some random, absobloodyuseless comedy elements.

Overall
All in all, this anime adaptation is yet another example of how not to make an anime adaption. It really saddens me that the anime did a simply horrific job. So my advice to you is to read the manga, if you want to appreciate the story and the characters, of course. After all, the anime failed to show the uniqueness of the manga material. However, the rest is up to you. If you are not a manga reader, you will not hate this anime as much as I did; let us say, it is slightly below average. If you are looking for a slightly below average isekai, this is the anime you are looking for. But if you want to read a very unique and somewhat unusual isekai, read the manga. The rest is up to you.

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This anime takes the generic isekai genre and takes a twist on that term. While everything seems borderline cliche, the content that is given stems different from the generic shit you see most of the time.

Story: The story is a bit of a mystery, what is this game-like world, what are the quest for each round, why does the time skip for each round, why there may be many questions I can't help but believe they are skipping over something important here. Hopefully in future episodes we will see their actual importance in this world.

Animation/Art: From the character designer of trinity seven to what appears on the cover a generic isekai, the designs are alright and fine. The animation on the other hand is mediocre, still frames and visual novel scenes, I can understand this fairly well since this is a new studio, but I have to say the VN format is a smart move. The budget saved from those scenes play in favor of the action, in episode 4 we got to see a bit of goodness at the end. Animation is definitely not the best, but the studio knows how to save it's budget for things.

Sound: The opening of this show, has a nice melody that I can safely say fits the show. The ending of this show is also great and has the best visuals overall. Not much else to say.

Enjoyment:

Well there may be slideshow animation for certain scenes, and the plot and story being pretty average for now. I believe it has it's positive points with the comedy and a nice twist on the MC's character. For future episodes, WARNING: SPOILERS: the main cast becomes more dependable on themselves, and they won't be relying on the MC all the time. Anyway, if you want a better experience then you can give the manga a try.

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perfect for an edgy boi/isekaifags like me, here are some alternate title for this anime

In Another World With My Smart Hoe
The Wiseman's Landscaper
The Rising of the Scythe Hero
Arifarmer: From Commonplace to Still Commonplace
Isekai Cheat Farmer
Sword plant online
The saga of yotsuya the evil farmer
Overgrazing
Farm Horizon
No Hoe No Life
That time I was reincarnated as a farmer
one farmer man
Highschool of the Farmer
My Farmer Academia
Goblin Farmer
Re:Zero - Starting as a Farmer with another Hoe from Zero
Hoenosuba: Hoe's Blessing on This Wonderful Farmer
Black Farmer
My Next Life as a Farmer: All Agriculture leads to Doom

Farmer's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Hoe
Farmer's Bizarre Adventure: Warrior Tendency
Farmer's Bizarre Adventure: Goblin Crusaders
Farmer's Bizarre Adventure: Hoe is Unbreakable
Farmer's Bizarre Adventure: Magic Wing

and last but not least:
I'm standing on 1,000,000 Farmers

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Yotsuya Yuusuke is a boy that started to hate everyone after an event that happened to him in his childhood (nothing special), so now he is a gamer who prefer to play solo and doesn't care about anyone but himself (generic). Here coms the perverted gamemaster and forces him to play with others in a game were there life is on the line (heard this a thousand time).

The first ep starts somewhat good but nothing really interesting happens through out the whole anime. The only good ep is the last in my opinion but from what I saw about the second season its not that exiting. If you want to watch it just because you like the iskia genre go for it, but don't get expect anything good

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To be honest, I really want to commend this show for doing something different in the oversaturated space of the overly generic Isekai medium, but as it stands, it fell short of expectations when things were only starting to get better. But then again, it's one of those "go read the source material" shitty settings that I'm honestly very tired of and lament in the usual practice of marketing, but in this case, it's for a VERY GOOD reason. Why and how is that so? Let's take it from the top.

As far as Isekai standards go, 100-man does showcase the usual tropes and clichés, but further down the road, it becomes something that takes the same concept and flips it around on its own shell, making for a boring world somewhat unique on its own. It starts off as the stereotypical Isekai type of show that goes on and on with a large class of few characters that are nothing special to rave about, even with their "wheel of luck" skills chosen by the GM (whoever he, or "it" is) that tells them: "Whatever skills and techniques that are given to you, please utilize them to your advantage, no matter how strong or weak your class will be. Any quests that follow, please complete them like you would in a bog-standard RPG. Questions-wise, the quest finisher may ask me only 1 question and I would answer your assumptions."

Pretty conventional and shallow stuff (except the "class setting" anyways), but the world-building gradates at a snail's pace to the point of excruciating-ness (due to the many fillers that was placed in the anime for time-padding, that took off valuable screentime for the adaptation, sad but I kinda understand after finishing the anime). I know this because all of this is not what it seems deep down the rabbit hole in the manga, but to be clear, all of what the anime has showcased, ALL OF IT, IS JUST A PROLOGUE. Ever thought what will it be like if the Isekai world is in parallel with the real world? We're only just getting started! And yeap, there's a Season 2 coming soon in the Summer season next year to expand this story.

What's unassuming at first is the cast of characters, with the misanthrope of an MC and diverse personalities of the girls (because harem, yes, but not in the way you'd expect):
Yotsuya Yuusuke is your typical braggart kind of character, the lonesome loner and a vehement hater of humanity. All he desires for is a world that twists logic and explanation that favours his way of thinking, and be the protagonist of his own "idealistic heroism" villain hero tactics, while at the cusp of people far more popular than him. Case in point:
Shindou Iu, a multi-faceted girl that's the "school idol" for everything, from studies to athletics. Beyond all that however, she's the opposite of Yotsuya in "another world", and that she's a confident but nervous wreck that needs assistance, because of societal implications that could affect her popularity in the real world of trying to ask Yotsuya, would brand her as a normie. Yeap, very stereotypical.
Kusue Hakozaki, think of her like Bofuri's Maple, but average in every way. Like Shindou, she is someone that relies on people to get things moving while acting as normal as they could be. Oh, did I not mention that these 3 are classmates who can get Isekai-ed back and forth to their original and "another" worlds? Well, that's a first (and a very important plot device later in the story).
Yuka Tokitake, she's the messiest of the group. A girl who's constantly being bullied (until Yotsuya saved her), and an otaku, not to mention their version of PreCure's. If anything, she is one obnoxious girl that many of us will feel like she has no place in this story plot, but I'd guess feeding her ideals DID at least move the story forward in a crucial episode of the 'heroes' group's lives.
Kahabell (or Kahvel as the anime applies), a fierce "knight in shining armor" of a girl fighting for her justice. And oh look, another NPC girl to "fall in love" from! Like seriously, can't this show relax its "romance" aspect one too often? Luckily, Yotsuya is anything but a typical MC, sincerely rejecting her appeals and going in for the cause instead of just pandering around (like so many MCs do).

An interesting team of characters, and while I would say that none of them really stand out on their own, you could easily guess that their selling point is indeed, their individualistic "realisms" and how every step of the way expands on the story and world-building. Though small efforts, but big ones as the story setting and plot progresses from form to function, pacing the main cast together with every struggle along the way, and for good measure. On a side note, never mind my sadness, because where the anime lacked, the manga made it up by a ton.

And the animation, oh golly god. For a small and inexperienced new studio like Maho Film to work on 2 simultaneous adaptations in the same season (this "action-heavy" one and Kami-tachi, the slime "Iyashikei" SoL one), that's really stretching their miniscule "number of (40) employees" to the limit (to which I'd put a pun to say: Limited Budget Works). Remember, their very first animation work of Uchi no Musume (the "For my daughter, defeat Demon Lord" show because I'm too lazy for super-long LN titles), that was released to moderate fanfare in Summer last year, it was just okay and really nothing special. So to work on 2 shows within the span of a year, that's quite the crunch I would expect the anime industry to imitate suit from. All I can say for 100-man, is that if you're expecting some decent action, don't hold hopes for this one as it'll only feed you just enough at the very bare minimum to keep things going. Interestingly enough, the cartoonish art style at Episode 1 is also not just for show, it's just an extra in aesthetics, so props to experimentation?

The music however, may just be the star of the show itself. More than the standard OST that was given of songs that fit the series well, another experimentation of that one episode of the annoying otaku Yuka's dreams, they actually made an opening sequence just for cringe-fest and laughs, but it's real (it's even on YouTube so you can check that out if you're so inclined). Honestly, the OP/ED range from decent to fairly good, and that's as much about it that I can say in the music department.

If I have to recommend which is the better one, after some ranting in-between (of which whether you caught or not), you don't need me to infer that the manga is the way to go if you want to experience 100-man at its best. As much as the anime adaptation did somewhat a loose job at recreating the "series of unfortunate events" of heroes with good intentions gone wrong, I can tell you to binge the first few chapters, and the estimated reading time will be faster or on par with a single episode's runtime (compared to how the anime took 3 months just to reach to the plot twist).

Good try Maho Film, but this is a disappointment, and the 1st fail out of 2 concurrently airing shows. Go read the manga instead if you feel so inclined to know what's beyond the surface for now, and wait upon Season 2 coming soon in July.

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To be honest the whole reason I'm watching this is because of it's super edgy title. And also to be honest I actually don't really like nor hate this anime. It's like super average, actually no from an isekai anime perspective it's full of bullshit and is even below-average.

What I like about it:
1. pretty much none.

What I hate about it:
1. The "Gamemaster" is.... what can I say, it's weird shit, that's all I can say.
2. The character developments are pretty shitty, and all of them feel so forced to act the way their character is supposed to. ( I don't really understand what I meant here but I feel like their personality just doesn't fit their character)
3. The backstory for the characters feels like the anime is try-harding to make a super heart-wrenching backstory to make us feels sad for the characters and it's just, makes me laugh because of how NOT stupid but how hard their trying.
4. And the parts with the class selection is so stupid it makes me hate on it.
5. Plot is full of holes and is also full of shit which is beyond my comprehension.
Personally, I can say that it's pretty shit for a isekai anime, I would usually just go braindead an watch the shit isekai animes out there, but this one is just so stupid you need to criticize it.

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Believe me, I have seen a lot of isekai and most of those shows have the same exact theme with some slight change which is negligible, but even so knowing how generic and bland it all was, I wouldn't get completely bored. So, obviously I didn't have much of a different expectation of the isekai that were coming out this fall. Well, 100-man no Inochi no Ue ni Ore wa Tatteiru(100man for short) is different.

There isn't any significance mentioning the plot since it is almost the same as other isekai other than that they can return to earth. The main appeal of this show is that the protagonist isn't a wussy soft hearted baby. Instead, this guy thinks of this world as a game and doesn't care two shits if they get killed or kidnapped or whatever. I am glad to see an anime of this type cause I was bored of all those simple and pure dudes getting isekaied. And it doesn't seem like he had a weird trauma or such, but rather it's his nature to be edgy and uncaring. At one point, he did something genuinely nice and then the next day, he's back to being edgy. All the other characters seem to be traumatized or bullied. Nothing new there.

Well, all we can do now is wait to see how this show shapes itself and how the MC will behave throughout and I am having fun watching this show.

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It is common for an anime full of potential to be adapted without a decent investment, and the example of this season is 100-man in Inochi.

Story(7): it's simple but interesting, it revolves around the premise described in the synopsis, but it is visible that it has some extra complexity that probably will not be fully explored this season. The world itself is also complex and well-built, allowing space for endless different plot situations. In general those aspects are being used very well, especially as a form of character development, but I'll get to that later. And in advance: this is not your OP MC gets a harem and dominates a fantasy world type of Isekai. It's the opposite, MC suffers to get things done before he gets really strong type(but with a troll twist that I will not spoil).

Art(3):
The character designs are ok but nothing special. Animation is pure power point with some pontual bad sakugas, but it do not distort a lot. The CGI is ok too. Backgrounds are forgeteable.

Sound(6): it's nothing special but does the job.

Characters(8): at first glance they seem to be your traditional one-dimensional characters, but as the anime gets deeper into their personalities you notice they have strong reasons to be who they show and to act in that way. This is truth to both the main group and also some secondary ones. And you can see the characters growing from the events they go through, especially the male protagonist, but the girls in the group are clearly waiting in line to have their arcs.

Enjoyment(8) and conclusion:
In general I am enjoying this anime more with each episode, as it proves to be more complex and interesting each week. If you can ignore a horrible animation accompanied by the rest of the mediocre technical part, I recommend you give it a try because of the story and the characters. I can assure that this show have a lot to offer ahead. But don't expect that you will like it from the first episodet. Or you can read the original material, and you probably won't miss a thing (I'm lazy so I will continue with my half-assed anime).

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When I read the title of this anime, I imagine that the show would be the complete opposite of what was presented to me. 100-man chose me to be an anime that would have content involving fantasy and isekai, but that perhaps would create some element focused on battle royale. Why did I find that? Well, when you look at an opening in which a badass man becomes the only one alive in a pile of dead, it is evident that something happens by gigantic. But the show is deceiving, it does not develop a war, nor does it leave the comfort zone of the generic isekais that we see every season. Incidentally, 100-man is the bad isekai this time.

Basically, 100-man tells a normal story, without much news, but that creates a concept that I admit I liked. When it comes to isekai, we imagine a complex of several times, after all, who is transported to a different world, has to race against time to survive daily. The anime reversed that, using an idea of ​​respawn after death. Games like this are common, with League of Legends being one of the most popular worldwide. The show brought a deep idea, but developed in a peturbating way, since the very beginning of the series has holes in its use. This problem would be to revive in a condition in which it would not normally survive. This leads us to believe that certain types of death, such as beheading, being swallowed by a monster or being drowned are ways in which the character would be in an infinite loop of death and resurrection. But the very idea is broken at first, when Kusue is killed with a cut in half and manages to return to life normally, without any explanation. But it's not just that, Kusue doesn't recover his arm, which there is no explanation in my opinion. It was an abysmal mistake of a very poorly executed proposal. And it gets worse, when Yu is swallowed by a monster and does not last a little time inside it. Again, it was cut in half. It would be acceptable to put this problem aside if it doesn't happen again. And in fact, this failure was diminished and began to make sense as the episodes progressed.

However, the anime has not seen any signs of improvement since the beginning. It was a show of "doing missions" and "a pseudo-strategy" involving the death of the characters, where what would happen once or twice in each episode is actually repeated several times until it gets sick. And more than that, it is uninteresting and bad to see such ridiculous dramas about it. First, there is Yu, a girl who suffered from losing a dear friend, then there is Kusue, who has an exaggerated inferiority complex, because she finds herself a hindrance in relation to others. And there is Yuka, who was bullied, but who internally disputes the possible idea that she deserved it. These banal dramas keep hammering the audience's head every second of the characters' calm. It is no longer enough to see a show of ridiculous missions, we have to listen and endure conversations about how to improve your personality, for the good of all. I agree that this is necessary, after all, every serious anime should develop the psychological and as actions of the characters in order to consider a personal and social improvement. But 100-man not only makes all this ridiculous, but he didn't know how to create a decent story for each one. That is, they missed the easiest thing ever.

Oh, and I couldn't forget about our protagonist. Is he a little better than that? NOT! He's also awful. Yotsuya is his name. He is more of an MC who tries to solve everything himself and who forgets his friends when he thinks he can deal with some giant creature. He is anti-climatic and has no charisma. He is a character that puts other protagonists at an inferior level, which made me hate him. And all this is added to the common idea of ​​using an MC who despairs of having a girlfriend and who is always getting in trouble with any of the female characters. In fact, as their struggles are as ridiculous as possible. Remember Hachi-nan tte? So, the way the studio decided to "show" the fights is exactly the same. An absurdly uncomfortable amount of static frames and no flexibility in character movements around it all. It is as if we are seeing a lot of screams, where the next scene is a cheap and cringe resolution of a fight that we did not see, precisely for that nutty direction.

The only thing I would save on this show is the interactions between the characters. As strange as it may seem, the anime manages to maintain some advantage in this, by creating in the second part an interesting productivity of the actions and a team interaction that can favor the anime for its future (in fact, a second season has already been confirmed). The character with half a head is also not all bad. He really emits some humor in his incomplete dialogues and manages to keep the cringe amused, however ridiculous and painful it is to watch it. I even confess that I didn't drop this anime just because of it. I really wanted to see him scare everyone and disappear mysteriously, like a ghost. Well, he is just a moderator who inserted the characters in this world, but we don't know what his intention is (that is, if the author really thought of the answer to that question).

Another interesting thing is the CG. I really liked your visual output, although it is still below average. But he is not as bad as Arifureta or Gibiate, two of the worst animes in terms of visual production. 100-man was competent for the small amount of money he had and made an anime that, although weak and with a visual widely repeated in the isekais, managed to bring a good execution. It is worth saying that it is not the merit of the studio, nor of the designers, after all, this does not mean that anime is good or something, just that it is a positive aspect in the midst of an enormous amount of problems.

Ultimately, 100-man has more things to fix than to maintain. It is not an anime remembered this year, nor does it deserve any merit other than a brief competence and proposal. It was a show that poorly executed an idea that seems to be excellent. I wish I had seen more of it this year, even though it was an anime cringe and hard to watch. It's an anime that I still see a potential, because it brings things that I like in isekais. It is a pity to see that he is nothing but cheap entertainment material, but it was fun to follow his funniest moments and his ridiculous missions.

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Let's get started:

Pros:
•The humour can be enjoyable sometimes
• The female Knight Shabell is hands down best girl.


Cons:
•There are three female main character and all 3 of them are more useless then Sakura. They try to shove their morales down MC's throat not do not have the brains or strength to protect themselves. Especially the short haired girl, she is basically a walking handicap.
• The anime is just a huge cliché, only for people struggling with boredom IMO
• I personally hated how the characters back story was just plain horrible and try to make me feel attach to such shitty characters
•Mc is just a more edgy version of Kazuma without the humour or likeability or anything in that matter, no what he is more like kirito.
•Plot really is not something to care about in this anime because it all the same cliche
Ratings:
Plot: 6/10 PLAIN AS WHITE BREAD
Art: 6/10 meh not something to brag about
Animation; 5/10 felt like it wasn't moving smoothly and always felt choppy
Sound: 5/10 not good and not bad

Overall: 5/10 bad character brought it down 1. Watch if your bored I don't really recommend.

Overall: 5/10 because of horrible characters and story

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This is of course a preliminary review of this series, however, after having seen 9 out of the 12 episodes, this review will likely be my finishing score as well.

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Story: 5/10:

Compared to most traditional Isekai, this one does have an interesting and unique spin on things. The characters are pulled out of the "real world" and thrust into a "game world" where they have a set period of time to complete certain quests, so that they can then return to the real world again.

None of the characters are OP, or even particularly skilled and 3 of them have reservations and issues adapting to their predicament.

However, despite the unique twist on things, the story doesn't really go anywhere and feels like watching a let's play of some very generic MMO fetch quests.

This is supposed to be an action anime as well and I can probably count on one hand how many actual fights have taken place in the anime.

As of episode 9, it is getting seriously boring and somewhat tedious to watch.

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Art & Sound: 4/10 (respectively):

Really nothing of note here. There's some OK CGI thrown in for good measure, but the backgrounds are really 50/50 on quality. Character designs are also very generic and not particularly interesting.

Sound design is mostly the character's voices as most of the episodes (so far) have been exposition dumps. The V.As do a good enough job, but there's little else to even talk about sound-wise.

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Characters: 3/10:

Bland, boring, uninspired, cliché, dull and any other pejorative adjective could be used to describe them.

The best characters are the guy, who I suppose is meant to be the MC and the NPC knight-lady. The MC's "harem" are barely memorable, to the point I forgot one of them even existed.

The anime tries to flesh out the characters to a degree and tries to explain their backstories, so that we care about them, but honestly, I just don't.

We get:
- Edgy main dude, who somewhat softens up
- Beautiful perfect "maiden" type girl, who had a "terrible past"
- Otaku gamer girl who is a massive cringe-fest
- Shy, can't hurt a fly girl who I forgot was even in this anime to be honest. Oh yes, of course, she also has a tragic backstory of having an illness of some sort.


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Enjoyment: 4/10:

As I've said before, this anime, after 9 episodes is starting to become very boring. The story seems to be spinning its wheels and not really going anywhere and the characters are too dull to care about.

It's not quite as boring as the first few episodes of "King's Raid", which is also currently airing, but it's getting very close.


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Overall: 4/10.

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The name of this thing should be "generic isekai" the anime. Sometimes I find it difficult to understand how some give a high score to an anime like this.

The story is the same as always. Boy is transported to another world to save him along with his pseudo-harem. Supposedly if one dies one can revive as long as another last one is alive. Now, when they die, they feel nothing. That takes away some of the insanity that could have been interesting as re: zero. There is a so-called game-master that gives them their rank to go up. Cook, magician, archer. Is it still generic or not? The main character's companions have almost no history, except for the well-known Japanese bullying, even the enemies are lacking in character and bored.

If you are looking for something new and interesting, don't even touch this. If you keep settling for the same old crap this must be your mountain of gold.

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After watching a few episodes i was like well this is not bad. If only the visual was good then it would be great because the plot and world building was pretty good but after reading the manga i was like ohh what a waste. This shit is packing something great but judging from the adaptation quality then i don't think it would give the same impact. Y'all should read the manga, believe me. The mc aren't as generic as you thought. It might feel cringe in the anime but in the manga it was more than that. This one aren't relying in regular power up like whenever necessary but instead actually using their brain

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Well, it's time for another seasonal Isekai. At this point we expect 1-2 each season, and if you aren't expecting that, you're a beautiful untainted flower. What we have here is pretty simple, a game-based Isekai, where you slowly gather members one by one, and build a party. Problem is every person is some broken member of society so they all have their own social-anxiety/personality disorders. There are plenty of unique twists that have kept me interested so far, but without spoiling, I figure we just get to the grading and you can decide if you want to give it a shot/continue watching.

Story: 7/10
It's an Isekai, so I'll judge it based on that. We all know how most Isekai work, transport to another world/reincarnate/fantasy something something magic and swords. This one is no different, however there are some unique twists. For one, it involves some form of time-travel/time related elements. Another being that the way the system works is similar to something like Log Horzion, with a bit of death game tossed in. So far the story and plot look like they're going to be linear, and follow a straight line with maybe a few curve balls thrown here and there. However I'll hold out hope because of how the characters are, and the way they structured things like the Game Master, the world, the quest, the real world, and so on.

Art: 6/10
I'm going to just say this, it's nothing spectacular, it feels very formal and uniformed to the rest of Isekai anime, if not maybe it falls below ones like Re:Zero. Some of the art is nice, and the animations are easy to watch and fun, but at the end of the day, there was no way the animation is what kept me watching.

Sound: 6/10
It's fair because, for starters I'm a harsh when it comes to this category because sound helps emphasize everything. It can set the stage, the mood, hype you up, make you excited, sad, or elicit a multitude of emotions. This... Just barely passed the bar for "I like it." I can't recall any moments where I picked out the track, or really listened to the opening. For stuff like that I'd turn to Jujutsu Kaisen.

Character: 6/10
Man, what a flipping trope-fest we have here. My very first thoughts were "Oh cool, Edgier Kirito." And I wasn't wrong. Every single character has an overused trope-tag stamped onto their heads, the Chuuni, the Shy, the Damaged, the Edgy/Loner, you get the drift. I'm willing to bet that this will continue to pop up, and at some point we're either going to be hit with the Ditzy, Super cool, or Tsundere. That being said I've been too negative lately, so here's some good points if you stuck around this long:
Our MC doesn't fall that heavily into tropes, he's not being edgy to be edgy, he's just oblivious of how bad of a person he is. At first you think he's aware of it, then he hits you with this scene where you're wholly convinced he's not a bad person just misguided, and you kind of like him... Then he immediately erases that moment and goes back to being... Himself, lord Edgelord III. At this point he can go either way, good or bad, and I think it may be worth watching to see that.
Our supporting cast aren't a total train wreck either, I haven't mentioned this, but my favorite character is the true comic relief, the Game Master. He changes his voice, tone, and speech pattern each time, and does NOT know how to speak proper Japanese, for those reading subs, no that is NOT a typo on Sub.

Enjoyment: 6/10
I'm still on the fence, I didn't come out feeling strong, but I some how stuck around this far and will continue to see how far into it I go. Watch at your own discretion but remember, it takes a butt load of tropes, and tries to spin things on its own way. At least unlike other Isekai it's making an attempt. And when you try something new-ish, and do things your way, you either fail, or succeed.

Overall: 6/10
If you read this far, you should get what I'm trying to say. This one unlike many of my other reviews is a coin flip at this stage. You very well may not enjoy it because the characters are insufferable to you, the story is overdrawn and overused and you're sick of it, or some other reason. Maybe you'll like it cause you're an Isekai trash lover and you gobble this stuff down like Gigguk who will slave over a stove of anime-waifu to give us the best content he can.

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What can I say, this was probably the original creator's , Yamakawa, Naoki's worse creation after his successful series "My Hone Hero" and this was probably studio, Maho film's worse choice to give this series an anime adaptation, cu'z as of today this anime is standing over a lotta bad reviews...It was merely just a quintessential isekai for this Fall of 2020, dang I hope that Covid 19 be over by next year. so WTF is the Fuck about this anime????:

Story- Pathetic 1: I gave it such score, cu'z though it can be classified as cliché, they actually made the story plot go from mediocre to worse , when you have what suppose to be the usual isekai, turns out to be something were the setting was somewhat there were two earths in existence both spaces that were overlapping and then you have some game lord who acts like that of the teddy bear from Dangaronpa...also there is the absences of other guilds and the quest weren't much that to make money , but more like the players were force in to it.....so yes it was very much pathetic.

Art- fair 6: Yes it may have that usual girls school uniform cliché, but none of that panchira nor any shower, swim suit nor that onsen services.


Sound-Decent 4: Cu'z there nothing for me to say anything....

Character- Pathetic 1:

What we have around here is a one guy to 4 girls ratio, so who are they???

Yotsuya, Yuusuke- A typical loser, who become someone else in another world, except the role he's in the other world was pretty much a combination of 1 part pathetic and one part not bad....Given that despite of having such a pathetic character in that other world he was the only one who can deliver the goods....

The girls...well, sadly they're the weak link for the guy to be with cu'z we have a swordswoman who can fight, a wind wizard who can't level up and a fire wizard who can only do party tricks.....But there is one girl who can really kick ass and yes, that's Kahabel, too bad that she merely a support and the a main character.....

Game Master- TBFH, he was just a Kuma ripped off from "Danganronpa". What's not to like about him, was that he has a double standard as reveled in the final ep of the anime.....the 1st sequel that is.

Enjoyment-Poor 3: It was ok at first one part of me likes this , but, 2 parts of me gets annoyed by the characters.

Overall-Dreadful 2: I kinda wish that it ends here, but unfortunately there gonna be a season 2, TCH! Man what were Maho Films exce thinking of putting up an upcoming season 2.

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overall score: -high four- (4.8)

This is probably the biggest disappointment this year. It had such a unique concept and a unique promise. But the way the show executes it is just horrible.

From how they introduce each character and how the world plays out is just to generic. From when they first start there journey to how they end there journey just doesn't add up. The way things are going from one thing to another is pretty rushed and had plenty of Bullshit plot armour.

it feels like when you made a apple juice but decided to add broccoli and whip cream on top of it, which makes it disgusting and doesn't make sense. this show had so many potential but none of it came through. it's not everyday you can see a edgy MC with a class farmer as a hero which made the show unique as i was saying.

But there is soo many probability on how they could execute the anime better from the battle scene to the "sudden plot twist" and unexpected event that was happening could be better if they re-adjust it.

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Time to give my thoughts.

Let's start with the obvious. The art and animation is dogshit. You can see where the corners are cut in both cases. Any action taken never takes up more than five frames. A lot of actions are done with two or three. Whether it's a massive sword move or the movement of the hair. The movements are left stiff and lifeless as though they were animated by an amateur using flash for the first time. The art itself is a copy paste of any generic "how to draw anime characters" art book and a poor one at that. You can tell this thing didn't have budget but what makes this worse is how clearly this didn't have any effort put into it either. None of the movements feel well choreographed and everything is left stiff.

The expressions on the character's faces are a little bit better but not by much. Their faces aren't deadpan entirely but the simple fact is that though they convey expression they're not exactly animated. Expressions change with as little effort as humanly possible. The movements aren't animated. When you're watching say someone respond with shock in Jujutsu Kaisen for instance in the first 20 seconds of the latest episode you have a couple of frames shifting the head back, raising the eyebrows, the shoulders raising slightly, the eyes widenning a little bit. The small shifts and changes all working together to be a little bit more expressive without being over the top. You don't have that here. It doesn't exist.

Then again, it is 2020 and there does need to be some leniency for such things. With everything that's happened this year it's not hard to imagine how their work and their work ethic might be compromised. At the same time how badly this thing turned out is still disgraceful.

Then there's the padding. Oh boy, the padding. Okay, so here's the thing. We spend the first five minutes after the opening in the first episode going through our protagonist's real life. The first minute and a half of which he spends saying nothing and just silently brooding. The first time he says anything at all is when he's playing video games in his appartment. For comparrison's sake, the first two and a half minutes of the anime aren't in the manga at all. Unless it's in the novel, which it could well be, then this was added in post production.

As it stands, what takes three pages in the manga has now taken almost 5 minutes to see unfold. Then we have another 45 seconds thrown in just in him getting there instead of him fading out and finding himself there in a couple of seconds as they did in both the manga and literally two episodes later. These largely unneccessary additions are frequent throughout the entire series. That is ignoring the fact that when the animators have an excuse to make something take longer they tend to take it. The first quest lasts about 2 episodes, with each episode adapting the equivalent of about half a chapter of the manga. This is perhaps one of the more aggregious examples but comparing them and considerring the anime it's not an entirely uncommon thing. I'd have been fine with these instances of padding if they didn't make the characters worse as a result.

You see, Yotsuya looks a lot less competent in the anime than he does in the manga. He feels a lot less capable and has a lot more teenage angst in a sense. He's not a character you can take seriously which is well... Problematic because he's the main character in a series which is intended to be taken seriously. This applies to all of the characters in this anime honestly speaking. This is worsened by the changes in both the order of events and their subtleties. Every character in this show looks like an incompetent, brain dead halfwit in this anime as a result of the changes made. The worst traits are enhanced whilst the better ones are removed entirely. The content added in only serves to make me hate characters which I would have otherwise been okay with.

All of which only gets worse as the series goes on and decides to continue butcherring the characters.

The music is pretty boring and forgettable for the most part. There are times where it doesn't quite fit what's happening but otherwise it's not worth mentioning. Same goes for the sound effects. I haven't paid much attention to either one as there have been far more glaring problems with everything else in this show.

I wouldn't have watched it past the first episode if I didn't read the manga. I'll be celebrating it being over next week.

Overall, I give it a 2.

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Ok so I edited my score a bit. Changed the character score to a 5, and overall to a 5, enjoyment to an 7. Usually with isekai in the last decade unless its Sword art online or Re:Zero, overlord, etc (The bigger ones) if you like it your most likely an isekai fan. Im one of those people. Basically if you're like me and watch medicore trash for fun, this should be enjoyable. Oh and like most of my reviews this review contains spoilers.


"Im standing on a million lives" im kind've tired of these long LN names....

When I first saw the trailer for this anime, the edgy name had me feeling like it was gonna be dark, also it shows someone dying in the trailer, and I can't read apparently so I thought if you die you can't be revived. Anyways this isn't a review of the trailer. BEFORE YOU WATCH THIS JUST KNOW THIS IS NOT A DARK ANIME! Seriously its actually kinda funny. Alright lets go over the pro's and con's:


PRO'S:

1. The MC can be likeable for anyone who likes the shut in relatable generic MC, hes also not an overpowered nice guy.

2. Pretty funny at times.

3. There aren't harem plots in every isekai, I apologize for this trashy review, I was lacking braincells a few days ago. The point still stands, there is no harem plot.

4. All the characters have funny personalities that carry the show.

5. We basically have a darkness that is obsessed with cutting flesh, if that doesn't make this show anime of the season, I don't know what will.

Basically to sum the pro's up the characters carry the show. Obviously the characters aren't masterpieces that can be put in every show and make it good, but they are likeable enough atleast in my opinion.

CON'S:

1. They took what could've been a edgy isekai story, that could be in anime of the season conversation, and changed it to a pretty medicore quest anime. This may not be a con for other people but for someone who wanted to see a dark isekai this season, I was really disappointed.

2. One of the characters is a cliche Useless female character. Now this could've worked if like I said before they made it a dark, realistic story. Except this doesn't work with somewhat funny stories.

3. This might get changed when the anime ends, but since were at episode 6 (Basically the half way point.), Im going to call them out on this. It feels like the plot is mostly the 3rd quest (Or 4th quest if im wrong.). The plot basically took the 1st and 2nd quest, and used it just to add in more characters. For the plot to literallyjust be them trying to deliver goods to a village is kinda anticlimatic. I hope the show fixes that so I can delete this con, but for now its gonna stay here.

Ok, so there are alot more con's than this, and while were on that I'll show you my full rating of the show:

Story: 4/10

Art: 5/10

Sound: 4/10

Character: 5/10

Enjoyment: 7/10

I feel like I enjoy this anime way more than I should... If you read through this entire review and haven't watched the show yet, if you think the pro's outweigh the con's, or you just enjoy trashy isekai like me, I recommend you give this show a try :D

Overall: 5/10

A few days after reviewing this I checked my full anime list and I realized I gave this the same rating as Attack on titan season 2 and 3. It was also one score lower than violet evergarden, and higher than MHA season 1.

Basically unless the isekai is something big like adding something new to isekai, don't rate it based off enjoyment. The entire review will stay the same.

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