100-man no Inochi no Ue ni Ore wa Tatteiru

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.

100-man no Inochi no Ue ni Ore wa Tatteiru
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Story - 2
This is one of the most boring plots in anime that I have ever watched. The only watchable episode was the first. It all went downhill from there. Almost nothing in this anime is even remotely original. Other unoriginal anime make up for this with interesting characters or cool art, but this anime has neither of those. The main character is transported into another world with classes and abilities. His starting class is a farmer and he's disappointed, as would be expected. Even if this concept is insanely boring, they didn't have to absolutely butcher ... it in the way that they did.

Art - 4
Considering this was aired in October 2020, the art and animation were mediocre. I'm aware that the characters' designs were taken from the 2016 manga, but they could be mistaken for anime characters from 2010. Much of the land was barren and the color of the grass was extremely saturated, making it look like a cartoon instead of an animated TV show.

Sound - 5
The opening, "Anti World," sounds really annoying to me for some reason. After the first ten seconds, it starts to become more bearable to listen to. The rest of the song is actually pretty nice. "Carpe Diem" is the ending theme of the anime. Honestly, this was a huge mistake. Now it looks AND sounds like a cartoon. The song just doesn't go with the genre of the anime. When I hear that song, it makes me think of a harem anime involving lolis.

Character - 1
I won't even have to say anything because it's so blatantly obvious. The characters are an absolute mess. I don't know how they accomplished it, but they somehow made weebs in anime even more unlikeable. The main character is a loner and outcast who becomes respected. Let's see what other anime have a character like this...KonoSuba, TenSura, Shield Hero, etc.

Enjoyment - 2
It's as though they had an incomplete thought and turned it into an anime. It seems like they drained all of their ideas on the first episode and the remaining episodes were thought up on the spot. I had no idea that 92% of an anime could be filler. If you watch one episode a week, you usually won't get bored of an anime. That does not apply to this show.

Overall - 3
There is nothing about the actual plot that is good. The only reason that I give this show a 3 is because the art was okay and the opening theme was pretty good. If you have about 20 minutes to spare with no anime to watch, I guess the first episode isn't horrible. If you intend to complete the entire anime, please proceed with caution.

The show had felt quite generic and predictable, feeling similar to many other isekai out there. The characters act a bit cringingly and there isn't significant action involved in the show.

The show felt like a solid 6/10, something which was simply fun to watch only because there wasn't something better to do at the time.

However, the final episode on its own was done in an exceptional manner. Even though each episode until that point felt shallow and very simple, they build up quite nicely for the final episode, revealing a deeper character aspect for the overall generic protagonist.

There is a second season ... confirmed, so I hope we see the show improving further through it.

I guess this anime was trying for something new? It has a little bit of a twist in the beginning and it FEELS like you're kind of getting character arcs, but do any of the characters actually change? No.

All the girls are annoying - they don't pull their weight during the missions. And to the ones that say they're gonna change... well, they don't really. If there's character progress, it's slow as fuck. The one with glasses is also annoying - she's got a bone to pick lowkey all the time.

I'm not glorifying Yotsuya either. That guys feels responsible for carrying the weight of ... the team, but it feels,,, shitty. Like a power fantasy anime, but done off-kilter. Also, he's got some sort of shady, emo background with a bear, a tree and some fence?? Abandonment issues? Idk. Either way, it flashes back to these kinds of hints without progressing anything - it's just the same 3 hints each hecking episode. He's edgy without a real purpose for it, it feels like.

The progress of this anime is slow and overall it's one of the lower grade isekai animes I've watched.... And that's saying a lot 👀

The most important stuff at the start:

I watched the first episode of this and thought it was a parody, like Konosuba. Since I liked the intro I started reading the Manga and OH BOY DOES IT GET GOOD!

Sadly this first season never reached those "good" parts. What you can see in those 12 Episodes is merely the introduction to a story, that goes very into detail about society, politics and consequences of your actions. But since this is a review for those 12 Episodes and not what comes after it:

- You have very endearing characters and some you are meant to - and will - ... hate. The male Protagonist is a little edgelord, but pretty decent otherwise. The first girl is kinda capeable, the second girl is the heart of the team and the fourth teammate that joins after the first adventure is a little shit that is sometimes usefull by accident.

They are all flawed in their own way, but they all have their strong points as well.


- The story is pretty mediocre, a lot of stuff is watered down (for example the riddles in the dungeon tunnel they have to cross as a shortcut) but all in all it is just an introduction to the whole setting. some may argue it is very long and I don't disagree.

What is the story? A loner gets transported to another world with 2 of his classmates and has to do a single task. Failing the task will result in all 3 of them dying. They get assinged classes like in a fantasy game, the MC rolls very low and gets assigned the "Farmer" class while the others are a warrior and a mage. Turns out he levels up much faster and the other two are rather useless. They also return to life after 30 seconds as long as their body is not eaten and one partymember is still alive..


Sounds silly, is silly, but trust me - it gets better.


This is not an Isekai with the "you can't die" plot like Re: Zero alone, but an Isekai that shows you the consequences of your actions. Why you ask?

Because after they finish the task, the group gets transported back to the "real" world - where no time has passed. And after a few weeks they are back in the other world again. But 10 years have passed there.


Art and sound are nothing special.


so yeah overall i give it a 7/10 - but I'm probably biased because of the Manga. Read that!

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.

This is my second review, sorry for my bad english because this is not my native language, forgive me for my mistakes. WARNING : There might be spoilers in this review so check the anime before :)


Overall: 6
I'm not a big fan of the Isekai genre but this anime at first, when it came out, made me want to watch it I don't really know why. This anime isn't bad but it isn't very good either. I'm kinda waiting the season 2 that will come up soon to see if anything has changed.


Story: 5
For an Isekai, this story is below average, it doesn't bring ... something new to change the genre, but it is still a pleasant story. At the end, it started to getting better and it changed a bit the routine that began to be a bit overwhelming. The end of this season is quite interesting and is making me want to watch the second season. Also it is starting to put some psycological questions on and is starting to be interesting but not for now, because the pace was kind of slow.


Art: 6
This is fair, that is actually the right word, there is nothing crazy about the animation nor the characters designs. It is quite pleasant to watch and the animation is well-done. The opening video and ending are also well-done and timed with the songs but there is a problem about those.


Sound: 5
Everything is forgivable, but when I really mean it. The opening is average and same for the ending, and the OSTs are so forgivable and gives nothing more to the anime.

Characters: 5
Also a 5 for that because the characters are also very average and they don't bring anything in. They also are very forgivable as Shindou or Kusue and also Tokitate, those girls are pretty useless. The guy that brings them to this other world is also boring and not interesting maybe something will be interesting about him some day ( I feel it). The most interesting in all of that is the MC, he is a bit of a bad Light Yagami, but it gives him something that is very pleasant, he feels very human and his flaws are well-shown. To finish, he is the most relatable character in the whole show and it feels good to have a character like that.


Enjoyment: 6
In the end of it all I enjoyed the show quite well, and I'm waiting for the season 2. When you let out all of the flaws on one side, this is a fair show and you should watch and maybe will enjoy it more than I did.

I really am a sucker for an isekai anime. No matter how bad the animation and how niche the story and characters are, I still enjoy them.

This anime was unique on its own way, but the problems that I encountered with it are its animation, plain plot, and characters. The animation was, in my opinion, relatively poor than other isekai anime that it feels like it wasn't given that much effort. Additionally, the early plot was not explained thoroughly, and it was giving me some unanswered questions. Lastly, the characters, especially, the female characters were too dull. Their importance in the anime seems irrelevant, to ... be honest. Despite all these things, I still like any isekai anime and enjoy them. I know that I'm being biased, but they're like my guilty pleasure every season. Overall, it was a let down; I was expecting a much better quality for this anime, I hope it doesn't disappoint next season.

This anime is interesting. It takes the whole "isekai'd to a rpg game" from a whole new point of view. Characters actually think about what they are doing and what impact will it have on that world. They also question reasoning behind each quest they are given, they don't just blindly follow it. They think why and how should they do it, they use features of the "game" to their advantage, even if it wasn't meant to be used like that.

It is slowly taking a dark turn, we steadily see our characters diving more into logic behind this whole world, and why they were ... summoned there

"100-man no Inochi no Ue ni Ore wa Tatteiru" is at first glance the typical cardboard cut-out isekai anime we get every season, however this anime has an intriguing world building and base plot with lots of initial potential, this made me super exited for the future of this title but sadly it ended up not living to such expectations due to all the other factors especially the lack of compelling characters in the main cast.

Plot: As mentioned this is the average isekai fantasy world type anime where the characters are viewed as heroes by the civilians in said world, however the whole ... gist of this anime to try and stand out from all the other anime in it's genre are mainly three aspects: 1st is the fact that our main cast goes back and forth between the two worlds rather than stay stuck in the fantasy world as the usual isekai goes; 2nd is the fact that our main cast is being guided by a gamemaster and ordered to complete various quest where after each of these quests a new member is to be brought from the real world and will join the party for the next quest; 3rd is the aspect of roles or "jobs" like warrior and spellcaster that traditionally are assigned to the characters and the show moves on whereas in this show the characters are assigned one of these at random and will have various opportunities to change these roles throughout the episodes. These unique aspects the anime brought to the isekai genre were actually really intriguing and were the main reason for me to start the show since it seemed like it was trying to innovate within the genre, unfortunately, the story progression and the other aspects of the anime that I will talk further below didn't pull their wait to push this anime beyond the average making "100-man no Inochi no Ue ni Ore wa Tatteiru" be just another bland and forgettable isekai in the end.

Art: The art style in the anime is a pretty standard one for isekai anime which means the characters don't have memorable designs making them really forgettable in the long run, however the monsters design was actually a pleasant surprise although you get the typical isekai monsters such as goblins, orcs and trolls they had some creativity put into their designs and didn't look like carbon copies of other shows; the gamemasters design was also really quirky and interesting and, honestly, it is the only character you will probably visually remember after some time passes. The animation is not that good and we can clearly see the budget for this show was not the best, we have several instances of poor 3D animation throughout the show that feel super out of place for example on those dinosaur looking creatures they use to pull the carts, but ultimately it is not bad enough to be a sole reason to drop the show and it's still pretty watchable although in some instances you will see something that'll get you thinking to yourself "that feels out of place".

Sound: The opening song is actually pretty enjoyable and I'm almost certain I didn't skip it a single time, however it's not good enough in my opinion to be added to a playlist and listened to outside of the anime. The ending song is a classic anime ending song just a smooth melancholic music with nothing remarkable to highlight; the ending is definitely worse than the opening and I skipped it for the majority of episodes. The voice acting is also nothing too special although decent and the sound effects, especially, during fights were a bit clunky and just felt a bit off in my opinion.

Characters: In my opinion the two most important aspects in an anime are the characters and the plot along with the world building, sadly having this in mind, the characters are my biggest complaint with this anime since the cast massively brought down my levels of enjoyment for this show even though the plot and specifically the world building actually had tons of potential. The main cast is easily divided into two categories: the ones that are one-dimensional annoying and with not even and attempt buy the show to develop and the ones that the anime tried, with no avail, to develop and give depth to them which ended with them constantly contradicting themselves and merely become confusing and annoying characters. With this said the characters that fall into the first category would be "Hakozaki" and "Tokitate" whilst the characters that fall into the second category are "Yuusuke" and "Shindou". Ironically the main cast is a group of super bland characters while the few characters that were actually really intriguing are are a character that would only be developed near the end of the story itself or not developed at all a.k.a the grandmaster and a character that was linked to a quest and will probably not even appear again in the show a.k.a Kahabell.

Overall: It's a bit of a shame that I can't brong myself to give this show more than a mediocre 5/10 rating, I seriously started this anime with high expectations for how the story would develop itself based on how the whole world works in the show. The music was average and the sound effects felt weird; the animations were lacking a bit even by average isekai standards; the plot started strong but the quests portrayed throughout the episodes felt a bit dragged and lacked cohesion; and the character were either getting poor development or non at all making them confusing and one-dimensional. All in all it is pretty watchable if you are bored and don't have anything much to do but it isn't anything you will profoundly enjoy.

P.S. I don't know if a lot of viewers also felt this way or if it was just me but I was constantly getting annoyed by our main cast whilst they were completing their quests since they always seemed to make the worst decisions possible for the situations they found themselves in.

THIS REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!

Story: 9/10
The story of the film is different from other isekai films. Not like many isekai films, when 4 characters go to another world, they can come back. Also, why they were chosen to that world the purpose that the future people want them to go to that world. The plot twist of the story makes the film to be more exciting. But the minus point of the film is the title of the film. In the first season, I don't know who stands on one million lives. Although, this film is still excellent.

Art: 8/10
The background, characters were drawn quite well. ... But why I rate 8/10, cause the fight scenes didn't interest me yet. Special at the fight scene in episode 7, the fight happened too fast. Don't want to say that it was quite easy for the heroes to fight that boss. So, 8 is a good score for the art.

Sound: 7/10
Don't want to say anything but the sound is so boring. Special at the fight scenes, it didn't help the fight to be more exciting. The voice of the characters were much louder the soundtrack. This is the worse thing of the film. But the plus point is Maho Film had invested in the music.

Character: 8/10
Like I say, the characters were drawn beautifully. ANy characters have their stories of their lives. But too many girls and just 1 boy make me think that the film is "non-harem", as same as Sword Art Online.

Enjoyment: 8/10
I really enjoy the film because of the story. But Harem is the genre that I really dislike, so sometimes I stop to watch.

Overall: 8/10
To sum up, the story, art and characters were good, but the sound was quite bad. In my opinion, Maho Film should invest in the soundtrack.

Thanks for reading my review.

Pros:
•The humor 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
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•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

-Rin-

I am not those who writes a novel for a review so the reason why stopped watching this dog anime is for one reason. The cliche pattern of the most useless girl wanting to save every life she comes across even if it puts her like and all her friend lives in danger. It's annoying.

It seems my review has to be a bit longer so another thing that doesn't make sense is the main character. You might wonder how I made it to episode 7 if it was so bad and in the beginning it was because of him. When we first was introduced ... to him, he was someone I can relate to; only using logic and making a decision based on what was best for him and his comrades survival which makes sense. Then all of a sudden with each episode he listens to the useless warrior girl more and more losing his edge, and by the episode I dropped it on, he's asking for everyone opinion and listening to every useless girls complaints.

Spoiler* The exact spot where I couldn't stand it anymore is the episode that they had a quest to get to the edge of the continent when they run across 3 people who will be executed, and decide they have to save these 3 random strangers no matter what. During this time the girl with glasses rants about dictatorship and how she couldn't believe what the king in that country was doing as if she doesn't have a dictator in her original world. They once again decide to put all their lives in danger to protect 3 random people in a video game.

A very typical isekai anime. I mean the protagonist is very normal, there is nothing special about him. He plays the bad guy and hates society but ends up being a normal guy who just plays the bad guy because that gives anime more fans and never puts his goals above others and that still depends on people when he He himself said that he hates everyone I don't know. I feel like it has no coherence, the ending I like it is the best it had, although it is an open ending like my ass, but all in all it's fine or crazy I ... recommend this shit.


En español:
Un anime muy típico de los isekai. Me refiero al protagonista es muy normal, no hay nada especial en el. Se hace el malo y que odia a la sociedad pero termina siendo un tipo normal que solo se hace el malo porque eso le da mas fans al anime y nunca llega a poner sus objetivos por sobre los demás y eso sigue dependiendo de la gente cuando el mismo dijo que odia a todos no se. Siento que no tiene coherencia el final me gusto es lo mejor que tuvo aunque es un final abierto como mi culo pero dentro de todo esta bien ni loco recomiendo esta mierda.

To summarize this anime in two words would be: it's average.

There's nothing that really stands out in this anime. The story is okay, and you have to watch the whole season to get only the last two episodes to intrigue you. The characters aren't special in any way, I feel like I've seen them before. Their 'tragic' backstories are not tragic at all (The worst one is the one girl who was friends with someone who died and she was offended everyone thought her dead friend was ugly and worthless). Even the art is pretty average.

This anime isn't really anything special, but that doesn't mean ... you shouldn't watch it. If you want something to kill time and not to be committed to, then it's perfect. I'm interested to see what season 2 will bring as those last two episodes really changed up how I was feeling about the rest of the season.

English:

Honestly, I watched the anime 100-man no Inochi no Ue ni Ore wa Tatteiru because the genre is isekai and I really like isekai so I watched it. But when I watched this until I finished watching this anime, this anime is really isekai anime as usual with MCs who don't care about others and this anime is also filled with several comedies but still, anime is less exciting but this anime is also not bad enough anyways. And I also don't like the MC a little. And I hope the second season will be even better.

Graphics and visuals are not good enough for an ... anime that is releasing this season. I don't like the art either. The sound is normal. I don't like the character.

And I think for the second season, the graphics and visuals have been improved in this anime.

Indonesia:

Jujur aja gua nonton anime 100-man no Inochi no Ue ni Ore wa Tatteiru ini karena genre nya isekai dan gua sangat suka isekai jadi gua tonton. Tapi pas gua tonton ini sampai selesai nonton anime ini, anime ini emang benar anime isekai seperti biasa dengan MC yang tidak peduli dengan yang lain dan anime ini juga diselingin beberapa comedy tapi tetap saja anime kurang seru tapi anime ini juga lumayan gak jelek juga lagian. Dan gua juga sedikit gak suka sama MC nya. Dan semoga aja musim ke-2 nya lebih bagus lagi.

Grafis dan visual nya kurang bagus untuk anime yang rilisnya musim sekarang. Artnya juga gua gak suka. Sound nya biasa aja. Characternya gua kurang suka.

Dan menurut gua sih untuk musim ke-2, anime ini diperbagus lagi grafis dan visualnya.

Okay, let me be honest... I f***ing hate isekai genre, because I personally feel it almost has no purpose other than being used as an escapism and power fantasy fulfillment for its watcher/reader. The basic premise of isekai genre makes no sense to me, because there is no point for a character to be developed being a better person (along with stupid OP cheat skills and bunch of harems which is pointless) when he/she was dead or didn't belong in the real world anymore.

Isekai genre itself is nothing new. It's more like a fantasy story for kids (like Alice in the Wonderland or Peter Pan) ... except it was mostly written by a delusional perverted grown dude.

And now, about this anime... Okay, I might be a little bit biased since I've read the manga and I really love the original author's other works (My Home Hero).
This anime (or originally a manga) is a rare case isekai for me. I usually dropped any isekai animes/mangas after some early chapters because it bored me with its overused formula, but I actually enjoyed this one even though it doesn't offer anything groundbreaking to the genre.

So for you guys who want to understand this anime in TLDR version:
Basically this anime formula is
1. mc is an edgy teenage "anti-social" boi who hates anyone and have a weird sense of moral value sometimes (you found this a lot in other animes)
2. basic isekai formula (transported to another world, given a class/skills, etc.)
3. GANTZ-like type of game (mission/quest, party/team-based, time limit, 'player' can still get revived at certain conditions)

So now what makes me enjoying this one other than isekai animes:
- it's not a solo-type isekai story in which usually the MC is the only spotlight of the show with his/her OP skill for no particular reason. The MC actually working together with his team to clear the quest.
- after a mission/quest cleared, players will go back to the real world. This make a lot of changes to the players who participate in the "game" because their hardships in another world is actually develop them to be a "better" person.
-the story had a lot of depth to the conflict and its world building, especially later on in the manga. They used a lot of references to the real world problems (such as drug dealer, civil war, unbalanced economy, worker exploitation, etc.)
-voice acting for the characters is pretty good.

And then, here's the bad parts of this anime:
- the animation in this anime SUCKS, It's so mediocre and even a lot of times the quality dropped below average. If you can read the manga, go read it instead of watching this anime.
- ugh I can't say anything for the sound part since it's so generic and forgettable.
- the main characters mostly fall flat to the generic/stereotype category. You won't find any remarkable characters here, although some of them are pretty likeable in a way.

So overall, I'm kinda sad that the anime adaptation for this manga didn't turned out great. With a better execution (especially on the animation and pacing), this isekai anime could be much better. But sadly it seems the budget for this one is pretty much low just by looking at a glance. Such a waste of potential in my opinion.

I really recommend you guys to read the manga. It's really good and enjoyable. As for the anime adaptation, well it's not really bad or disastrous anime ever actually, quite enjoyable at times. But the true potential of this series can be found in the original manga. If you could read the manga, go for it.

For someone who is looking for a harem,ecchi,heavily packed with action isekai anime and a crazy OP main character who can't be stopped with a steeled plot armor..turn around and don't look back because this anime is not what you are looking for.

But i would say if you are looking for a more realistic touching story of very ordinary unlucky teenagers who goes to another world and try to overcome their own personality flaws.. or maybe becoming more flawed, then you will definitely enjoy this anime.

it's a bit lacking on some plot elements to make it more engaging..but the major topics that the story gets ... into are definitely interesting ones and can be related to..each character sets a good example for a figure that you will definitely find in school-life and also sets an example for problems that do exist in society as a whole.

i can't find the best word to describe this anime but i think it's a simple one with some interesting moral values to be respected so i definitely recommend it for people who appreciates a regular anime that is not about adolescent figures, shiny butts and laser beams.

Now when you see the OP and in general any promo art for this show, I bet you think "Wow, just another Isekai trash show to fill up the season"

You're only half right. On first impression, to anyone without patience this could be discarded as another half baked generic show that no one would care about. But as time goes on as a patient viewer with no much else to do, this show grows on you incredibly.

The quality goes up with each episode and over time you start seeing some actually pretty cool scenes between all the characters. There is a genuine passion behind the ... show even if it's art style is not dissimilar to hentai at some points.

They tackle certain philosophies about killing others towards the end and have quite a few moral dilemmas questioned throughout the show only to have a pretty nice reveal at the very end. While the female characters have the look of a throwaway cast, they do actually each have a relatively more fleshed out backstory compared to many other shows.

Overall this is an underdog show that connected with me and one i'll root for. Watch it if you have the time, it might just impress you. Quite impressed and surprised it got a season 2, plan on reading the manga after.

I hate long reviews.
Conclusion: Comedy anime, not quite on Konasuba level, but with a lot of self awareness on typical isekai tropes. Main protagonist is a strong male /r/im13andthatsdeep subredditer, who needs to complete a mission (10 in total (completion conditions are quite random)) whenever summoned by game master. Weak harem subplot in the background. 8/10.

Long:
Maho Film studio uses light colors and few shadows, makes everything look warm and slice of life-ish. All characters annoyed me, but because the hero group keeps on growing and several plot-lines happen simultaneously, this inflated novelty keeps me invested whole episode-long. MC is edgy, loved it.

Liked the ... animation. I think going more into Made in Abyss thematic would suit this story better, aka same warm color scheme for both unnerving and slice-of-life moments. The ridiculous tone shifts can be dialed up in season 2.