Sekai Saikou no Ansatsusha, Isekai Kizoku ni Tensei suru

Main character is a Mary Sue who can do anything and gets all the girls (including his mom motorboating him)

It gets ridiculous when they start writing their own spells because he happens to know the exact values of gravity, melting point and atomic weight of any metal, which is vital to write your metal creating spell which he of course found out since it's logical, right?

I was hoping to watch an old assassin in a kids body doing some cool stuff and struggle here and there in the fantasy setting, instead you get an all-knowing demigod kid gathering his harem and doing everything perfectly. Greeeaaat.

When an author proclaims that one of their works is the best/finest that they have ever written, you'd better take them at their word seriously. It's especially more so from one that has created one of the most controversial works adapted into anime, rightsmack at the beginning of the year: Redo of Healer. That's right, Rui Tsukiyo is once again back on the anime scene, and this Isekai Assassin work that this chill furry dude has so thoroughly written, is indeed no pushover. It's something that feels a lot more like your traditional decent Isekai reincarnation story, with a premise that makes it kinda impressive ... to boot.

Isekai reincarnation stories, as we've seen over the past year or 2 have realistically boomed up, with a lot of varied concepts from being the stereotypical hero to even animals of all kinds, and this booming trend will continue to be very popular as time passes. This is as such with Rui Tsukiyo having his combi-quasi idea of an Isekai reincarnation story about assassins and aristocrats, and the setting being in medieval fantasy times, both themes are a good fit in the overarching story where the plot is as such: "Kill the Hero who is prophesied to destroy the world."

And that's where the story starts with the protagonist: an old man who has the distinction of being the world's No. 1 assassin working for the organization that he is very loyal to, only for the same organization to belittle that same loyalty in order to assassinate him in the same fashion as how "Tantei wa mōu, Shindeiru." started with the plane situation circumstance. This old man's days are numbered due to his old age, and his usefulness is counted to nothingness as death sets in quick. In a twist, the reincarnation stage opens as the old man transitions into the afterlife, where the usual God entity (in this case the Goddess) has a mission to assign to the rebirth character (the old man) to eradicate the Hero who has a duty to destroy the world after the usual "defeat the Demon Lord" debacle. Of course, being an accomplished assassin, and in the witness of the Goddess, with the choice to experience a life of happiness as opposed to the suppressing of emotions from his real life's stints, how can he say no? And there sets the story and plot as the old man is rebirthed as Lugh Tuatha Dé, the son and heir of an accomplished family of spotless assassins with a license to kill and leave no traces of evidence for all of their advances. Assassins are humans, not tools.

Lugh being a newborn child from the hands of his parents Cian and Esri, the life of an assassin must be hard-coded from young, because when your child has a distinguished name like Tuatha Dé, expectations run high stemming from the offspring from all who've come to expect what the House of Tuatha Dé can do. And that's exactly what both parents did to nurture Lugh's growth as he grows up into a fine assassin and bearing the Tuatha Dé aristocrat name, being aware of their actions and to separate both family and missions when it comes to the crunch. Not a bad start for Lugh since the Goddess has accepted his reincarnation with all of his memories intact, and as you'd expect, Rui Tsukiyo's writing is really succinct and rarely ever feels like it's an aberration of Redo of Healer, even with the subtle sexual innuendos (which really flood the manga adaptation of the LN intentionally) that he knows where to draw the line between enjoyment and going too unintentionally sexual. Really though, well done for writing such an intriguing story plot, even if it's decent by Isekai reincarnation standards, and coming off hot from the less-than-stellar Seirei Gensouki last season, this is practically IMO the superior version overall.

Alas, what's a story without its characters, and Rui Tsukiyo deserves another round of accomplishment from being really careful not to cross the line with the representation of the characters that follow the illusive assassin, who's looking forward to enjoy life to the fullest and not see this new second chance of a life as yet another "used as a tool" narrative. The loving parents of Tuatha Dé, father Cian and mother Esri are parents that if I was reincarnated in another world, I would choose them regardless of their profession. They are trained in the Tuatha Dé fine arts of assassination, and thoroughly execute their duties as instructed when clients come to them who need their assassination aid. Being proud parents of Lugh when he manages to slowly but surely surpass Cian's teachings and Esri's cooking and proection (through uh...boobs I guess), this is the standard of a family that knows what's good for their offspring and nurture to the best of their parenting abilities. A cruel assassin family that otherwise, displays the exquisite affection to all.

You know the deal with OP MCs and a harem, these 2 have to come together like it's the iconic standard, and Isekai Assassin is no different in that regard. Lugh by himself is a sensible and tactful OP MC built upon by the standards of the Tuatha Dé family, and just like his real life counterpart, oversees the assassination missions from start to finish, leaving no trace or footsteps whatsoever. He is supported by his team of waifu-worthy assassins nurtured by him: Dia, Tarte, Maha. Dia being the very first girl that he met when he was young, and being young meant that he had to pick up skillsets on the double. That's where Dia comes in to teach Lugh magic, and seemingly so, because she is one of the most powerful mages in her kingdom of Swiogel. Alas, things aren't meant to be, and they're split up due to her kingdom's political turmoil...which next leads to Tarte. A mage who is saved from her poor background and coming to the Tuatha Dé region for a better life, the coincidental meeting solidified her position has Lugh's assistant, being taken in immediately to be trained by him as an asset for the Hero assassination mission. The hopes of Lugh being formally inducted as the head of the House of Tuatha Dé leads both him and Tarte to yet another girl: Maha. Her chapter oozes close similarity to Redo's revenge plot with her orphaned friends, that like Tarte, was just living life by, only to be caught by rogues and used as prostitutes. This caught the attention of the now new Tuatha Dé head and his new assistant, and just like any other assassination mission, executes the plan to intercept as an aristocrat and save Maha and her friends out of the traumatizing situation that has happened for quite sometime. And there you have it, the assassination team of Lugh Tuatha Dé, that as much as it tries to inject the sexual innuendos as bait for the potential harem, Lugh just doesn't think of them as tools but companions in need to fix a grave situation. A chad MC that has the interests of people as a whole and not so much a harem playboy displaying unequivocal love to his one true love, that speaks volumes more than other harem shows of having girls swarm the MC for attention. Props for equality as character development in the most badass resilient manner.

Silver Link has always been the de-facto standard when it comes to Isekai reincarnation shows, because the studio has clearly been able to produce decent adaptations under budget constraints for quite sometime. With Isekai Assassin, there's another outsourced studio (Studio Palette) to help with the production values, and dare I say that it evokes the same visuals as Seirei Gensouki on face value, but does everything up to 11 to amp up expectations, and this is thanks to in-house director Masafumi Tamura, whom with the failure of Spring 2019's Kenja no Mago, made one hell of a comeback with last Summer's Maou Gakuin. In fact, knowing that he directed Maou Gakuin before should give you the feel that expectations CAN be met that the work together with script and series composer Katsuhiko Takayama (ef: A Tale of Melodies) amplifies the LN as a whole, and from my view, that is a relative success.

The final segment of the music department, and once again, Isekai Assassin gets a massive W for this. Yui Ninomiya's "Dark seeks light" for the OP is really good, maybe even up there as some of her best songs ever composed. Same with Aira Yuuki's ED which more than her mellow sung voice, is a well-made closing song through and through. Rarely do I ever feel that the OST ever misses, and for such an action-pumped series like this, the high octane moments make you feel like you're on the kill scene, being one together with Lugh on his assassination expeditions everywhere.

Like Mushoku Tensei, I'd feel that Isekai Assassin is now part of the rare breed of LN adaptation perceptions that the manga adaptation (of the LN) is just bad, the LN is the original source material that can be referenced to, and the anime is essentially the best version overall. Bear in mind that this is still the Redo of Healer Rui Tsukiyo himself, so all the perceptions from the previous work will undoubtedly shift into Isekai Assassin, but just take a step back, and you'll see an Isekai that's not dogshit and is some trash-worthy freaking goodness in the making. This is truly the pinnacle of Rui Tsukiyo's works, and I'm eagerly looking forward to the next controversial adapted series to come out of this furry's wide catalogue of his many written works.

World's Finest Assassin seems to be nothing special in the genre of Isekai. We have an overpowered MC with anti-hero vibes surrounded by a bunch of cute girls for his harem. It has a dark theme from killing and torture, but fortunately, it doesn't go to the extremes. The fanservice is not the kind where the MC assaults every girl he encounters. The girls show signs of interest in the MC like sneaking into his bed, but the MC simply uses the girls for his mission. Since his main focus is getting stronger. It is more fantasy and action-oriented, surprisingly a well written one, and ... is one of the guilty pleasures Isekai that surpassed my expectations, and here's why:

If you watched the first part of the show, the story has the usual tropes that happen in an Isekai, but it doesn't make the show entirely bad. It is well-executed, and overall I have no complaints besides the really fast pacing. Everything is easy to consume and understand satisfying my guilty pleasure. The MC gets reincarnated starting as a baby retaining the memories in his previous life. The MC turns out to be a child genius, and a loli magic instructor steps in to teach him. The MC then surpasses his instructor. And will leave home soon to accomplish his mission. In this case, Lugh's mission is to kill the hero using the highest stats a human can theoretically have given by the Goddess. Lugh then meets other girls along the way who will help him.

The best thing here is the MC personality, Lugh, in his previous life, was not an overweight perverted NEET from his 30s. So you won't see the MC glorifying panties nor having sexual fantasies with his cousin. Lugh was a former elderly man working for an assassin organization and is known as the world's greatest assassin. If you put a guy like that in a different world, we get to have a manipulative, calm and collected MC who naturally attracts women around him. He doesn't feel a thing or two with feeling the sensation of his beautiful mother's boobies as she hugs him, nor sleeping together with a loli instructor. He has the humans are tools vibe. He is the perfect MC suited for the assassination plot.

I would like to praise the magic system as well. There are five ranks for skills: S, A, B, C, and D. And six attributes: Earth, Fire, Wind, Water, Dark, and Light. There is a variety of skills, and they make use of both weapons and magic spells when fighting. MC has a skill for each rank and has the four basic attributes, making him overwhelmingly strong. But what I love here is the clever use of Lugh with his skills which is not limited to battle. Especially with spell weaver, which allows him to create new spells. He can create new spells by changing parts of the incantations. And he also applies his knowledge from his previous world, like creating new inventions which are very fun to watch.

The visuals are amazing, and the opening song "Dark seeks light" with a black-white theme is very catchy and is such a banger! I keep playing the opening song in a loop for hours, and I kept re-watching the third episode, which is my favorite, and it still won't be enough to satisfy me. Yes, the show can be seen as generic. But is the show bad? Definitely Not. There are many questions that need to be answered. And it makes you want to watch more of the show. So if you love this kind of uniqueness and overpowered stuff, a badass mc, with a pretty decent story, then I recommend watching World's Finest Assassin! It is one of the promising Isekai shows out there.

Ah yes, the beauty of a good adaptation finally….


The manga and light novel of this series are undoubtedly not for everyone , some might argue (and not without reason) that this is generic isekai tash . After skimming through the first 10 chapters of the manga, I can proudly admit that this is one of those rare cases where ….

anime >>LN>>> manga
Probably follows LN to a better degree from what I have heard and cuts most of the questionable ecchi stuff (sasuga author of Redo of healer)

Honestly, I did not expect much after reading the manga and having seen the authors other work i.e. Redo ... of healer (which is a failure in the story department but, has its own charm :3),
I was sure this would be another MID isekai power fantasy ,the sole decision made by animators in episode 1 has had such an impact .

Episode 1 changed my,and many others' perspectives .

Episode 1 is basically an anime original , you can't find the content of episode 1 in the manga (not sure about LN), episode one has scenes that do a very good job of introducing our main character and letting us get a feel of what kind of guy he is, Instead of Truck kun immediately killing him of in episode 1, we get used to his character and hence engrossed in the changes he went through when he died.

In any isekai story, If we do not have a main character whose past circumstances are not clear we have a hard time following his newer story, sure some like saihate no paladin and spider isekai try to keep it unclear because it is a bigger plot point for them, but this and mushoku tensei make it inherently clear that people don't change just because rebirth.

In episode 3 finale there was a scene that made it very clear that the MC has not forgotten his roots, something that would have melted any of us did not make him stay his blade . and it made it even more interesting to follow his character development and what he will have instore for us later on

Ah well as for the general stuff

Story seems to be good , although a clear end goal is set like many generic isekai , the end goal in this one is rather interesting . Something tells me that there will be a couple of changes in the MC that may make the end goal change but that remains to be seen and that is why it is interesting , nothing is set in stone yet the anticipation remains.

Art and animations , Art is not the strongest here, clearly a very generic artstyle that you see in many isekai. The animation ,however is not very high budget but is enough to make fight scenes interesting and make the impact feel real , there haven't been any fights as of yet only training so this area remains to be explored.


I have talked enough about the MCs character , the secondary characters are not bad either
Characters so far have just been the MC, his parents and his mentor , a very interesting dynamic between him, his mother and father is present . The family has lost their first born and are hence very protective and attached to the MC and it would be interesting to see how he breaks through this shell.The time with his mentor made it very clear that she will be returning as another Main character at some point so that one is still unexplored.

As a gun nut I was very happy that the guns had realistic effect and sounds in ep1, after the truck kun as well the magic chants have a very distinct and unique sound , the explosions and effects are nicely portrayed by their sounds. The OP is very very good. Both art and music are unique and quite the bangers.The ED is weaker in the art department but the tune is not very bad either.


Overall a great adaptation of a very Mid-LN so far, I Have great expectations of it since it's not completely ignoring the LN ,if it follows and improves it , which I believe is a very important thing that many anime studios can learn by this anime example. I recommend all isekai trash kuns to watch this already if you have not , the others may need to read the synopsis and give the first four or at least three episodes a shot to see if this is to their taste.

**THIS REVIEW IS SPOILER FREE**

My Opinion
Well, coming from the author of "Redo of Healer" this anime isn't what anyone expected instead it's quite good. It has some of the new elements added to it. And, yeah I enjoyed while watching it.

Story 8
The main point would be does this anime have a good story? I mean yeah sure it does have a good story. Who doesn't like a super badass assassin. The whole point this anime is based on is kinda cool. I mean almost all the isekai shows us how a powerful hero is always good & kind. But, this anime also explores the ... dark sides of what happens when someone is suddenly stupidly overpowered. So 8 in story.

Art 9
No complains in art & animation. The studios did an amazing job animating this thing. Each and every thing where properly & well animated. And while the fight scenes where amazingly animated all the other normal scenes where also pretty neat. And that leads up to a solid 9 for art & animation.

Sound 8
Well, the opening and ending were fairly good. The OST's where a little lacking behind. But, I am sure most of you didn't notice that thing that's totally fine by me too. The OST's weren't the worst thing I heard. They were just fine I would say. So 8 is the best choice in sound.

Character 8
Now we get to juicy part. Well, I didn't expected this anime t have this good character development. I mean I don't know how much others expected of this anime's characters. But, I seriously didn't expect anything. And here we are with a good character development & fairly decent screen time to almost all the side characters as well. So an 8 in character.

Enjoyment 9
After reading all this you might have a good idea that I enjoyed this show. And you are not wrong I enjoyed this series a lot & I think this is one of the best shows to come out this season considering the garbage shows we saw . So I would give it a 9 in enjoyment.

Conclusion
Finally I would like to say I didn't expect this much from this anime so I would give this anime a solid 8 considering all the points. And regarding should you watch it or not. Then I would say yeah if you like isekai shows. This will entertain you quite a lot.

So far it's just a glorified harem show.

If you can get past the fact that there's only one remotely interesting character that is the MC and that fanservice makes up half the show, then it could be decent.

The sound, art, and story are good, but the fact that it's harem (even though the MC doesn't really show real interest in the girls) just kind of ruins it for me.

It's a nice isekai story and there IS potential but it's disappointing as it's quite clear that they're aiming to appeal to a specific audience that only mostly care about anime girl's visuals and ... fanservice which is not what I'm into.

I had hoped that the story could be good enough to overpower the (often cringe) fanservice but sadly it wasn't enough.

I doubt that they would introduce any more male characters but it's the only thing they could do to keep me watching.

In episode 7, the reincarnated middle-aged man is sharing a bed with two children for some reason - one is a busty childhood friend/servant he once saved from animals and the other is a former captive of a sex-trafficking ring posing as his sister - when they wake in the morning, the two girls smell the MC's ejaculate (yes, they smell it) after he has had a wet dream and the two girls offer to take care of it for him next time, lest he become too "pent-up". In a following episode, the girls have told the mother about this for some reason. She then ... enters her teenage sons bedroom early in the morning because she wants to see it, and alludes that she is disappointed that it hasn't happened again. Yes, the boys mom wants to see her son erect, with a mess of semen on his bedsheets. This anime...is absolute f*****g dog-shit.

There are two reasons I open with this. Firstly, is because this is the caliber of writing you should expect should you choose to watch this show, and a strong indicator of the quality. And secondly it also happens to be a good analogy for the anime itself in that it is clearly written as some middle-aged mans gross wet dream of being young, capable, over-powered and surrounded by a harem of well-endowed underage girls. I enjoy isekai as a genre, I'm sure most of us can think of examples we enjoy, and I'm equally sure we can all think of examples of trashy, generic, poorly written, dime-a-dozen isekai that are responsible for the bad reputation that the genre attracts and this one would be an example of the latter.

The MC is a cardboard cutout, no personality, no jokes, no flaws or limitations, he's great at everything all the time always, and everything always works with little or no effort and always with a perfect understanding of every new thing he tries. He's not fazed by his death, speaking with a goddess, reincarnation or the properties of magic. All the girls he meets join his harem because he's a perfect genius. His reincarnation, mission and how he interacts with this new world is the same as every other isekai ever. I don't dislike the OP character trope but you need to give them something to make them interesting and there is nothing here. The harem girls, similarly, are just blank and paper thin personality wise and their only role appears to be as harem girls doing harem things.

Other reviews seem to indicate that being an assassin is somehow a twist on the genre, but I fail to see how that is so. The beginning of the anime has the MC and his harem foiling a group that are selling sex slaves, and then later he saves another young girl to add to the harem, and then dismantles another sex trafficking organisation saving more girls a few episodes later. The writing seems to want to paint the picture of this character being some kind of anti-hero, but as far as the plot is concerned, he's just a regular OP hero/savior like any other generic isekai. So I fail to see where there is any semblance of originality or spin on the genre. The skills/magic "system" is video-gamey too, just like any and every other isekai.

The writer here seems to think that throwing in some rapers or torture will create tension or high stakes, but when everything is so tropey and predictable, it just doesn't work. It's also hard to be invested in a tragic, abusive back story when an episode or two later that same character is a jizz-sniffing nympho.
There's no fun to be had because the MC doesn't have any fun or reaction to the world and plot around him, there's no excitement to be had because there's no stakes, or surprises in store. And there's no enjoyment to be had because it's all so bland and lacking in any kind of developing plot. Forgettable, trashy, low effort stuff.

My parents used to tell me 'life is too short, so make every second count'. Maybe you've heard of that familiar advice before too. What if I told you that the protagonist in this show lives his life as an assassin and takes other people's lives? Sounds daunting, I know. Well, that didn't stop the author introducing us to Lugh Tuatha De, a character who lives by his code and lives his life as an assassin.

Before diving into the juicy details, I do want to mention that this is the same author who wrote Kaifuku Jutsushi no Yarinaoshi. If you don't know what the means, ... it basically means this anime may have some sensitive ideas and draw controversy. Luckily, it's much more tame because rather than using ecchi as a major selling point, it uses its main cast and the plot. Yet, there's something also not hitting the correct marks for this show, so let's get into it.

Watching an anime like this tells me of several flags to be wary of. For instance, why is the main character an assassin? Is this show going to be a full on revenge story? Oh and with three pretty girls on the cover with a protagonist, is it one of those mystery harems in disguise? Well, I'll let that last one slide since at its core, an anime adaptation usually can masquerade itself to be something more than it appears to be. Yet, here we are, introduced to a show about an assassin. And to be honest, the first episode did unexpectingly grab my attention despite how action packed it was. Throwing us into this show's fictional world evokes a variety of feelings ranging from excitement to also, somewhat confusion. It begins when our main character is seemingly betrayed but gets a second chance at life and reborn yet again as an assassin. Like most isekai, he develop new skills and lives a new life in a new world. When working as an asssassin, Lugh uses a combination of his ruthless personality, cunning nature, and manipulative tactics to get close to his target and finish the job. Deep down however, Lugh is fundamentally a kind person as witnessed when he helped characters such as Maha and Tarte during their past. However, the show also makes it clear that he is among the strongest of assassins in the world. Combined with his previous past skills, Lugh is what people may call out as a Gary Stu.

Joining him by his side are the two lovely yet dangerous girls, known to us as Maha and Tarte. Through flashbacks, we see why they are so devoted to Lugh. Unfortunately, beyond their character background stories, both characters are flawed with barebone personalities. In essence, Maha and Tarte practically worships Lugh as his savior and there's no doubt they are in love with him. Lugh's feelings towards them are somewhat more complex but the anime doesn't truly take time to commit romanic relationship building. However, the anime does attempt to get Lugh to open up more, such as with the talented mage Dia Viekone. The relationship is rather limited due to the short amount of episodes the show offer and honestly, isn't much groundbreaking. In essence, the anime's story mostly devotes on Lugh's character and his role as an assassin, just as the premise speaks for itself.

And finally, we can't have an isekai without a God-like entity, can we? After all, Goddess is the entity that made Lugh who he is in the new world. She tasked him with the goal to kill the hero but it's ambigious about what her true objectives are. Furthermore, the anime makes it clear that she is manipulative, sarcastic, and overall, a character that can't be trusted, if at all. To be clear, I believe Goddess exists was added a source of entertainment. Even as she is relevant to the plot, the show makes it so unclear about her true intentions that we can only guess from our imaginations. And yes, that is a major drawback of the anime. It really doesn't know how to spell out the main plot overall or resolve the premise in the end. With a mere 12 episodes, you might have predicted this from the beginning.

With a collaboration between studio Silver Link and Palette, I have to admit the anime itself does have polished visuals in terms of character designs. Lugh looks like a badass and his clever disguises often protrays him as a pokerface, decorated with whatever suits for his target assigned. The female cast are lavishly designed with alluring figures, suitable for combat needs. And before I forget to mention, this anime does not escape from a beach episode. Yes, it has it. Fan service is actually minimal but there are some obvious adult themes alluded. Let's just say, the show does whatever it takes to attract our attention even if it doesn't always rely on ass and boobs.

For a title this long, you'd probably think this anime has to more to offer than what meets the eye. But no, don't expect some sort of complex storyteller with deep insightful characters. This is a show that relies a lot more on pushing the main character to do what he can do as an assassin. What started as a revenge story turned into something less and less entinicing with each episode. And thus , it falls to the syndrome of another mediocre anime adaptation.

This anime is as good as most people want it to be, and unlike other animes that get boring after the first part, each part progresses. Isekai anime with clever main character.
Story
I do not want to say that the story is extraordinary or that it surprises you, but it can not be said that it is boring and I am 80% sure that you will follow it, because the story has good elements such as different skills. And one of the strong points of the story is the philosophy of the family in which the main character was born.
Art
Good art is just like wanting to ... show us a fluent image with higher than average graphics. In these 4 episodes, the graphics can not be criticized, for example, when the main character wanted to choose his (skill) cards to go to another world, the rotation of the cards was displayed well.
Sound
I did not pay attention to the sound, but there was nothing to say that it was annoying.
Character
As I said, the main character is good and the other characters are interesting. The interesting thing is the attitude of the character to the magical world, as well as the determination and intelligence of the character, who can easily determine his plan.
All in all, this is an enjoyable anime and it can be described as a waste of time and even one of the fall animes that I am excited about for the next episode. But I do not want to give a very high score because we all know that at the moment the deep sense of story and characters has not been transferred to us to use a score of 9 or 10.

I didn't enjoy it.

This show has some high production values in some places, but it is incoherent, as if it is unsure about what it is trying to do.

First there's a fairly stylish intro, which doesn't really match the style of the show afterwards. Then it tediously explains world mechanics. Then there's "splash screeN" of censored breasts (why) of random female character in the middle next to advertisment break. Then it tries to be creepy, then tries to be too dramatic and pushes it too hard, then it tries to be some sort of harem, except that EVERY female character is incredibly stereotypical and ... annoying.

Overall it feels like a mess, and it certainly lacks something that would make it stand out, and it is not exactly clear what that "something" is. The visuals aren't bad and at times it uses "colored lines" style which reminded me of "no game no life" a little. Character style is a bit stereotypical and some of them resemble "denpa onna" characters a little, sans awkward neck angles. The music has some nice faux-medieval, but those are at odds with the intro. So everything is sort of odds and does not fit together nicely, and it doesn't help that source material wasn't great either.

One thing that did stand out is that this anime consistently portrays female characters poorly. There are several important female characters in the first chapter and they ALL act in exaggerated fashion, trying to be over the top coquettish or just being impossibly silly. It shatter suspension of disbelief completely. Which is a shame, as at least one of them uses a good voice actress whose talents are wasted on this sort of character.

So all things combined, there's an oddball of a show that tries to be something but does not feel great to watch.

4/10 story, 5/10 art, 6/10 sound, 3/10 character, 4/10 enjoyment, 4/10 overall.

I'm dropping this and do not recommend it.

The title of this anime is basically the synopsis: World’s Finest Assassin Reincarnated in a Different World as an Aristocrat.

Story: A skilled assassin dies and meets a goddess in the afterlife that’s willing to let him keep his memories in exchange for help dealing with another world. MC agrees to help which is followed by an explanation of the other world and the hero the MC will need to defeat. The twist is that the MC must defeat a powerful hero instead of a powerful demon king. The MC is then reincarnated into the body of an infant named Lugh and retains all of ... his memories to prepare for the final battle from the start. The premise itself is different, but clumsy writing hurts the story. Admittedly the studio is trying it’s best to work with the source material and was able to add a lot including an expansion of the absent backstory in the source material into a full-fledged episode, although the core problems remain.

Art: The art is average. Character designs and locales are all very familiar. If you’ve seen any fantasy isekai series, then you’ve already seen the art and animations before watching this.

Sound: The opening and closing songs are forgettable, except for the backgrounds while they play which are nice. Sound effects are what you’d expect and have matched expectations.

Character: MC is an assassin that retains his memories as he becomes Lugh. He goes through the usual steps for standard isekai heroes. MC picks out the skills he wants and starts off at a high level. MC is immediately overpowered but this is explained as necessary because the Hero will be stronger. The other characters are generic and par the course for an isekai. There are several girls who immediately take a strong liking to the protagonist forming a harem and there is plenty of fanservice. MC doesn’t care and instead is focused on his mission. This single-mindedness means the MC can be quite bland as a small part of his old life is most of Lugh’s personality.

Enjoyment: This series has its ups and downs. Sometimes you’ll get the “so bad it’s good” feeling, other times you’ll be bored at the exposition or pace, and other times you’ll enjoy Lugh remembering helpful info from his past assassin life. This isn’t an anime where you’ll be having a blast every minute, but you’ll find every episode has it’s highlight. This review has assessed the anime as it is in the first several episodes, though the cour is not over so the anime could improve. I would also like to point out this series has dark moments in it with graphic content including gore, if that’s your thing.

Overall: The show doesn’t have the comedy of Mushoku or depth of Overlord, in fact it’s relatively lacking, but still has some strong points. The former life knowledge and memories are entertaining. The magic system is interesting. While it is yet another isekai series which isn’t distinctive, it can still be a fun watch. If you like the average fantasy isekai that gets released often, then this could easily be up your alley. If you’re only interested in the best isekai has to offer, then this isn’t one of those.

Its such a good concept but is so so badly done, this show is simply generic in every aspect. Hella spoilers

From the overdone fantasy landscape, to the harem its overly garbage. The 2 good points in this are before the mc dies and the goddess bits where she checks in on her hero killer. Everything else is pretty awful.

Its kinda like another cop/doctor show on abc, you know its more repetitive garbage tropes but cmon who doesn't wanna watch it. Anyways, I'm not sure if Rui Tsukiyo knows what the words "world building" mean, actually I'm not sure if he's even trying to create a ... good piece of work ever. Its crazy that studios keep picking up his stuff without doing research.

Not to mention you got the series composer Takayama, Katsuhiko whos works could only be described as 'what did I expect' on a series like this. From Boku no pico to fullmetalalchemist it seems like this motherf$$ker can do anything he puts his mind to.

OK, back on track, worldbuilding, yes, dedicating an whole episode towards a new set of characters to show how corrupt the world is can work, but it doesn't, episode 6 leaves you with the feeling of why did I spend my time watching this? You showed how cruel the world is in the first episode with the auction, there is simply no point in doing another whole episode of the same thing. Unless you want to add on to the savior complex of the mc, which he clearly does.

The savior complex, my god Rui you know good guys can have flaws right? Flaws dont have to be failing a mission, not getting the harem, but anything at all, just please try a little. I mean christ this guys empty hentai protagonist #45 after reincarnation. (nitpick) Everyone talks so damn polite, ofcourse its trying to fit the time but my God my ears can handle 5 seconds without thank you or you're amazing! (specifically episode 7)

Not to mention the blatant pedophilic vibes, a lot of animes are at fault of this like mushoko tensei, but atleast the guy can f$$kin' write! Im not sure these 'stances' to check for muscle growth are much stances more as fan service, dont know to who though? I dont think many care about this 13 year olds muscle growth, I'm sure you can show it better.

To explain the specific ratings, arts passible, its fine. I should have know what I was getting into after seeing SUPPOSE A KID FROM THE LAST DUNGEON.... blah blah (another show that goes nowhere)

sound- really nothing interesting here, music was a bit overbearing during calm scenes.

Everything else is pretty self explanatory, he creates a new way of magic, stupid yeah whatever, every girl obsesses over him with no personality, sucks yeah. Overall its what you expected.

Enjoy what you enjoy, my opinion sucks, my opinion's great, this is more for me than you. Thanks for the read. -yer.

This show made me angry often. It's the edgiest anime I've ever seen. Story was was written by a teenager. Few examples:
*The MC and his doctor dad do a house call for a sick patient and the dad asks MC what he thought and MC is like "I made sure to take note of his security incase we need to kill him later".
*MC as a child becomes the family head, one of his family members is drunk and challenges him so the MC literally teleports behind him and breaks his arm. And then says "Don't worry. I made sure it was a clean break."
*MC ... strips naked for his dad on the reg to be felt up, so his dad can make sure all of his muscles are developing optimally. Ok.
*MC picks up the first girl in his harem by saving her from some wolves and talks to her before recruiting her. He caps this off by thinking to himself "Brainwashing complete."
*MC spars with his dad, usual edgy stuff like I can triangulate his position by the sound of wind deflecting off of his hair. MC got a sharingan in episode 1 or 2 btw.
*MC's harem girls catch a spy. They strip the spy and he tells them "Good job. I see you've remembered the basics of torture."

So the MC is a reincarnated middle aged guy who has had a pretty stressful life as an assassin. They make the point that he spent his whole life being super careful and acting as a perfect tool for assassination. He is tired of this life, and after his enemies finally get him, he remarks he no longer wants to be a tool. When he reincarnates, the goddess asks him if he wants to keep his memories but he has to do a job for her. Two major problems with this. First of all, it instantly goes against his character, because from this point on, he is a soulless feelingless killer again, acting as a perfect tool for the goddess, which is exactly what he regretted from his first life. Other problem, he has the mind of an experienced middle aged man, but he doesn't act like one ever. An older professional dude would not be super edgy. And when he had the wet dream, an older guy would not sperg out like a 14 year old. He would not be constantly awkward and annoyed around his busty mom. He never acts in character, he is just a blank slate and from his past life the only thing that carries over is his knowledge about modern science and he can invent lotion and stuff. Sometimes between scenes, there are shots of other men the goddess sent on the mission like the MC, and they all just stayed in bed and got drunk or lost sight of the goal. You would think a guy who is tired of his hard life as an assassin would also take some time to wonder at this new world and have some fun. But nope, he is a perfect killing machine who is min maxing everything.

A lot of people have praised this for being an isekai with an actual pre-isekai character story, but it's pointless because they discard everything except for his keen knowledge of chemistry. 100% of the time the MC is doing anything, it's not the way the old guy would have done it, and they are supposed to be the same person, his consciousness was supposed to be unbroken from his past life. And it hurts the show in a lot of ways, because whenever you remember he has the mind of a middle aged man it's just messed up, like whenever he's sharing a bed with the underage girls.

There's some other problems with the show. They spent almost a whole episode on a tragic backstory of abuse for one of the girls in MC's harem. It's so messed up because on its own this could be part of a mature story. But in this show it's just disgusting because as soon as he shows up and literally buys her she is super in love with him and wants to service him. Her personality from her backstory is just erased, a person who has been through that would not act this way.

Stuff happens in the show, but the MC is obviously insanely OP so there's never any challenge, nothing ever goes wrong for him. There is sort of a plot, but it's not that interesting, and the show regularly makes me feel hatred and disgust. I can live with some edgyness but this show is constantly making me think "oh my freaking god.." Only thing I liked was the side scene where a rapper got reincarnated and the goddess had a little DJ stand with "funky megumi" written on it. Otherwise aggressively bad show, negative rating out of 10 for most episodes.

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Sekai Saikou no Ansatsusha is another controversial, although slightly less so, story from the maker of Redo of Healer. For many of the same reasons Redo of Healer has a much lower average score on MAL than it should have, so does this anime. Unfortunately, the anime fandom is filled with tons of easily triggered helicopter-parented adultchildren snowflakes who get irrationally buttblasted whenever a series doesn't cater to their childish sensibilities.

The truth is this show is one of the better Isekai of its year and does a lot of things right that similar fantasy series gets wrong

-The main characters previous ... life is well explored and explained in an entire episode instead of just getting Truck-kun'd
-Well fleshed out 3 dimensional characters with hidden motives
-Good world building
-The MC has to actually EARN his women instead of them just falling for him for random dumb bluepilled reasons
-Plot that isn't afraid to get dark, dirty, and brutally honest when it needs to be, just like classic anime used to be in the 80's/90's Golden era

There are rough edges. There are a few moments of cringe and boredom. This is not a masterpiece show by any means, but it is very watchable and deserves an average score more in the 7.80~8.10 range.

Run of the mill isekai harem, but very overrated. Also quite tedious.

STORY is just boring, or perhaps the execution. Extremely slow with nothing exciting.

ART is good, makes the show look promising at first but everything else is just mediocre.

The show promises action but so far delivers nothing, a shameful waste of the concept really.

Girls are powerless and fall for the main character for no reason, character development is non existent for anyone besides main character, the harem bit is meh.

... Dialogue is instantly forgettable.

Honestly this is one of the most boring Isekai out there; no action, no laughs, boring and needlessly slow story, no fan service, just nothing really.

Came in with very low expectations and had to go lower still.

Basic Isekai where a skilled person gets reincarnated to another world to carry out a mission for the goddess. In this case, it’s assassination. No surprises here, he’s OP and his companions are cute girls. The difference is how he obtains them.

Up until episode 6 it was fairly interesting, nothing great but an ok watch. It changed in episode 6, though. It becomes an entire episode of child sex trafficking basically. The worse part is it shows how happy the girls were and then slowly shows how the light leaves their eyes each time they’re pimped. MC has the power to stop this, but ... he’s an assassin, so he doesn’t care and is only interested in tools. So he waits until the one girl is at her most desperate moment to rescue her, so she’s absolutely loyal and useful to him.

Ok, he’s an assassin who’s not supposed to be a nice guy, fine. But the beginning of the story shows him changing his mentality into a person who values relationships. Guess that was just for show.

As expected of the author of redo of a healer, there is rape.

Isekais can come in various forms, but one thing is for sure, is that they may end up going about the same kind of plotline of MC or a few, get moved to a new world after their death by some kind of god, and are either given the world, or are told to go on an adventure. With more than likely a possible end goal in sight. This is no different, but it puts an interesting twist on the whole thing, of which may interest someone. So let's get talking about it!

You know the drill, character ends up dying through certain means, and such. ... But what if instead of the usual, they're tasked with taking out the hero, rather than being the hero itself? An interesting twist that'll just push this show forward compared to normal Isekai with the same ideals. But also what makes this different, is more that our MC, whom is reincarnated in an royal assassin family in Lugh. Trained by his dad, even if he can come off as super weird. While his mom, is an honest sweetie, and one of the best moms for real. She's a true angel.But our MC, due to being an assassin in his previous life, basically is like a stone cold killer. A terminator if you will. Not that he doesn't have emotions, more that he understands what needs to be done. So much better than a wimpy MC.

The other few faces we meet have their own stories too. I haven't even on touched upon the goddess who brought him here, and selected him for such. Along with his precious magic teacher in Dia. Who reminds me of a more moey Roxy from Mushoku. Sorta like Rio's teacher from last season's Isekai anime. But the mystery and growth of these characters is a major driving force within this show, which will keep one interested to see how it plays out.

The only downside I could say, is that it does seem a little slow at first. But suppose that can be down to seeing growth and care given into the characters. Rather than fast tracking to later on. Along with it's more dark tones, making it for a much more deeper kind of Isekai than normal.

The art is rather nice and wonderful at parts. Like, I mentioned the whole moey thing, but that's what a lot of this can look like when it's more the casual or day time scenes. Making things look pretty and a delight. While also ensuring that more darker scenes, have their own fitting touches, being that this feels like a mix of dark and light, it's pretty good. Along with the sound being great too, a major shoutout as to go to te OP of this series. It's truly a banger, and might just be the reason you see this anime in the first place. It's that good.

Sekai Saikou may seem slow at first, but with it's interesting concept and care put into it, it migt be one of the better Isekais to come out. So you should be watching.

The concept i hate the most in isekais is the overpowered character. This one is an attempt of making the same anime you probably have seen countless times, but trick you into thinking the main character was well written.

Don't be fooled. Up until ep4, this anime has had a total of zero decently written characters. I didn't read any source material, so i am only looking at the anime. I still don't get why most reviews here say the mc is a good character. Yes, his backstory was interesting, and yes, to our surprise he wasn't a total NEET loser in his previous life. But ... this is about what sums it up for the MC.

He was a pro assassin, that was always loyal to his organization. But he got betrayed and killed by them the moment he decided on retiring. This filled him with regret, as he supposedly decides to live a different life with the isekai opportunity. He only has to do a simple task for the goddess: Kill the hero.

This is the point that his character falls for me. With all this backstory, you would think MC would show some changes. Maybe he wouldn't be so loyal to this goddess, after being betrayed by the organization he was loyal to all this time. Maybe he would cherish a little that he's got a supporting family. Maybe he would make friends, let himself feel a joyful youth, while still focusing on his mission. But so far, he is the same emotionless killing machine he was before. All his experiences mounted to nothing. This is not a well written character, this is just an edgelord.

To make things worse, you don't need to care about the other characters. None of them do anything extraordinary because our OP MC does better. He has everyone licking his boot everytime, and no one is intelligent enough to suspect why this 8yo kid is so good at everything. His parents are specially dumb for a family of traditional legendary assassins. His magic teacher could have been interesting, but ended up being just a goon, compared to our MC. The whole episode was him flexing how he was better at everything his teacher tries to show.

Even the moments the MC uses his previous life knowledge feels like stupid pull offs. This sums up to the feeling that there will be no conflict whatsoever during most of the anime. I could be wrong, but honestly at this point it wouldn't be any different from other isekais you've seen. People shit on Slice of Life animes, because they have no plot. But to me, overpowered characters that are better than everyone without even trying make any plot you come up with useless and stupid. And this anime is no different so far.

I got to praise sound and art on this one tho. The animations and models are pretty good. You can see a shift in style from the isekai world, and the normal world. Op is cool, and Ending is good.

To end things, it seems there is a harem coming. And don't tell me this is any different just because MC doesn't care about girls. This anime takes EVERY SINGLE aspect of general dreadful isekais, and tries to tell you it doesn't by making it's protagonist uninterested in them. But at the end this is just another isekai that unfortunately came up with an idea to convince people it is "more" than it. It isn't.

To sum it up, i have no problems with the genre. Sure, it is not my favorite, but i guess it is successful for a reason, given how much of those we get every season. What i don't like is animes that are dishonest. This one tries to tell you it is different, but it isn't. Just like the MC thinks he will live a different life, but ends up doing the same things, this anime is just like your average isekai.

The main character is given the objective to defeat the hero in order to save the world from total destruction.

Half way into the series and there hasn't been any further mention, let alone any sort of backstory or proper introduction into this key plot area since the goddess - main character dialogue at the beginning. Not even the side characters seem to know of this so-called hero. For a main antagonist in a story, the world-building is practically non-existent and leaves something to be desired, and also isn't helped by the generic representation of the typical settings found in most isekai titles. If this ... is a one-off 12 part series, it's probably too late to hype up this aspect of the story.

The potential for character growth; especially for the main character is squandered by the fact that his overpowered skills carry over from his previous life, combined with his selection of overpowered abilities before reincarnating into the alternate world. Despite expressing the need to become stronger to defeat this hero who apparently is MEGA overpowered in comparison; he doesn't seem to experience any struggles or weaknesses whatsoever in order to justify this; everything he does is a walk in the park from the outset. How much more overpowered can the main character get?

Because of these reasons, it's difficult to put any emotional investment into the characters or the story. I really couldn't care less what happens.

I don't think I have to explain anything about this.
It's so obvious it's garbage, if you can't see it you're blind (not physically though).

Just a quick and not complete list of critical points:

- The anime is like an Isekai but nothing in his new life resembles his former life

- The girls he saved didn't care about being raped at all after he saved them -> guess they just forgot it happened

- His "sister" wants to f*** with him
...
- The anime doesn't portray any kind of feelings even though there are many opportunities

- The fight scenes are completely lame and nothing special

- His servant and sister as duo tortured the Assassin that wanted to kill him even though they should know how bad it is to be treated like this -> no mercy at all even though especially they should be the ones to have some

- The main character never does anything wrong; He is always perfect? Who thought of this bullsh*t story

- No good soundtracks and the animation is also rather average for what I have already seen in other anime

- So much unnecessary fan-service that just disgusts me in every way possible (not talking about the rape scenes since those actually had some place to be there)

- The system with the skills he gained in the beginning of the story don't matter anymore -> the anime just doesn't put it into account anymore

- Not only does the main character do everything perfect but everyone loves him as well? So incredibly bad story and character writing.

- The main character is an assassin and the anime just treats it like it's something good or honorable to be an assassin? Okay. So why exactly are there rules and laws on earth?
He just does what he wants, using vigilantism as an excuse.

- The anime is never funny and most of the time it just disgusts me (personal opinion)

: Truly one of the worst Isekai and worst anime I have ever watched. Most Isekai fail and this one did good at failing as well.