Rougo ni Sonaete Isekai de 8-manmai no Kinka wo Tamemasu

Mitsuha Yamano could not have had it worse. After failing to enter her university of choice and losing her entire family in an accident, she finds herself plummeting off a cliff due to an especially fragile guardrail. Through what seems to be the only bit of the fortune left in her life, Mitsuha's firm unwillingness to die allows her to be transported to another world, where she ends up surviving.

In this foreign land, Mitsuha wanders around for days before collapsing from exhaustion and being rescued by a little girl named Colette. Not long after, she finds herself in yet another life-threatening situation, and her indomitable will shines once more, granting her an audience with a divine cosmic being. The entity reveals to Mitsuha that she has acquired not only superhuman regeneration but also the ability to transport between worlds at will.

Armed with this new information, Mitsuha brainstorms ways to utilize her newfound power to its full potential. Realizing that she can take goods from Earth and resell them to the other world at a higher price, she resolves to save up eighty thousand gold coins to be able to retire comfortably.

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Yamano, Mitsuha Main

Nagae, Rika Japanese

Sabine Supporting

Maeda, Kaori Japanese

Colette Supporting

Tachibana, Rika Japanese

Yamano, Tsuyoshi Supporting

Fukuyama, Jun Japanese

von Bozes, Iris Supporting

Akesaka, Satomi Japanese

Britta Supporting

Maruoka, Wakana Japanese

Ruhen Supporting

Shiraki, Nao Japanese

Aleena Supporting

Tadokoro, Azusa Japanese

von Bozes, Theodore Supporting

Nagatsuka, Takuma Japanese

Ilse Supporting

Saeki, Iori Japanese

Shioya, Yoshiyuki Producer

Kurosu, Nobuhiko Producer

Hasegawa, Yuri Producer

Kikuchi, Yuuta Producer

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Mar 25, 2023

Shin18

Recommended

Well-written

With the amount of anime increasing every year, there's bound to have ones that are overlooked or unrecognized, for instance, Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for My Retirement. Appearing in the low-middle side from Winter 2023 shows and being perceived as "one of those generic isekai" we get in each season, what some people may not know is how the concept's distinctive from most out there.

From the beginning, we get to learn that Mitsuha Yamano, our main character, has the ability to transport between worlds at will and at any given time. And from this information she obtained, she plans on saving 80,000 ... gold (which is equivalent to 2 billion yen) for her retirement where she'll preserve 40,000 gold in each world in case Mitsuha loses the capacity to go back and forth. Now while i wouldn't call the story amazing or anything close, it certainly manages to keep me entertained in every episode. Seeing the different methods she comes up with and the various items of her world she brings to the other world to sell's a pleasant sight. With the mix of fantasy, slice of life, comedy, adventure and even action at times, it brings a nice amount of variety to the table.

As for the characters, the only notable character in this entire series' Mitsuha. Where the enjoyment largely depends whether or not you like her. In my case, i do a lot. Even though she appears to be a cute little child, she's actually shown to be an intelligent, calm and a rational person. She's also good at acting and can even be cunning at times. I appreciate how Mitsuha isn't some one dimensional character or how she isn't those kind of self-insert protagonists we see very often within this theme. On the contrary, the rest of the cast have nothing to write home about. Some people may call them to be unremarkable and bland and while i wouldn't necessarily disagree with that, it doesn't take out the overall entertainment we get from this anime. As long as you like Mitsiha's antics, you will most definitely enjoy it.

I admit however, that the animation and music are pretty average, which can be considered barely passable. The former being plain and unexceptional which doesn't make it stand out from any other series, whereas the latter are pretty forgettable and underwhelming. There were no soundtracks that wants to make me jam at the music which is a bit unfortunate.

Overall, while this anime's not necessarily outstanding, it certainly is far from being horrible. Its' fresh concept is a nice change of pace we see from the numberous isekai anime in recent years. If you simply want an fun, cozy and joyful anime, then i'd recommend this anime.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Apr 5, 2023

ArchangelEST

Mixed Feelings

Refusing to die after falling off a cliff, a woman ends up grabbing the nuts of a divine being, and leeching off some of their powers. With those powers in hand, she obtains the ability to jump through worlds, and uses it to make a profit selling modern day conveniences to a backwater Isekai civilization.


Animation / Art / General Visuals - 5/10
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There is no animation. This is a slideshow with sound. Most of the time, the only thing moving are the character's mouths. Occasionally a limb or two. Background characters don't move. Half the scenes are replaced by cardboard chibis and effects made in MS ... Paint.

There's a lack of detail in all designs. There's not a speck of originality or even attempt of drawing something cool or exciting.


Sound / Music / Voice Acting - 7/10
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I guess it's not terrible. JP voice actors put in solid quality performance as usual. Sounds and music are bare bones though, but the show's setting doesn't make many demands either.


Story - 7/10
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The premise isn't terrible as far as Isekai go. In fact it's one of the more interesting ones. Freedom to teleport back and forth between the Isekai world and our own, is a cool concept you don't see done often. However, there's a serious lack of ambition and epic storylines involved, it's nowhere as developed as for example "Gate" which took the concept to far higher heights.

The entire story essentially follows a young woman coming up with very mundane ways on how to get rich, selling modern day stuff to a medieval civilization. Her only motivation being a vague desire to retire early and do whatever she wants. As if her powers don't make it stupidly easy to begin with.

But it's not a TERRIBLE story if you like such wholesome, fantasy, slice of life with some comedy mixed in. I got a few chuckles out of it.


Characters - 6/10
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There really aren't any others than the MC who hogs all the screen time. Which is probably for the best. It would be hard to flesh out any side characters with the obvious budget limitations this show has.

The MC is luckily quite nice. A young woman who's quite intelligent, competent and decently confident. She has her damsel in distress moments and some "pon" here and there. But as a whole, a better and more reasonable MC than most.

Still, having to carry essentially the entire show by herself is definitely a negative for the show as a whole. It's hard to care about much that happens when there aren't any people you care about to begin with.

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Total - 6/10

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A passable story and a good MC isn't enough to properly salvage this anime which is suffering from a serious lack of production values. Be it low budget or inexperienced studio, the end result is poor. It just barely justifies calling itself an anime. It's dangerously close to being beaten by a manga turned into a Gif with background music.

Still, if Fantasy Isekai is your jam, and Slice of Life your guilty pleasure, it's probably decent entertainment.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Jun 7, 2024

AUES

Not Recommended

this show is so underwhelmingly boring. there is zero to little development in every episode even playing this in the background felt dull, it was like a goddamn ppt show. although the show's concept is quite the refresher compared to the rest of its kind (isekai), that's the only thing it offers, nothing else.

mitsuha aka the female lead aka the only lead aka the only person they want you to focus on, does not provide basic entertainment. she tries to conduct antics, but the execution is so overused it just makes you go: oh, okay. but if you do enjoy a witty, ambitious/imaginative lady (or ... tries to be) just trying to do her own stuff, you could settle.

side characters were made like they're only here to make mitsuha glow and shine. people have random emotion breakouts and it's hard for others to empathize with the story because of how she came to be in this godforsaken world in the first place.

rating:
ok voice-acting, recycled trash op & ed, animation was fine, 0 side characters to like or pay attention to, mitsuha eh, bad-paced storyline

tldr; don't watch unless u wanna sleep (good f-ing night) or enjoy shows providing no emotional value

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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