Dead Mount Death Play

This show is... boring.

Whatever direction you thought it was headed in the first 2-3ish episodes is NOT where it goes at all. In retrospect, it's like those episodes are from an entirely different show.
It becomes the most tedious and drawn out pseudo crime mystery drama story you've ever seen, with a bunch of characters you don't care about, and lore that makes your eyes roll to the back of their skull. To make it more fun, the show decides the main bulk of the plot should take place in one empty room. Whoever came up with that is truly a genius.

This is one ... of those times where I can honestly say, I cannot see this being anyone's favorite show. There are a lot of bland or crappy shows out there, but at least there's SOME element to grab onto. There's nothing here.

It's just so BLAND and BORING which is a shame because the initial premise seemed like it could be fun.

It's not funny, it's not witty, not clever, it's absolutely nothing. The show is the equivalent of stale bread.

Do not bother.

This was a show was definitely a surprise. I didn't hear much about this show from the community, and thought. Let me just see the first episode. I am glad to say. Why did no one tell me about this hidden gem?!! This anime has such a good first episode. A person that reincarnates from a fantasy world to the real world. Sure it's been done before, but this situation is a little bit more interesting that I can't even talk about it because I'd be spoiling it to y'all! I'll do my best to explain, but without giving any major spoilers.

So fast forwarding our ... boy only wants a peaceful life in which everyone is happy, even the dead, with his powers from the previous world. Yes our boy was transported to the other world with his powers from the fantasy world. He plans on making this world a peaceful one by joining this organization that hut and kills I can only assume, majority of bad people, like Yakuza. Now will he ever obtain peace? Will he manage to save everyone? Will the girl he hangs with ever learn to keep her clothes on in front of him? (Probably not). Find out as this series progresses! 8/10

At first, this anime doesn't seem too different from a generic reverse isekai. But rather than indulging in standard power fantasy tropes against forgetable villains, this anime takes a slightly different approach.

Our MC, while previously all-powerful, is now severely nerfed due to the significant lack of mana in this world, but despite that he remains more powerful than the average person when he does use it. What's important isn't how well he can win fights, it's under what circumstances he can use his powers and for what reasons he decides to. How he gets into and resolves conflicts gives insight into what the MC is ... truly like on the inside, different from your first impression and leaving you curious about the kind of life he led.

If you prefer an anime that has some clear goal and plot direction, then you might be put off by this. Where this anime truly shines is in its world building and execution.

At first this appears to be a boring modern world, but as time goes on, it's revealed that there are many powerful and influential figures that linger in the shadows. They really drive home the point what power they hold, and every single one is an intense encounter to be remembered. You don't merely see these encounters, you feel them in the most intense, chilling way the anime industry has to offer, tailored in kind to each one's character. But that's not all, they aren't all on the same side. The ever present chance of one intervening for their own reason and flip the encounter upside-down adds a layer of suspense that is rarely done right in anime. The interwound nature of this makes the world feel truly real with its own weight and ecosystem.

You can think of it as this world's ecosystem of mysterious powers becoming upset by the appearance of the MC and his otherworldly powers, and we get to see and feel the mysteries of this formerly boring world unravel itself with him at the center, as well as the mysteries of MC's previous world being revealed over time. The world begins to feel heavier and heavier.

Perhaps MC isn't so OP after all, and perhaps there is more of a connection between the two worlds than simply his resurrection.

If there's one gripe, though, it's that often times the comic relief bits are done at inopportune times that disrupt the intense mood of the scene.

I can't stress enough that this story is one in which you experience and feel as mysteries are unraveled and anyone at any moment could fall prey to the world around them, not one that prides itself on a dramatic or cunning plot nor a show-off power-fantasy. In this regard, it is truly a master of its craft.

It's an all-around good show and one of the real gems of this season. The art direction speaks for itself. The first episode's fight scenes are some of the best I've seen in any non-mainstream show, 9/10. Fights later in the series are more 8/10 but still great. The story is interesting, and the writers clearly understand how to maintain interesting drama, create cliffhangers, and even develop characters 10/10. The only thing I can say that isn't to love about this show is that there's a lot of fan service and that the character interactions, world building, and whatnot are the strongpoint of the series, ... if you are into more structured plots.

“Dead Mount Death Play” is what happens when You homebrew your own D&D setting… “with black jack and hookers''. If You get that reference we can be friends.

A powerful necromancer called the “Corpse God”, who transcended his humanity is defeated in combat. Before his demise he casts a spell that allows him to reincarnate to have a peaceful life. Well… didn’t work exactly as planned. He got thrusted into the freshly dead body of a 16 year old boy in today's japan. Thanks to a series of not so fortunate events he gets entangled with people from the underground. Despite being in a different ... world he still wants to find a way to live a peaceful life. Despite his goal, life has a strange way of keeping him on his toes.

To be fair it is a part one of the seasons and it kinda feels like it. All the episodes function more like a prelude and world building than anything else. Unfortunately it works to the detriment of the 12 episodes.
But let’s start with the main cast.

Corpse God - our main protagonist. In his former life he was hunted as an evil calamity and slain as such. Despite that it does appear he had some pretty good reasons to be a dick the people he killed. To no one's surprise he has a tragic backstory because… of course he does. Tragic backstories to MCs nowadays are a dime a dozen in manga and anime so I’m not even gonna pretend it’s interesting because it’s not. It’s the same generic shit You saw a million times… but with a skeleton. So I guess You haven’t seen this iteration all that often. Still boring. Despite being in a new world he’s tragically passive. Yes, he has a goal and even starts a business but most of the things that happen to him happen “to him” and not “because of him” which leaves him as a reactionary hero. Something I truly despise. He has no personality to speak of and, to my surprise, the show acknowledges that in the last episode and even gives a half assed excuse for it. It is more that most shows give about the lack of personality so i guess it’s a plus. As he is now he is another nerfed but still pretty OP, boring protagonist with no personality. A pretty good premise turned lacklustre execution.

Polka Shinoyama - the 16 year old boy who got killed and whose body is now inhabited by the Corpse God. Not much is known about him except he is an heir of a rich family, has more empathy than brain and is kind. His soul now inhabits a shark plushie, something he doesn’t seem to mind in the least. To be fair in the grand scheme of things he’s just a useless mascot who gets himself in ecchi situations once in a while.

Misaki Sakimiya - The girl who killed Polka. She’s a hired gun with a reputation of putting down other killers. She seems to be emotionally unstable and detached from reality. To be fair in the beginning, both in her design and character she seemed to me like an amalgamation of Junko Enoshima and Toko Fukawa from Danganronpa. Not a bad place to start and her character does go in a bit of a different route than those two. After getting killed, mostly by accident, by the Corpse God, she gets resurrected as a zombie. Something she’s perfectly ok with and even has some fun with her new skills. She is tragically underutilised in this show as she’s the best part of the main coterie.

Takumi Kuruya - an information broker who uses his drones and hacking skills to keep tabs on important things. Despite being suspicious of the Corpse God in the beginning he warms up to him rather quickly. He even helps with his fortune telling business venture. Not a very original character and as such is pretty much forgettable.

Now that we have the coterie out of the way, let's talk about writing.
It’s… well.. It’s everywhere and nowhere all at the same time.
There is a plot somewhere there, hidden behind all the world building and characters introduction. It’s a shame that the plot isn’t run by the MC but everyone else. Let me explain. Our hero is stranded in a new world, has a goal in mind and even an idea on how to achieve it. But every dramatic thing that happens is a result of someone else's decisions and action. It’s more often than not that he gets involved by chance or because of the body he inhabits. He has little to no real power as a story catalyst. Like I said before: Things happen to him, not because of him. That changes a little in the last two episodes but before that he’s just there along for the ride.

Apart from that the story is actually pretty interesting. It starts out as almost a dark comedy reverse isekai but the longer the show goes on the more it shifts into a pretty solid thriller with its very own secret organizations fighting for power, assassinations and even some supernatural elements for good measure. It’s a solid idea.
The problem is that all that needed a set up. That’s what those 12 episodes are (I really hope so) - a setup to something more grand. Now don’t get me wrong, You can still have a good time watching them but at the end You will be left with blue balls and a WTF face. I honestly am a bit hyped for part two because I hope they will deliver on the type of thriller (maybe even a political one) that they set up.

All in all I think that despite its flaws and being just a prelude to more things to come it’s a solid watch. If for nothing else the premise and Misaki are rather enjoyable.

This show is so cringe. Yet another series where the show tries to act edgy and then becomes the most generic crime/mystery/thriller. What did I expect from the same author as Durarara? Terrible CGI that litters the scene, blatant fanservice to bait the viewers in, and a reverse-isekai protagonist that somehow goes absolutely nowhere, this show has nothing of value.

Somehow, I'm supposed to care about a "converging storylines" plot revolving around the most revoltingly cringeworthy characters in the world. Let's not just talk about Polka himself, but the other characters. Everyone is a scumbag. Look no further than the criminal broker, Kuraki. She gives ... out a job to kill Polka and "somehow, her sins are absolved" as she gives Polka a free place to stay in exchange for her not disclosing the people who hired the hit on Polka. That's real sound logic, I'm sure. Did you know that because Kuraki was like, totally annoyed by the client's attitude that the crime of brokering hits on random high school students is completely justified and she's actually a good guy? And Polka's original body was like "Yeah I forgive you too," to really hammer the point in case you don't know who the good people are. The narrative constructs itself around the fact that all of the hitmen and criminal intermediaries are "the good guys." Yeah, I don't know about that. I'm all for multi-faceted characters that end up being criminals, like Monster or Attack on Titan. But...this show doesn't show any psychoanalysis, discussion of morality, or even shed people in a bad light. It's literally just that these characters happened to be criminals but otherwise are good people. Haha, look at them, they're happy-go-lucky. Apparently, it's not a cut-throat business and it's all fun and games. The only time they act seriously is when they are killing other people, but even then, it feels like the story is forcing the narrative that they're holier than thou when fighting other people. Well, because it has to. They're the side characters of the main protagonist, Polka. It's disgustingly cringe. It's much worse than mindless edgy killing shows for how contradictary the characters are.

Well, let's discuss Polka himself. Apparently, he has "gray" morals. No he fucking doesn't. What a lie. A person with gray morals would be someone like Kugane Muruyama from Overlord, or even Yogiri from Instant Death. These characters are consistent as how they live clearly shows their indifference towards life or their twisted value system that they arbitrarily come up with. No, Polka's just a convenient protagonist that seemingly is edgy, but in reality, very shounen and has goodwill. This is fine if this was the goal of the story, but somehow, the show pretends that Polka's a "bad guy" or at the very least, someone with gray morals that's dangerous. No, he's basically just a psychopath. He starts a complete massacre in his former world, killing who knows how many millions of people, and then somehow wants to live his new life "peacefully." Basically, he just changes his personality completely to become a good person. Now, this isn't how the anime describes Polka, but that's because the anime has the most inconsistent writing and characters in the world. There would have been exciting discourse of Polka's reincarnation into a human person and the intertwining of souls causes Polka to regain his humanity, or at the very least, clash with his lich/necromancer soul and bring in some sort of motifs into the show. But no, of course not. Why don't we just shove some tits in your face and a generic psycho-girl that's obsessed with him instead? Wow, peak comedy and story guys!!

Ugh. Please, for the love of god. If you want to include edgy elements, actually follow through. Don't masquerade gang violence with cringe slice-of-life scenes as if that's the reality of things. Maintain the same tone and brevity in the setting and story you are trying to establish. Make characters believable. That's all. Black Lagoon, Psycho Pass, 91 Days are good examples. If you wanted a regular story or a protagonist that's a good guy, then just start off with that...holy crap.

I hate an anime that doesn't take itself seriously..and this is one of em.

Other than its pace going obnoxiously fast, it's way too goofy for an edgy anime.

Every time I get invested in a moment, it awfully takes me out of it. In the middle of a serious conversation, random a silly goofy unnecessary humor breaks the whole vibe, and it's never even funny. It's as if it feels sorry for being "too edgy" in some moments, that it keeps trying to lighten up the mood by bringing "humor" into every scene...so off-putting.

Thought i was getting into something like Tokyo Ghoul, only to ... find a similar experience as with "Fire Force" and it's awful fan-service timings.

I'm surpriesd "Comedy" isn't even included for its tags.

Great animation, okay characters, okay plot, interesting enough, but could have been so much better. Disappointed.

Unfortunately this is one of those shows that peaks with the first episode. It started out strong with an interesting premise, then It quickly became generic and dull. I don’t mind a big tonal shift like they pull, but the quality sadly isn’t there afterwards. There is never any tension to any of the serious things that happen in all the later episodes, the main character is too powerful and there is too much levity for me to worry about what will happen. The comedy gets a smirk from me now and then at least. It’s not a terrible show, but it always leaves me ... wishing for more with each episode I watch.

At first, I watched all nine episodes, but then took a long break because I lost interest. However, I enjoyed the suspense and the twists at the end. It's a perfect combination of isekai, supernatural, shounen, and crime, which I really like. The background music is also very good, especially "Kagome Kagome" which is from a Japanese game. I recommend watching it, but episodes 9, 10, and 11 are a bit boring. However, the ending is really good. Part 2 is now available, so you don't have to wait. Start watching!

Character design is so good, I'm obsessed with it. At first, it's kinda slow, ... but maybe in season 2, they're going to give us more interesting twists and plot, I wish. And the MC is quite clever, but they don't show that much. The plot is unique and I like it.

There are also important characters, but they didn't have much screen time in this season's story.

Dead Mount Death Play is an unexpectedly fun, wacky, and unpredictable reverse isekai set in modern Japan.

THEMES, CHARACTERS, AND STORY
Being unfamiliar with the manga and the genre generally, episode 1 does have a fun twist that sets an appropriate tone regarding what to expect from the series as a whole; namely, that the show cannot be neatly pinned down and will constantly employ unpredictable methods to keep you engaged. Remarkably, it has managed to not clash so severely that it pulls me out of the show, though I will say that episode 7 was not particularly strong to me.

Regardless, this unpredictability is perhaps ... Dead Mount Death Play’s primary selling point. It regularly vacillates between various genres and moods to evoke a sense of “what the heck is happening and why is it so fun.” Using the first episode as an example, it starts out as a high fantasy and quickly transitions to mystery isekai, then to a survival action flick, and then ends on whimsical, self-parodying comedic note. This pattern of “non-pattern” has been consistent through the show to date, which could be a turn off for people wanting a more predictable experience.

Thematically, the rapid mood changes have not been distracting towards the overall direction of the story. I would admit that once the show settles into a routine, it would probably be fair that it is taking a slow burn approach towards the final conflict of the season. It is still worth noting that the show does manage to be focused. The main character wants peace, and the story revolves around him seeking peace in a bizarre situation.

The story overall has a satisfying degree of self-awareness and has some particularly charming characters, especially Misaki, Arase, and Iwanome. However, it is probably fair to say the character writing is not the strongest in the Spring 2023 season.

DRAWING, ANIMATION, SOUND DESIGN, and OVERALL DIRECTION
Regarding the quality of the show’s production, what I was not expecting to enjoy as much as I have is the impressive sound design, particularly whenever magic is used by the main character. Without spoiling anything, the character’s magic has a unique “crunch” and fuzzy quality that uniquely harmonizes with their magic abilities. Further, the magical effects themselves have strikingly different style than the rest of the show. It clashes, but in an interesting way. However, I can imagine some people being distracted by it.

Whatever your opinion is, it is fair to say that fight scenes are impressive, especially episode 1 and 5, and the general quality of the show is high.

CONCLUSION

I initially put this show on hold because I could not keep up with all the shows I wanted to watch. However, the first episode ended up being so memorable that I swapped this show with another one. It is fun, chaotic, and can easily swoop you into its world.

This anime had probably very big potential at the start, it kinda throws old school anime vibe with proper story and character development. Well, that was bad assumption. It starts with great first episode, then it becomes dull.

While main character is somewhat enjoyable and more or less is properly built into story, the rest is kinda meh.

Characters 4/10 - Corpse God (MC) is enjoyable and in first half you can see some logic in that character. This fades away with more episodes. Regarding other characters I can't say much without spoilers, however it's important to remember: characters are not sticking to their role. Story ... is trying to describe to you some character, who is then behaving in different way 2 episodes after. A lot of it actually doesn't make sense.

Story 5/10 - The idea itself is great and world around MC too. However nobody took much care to properly develop it into some working status. Thus story becomes dull and boring. For me personally last 2 episodes were like "I have to survive those 2 episode to finish it." On top of that it looks like anime is trying to undermine itself, which is weird? It isn't proper comedy, it isn't proper action anime, it isn't proper isekai, it isn't proper fantasy. What it is then?

Animation/art 8/10 - Not much I could complain about. It looks nice and effects are fancy. Animation isn't part of the problem here.

Music/sound effects 6/10 - While I think OP and END are cool, it didn't blast me away and casual sound effects and music in anime itself are ok-ish. Nothing really special, nothing really bad.

This anime is basically trying to lure you with its first episode and then provides nothing. There is already announced another part, now there is question whether it's worth to even try it or not. This anime wasn't something truly horrible, however I think many people will stick to idea promised in first episode, which just simply isn't delivered. Maybe another part will deliver it, who knows.

I've just watched the 8th episode, I still feel the urge to watch more episodes to know whats next, that is something I cherish from isekai since new ones are mostly trash and reveal the entire plot in the first episode or so.

Definitely would recommend, most of all its not that sad of a story(I.e. I hate overly sad story which keep you awake at nights).

Story: Great, keeps you wondering what is going to happen next, definitely not predictable as I thought it would be. 8.5/10
Art Style: Good for the type of story it is going for. 7.5/10
Reactions: Good, not filled with fake wowww's ... and oh my god's 7.5/10

Enjoyable?: Definitely!

The greatest inventions of the 2000s are back to rock our world...though this time it's kind of a mixed bag, to be honest.

If you aren't the classic connoisseur who reached out to the list of anime shows in the 2000s that are worthy of being deemed worth watching, you would've missed out on two shows that made the mark and are still talked about to this day: Baccano! and Durarara!!. That's right, acclaimed novelist Ryohgo Narita is back for a 3rd rondo at the anime scene once again after a decade of straight gas-lit successions with the anime adaptations of both shows, starting with the ... former in 2007, all the way to the latter in 2016. And he has returned with his newest and latest work: Dead Mount Death Play, which bears an uncanny resemblance to Durarara!! in terms of storytelling, but in a reverse Isekai setting.

The typical case of the typical "hero vs. demon lord" scenario, this is the story of the powerful necromancer, simply known as the Corpse God. At the heels of the finish line, the legendary hero known as Sir Shagrua Edith Lugrid is about to attempt the biggest undertaking of his life to slay the Corpse God, but amidst his best efforts, the necromancer uses a unique magic skill that reincarnates it to another world, in modern Japan in the city of Shinjuku, taking over a certain young boy by the name of Polka Shinoyama, who just had his throat slit by an assassin. Out and about from that harrowing incident, with a different and fresh new soul, the Corpse God aims for a peaceful life, only to familiarise himself with the Shinjuku underworld that targets him for the supernatural. In a world where obtaining a peaceful life is far from ideal, the Corpse God, via Polka Shinoyama, must make sense in and between the lines of hidden enemies that threaten his well-being, other than his soul transferring into a shark plushie, which I thought was the cutest thing ever.

In the world of the just and unjust, there is no equal to the ongoing battle of good and evil, which transcends time and place. Despite Polka's unknowing realisation of the Underworld, there is a troop of people willing to aid him: the legal bar-cum-illegal freelance agency Youtoukorou, headed by Lisa "Clarissa" Kuraki, along with the tech contractor Takumi Kuruya and, to the surprise of many, Polka's own assassin Misaki Sakimiya. Speaking about Misaki first, the first thing that you'll instantly know about her is her eccentric yandere personality, because she was a victim of her own circumstances, having lived off in an orphanage after the brutal killing of her family, only to grow up to become a hitman to take revenge on her family's murderer. She finds joy in working the bone-chilling assassin job, but with the encounter of the Corpse God through Polka, he kills her and turns her into a zombie after killing his original body to only then be revived, and that creates the infatuation of fascination from her to him, that Lisa/Clarissa orders her to look after him. The same task is given to Takumi, who is the tech nerd of the agency, who unleashes objects such as drones as part of his surveillance network around Shinjuku. Together, both Takumi and Misaki have a burden on their hands, but keeping tabs on him is easy as pie, for his Isekai power is just as able as it was back in his own world.

Nevertheless, external forces threaten to derail Polka's peaceful life on Earth. Take the Shinjuku Metropolitan Police, for example. Under the control of Tsubaki Iwanome and Kouzaburou Arase, they undertake Polka's case of weird and mysterious supernatural proportions that threaten the city's livelihood, and also have to deal with some weird beings flourishing around, like the Phantom Solitaire Ten'a Sorimura. It's very clear that there is behind-the-scenes work being done in an otherwise nonsensical fashion, and having to figure out the many plot points that lead to more questions and answers is a tedious job in and of itself. That's the story and plot for now, and with Part 2 coming back in Fall, it will bring back these Q&As again to make sense of the ever-changing landscape in Shinjuku, potentially to Japan's destruction. Joke or not, it remains to be seen.

I feel that ever since Geek Toys got a hold on producing the later Date A Live franchise with the Date A Bullet OVAs and Season 4 (and soon to be Season 5), that is easily the studio's best effort thus far, and it really shows in Dead Mount Death Play. That's because it has director Manabu Ono at the helm, doing the scriptwriting and series composition roles (along with his directorial input) all at once. It's not easy when a director has more roles than he/she can handle, and in this case, it foreshadows the limitations of what he can do at best. But being the director for shows like SAO: Alicization, he knew what Geek Toys could muster from Ryohgo Narita's source material and, as a result, produce some good animation and even some convincing scenes at times. It's very good, without a shadow of a doubt.

The music, on the other hand, is just alright. Sou has done better songs (i.e. ID:Invaded's OP song "Mr. Fixer"), though this OP "Nero" just sounds average and weird. Inori Minase's ED "Iolite" is also fine, which contributes to an average OST for Part 1 overall.

True to what manga readers have feared, the opening segments for Dead Mount Death Play can be slow and sometimes uninteresting, almost to the point of boredom. Even with the amount of foreshadowing that the series only starts to show up in the latter half of Part 1 here, you'd have to go through a somewhat deliberate start just to get to the interesting bits, and even then, it feels tacky and unfinished.

Here's hoping that whatever the manga has in store coming back for Part 2 in Fall, will justify whatever Part 1 here has made its foundations from...assuming you stay anime-only and don't read the manga after you finish watching this first half. I know it's good, but at this moment, it's half-baked.

In contrast to everyone who has already watched Baccano, then Durara, I watched this first and then watched Durara. Albeit, the pacing might be fast and irky to someone who is accustomed to the manga's old work. I find this pacing got me hooked quicker than Durara, and given today's competition and how fast paced anime are I feel like the mangaka has recognised the need of the age and delivered. A great start, but I recommend going into it without any expectations or biases from the previous works of the mangaka and it will truly be a rewarding experience.

Intriguing characters and a unique mixture of different genres makes this anime a breath of fresh air in it's fellow isekai genre anime group.

Death play is howevery hugely held back by it's animations and shares an inherent weakness in having the setting be modern world tokyo: the world feels kinda .. "small" at times. Maybe less inherent when considering that this show doesn't set up any "big super end boss to defeat by season 6" perse.

Apart from those two things, dead mount really makes the best of everything that it is given. Isekai paired with mystery, magic and mafia, reincarnation and necromancy etc.

Definitely recommend watching ... if you can turn a blind eye from time to time in the few action scenes and focus on what's actually hapening and everything that it consequently means.

The show does a great job at setting a plot up throughout it's runtime. I have heard bad things about this kind of storytelling in anime lately but i find that it just works so fine and this show is a good example of that. Every episode does stand well on it's own though. There are things happening and outside of the influence - of what would well be called - the protagonist at that. It is left to see, how much of a lasting impression the last epsiodes will manage to achieve.

Apart from the animation, there is also the unfortunacy, that this show gets cast a shadow upon by astoundingly good and breathtaking Anime like hell's paradise and heavenly delusions. Dead mount deathplay is probably the most valuable sleeper option of the season.

Easily one of the best reverse-isekais I've seen. That said, the bar is quite low for isekais.

The story is very interesting and the plot goes forward, which in these is not a given. What you get in the trailer is not what you get in the series.
I'm not sure do I like the mismatch of fantasy and thriller/detective genres but at least it's something I haven't seen recently.

Characters are very stereotypically and painfully anime characters (wow, what a surprise). To me, it takes me a bit out of it. We have seen these characters many times in many different shows, which to ... me seems just lazy writing. But because the story is so complex and fast paced, it may be a good thing that the characters are easy to understand. And there are a lot of characters.
The characters with the mad/crazy/lunatic traits are intolerable, and there are more than one. This is clearly a show targeted towards edgy teenagers who ''are not like the other kids''.

The animation...... I hate it. On the action scenes it is almost god-tier but when there is no action it just regresses to slideshow quality. It is annoyingly clear where the animation focus has gone.

Long story short, this is a reverse isekai that crumbles under its own weight. No spoilers, as I only spoil what I enjoyed.

The base idea is fantastic, but the execution quickly falls short of the writer's ambition. Not one, not two, but several plotlines occur all at once, neither intertwined nor converging in a meaningful way; it just so happens that the same characters are involved, simply being present. It was difficult for me to keep up or care, blame my new gen attention span, whatever - anime is not a book unless based on Nisio Isin's works, and ought to be more focused. Eventually, ... we wind up confused and oversaturated with different things that don't get enough exploration.

The characters are too numerous for the treatment they get - and that treatment is, as usually the case, quick exposition with no developmental follow-up. Corpse God would've been the one character to carry the entire show if his agency was handled in a way more mature and less streamlined. He's supposed to be a morally grey entity, but I cannot say this difficult theme was thoroughly, let alone properly, explored. There's another morally grey, powerful necromancer out there, some of you might've played Heroes of Might and Magic 4. I'm speaking of Gauldoth the Half-Dead - now THAT was good damn writing. Compared to him, Corpse God really underachieves.

The production value is... okay, I guess? For 2010 standards, at least. Nothing to drool over. The choreography is piss poor, the animation subpar, the CGI not at all flattering. The music is forgettable at best.

Perhaps if I hadn't dropped this anime, I would've gotten a better grasp of the power system in DMDP, but as it stands, it makes no sense to me as far as the villains such as Lemmings go. The show acknowledges Corpse God's powers as magic, denying the same of the others, but it's never elaborated on beyond "they've gone past the human limitations".

The show began intriguingly, and by episode 5 I was already bored out of my wits. Unless we ever get a season 2 and the reviewers convince me to return, I simply won't. I cannot recommend this wasted potential of an anime.

The most important question Before everthing, I recomend the anime? YEAH!! Well, as a reader of the original since the begin... I read the manga since the release of the raw of chapter 1, many years ago, and what a great surprise at that time, and the manga still great! so and the anime? First of all, they cut off all echii u saw on the manga, u will not see any on the anime lmao, but they put alot of extra history and scenes on the anime, and the anime is trying to improvre the original at last!!
I waited to write this review ... to see the best character show up on the anime, and at epi 7 finally he comes.. and was worth waiting!! Solitarie was fantastic like i imagined the seiyuu make in more iconic and fun!! was great soo far!!
so u are wondering if this is worth your time? yeah! it is!! is fun and is very different from all Isekai trash u saw around there, the MC is great, not dumb, all side chars is great too!! well is from the author of Durararaa so this was expected right? He knows how do his shits lmao

I usually don't write reviews, but felt like making a short one here. At first the series seems like a very generic isekai, minus the starting scene which while cool doesnt really make you care for the proceeding events and characters by itself. However, this is one of the cases of a series really hitting it's stride as it goes on. Polka while not a super interesting MC, his motives and values make him likeable enough. Misaki comes off as a pretty generic manic pixie dream girl but the show does at least give her some character moments here and there plus that aspect of ... her didnt end up nearly as overwhelming as it seemed it would be. The show's main strength comes from the fact as things go on you do get invested in all the characters and how the mystery is set up. I think the show honestly did very well in making a bunch of the characters all have different knowledge levels and making you interested in seeing how they uncover and go about uncovering things. Plus the mystery and way the plot progressed to that point honestly wasnt super predictable to the point of being boring. Overall I'd say while the series does give off the air of being very generic, edgy, and with no substance at the start; as it goes on it really does feel like there is a vision to the story and characters that gets you invested. Giving it a mixed feelings because I still don't think it's an amazing must watch, I still feel like there was more quality to this than I and others might have thought. Definitely will be interested in checking out season 2.

Here is my review of this anime in 2023!

Story (8)
The story is about a Corpse God who is teleported into another world where there is almost no mana there since no one can use magic. It's a different world and He become a kid that almost died in that world. The journey begins when He must adjust to that body and environment because there is several common sense that are different from his origin. Not only that, in the middle till the end episode you will see that He's not the only one who got into there.

Art (7)
The art in this anime is quite good. ... But I prefer if they make the graphic much smoother and the battle animation looks very intense. I like how they use the color to match the vibes.

Sound (8)
All the sounds that they used were suitable and adjusted to the animation.

Character (7)
The main and supporter character is quite memorable.

Enjoyment (8)
It's quite enjoyable to watch this movie in 2023.

Overall (8)
It's recommended to those who love action, adventure, and mystery anime.