Re:Monster

It´s a great isekai anime so far, but despite being a goblin evolving( with very human like features), Re:Monster doesn't bring anything knew to the market. Re: Monster has a decent animation, with a storyline where despite being the strongest, you use others to help you and them evolve. It gives you the perspective of a monster side very well, when interacting with other monsters and humans, for the good and the bad. The pacing is really fast some time, but always have a chronology line between the different days. There is an harem, but this time at least the interest of the main ... character and plot for them is of side characters, which may change in the future.

It's not bad specifically. The animation is good, the story has a bit of a spin and it's kind fun. However, fundementally, the concept didn't appeal to me. Whether it'll appeal to you will really depend on the following summary:

'Alpha cryptobro psycho gets reincarnated as chad alpha goblin'. The cryptobro isn't literal, just the stereotype the protagonist fulfills. Every other element is basically 'That time i was reincarnated as a slime' but with Goblins. He's a 14 year old edgelords idea of a cool Goblin and that doesn't interest me frankly. If it sounds good to you then give it a shot, it's not offensively ... bad by any means.

There are goblins, hobgoblins, ogres, pig monsters, carbuncles, etc but the true monster is none of these things. The true monster is Studio Deen for animating yet another mindless and bad isekai.

Tomokui Kanata gets shifted off to another world after being murdered by a girl. Who is that girl? Why did she murder him? Who knows? After 4 episodes, it never explains anything. There lies a common problem; the lack of explanation. Why does he, now a goblin named Goburou, have the ability to gain skills by eating when nobody else seems to have that ability? Who knows. We can guess that it was ... a skill given to him automatically when he was reborn, but by whom or why? Well.......I guess we are just supposed to accept it because it's a cliche by this point.

This skill does get rather silly when it shows him acquiring a new abilities by eating clothes. Yes, you heard that right.

The animation is stereotypically lack-luster, especially for any "action" that occurs. You know the type; generic, slow-moving, low-budget.

After 4 episodes, I still don't have any "attachment" to any of the characters, including the MC. That's not to say that they are "bad", but that they are "paper-thin". There's no reason to care for any of them, and the show doesn't even try to give you a reason to care.


I could forgive all of these things, and I have for a couple other isekai anime, IF it was at least entertaining. However, by the 4th episode my interest was waning due to all the faults listed above and the lack of entertainment and lack of an interesting plot. I have zero expectations of any character development. I really don't understand who the target audience is, because it's neither comedic, romance, or even an action anime. It just feels like a bunch of lazy ideas that were drawn out of a hat without an effort of "digging deep" and making something unique in any regard.

There are 8 more episodes left to be aired, but 4 episodes is enough to set the tone....and for once I'm glad to be tone-deaf.