People will try and say this is only watchable because of the Sex, but I think it's one of the better Isekai's to come out this year.

FreshSalmon827 said:
The difference between a good isekai and a bad one for me is entirely down to world building. If the premise of the show is it being a new world then that world needs to be established as one that feels like people live in it.

Ascendance of a bookworm did an amazing job at that for example because the new world has so many different customs and cultures yet is reminiscent of previous civilisations. I can imagine people other than the main character living there lives in that world and they feel like real people with dreams and jobs and lives do there own separate from the main character.

This show just hasn’t done that. It’s slapped on the title of isekai to have a fantasy setting. It did that because it couldn’t be asked to write a convincing world so uses the blank template of fantasy isekai we all know. It hasn’t established anything about the world that isn’t what the main character directly interacts with. The character just has powers. Doesn’t have to discover them or understand them or train with them. That would be too much effort in the writing.

The only characters we’ve met is slave trader who just sells slaves. Bandits who bandit. Villagers who village and the main character who just buys sex slaves and wanders around a dungeon killing stick insects or slitting the the throat of bandits.

There really is nothing in this show besides the ecchi and gore that a hundred shows havn’t done before. I’ve not sat there and thought “wow, how did the author think this intricate world up?”. It’s just a generic background for the main character to do questionable things.

I do like the gore aspect and I can’t criticise the animation. Voice acting is fine. The ecchi is good ecchi. But it is just pretty generic.

kriissyy12 said:

"it's pretty generic"

I don't think you know what generic means, if you're using it in that context. Ascendance of a Bookworm has many generic aspects to it, it's nothing original when it comes to the Isekai genre.

In terms of worldbuilding, were 4 episodes in. I'm not sure why you're judging a shows worldbuilding after just 4 episodes. You could argue Mushoku Tensei, a show famed for its worldbuilding took until turning point to really set its worldbuilding apart from the rest of the show. I mean, we haven't even started the proper dungeon diving part yet.

Even ignoring that, it's pretty damn obvious this is not your standard Isekai. If the fucking in the last episode didn't show that, the way it handled tension in episode 3 certainly did.

FreshSalmon827 said:

Well I suppose we can only disagree. I do wonder what you thought about ascendance of the bookworm is generic though? I’m curious.

I agree mushoku tensei was a slow start and I didn’t really like it too much until a few episodes into season 1 part 2. Although I can’t remember exactly what events happen from episode 4 and earlier I do remember that all his happened in the beginning. The discovery of magic and Rudy learning it, discussions between Rudy’s parents, Roxy becoming a teacher for Rudy and the story about Superds being dangerous. Then the green haired girl being bullied/picked on. All this did quite a lot to establish the world and show that’s the author intends to do more of this is to come. We understood this world had an established magic system that could be studied as an academic subject (as opposed to just having magic and it being used immediately with little to no trouble and no explanations). We understood this world had a culture where stories were told to children to warn them of dangerous things, eventually becoming its own prejudice. We understood the roles and morals people have in this world with the interactions between Rudy’s parents. We understood that people are often educated in combat or magic and they may attend schools. There’s tiers of magic users and fighters like different qualifications. This did massive things to establish a world that felt real with cultures and people unique to that world. Far, far, far more than anything we’ve got from this anime and there isn’t really any hint as to some good and thorough world building to come.

I thought we were talking about reasons besides the ecchi that made this good and non-generic. Besides the gore being quite unique to this anime, I didn’t find anything that interesting about episode 3. He just went in a building and slit some sleeping bandits throats and teleported about a bit. I suppose we’ll just have to disagree here since I don’t doubt you enjoyed it but I just didn’t see much of note at all. Not awful, I wouldn’t claim it’s the worst thing ever and far from it. It’s just quite ‘meh’ to me in most regards.

kriissyy12 said:


1. I didn't say it was the best Isekai of the season, I said it's ONE of the better Isekai's of the year. Read first before replying please.

2. Isekai Ojisan ain't even an Isekai. The setting isn't in another world, the sitting is AFTER the Uncle returns from another world.

MyllerPhiem said:
100% agreed.

I just wrote elsewhere how it's a bummer that this anime focuses so much on the ecchi, because it has so much to offer besides that. And the animation is really good, too. If this got a 2nd cour and focused more on an adventure story, it'd be one of the better isekai stories out there.

Render_1 said:
this doesn't even come close to the best isekai this season, never mind this year. isekai ojisan is far funnier, isekai yakyoku is far more original (it is NOT like the last pharmacy isekai, it actually has a plot, its its not similar to the saints magic is omnipotent either). honestly even tensei kenja isekai life is better imo, though that's a close call. that being said it's not literally the worst isekai I've ever seen? Idk it's pretty bad though imo. it does nothing new (other than being basically hentai), follows the basic plot of most isekai, and is like woo misogyny good because its a different world guys its totally good. the MCs entire logic seems to just be "boobs good", which is probably why you all like it so much, given mals demographics.