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Kenja no mago is one of those generic isekai that turn out tedious due to taking the fantasy fulfillment element to an overblown extreme. IMO it falls into the same category as "Isekai wa smartphone" and "Death March to the parallel World", so if you could bring yourselves to like these then you'll probably like this one as well.

Story: 1

The premise is a generic cliche at best. The MC is an adult who gets ran over by our good ol' friend "truck-kun" and then gets reincarnated in another world as a baby.

Now the "cringy" part is that the MC, even as a child, retains ... his memories as an adult-- and while this serves as the secret ability behind his rapid growth and eventual recognition as "Child Prodigy", it keeps rubbing me the wrong way whenever he interacts with his peers.

All the girls are flocking to him, powerful wizards are astonished by his skill at such a young age, because none of them are aware of the fact he's an adult in a kid's body. I don't even want to touch the "flirting" part, considering those girls are actual teens while he's a full grown adult in a teen's body. Yeah...

Art: 5

It's not entirely bad, but it's rushed and that becomes apparent in frequent sequences. I'd say it's your standard isekai anime quality.

Sound: 3

90% of the times the tracks that start playing don't fit the scene at all. It's so weird it makes one wonder what the studio was even thinking when implementing those soundtracks. I've seen much worse though.

Character: 1

I'll start with the MC. He's your generic, OP, Gary-Stu, likable by everyone child prodigy that can just resolve any issue with a finger-snap. The one issue the MC cannot fix is that there's no one who can really challenge him. He's ridiculously broken to the point even the villain-mastermind in the early episodes runs away in fear of the MC's latent potential. That can play out either way, I guess. You can either like an MC who can just fart his problems away or you can just feel bored by his power-farts.

As for the rest of the cast about everyone is 1-dimensional, much like the MC. They don't feel real and there's nothing likable, memorable or interesting about them. They feel like meat-puppets created for the sole purpose of reacting to the MC's dialogue without having a personality of their own.

This becomes more apparent on episode 3, where the MC decapitates a demonized fellow student and the first thing everyone is concerned about is the dust on the MC's shirt. Nobody seems to care or even notice their dead classmate's headless corpse that's lying right next to them. On that particular scene I remember asking myself what the hell was wrong with those kids, not even reacting to a fellow classmate's death, but then I just remembered they were 1-dimensional puppets created for the purpose of worshiping the MC and nothing else. Their characters are so bland and superficial that honestly Goblin-Slayer feels like a multi-dimensional character compared to them.

Enjoyment: 1

Like I said, it can go either way. Personally I can't seem to get any enjoyment out of this show due to reasons I already mentioned. It just feels bland and empty in uncomfortably many ways.

Overall: 2

There's a ton of isekais out there that did the "OP MC" part right. Take Overlord or Slime for example. IMO Kenja no Mago failed at delivering that premise and instead turned out with a senselessly powerful MC that just needs to flex in order to make the world a better place.

TL;DR you should just avoid this one.

After watching the 1st episode of the anime the premise hooked me enough to give the manga a read.

To keep it short, shounen at its finest. Kinda reminded me of Naruto's good old days with the overall direction. Tons of action, lots of drama, comical situations I haven't read in a while, all of them blending perfectly with the otherwise heavy climate. This had me thinking actually, how this manga managed to stay under the radar up till to the point it got an anime. Not enough promotion by Jump, I guess?

Anyway, spoilers ahead.

Story: 10

This is a tragic story about Tanjiro and his sister ... Nezuko. It was on a day like every other when Tanjiro left his home in the mountain to go deliver charcoal to the village and help the villagers in every other way he could, much like your standard Harvest Moon hero.

Returning to the mountain, Tanjiro discovered that his entire family had been slaughtered while he was away, bar his sister Nezuko, who was still alive, but had been turned to a demon.

The story becomes pretty straight-forward from that point on. The boy who had lost his entire family runs away with his demon-turned sister to try to find a cure and turn her back to a human.

He eventually joins the demon-slaying corps in an effort to become stronger and prepare for the day he'd face the demon who massacred his family. He takes up the sword, faces a lot of hardships due to the discrimination for carrying around a dangerous demon in a basket (Nezuko), though slowly more and more people start looking up to him for choosing the hard path. They accept both Tanjiro and Nezuko and the two of them eventually meet more comrades in their journey to fight demons.

Art: 10

I'll be honest here. Nothing has made me laugh more than the faces Tanjiro makes when he gets curious about something/someone. It's like the author intentionally wants to mess with his other characters whenever he has them interact with Tanjiro.

The really astonishing part is how the artstyle can just shoot from completely comical to downright serious in an instant. Once again that's more evident with Tanjiro. You can have him making some awestruck, goofy face that takes 1/12th of a page, feeling like a comic-relief side-character most of the time, then next page you have him in a dead-serious clash with someone, taking the whole page much like Ichigo from Bleach would do most of the time.

I just love those jarring transitions.

Character: 10

Well, I think I've already talked enough about the protagonists, so I'll talk about the antagonists. Keep the word, ANTAGONISTS, not so much villains.

This is the truly amazing part of Kimetsu no Yaiba. There's no superficial anatogonist except a few minor ones. Every antagonist has their own backstory and circumstances. You might absolutely rage and hate a demon for killing a hero, till the demon's tragic backstory turns on the waterworks inside you. You will empathize, you will regret, you will cry.

Character development is the strong suit of this manga, no doubt.

Enjoyment: 10

I binged and finished the manga in 2 days, 'nuff said.

Overall: 10

Hidden gem. Spread the word.