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Jun 19, 2025
The Beginning After the End is a great manhwa that I stopped reading at chapter 140. It had a nice visual style, interesting characters, and an engaging setting. I really liked it.
A few years after I stopped reading, I somehow forgot about it. Even when I saw the title again, I thought, “Hmm, another isekai?” Then I saw the rating and figured, “Let’s give it a try as a weekly watch.” But from the first episode, I was reminded that this was the manhwa I once read—and I thought, “Wait, wait, wait... what? Such a low rating for something like this?” Even some trash series
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this season and last have better ratings. Something’s clearly wrong.
So, welcome to my review, where I compare the anime version to the manhwa.
Art:
The manhwa has a distinct and appealing art style. It's a shame that's not reflected in the anime. As for the anime, the visuals are just “normal,” with complicated monsters done in CGI. It’s still better than Overlord’s CGI monsters, but even so, I’d rate it a 6/10—slightly above average. Why? Because a lot of anime these days rely on cheap effects and CGI. It’s refreshing to at least see some hand-drawn elements here.
Voice Acting:
Overall, I think the cast is okay. Virion sounds too young for his age, and Jasmine’s voice in the last episode was honestly cringey. She doesn’t talk much, but when she does, it really didn’t match my expectations.
Pacing:
Another downside is the pacing. I feel like the manhwa had a slower, more deliberate build-up that allowed the reader to connect deeply with the characters and the plot. The anime rushes through some of that, making it harder to care as much.
That said, it was still a nice refresher for a manhwa I had long forgotten.
TL;DR:
Haters are hating because Studio MAPPA didn’t cook this one—we got a “normal” anime with a bit of CGI. But compared to the animation from Maougun Saikyou no Majutsushi wa Ningen datta, which is by the same studio, this seems to be their general style.
Yeah, I hate the animation too. They’re doing a huge disservice to all these great manhwas—whether it’s this one, Maougun Saikyou no Majutsushi wa Ningen datta, or Kikansha no Mahou wa Tokubetsu desu.
Final Words:
The overall score I’m giving this anime is based on pure enjoyment compared to other shows this season. I don’t think it deserves a score as low as 5 or 6. I judge shows by their storytelling and whether I’d ditch them for something else—or even a gaming session.
I enjoyed everything about it. I’m giving it an 8, despite the flaws, because they did a lot of disservice to an amazing work. Still, I’m looking forward to the next season.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Jun 18, 2025
I honestly don’t even know what I watched. I can’t remember anything from the story—just the feeling of my IQ steadily dropping the longer I kept watching.
I’d rather rewatch Isekai wa Smartphone to Tomo ni. than sit through this again.
I don’t know who thought the “clueless, low-IQ protagonist who doesn’t understand their own strengths” trope was a good idea, but this takes it way too far.
I guess the writers don’t know how to craft real comedy anymore, so we’re stuck with bland, tasteless shows like this. I’d rather rewatch an anime I rated 5/10 than waste more time on this.
To be fair, the animation is
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solid, and the voice actors were well chosen. But all that talent is wasted on such terrible writing. It’s a shame.
Reviewer’s Rating: 3
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May 26, 2025
I really didn’t want to do this, but… I have to give this anime an 8/10 after watching the entire thing.
Before you read any further, I seriously recommend following the 3-episode rule. Just give it that chance. I promise, you won’t regret it. This anime is one of those that reveals its true potential once you’re a few episodes in. Writing a proper review without giving away anything is nearly impossible, so please — watch the first three episodes first, then come back and read the rest.
Now that that’s out of the way, let’s talk about what this anime does right:
The animation is absolutely stunning.
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It’s up there with the likes of Mushoku Tensei and Sousou no Frieren. The level of detail, fluidity, and art direction genuinely impressed me.
The setting and worldbuilding are captivating. The atmosphere pulls you in right away, with a unique blend of fantasy and emotional storytelling that’s hard to come by.
The music slaps. Both the Opening and Ending themes are certified bangers — I didn’t skip them once.
The vibes are strong. If you’re a fan of Mushoku Tensei, Frieren, or Fumetsu no Anata e, you’ll feel right at home here. There's that same bittersweet, reflective tone with emotionally rich moments and a focus on character growth.
So why the 8/10 and not higher?
Well, here’s the thing… the way the characters die in this anime didn’t sit well with me.
It often felt unnecessary, meaningless, or completely avoidable — not in the tragic way that makes you think “life is cruel,” but in a way that felt unearned or even lazy from a writing perspective. These moments were clearly meant to hit hard emotionally, and while they did manage to make me feel something, it just felt… cheap. Like the impact was there, but the buildup and justification weren’t.
In contrast, Fumetsu no Anata e handled deaths with more weight and narrative purpose. When characters died in that anime, it felt like their story mattered. Here, the deaths sometimes felt more like emotional bait rather than meaningful events in the plot.
And then there’s the ending. Without spoiling anything, let’s just say it’s not what you’d expect. Depending on your taste, that might be a good thing or a bad thing — for me, it leaned toward the latter.
Final Thoughts:
Despite my complaints, I still gave it an 8/10. That says a lot. There’s something truly special here — the animation, the music, the world, the atmosphere — but there were also storytelling choices that held it back from greatness. Still, it’s a ride worth taking.
Genuinely wanted to give it 9/10 or 10/10 if it was just 12 episodes.
Just give it those three episodes. Trust me, you will like it.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Aug 26, 2024
Right off the bat I can honestly say that I had completely forgotten about watching Gege 2018 before I saw this movie listed, it was just another supernatural comedy with an interesting story but not peculiarly memorable.
But upon giving this movie a watch, oh my.
Even if you have not watched the Gege 2018 or don't know anything about this series, both manga and anime, you will be pleasantly surprised.
For me, especially as someone who hates CGI in anime, I was astonished by no CGI in this anime. This contributed greatly to the atmosphere and scenes. I always like the hand-drawn feel more and had
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not anticipated it here.
The atmosphere is great with music deepening the feel and enjoyable characters.
I loved this art style and feel more than in Gege 2018.
If you are thinking about watching Gege please start with this movie. It gives you so much information about the whole world.
Grab some beer and get ready for an amazing movie.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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May 26, 2024
A very simple and easily understandable story that will give you a tear. It has Movie-style animations with intricate moments, each character feels just right yet it comes a long way to take the throne of other amazing movies.
The story is very subtle making sure the viewer understands it even with closed eyes.
What to write to not spoil anything...
This show is heavy on the story part so let's not talk about the details I would like anyone reading it to enjoy it by themselves:
Animation:
In short nice beautiful and classic. I am pretty sure this style will suit a lot of people.
Music:
The background music is
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nice when it matters and gives the environment its unique atmosphere.
Story:
To not spoil anything let's just say that it's very very good. If you liked Kimi no Na was you will definitely like this one.
Characters:
A very likeable set of supporting characters and every character has a personality in their village you don't see that often.
I need to keep this review short because I wouldn't like to give any hints about the environment etc because every single thing in this anime matters and anyone should enjoy it by themselves. You will definitely want to watch this one.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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May 25, 2024
The first season was pretty meh... this season was sadly not a redemption.
I don't get the appeal of the VR MMO genre, yea a lot of anime can make it interesting but if you remove the concepts that make those interesting and make it into a more generic version you get a lot of bad shows like this one.
Like what is the promise of this anime? Where is the action story etc? Even Non-Non Biyori has more actual action than this anime series. Each fighting scene is predictable. The MC does not need to seek help from her allies or anyone else. Everyone is just
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a background character to add some "comedic" value to it. If you liked this anime try remembering a name from any character. The story is pointless, the characters are pointless all we have to focus on is the MC. It is just so boring.
Action in this anime means a very cheap fight where mc always wins after few strikes without any help or tactic.
Lets look at mal-listed tags:
Action:
Ok so let's talk about action, a lot of fighting scenes... but they are boring, one strike second strike enemy down hmm I quess I did beat the enemy by myself but thanks y all for your help *tehe*, tehe me not! What is interesting about that? Yea we got a lot of OP mc characters in other shows but they are actually good shows. The fighting scenes in them are interesting the fight has a reason and I could go on but let me stop here. Lets say its 1/10. A lot of fighting scenes don't mean its any good in your show.
Adventure:
Let's venture into a VR world... Let's make some interesting locations and buildings and and.... maybe not. If it is not a still image of a very typical isekai thing it will not be on our show --- some producers maybe said.
A lot of budget cutting on this one aspect. 3/10 some looked good enough.
Comedy:
Comedy in this anime is it is hmm how to say it. Even British humour has more comedic value than anything said or done in this show. 0/10
Fantasy:
Fantastically fantasylike OP MC and a very fantasy-like city "Hey GPT generate a fantasy image". Wait it looks better than anything in this show. Yeah even GPT could make this anime. But yeah it is fantasy because I don't believe anyone could come up with something like this show. Nah for real now. Yea, its fantasy what else to say *tehe*...
theme Video game:
Let's look at literally any video game theme anime. They are mostly good with interesting elements and technologies. With interesting background around the technology or how the game works with how many normal games work and behave. I don't know if the writer of this show never played any game but making one player even with exploits OP is just a bad design and very unrealistic.
A huge minus is eye ripping 3d, I get it, not a huge budget but at least some shows cut some details so it does not hurt viewers' eyes so much but at the very first episode of second I am not sure, we get a 3d character that is so detailed it hurts your eyes when he moves. I don't know if I've seen something eye-hurting in any other show.
Ok, so the main question is who would quite literally watch this? It has no real value, story or character, action, comedic, slice of life-wise.
It just barely scratches any tag and incorporates it a little. Like a first-time team game jam game project. I am actually surprised this got a second season.
Reviewer’s Rating: 3
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May 12, 2024
This show is something else. It's so horrible that some people are blinded by its stupidity and say that it's better than SLF. Like bro what were you smoking while writing that? Yeah, I have a problem with both BUT Shangrila at least makes some sense, it's entertaining, has a good MC with supporting characters, and explained game mechanics.
Let's separate it a little.
The absurd technology:
Ok, imagine we have a world where there is a deep dive technology and AI NPCs are more human. Yeah as I said deep dive like in SAO because SAO made those things mainstream in anime/manga. Here our MC goes into
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a deep-dive while sitting. Hmm yeah, a 40-year-old dude sitting on a regular chair while in a comma. I think he must not have any pain after that.
Nonexistent game things:
Hmm, what to do with our game? Let's make only one player enjoy all the great things. Like what game would just make an entire story for one character? Like wtf, that's not MMO that's a singleplayer. Our MC has by pure luck acquired an AI companion exclusively for him he also had storylines exclusively for him. Like yeah, let's say that AI did all those things. Still, an average player would quit because of no interesting content. That is maybe why there is a nearly non-existent player base shown in the show. By the looks, it would be in our time something like a worse version of Nostale or RuneScape.
You can craft everything you want without recipes:
Yea, we are shown that our MC can craft himself all kinds of weird stupid bows but others can't make longswords until it's discovered in the dungeon? Like what? So our MC can craft himself those absurd bows and boots while others can't craft their sword an inch longer? We can see that he can craft anything he wants and also cook whatever meals he wants from irl but others can't. By my assumptions, there are maybe only 10k players and that would be really generous. You don't say that at least 10% picked Smith, another 10% picked Cook and some the potion maker?
Combat:
While trying to have some RPG mechanics it just makes so many mistakes. The author clearly had not played any game in years. Even tho the combat is at least partly watchable. It makes you think wtf is this?
The side characters are good...
Yeah, side characters are at least watchable. Be it the queen or the party. They feel like normal characters.
Mindless stupid nonhuman MC:
Another instance of MC with no real character. You can't even distinctly emphasize with him even tho you were a solo/party player he just doesn't make any sense. Don't say that he is like that because he is Japanese/introvert nah... that dawg is clearly mentally ill. You won't see any character progression or growth.
Non-existent reason to watch:
Ok it's not a slice of life, it's not a fantasy nor an isekai. It's literally about a dude who goes to work(we don't see him too much in irl, there also are not any scenes in the IRL world only his room) and plays for whatever reason games that he clearly can't even enjoy. There is literally zero reason for him to play as well as there is no reason for you to watch this anime. It's not even like SLF where skill matters. Nor does an actual level exist in that game he literally can take down a much higher-level enemy.
Art style:
Very 5/10 meh art style.
Overall 4/10. While it's true it's boring and stupid with non-existent entertainment value so it should be 1/10 BUT we at least have a wolf wifu there.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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Jan 28, 2024
Arknights is a good animation that meets a horrible story. It is such a boring show because of the no-brainer story that any 5-year-old could write. You don't get any real action, nothing. Most episodes feel so boring and when it comes to action scenes they are the most boring ones I have ever seen. They would be even more enjoyable if they straight-up inserted a tower defence scene from the mobile game. The enemies have such boring personalities with no real character, fights make no sense and on top of it, most of the time you will be more like let's play the actual
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game then watch this.
The only plus about this show is a good-looking animation.
If you enjoyed the previous Arknights series and still can remember anything from them, you will enjoy this one too because it's exactly the same copy-paste boring anime as the previous iterations.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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Jan 11, 2024
The first episode is somewhat exciting and after watching it you will be sucked into watching the entire anime. I recommend before every episode to be drunk or under the influence of something. In short, it doesn't make any sense. The last two episodes are a complete mess. Well in fact every episode is a complete mess. You have to shut your brain and don't think about anything watching this anime. Fighting scenes look so much low budget. I can imagine myself writing a better story in my teens.
- Below-average story
+ Somehow decent animating with not too much distracting CGI
- Not memorable OST or op/ep
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I can't recommend it to anyone but hardcore anime fans? Because even the most edgy-loving anime fans won't be there to watch the whole 12eps. It just gets boring and stupider. Go watch That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime and forget this anime even exists.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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Jan 1, 2024
The best anime of this season! The intrigue story with a good sense of comedy ah... such a sweet anime. Ja Nai!
What a waste of a budget, time and everything else on anime like this. With every episode it gets "cringeier" that's all. Nothing interesting happens, boring characters and a lot of outright bad things.
Not recommended for anyone who likes good stories, a slice of life, and every other genre there is.
Even hentai has more story then this anime...
Imagine Isekai Shokudou without interesting characters, side stories, settings and originality. You will get this anime.
Even listening to Inaba kumori “ragutorein" looping for 4.8 hours is
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more enjoyable than this.
Can recommend it to everyone who enjoys thoroughly wasting their time.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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