Nov 9, 2021
The concept i hate the most in isekais is the overpowered character. This one is an attempt of making the same anime you probably have seen countless times, but trick you into thinking the main character was well written.
Don't be fooled. Up until ep4, this anime has had a total of zero decently written characters. I didn't read any source material, so i am only looking at the anime. I still don't get why most reviews here say the mc is a good character. Yes, his backstory was interesting, and yes, to our surprise he wasn't a total NEET loser in his previous life. But
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this is about what sums it up for the MC.
He was a pro assassin, that was always loyal to his organization. But he got betrayed and killed by them the moment he decided on retiring. This filled him with regret, as he supposedly decides to live a different life with the isekai opportunity. He only has to do a simple task for the goddess: Kill the hero.
This is the point that his character falls for me. With all this backstory, you would think MC would show some changes. Maybe he wouldn't be so loyal to this goddess, after being betrayed by the organization he was loyal to all this time. Maybe he would cherish a little that he's got a supporting family. Maybe he would make friends, let himself feel a joyful youth, while still focusing on his mission. But so far, he is the same emotionless killing machine he was before. All his experiences mounted to nothing. This is not a well written character, this is just an edgelord.
To make things worse, you don't need to care about the other characters. None of them do anything extraordinary because our OP MC does better. He has everyone licking his boot everytime, and no one is intelligent enough to suspect why this 8yo kid is so good at everything. His parents are specially dumb for a family of traditional legendary assassins. His magic teacher could have been interesting, but ended up being just a goon, compared to our MC. The whole episode was him flexing how he was better at everything his teacher tries to show.
Even the moments the MC uses his previous life knowledge feels like stupid pull offs. This sums up to the feeling that there will be no conflict whatsoever during most of the anime. I could be wrong, but honestly at this point it wouldn't be any different from other isekais you've seen. People shit on Slice of Life animes, because they have no plot. But to me, overpowered characters that are better than everyone without even trying make any plot you come up with useless and stupid. And this anime is no different so far.
I got to praise sound and art on this one tho. The animations and models are pretty good. You can see a shift in style from the isekai world, and the normal world. Op is cool, and Ending is good.
To end things, it seems there is a harem coming. And don't tell me this is any different just because MC doesn't care about girls. This anime takes EVERY SINGLE aspect of general dreadful isekais, and tries to tell you it doesn't by making it's protagonist uninterested in them. But at the end this is just another isekai that unfortunately came up with an idea to convince people it is "more" than it. It isn't.
To sum it up, i have no problems with the genre. Sure, it is not my favorite, but i guess it is successful for a reason, given how much of those we get every season. What i don't like is animes that are dishonest. This one tries to tell you it is different, but it isn't. Just like the MC thinks he will live a different life, but ends up doing the same things, this anime is just like your average isekai.
Reviewer’s Rating: 2
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