This is another show that just *barely* made it to an 8 for me. My rule is anything that's an 8 or higher must either have an artistic message to state, or it at least sticks out in your mind. This show succeeded in the latter because of the humor and characters.
The story was pretty basic isekai. Seen Konasuba? Then you pretty much know the setup.
All the characters are likable, and funny. Rista is one of the funniest characters of the year in my opinion. The animation style really plays off its comedic strengths, or perhaps the comedy plays off the animation. Either way the show never failed to make me smile, or get me laughing. It also manages to be somewhat touching at times.
But I think one of the show's biggest strengths also hinders what it could be.
I am genuinely impressed how much of a coherent journey they were able to compact into a 12 episode format, all the while without ever feeling too rushed or cluttered. But I really think this show would seriously benefit from a 22-25 episode format, as we could spend more time with each character, or build upon more of its world. Assuming it kept it's same level of quality, but given more time, I'd say this could be an easy 9 for me.
