this and Osama king are definitely the hidden gems of this season.
In any isekai anime, two things are very important
1)worldbuilding
2)main story (basically the characters)
but even if we have only one of them it still makes it a good isekai anime. A great isekai anime Must have both.
And yes sahite no paladin is leaning towards the latter through a very clever writing gimmick, though there is not much to say about the MC (who I think is probably another loner/hikikomori) and uninteresting for the most part. The story still remains engaging.
Why?
simply because the goal of the MC is interesting because of the CIRCUMSTANCES that lead to it, this time the MC has the responsibility and burden to carry out his duty for the sake of his parents. which adds a certain depth to the story, and also makes us want to see it through till success.
the story is great, it starts off with MC being reborn as an abanded child who is raised by his saviors , however, the saviors actually turn out to be fearsome Undeads, and as the story unfolds you fall in love with them and it is a very bittersweet feeling since you know MC will have to leave eventually since he is not the same and the differences are not easy to overlook.
VA job is pretty well done as far as the undead parents go, The MC however does not sound equally as convincing and good as id want him to be but that will probably change once he is all grown up, music is nice OP and Ed are standard but not anything special but one might find themself humming to it occasionally.
The art is great the undead look really good, no carbon copy D&D bs, character design is nice and original. Animation is well done yes it may not be very fluid but that is only because there is monologues and Info dumps happening across them and that is not entirely bad as it does not drive the fight out of context.
characters are awesome, the undead parents might look fearsome but they do a very good job of reminding us that despite their outward appearance they are former humans, and hence we are able to connect with them very easily. Not much to say about the MC, not much has been revealed about him and he is yet to showcase much of his personality.
A great anime that has had a very strong start, If it follows through and is able to adapt the rest of the story(I heard the source material is pretty good) in a good manner as well, We may have another strong isekai contender here as well! I recommend all isekai fans to give it a shot .If isekai is not our thing but you still like fantasy and artistic world-building you may still find a lot to like here so please give at least the first 3 episodes a shot.
