I know it might sound unfair giving an anime with many faults, a 10/10. If i were to review this from a technical perspective, the story is bland, the pacing is everywhere, the plot is confusing, there were literally zero character development that i felt, and the art is hard to get used to. Leadale no Daichi nite, is definitely what i wouldn't call a masterpiece.
But through watching this anime, i finally realised what most other Slow Life anime had lacked. It's the feeling of Slow Life itself. I know it's hard to understand but bear with me on this one.
Watching the first episode of this anime felt bland, i thought i was going to drop this anime, but after i got used to the absurdities and the quirkiness of the author's storytelling style, i finally understood what the author was trying to present. "A life without worries and consequences" was what i felt from the anime.
[CONTAINS probably LIGHT SPOILERS]
From the first episode, we knew that Keina Kagami, or the more familiar Cayna, was once a child with a sickness that forces her to be bedridden for the rest of her life. Well, she got transferred into a VRMMORPG world where nothing could stand a chance in front of her gaze.
For some authors, this might be a *bit* too powerful. Other writers might start writing a new powerful enemies that the land have never seen, or a group of demons that might propose a threat to Cayna's existence. But no, exactly no other beings can stand in front of the strongest gamer weeb that had put in over thousands of hours of grind into the game. For me, this is the first reason why Leadale felt like a true slow life anime. The [Nothing and no one can defeat me] is one thing that every isekai slow life content should have.
I'll be quick in this section as it's a spoiler. I want to talk about the relationship between Cayna and people around her.
After a few episodes in, we can see how much of a jerk Cayna is towards her family members, as well as her newly found friends. I really like this aspect a lot. As a human being, everything that we do has consequences. If we were to act like Cayna towards other real people, i would 100% guarantee that you'll be labelled as an excrement. But after seeing how unchanged other people's view towards our main character, it gave this sense of [Life without fear of consequences] and honestly, this is the reason why i like this anime so much.
God i wish BBcode still works
[SPOILER ENDS]
Last but not least, as you're able to see from Cayna's character design, she is an elf. The anime doesn't specifically say this but after years of watching anime and watching that movie about melting a ring in a volcano, i think it's safe to say that elf general have a long lifespan. As mere mortals, death is something most of us are afraid of, i too suffer from occasional existential crisis. [Living without worrying of death] is something i really felt while watching this anime.
I really hope that can summarize what i feel towards this anime. This isn't an epic journey about an isekaied character that went through hardships that later developed their personalities and eventually saving the world. This about enjoying what life had gave us. From the perspective of someone who was hospitalised for who knows how long, we can explore a new world, a peaceful one, that the author had crafted for us to enjoy.
TL;DR: This anime isn't perfect, but it gave me feelings that I've never seen in other Slow Life anime. Feelings are indeed subjective from people to people, but i do hope that you can feel the same thing i did watching this anime.
