First things first, I have to give credit where credit is due, this is not the first time Mushoku Tensei decided to take an unpredictable path when compared to its counterparts. There is a true commitment to make the most realistic portrayal of a used-to-be-loser who has to reconcile his previous and current lives problems, even if at the cost of the patience and good will of some viewers, I know a lot of anime fans can't help but feel annoyed when issues that seem solved previously resurface again, but that's just how life is. Here things are even worse, after our boy Rude had just lost his virginity on the previous season I expected a slight more confident slight less awkward protagonist going for the big leagues and doing some crazy magic vfx, but nothing could be farther from the truth, being unable to maintain even his sense of humor we get a few years of slump. I had only pity and contempt for the guy.
At this point we get on all that was not great about Mushoku Tensei, the first few episodes feel extremely dry and hard to warm up to, yes it is winter, but our monotone directionless protagonist seems to be accompanied by a likewise direction which makes the few emotional highs and battles climax which could remedy some of that fall flat on their feet. A good direction can save a lackluster animation: emphasis on facial expressions and va on emotional moments, a variety of interesting angles on battle scenes with lower budget and dialogue-heavy scenes, all of this was lacking in this cour.
So, would I recommend you watch it? I can only speak for myself when I say yes, but I'm also someone that don't mind the tone of the humor used here, if that's something that might throw you off I would say do not watch it and save the world the possible creation of dozen of topics complaining about it.
