Ah yes, a guy got Isekai into a fantasy world.... as a sword. As an isekai junkie, I am set to watch all isekai. This is one of those that explore the trope. This is a hard one to review as it is a bit of a mixed feeling. Let's say that I personally don't recommend it for my usual isekai enjoyer friends. But for a newer watcher, I would recommend.
Short conclusion: 6.75/10
Driving deeper
Art: Pretty good, the fight scene is well-animated. The action sequences are pretty nice. And is slightly above average in term of its beauty. 7.5/10
Character: I think this is the main problem, Flan is a good character with a decently interesting backstory. Our MC on the other hand, doesn't do much, he's kinda just be here.... saying things and teaching Flan. Theres little to no character development. Like it doesnt even feel like the pair powerup much.... 6/10
Plot: This is one of the cases of an interesting concept, nice art but poor execution. My main problem is that usually the fight scene gradually increases in intensity and eventually comes out as a nice climax/conclusion. But during a certain fight, it feels very drag on, like they are trying to stretch the length of the episode. There's also a random joke in the middle of the fight, like am I supposed to laugh at a joke when Flan is in a pinch? The next complaint on the list is that our MC keeps saying things like "We are in a bad spot" or like "What should I do, the enemy is too strong". I understand that they are trying to make it so that the fight is intense. But this is such a cheap way to achieve that effect. As someone who watches a lot of isekai, this is the cheapest and most cliche narrative. Most of the time when the situation doesn't even feel serious or intense, we as a viewer feel like there's more thing to be done before the MCs are actually in trouble and the sword MC says it anyway. This made the word lose its intensity, it made this whole series a lot less interesting.
One last thing I want to mention is that there's a lot of wasted potential in how the story was told. We never really get to piece together information, it is just being spoon fed to use piece by piece in a very brief manner. It doesn't seem as complex as the story was trying to make it be.
all of this adds up to create a very non-meaningful watch that is not memorable, very cliche, has little to no build-up with no payoff and made me doubt a lot of Sword MC's words. But with that said, if you haven't watched many isekai and cant really predict the plot then it is a pretty decent isekai. 6.25/10
Conclusion: a mixed bag of an anime for an isekai enjoyer. A recommended for a normal anime enjoyer. Mainstream enjoyers can ignore this one
6.75/10 for me.
the Sword MC is very annoying and doesn't fulfill the power fantasy I expected. Bonus point for Flan though.
