Possibly the greatest Adventurer/Hero/Simp of all time? 600https://i.ibb.co/m5CWFYQM/Screenshot20250919061852.png Look this face. it gives you hope doesnt it? By the end youll want to punch it..... To all alchemy enthusiasts forget about it this alchemy has no laws to it theyre just making it up as they go along. I am deeply sick. I shall describe my various conditions: Im sick of being catfished: Here hes an alchemist but then becomes primarily an adventurer then suddenly the hero.. Im sick of putting a character at the peak of unregulated uncontrollable postpubertal hormonal surge putting him infront of the flashing red targets of those hormones. No of not just one target not 2 not 3 Can you guess how many? All at his mercy his beck and call and then having nothing happen. Because hes a good boy Im sick of fake misplaced misunderstood morality Paragons of Virtue. Theres no story and the plot refuses to punish him meaningfully for any decision he makes. Im sick of dipping our toes into controversy not going through with it and leaving at the first junction. Im sick of writers manufacturing vulnerable states then having none of the enemies take advantage of those states. Im sick of establishing hierarchies and cultural orders then smashing them for modern sensibilities ruining immersion. Im sick of being spoonfed exposition instead of actually doing it. Im sick of harem overload with several characters serving no real purpose other than to be a pretty face. Im sick of stuffing entire volumes of LNs into 12 episodes. Im sick of introducing main characters as the pillars of the plot then turning them into jobbers. Im sick of main characters apologizing for nothing like its some sort of virtue. Im sick of reducing the various levels of interpersonal relationships between the opposite sexes to this grotesque word Partner which denotes this charade of equality where there never was any. Im sick of narrating events to us when you can just show it to us in dialogue. I think you get the gist. Animation Id love to share some pictures/videos but genuinely if i share them it will spoil practically the only things spoilerworthy this show has to offer. Im sure this isnt everyones first rodeo our expectations are low and in this case for good reason. I mean I was straightfaced through most of it but then the last 2 episodes arrived and I felt almost delirious I thought I was hallucinating or something I mean some of those animated moments were mysteriously trippy and really lacking any fluidity. That final fight was just Wow Like finishing your school project on the last day after you started it then left it for while. The only thing memorable is how low effort and pathetic it is. Sound Just amateur soundtrack was incredibly one note and in some areas in total dissonance. Rather poor showing here from the direction to the composer its lackadaisical. OP and ED girls singing in high pitched voices ever heard of it before? Story Error Story Not Found Theres a single character who undergoes any meaningful change. Plot Confusing sped up cut through randomly a puzzle of weightless events and tasks that contribute nothing to any sort of buildup. Theres no tension no profound discoveries. Exposition which is repeated over and over again for negligible compounded effect. Its all too easy for the MC. Lets just add healing powers lets just add conjuring stuff out of nothing Lets just add interdimensional sleeves and space manipulation/expansion. Theres just no limitations on him at all theres no hole he cant just immediately generate a fix for. It doesnt play like a comedy so its rather farcical. No social barriers No influence barrier and its just collect girls to put on the wall as a trophy which is utterly pointless. Introduce 3 other main characters but the oh so familiar : girls good man bad theology makes for an exciting bonanza. These are main characters built up to be side characters. What a difference those first few episodes were focusing on alchemy with various nonfemale characters somewhat nuanced fresh dialogue fleeting humour touching subversive topics like slavery maturely subsequently 2 girls in and we are plunged into the valley of the shadow of death. The evil which we must fear the harem. It loses absolutely all of it as we dive into the swamp of cookiecutter mundane mediocrity us Isekai fanatics have become accustomed to. The depth in the dialogue now squashed into a pancake of tiresome talk. Characters Initially seemed promising. The more I delved in the worse it got till I had to physically stop myself watching the later episodes in absolute boredom and disgust. From the playing out of the dialogue roughly the same over and over again. Convictions recited constantly. Its so forgettable and after the fact it verifiably contributed to nothing. 600https://i.ibb.co/4ZyVdry7/Screenshot20250919060457.png He thinks hes Subaru...... To how much of a pathetic spineless simp the MC is theres no end it really does get out of hand. There has to be balance or some kind of drawback setback or disadvantage unfortunately the writers dont understand how they cant translate life experience into their work. Theres just too many women it just ruins everything from the plot to the story to the narrative It all gets dumbed down and subverted. The state of this guy his own party wont even let him recruit a man. Its just draining to hear these harpies talk over and over again and none of them are banging him. I dont know how its possible to talk like this as a reincarnated soul. Hes a complete push over the show breaks the fourth wall at a certain point talking about how pitiful he is. Its supposed to get better but it doesnt because he has to be respectful to his female slaves Heres an experiment: 400https://i.ibb.co/B5Kbd3Gp/Screenshot20250919063256.png 320https://i.ibb.co/QFjX8ZD2/Screenshot20250919063439.png Look at these 2 characters.. I dont even need to tell you the context you already know and theyre exactly what you think they are with zero added nuance. They both have no business being those sort of characters its just shoehorned into the plot because in absence of any writing talent they just default to the same character archetypes you see in almost all isekai shows. Ordinarily this isnt something to complain about something like this but these characters are shown across several episodes. The problem lies in how devoid of reality and understanding these character figures are it represents decadence in writing its tiring to see them especially when nothing is built upon this cardboardcutout. Do you know any characters like this in your life? you obviously dont theyve become a beast of their own. This discourse between the main cast its a slow burn it only gets worse. Dont get me started on the poor humor for example they have a rather obtuse obsession with toilets as a gag. Its utterly revolting and just takes you out of any sort of engagement when watching this show a total immersionbreaker didnt laugh once. Why are we talking about toilets in a fantasy world? Its a shame because it started off in a way that was quite endearing but it was all a facade. I dont recommend you watch it I have no idea what the source fares like but on a whole it seems the whole Greatest Alchemist thing is an attempt to differentiate it from other Isekai simultaneously riding on the coattails of FMAB. Its surface level attempt at alchemy foundation later pivoting to our modern fantasy classic of adventuring pocketgirl collector but you dont have any intimacy because youre a great guy. Themes mixed together hurriedly and achieving nothing. Theres no itch here scratched for anyone whos particularly interested in certain themes so I cant recommend it in that way either. I watched this dubbed in English. Those last episodes were gruelingly hard to watch 640https://i.ibb.co/hFBzRVPj/Screenshot20250919053810.jpg At least its over... A hard pass.