Considerations
This is a spoilerfree review.
60+ in my rating means below average.
Ive added one of the anime soundtracks Ending to the sound section. If you wish scroll down start it and use it as your background music while you read.
Story
The story covers Akira Oda a high schooler that is summoned to another world with his classmates. While one of them is the hero his class is the Assassin and his skills are way higher than the socalled Hero. Hes falsely accused of a crime and has to flee and find a way to survive in this MMORPGlike world.
The story is below average. The setting is Isekai 101 a.k.a. a person or group gets summoned and somehow the protagonist is really strong in the beginning. I find that there are two main points that I was extremely turned off by with the story of this anime. One is that Akira has extreme Plot Armor if hes close to die hell just heal if hes close to lose hell just win with his OP traits. That takes off so much of his own growth.
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Me throwing the anime out after it was done
The second point in which I was turned off is that the character develops a really intense romance in the anime. He falls deeply in love with a person from this world and while thats totally fine since other animes have done such I feel like this one was extremely rushed. They meet and two episodes later theyre already willing to die for each other which is weird. Overall I consider the story below average because theres a combination of standard isekai setting + very fast romance and its not a cute romance like Kirito/Asuna or Rudeus/Sylphie.
Art
The art in general was good. I liked the aesthetic of the anime the magic was well animated monsters were cool and character designs were also nice. Animationwise I felt like some moments especially in combat were lacking but that doesnt happen all the time they did have some cool moments and fights. In general I dont think the art will turn people off the anime.
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Couldnt find one cool combat gif so take elf pout
Characters
There are a medium amount of characters in this anime: Akira his schoolmates companions he finds on the way and some other side characters. In general theyre okay different side characters fit a different purpose in the story and I dont think they were bad in general.
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As always with comments towards main characters Akira was terrible. Hes such a simpleton and his whole motivation quickly shifts from the main theme to his romance interest. Hes also very indecisive and while he does grow stronger in the anime I feel like he had no personal development. Hes 100 the reason I wouldnt watch a second season.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was good. In general the soundtrack had enough to keep me in the anime nothing felt too out of place with good combat music and dramatic music. The opening was in my opinion really bad but the ending was very soothing and I personally liked it in general which is why I put it here.
https://www..com/watch?v=FXj3riREO5I
Conclusion
If youre like me you skip everything and read only the conclusion because you dont want to get spoiled with other themes. So I will try to be brief on this point:
Dont watch this anime. Honestly there are so many good isekais out there that I cant see exactly why I would recommend this anime to someone. It lacks animation to be a battle anime that you turn off your brain and it lacks plot development for it to be an anime that you can ignore its weird aspects. Id only recommend this anime if youre looking for a combination of isekaibattleanime/romance. If not just watch other isekais such as Re:Zero Mushoku Tensei SAO Overlord Slime Log Horizon Konosuba etc. and youll have a better experience.
62
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