Re:Monster

I am only writing this because of how many bad reviews there are. Anyway, this was amazing. There is no holding back a true anime, honestly, I hate Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken and a growing majority of anime in this genre due to how filtered they are or how dumb they are take Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken for example if I watched it when I first started watching anime I probably would've never watched another because it seemed like an over exaggerated (forgive me) cartoon because anime is about going beyond limits and be more mature this had the gore and other mature ... aspects but kept a sense of light-heartedness sure it had some plot holes but nothing big and it didn't get overloaded with light-heartedness or stupidity like a lot of isekais lately (looking at you "I parry everything") and it was honestly kinda nice having more depth with the friendships and growth. so in conclusion after that rant sorry BTW I would recommend just don't have high hopes.


side note:
I do admit I am rating this a tad high but its mainly out of thankfulness of it being more mature and being a good time

It was... Alright.
Initially it was quite interesting, and gave good hopes that there'd be some great story. Turns out, that was a lie.

I was hoping for more in depth story, adventuring, world-building, etc. Instead, most of the series was spent in a cave. Its a largely fighting, and battle orientated anime.
It largely stuck to the whole "building a harem" trope, which personally, I find lame and tiresome.
It also has, in my opinion, terrible pacing of time. Some things just happen at random intervals, days passing by in mere seconds to days that will last entire episodes.

There was some hinting near the end that may credit ... towards future world-building being more in depth, but that's a real 50/50.

Overall, I think its an alright watch, if you're looking for something simple. That or if it seems to have peaked your interest. Its not terrible or what I'd say is "hard to enjoy", its just, meh? I didn't drop it atleast, like with some other anime that I've watched, since those can feel tedious to watch. This at least, isn't that.

This show could have been some quality isekai slop for people who like the generic power fantasy. It suffers from the same issues of bland characters and oversexualization you would see in any of these shows, but the action is well done. It also doesn't really go anywhere with the plot and has some very strange stuff that feels like the author satisfying a pregnancy fetish. All of this could be forgiven as quirks of the genre, except for one glaring issue:

The main character is literally a r*pist and this is presented as nothing at best or a joke at worst. It's absolutely disgusting and ... makes the show entirely unforgivable. How can you be expected to root for a protagonist that's so awful? There's nothing graphic, but the implications alone say everything I need to know about the writers.