I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in The Real World, Too (light novel)
| I would also like to know, because this show honestly felt like an insult. There is a good way and a bad way to do a wish fulfilment, but in this case it wasn't even subtle, that author was just throwing preverbial shit at the wall and seeing if it sticks, because what he made is so soulless and generic, it honestly seems to be AI generated. There is honestly nothing good in it. All characters are shallow and one dimensional. Especially protagonist, who is such a Gary Stu, that makes Kirito look like complex and deep character in comparison. |
PiromyslMar 26, 5:59 AM
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| there is one dude who will go to war to defend this show as anything other than below mediocre, middle school project level shit. his logic will make you bleed out brain cells through your nose so be ready. he's gonna be here anytime now. |
| I gave it a 3/10 because while at times it can be so bad it's funny, generally it was just really bad, cliché and overall boring |
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Reply to Franklr_D
Isekai Reddit has such an insane hard on for this anime while hating on The Eminence in Shadow with equally as much passion. People are weird
| @Franklr_D Probably because Eminence is taking the piss out of those generic power fantasies (even if it also indulges in them). |
| If you reply back to me and I never respond, I lost interest and don't care. Sorry about that. |
| I'm not sure if your question has been answered yet because I'm not reading the rest of the replies (just feeling quite lazy at the moment) so I'm going to try to answer this as best as I can. Sure enough, you did go at this from the wrong perspective. I understand why because I've been there before. Basically, some anime isn't trying to be anything profound or new, it's just trying to be entertainment. This isn't just an anime thing, I'm sure you know. It happens all across the entertainment industry. Plenty of anime will try to entertain without offering incredible stories, profound writing, or unforgettable characters. Some are just slop because that's what's fun. One of the ways in which that becomes manifest is through action anime where the self-insert, overpowered main character gets all the women. This is a formula for a largely male-targeted escapism anime. You insert as the bland and inoffensive main character to experience the feeling of power fantasy and being given attention by attractive members of the opposite sex. And to add with an opinion of my own, this formula of action/harem and OP, self-insert MC would fail at being an effective escapism anime if it tried to be anything else. For example, when the main character isn't bland or innocent, he isn't self-insertable and the viewer loses his way into the fantasy (this is why so much hentai depicts borderline faceless, virgin male protagonists, because otherwise the viewer feels inferior and excluded). Or when deep thinking is demanded in order to understand some plot point or maybe a life lesson, you lose the audience that actually just wants to turn their brain off and enjoy the power-fantasy and harem. Let's clarify here that I love the above formula and I love Iseleve. I think Iseleve stands out in the world of trashy action/harem anime and I'm glad it's getting a second season. I think I've answered your question by now so the rest of this post will just be outlining why I think Iseleve is great. First, I completely disagree that the main character is dislikable. I loved him (no homo). After all he's been through, I can't help but cheer for him. He doesn't go out for vengeance against his bullies or anything, nor does he get particularly angry at people. He stays humble and shows kindness to everyone. I think that even in the real world, he is possessing of qualities that make an ideal citizen. Then there's the ridiculous situations that the MC finds himself in. He embarrasses this self-important f-kboy who thinks he's hot stuff just because he's got looks even after showing up for a photoshoot late and shows him what for. He beats up a violent biker gang in front of everyone in his school while also showing mercy to his siblings who were his former bullies. These are ideas are perfect for the kinda show that this is. I also thought that the girls were hot. Enough said. Trashy harem anime doesn't need incredibly well-written female characters, they just need attractive female characters. Overall I had a blast with the show because it's what I wanted to see. You didn't because you wanted and were expecting something else. But hopefully if you've given the time to read my post, you'll understand a bit more about this kinda anime. |
| manga was okay but the anime not too much |
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| I really enjoyed this show because of how easy it is to watch. I can pretty much watch it on loop because of how little you need to delve into it to enjoy it. The MC does exactly what he should for the most part, and the plot is interesting enough to keep watching. I also enjoy how over the top the item drops and their descriptions are. It is more enjoyable to watch than other trash isekai too. I've rated it an 8/10 because I feel it is overhated, and I'm sticking with it. |
Heavenly47Sep 21, 7:31 PM
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| It was your average isakai type show but I really disliked the art style. |
| You can find positive reviews here. I recommended it (8/10), and my review is here. Apart from that, I would just say that you need a certain degree of literacy to get the most out of a work of fiction. A cat can look at the screen and see the bright lights and hear the loud noises, but it can't get much more out of an anime than that. Let's all try to do better than a cat. the lack of a legitimate story A story is a sequence of events. When you add causation, you get a plot. " 'The king died and then the queen died,' is a story. 'The king died, and then the queen died of grief' is a plot" (E. M. Forster, Aspects of the Novel). Therefore, Isekai Cheat Skill has a story and a plot. essentially nothing happened A high school student finds a portal to another world and acquires extraordinary power that changes his life profoundly. A motorcycle gang attacks a school. An assassin attacks a princess. Two people go on a date. More than two people propose marriage. Does any of that sound familiar? Did you watch the show? the main character… experienced absolutely no development In multiple scenes over multiple episodes, he either thinks back on an experience from the fantasy world and uses it to overcome obstacles, such as self-doubt, in the regular world, or thinks back on an experience from the regular world and uses it overcome obstacles, such as goblins, in the fantasy world. Most people would want some sort of inner conflict. "Why did I get this", "I don't deserve this". That's exactly what happens in the show. It happens over and over again, in episode after episode. It happens immediately after he acquires his power. It happens in the climax of the final episode. It is the main theme of the show. It's even implied in the title. Suddenly, he's really hot and pulls all these girls, but what was the significance of that to the plot? First of all, it allows for scenes of light-hearted comedy where Yuuya's low self-esteem and social anxiety lead him to expect something bad to happen, but it is revealed to the audience, through other characters' internal monologues, that something good is about to happen instead. Second of all, it is revealing of Yuuya's character when he struggles to accept praise, or when he chooses not to exploit people using his overpowered abilities. You asked for internal conflict: here it is, with a side of light romantic comedy. I wouldn't usually stoop to this level of analysis, but here we are. Have you ever seen a sitcom? the linear and dense characters If it takes the form of a straight line, it's linear; if it packs a lot of substance into a small volume, it's dense; if it lacks depth, it's flat or two-dimensional, and if it also lacks breadth, it's one-dimensional, which also happens to be the form of a straight line. Characters can be described as one- or two-dimensional; plots can be linear; and various things can be literally or figuratively dense; but it doesn't really mean anything for a character to be "linear and dense," so I don't know that you understand your own complaint. Now, in a comedy, it's not unusual for some characters to be oblivious to other characters' feelings, particularly romantic feelings, and in that sense Yuuya might be considered dense, but again, this is hardly a problem in a comedy. If you were looking for depth in a character, Kaori is an obvious example. On the surface, Kaori has it all: she's attractive and popular; she does well in school; her family is supportive and well-off. However, Kaori is also isolated by her superficially positive traits: she tells Yuuya as much in episode two, and we see in multiple scenes over multiple episodes that other people are intimidated by her and won't approach her, or they assign an uncomfortable level of elegance and brilliance to everything she says and does. And yet, through scenes of light comedy, it becomes clear to the audience that Kaori is actually a huge dork, which is not just a funny juxtaposition: in light of her awkward, dorky nature, it is highly significant that Kaori never judges people based on their own superficial traits, which is taken to a comic extreme when she fails to notice that Yuuya's appearance has completely changed overnight. I could go on. I'm curious if I looked at it from the wrong perspective, or if I missed things in the story. Yes. |
verbinflectionMar 30, 4:44 PM