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Do not listen to the negative reviews. This anime is a masterpiece.
Most other negative reviewers did not understand what this anime is about, they probably are the kind of people who don't get sarcasm either if you catch my drift.
This anime is satire. We live in a world where every season that comes around, a dozen of isekai are making their way through. This anime is insanely satire, at a point where if you've seen a couple of isekais yourself, you'll have a lot of fun watching this. My advice is challenge yourself to count the tropes they make fun of.

The main character has an ... OP ability. Spoiler alert : Most isekai we see have that. They're all extremely busted powers, so to top that, this anime simply gave the main character instant death ability. He can kill anyone with a single thought. It was so silly, he then started KILLING inanimate things: walls and ice.

You'll notice through the anime we make fun of more than one kind of main characters, as a lot of encounters are kind of their 'own' main characters going through that world too. I also advise while watching to try and notice those archetypes of main characters, as some of them you will surely recognize from other anime/mangas.

They're also making fun of some worldbuilding choices. Some sceneries are extremely overused and some of them just don't make sense ! Imagine, one scene you're in a medieval city, and the next you're in a modern one. Do not question why that world has cars, it simply does.

Some of the powers you'll see are silliest, yet you'll notice a lot of them we've seen in other isekais. One of them is literally re:zero on-death save.

The plot itself is all over the place yes, but we're going through a lot of hoops and very common progressions which are quite silly too. We at first have them get into that world, and not really question it. We see that happen more and more. Some of them literally had been to that world before (nice one, we see that happening more and more too in new isekai). We have the 'anti-villain' main character who's really killing anyone without much thought or struggle, and the supporting female character be like 'oh no. We can't.' and then in the same episode. 'oh yeah really it's fine I think'.

Once you just zone in, and understand what this anime is about, my best advice is just to try and notice as much details as you can. This anime is a mix of the most popular tropes you would see in isekai animes, with some of the most popular characters, powers, sceneries, enemies, progressions etc. Some parts will make you think 'yeah, true, how do they explain this part in normal animes?'

Sit back, don't take this anime seriously, and enjoy the show :).

This anime is not that bad but is not that good either.

The premise is japan trying to combat a low birth rate by using 'science' to force couples that will, with science, be statistically more likely to work out and be compatible. One thing to note is this anime is slightly ecchi. Now, it is not that bad and isn't used every scene, we're still able to enjoy the main plot.

-sexuality-
It might be because of the 'ecchi' nature of this anime, but surprisingly the subject of sexuality is talked about in a few scenes. Usually in japanese shows unless they're full-on ecchi sexuality is ... talked about to further the fan-service. Now there is fan service here and there but sexuality is a must-have when the subject of the anime is japan in a low birth-rate. Here, in the west, we do not mind talking about it, and whenever japan mentions sex in an anime we call it fan-service. I just hoped they would've done it in a better manner than to use it to transition into an ecchi scene. A low birth-rate is indeed a problem, and the subject is 'taboo' and not really talked about as much as it is here so it would've been nice to have some decent points made or some subjects covered since we're talking about a low birth-rate japan.

-The characters-
The characters are pretty good, we all have expectations when it comes to characters in a romance anime but I still found those original. We can't expect every anime to re-invent the wheel every time, and so a lot of people blame poor writing or design but fact is animes would not work if they tried that. I think what they go through and how they express themselves fits characters in that situation which is one thing to look forward to in a romance anime. They have unique personalities and we understand they all want something different and we can tell a lot by the way they act rather than the way they tell us. 'show don't tell'

-The plot-
Now this is why this anime I would most likely not recommend. I like everything about it, almost, but the plot where we try to build around the 'lies' is where it loses me. The lies, what are they ? Well, if you're like me and have an IQ above room temperature, you try to think about it while watching it. What could the lie be ? We are waiting for an amazing plot twist at the end, something that will blow our minds. Nothing of the sorts will happen, the 'lies' are, in the end, very basic. So anyone expecting a bit plot reveal at the end finds themselves left in the dust. It could be that there would be bigger plot twists in the manga, but as I'm only reviewing the anime, it is a letdown. The easiest way to enjoy this anime is to not build expectations in the end.

Not only that, but the way they end it is unconventional too. Now if it was about polyamory, this anime would be good. But the approach does not seem to talk about marginalized type of relationships. This seems to me to fall a bit more in the male relationship fantasy. I do not mind that it is, I do not think it's a problem, but it's a let-down from the whole build-up of plot tension. We end up thinking 'ah, so that's what it's about...'.

in the end, mixed feelings. Watch it to pass time, but don't expect your mind blown kind of anime...