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It's alright. The story is about Rick, who is this guy in his late 30's who wants to be an adventurer, but turns out was OP all along and just didn't know it until he unlocked his abilities with Oricholum group. Then his goal aligns with theirs which is to defeater the Kaiser boss guy.

The good is that there are some hilarious parts. The humor isn't with Rick though- it's with Angelica, who IMO is the best character in the show. Watching Angelica flip every time she sees how OP Rick and his friends are never gets old. Angelica also gets solid character development. In ... particular, she is blessed with talent, but learns to be humble and learns to be a better person. That said, Rick in general isn't bad. He's just boring. I think it's because his goal to be an adventurer and him constantly thinking he's weak just doesn't make sense- even if it's for comedy. But what I do like is when Rick finally realizes he's actually a super saiyan all along and finally starts destroying his opponents.

Rick's friends are okay. There's the hotty required maid character- Reanette. She's interesting. But too bad we don't learn much about her. There's the ever required loli character Alicerette. Too bad we don't learn anything about her. There's Mizette, the genius inventor. Reaallyyy too bad we don't learn anything about him, because IMO he has the most potential to be interesting. Then there's the leader Broughston. A talking wise Orc. Honestly, he's pretty good too and has a solid back story.

So what didn't work? Well- the fact that Rick and his friends are these god-like characters in terms of strength, abilities and fame, but no one seems to know who they are. This leads to them constantly being challenged by low level characters.

The story itself was kinda boring. Not all boring- like when you learn about the characters background and seeing them overcome challenges, but having a tournament arc is kinda boring no matter what. That said, as predictable as the outcome was- it was still enjoyable.

So yeah, over all- alright. If there's a season 2 I may watch it.

It's alright.

The characters are cliche. The set up is cliche. The animation is shoddy at best. But why do I say it's still alright?

The story is interesting enough and the you do get to see the MC grow from being a timid wuss to a harden battler. You see him let vengeance consume him. It's also refreshing to see Tooka actually doing what's needed to be done- ala slaying evil whether they're monsters or humans.

That said, Tooka is the only character worth watching. All the other side characters are either overly evil or overly nice. There's absoutely no in-between. Take his classmates. 99% of them ... are pure evil and asshats and the show needs to remind you how bad they are by showing them bully others. Then there's the annoying ass class president who just cries the entire show and doesn't have any development. Actually no one does, except the MC. If it were up to me I'd cut out his entire class' run time and just focus on the MC. Because..........

The season ends on a very anti-climate note. It's a story about revenge- but this season you will not see any revenge. You only see the road to um...setting up his revenge. Yup. So that sucked. But over all- it's a somewhat enjoyable story. Nothing special if you've seen isekai's before.

The animation is funny as heck. Sometimes they full on use 3d models. Which doesn't bother me, but I know it will for some folks. For me, I care more about the story, characters, and dialogue. Not saying the latter are great, but it's passable.

I also really like how you do see how Tooka has to "take care" of business as he has no physical abilities whatsoever, no matter how much he levels up. He does have to use his head in battle. He actually uses a lot of dirty tricks, which I applaud. No Naruto/Deku white knight bullshit.

So mixed feelings over all. I think the story is interesting enough that if there is a season 2 I will watch because I want to see him get his revenge. On the goddess. And his stupid annoying classmates.

Recommend if you love generic ass shounen anime. If not, I would skip. I do like shounen, IF they excecute it well- which I do think this show does a decent job at.

The good:

-The animation and VA are exceptional. The art style is very pleasing to the eyes. Very nice color schemes. The characters all look like models.
-For a 13 episode season, they were able to pack A WHOLE LOT OF CONTENT. And it doesn't feel rush either. Very well paced. Does a great job at world building.
-The characters are solid. Nothing special, but they do their job.

The bad:

-Very very VERY VERY generic shounen. ... It feels like a wannabe Naruto/MHA/Harry Potter series. Copies element from a lot of series.
-The music is boring. It's too MHA-like- hell even during the Will's "power up" scenes, it has almost the same instrument as You Say Run.
-There is no villain. You get introduced to like, the last 2 episode to who might be the baddies, but other than that- yeah.
-"Antagonist" or frenemies are bland as crap.

Speaking of characters, how are they? As the theme goes- generic. The "antagonist" friends all have the same quality. They scream. They hate Will for no reason cause they need to for there to be "tension". They are mean. Then they become friends with Will. Then they still bully him.

Speaking of Will, how is he as the MC? IMO, he's the worst part of the show. I just can't stand his type of character. He's some super sissy version of Deku. His sole goal is to simp for his childhood friend who has ascended the tower. I kid you not- that's his entire motivation. It's pathetic. People treat him like dirt and he just takes it. NO- I'm sure he even likes it. He is unrealistically unselfish that everyone's happiness has to come before his because he just has absolutely no personality- except being a shounen protag where he powers up when he needs to. Sooooooooo boring. His frenemy- Sion, would make a better protag. I mean Sion isn't good, but at least he has "some" personality.

How's the plot? It's mainly generic. Kids attend this magical school. They complete. They hate. They love. There's a festival. They all have dreams. Yadadada- EXCEPT there are two interesting aspect- the Tower and the Dungeon. What is beyond the Tower and how did the Dungeon get there? Two things that intrigued me, but too bad the show never addresses them.

So over all- it's very generic and bland but hits all the point of a passable shounen. I give a 7/10.

This second season of Oshi no Ko focuses more on other characters besides Aqua and Ruby. More world building. Some parts are kind of slow- like you're wondering where they're going with it, but over all very enjoyable and pleasing to see side characters get development. The slowest part is definitely the first two episode because it's more about how the manga/entertainment history is and the struggles/fighting that happens behind the scene.

But once the show picks up- once again Oshi no Ko reminds us why it's such an amazing show. THE CHARACTERS. This season really lets each character shine. Arima is absolutely adorable as always, ... and we learn a lot about her. Some of the smaller casts like Melt also gets a lot of love. But the best one of all is.............AKANE. Dang, you will love her this season. I won't spoil it, but she is so unpredictable and cunning. I love it.

The main plot with finding the killer also thickens. No spoiler of course. As for one of our MC- Aqua. Hm....I thought it was okay. He kinda gets development- but more like you learn about how he thinks and his values. I get he's supposed to be emotionless, but at times it was a bit too much. As for Ruby- well I hate to say it but she was on the backburner till the last couple episodes. Danggit. Well that's alright- that's what season 3 is for!

As for everything else- the music, the dialogues, and the animation? All top notch.

Highly recommend. Can't wait for season 3!

I was bored and wanted to watch some isekai trash, because honestly I have a soft spot for that genre. What I got instead didn't even live up to the most basic and generic isekai guidelines.

Listen, sometimes I just want to see an OP MC go crazy while buildilng his harem. Story just has to be okay and I always give a good rating at that point.

But this anime can't even deliver that. MC is OP indeed. OP has a harem indeed. But MC is one of the dumbest idiot ever. I wanted to like him because he's very innocent. At one point, he reminded ... me of kid Goku. Kinda pure. But guys- even kid Goku has 3x as much braincell as Cain.

Cain's problem is that he was born as a 5 year old and his brain never matured beyond that. He's blessed with all these powers, but he never tests them. He never uses them. Instead, Cain spends most of the series trying to get everyone's praises. Which I guess kinda makes sense since his previous life he was alone. But my god he has daddy/mommy/sister/friends/lizards/dogs issues. He's easily the most OP person in the world, but still needs validation from his "teachers" and the Adventure guilds and everyone else. Cain never thinks for himself. Also, for being OP he has knows like, 3 attacks the entire series.

How's the rest of the anime? His harem is okay. The girls are pretty. Personalities are the usual. The best one is probably his elf wife Tijuanna because she's hilarious. The rest are super cardboard cut outs that you've seen before.

What is good about this anime? Honestly I enjoyed it at the start. It felt chill. There were some jokes that did make me laugh. Cain seemed promising and he was just learning and making friends. Then I think by episode 5 or so- you realize Cain is retarded, there is no plot, and nothing makese sense. The powers in this anime make no sense. Cain went into a hyperbolic chamber to train for 5 years and then was reverted back to his dumbass kid self but had absolutely no growth. The rest of the fighters in this anime have no abilities whatsoever.

Music is forgettable. Animation is clunky and lazy. I will at least say the VA's are amazing and do try their best.

Skip this one folks.

Simply of the best anime of all time.

It has EVERYTHING. Great plot. There's mixtures of little stories along the big stories

LEGENDARY characters. Frieren is easily one of the best MC of all time. Very lovable, caring, and funny. But all the mains are strong. Frieren just stands out.

Amazing character interations. I laughed. I cried (IT HITS YOU RIGHT IN THE FEELS, OVER AND OVER AGAIN). I rooted for each one. I was too invested.


Breathtaking fight scenes. Interesting world building quests. Memorable music. IT HAS IT ALL
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I really don't want to say too much other than this because I watched this anime without a lot of info and I feel that is how I got the most enjoyment. That is also how I'd recommend it be watched. You simply will not regret it and will probably rewatch it a few times like I did.

A true 11/10 anime.

If you're an isekai fan- I'd recommend you give this anime a shot.

It's certainly interesting. Usato is accidently transported to another world with two of his classmates. They become the most useless heroes of all time, while Usato, a nonhero, becomes this absolute tank and badass. In general, this anime does hit all the general points of an isekai to make it "acceptable", but why do I actually like it?

Because Rose is awesome. Rose is Usato's teacher. She is big, mean, and the most OP character in the show. She's also very violent- which okay I know I have simple taste- but it was hilarious ... to me how she slapped and punched her minions around. Tough love for sure. Usato and her relationship is easily the #1 best thing about this anime and is purely worth watching because of it. They go from tough love to tough love, but now more open. Very good development. I think if the show had just led with that from the start instead of wasting the first 20 or so minutes setting up a generic ass isekai idea that everyone yawned through- it would be more enjoyable. Speaking of Usato- how is he as an MC? He aight. When he's with Rose, I like him. When he's not- he's some wanna-be shounen idiot who spouts Naruto nonense like NO ONE WILL DIE ON MY WATCH, BELIEVE IT I WILL NEVER GIVE UP. So I'm torn. But I don't hate him. He's certainly better than his two classmates. Kazuki is this idiot who has no brain and follows all orders. He's also weak as hell. Suzune is the former class president, I think. And she is easily the worst and most annoying character in the show. Some of her lines are straight up cringe. Like, they tried to make her this super serious person back in the old world, but now she can free in the new world, but it's too much of a drastic change. She is suddenly this anime freak who tries to break the 4th wall by using certain words. Oh, and she is also weak as hell.

The plot itself is very generic. The demon lord and his army is invading, so they must be stopped. So nothing special.

The fight scenes are kinda good though, ngl. Especially when Usato and Rose go super saiyen mode.

For the villains, there's no development. They tried to make demons sympathetic, but it fell flat to me.

So yeah, you'll enjoy Rose's awesomeness and her setting Usato and everyone else straight. 7/10 would recommend.

I really enjoyed this anime. That said, my taste in isekai is rather simple.

I love OP MC's, beautiful girls with plentiful fan service, and great fight scenes.

And this anime pretty much checks them all off.

That said as well- it also needs to have great story telling with amazing characters.

The story itself is decent. It's not great by any means, but it does it's job. Basically a guy obssessed with learning about magic who has zero magic capability dies and is reincarnated with the body of a GOD. Okay not quite a god, but he might as well be since his magical ability is far ... FAR FAR FAR above everyone's else. Add in all the nerdy study time he did with his previous life and he becomes OP as soon as he's born. The story does kind of try to world bit a bit, but nothing of it is special. There's dungeons and guilds, of course. And there's a ragtag group of misunderstood bad guys that the hero has to fight and eventually befriends. So the story itself is straight forward and nothing special.

What makes this anime good is the characters. Okay well to be fair only 1 character- and that's Lloyd. He's a funny lil boi. He continues his pursuit of magical knowledge even with his new life and being OP. He has no interest in politics, girls, or fighting really. It makes for some rather humorous scenes. That said, the show does a great job showing how Llloyd's mind works. There really isn't much character development as Lloyd doesn't really change, but his magical knowledge does. So it's interesting learning magic from his view, even if some of the stuff is "anime" langauge which we don't understand. But I like that kind of thing. Speaking of growth- no characters really have any significant growth. They're all kind of set in their ways around, so the show is more about how they interact with one another. Over all, the interactions are good. Not great, but passable.

Another reason I rank this anime high is the animation itself. My god when Lloyd does his magical shit- it looks breath taking. Colors, lines, shapes, the sound. It's some grande stuff and I absolutely love it. Oh yeah and the girls all look sexy so that's always a plus. No shortage of fan service that's for sure.

I guess I should mentioned a negative? I suppose we don't really know much about the character and their back ground. The show only has 12 episode so they rather focus on Lloyd and his pursuit of magic- which is completely fine with me. I mean they did try to give The Assassin's group a back ground story but it was pretty lame. Too much crying by them when I honeslty don't care since I was just introduced like, 1 episode ago. But they did try, so A for effort.

Anyways if you like the same type of isekai that I do- you'll definitely enjoy this one as well!

One of the best Isekai's ever. Hell, I think it might be THE BEST. I haven't enjoyed watching an anime like this in so long I forgot how great isekai's can be.

To sum up the plot quickly- the most badass assassin gets reincarnated and his set by the goddess is to kill the hero because the hero becomes corrupt/evil. To start off- the plot is interesting alone. It's different from most isekai protagonist having to kill the Demon Lord. So that's a plus for me. What really makes the anime great is the MC.

Lugh is one of the best MC of all time. He's very ... straight forward. He's hard working. He's kind. He's also not a dumbass like Subaru from Re:zero. And he's a complete badass. Even before he was reincarnated, I liked his character already. It's honestly refreshing to see characters who actually use their brain in combat. He brings it all to his new life and some. Lugh really grows as a character. What I like is that Lugh is OP, but he also knows he's not invicible, and he doesn't use some lofty sense of idea like righteous to act like an idiot. Lugh is always very careful and calculating. After all- he IS an assasin.

Support characters are also amazing. Lugh's father- Cian, stands out. Very strict, but loving. And he sure as hell trains his son to the max. Lugh's mother is basically MILF eye candy, which to someone like me is always an A+. Lugh's has 3 main girls. First is Dia Viekone. She is the the one who taught Lugh how to use magic, which Lugh obviously surpasses her easily. Dia is also Lugh's love interest, although I find her to be kinda boring. She doesn't have a interesting back ground and nothing about her sticks out. But she's not entirely bad/useless- outside of being a damsel in distress the last arc. Tarte is the second main girl. I really like her and I like her back story, even though it was relatively short. Saved by Lugh, she basically becomes his personal maid/assistant and dedicates her life to him. The most interesting of the 3 to me is Maha. Lugh saves her from a life of being kidnapped and sold off as a whore to disgusting rich folks. Oh yeah, did I mention most of the nobles in this isekai are disgusting pieces of crap? Anyways after she is saved- she repays Lugh by taking over his business, expanding on it- and now is one of the greatest merchant in the world. She is the only one from Lugh's main that can stand on her own two feet. But enough about that. They're all good in their own way, but Maha is the one I am most interested in if this anime gets a continuation.

How is the story though? IT'S GREAT. The fact they can fit SO MANY stories and arc in 12 episode and still make it this good is A+. Nothing feels rush. You get to see characters develop. Lugh becomes conflicted at times beacuse he is trying to be more humane after his last life.

How about the action? Most of the time it's short, but honestly it's still AMAZING. Again, Lugh is an ASSASSIN, so of course the battles are going to be short kills. But one thing I really like is that this anime takes the time to explain how magic works in this world. It's not entirely believable and sometimes it feels like you can too easily make it broken, so there's that.

Speaking of- I think that is this show's main negative. Alright so spoiler alert- Lugh can basically create any metal substance he wants.....INCLUDING GOLD. He also shows Dia how to do this. I mean, the world is run by gold and he can create gold so Lugh and Dia are basically the richest people in the world. Yet they never mention this skill again. Maybe the two know about inflation and are avoiding that aspect. Dunno. Another negative is that we don't really get introduced to any powerful adversaries. Towards the end of the season he fights Macness, which is great. But we only see the Hero at the end. Shucks. But excited.

In summary, an amazing anime. Really hoping for a season 2!

Interesting premise that promises a unique isekai story.

Ends up being typical and honestly- quite boring. I say this as an isekai fanatic; I love isekai, but the one thing I cannot stand is when the plot is the MC training continously with no development. The first 4 episode is the MC literally training and trying to level up while the plot moves an inch. Then he moves to another city, and now he has to clear a dungeon, and of course he does (with more training and small improvements). It's literally like watching someone play a video game. I'm here to watch an anime, not ... watch someone play a game. It's funny cause the anime tries to reference itself that it is indeed not a video game, but that 4th wall breaking did nothing but made me scoff even more. The training arc(s) makes no sense either. MC repeatedly gets his butt kicked, yet he is the only one in the world who has cleared the dungeon, which holds some of the strongest monsters. Yet he can't even beat a simple starting adventurer. Talk about inconsistency.

Is there anything good about this anime? There is actually- the goddamn story that the anime should've been concentrating on instead of watching the wimpy ass hero cry and train all the time. The story itself is actually super interesting. Healers have become corrput and are charging crazy amount of money for their services- in some instances if payment isn't ment then the patients become slaves. There's hints herre and there about the world which it works. Those parts are good. Then the anime goes right back to the MC like...doing boring stuff. If the anime had actually concentrated on the premise like the show described, I guarantee many fans would love it more. I mean, seriously that is an awesome story line. But instead every episode we get 15 minutes of the MC getting his butt kicked during training, then not learning absolutley nothing- then repeat again next episode, aaanddd continue the cycle until the finale.

Speaking of MC, how is he? I started off liking him. He is a total wimp. But I'm okay with that. I like alot of wimpy MC's. Deku from MHA is awesome. I loved Kaneki in Tokyo Ghoul (seaosn 1 at least). But Luciel? He's wimpy, a cry baby, and well- that's pretty much his entire character. His motivation is all over the place. Money, girls, a place to live? Who knows. Sometimes it's everything. Sometimes it's nothing. The thing about wimps is that there needs to be a pay off. Like, there needs to be growth. There is no growth with Luciel. So to sum up- Luciel isn't bad- he's just super duper boring. How are the side characters? Forgetable. Not a single one stands out. They're all cardboard cut outs of every single side anime characters you've encountered before. The interactions are as basic as they come. That said- that's the least of this show's problem. The side characters do a solid job over all, even if I don't remember a single of their names. It's the lack of story that really brings down this show.

So should you watch this anime? I would say pass. I wanted to quit by episode 4 or 5, but at that point I had already invested too much time, so I had to see it through to see if there was any pay off in the end. And the answer is no.