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Another generic isekai in a JRPG video game world. In this case, the protagonist is the sword itself while the deuteragonist is its wielder, a catgirl child named Fran.

Most of the JRPG isekai tropes are there, like the video game world, the disembodied voice of the all-knowing tutorial, cheat OP abilities, blatant racism and classism, cartoonish levels of discrimination and slavery, medieval european fantasy setting, you get the point.

The sword is the standard level of isekai OP, being able to unfailingly obtain any magic ability and skill from anyone, equip and use any skill and magic unencumbered, gather enormous amounts of experience from simple encounters ... to max out any stat, and share them all (along with massive stat boosts) with his wielder WHO DOESN'T NEED TO DO ANYTHING, EARN ANYTHING, OR EXERCISE IN ANY WAY.

Regarding the plot and story, there is neither. There's no glimpse into who the isekai'd person was, what they looked like, or the circumstances of their death: it's completely ignored as it's inconsequential. There appears to be no overarching mystery to their reincarnation: no one takes credit for it, there appear to be no gods shaping the events of this and other worlds, and the sword just doesn't have any curiosity or urgency to find out about anything. Fran is pointless: since episode 1 the sword moves, acts, fulfills their purpose as a weapon (kill), grows, and evolves, all on their own with no external help; Fran doesn't provide anything in this relationship, and literally anyone else could be a better, more equitable partner. There aren't any major antagonists, no crises, no pressing needs for anything... the sword and Fran just get pulled by LITERALLY ANY RANDOM event and let the plot happen casually around them.

In this very stupid world, all knowledge and dexterity are skills (WTF?!), which conveniently for our heroes, can include things like civility and good manners. This means that just obtaining a base skill like "pottery level one" or "etiquette and protocol level one" and maxing it with EXP from battles alone is enough to become a master on something unrelated, in a way that makes absolutely no sense.

Fran, the sword wielder, is literal child with only child interests in mind, and has nothing going on for her other than "act cute" and "look cute". The only "grown up" force driving her forward is the "craving for power as a tool to evolve her species", whatever that means. Her race is bullied and enslaved, but why? what makes everyone in the world want to enslave them and no one ever considers them to be worthy of protection or even research? Who knows? History is set up in the flimsiest and shallowest way possible.

In the end, given the pairings and world rules, what we end up with is LITERALLY Konosuba's Mitsurugi Kyouya with the Cursed Sword Gram: a wholly incompetent "warrior" in possession of an exclusive weapon that does all the work and carries them. And since every landmark is always going to be built on stolen strength, and never from enduring hard-earned effort, this story is not going to be anything but a painfully shallow dud.

I didn't know what to expect before I started watching this anime. It's definitely not for everyone and I can say I couldn't watch the last episode, because I didn't want to know how it ended for everyone involved.

It's people being nasty, hypocrites, selfish, and miserable. There's no love here, just pairings made because of infatuation, convenience, scorn, or plain self-loathing. Ugly people doing ugly things to others.

I don't know why I'm writing this. Probably to warn others about how this anime is too much a reflection of how people actually are and not how ideal relationships can conquer all.

I started to watch this series looking for something new after catching up with Mushoku Tensei and rewatching Tate No Yuusha, and saw that this was one of the new series this season.

Although the art and animation are good, the story and worldbuilding are the most important factors, as they need to carry the weight of the series and inspire viewers to watch the following episodes and seasons, and herein lies the problem.

About the quality of that story and worldbuilding, it's not just bad, it's seriously awful. I'd equate it to a childish, ridiculous, attempt at Overlord: a person who stays connected to a full-dive ... VR game after the servers have gone offline because reasons, find themselves inside the game, is hundreds of levels beyond anyone in the world, can do pretty much anything, has unlimited wealth and a stash of super advanced gear and items, but that's where the similarities end.

In Overlord, the PC, his NPCs and the base are transported to the game world, but they're invaders that have to scout a familiar but unknown world and find their place in it, while also searching for other transported humans (if they even exist), and although they're super powerful, they need to avoid becoming targets as they're no match for the combined might of whole nations (if they were to unite). There is a coherent set up, motivation, and stakes.

In here, the PC is transported to the actual game world 200 years in the future, where her exploits are actually widely known, and where she and previous players have actually left their mark. How is this world actually possible? How did a copy of the actual, exact game world exist at the same time outside the game company's servers where the main character was actually hooked to? Aliens? It makes zero sense.

There is no agency, no risk, no stakes, no plot, no motivation other than trek the world just for the heck of it... It tries to be a comedy but the humor just swings and misses, falling flat.

All in all, a poorly written and forgettable isekai I wouldn't recommend to anyone.

I started to watch this series and became so bored and annoyed that I ended up dropping it halfway thru.

Character-wise, there is no character development at all. Misaki doesn't learn anything or change one bit; and since Takumi is downright perfect (and by definition, perfection cannot be improved upon) he also doesn't get any development.

I should say that I hate Takumi Usui with the intensity of a thousand suns, and I'm annoyed beyond words by his existence, because he's so overpowered (by rom-com standards) that it's beyond ridiculous: he's the #1 best student in the whole school, admired and respected by all the male students, ... so handsome that any woman that lays eyes on him is instantly smitten; a master chef; a fighter so skilled, he has no problem beating 10:1 odds; thoroughly unbeatable at games (and by inference, possessor of genius-level intellect), since he hands Misaki her first-ever defeat at cards, and destroys the 4th-ranked chess player in the country at his own game, without even breaking a sweat. I bet the sonuvagun is also a self-made billionaire, because why the hell not?

Story-wise, there is no story. Every chapter follows this formula: there's a problem (doesn't matter what it is), Takumi is somehow already there (because he's a freaking stalker!) and fixes everything by doing something absolutely amazing completely effortlessly, while Misaki gets a little bit more in love with Takumi. Lather, rinse, repeat.

This is trash I wouldn't recommend to anyone.