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May 21, 2024
I'll keep this short.
Spice and Wolf is one of those anime. It came out in 2008, before JoJo, before AoT, before OPM. It was a time when anime outside of the biggest shounen titles was still just a small part of pop culture, a complete niche that people made fun of in real life, like video games in the 90s. But it was there, a story revolving around economics, with beautifully hand-drawn animation, great voice acting, and beautiful music. Set in a fantasy medieval European-like setting, it captivated many people. It had compelling characters and an interesting premise, and so I too fell in love
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with it. Sadly, after the second season was released in 2009, the anime became dead, with no new animated media being produced.
Until now. Because yes, we got a new anime adaptation of the beloved light novel some 15 years after the second season aired. In a time when anime is bigger than ever, and it feels like every other year we get an even bigger show, going more viral, and more popular than anything before it. Well, it's good, what else I have to say? Okay, I do have something. As you all probably know, it's not a third season, it's a remake. While not bad in itself, since it has a chance to bring new attention to the franchise, and maybe even get enough popularity to animate more of the story than the original did, it's not without faults. Two actually, that I had the biggest problem with. Design, and direction.
The anime doesn't look very well even without the comparison to the original. It looks very shiny and digitally drawn like every other anime coming out these days, being only slightly above the average-looking isekai we get every season. Both characters, and backgrounds just look a bit off, and if you want to compare it with the OG title, it just comes off as a worse version in every aspect. The 2008 anime had a lot more originality and uniqueness in it, but maybe that might not be a problem for some of you.
The direction is worse as well. While a lot of scenes play the same way as they did in the original, with some minor changes to the camera work and dialogues, it just ends up being not as good. The anime still manages to captivate the same feelings, but thanks to the new look, it lost a little bit of the charm and soul of the original.
You, dear readers, might now think that it's a bad take on my part, because I just keep bringing back the old anime, and Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf has its own take on the story, and that's fair. But how can I not compare an adaptation of the same thing? An anime that tells the same story again, but in a worse way in my opinion? And that's the thing. It's still good, it tells the already-known adventures of Lawrence and Holo, and it adapts the now pretty famous and beloved story again. But because the changes are so insignificant to the story as a whole, yet big enough to strip some charm of the original adaptation, I just don't see a point in watching this version.
The 2008 Spice and Wolf adaptation looks nicer, the direction is better, and is already out there. If you never seen this anime, I recommend just checking out the older one. If you want to rewatch the story perhaps, I still think the OG is a better choice, as the new one is by large the same thing, just slightly worse.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Jul 20, 2023
I will keep it simple.
This anime is a cheap copy of My Next Life as a Villainess. I'm not even going to elaborate on the fact that the script is inferior, that the story has a lot of plot holes, or that the characters are annoying and dumb as a bag of rocks. Nothing makes sense when it comes to the plot of this monstrosity. Instead, I would like to introduce you to one particular character, which should be enough to understand that whoever wrote the script is an idiot. Oh, and it's a light novel adaptation, so technically someone with the name or pen
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name Tenichi was responsible for the story. However, this does not absolve those responsible for the production of this anime of responsibility for how the end result looks, as this is a different medium and they could have changed the story to make it not as awful as it is.
So whom am I talking about? About a boy named Stale. He is to become the adopted brother of the main character because of his special ability. He can teleport, and let me tell you one thing, the only word that comes to mind when talking about this whole plot with abilities is cringe. But back on topic, what's so bad about his character arc? Well, let's start with the fact that he is a peasant who becomes the adopted son of the current imperial ruling family. Only to become something of an assistant to the head heroine. Do not think too deeply about it, the author wanted to create a copy of Keith, but even that he could not do well.
What's next? Oh well, he is kidnapped and forced to forge some kind of magical pact with his new family, making it impossible for him to escape. Which technically makes him a slave. But our main character says a few kind words to him, and that's enough for him to get rid of any malicious emotions directed toward his usurpers, and start supporting his new older sister with a wry smile. And finally, I can't even describe how much I laughed the moment Stale read the letter from his biological mother. He was so uplifted and happy, and so was his new family, everyone laughed as if nothing bad had happened. Everyone absolutely forgets about the fact that he is a slave who was brought here against his will, he cannot defy his rulers, and this letter, oh god. They let the real Stale mother write to him once a year... ONCE A YEAR! And he is happy about it like it wasn't this family that forbade him to contact his biological mother in the first place.
My biggest conundrum is why the author copie-, I mean wrote that Stale will be Pride's brother. Oh yeah, the main character's name is Pride, and it's a terrible name that I only associate with FMA. And the thing is, that the whole plot would have made a lot more sense if Stale had actually been treated as a slave in the service of the imperial family, rather than as a member of it. Then the kindness of the main character would actually mean something, and the stupid restrictions that were imposed on Stale would actually make sense.
Ending this review which turned out to be a little longer than I planned. Because it's a copy of My Next Life as a Villainess, Pride was an evil and violent character before she had awakened memories of the game. Which is funny because she was also a much more interesting character back then. For example, she forced Stale to sign something that made him completely obey Pride, under the pretense that Pride would let him see his mother. And she wasn't lying, the catch was that she made him kill his mother with his own hands. Like man, if that was the actual story I'd be happy to watch it.
Anyway, the plot is garbage, worldbuilding is nonexistent, and character development doesn't make sense. I dunno, go watch the original.
Reviewer’s Rating: 3
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May 3, 2023
This manga is so terrible, I have no words for it. The only redeeming quality it has is the art, but it can't save it in the long run. It has a very bland and boring main character who likes to play the hero, even though he is horrendously weak. He acts in a completely unrealistic way, jumping into action and being hyped to fight 15-meter monsters out of hell like it was all he ever did. No sane human being would do that. Kazuma from Konosuba behaved more believably. I just can't fathom how annoying and stupid the MC is, I hate him with
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passion.
The main objective is to gather 5 rings and 5 wives to defeat the evil guy, so it's your typical harem isekai but executed in a laughably bad way. Every character is dumb to the core. MC gets power from the rings, and to do so he must build up his relationships with his wives. He does not do that. They don't really have any deep conversations about themselves, there is no interesting drama around them. The biggest plot point is probably the first wife getting jealous of the others. Also, every girl wants to sleep with our hero, but he refuses like every young man would do, yeah. Not to mention that sleeping with your wives and having any and I say any kind of relationship is directly linked to the power of the rings, you know, that power which is supposed to keep MC alive and defeat the main villain.
I like trash isekai titles to some extent, but this is so bad I couldn't keep reading anymore. It's just a horrible Lord of The Rings fanfic made for incels. Bye.
Reviewer’s Rating: 2
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Apr 25, 2023
This manga gets a lot of praise, but I'm not sure for what. The art is good but not enough to keep it interesting for long. After reaching the chapter about the aquarium, I realized one thing, the conversations are incredibly dull and boring. Most of the dialogues are dragged and overdramatized conversations between one-dimensional characters, that repeat the same thing over and over again. Everyone just keeps apologizing, for being judgmental, for not understanding, etc. Nothing between the two schools' conflict is really addressed, and at this point, it's just an "I'm sorry" story.
When development can count as fast and doesn't drag the
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events to the extreme like a lot of other manga do, at the same time it fails to build any stakes. Of course, the typical romcom tropes are present here as well. Aquarium date, lost kid, girl harassed by a bunch of punks, girl saved by the MC, a girl saved by the MC's friend, beach episode, and so on, you get the gist. So there's a lot of dialogue about nothing in here, events that fail to build up any stakes, melodrama about happiness as deep as a Latin telenovela and it all ultimately leads to boredom. The only thing that stands out is the pace, It can give the feeling that this manga is better than it actually is.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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Mar 19, 2023
The amount of anime that has a score higher than 7/10 is astonishing. It's like people don't even know what those numbers mean anymore. Isekai Nonbiri Nouka sits at a comfortable 7.52 as of the time of writing this review, so it should be considered a good anime right? No, it's very bad, but that's for later. Score on MAL is being a joke for a very long time, it's more of a popularity contest, than an actual rating. So while something like Bleach or Solo Leveling are being one of the highest-rated pieces of media out here, I can somehow understand it. People don't
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tend to think critically about something they like, and a lot of those manga/anime are made to trap their audience in a mindset that makes them think they are better than they actually are. Be it with good art, a plot that seems interesting at first glance but ultimately goes nowhere, or drama between characters that makes it engaging to follow until you stop and start to think about how God damn stupid it is. So, why does this anime, Isekai Nonbiri Nouka, enrage me so much? Because it's utterly shit while having a high rating.
It lacks a good art style. Animation is so basic, that it doesn't fall far from being a slideshow. Every object in the background looks like a copy-paste of something made in paint by a ten-year-old. There is no tension between the main characters. No drama that would make it interesting to follow. Writing is poor which makes the conversations boring and unpleasant to listen to. There are no intriguing moments here, no absorbing story, and nothing exciting. It's almost fascinating how bland and unimaginative this show is, and how a lot of people think of it as something relatively good.
And the brainless plot in which the MC is being given a second life, thanks to his previous one being a horrible and miserable experience. So, what happened to him? No one knows. He was betrayed, and fall sick. That's literally everything the show tells its audience. It doesn't even sound all that bad, people are dying and living a worse life than that all the time, so why he is the one chosen?
As a new profession, he chooses farming. At first, it sounded intriguing. Having a main character who struggles with his new life as a farmer. Applying things he knows from his previous life to the new one, learning more about agriculture, and so on. In short, farming version of the Ascendance of a Bookworm. But no. It's easy to realize what the show actually is about in the first minutes of it. He wants to live as a farmer because of an idol farming show he watched in a hospital bed. Like, what? Then he gets a magic farming tool, so he can spawn any primitive enough tool (I assume it needs to be functional without electricity), and doesn't get tired while using it. Oh, and he can literally create seeds out of the air for any plant he can think of. This show is a spit on the face to any actual farmer and this way of life.
Not to mention women showing up naked in the forest he lives in. Oh, and they don't give a shit about the outside world and their lives there. All that matters now is the MC and agreeing to live with him after spending one day on his farm, because FUCK LOGIC.
Garbage show, I don't recommend it.
Reviewer’s Rating: 2
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Jan 25, 2023
Another day, another isekai to trash on. Honestly, there's nothing positive about this show, so let's get this over with.
The plot is dumb. Some old king reincarnates as a child in a different world I presume(it wasn't explained if it's future, different dimension, or whatever), and want to live the life only for himself. He kills some dragon as a two-month-old baby(of course he does), and the story proceeds. He beats a merchant villain who's bad for the sake of being bad as a five-year-old kid, gets praised for it, and the story goes on.
I could write a more thoughtful summary of the
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events taking place in this show, but there's no point in doing so. Let's get to the two main issues I have with this anime.
The protagonist. He was a king in his previous life, and after getting tired of serving his people, he chooses to live this new incarnation only for himself and master the art of the sword. That's the problem here, he doesn't want to be the hero, leader, and so on. He said that multiple times, so he fakes getting a mana tattoo or whatever that was, so there's no need for him to be a knight bound to the kingdom he lives in. In short, no need to serve anyone, right? Well, no. Because he chooses to be a fucking squire of his friend who's going to be a knight, therefore making him serve that dumb kingdom anyway. The story is dumb.
Gender bender. I actually like this tag(whatever that says about me). The saga of Tanya the Evil is probably one of my favorite anime ever(I even watched Kämpfer, remember that one? It's shit, but I like it). That's why I don't mind him being a girl now, what I mind is the reason he became the said girl. In short, waifu bait. That's essentially it. The mc changes his gender to sell more light novels, manga volumes, and blu ray discs to all the incels around the world. And the sexualization of characters, oh my god. Like, hear me out. I'm an anime fan, and I know what I got into. But watching a show in which a twelve-year-old kid is showing off her tits, so horny teenagers and adults would buy overpriced merch, leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
Overall, a terrible show. Watch something else, there are like thousand isekai anime already, you'll definitely find something better than this.
Reviewer’s Rating: 2
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Jan 21, 2023
It's just another dumb power fantasy isekai, with a stupid plot and unrealistic characters. You should know what you are getting into after reading the summary. There's nothing interesting or original here, but watching it can give that feeling of so-called "dumb fun". I definitely don't recommend it though. The biggest problem of this show is its premise, a super-powerful guy who wants to live the life of an ordinary mob. He literally said, "I want to be one of them. One of the countless masses of weak people." so what does he do to achieve that? Nothing besides showing everyone he meets how strong
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and unbeatable he is. Like wtf? What's the point? Well, there's none. Because it isn't supposed to be a well-written thing, but rather just another advertisement for the light novel (which by the level of this production, I doubt is any better). So yeah, don't even bother watching this trash. There are better ways to waste your time.
Reviewer’s Rating: 2
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Dec 18, 2022
It was so bad, I forgot I even watched it. The first episode is somewhat funny, but the joke gets old really fast. It ain't great.
Do I seriously need to write more to publish this? It's just another mediocre romcom, can't say much about it. I would like it more if it really tried to show polyamorous relationships in a more serious light, focusing on what it is, and what problems people in them are facing. I don't really hate it, but it's just another harem anime, filled with fanservice of underage girls.
That whole two-timing is just a poor excuse to make unfunny jokes,
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and of course, bring every character under the same roof. It's another show, in which the parents of our main character (Naoya) are absent from the life of their kid. So yeah, two main girls come to live together, and that blond one camps outside (because that's so intelligent, mc doesn't want her there, but he ain't calling the police. Reason? I actually forgot, but something along the lines of "My father sees me as irresponsible and wants to delete my YouTube channel", of course, our MC saves the day and lets her stay in his backyard lol. The last girl wants to help her friend, Saki, the main girl. She sees Naoya as a pervert and wants to get her friend out of that dumb relationship. What's the problem this time? Well, she has a crush on our MC as well, unbelievable, right? And so their lives go on, a lot of not-at-all-funny jokes, dumb fanservice (like really the most two brain cells fanservice I've ever seen), and lack of imagination.
A show to shut your brain off, It might be fun to watch while being drunk with friends. Sadly, I don't drink and have no friends.
Reviewer’s Rating: 3
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