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Lightspeed pacing is the most striking quality of this series.
Fantasies are notorious for bad pacing, so it almost feels illegal how quickly the plot moves in Yakuza Reincarnation. What could easily be a mini-arc instead becomes a couple of chapters, and what would usually be a season-spanning arc lasts only several chapters.
It can be a little hard to follow the finer details of what's happening, but it's worth it to see something where the plot actually advances at a steady pace.

As for the protagonist Ryuu, she's certainly unique, and a great fit for such a fast-paced story.
Having lived a tumultuous 70 years, she doesn't care ... about how others treat her or feel uncomfortable about anything, not showing an ounce of youthful pride, embarrassment, or fear. All she wants is for the youngsters around her to be treated well, and that's usually when the fists come out.

But better than any review is to read it for yourself. The first arc is only 4 chapters, so you pretty much immediately get the full idea of what kind of a story this is and whether you like it or not; there's no waiting to see if it gets better or worse.

The pacing of the story was already getting bad towards the end of part 1, but in part 2 it simply drops off a cliff. There's literally a 5-episode battle with a single villain. Just try to imagine that: A full 100 minutes of over-explained attacks that happen *extremely* slowly.
In fact, the entirety of part 2 is back-to-back fights, and not even good ones with funny moments or emotional depth. The sheer number of death fakeouts is simply insulting, and they make everything happening onscreen feel utterly inconsequential because a character being "killed" by an attack doesn't matter as long as they have plot armour.

All ... this time wasted on bad fight scenes means that all the comedy, emotion, and lewdness that gave part 1 its charm is mostly absent.

Surprisingly, the isekaied sword isn't actually the lead character for most of the story. The story is told from his perspective, but the plot itself is about Fran; the sword is content to serve Fran's wishes and pretends to be nonsentient when others are watching.

But Fran being treated as the lead character is exactly what makes this series so good. She's a solidly-written character, and turns what would otherwise be an isekai power trip into a genuine and heartwarming rise of a hero.
Her youthful innocence belies a level of bravery, ferocity, and cunning that even her sword is in awe of; yet the writing doesn't ... forget that Fran is still a child, emotional and dependent on others. The combination makes for easily one of the best protagonists of a fantasy story, one who manages to feel cool and amazing yet genuine and realistic.

The sword adds a lot to the story too, even if Fran is the only character he regularly interacts with. He shows a level of love and care for his master that's delightful to see, and the two work efficiently as a team during fights.

The main con of this anime is that while the characters and the fights are great, the plot and setting are about as generic as you can get. Adventurer's guild, dungeons, goblins, levelling up... The same thing you've seen several times before if you watch a lot of isekai.