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I feel like I have an obligation to write review for this anime. Being the first chinese anime I completed, what I found was something I didn't expect.

The best comparison to this show wold be The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. In both you have an OP protagonist that hides his superpower and tries to lead a normal life, which leads to funny moments and great jokes. I enjoyed both of these shows, yet The Daily Life of Immortal King stuck with me for something different than Saiki K. While Saiki focuses mainly on the comedic element of the premise, Immortal King tries to do ... something more. It hides in a disguise of comedy and delivers us one of the most deppressing stories I ever saw.

Because while Saiki K. goes by with the premise that Saiki himself chose to lead a normal life, Immortal King did not. This show explored what exactly could it mean for such an amount of power to even exist on Earth, while also showing us the person affected - our MC, who unwillingly, out of obligation uses seals to limit his spiritual energy, together with his emotions. As such he cannot function as a normal member of society, can not live a normal life that he longs for.

This is one of these stories saying "Great power comes with great responsibility and great costs."
So while our MC is overpowered and basically a demi-god, he isn't even aware of his own emotion and feelings, that are sealed away. But when the seal come undone, his true feelings start flowing out, with him realizing them. That is, until he is forced to have them sealed away again, for the sake of mankind and the world.

Okay, so now that my rant is finished, let's talk about other aspects of the show. Characters are enjoyable, music is surprisingly good and oh boy did the animation surprise. Surely was on completely different quality than what I expected. The comedic aspect is good - it's the absurdity of the jokes that will get you.

Overall a great watch for sure, mainly for those looking on a bit different take on similar premise.

I usually don't write reviews for on-goings, but I feel like this one is getting so much unneccesary and even unjustified hate. I mean yes, if you essentially hate wholesome romance/slice of life, then I understand you won't like this. But this anime can also offer something completely different and unique. Although the main focus of the story is the relationship between our main characters, the world and it's mechanisms are far too interesting for me to not write something about them. Just the whole blessing system shows us, how imperfect the world is and how unreliable their god is. Blessing is something everyone is ... born with and every blessing has its purpose, be it armorsmith, warrior or a thief. And you don't have anything to say in this matter. What you'll be doing is, basically set in stone from the day you were born. And if you refuse to subdue to these blessings, they will force you by altering your behaviour and personality. If you have a thief blessing but you don't want to live as a thief, the blessing will force you to steal, mostly unconciously. This is something that cought my interest. The other thing I loved is a completely new way of seeing the whole "hero" thing. In the anime, hero's party isn't shown as some knights in shining armor. And the hero herself, is something that very intrigued me. You see, a "Hero" is just another blessing, but far more powerful than other ones. But everything has a cost. You will gain immense power and strenght, but at a cost of losing your own humanity. Those with the blessing of a hero don't need to eat, drink or sleep. They also lose any unnecessary emotions and feelings. That is a price someone pays, just for being born, because you don't choose your own blessing.

Even though the initial story would probably keep me going, because the romance is pretty good and enjoyable, it was the worldbuilding with its systems and mechanics that hooked me in completely. This one is a hidden gem - literally. Completely new way of viewing the whole "Hero goes to defeat demon lord" cliché. This and several other factors, mainly how calm and relaxing the initial story is, paired with the mysterious atmosphere surrounding the whole hero's party is something I am looking out for.

To be fair, I don't even know what am I reading anymore. Just in one chapter, a fluffy fantasy romance story goes into full on hentai. But I can't say I didn't enjoy it. Even though the story is nothing special, it is enjoyable and I like that the characters actually get together. Characters are nothing to write poems about, but they fit this kind of generic setting perfectly and won't make you instantly hate the manga. Art is pretty, you just can't say it's bad. Story is bleak and not really interesting, but as I said, it is still enjoyable. Overall a bit generic ... yet enjoyable manga with fluffy moments, that actually delves deeper into romantic relationships in a closed up community.

This anime is interesting. It takes the whole "isekai'd to a rpg game" from a whole new point of view. Characters actually think about what they are doing and what impact will it have on that world. They also question reasoning behind each quest they are given, they don't just blindly follow it. They think why and how should they do it, they use features of the "game" to their advantage, even if it wasn't meant to be used like that.

It is slowly taking a dark turn, we steadily see our characters diving more into logic behind this whole world, and why they were ... summoned there