Jan 7, 2023
A shame, really. It's based on a really solid novel series (I've read easily over a hundred of them at this point, and it's still among my top 3; sales-wise, the light novel is currently at 29 volumes and still ongoing), but it just doesn't work as a seasonal anime. It's a mix of isekai and slice of life, with a major focus on travelling and crafting, so it's way too slow-paced for this format; the author chose to concentrate on good execution rather that putting an interesting spin on the tired formula, so if you don't care about that, it will probably just look
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overplayed and generic to you (not to mention, the MC even looks like Kirito); the world building is mostly done through random comments and bits of information you're supposed to put together on your own during consecutive readings, which also doesn't work in an anime format, where half of those get skipped over to try and speed things along; etc.
All in all, it's a solid, heart-warming, slow isekai about a guy having a good time travelling, cooking, crafting, etc., while doting on a bunch of little girls he rescued along the way. The novel is written with adult readers in mind, and it shows, especially when your read it back to back with something like Isekai Smartphone (Not that Smartphone is a bad novel, just a good counterexample. It has a very similar setting, but its MC is a teenager, and you can immediately see the difference in how the two of them act when put in similar situation). The anime production quality is solid across the board, and I really enjoyed both the art style, and the choice of opening/ending music. Overall, I found it engaging enough to give the novel version a try (my first one), and now, several years later, I still keep coming back to it, so I definitely recommend both the anime, and the novel afterwards.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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