Isekai wa Smartphone to Tomo ni. 2

Despite all the hate it rightfully received, I really enjoyed the first season of In Another World with My Smartphone. The English dub of the first season brought self-awareness to the characters, injecting humor into an otherwise insipid storyline. This season, that spark of life from the English voice actors is sorely absent. Everyone goes through the motions, counting the days until their paycheck arrives. Season 2 is purely an abysmal descent into the depths of mediocrity, doubling down on the repulsive misogyny and complete lack of creativity of its predecessor. The episodes are a disgraceful showcase of women reduced to objects. To start, we should get the animation out of the way—or should I say, the absence of it? Instead of breathing life into the action, they serve up mind-numbing still shots that make a snail’s pace look like a Formula 1 race. Who needs fluidity when you can have a slideshow of stagnant scenery? And the art? It’s a mishmash of confusion and chaos. Character designs morph into distorted monstrosities, mocking artistic coherence. You’ll play guess-the-character as they transform into unrecognizable blobs before your eyes. But hold on, we can’t overlook the anime’s defining trait—the abominable off-model faces. When our forgettable protagonist Touya and his harem dare to look sideways or tilt their heads, brace yourself for a roller coaster ride of contorted faces. Their faces twist and warp into grotesque abominations giving the impression that the animators were overworked to exhaustion. As if character designs were inspired by a deranged dadaist. The compositing is equally inept when the characters use their invisibility power. Instead of employing subtle visual cues to convey their appearance, the artists opted for a shockingly horrific eyesore. The resulting effect is a jarring combination of poor color grading, sloppy filters, and clashing layers. The characters appear hastily glued onto the scene, disregarding proper lighting or integration. Now, let's summarize the story—equal parts mind-numbingly dull and painfully predictable. In this pitiful season, we witness Touya’s shameless pursuit of multiple engagements, and his harem of indistinguishable girls expands. The show stumbles through a series of contrived scenarios, presenting forgettable female characters solely to satisfy our protagonist’s romantic interests. Along the way, we witness coerced relationships, absurdly imbalanced power dynamics, and endless sexualization, all woven together in a quilt of tastelessness. The only time he rejects a girl is when a child flirts with him. Her father offers her hand in marriage, but Touya respectfully says, "Wait until I AM eighteen." This season fails to rise above the misogyny cesspool established by its predecessors. It revels in reducing women to objects of desire, forsaking originality, and engaging storytelling. The abomination continues with episodes that range from cringe-worthy to appalling. We witness the main characters frolicking in a hot spring, girls non-consensually kissing Touya, and fanservice while dismissing any semblance of storytelling or character development. The plot introduces female slaves, miraculously transforming them into “employees” for our esteemed hero. What a good guy! And let’s not forget the fascination with Yaoi-themed books because nothing says respect for women like reducing them to fetish objects. And what about humor? Prepare yourself for a tidal wave of juvenile jokes and stale innuendos, the sort that make middle schoolers laugh. The writer’s misguided comedy attempts only amplify the show’s overall pitiful quality and reinforce its grim treatment of women. Political intrigue in Smartphone, or so it's meant to be, dissolves into a mishmash of forced engagements and the protagonist’s relentless pursuit of romantic conquests. The show’s obsession with accumulating wives and establishing kingdoms reaches nauseating heights. This reaffirms its status as a prime example of the harem genre at its most repugnant. The plot, if it can even be called that, lingers in a wasteland of predictability and worn-out tropes. The dialogue is contrived, lacking depth or meaningful exchanges. Instead, we’re subjected to endless vacuous relationships centered solely on gratifying the self-insert protagonist’s ego. In Another World With My Smartphone’s second season is a seething pile of excrement. Its abhorrent misogyny, creative bankruptcy, and absence of character development make for a hilariously awful twelve episodes. Protect yourself from this animated accident and seek out a series that treats women with a modicum of respect, subverts stereotypes, and offers an engaging story worth your time.

Tension is, supposedly anyway, the result of creating conflict in a story, and no story is complete without at least some of it. There are of course numerous ways to execute these ideas, and there is no singular “tried-and-true” method that applies to all stories. But *In Another World with My Smartphone* season two opts to try a daring experiment – create a show in which any sense of tension is thrown out the window almost entirely, where plots that have the capacity to shape the face of a nation are resolved within twenty-three minutes at a time, and the guy always gets the girl. Perhaps this could be thought of as the power fantasy’s final form, having ascended to a new plane of transcendent understanding after six years of dormancy that our “critically-minded brains” could never dream to comprehend. Or, maybe it’s just woefully inept storytelling. Either or, really. Truth be told, I’m not going to waste my time (nor yours, for that matter) trying to convince you to try watching this franchise if you haven’t already done so. If its sense of stupidity built into the premise is not for you, nothing the show offers will change that. Visually, the show does not dazzle, either in regards to its standard animation presentation or its effects. While it might have a good character design or two interjected somewhere, there’s not much to grab the eye, which is to say nothing of its lackluster music that doesn’t escape beyond the blasé. As such, this show—and this season especially—are a thing that one actively seeks out when you know precisely what it is you’re getting into, and do not care in the slightest about the faults within it that you acknowledge are right there in front of your eyes. In some realm of your anime-viewing mind, Touya inventing ice cream in this new fantasy world and breaking familiars by causing them to constantly trip and fall amused you. Yumina’s enthusiasm at Touya having his own harem of wives, the unusually-horny gynoid Francesca, and boob jokes ruled the roost and had you chuckling more than you’d ever care to publicly admit. The second season does not disappoint in this respect. Everything that made the first season tick or fall completely flat, depending on who you ask, is alive and well here. The series therefore offers no tension, and as a result, no illusions about offering surprises beyond dime store gags. When it seems like something will come along to provide a shock to the system or status quo by turning it upside-down, the anime snaps itself right-side up again lickety-split, all without breaking a sweat. There’s something to be said for *In Another World with My Smartphone* delivering precisely what its audience wants, even if it results in a product that could be called “by-the-numbers” at-best and “creatively bankrupt” at-worst. There is indeed a function for anime’s indulgences in junk food, and much like the endless sea of snacks in a supermarket aisle, everyone has the flavor that they flock to in order to get their fix. So, when Touya spontaneously creates a public bathhouse in the span of about ten seconds, finds out that there’s a substantial request for yaoi fiction in-universe, or doesn’t need to worry about jealousy because his future wives are so excited to add another to their group, it’s a feature of the show rather than a bug. It is not aspiring to be anything more than an excuse to indulge in silliness for a half-hour every week. It will never enshrine itself in the annals of anime fantasy, but if a third season is on the horizon, I’ll do exactly what I did with my friends – happily answer any question about the show’s paper-thin lore like an eager fool, enjoying my own gluttonousness while I get bewildered looks. Just remember one thing – *In Another World with My Smartphone* got a second TV season, while others like *No Game No Life* and *Deadman Wonderland* never got theirs. The industry has perhaps never pulled a funnier cosmic joke.

It's lighthearted, funny, and easy to watch. This season has less action than the first, but this has much more development of the world they live in. I like how fast-paced it is in regards to getting things done. I'm a fan of any protagonist who doesn't stress over punishing the bad guy and the fact that this protagonist enjoys making them suffer is an added bonus (as well as some comic relief). TBH I'm not the biggest fan of any harem style of show, however when the main character isn't a douchebag and shows respect and restrain it makes it much more enjoyable. I can't wait to see what happens next and the story is building up towards something pretty cool.

The guilty pleasure of Isekai trash is back! Boy, oh boy, would I have never entertained the thought to see Isekai Smartphone make a return after almost 6 years since Season 1, which while everybody complained that Isekai has reached peak mediocrity at the time in 2017, I find myself quite enjoying the show. In the post-era where Re:Zero reignited the fuel the year before that more than it exploding in popularity almost overnight, the anime industry has earned a cash-cow in the process that would proceed to slowly decimate the quality that we've come to expect from the seasonal Isekai trash, with only 1 or 2 shows out of the many others that stand out in the best of ways. Literally, NOTHING has changed since Season 1 all those years ago, maybe except for the long-awaited reveal of the supposed side character Ende, as well as the harem king of Touya Mochizuki winning the hearts of the same group of girls and even more to become his wives in the process. A chad, Touya is not. I'd thought that the girls would have more power as compared to Season 1 when they were just walking tropes onto a literate human "god" in the process, and indeed they have gotten stronger, it's just that the love is accepted as one whole heart of a family instead of polygamy, which they are totally fine with. The smartphone gimmick is still there, sadly, though it seems to have found more use this time because of more dastardly attacks ranging from the Phrase monsters to literate kingdoms having in-fighting against each other. And that's all I can say from a sequel that more often than not, surprises and shocks people with its resurrection from the perils of time, but for what reason it did justify that, I cannot tell you why. Rather than the kind of perfect pacing of the first 3 volumes of Patora Fuyuhara's now infamous LN, this adaptation, led by the now recent rom-com director Yoshiaki Iwasaki, has proven that rom-com source materials can flourish under his belt, with the caveat that this all comes at the sacrifice of quality. Mainly, the anime rushed through the remainder of Volumes 3 to 7 of the LN; almost the entirety of the staff refresh from the prequel is gone and replaced with new people, and the drop in quality in the animation department since Production Reed (now Ashi Productions) is replaced by J.C.Staff (with ENGI as production assistance), not like Isekai Smartphone had any big reputation to begin with. The music, however, is a noticeable downgrade this time as the idol group AŌP has disbanded since 2021, and the remainder of the once prolific group (along with Hio Sano) comes back to perform Season 2's OP, it's just not as good as Season 1 is. However, I am glad that the ED returned to the character-focused song (which is as enjoyable as Season 1) that's just one song made into different versions with the various VAs attached, although you don't get 6 versions of Season 1's ED this time and have to settle for the 3×3 grouping version instead with Season 2 here. But seriously, if you ask me: "Is there ANY merit to even watch Isekai Smartphone nowadays?" to which I'll answer: "Nope. Isekai Smartphone was fun back then, when the criticism didn't amount to the social media backlash and cancel culture of today. But as of today, it's a shell of its former self, despite being an obvious follow-up as one of the most hated Isekai works seen over the last few years." If you ABSOLUTELY have to watch Isekai Smartphone, be my guest, because I'll actually recommend Season 1 over the sequel, which is just bland and serves nothing new in its slate. Otherwise, be on your way, there are other shows that can fill up your time better than this trash.

I gave S2 a watch because S1 was my guilty pleasure, as a trash anime it was enjoyable, but it was by no means a good anime, if we're all honest about it, this whole series is pretty bad. S2 however is worse than S1, I made an initial mistake by thinking Smartphone Isekai was trying to be a parody / satire of sorts, but with this series it became obvious that it was simply collecting all the genre tropes and throwing them at the wall in a half-assed way, it doesn't commit to anything, everything is just a checkbox. In S1 you did have a decent mix of action and adventure to keep things interesting, in S2 however this has been stripped down quite a lot, as the two main focuses are collecting the different parts of Babylon, which is incredibly repetitive, and if you were expecting some grand search for these different parts, well, prepare for disappointment, because it couldn't be bothered to even give us that. And the other focus is collecting up the remaining girls in the harem, and going on an engagement speed run. This means that on the whole it is rather dull, it has its over the top moments and moments of action, but there are so many moments of just... nothing: having tea, talking, going for walks, shopping, standing in big rooms, looking at the scenery or just following people around. You actually forget the main 'plot' of the series and why he's collecting the different parts of Babylon, because there is just no urgency. I guess it's my fault for being fooled into thinking that the Phrase were going to be an actual thing, and a part of the actual plot here, when really the plot is just about collecting the harem. There are still some moments of enjoyment, but it is definitely a stepdown from S1, and Leen and Paula just are not in it enough. This is not an anime you can recommend, because the only people I can recommend this to are people who liked S1 and actually like watching trash anime, and even then I caution those people because it dropped a lot of what made S1 enjoyable as a trash anime.

What can I say that hasn't been said about Smartphone Season 2. Is it pure harem isekai trash ? Yes, utterly. Is the MC completely bland and solely exists so the watcher can imprint on them for there own escape ? Yes, utterly. Is there a plot or engaging storyline ? Nope. Are the characters other than the MC at all interesting nope not really they just exist to fill a stereotype from loli to shy knight to lewd fairy. Did I expect it this to get S2 nope, could I have spend my time watching anything else from the Spring 2023 season, yes. Will I watch a season 3 if we get one ? Yes absolutely ! Why cause not everything needs to be an AoT, Fullmetal etc. sometimes its nice to just watch some trash and switch your brain off.

12 episodes...it Couldn't end soon enough. As a whole, this anime has some really good ideas, fascinating plot ideas to tie together a truly interesting storyline... yet, what we get, is an anime devoted not to the telling of a story about the world, and the main characters' struggles with dealing with the challenges set before him...we have, instead of that, an anime devoted to making a character so dimwittedly stupid, and lacking any social and romantic proclivity, become what can only be called a collected of young women to make his brides. This anime has the bare bones of a story with telling, however, at every given opportunity to develop any sense of depth, the writers have decided that they would rather spend their time devising contrived and stupid ways, for this moron of a main character to find yet another bride to add to his growing collection. Between that, we have these young women characters seemingly acquiescing and devising for themselves different ways, and leaps of logic, to allow and facilitate this. Now, I have zero issues with Polyamorous relationships, and I think that such a thing can be an interesting way to tell a love story because it's not a dynamic we see all too often in modern media, but this is anything but that. It is a mockery of polyamory, it is a mockery of women, and it is a mockery of the intelligence of its viewers. Every redeeming quality this anime might have had, is so overshadowed by all that I have said so far that they have been rendered null and void in this review, and indeed, that should be the case for anyone possessing more than two brain cells. Watching this anime felt like an absolute waste of time. I do not recommend anyone watch this, barring of course, if you are willing to see what little will you might have, slowly drain from you as you click from one episode to the next, only to realise, that, yes, this anime is in fact as bad as you think it is. The most annoying thing that absolutely grinds my gears is the fact that the anime really does have the elements needed for a decently good story, but it is let down at every single turn by the writers of this disappointment of an anime, wanting to turn it into some weird harem thing, often involving underage girls, awkward romance, contrived and pointless romantic moments that make a McDonald's wedding reception seem like a good idea by comparison.

Im writing this review as a warning. Not because I absolutely hated watching this, rather I know this is some of the most carcinogenic, prefrontal cortex damaging media you could consume. This is the McDonalds of anime. Besides Ex-Arm, this is probably the worst anime I have ever seen. The first season was absolutely horrendous but this season took all the issues seen in season 1 and managed to do it worse. The story: super predictable and uninspired. The pacing was horrendously slow for most of it and was extremely fast in moments it should’ve slowed down. The MC is overpowered as hell for no reason and has amassed a harem, typical stuff. The art is super mediocre and the character designs look like the typical insert isekai characters. The powers, the universe, and the character personalities are boring, one dimensional or superficial, and uninteresting. I conjure up better ideas the morning after I wake up from a melatonin and booze induced dream on an average weeknight. The plot is so forgettable that I don’t even remember how it concluded but even after multiple years, I vividly remember it being so stupid. Now this shit. This is truly an opiate. This is the fentanyl of anime. But even though I say this, the absurdity of how bad this was made it, to some degree, enjoyable. S1 and S2 of this is peak anime brain rot. I’d ironically enough recommend watching this with a group of friends because of how horrible it is. It would be a great way to pass time through a drinking game. Like maybe you could make a rule where you can choose to make anyone take a a shot or sip after each time you catch a serious flaw in story writing, dialogue, or general incoherence. Or maybe not. One of you would get cirrhosis. I absolutely love watching trash isekai while personally knowing how objectively garbage they are. If you take this show seriously, you will be wildly disappointed, but if you’re a degenerate like me, this is your nourishment. This is for you, you instant gratification dopamine fried monkey. TLDR: Plot: 1/10 Dialogue: 1/10 Animation: 4/10 Characters: 1/10 World building: 1/10 Overall story and writing: -3/10 Overall score: 1.2/10 This is hot garbage.

The story of this anime is great, the protagonist began her journey well in the other world. I believe that if I were an anime character, I would like to live a story like this and see in another world starting a new life with new people. The animation style matches the story, the music, the clothes, the color of the characters, hair style, everything matches the animation. My opinion is that this anime, its content, the reaction that the characters make is very stupid, so some may find it exaggerated, but I think it's incredible, you know, I think there's no problem for some, there may even be more, in my opinion, it's incredible, so I don't mind I bother you a lot Isekai wa smartphone is a very good anime and has to be respected, of course some may criticize my opinion but I don't care because I really like this anime, the story and everything and a little more. And it's a lot of fun, I hope this anime isn't forgotten and continues with the fun it brings.

Just as with the first season, I enjoyed this quite a bit. Yes, this is a harem isekai, which we see over and over, but I think this brings something different to the table. This one, plus another from this season - an Aristocrat's Other Worldly Adventures -put a different look and how this is done. They're both lighthearted and fun and put a core to work towards, all while maintaining a general sense of community and way of life. Toya is not one that goes and does heroic deeds endearing times that draw the ladies in. None of these ladies are leering or chasing after him and they aren't fighting with each other. Normally you see and insane amount of jealousy (and abuse of the poor MC because they can't control their emotions) with this kind of thing. It could get ugly in a very big way, especially with the amount of women involved in this. There's obviously a lot of story to be told yet and I'm really hoping that season 3 comes along to finish it. The long and short of all of this for me is that it's just fun. It's extremely light-hearted and you can follow the story without any sort of convoluted nonsense. It's really refreshing to find a show that will take and include typical tropes for the genre and then make them present, just not in the same way. It's not shoved down our throats. A lot of people here are complaining about a light story line that doesn't progress anything and the characters aren't likeable and yada yada yada nonsense. Simply put, if you don't like it, don't watch it. Nothing says you have to watch it all the way through. I have a feeling that if someone goes into a show like this one and it's atypical for the genre that that's mostly why people have a problem. It's easily solved by simply removing it from your watch list. A solid recommend slapped on this one.

This second season of the anime was better than first, the pace which didn't linger into long scene which they shorten which was done well as summaries. It pretty accurate to the manga. If your into generic animes trop this one is pleasant watch. There's still more to the series . Doesnt shove cringy scenes it all well mannered. The animation seemed to improved as well from the second season. Unfortunately it doesn't go in depth with each character but almost every character got similar time so it was good. He doesn't seem the typical character that doesn't realize his partners feeling so that good .

I’ll be the first to admit that this show isn’t a masterpiece or anything close to it. But it makes up for that by generally just being fun and wholesome. This show doesn’t take itself very seriously. Which is a good thing, since, at its core, it’s just a generic isekai. This means that instead of some grand battle, you’ll just have Touya use Slip to defeat (and humiliate) his opponents and get back to more important matters, such as growing his harem. Speaking of his harem, their interactions throughout the show generate quite a few comedic situations. I rarely laugh when watching any sort of media, but this show got a few laughs out of me. The main plotline is advanced slightly, but it’s still of secondary importance. Did I forget to mention that this show also has mechs? If you want to watch a lighthearted, funny and wholesome show, I’d recommend this. I’m keeping my fingers crossed for a S3 announcement.

Think about transferring to another isekai world with almost god tier powers, where every female will fall in love with you, while every man will respect/admire you. Now, what if you were the "chosen one" who is given ancient technology operated by sexy slave androids? that is the essence of this anime. I don't think there needs to be a 5 page essay about this show. The simple summary is "average wish fulfillment self insert isekai with average harem girls and average OP MC". The mediocrity of this show cannot be overstated. It will not try to experiment even once. The story, characters, setup, combat, romance, comedy etc.. are all predictable and cliche. Now, the obvious question is, why did i still watch it? Well.. I often watch a lot of mediocre isekai when cleaning or eating or doing something etc.. This allows me to have some background noise. So, if you want something boring to play in the background, then this is a good show. If you are seriously sitting and watching this show for entertainment.. may god have mercy on your taste.

I liked this season and I think it's even better than the first season. I like this anime because I get a laugh out of some of the situations that happen to the protagonist, but it's a very simple anime, and it's worth remembering that in Season 1 the animation was much better. I'm not asking for ultra marvelous animation, because the anime, as I've already said, is very simple, so a BASIC animation would be enough, but the guys managed to make a pretty bad animation until EP 6, but at least from then on it improved a lot. In general, the anime is still as fun and simple as it's always been, it's just the animation that failed until halfway through the anime.

Never would I have thought that this Isekai would ever get a sequel, When I found out about this anime getting a 2nd season I was kind of hyped due to the fact that a somewhat old Isekai is getting a sequel years later after the prequel ended airing. I wasn't really expecting much from this show because it is just another generic Isekai and to be honest it was a good thing I didn't expect much because this show really didn't do that good. "Isekai wa Smartphone to Tomo ni. 2" compared to its prequel, It really wasn't anything different than what the first season presented us. There are a ton of other new Isekai's that are worth watching over this sequel, To the people who may be fans of the first season, they might like this show but generally this show really isn't worth wasting your time unless you want to. Probably the thing that turned me off the most is how the MC is literally just collecting hoes every damn episode and mygod how annoying that was, It is the aspect of the show that I hated the most for this particular season and I am someone who is fine with harem but man bro has no chills, Literally every episode you see this guy charming some random bitch anywhere he goes to. Anyways enough about the harem part lets talk about the girls themselves, Most of the harem really aren't that interesting they're all bland and they do nothing other than moan, seek the MC's attention, and frown over the fact that the MC is collecting hoes every episode. and the MC himself is not even that good, Just a goody two shoes kirito clone. As for the story, this season was really boring although they were making progress it was just messy and the way they collect different parts of Babylon was completely repetitive and boring. I've seen more engagement's happen than actual plot progress and action, Although I quite enjoyed the civilization building of the show I don't think it is enough to call it anything above decent. Overall It's not that I was disappointed about this season(well I wasn't expecting much to begin with lol) but I think it definitely is a downgrade of the first season. To the people who liked the 1st season, they might find this 2nd season quite enjoyable some might not but it definitely isn't the worst Isekai of this season. I highly doubt that this will get a 3rd season but if it does I'm hoping that things get better and we can finally have the "good" trashy shows we Isekai fans are craving for lol.

I was pleasantly surprised about 2 season of Smartphone. Almost all things that are "good" in trash isekai genre were pumped up to 11. Mc collecting pokemons(girls) like crazy, solving political crises in 1-2 days, farming map, building cities and more. You don't even have time to think about previous crazy shit we saw, almost in an instant there will be more and double. And that's what I expect from this king of genre. While previous season was lackluster and borring on interesting events, here we have rollercoaster of stuff that will hold untill end of season. Yes, this is still typical isekai you all love or hate with all of it's cliche, extreamly easy life for Mc etc. But it's sheer quantity and progression of stuff that's good here. This one deserve 7\10 in my opinion.

The second season follows the same dynamics as the previous one. There aren't many changes in the series; it's more of the same. At first, it seemed like the animation had improved compared to the first season. However, as the episodes progressed, the quality returned to what it was before. Regarding the soundtrack of this season, it doesn't contribute much either. Both the opening and ending are quite generic, and the music used in moments of tension, happiness, or action doesn't stand out. In conclusion, if you've already seen the first season, then you already know what to expect. I can argue that it's more of the same, but I would still recommend it as it remains at least entertaining.

How mediocre can an isekai become? Here's a clear example… A work that, for me, perfectly represents several of the problems that make many older anime fans turn their noses up at the isekai genre nowadays. The isekai genre has produced very interesting stories over the years, with complex worlds, well-developed characters, and truly engaging conflicts. However, it has also become fertile ground for extremely simplistic productions, full of clichés and lacking narrative ambition. Unfortunately, this work fits exactly into this second category. The initial premise could even yield something interesting: the protagonist, Touya Mochizuki, dies in an accident and is reincarnated in a fantasy world by a god who decides to compensate him by giving him some advantages. Among these advantages is something that already defines the tone of the work well: he can take his smartphone to the other world, in addition to receiving absurdly strong powers from the beginning. The problem is that the story does practically nothing interesting with this idea. The narrative seems to exist solely to create new situations where the protagonist meets new girls, solves some problem with extreme ease, and adds another character to his group, who eventually becomes another member of his harem. Instead of developing a consistent plot or relevant conflicts, the series constantly returns to the same type of situation: Touya solves everything easily and wins over another admirer. Because of this, the feeling is that the story practically doesn't exist. Everything seems to be just a sequence of events created to expand the protagonist's harem and insert fan service moments. For those who like this type of escapist fantasy, it might work. But for those looking for a more elaborate narrative or characters with some depth, the experience can be quite frustrating. Another major problem lies in the power leveling. Basically, it doesn't exist. Touya is absurdly powerful from the beginning of the story, not because there was significant development or training, but simply because the author decided he should be that way. There's no real progression, no challenges that truly put the protagonist at risk, and this ends up eliminating much of the tension that could exist in battles. Consequently, the fights end up being unexciting. The enemies rarely represent a real threat, and the story's antagonists are uncharismatic or poorly developed. Even when new villains or challenges arise, everything seems to be resolved quickly and without major consequences. This could even work if the antagonists were interesting or if there were some kind of stronger dramatic build-up. But since that doesn't happen either, many of the confrontation scenes end up seeming like just temporary obstacles before the next fan service moment or the next harem member. Speaking of the protagonist, Touya's personality also follows several common clichés of the genre. He has that typical isekai protagonist behavior: extremely powerful, but at the same time somewhat socially naive. In many moments he acts like a teenager who gets embarrassed by simple romantic situations or who doesn't clearly perceive the feelings of the girls around him. This isn't exactly a technical flaw in the work; after all, it's clearly a narrative choice. However, for me, this type of characterization becomes tiresome after a while, mainly because it has appeared countless times in other similar stories. A curious detail in my experience with this series is that I watched the first season many years ago, when I was younger. At the time, I even liked it. It seemed fun, light, and easy to follow. But when the sequel was announced years later, I decided to revisit the series with a more critical eye. And that's when the disappointment came. I realized that many of the good memories I had of the work were probably linked much more to my age at the time than to the actual quality of the story. When I tried to watch the second season with these memories in mind, I ended up dropping it quickly because I simply couldn't get involved with the narrative. Years later, I tried again to watch a bit of the sequel more to kill time than out of real interest, and the impression remained the same: it's an extremely simplistic, predictable, and uninspired work. Therefore, my rating of 3 comes from this general feeling that the series was made for a very specific audience: teenagers who are starting to watch anime and want something light, simple, and full of escapist fantasy. For this audience, the work may even function as lighthearted entertainment. But for those who have already watched many anime or are looking for stories with more complex characters, interesting conflicts, or a higher level of narrative creativity, the series ends up seeming like just another generic product within a genre that is already saturated with repeated formulas. In the end, I wouldn't say it's the worst thing ever made in the isekai genre, but it's definitely a very weak and unmemorable work. For me, it ended up being just a waste of time, and it's not something I would recommend. =================================================================================================================Versão em Português===================================== O quão medíocre pode se tornar um isekai? Aqui está um exemplo claro disso… Uma obra que, para mim, representa muito bem vários dos problemas que fazem muitos fãs mais antigos de anime torcerem o nariz para o gênero isekai hoje em dia. O gênero Isekai já produziu histórias muito interessantes ao longo dos anos, com mundos complexos, personagens bem desenvolvidos e conflitos realmente envolventes. Porém, também acabou se tornando um terreno fértil para produções extremamente simplistas, cheias de clichês e sem muita ambição narrativa. Infelizmente, essa obra se encaixa exatamente nessa segunda categoria. A premissa inicial até poderia render algo interessante: o protagonista, Touya Mochizuki, morre por acidente e é reencarnado em um mundo de fantasia por um deus que decide compensá-lo dando algumas vantagens. Entre essas vantagens está algo que já define bem o tom da obra: ele pode levar seu smartphone para o outro mundo, além de receber poderes absurdamente fortes desde o início. O problema é que a história praticamente não faz nada de interessante com essa ideia. A narrativa parece existir apenas para criar novas situações onde o protagonista encontra novas garotas, resolve algum problema com extrema facilidade e adiciona mais uma personagem ao seu grupo, que eventualmente vira mais uma integrante do seu hárem. Em vez de desenvolver um enredo consistente ou conflitos relevantes, a série constantemente volta para o mesmo tipo de situação: Touya resolve tudo com facilidade e conquista mais uma admiradora. Com isso, a sensação que fica é que a história praticamente não existe. Tudo parece ser apenas uma sequência de eventos criados para expandir o hárem do protagonista e inserir momentos de fan service. Para quem gosta desse tipo de fantasia escapista, até pode funcionar. Mas para quem procura uma narrativa mais trabalhada ou personagens com algum nível de profundidade, a experiência pode ser bem frustrante. Outro problema grande está no nivelamento de poder. Basicamente, ele não existe. Touya é absurdamente poderoso desde o início da história, não porque houve um desenvolvimento ou treinamento significativo, mas simplesmente porque o autor decidiu que ele deveria ser assim. Não há progressão real, não há desafios que realmente coloquem o protagonista em risco, e isso acaba eliminando boa parte da tensão que poderia existir nas batalhas. As lutas, por consequência, acabam sendo pouco emocionantes. Os inimigos raramente representam uma ameaça real, e os antagonistas da história são pouco carismáticos ou mal desenvolvidos. Mesmo quando surgem novos vilões ou desafios, tudo parece ser resolvido rapidamente e sem grandes …

The return to "In Another World With My Smartphone" for its second season brought a noticeably diminished experience, a step down from the initial charm. My score reflects this shift: a 6 out of 10, a descent from the first season's 7. The narrative felt adrift. What once hinted at a larger purpose now meandered, a series of loosely connected events that lacked a compelling drive. Plot threads appeared and vanished without leaving a lasting impact. The supporting characters, once a lively ensemble, seemed to have plateaued. Their development stagnated, and their interactions often felt perfunctory, lacking the spark of their earlier appearances. Visually, the animation was adequate but lacked any real flair. It served the story without truly enhancing the fantastical setting with memorable artistry. Yet, the world itself still held glimpses of intrigue. The lore and imaginative locations occasionally shone through, reminding us of the initial appeal. Ultimately, Season 2 was fine, acknowledging both its lingering potential and its undeniable drop in engagement.

First season was a lukewarm anime with a mannequin protagonist, bereft of any goals or desires, being swept up with the flow left and right. It had "ehe~"s, "ah~"s and "touya-san~"s that each woman had to moan separately, low quality battle scenes, shallow characters, low-effort service scenes, nauseating glorification of the protagonist and a storyline that makes the protagonist so powerful the only thing that stops him from resolving problems instantly is his wishy-washy attitude and imagined problems. But it still had that isekai charm where new, exotic environments were introduced, and worldbuilding was progressing somewhat. Second season has none of the good things the first one had, but in exchange it doubles down on dumb, inconsequential plot points. Romance was dumb in first season? well how about we double the amount of women that fall for touya for no reason? Also every other episode there should be a few minutes segment when wife-squad sits down together and discuss how touya is very kind and strong. Also babylon thing was cool in last season, right? Let's have touya find those locations, teleport to them instantly, instantly gain control of them, then come back for dinner. It can't take too long after all, all the new wifes already have so little screen time most of them join touya harem for dumb shit like "he gave me a shiny sword" or "he came by and teleported me to safety while also defeating 10000000000000000000 enemy soldiers with magic". It's a shallow show. Horribly shallow. However many cliches they cram into it, be it giant robots, flying castles, harem of princesses, collecting divine beasts or becoming the most respected person in the world, it's impossible to mask how childish and basic the story is. All the actually problematic points in the story are ignored and they just work out by themselves, the problems that ARE brought up are superficial "eh~... but if I'm mean to bad guys, will I be a bad guy? hhhmmm~~ eeehh~~?" dillemas at which any grade schooler will go red in the face watching how long it takes for protagonist to process. I'll rate this at 3 only because I'm saving lower rating for shows that require effort to be that bad. Recommending to nobody. Even if you loved first season for some reason, you'll probably be very disappointed with the second one.