Isekai Shikkaku

No Longer Allowed in Another World* is a painful example of how not to write an isekai. The story starts with an interesting twist—Sensei, a writer on the brink of double suicide, is hit by a truck and sent to another world. Instead of embracing the adventurer’s life, he searches for his lost lover, Sacchan. This premise, which could have offered a profound exploration of grief and purpose, is squandered on shallow character arcs and tonal inconsistencies that leave the narrative feeling hollow. The characters are as lifeless as the monsters they fight. Sensei’s brooding cynicism quickly grows tedious, as his refusal to engage with the world isn’t balanced by any meaningful growth or introspection. Annette, the priestess, and Tama, the martial artist, fare no better, serving as little more than obligatory sidekicks who are drawn to Sensei for baffling reasons. Their motivations are paper-thin, and their interactions lack the chemistry needed to sustain the story. The trio's journey through a world supposedly fraught with danger feels like a series of disconnected vignettes, with neither stakes nor payoff. What’s most frustrating is how the story attempts to balance comedy and despair but ends up trivializing both. Sensei’s nihilism clashes awkwardly with the slapstick humor and shallow commentary on human nature. The darker themes are neither explored with the depth they deserve nor juxtaposed effectively against the lighter moments. Instead of a thoughtful critique of isekai tropes or an engaging story of personal redemption, *Isekai Shikkaku* delivers a muddled, uninspired tale that neither entertains nor resonates.

No Longer Allowed In Another World - No Longer Human, Isekai version? Yes and Amen to death. Let's just admit this one sole fact: Isekai is just getting boring with each iteration of new seasonal shows with the same wash, rinse, repeat shtick, that one look and you'll be right to give it a miss that you won't forget to not come back. That works for about 90% of the time, but sometimes, there's shows that do have that same gimmick, but offers something else in return, and despite the negative connotations just from the title alone, the true meat of the story goes deep-diving into the depths of the unknown that it is what makes the work so unique to begin with. This is Isekai Shikkaku a.k.a No Longer Allowed in Another World, written by mangaka Hiroshi Noda, whom you will also recognize as the author of Koi wa Sekai Seifuku no Ato de a.k. Love After World Domination, which received Project No. 9's anime adaptation back in Spring 2022. Despite both series being serialized at the exact same time, the latter ended its run back in November of that same year with the manga being axed for a rushed ending, while the former is still ongoing. If you have read or seen Love After World Domination back in the day, I assume that you're already familiar with Hiroshi Noda having a signature of creating parody works of popular genres. And like with the former splicing both the superhero action with the rom-com genre, he has done it once again for Isekai Shikkaku, this time on the action adventure with the fantasy genre, by incorporating one of Japan's most iconic figures: Shuji Tsushima, better known otherwise as Osamu Dazai (yes, that Bungou Stray Dogs MC character name is also where the inspiration came from). Of course, while staying true to the roots of said novelist, even down to his death and the sequence of events that led to it, the parody maestro knows how to turn this into a compelling story: just nickname him as Sensei, retrace the roots of Dazai's lovers' pact of a double-suicide with his partner Tomie Yamazaki (who's only known as Sacchan), and add in the twist of Truck-kun for the iconic Isekai effect, and lay it all bare on the Other Worlder who finds himself literally in another world, but still hoping to die one day till he's fulfilled his tragic job. Until then, Sensei has to bear with the constant annoyances of the NPC announcer telling him that he's earned EXP, leveled up and the like that's usual with RPG elements, by being thwarted with inconvenient heroics that make him the "tragic hero" that he is, with an actual sense of purpose...? It's obscenely clear that Dazai, or Sensei in this regard, his goal is just to ensue death by whatever means possible, because that's what his life's calling is glued to. But on the other hand, being in a fantasy world, meant that Saachan could also be in this world, and therefore he sets out on a tragic journey to find his lost partner. Where the problem for Sensei stems from, starts with the one who summoned him into said world: the elf priestess Annette, who implied that it was Truck-kun who did the work, and her just merely an NPC messenger to tell the summoners that they're the stereotypical heroes capable of defeating their world's Demon Lord. Of course, being so adamant about death, Sensei shrugs her off like nobody’s business and proceeds to wander into the fantasy world, trying to find a way to commit suicide. It’s then that he encounters a catgirl being captured by a monster, but being too occupied to die, Sensei easily succumbs to the monster, but his powers of bad luck saved both himself and her, and made him the hero that he did not want to be, thereby warranting her to follow him…at the cusp of just naming her Tama (i.e. cat in Japanese) and not wanting to know her real name any further. Sensei’s quite the hilarious unexpected figure of evil who also unexpectedly does the work of good, especially with his “Death Note” diary that he uses to pen the lives of others, especially since he’s a writer by origin. And that diary from within, encloses his only ability: Storyteller, whom triggers all kinds of effects based on the person or people of notice to decide if they’re alright for the fantasy world, or as the series’ title suggests: No Longer Allowed in Another World, by sending them back to Earth for all the wrongs they’ve done in their lives, whom still have a heart to do things right, as their salvation. This is so because not only are there Other Worlders just like Sensei, but they’re too many of them to ever be counted to counter their villainous acts in the fantasy world, giving rise to the antagonist group known as the Fallen Angels: potential Other Worldly heroes who were once thought to be capable of defeating the Demon Lord, now turned to the dark side after said entity has been wiped out. And that’s the role of Annette and Tama as they join Sensei in finding Saachan, whom he thinks is also alive somewhere in the fantasy world, as this course of events winds down a deep, dark spiral, aside from the occasional comedy of the nonchalant writer who prefers to sleep in his designated bed of a worn-down coffin…that’s still another way to die. Always the determinator, Sensei, amidst the elf who turns out a lot more useful than she initially looks, as well as the catgirl whom despite her outbursts from ignorance, has an exact episode of her own with the Other Worlders. But still, the unlikely comrades create the perfect party for Sensei to find his partner-in-crime. Is it too much of a coincidence to say that whenever studio AtelierPontdarc is, there will always be Isekai in the title? To be fair, outside of the short that is Ganbari Douki-chan, the newly established studio still has a lot of ways to go with animation and production values that can be mistaken for just about any B-tier studio in the mix. This is especially since the production-ridden Summer 2022 show of Isekai Ojisan a.k.a Uncle from Another World that’s still being fresh in our minds, despite its uniqueness (most of which was adapted from the manga of the same name), and with Isekai Shikkaku being just the studio’s 2nd work ever done, it’s alright, but nothing noteworthy. The music…there could be more of it, because most portions of the anime just felt empty at times, and even more considering that it’s music composer Kenichiro Suehiro, the same composer as Isekai Ojisan, which that show had more value added to it. Aside from that, I thought that Kashitaro Ito’s OP was a little off kilter for my liking, but it’s still a quality song through and through. The dissonance thereafter with Mayu Maeshima’s ED, she just knows how to nail shows with dark post-atmospheric feelings, and I felt the song with the lingering of my skin to a solemn degree of good. The misadventures of Osamu Dazai in No Longer Human, or rather, mangaka Hiroshi Noda’s take by displaying a parody of it, I have once trusted in Koi wa Sekai Seifuku no Ato de a.k.a Love After World Domination before, and Isekai Shikkaku a.k.a No Longer Allowed in Another World, continues the trend that the author himself knows what he’s doing to deliver a parody that as serious as it comes, there’s comedy to be had as well. It may not look like the innovative thing considering the AniManga of recent times, but it’s still a solid show that while it teaches about the tales of wisdom of the famed novelist himself, the story doesn't slow down to allow its characters to shine being a psudeonym of the real life from the perspective of adults. If parody's your thing, Isekai Shikkaku's a no-frills recommendation as a comedy relief show. Either be condemned and humbled to receive salvation or be consumed by greed and ego to sink deep into the abyss.

This one is a mixed bag for me. On one hand it surely didn’t follow the usual isekai routine with a bland MC that has zero traits and personality, on the other - it still plays really safe and doesn’t stand out too much. Now let me give you a bit more details. World/story. An isekai world mass imported unhappy broken people to wage their war only to find out that unhappy broken people can easily go rogue, so someone now needs to solve this new problem. I will not lie that while the whole mass transportation isn’t a new concept, a twist with rogue heroes plays pretty good here, at least because I haven’t seen it used for a while now. Just don’t expect the rest of the world to have a unique twist, as it mostly is the usual isekai stuff. Characters. Finally we have a main character who isn’t a self-insert. A very depressed suicidal writer is indeed a rather unusual hero for a story. Sadly him being an author and suicidal is just a reason to go for a few dark humour jokes, and those ones aren’t really good. Even though I do like dark jokes, those ones are playing… kinda safe? They are the easiest, the most obvious and the most tame jokes you could use in that situation and while some of them managed to make me smile a bit none of them made me laugh, as if it either didn’t land or didn’t hit hard enough. So while we finally have an interesting hero, not much interesting stuff is happening to him. For a secondary cast we got a more standard set of heroes. They have their growth, they have their moments, but those heroes lack the unusualness of the MC so they are rather basic. Villains are mainly of a “misunderstood/mistreated” type, and while the whole concept gets predictable very fast it is still executed on a good enough level to be passable. Production: well, it isn’t bad. Loved the ending, didn’t notice BGM, VA all did a good job and the visuals are fine - nothing stellar though, as there isn’t really much action to be honest. Summary. So, did I enjoy the show? A bit but yeah, I did. Can I recommend it? Not really, cause, to be honest, I don’t think there is enough stuff put in it to be worth a recommendation. To put it in another way: this title would be good if it focused more on all the unusual twists it makes, but in its current state it is just another isekai with a few small differences that elevate it from mass produced boring garbage but not enough to leave the “mediocrity zone”.

Isekai Shikkaku isn’t exactly a bad anime… it just has too many “meh” moments to call it good. I found myself bored through a lot of it, only really getting hooked toward the end of episode 8 when I finally understood where things were going. By episode 4, the direction felt predictable, but the pacing made it drag on. I like the main character and even relate to him, but I kept wishing I could skip to the last episode to see how it all ends. Honestly, I wished the whole anime would just end in one season, but since the main goal isn’t resolved yet, I guess I’ll have to sit through another mediocre season to see if my guess on the ending is correct. I could go ahead and read the manga, but honestly, I don’t think it’s worth the time. 🤷‍♂️ This anime has potential, but the execution felt low-budget in ways that didn’t work. There are definitely other low-budget anime that still manage to pull off their plots much better. Anyway, I’m rambling—but for now, I’d say Isekai Shikkaku had its moments, even if it didn’t quite hit the mark.

A refreshing take on isekai-genre. Still your classic isekai in every way, but with some twists. Main character Sensei really hard carries this show. Most unique isekai main protag I've seen in a while. Definitely not impressive or anything like that in terms of production quality, just a plain old middle of the road isekai. But very refreshing, which is most important to me in a bloated genre like this. If you cannot enjoy sensei and his antics, then this show probably isn't for you. If you can get a chuckle out of some of the things sensei does, then this show is for you. You should know if it's for you after about the first three episodes.

I didn't watch this at first but after my wife luckily took a look, we both fell head first into the storyline. No Longer Allowed in Another World takes on the popular and overdone trope of transporting sad otakus into another world - and puts a fun twist on it. Though other reviewers feel it's the main character is one dimensional, it takes the superpower of a hero into the powers of the psychological - which I'm a big fan of. If people come out of this learning a thing or two more about feelings and that there's no such thing truly as "good" and "bad" then this anime has absolutely done its job. Definitely recommend watching this as the storyline moves along well, and it is a fun (and funny) watch!

Osamu Dazai, author of "no longer human", One of the fathers of modern Japanese literature, chronically depressed, women magnet, talked four different women into committing couples suicide with him, they all died but for him it only took on the fifth attempt where he tied himself to his lover and both jumped into the river in 1948. Take that guy and have him get hit by Truck-kun's grandpa just before he could make that fateful jump. aaaaaaaaaaaaaand Isekaied! It's actually fitting that literally 30 seconds of being in a typical Isekai world his first action was to attempt to kill himself out of sheer annoyance. There is a clash here as Dazai seems to belong in a dark, rich human drama from the 20s while the world and its characters are straight out of a trashy light novel but somehow they made it work. Most of the time Dazai, or sensei as the show calls him for copyright reasons, role is to just step back and allow the characters to play out their own stories. You don't get that much anymore as most stories seem to center around MC-kun. In 12 episodes the same solution to a problem was never used twice. Each time the characters were given a chance to make their own endings. No notes, this show managed to make something different and actually got two different styles to work in harmony. No cheap shortcuts, just a good story and characters with arcs allowed let their story play out without some MC-kun forcing his way into their tale. I don't think I've given a show a perfect score in years, this one earned it.

At first, I thought this anime would just be another parody isekai full of dark jokes and absurd dialogues from a depressed MC who keeps talking about wanting to die. But somehow, it’s way deeper than that. The MC is pessimistic, self-destructive, and totally unhinged — yet that’s what makes him interesting. He’s not the type who “gets better” or suddenly turns into a hero. He’s broken, but he understands human pain more honestly than anyone else. What I really like is how he never judges people. When someone wants to live, he supports them sincerely. When someone wants to die, he doesn’t force optimism or fake comfort — he just listens. It’s weirdly refreshing to see a character like that in an isekai. The dialogue is hilarious, especially when the side characters try to deal with his nonsense. The art fits perfectly too — colorful but melancholic, which makes the absurd tone hit even harder. Overall, it’s absurd, satirical, and surprisingly meaningful. You’ll laugh at one scene and suddenly go quiet at the next because it hits a little too real. Absurd but meaningful — a mix of humor and depression that somehow works.

Isekai parody stories, much like isekai reincarnation stories themselves, are very hit-or-miss with me. I’m a fan of Isekai Ojisan, for example, but Konosuba didn’t really appeal to me at all despite its mainstream popularity. Isekai Shikkaku is another such isekai parody manga series adaptation from AtelierPontdarc, the studio best known for adapting Isekai Ojisan. However, despite coming from the same studio, the same director, and having a somewhat similar brand of humor, I feel that Isekai Shikkaku has some fatal flaws that prevent it from hitting the same way as Ojisan. This series follows the adventures of real-life writer Osamu Dazai (whose work I’ve unfortunately never gotten around to reading although I hope to someday) whose suicide attempt is interrupted by a runaway truck. Like all those who are flattened by this legendary truck, our Senpai is transported to another world; the twist is that he is having absolutely none of this world’s high fantasy shenanigans and just wishes everyone would let him kill himself in peace. Despite Senpai’s determination to die and for reasons I don’t fully understand, he just seems to be immune to death in this world. Forced to continue living, Senpai travels around the world searching for his lover “Sacchan”, so that they may commit suicide together, with some fantasy world friends he meets along the way. Together they end up in conflict not with a dark lord and the forces of evil, but with other isekai’d would-be-protagonists who are using their special abilities to terrorize this world’s NPC denizens. As it turns out, Senpai is the ideal foe for these power-tripping tyrants as he uses his writer’s insight to deconstruct and lay bare all those unlucky enough to cross his path. I took to this series' premise right away and I felt that Senpai was a really fun protagonist in a very Addams Family sort of way, although I have my doubts over how reminiscent he is of the real-life Dazai. The first half-or-so of the series was one that I looked forward to watching on air but soon enough I found myself completely bored and having to rewatch episodes I fell asleep watching. Like Isekai Ojisan, this is a series that enjoys making fun of JRPG/Light Novel tropes but unlike Isekai Ojisan it forgets to give you a reason to fall back in love with the genre it's parodying and this ends up becoming the series’ fatal flaw. Let’s compare, for example, how this series and how Isekai Ojisan deal with female characters and fan-service as both Ojisan and Shikkaku parody the trope of fantasy world characters being unrealistically beautiful. In Ojisan this becomes a major plot point of the story as it leads to Ojisan being hunted down and persecuted as a supposed orc; in Shikkaku it mainly leads to female characters having huge boobs and revealing clothes. Despite this limited focus, Shikkaku doesn’t actually contain much in the way of fan-service giving the impression that the author is merely making fun of the sexualization found in Japanese fantasy without contributing to it. Meanwhile, Isekai Ojisan fully embraces fan-service and fills its story with beautiful girls in pervy situations. In other words, true to its title, Shikkaku (to be unfit for) is merely “making fun” of isekais rather than embracing the genre and too often the result is a mean-spirited story with boring characters in boring situations (although I did enjoy the first few episodes).

Maaaan what a banger of a show. If you're like me, you would have been both intrigued by the premise but also turned off because the concept of a suicidal main character in an isekai doesn't seem like much of a fun experience....and you and I would both be VERY wrong. The comedy hits every time, the animation is smooth and very appealing for the eyes, and the story is so damn good for an isekai it's actually insane. The backstories of the other worlders, the dialogue with Sensei and the others, the character development for the main character's crew, it all fits in so well with everything. For a season of anime that I thought would be boring, there have seriously been a lot of unexpected hits rather than misses, and here's to hoping this trend continues. (They better make a season 2 for this...)

I almost did not watch this anime but I got bored and gave it a chance and I'm glad I did. It's a little different than other isekai in that the main character has a more melancholic tendency than the average and the people of the world he's transported into don't quite know what to do with him at first. The characters were likeable but in the first few episodes they were a little forgettable, but came into their own as the story played out. The narrative also had this trouble a little too but once it found its footing, I looked forward to watching each new episode. I liked it enough in the end that I hope we get more episodes because I'm definitely willing to continue watching and seeing where this story takes everyone next. If you like isekai and don't mind suicidal characters, then you might like this. If you don't like suicidal idealization then you will want to skip this one.

Isekai Shikkaku got overshadowed this season, but make no mistake, this is the BEST fantasy show of Summer 2024 by far. It came out of seemingly nowhere and delivered an extremely refreshing take on the isekai genre with mature writing and themes, focus on characters rather than your usual defeat the demon lord or revenge plot and a unique MC for once who doesn’t rely on overpowered abilities to win his battles. The emphasis on helping people move past their trauma and return to their original world was such an interesting narrative decision that made for quite a few emotional moments that I cried for. This might seem like seasonal isekai #520000 but it’s so much more and I had a great time watching. So Isekai Shikkaku has a couple things going for it that make it really good. The first of which being the characters. The party dynamic is among the best I’ve ever seen in the medium. Dazai, Tama, Annette and Near form a genuine family as the show goes on and it doesn’t rely on the girls falling in love with Dazai or fanservice like you see in other fantasy shows. Instead, the unlikely bunch come together after Dazai helps each of them and establishes an almost teacher-student relationship with them. It’s such a cool and wholesome dynamic and I enjoyed seeing how much they all look up to him and how close they got on their travels. The other thing is Dazai himself. You know normally in these isekai shows we get an otaku loser who gets summoned to another world and gets a harem of hot girls around him, fights bad guys, levels up like it’s a video game etc., but isekai Shikkaku is the first isekai I’ve seen that has an actual historical figure as the main character. Yes, that’s right, THAT Dazai is the MC here and they incorporate a lot of his real life personality traits, particularly his desire to commit suicide. It’s played up as a gag a lot, but actually has some very big plot relevance and he’s able to connect with other characters they encounter as a result. Other isekai MCs are out here looking for glory as an adventurer and Dazai just wants to find his lover that he was isekai’d with and commit suicide together. The other thing that really made this a fun ride was the emphasis on establishing character relationships to stop bad guys rather than just overpowering them with strength. So Dazai does have some broken abilities, but he’s not a fighter. He’s a writer and the author actually did an amazing job of incorporating that into the story. Having Dazai write stories about the characters he’s dealing with and then let them finish it by sending them home, it’s a cool mechanic and speaks to the emotional intelligence of the author here. It almost has a precure vibe if that makes sense with how Dazai deals with villains here. He doesn’t break their bodies or beat them up, but instead breaks through to their hearts , understands where they went wrong and then gives them another chance at life by going back to earth with the lessons they’ve learnt. I know it sounds a little cheesy on paper, but in practice it’s so good and a lot of the characters have gone through some genuinely tough circumstances that when you see, you can’t help but cry over. It’s kind of easy to brush it off as being evil, but if you had all the power in the world after being abused or neglected in your previous life, a lot of people would be in the same position if you put them in this story. So the story is great and I cried a few times, but the show also just looks gorgeous. I love the character designs and art style and it might not be the best animation but it’s good enough. Direction wise, there’s a couple episodes that were so well done and self contained they almost felt like films. Episode 1 and 11 come to mind. This is just a really good watch man and a breath of fresh air. I loved the characters, the interesting plot mechanics, Dazai constantly trying to off himself, the casket pulling, you name it. Simply put it’s a great anime and I highly recommend it. Isekai Shikkaku gets 9 caskets out of 10.

I was very excited to get started on this anime, given the main characters personality and the seemingly unusual plot. Unfortunately, the other characters design and the outcome of the plot is, well, pretty boring and predictable. I enjoyed watching the show but couldn't get really invested in their adventures and the other characters, both being too stereotypical. The opening and ending were great though and I do love sensei as a character, he's unusual and tbh pretty hot ! If a second season comes out I'll probably watch it, but I don't have any high expectations nor would i really recommend it unless you're an avid Isekai consumer.

This anime is not for those who are new to the isekai genre.🚨 The story follows a depressed author with suicidal tendencies who gets reincarnated into another world, where similar otherworlders hit by Truck-kun 🚛 try to live the lives they dreamed of. Our author sensei, along with his ragtag party, unwittingly fixes that world and its people, which forms the basic synopsis. At times, the anime has vibes reminiscent of "Mushoku Tensei", while at other moments, it feels more like "Konosuba".😲 Pros: 1. Solid storyline 2. Each character has depth and background 3. A parody of the isekai genre Cons: 1. The anime can be too serious 2. Slow pacing For those who crave a deep plot and love the isekai genre, this is a must-watch. It offers a refreshing take on the genre.👍🏻

I have really mixed feelings (tends towards the negative area) about this anime..The basic concept is refreshing, but I can not cope with somebody who wants to die despite getting a second chance/second life. The MC is so selfish, so much absorbed in his own "world of pain"..it was iterally painful to watch. Everything was given to make a funny dark story or a serious dark story or heck...a funny redemption story but all I saw "I want to die despite apparently being immortal" (and that is the other issue....his group saw multiple times how indestructable is he yet always jumping front of him to defend....) The anime is "interestingly boring" with many open substories, sidecharacters are...sidecharacters even when an episode here and there focusing on them. Overall it is not terriblly bad, the animation okay too but far away from good as well and - for me - it have zero rewatching value...and I can not recommend it either

The version of Dazai Osamu in this anime is really cute. Although he has the attribute of wanting to end his life, he’s quite awkward about it. When he’s truly needed, he acts like a real teacher, guiding everyone and providing help. This makes him one of the more interesting interpretations of Dazai among the many variations. The comedic elements of the story dilute his inherent sense of despair and gloom, enhancing its overall readability. Other characters feel a bit generic, but overall, it's a smooth story. I read the subsequent manga plot on mangajikan.com, and the main highlights of the anime compared to the manga are Dazai's otherworldly adventures, the restoration of the original delicate art style, and the voice acting by Hiroshi Kamiya. It’s rare to hear Kamiya use such a low, melancholic tone; compared to Mamoru Miyano’s portrayal of Dazai in "Bungo Stray Dogs," it's a completely different enjoyment.

Isekai Shikkaku takes a different angle on the standard isekai in an attempt to stay fresh in a genre that is plagued by staleness. I think it has an interesting concept with a MC who wants to die, has no interest in saving the word, and stubbornly upholds their basic personal ideals of being a self-destructive, depressed author. But as far as putting everything together to create an interesting and enjoyable story thing fell a bit flat. Also the pacing on this show both across the season and even within episodes seems to struggle at times. The whole concept of the MC being suicidal is kind of a mixed bag. I think it gets interesting when it actually effects fights, or the direction of the plot. But when it is used half jokingly or just to remind everyone how destructive the MC is it just makes everything feel depressing. I guess maybe there are some people who might find the MC's attitude of not caring about life to be 'cool' but to me it just seems juvenile and trite. I do enjoy that they decided to have suicidal character, I think that is a very interesting approach but they didn't really make him likable or sympathetic so I just don't really empathize with the MC at all even as someone who has dealt with depression, I think he is more fool than cool. I guess the contrast between the character's attitude and the lighthearted attitude of his companions and the jokey approach the anime occasionally takes otherwise were supposed to be a funny combination but it just didn't really work for me. I think the show had a fresh enough approach to isekai that it kept me interested in seeing how it would do things, but I didn't ever really find myself connecting to the world or the main character. When character development happens it is nice, but it can be a bit sparse and slow coming. While the show has an interesting take, I am not sure I care about the characters, the world, or the MCs mission in life. So while the original concept and fresh take on isekai was enough to make me stick around and watch, I can't say I ended up loving the way it was executed. I think the MC's nonchalant and disinterested attitude made me feel the same way about the show. The MC doesn't really care and I never really found why I should either.

This is basically the Isekai / Fantasy version of Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei. A depressed writer almost achieves his dream of committing double suicide with his lover Sacchan, when they're both hit by a truck and sent to another world. Sensei is welcomed as a hero who would save the world from the dark lord - but he is extremely weak without any cheat powers, and furthermore, he has no intention of saving anyone. His only goal is to find Sacchan, who, presumably ended up somewhere else, and finish up their original suicide plan, though he wouldn't mind it even if he dies before finding her. Furthermore, it seems that the dark lord had already been slain by other otherworlders, those with real cheat powers, which then become as tyrant as the dark lord himself, if not more so. Surprisingly, it seems that Sensei is the world's big hope against the rogue otherworlders. He's joined by the elf who welcomed him to the world, as well as a beastwoman whom he accidentally ended up saving from a monster while attempting to get killed by said monster. Sensei can potentially save the world - but that might prove to be difficult, seeing that he has no motive to do so and just wants to die.

From the beginning of the episode to episode 5, this anime might be interesting enough to watch. The comedy is good, and it's not boring to watch, but not for the next episode! The initial concept was about an MC who wanted to commit suicide, but the concept was suddenly discarded, why did this happen? Even though the comedy when he wanted to commit suicide was quite good, the longer the suicidal intention just disappeared. Reason for wanting to commit double suicide with Sachan? I don't think so, because I don't see Sensei actually wanting to do that at all! The storyline increasingly deviates from the initial concept, Sensei is dragged into various conflicts with side characters and characters close to him. I honestly don't really like this, because it's not really important to know each character's past from them! Still the same as I mentioned before, Sensei lost his intention to commit suicide! Suddenly he wanted to become a writer! What? What made sensei want to become a writer? Where did the initial goal he mentioned earlier, like wanting to commit suicide or double suicide with Sachan? It was all just bullshit! In addition to the genre or theme, this anime should add Detective as one of its genres, why? Because Sensei here is more into solving other people's problems, Like a detective, he also tries to find out the origin of the problem, and strangely enough, only Sensei knows the secret compared to the others. Yes, another mistake is that Sensei has turned into someone who solves other people's problems. Too many flashbacks! Do you know Naruto anime? Yeah, it's like that! When a new character comes in, their past will also be told. So, what is Sensei's actual goal? People who want to commit suicide? Double suicide with Sachan? A writer? Or become a detective solving other people's problems? You judge for yourself!

Eh. I picked this up because I was fascinated by the decision to put Dazai Osamu into an isekai anime. I'm a big fan of his works (listen, I literally named my cat after him. I have a Dazai Osamu jr in my home) but I'm a little picky about depictions of him (whatever Bungo Stray Dogs has going on is not my jam). The first few episodes made me nearly cry laughing. The character design, the way he carries himself, and the way he speaks really feels like the author is deeply, deeply invested in this man's life story. The concept itself is hilarious and the execution during the first few episodes really is top tier. After episode 3, things kinda of get repetitive...to the extent that I am not sure if this is a show worth finishing. The worldbuilding is cute but generic isekai garbage and the side characters are similarly generic isekai fare. The saving grace of the show is, well, the dude who wrote The Setting Sun is comic relief and his suicidal and self-deprecating tendencies are dialed up to reflect that. I did enjoy the insistence that the only thing that could prevent Dazai Osamu from actually dying is isekai antics, but not really much else beyond that. As for the storyline...well. It's a story. There is a plot. There are definitely 12 episodes of content here. I had desperately hoped it would end completely in episode 12, but to my chagrin, more episodes are needed to wrap up all the little plot points introduced near the end. If you want a little laugh, go for this one. If you have ever wondered what Dazai Osamu might be like in an isekai, go for this one. If you want something gripping and interesting...maybe pass on this one. Ultimately: it's fine.