Saikyou no Ousama, Nidome no Jinsei wa Nani wo Suru?

As an anime only viewer, I can empathize with those who loved the manhwa and felt this was a poor adaptation. Still, I don't understand how this show is hated on so much. As an anime, the story is great, the fights are fun, and I am enjoying watching it. Why do we compare everything to the greatest animated pieces and say if its not produced like them then it's junk? I figure the only reason this anime is rated so low is because people expect solo leveling animation nowadays from their favorite manhwas. That isn't to say I wished stories like these get the same detail and attention as do shows like jobless. Anyways for anime only watchers I recommend it. It's a fun isekai with an interesting story. And now I'm gonna dive into the manhwa to have some more fun before cour 2. I'd say this anime is better than any of the shows that are a fun watch rated around 6.5 in the same genre by a solid margin, specifically due to the plot itself. Potential to be an amazing anime if the production improves. Though I doubt it will improve too much for "season 2". I will come back to edit this review after I've read the manhwa to give me 2 cents on the difference.

The Beginning After the End was one of the most highly anticipated light novel adaptations to come out from outside Japan. Written by Brandon Lee, known by his alias as TurtleMe, this story takes a more careful and genuine approach to Isekai—a genre not typically praised for its strong writing or compelling characters. Boasting one of fantasy’s richest worldbuilding, a meticulously detailed magic system, compelling character-writing, and immersive storytelling, any adaptation—be it manhwa or anime—had some pretty big shoes to fill. After a long wait, the ten-year light novel finally received the anime adaptation the fans have long been waiting for, yet they were not happy. Given how loved and praised the original light novel and manhwa adaptation was, it begs the question: why did one of Isekai’s most well-loved stories receive such poor treatment in its anime adaptation? The backlash grew so loud that the author had to make a statement acknowledging their complaints. And while he didn’t explicitly address his grievances, his disappointment in the adaptation was unmistakably evident. Quick disclaimer: Despite being a fan of the original light novel myself, this review won’t be a comparison between the adaptation and its source material. The majority of the disappointment The Beginning After the End inspires is mostly due to Studio A-Cat failing to translate the light novel’s writing quality into an anime form, and while these grievances are valid, criticism grounded in comparison fails to provide a fair evaluation of the anime in and of itself. But what remains true with the majority of its criticism is the lack of care, effort, and ambition in adapting this work. While the anime does have its strengths, every good thing you can say will evidently be followed by a “but.” An episode in, a rushed nature of introduction became painfully clear—overloaded with exposition and character setups squeezed into a brief 20-minute runtime that extends throughout the whole series. Instead of taking the time to introduce the characters, magic system, and world coherently, each episode resembled that of a disjointed slideshow. Its fragmented vignettes gave the impression of a disorganized production, each scene feeling like it’s completely separate from the other despite following the correct timeline. The Beginning After the End’s world shows an underlying complex magic system. However, the complexity is ultimately dumbed down by a poor introduction, where the concepts of augmenters and conjurers are undermined by weak lectures and visual aids that rival primary school presentations. The animation and voice acting fall significantly short, even when compared to lower-budget Isekai adaptations. Studio A-Cat’s execution lacks the emotional nuance necessary to convey character traits—Alice’s vulnerability, Reynold’s immaturity yet caring warmth, Sylvia’s selfish yet motherly nature, and Arthur’s curiosity and growth are all diminished. Rather than capturing the awe and vulnerability of someone discovering magic and family for the first time, the production portrays an overly detached tone that undermines the story’s emotional core. While Arthur’s guarded demeanor from his past life justifies some of the restraint, it should have never stripped away his humanity or youthful curiosity. Still, credit must be given where it’s due. The Beginning After the End’s biggest strength is a rare gem we can find in its protagonist. I praise the series for the way it depicts the characters as individually flawed but provides room and appropriate progression for growth and redemption. Among these characters is Arthur—previously King Grey—whose character writing stands out the most. Most reincarnation stories follow an overused blueprint: a shut-in NEET or burned-out salaryman dies, is reincarnated or transported, and suddenly becomes an overpowered genius—no questions asked. They rush emotional and intellectual growth, often redeeming flaws and absolving terrible past behavior for the sake of an empty power fantasy. Only a few titles distinguish themselves to be a cut above the rest—to name a few: Log Horizon, keeping its protagonist grounded in strategy as that’s his biggest strength; The Eminence in Shadow, which embraced the protagonist’s strength pre-reincarnation; Re:Zero, that maintains Subaru’s physical weakness while emphasizing emotional resilience; and Mushoku Tensei, which—albeit has its issues—expertly portrays how someone can grow past their trauma. The Beginning After the End takes a similar approach in its storytelling to that of The Eminence in Shadow, where the protagonist isn’t strong because of reincarnation. Arthur is strong because he was King Grey—someone whose title was earned through brutal one-on-one duels, and social training appropriate for someone assuming the gravitas of a king. What sets Arthur apart is that his strengths and other seemingly perfect traits don't just carry over. Much like a foreign exchange student translating what he already knows to a new language, Arthur had to translate his knowledge and experience into a new context: an entirely new and immature body, a different magic system, new styles of combat, unfamiliar political structures, and a society he had to integrate into from the ground up. This makes his progression not only believable, but earned. His magical proficiency isn’t some divine gift of reincarnation, either. His past world had a system akin to mana called “Ki.” It’s similar in principle to augmentation specifically in this new world. This background provides a believable foundation for his competency as an augmenter. Similarly, the mismatch between his combat knowledge and his immature body is a small yet crucial detail to establish a sense of realism to his development. Unfortunately, my praises end here. As the adaptation currently stands, there is no indication the anime would distinguish itself as anything more than your typical Isekai. Despite having all the ingredients to prepare a thought-provoking and well-written story, the adaptation comes across less like a passion project and more like a marketing investment—a promotional piece to direct new fans to the more delicately crafted manga and light novel. And in all honesty, that is a direction that I wholly encourage everyone to go to—whether you enjoyed the anime or not.

If I were to use one word to describe this anime, it would be "bland." While many have rightfully complained about its subpar animation, The Beginning After the End (TBAtE)'s biggest issues lie in its storytelling. This series' story somehow manages the feat of spanning large stretches of time while also feeling like nothing has happened. This likely stems from how disconnected the events depicted actually are. Rather than having one event be directly caused by previous events, like in a good story, TBAtE instead sets up a series of loosely-related contrivances to get the protagonist from point A to point B. Another contributor to TBAtE's blandness is its lack of any real stakes or consequences. Arthur, the protagonist, always has someone bail him out of whatever dangerous situation he might find himself in, making any kind of attempted set up and payoff land with a dull thud. This gets worse as the series goes on, with one of its only moments of real tension and conflict being solved off screen. Despite these flaws, TBAtE is far from terrible. The OP song is really good, and it has a lot of interesting ideas (even if it doesn't do much with those ideas). I wouldn't be surprised if many of the previously mentioned issues are due to a poor adaptation more than anything. A good story is more than just a list of characters and events. Unfortunately, The Beginning After the End seems to have missed the memo.

The Beginning After the End is a great manhwa that I stopped reading at chapter 140. It had a nice visual style, interesting characters, and an engaging setting. I really liked it. A few years after I stopped reading, I somehow forgot about it. Even when I saw the title again, I thought, “Hmm, another isekai?” Then I saw the rating and figured, “Let’s give it a try as a weekly watch.” But from the first episode, I was reminded that this was the manhwa I once read—and I thought, “Wait, wait, wait... what? Such a low rating for something like this?” Even some trash series this season and last have better ratings. Something’s clearly wrong. So, welcome to my review, where I compare the anime version to the manhwa. Art: The manhwa has a distinct and appealing art style. It's a shame that's not reflected in the anime. As for the anime, the visuals are just “normal,” with complicated monsters done in CGI. It’s still better than Overlord’s CGI monsters, but even so, I’d rate it a 6/10—slightly above average. Why? Because a lot of anime these days rely on cheap effects and CGI. It’s refreshing to at least see some hand-drawn elements here. Voice Acting: Overall, I think the cast is okay. Virion sounds too young for his age, and Jasmine’s voice in the last episode was honestly cringey. She doesn’t talk much, but when she does, it really didn’t match my expectations. Pacing: Another downside is the pacing. I feel like the manhwa had a slower, more deliberate build-up that allowed the reader to connect deeply with the characters and the plot. The anime rushes through some of that, making it harder to care as much. That said, it was still a nice refresher for a manhwa I had long forgotten. TL;DR: Haters are hating because Studio MAPPA didn’t cook this one—we got a “normal” anime with a bit of CGI. But compared to the animation from Maougun Saikyou no Majutsushi wa Ningen datta, which is by the same studio, this seems to be their general style. Yeah, I hate the animation too. They’re doing a huge disservice to all these great manhwas—whether it’s this one, Maougun Saikyou no Majutsushi wa Ningen datta, or Kikansha no Mahou wa Tokubetsu desu. Final Words: The overall score I’m giving this anime is based on pure enjoyment compared to other shows this season. I don’t think it deserves a score as low as 5 or 6. I judge shows by their storytelling and whether I’d ditch them for something else—or even a gaming session. I enjoyed everything about it. I’m giving it an 8, despite the flaws, because they did a lot of disservice to an amazing work. Still, I’m looking forward to the next season.

I'm genuinely confused how an anime like this gets scored the way it does. The only logical answer is Mushoku Tensei fanboys rioting because this anime is simply it but better in every way. Funny how the main character not lusting after every child somehow leads to lower scoring. The story is very interesting, diverting from bog standard isekai where some loser neet dies and reincarnates with a bunch of overpowered abilities. Here we have a tyrant warrior king essentially being given a second chance, with much of the anime featuring a voiceover from his past self. It's a very interesting dynamic and gives actual reasoning behind him being a skilled warrior. Every ounce of power the main character has feels earned, and he is constantly humbled by characters more powerful than he is. It's not just a vapid power fantasy. Yes, he's quite strong, but it's made clear he isn't invincible nor superman. There's also not an ounce of fanservice. The children characters actually act like children. Things don't just devolve into a depraved harem. It's a refereshing take on a very run through concept. I have no real complaints about anything. I kept waiting for things to nosedive to justify such a low rating but it never happened. It was just solid end to end. It's clear they didn't have a Kadokawa budget or anything but frankly there was never a time where I thought anything looked bad or ugly. On the contrary, the show had a wealth of well designed and interesting characters. And the fight scenes all looked just fine. Overall just more proof MAL ratings are legitmately worthless.

I had the same issues with the Anime that I had with the Light Novel. The idea is great, but instead of developing a good plot, the story gets stuck with tedious "romance". I mean, he is * years old in episode 8, and both of them are fixating and acting like they are in love. BS Pedophilia basically because he is an adult mentally, even if he is in a kid's body, so rather than treating the spilled annoying elf character like an equal, he should be treating it like a child. This seems to be an ongoing issue with isekai adventure stories. Anyway, not for me.

Is this show on the level of jobless reincarnation? No, of course not, don't be stupid. Is this show great? No but it's pretty decent pretty good and better than most Reincarnation shows that average 6.7 or 7.1. This show should probably average a 7.3 maybe 7.5 compared to its competition. Why doesn't it? hard to say. I heard there were a lot of expectations for this show, and it absolutely did not deliver, and perhaps it is being punished for that? I can see its ambition, I can see what it was trying to do, but it didn't quite get there. If you are a big fan of the genre then this could be a good addition or perhaps adequate addition to your shows. Is this in the top 100 anime no not even close.

It is great isekai anime but let me first address massive review-bombing first. We can divide them into two groups, occasionally overlapping. 1) Unholy Templars of True Copy. Unless something is 1:1 image of the source, it needs to be exorcised! Annihilated. Review-bombed! This anime shows perhaps 1/3 of the source material. Would it be better if a better studio could afford 25 episodes instead of 12? Probably. But with you youngsters having like 10 seconds attention span, I can understand their reluctance to risk. 2) Beautiful Empty Shells. They keep boks because they have pretty cover and letters. They review their food based on rarity of the plate. Creatures so hollow and dumb that they hate substance and appreciate form only. Your actions and perosnality is irrelevant. Your cloths are what decide your value in their eyes. They know exactly zero about visual arts but will persecute anyone who argues that books and movies are primarily art of storytelling. They are basically Glums, "Ooooohh its shiny!!!", Yeah, low budget shows as there is less animation than usual. But for hundreds of thousands of years storytellers captivated their audience only with their voice only, sitting by the fire. So why do I think that the anime is great? Well storytelling, duh, silly. Your usual isekai is japanese bum getting op for no reason. Here though, protagonists dies at the abolute power top. Is reborn and tries to get powerfull again but this journey is about his values and beliefs just as much. Learning to be a human and not just a ruthless sociopath. Characters! They are mostly multi-dimensional. So rare. Even side characters, like the elven king. He hates humans. Adores his daughter. Fears his own father. And struggles with his feelings towards the protagonist. Are all humans really trash? (Sir, be assured. Most humans really are trash) It is already four times as many characteristics as 95% of other isekai would use. I love it! Still, I would also love to see it done with twice as many episodes though.

This anime is the perfect definition of "waste of time." There's usually at least one reason to watch an anime, but this one has none. Is it funny? No. Is it entertaining? No. Does it have good technical/artistic features? No. Does it have any new or interesting situations? No. Does it have a good story or characters? Absolutely not. All I can say to anyone who wants to watch it and is reading reviews to get an idea is: Don't do it, think of something else to do with those 3-4 hours... And probably anything you can think of, even the stupidest one, will be much better than wasting your time with this anime.

Is the animation trash? Yes. Is the animation the reason for the show being trash? No. It's a childish formulaic isekai with your typical character tropes and minimal deviation: we have seen this plot with these characters before a thousand times. This one is the same formula badly executed, and not even fun-bad, just bad-bad. Bonus rant: People are saying that the source material is so much better, so I read the webtoon after watching this. The people were lying. It doesn't add anything substantial to any of the trash aspects of the show. The plot, the story, the characters, they're all the same. The only thing going for it is that ironically it has more frames than the anime. It also doesn't help that the longer you read, the less original it becomes, so even if they make an S2 with better animation, the story it will cover will be even more mind-numbingly boring and clichéd than the first season. Prepare for magical high school shenanigans for the millionth time... Apparently the place where creativity goes to die is the High School Arc™ The whole thing feels like the authors have only read/watched OP MC isekai battle shounen in their whole lives and thought that if they just wrote the same thing everyone else did, somehow theirs will be better. What actually happened is that they stuck together the seasonal garbage isekai of the last 10 years, left it on a shore for the ocean to sand off anything that could be considered unique, and presented the resulting unit-circle of isekai to the world as a grand discovery.

How can anyone give this a score above 4? You can give 1 point for the fact that there is at least something close to the word "animation". Rarely and barely there is at least some movement so you can't say it's PowerPoint only. 2 points for the voice acting which is the only thing that anime does well and that's it. Characters and story not existent, the anime could have been shortened to like 8/9/10 episodes and you'd still think it's too long. Not because the aNiMaTiOn is lacking, but because there is no story and character development, nothing is rly happening at all. 2010 CGI also joins in here and there, sceneries empty as hell... As an anime only this one just sucks and it's a perfect example how not enough givin time can work out, at least I hope that's the reason, otherwise the animators are not suited for this industry. Besides the points to make fun about it or analyze this anime of a mistake about all it's errors, I see no reason to recommend or watch it.

The Beginning After the End — more like The Beginning OF the End, and the countless memes this has spawned into a massive shitshow since its debut. "My disappointment is immeasurable, and my day is ruined." Of all the things to say about a potential in the making, TheReportOfTheWeek's meme still stands as one quote that never faded away from obscurity, largely because the world has gone to such an extent of "always over-promising and under-delivering" everything that's great and tearing it down like nobody's business, contributing to a well of hatred. And that show happens to be a work that's very beloved and not made in Japan: South Korean-American author Brandon Lee a.k.a TurtleMe and illustrator Fuyuki23's The Beginning After the End (commonly referred to as TBATE for the hardcore fans) are getting the short end of the stick with Studio A-CAT's usual under-delivering prowess that the AniManga industry has witnessed many times over that shows produced by the studio are essentially D.O.A. What the hell happened during the transition of the VERY FIRST adaptation of an American comic that saw a beloved American Webtoon turned into a horrifying adaptation then? For a high fantasy story that beats pretty much in tandem like the much-acclaimed story of novelist Rifujin na Maganote's Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation, I have to say that Brandon Lee sure cooked quite the inspiration that at least, depending on your outlook, either holds or breaks the anime apart. In simple words, King Grey is just like Rudeus Greyrat, only he started off as being this powerful and bloodthirsty king in his mid-30s and tragically had his life beset by an untimely and mysterious death. Thus, reborn as Arthur Leywin, King Grey seeks to correct his past mistakes as the new mythical and fantastical world of Dicathen is at his beck and call. From his growing-up stages, meeting people and entities that he would not have otherwise given two hoots for, I have to say that I truly find Arthur Leywin very interesting and intriguing as a character that's just like Rudeus and not at the same time, as well as more of a mannered kid who tries to not second-guess every move of his to get the best outcomes of a win-win achievement for everyone. Even the world-building and character development reek of much inspiration from Mushoku Tensei, and I'd argue that it's a good thing for story complexity and what it serves in the long run to explore Dicathen and its 3 kingdoms that are separated by race, along with their eccentric group of people who play host to the former king and his interactions with the rest of the characters. This is especially important because each of the 3 kingdoms is a unique bunch of races that seemingly never cross paths with each other, and Arthur Leywin being the first human to do so speaks volumes about his standing between his human nation of Sapin, the dwarves' underground nation of Darv, and the elves' forest nation of Elenoir, that he's not out for blood but simple reconciliation of trust and bonding to whoever he runs along the way. And for that, the Mushoku Tensei inspiration gets a pass in the story department, as I dig how Brandon Lee finds a way to make his story stand out separately from the juggernaut that is the "Grandfather" of Isekai. Sadly, even in 2025, the sentiment of negativity is rather large and vocal, and as a voice in the many of absolute dismay that corporate negligence has taken over the already insipid nature of the AniManga industry, this is one of a handful of "tales of precautionary measures" when one seems too eager and excited to have their work be presented on the small screen, only for it to come out quite the disappointment both in viewership and audience opinions (flashbacks to Fall 2017's Imouto Sae Ireba Ii a.k.a A Sister's All You Need with Haruto Fuwa's depiction, anyone remember that?). For a start, TBATE already had quite the vocal fanbase going for it, if you go around social media and see of its rise to fame that has everyone captivated for what's to come for the series. And Brandon Lee admits that his story "being larger than life" has its challenges, growing from initial criticisms to various strengths along the way, and as a TL;DR kind of PR-phased way to say that The Beginning After the End is a work that now amasses the attention of just about anyone who encounters the series, personal individuals or company corporates otherwise. Yet, rather than blaming TBATE for how Studio A-CAT "chooses" to adapt it to carelessness that leads to the abomination of an amalgamation, many anime "fans" nowadays don't understand that it's a systemic issue that has run in the AniManga industry for about the last decade and 2. Sure, you could argue that Solo Levelling WAS the exception to that rule despite it being a beloved series outside of Japan that STILL had A-1 Pictures and a stellar staff team to adapt and popularize it to the masses, but does anyone remember for a time when Crunchyroll Originals were a thing around the COVID period, adapting Korean manhwas that were pretty much a snoozefest (except for SIU's Tower of God) when all is said and done? But I digress: going back to TBATE, some will feel to blame Brandon Lee for being naive that the AniManga industry will "offer" him the adaptation that it deserves, not knowing that given how bad Crunchyroll is as an "anime" company with corporate directives so bad and out of touch with the anime community. For that, he kind of admits that he had little to no control whatsoever when it came to the adaptation, and if you HAVE to learn anything about the AniManga industry, it's a cutthroat corporate world where the creatives get very little say, unless it's something the size of Solo Levelling or Sousou no Frieren that the production staff teams were able to have liberties and creative freedom. Sadly, with Studio A-CAT at the helm, this is bound for D.O.A. for any show that the studio gets its hands on, and the majority have called this out, not even when the series hits the "3-episode rule" stride to get massively cancelled outright, and for good reason. And the worst part is, you don't have to look far to see how TBATE got the "7 Deadly (Sins) Frames" animation that just is not good to look at. IMO, I'm okay with how the static imagery looks (as I care about story more than anything), but take one step further for action, and the difference is VERY noticeable. For sure, this is NOT how you want your proud and hard-earned work to stand out in such a discrediting way. On the music front, Keiji Inai's composition isn't as bad as I thought, but given the list of works he's been attached to for the last decade or so, you'll find that it's pretty much hit and miss. I feel that this could be amped more, and for good reason at that. Otherwise, Canadian music artist KALA's OP is redeemable at best for his first Anisong debut, as is seiza's ED too, though like the anime, the ED visuals are just as horrendous as the main series itself. The TL;DR is this: no one creator would hate to see his/her work getting butchered by people who understand what goes into anime production and then proceed to ruin the fame and reputation birthed from it, and Brandon Lee a.k.a TurtleMe certainly is not privy to countless other anime that have gone before and been given the less-than-stellar treatment. For sure, this is one of the biggest "fall from grace" stories that have plagued the AniManga industry, and it certainly wouldn't be the last. So get ready for Season 2 when it comes out next Spring, and be prepared to be met with disappointment once again that the petition to re-do the anime is as unheard from the corporate bigwigs as is much of a business that seeks to disregard and trash the community built from this instance. I have a deep appreciation for The Beginning After the End and TurtleMe/Brandon Lee, but the anime is a clear misfire more than anything.

As someone who has been reading the sauce for years, I mainly came to this for the refresh and while it was not necessarily bad, its far from good as standalone and worse as adaptation. If you are interested in isekai from baby power fantasy with epic fights, that doesnt lean to heavily into the whole cheat code and has characters that wont irritate you constantly by their decisions, go read it. The anime itself suffers mostly in animation quality, which was fine for me, someone who isnt new to this. My main issue was the skipped content of training arc which I could forgive, but the 2-3 years at the end that skipped the whole adventurer arc where we had character progress, making important friends and notorious first enemy is inexcusable. Secondly, making the baby dragon make mouse squeaking noises before she can use telepathy is the worst "artistic" decision I came across in recent years. Its a fckin dragon, why does it sound like dog toy...its not like it absolutely had to make any noises! >.<

TBATE anime? What are you talking about? There is no such thing as a TBATE anime at all. Overall, I had very high expectations for this anime when it was first announced, especially since this was something that was very highly anticipated outside of Japan. Written by Brandon Lee, known by his alias as TurtleMe. Fans of TBATE have long waited for an anime adaptation of this novel and manhwa. After all, the source material is beloved for its rich storytelling and tightly plotted character growth. But when the first episode was released... it didn't exactly reach those expectations at all, and in fact, they plummeted to the ground. Of course, loads of anime related content creators expressed their complaints about the animation and overall feeling, leaving many hoping that the first episode was just a fluke and the second episode would have cleared the poor expectations that were left after the first episode. Writing this after seeing the final episode... Yeah, I hate it, from the animation looking like PowerPoint and some parts where the characters are talking looking stiff as hell, which at this point Blue Lock season 2 had better animation than this, and dare I say this somehow rivals 7DS in animation quality?. Not to mention the anime as a whole felt more like a FAN ANIMATION than an actual anime, especially the Arthur vs. Adam fight. Not to mention, to add more insult to injury, the anime skips some parts of the story only for them to be shown as nothing more than a flashback. My hopes are very much nonexistent, and I'm only hoping that Season 2 redeems the anime and doesn't trash it even further. If they fail to do that, well... I guess there is no such thing as a TBATE anime. You could also say that TBATE is ending before it even began.

Even if you ignore the animation. The story is awful, they changed so much to make thing fix and cut out a lot of important scenes. The parts they did use where also cut short removing context and character development making events seem meaningless or outright pointless. Training is skipped or shortcut, whole world concepts are only mentioned and never explained in any kind of detail. abilities that are only found through training and hard work are basically given to him on a plate. its stupid and breaks the viewers image of the main character. then there the odd added details that make no sense. Trying to keep this spoiler free so wont go into specific examples but it makes the character look like he contradicts himself more than often. I'm mad mainly because I love this story and its characters and this anime is just so sad so watch, you looked forward to something only for it to end up in such a state. Unlike other shows where I hoped season 2 could redeem it, I fear this show is a hollow shell of what it could be and im glad the anime points out this only is "based" on the comic series because if you read the manhwa or read the books this anime is a disappointment wrapped in an ugly bow.

I’ve never left a comment on here before because I’ve never felt this strongly opposed to the majority opinion, but I genuinely do not understand a lot of the negative comments about this anime. The biggest thing I don’t understand is the criticism of the animation. I keep seeing people talk about it as if the entire thing is basically a PowerPoint presentation, and I honestly just don’t see that at all. The animation is perfectly fine. It’s no better or worse than a lot of other anime currently being released, so the level of criticism it’s getting feels completely disproportionate to me. The story itself is also pretty good. It’s definitely a slow burner, and I do wish season one had been given a full 24 episodes because that would have given the story much more room to breathe. There could have been more time for character development, more time to explore relationships, and more time to properly digest everything that was happening. Unfortunately, a lot of anime nowadays seem to get 12 episodes and that’s it, which often means things end up feeling rushed. This season does suffer from that to a certain extent, but I still enjoyed it overall. I’m definitely looking forward to season two, especially now that it’s been confirmed.

This show is just Mushoku Tensei: Another One. I'm a huge fan of Mushoku Tensei, so this gets two thumbs up from me! Instead of being reincarnated as a 34 year old NEET, our MC was originally an ultra-powerful king from an advanced world. The goal of his reincarnation seems to be to learn not to be such a massive tyrant. It's... not the greatest setup and I'm sure we'll get into the territory of "if you kill your enemies, they win" eventually, but isekai almost never really have a particularly good hook from the original world. At the very least, our MC has a much more confident personality than Rudeus Greyrat, so that's nice. Otherwise, it's rather shocking how similar this show is to Mushoku Tensei. The MC learns to use magic from a young age by using books. He blows up the house accidentally which is how his parents understand he has massive potential. His mother and father were adventurers themselves, and they call on their old band to help teach him. During his childhood, the MC meets many girls that will almost certainly come back to be part of his harem eventually -- we have Jasmine in the place of Roxie, Tessia in the place of Sylphie, and Lilia in the place of Eris. Obviously there are differences here and there, enough to make it seem fresh, but the broad strokes are really, REALLY reminiscent of MT. Perhaps the one major difference is that this series seems like it has a bigger emphasis on power fantasy, rather than MT's greater emphasis on Rudy working as part of a team. Season 1 is mostly just the slow worldbuilding stuff, like if MT only just got to the displacement incident and called it there for the first batch of episodes, so in that case the show is a bit slow. On the other hand, it seems like a lot of stuff is happening so the show might be going too quickly -- some of the characters feel like they don't have time to breathe, and a few plot points seem like they're being glossed over a bit too fast. However, what we do have for the first 12 episodes is still very enjoyable, and I can't wait to see what season 2 has in store.

I Loved this so much that I immediately searched for Turteme's website to get the rest of the story. And here is why: Let me start by giving you some context on my perspective. I love Isekai. I love Fantasy. So a story about a reincarnation to a fantasy world was immediately something that I had to watch. Also. I grew up in the times of DBZ so I'm not a super animation buff. Of course I enjoy Solo-Leveling-fight-scenes or Mushoku-Tensei's-S1-breaking-bread level animation but I will not let the lack of budget ruin my experience of a good story. And TBATE has a great story to tell. Of course there are a lot of gaps. They can't squeeze enough detail and world building in 12 episodes. The only way to properly build a world as complex as TBATES in an anime is to have Naruto Shippuden's 500 episodes to work with. But still in these 12 episodes we have a taste of a rick backstory for both, the MC and the world. The MC has clear motivations for everything he does and every decisions he makes (even when they wouldn't be the decisions I'd make if I were in his shoes). Which I believe is important to really be able to relate to the character and immerse yourself in the story. I believe this is a great anime fore people like myself who use anime to decide which novels to read next. I do understand the disappointment of people who do it the other way around and already have a picture in their head and then the budget (or lack there of) doesn't allow for the production of the anime to meet their expectations. Honestly I didn't even notice the animation quality until I started updating my MAL and read the reviews here. And even after noticing it. I don't dislike it as much as people here seem to do. So, summing up. If you are an Isekai and/or Fantasy fan who places more importance on the story quality than on the animation quality. This one is for you.

As someone who's watched most isekai anime out there, I usually brace myself for another overpowered MC surrounded by a cliché harem. Surprisingly, this anime took a different route. The story builds up gradually and doesn't rely heavily on typical tropes. While it's not entirely unique, it’s executed in a way that feels refreshing. The art style is clean and complements the tone of the story well—nothing overly flashy, but consistent and immersive. Characters are more grounded than you'd expect; the MC isn’t instantly unbeatable, and side characters feel like they serve a purpose beyond just supporting him. They have believable reactions, and some even show growth across episodes. If you're tired of rushed, trope-heavy isekai shows, this might be a pleasant surprise. It feels like the kind of story that could easily span 3–4 seasons if handled right. Looking forward to Season 2!

Wow this show is actually really bad, people are saying like this thing is like best thing in world but in fact, it's not. The number one thing that people complained about is the animation. While I agree the animation is bad but it's just your average isekai anime level of animation. But the thing I want to talk about is the story and the direction. The storyline is mid at best. There's nothing that make this anime unique than others, the power system is average and that it. There's really nothing much going on in this show. The one thing that made me so annoyed is how they do the monologue. The voice of the mc and the body he's in is so contrast that it doesn't sounds good to the ear. In summary, this show is mid. NEXT!