Busamen Gachi Fighter

This is a waste of a potentially great character. Busamen Gachi Fighter has a very unique MC: an ugly old man that despite being so ugly that society mistreats him, still kept a positive attitude and managed to become a hero to quite a few people, until he gets framed for SA and his life is over. Before he can think about finishing himself, he is transported to another world through his PC after filling out his character's information and becoming Almighty God at the expenses of his looks (yep, he's ugly in real life, and he's even uglier in the isekai). After that, you can forget the main character. He spends the rest of the anime on the sidelines. He isn't actively important for anything. He is reincarnated with 3 other characters and they forcefully decide to become a party, and for some shallow reason our MC decides to stick with them to "guide" them from the sidelines. By the way, those 3 characters of his party are absolutely unsufferable; their personalities are cliché and satirical, they are very annoying. Now, here's the mind-blowing issue: if our MC was not in the story, nothing would change. If you manage to watch this anime and pay attention to the story, you will realize that our MC achieves literally nothing, and even if he didn't interfere the results would be the same! All 3 characters of his party have OP skills and don't really need the MC's help. An "Almighty God" that achieves nothing is just a huge waste, exactly like I wasted my time watching it. I hope you won't repeat my mistake.

A beautiful story weighed down by mediocre execution and shaky logic. The anime’s voicing and animation are better than many shows rated under 6.5, and its backstory is genuinely moving with a strong message. Unfortunately, the many flaws pull it down from what could have been an 8/10 to just a 6/10. The premise promises action and comedy, but very little of that is delivered, and what is shown often feels illogical or underwhelming. Although the MC is likeable—an intelligent, kind, and charismatic but unattractive man in his old life—his reincarnated version seems to lose some of that intelligence. Problems that could have been solved with effort and growth are glossed over, leaving his powers underdeveloped and inconsistently scaled. Proper progression and character development would have raised the anime a tier higher. The three side characters do get some decent development, but it’s undermined by cheesy and cringeworthy moments. If you can easily overlook logical fallacies and just want an easygoing watch with a surprisingly beautiful backstory, this anime is worth your time. For everyone else, it’s best saved for when you’ve run out of better options. Despite its charm, I couldn’t give it more than 6/10.

Story From the start, this looked like trash, and watching it proved me right. The MC was ugly in his old life and stays ugly in his new one, but he never develops any hatred or bitterness even after losing everything. It doesn’t feel believable. Many of his close people also get reincarnated, which just makes the whole setup feel like a clown show. The world is dull and shallow, and whenever something interesting starts to appear, the show ruins it almost instantly. Artstyle I’ll give it credit here: at least the MC didn’t magically turn into a handsome model right away. The artstyle and animation are otherwise mediocre, nothing impressive but serviceable. Conclusion I wouldn’t recommend it. If you’re extremely bored or find the accidental comedy funny, maybe you’ll enjoy it, but it’s mediocre at best.

Uglymug, Epic Simp! Who’s the most dangerous monster ever alive? The Leviathan? The Behemoth? No The Simp. Brethren, where did we go wrong? Look at that ugly mug, man!!! This was supposed to be a show for the men! We are supposed to get some epic unadulterated, ruthless, coldness and action. A sea of specially spiced-up skulduggery. Before you continue I recommend Turtezin’s as the best short 12/12 review as he summarizes similar thinking very succinctly. We’re back again with another “Nothing ever happens” bonanza, ‘turn your brain off’, no-one-of-consequence dies and we’re just doing drama dances around a circular plot line. The Problem.. Sucker Idolizing Mediocre Pussy (SIMP is a contextually specific word only applying in one fixed direction to the male to female dynamic)(A woman cannot simp, A man cannot simp for another man.) The greatest crime perpetrated by these kind of shows. We start with an intriguing premise, the promise of fascinating goals, redemption, genuine grievances and suffering, a seemingly profound MC. The first sequences sell us a dream, then once we’ve been ensnared and they’ve got our attention, the steadfast bait and switch occurs. All the greatness and potential neglected, deserted, forsaken to pivot to subplots about babysitting some random girl, as we watch on gleefully in our conveniently placed chair next to the bed of a hotel. I’ll list a few of shows which have done this... The World's Finest Assassin Improved My Farm-Related Skills Farming Life in Another World Spirit Chronicles Shield hero. Greatest Alchemist. Surely you agree that it’s getting out of hand. It completely ruins the show’s potential we have greatness locked behind the obligatory stroking of female egos, it’s like Isekai 9/11, a completely fabricated inside job spelling doom for this genre. We have the same forced backstories for these annoying girls, which are completely unbelievable with manufactured suffering, forced placative exposition bourne from fake morality based in simping. They can try all they like, It’s not even remotely fascinating or remarkable. When you have the gold right there why do they abandon it for the same rusty iron trash? They’re so afraid they won’t get a female audience that they crucify it all for their sake. Just take a glance at the cover of the show, which women seeing that, are going to watch something so rough looking any-ways? These writers evidently lack talent, actual life experience and lastly courage. These editors seemingly only know to use the so called ‘tricks of the trade’, but it’s all for nought and breeds decadence. Not only are the developments so uninspired and mediocre they’re afraid of any controversy at all. The guy is already the ugliest person in any of the shows this season, why are they still afraid to go deeper with the fantastical elements. I’m very sad to say brethren, that experiences like Re-do are far removed from our future. It’s over! This binge-watch was gruelling for me, I had to take a break, intra-episodes as well as inter episodes several times, what it could have been if it actually cared about it’s audience. Whenever the girls were on the screen I was viscerally discomforted, when the hideous gargoyle took centre stage it relieved my pain. The problem is that 25% of this show’s runtime is him observing girls from a distance but he’s not a pervert guys, I promise! He’s just being protective and concerned, BASED! No I’ve had enough, can we just admit we’re men and we’re attracted to women and if someone calls us a pervert we don’t care because that’s the point? We watch this dejected man get reincarnated into a fat ugly troglodyte so he can do this with his new life? It’s just so ludicrous it even encouraged my own self-reflection. Once you dash away the premise, abandoning world building what’s left is that we’re stuck in a loop of drama focused, SOL woman worshipping. Calling the bitches pretty 5x an episode whilst being willingly castrated. What’s worse the writer gave the MC a completely Anti-woman disposition, in which he is viscerally harmed upon touching them, and will die on the spot if he ever engages in copulation. This is a trade-off for his completely OP stats. In short he can’t sleep with them, he can’t make a habit of touching them. If these limitations are the core elements of the story, you would hope this is an opportunity to stay far away from women and harems and focus on fantasy elements, world-building, game-world mechanics, world domination may I list more. We’ve got none of that. Instead we have such unbelievably foolish execution, it’s just gets so mindbogglingly stupid and circular that you’ll laugh at how ridiculously convenient the plot gets. Tell me, Soldier? What really do we have left here, any talk with the opposite sex leads nowhere and we have zero chance of any real intersexual affinity. We end up wasting precious developments on women, who without any chance of sexual intimacy, are at very muted story potential. I thought about the restrictions even more, and I just realized that his whole list of restrictions is a sorry excuse to engage in generational level cuckoldry. I think-back to a scene where a man describes him as a girl’s bodyguard, furthermore, with some thought he’s basically her eunuch slave. I recall at some point there’s a stark picture where MC is Standing up in a meeting room observing as her slave while she’s sat down talking with a strange man. This strange man who’s peculiarly is only there to make a meal out of her stupidity. You have to take a step back and understand the depiction of such a thing. it’s far too deep to be ignored, It illustrates to me, that we as the viewer are him, the writer ignores our wishes, and instead detours the entire narrative entrapping us into his chamber of simp delusions. But wait, if I’m observing him, cuckolding through a screen, what does that make me? Perhaps I’m an Epic-cuckold, if we follow that logic... Again, you would hope with such a plot device creating a massive deterrence against women, It would breed something more nuanced, fresh, and creative. We instead have managed to get the exact opposite. Characters “Ugly-mug, Epic fighter” He doesn’t live up to the title, nothing in the show does it’s all talk. The talk is there and you’re going to be drowning in it. After 12 episodes the MC doesn’t feel like a real person. His perils in his former life do not seem to affect him at all, there’s no rage, there’s no revenge, it’s like a slap on the knee then he becomes our cookie-cutter, omnibenevolent, sacrifices his entire identity to help others garbage MC. What a let-down! Half an episode of a set-up which should have produced a different beast all-together. It’s hard to care about a characters struggles if they don’t even feel them. It’s pitiful writing yet again. One of my biggest problems is in the day to day discussion between the characters. The first episode is not utterly terrible but after that it’s just dull dialogue as deep as a puddle. Who ever was in-charge of the conversation either couldn’t be asked or doesn’t understand ping pong mechanisms in general discourse. It’s constantly 1,2 5! They’re talking past each other or answering the wrong question or just saying random stuff giving away crucial information for no reason. The conversation is just so unnatural. These random expositions and blurting out of the obvious by these characters, it’s too much, make it stop! I don’t know how it’s possible for the dialogue to keep reiterating that the same girl is beautiful/pretty feels like I’m being programmed or something it’s certainly an eerie experience. Oh the humour, well they tried I guess. They’re making laughing feel like a job here, I’m not programmed for this sort of drivel any-more. To fully enjoy the humour that it tries to sell you, it seems you must first hate your own existence as a man, worshipping the “divine feminine”. However it’s not all doo…

This series is surprisingly good, I didn't expect to like this series as my first impressions was that this was just going to be bad. However I found I did enjoy this, not as a trash Isekai, but as a dumb comedy series. There are two things I have to get out of the way first, this series is dumb, it is really dumb and intentionally so. If anything it's probably a bit too dumb. Second, there are many things about it I was ready to chalk up to bad writing, but the more I watched the more I realised these things were intended and were accommodated for within the writing, if this was a game it would be a case of "it's not a bug but a feature" and "intentional game design" There are issues with the world, there are issues with the 'special notes' and how the system works, and those are intended, there everyone knows the MC or is connected to each other in some way, this would normally be a plot contrivance, but here it is intentional. The world our main cast find themselves in is that of a bad game world, it establishes that this is a really bad game fairly early on with the skill system, the special notes and the way mobs don't have any loot, if they were dropped into the best game ever that didn't have all the issues that this game world clearly has, it would be a different genre entirely. The 'Special Notes' while I won't go into them much are a good concept, they add conflict to the series and help provide a way to balance / counter the issue of having the OP MC, normally in a series the MC is so OP that nothing is a believable threat, here the Special Notes work in a way that can override any strengths anyone else may have depending on what is in them and how they are triggered. The characters are likable but for the most part dumb, the plot is simplistic, and as for the comedy which is the main event here, people's mileage may vary. I found the whole thing fun, entertaining and amusing, but personally I find there are much better comedy series out there. My only issue is that as I said it is so incredibly dumb, to the point that at times when watching I found myself thinking "this is so dumb it's almost bad" and yet this series manages to avoid becoming bad it is definitely better than average, but that is also why I can't say its for everyone. Just keep in mind when watching that some of the things you may that thought were bad might have been intentionally that way.

Uglymug is one of more creative isekai out there in 2025. It has a similar setup as Mushkou Tensei with the Hikikomori shut in that has horrible self esteem issues. Jobless Reincarnation is the more epic show but it is also flawed and kind of lost it's spark over the last season. Uglymug is not as grandeur; the quality in production is just there but a modern cheaper produced show. But Uglymug has many positives and is more of a digestible fantasy adventure compared to Mushkou Tensei. Starting with the main character of Seiji, he is wise and knows when to pick his spots. He has flaws with the same wit which makes him hesitant, but the show makes it work with the supporting cast and unique quirks each character posseses. It's a broken isekai, but the rules aren't the main focus of the show. As you watch each episode you get to see why the heroes and villains are burdened with their "special notes.". The rating isn't fair at the moment, it's currently my favorite isekai of 2025. .

Busamen Gachi Fighter is a refreshing and entertaining anime that mixes action, comedy, and strong character moments in a way that really pulls you in. The pacing is engaging, and the cast is memorable enough to keep you invested throughout the story. and this is the first time i saw non-kirito likes models as MC which is rare and refreshing. The only drawback for me is how the season wraps up. Instead of providing a sense of closure, it leaves some big questions unanswered. It definitely builds anticipation, but it also left me wishing for a bit more payoff at the end. Even with that in mind, I’d still recommend Busamen Gachi Fighter. It’s a fun ride with plenty of charm, and I’m really looking forward to the possibility of a Season 2 to see where things go next.

Let’s make this clear from the start. It’s not ugly bastard is reborn and romances pretty girl or ugly bastard gets revenge/retribution. It’s an ugly bastard and his equivalent of daughter/niece and friends. This is a kinda family friendly show, where the ugly guy is the good guy and his group seeks to do good in the world. It’s sfw, comedic, good vibes, and mostly kid-friendly(got some dark themes and a bit of gore). Ugly in looks, beautiful in heart. A show that tries to express that it’s what’s on the inside that counts, although we’ll see that most people in the show disagree.

“Uglymug, Epicfighter” is what happens when a pretty solid idea is held down by lack of imagination… again… seriously, I’m getting tired of writing that. Did I miss a note that 90% of anime from the last 10 years must have interesting ideas for stories and absolute garbage plots? If so, I want to talk to someone about changing this status quo because I have enough of seeing the same thing over and over again just with a different coat of paint. Before we start I would like to explain something. I will be talking about “plot” and “story”. Many people use those terms interchangeably. I’m not one of those people, so to make sure everyone is on the same page… I use the definitions for “plot” and “story” as Lisa Cron describes them: “What happens in the story is the PLOT, the surface events.” “STORY is about how the things that happen affect someone in pursuit of a difficult goal, and how that person changes internally as a result”. To be fair, I like the general idea of the world. An alternative world that You can use to consciously escape this one is a solid idea and something I haven’t seen used that much (at least in anime). The fact that it’s filled with people who took that option is also solid. The fact that almost everyone that did is overpowered in some way, shape or form is also very good. It does create problems with scaling and unfortunately You can see that on display in this show in the later episodes but surprisingly, it’s not as jarring as I thought it would be. I like that characters that are positioned as overpowered, even in the context of the world full of overpowered beings, can be harmed or weakened. The best part is that it still follows the internal logic and rules of the world. Logic. In an anime. I missed that. One of the best parts about world-building was the fact that people’s trauma could be changed into some kind of power. Granted they would need to admit to that trauma during the character creation but it’s still a nice idea. I especially love the fact that setting up a character seems to be closer to a zero-sum game than non-zero-sum game. Normally hack writers give stats or powers to their characters without thinking about balance, logic or consequences. This time we get (granted still a bit lazy at surface level but still) a system that rewards You for sacrifice. Our MC — Shigeru — is a perfect example. He sacrificed looks and setting deadly limits to his sex drive he gained the power of an Almighty God. The best part? He may be almost unstoppable but he’s not omnipotent. He still pulls skills and spells out of his ass but with anime this crazy it somehow fits. I am more able to believe that a person with the title of “Almighty God” has access to things never before seen than just a “normal” person like in most other anime. I’m actually curious if this was an intentional world-building shtick or just a happy accident. The quality of plot suggests that it might have been the latter but I’m not 100% sure. A lot of things in the world-building department seem intentional and in a weird way, logical. The show has a bad habit of showing internal problems with both the protagonists and antagonist but resolves them with external factors. Granted in a lot of cases there is no other way, because the internal struggles forced the system to give some of the antagonist forced behavior depending on what they wrote about their new characters. It’s especially visible with the woman who hates pretty women and wants to kill them. So now she is forced to do it, even if she doesn’t want to. A forced script behavior. How does the show resolve this? Blind her. It sounds bad but this resolution is pretty smart and doesn’t bend the rules of the world. Without eyes she can’t see if a woman is pretty or not, so she’s unable to act according to the script. Plus we still can have a protagonist that could work as a paragon of virtue because he found a way not to kill her. Despite it’s presentation and chaotic plot there is a lot of smart and witty writing. If given better plot points it could have been a really good show. Something that might shock some people is that Shigeru is actually an OP MC done almost right. He is a far more thought out character than most in the last 15 years. He is OP, hides it but doesn’t resolve everything in secret. He actually wants his party to become stronger so he acts weaker than he is and only uses his powers when there is no other choice. He lets his party deal with powerful monsters while he goes after the mastermind. He doesn’t save them from getting wounded nor does he kill the monsters himself. He did debuffed the monsters but the dirty work was still done by his party. It makes both Shigeru and his party seem competent. They are not just there as decoration and can handle themselves even against powerful adversaries. I like that. I also like the fact that a lot of people around him have some sort of connection to him in his previous life. I would prefer to have more negative connections that could be worked out but I guess it’s not a bad thing overall. So why did I give only 5 to this show if I like world-building? Good question, I’m glad You’re showing initiative. Because the plot and a lot of situations the party gets itself into, is chaotic, disjointed and focused on things that, because of Shigeru’s power, don’t matter. From classical pseudo medieval fantasy, we go to modern world casinos and job employment. The job system isn’t as annoying but the casino thing is. Now, if it was a casino made to be more fantasy-like I wouldn’t have much problems with it, but we get things that don’t fit in the setting we saw in the beginning. The visual theme is a bit too modern and that’s what killed it for me. Apart from that the show has terrible pacing. We jump from one mini-quest to another with very little long lasting consequences from the previous one and with surprisingly little change to the world. The party destroys a branch of an organization that is positioned as villainous but it barely accounts to anything. They are not chased by the organization, they are not being targets of a bounty hunt. The only thing is that another almighty god is after Shigeru, but that seems to be her own volition and not an order from someone else. She’s actually an awesome antagonist for Shigeru. She’s more powerful than he is, she proved that she is connected to his past in, probably (it’s not stated clearly), more ways than one and was broken by the same person he was. It’s an awesome idea for an antagonist. On top of that almost all plot points we see are just bland, cliché and something You always see in fantasy shows. Evil organization hiding in the shadows. Bored, a bit crazy, overpowered antagonist. Adding modern conveniences and systems to a fantasy setting (I was actually surprised I haven’t seen any cars). It’s all nothing new. Now listen, despite being cliches they are still not bad ideas, the problem is with the execution. It’s boring. Except for the very last fight between two almighty gods, there are close to no emotional stakes in anything that happens. Despite having a thought out system in the world, the plot and story itself are pretty boring and stale. It’s like having a super computer and only using it to play Tetris on a 90s emulator. You can do it, some find it fun, but it’s ultimately a waste of computing power. I wanted to like this show. In some regards I do. The internal mechanics of the world are interesting but the coat of paint on it is just abysmal. The first, maybe, two episodes and the last two are the best part of the show. Other than that it’s boring, disjointed and, thanks to one of the party members (Seika) annoying. I do think it's an interesting watch if You want to see a show with an OP that doesn't break the cardinal rules of the world and has to work with those rules.

Busamen Gachi Fighter is an anime that had enormous potential. In fact, the idea and premise are very good; it's the kind of anime that breaks away from the usual clichés, It's like mocking those modern-day isekai animes, which the majoritary are filled with superficial ideas and generic concepts. (like the vending machine one...) Besides that, it's plausible that the reality in the anime isn't like that. It still feels like an generic isekai, because of the slow progress of the stories, and the lack of focus that it is given to the protagonist, whose besides having an 'almost godly' status, he does nothing interesting that lends credence to that title. The stories focus too much in character drama, and in unnecessary romances. Some people can call it a positive point (and in most anime it is) but for this one, no. 12 episodes are nowhere near enough for each character to have a good focus in the story, and to develop further, even while we have the development of the main character, and the basic plot of the story itself (which is in fact very generic, but at leas catches attention.) Busamen Gachi Fighter was supposed to be like One Punch Man's of isekai; they're very similar. But while One Punch Man had good satire and very good fights and animation, Busamen Gachi Fighter fails in almost all of those things. After all, even though there are moments with good insights into the character's strength, they're so superficial that the viewer is left wanting more throughout the entire anime, and when they realize it, it's already over and nothing happened. Even so, for people who enjoy light humor, a calm and relaxing anime to watch, I still recommend it. It didn't quite achieve its goals, but it's still an anime with very humanized characters, and an acceptable ending/plot twist. thanks for reading.

When you see that the anime is classified as an isekai with an “ugly” protagonist, you would expect it to be a tired, overused comedy based on repetitive tropes. However, it turns out that the writer placed a dramatic story within this comedic foundation. In his previous life, even though he was ugly, he had a cheerful spirit and a positive impact on everyone he met. Everything changed after he was falsely accused of harassment while innocent, and that’s where his new life begins. The new world is largely made up of people who were transferred just like him. The main characters are members of a party, and each of them has a tragic past connected to the protagonist. I’ll mention only one example: Silka, a girl who became disabled due to a fire incident and suffers from severe injuries. Because of her condition, the protagonist becomes determined to guide and support her in her new journey. The most distinctive element of the story is the notes/memo field. You are free to write anything in it, but it becomes both a blessing and a curse depending on what you write. There is a girl who became a serial killer targeting women because she wrote that she would take revenge on any girl due to her boyfriend’s betrayal and people mocking them. As a result, she now wants to kill any girl—even if that girl is kind or a friend—because she can no longer control herself. Because of this, the notes field becomes a core part of the story: a secret weapon that can be used for both good and evil. You can’t judge a person by their appearance or the way they speak. I liked that the story focuses on the main characters. All of them were given sufficient screen time, which helped flesh out their personalities. From episode eight onward, the character presented as the season’s villain appears—but is she really a villain? The story focuses on her past, and her actions are based on seeing this world as just a game, or on revenge against those who hurt her before. She also has a past connection with the protagonist that hasn’t been revealed yet. The story and the world feel unfinished. I don’t know if there will be a second season, but in my opinion, it deserves one. ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ عندما ترى أن تصنيف الأنمي إيسيكاي والبطل قبيح، ستتوقع تلقائيًا عملاً كوميديًا مستهلكًا يعتمد على أفكار مكررة. لكن المفاجأة أن الكاتب قدّم قصة درامية عميقة داخل هذا الإطار الكوميدي. في حياته السابقة، ورغم قبح شكله، كان يمتلك روحًا مرحة وكان له تأثير إيجابي على كل من قابله. لكن كل شيء انقلب رأسًا على عقب بعد أن وُجّهت له تهمة تحرش وهو بريء، لتبدأ بعدها رحلته في حياته الجديدة. العالم الجديد يتكوّن في معظمه من أشخاص نُقلوا إليه مثله. الشخصيات الرئيسية هم أعضاء فريق، وكل فرد منهم يمتلك ماضيًا حزينًا مرتبطًا بالبطل. سأذكر مثالًا واحدًا فقط: سيلكا، فتاة أصبحت مقعدة بسبب حادثة حريق، وتعاني من جروح خطيرة. وبسبب حالتها، يقرر البطل دعمها وإرشادها في رحلتها الجديدة. النقطة الأكثر تميزًا في القصة هي خانة الملاحظات. لديك حرية كاملة في الكتابة فيها، لكنها قد تتحول إلى نعمة أو نقمة حسب ما تكتبه. هناك فتاة تحولت إلى قاتلة متسلسلة تستهدف النساء فقط، والسبب أنها كتبت في الملاحظات أنها ستنتقم من أي فتاة بعد خيانة حبيبها وسخرية الآخرين منها. وبهذا أصبحت غير قادرة على التحكم بنفسها، فصارت تريد قتل أي فتاة—even إن كانت طيبة أو صديقة لها. بذلك أصبحت خانة الملاحظات عنصرًا أساسيًا في القصة، وسلاحًا سريًا يمكن استخدامه في الخير أو الشر. كما تؤكد القصة فكرة مهمة: لا يمكنك الحكم على أي شخص من مظهره أو طريقة كلامه. أعجبني أن القصة ركزت على الشخصيات الأساسية، حيث حصل الجميع على وقت كافٍ على الشاشة، مما ساعد على إبراز شخصياتهم بشكل أفضل. ابتداءً من الحلقة الثامنة، يظهر من يُفترض أنها شريرة الموسم، لكن يبقى السؤال: هل هي شريرة فعلًا؟ تم التركيز على ماضيها، وتصرفاتها مبنية على رؤيتها لهذا العالم كلعبة، أو بدافع الانتقام ممن آذوها سابقًا. كما أن لها ماضيًا مشتركًا مع البطل لم يتم الكشف عنه بعد. القصة والعالم ما زالا غير مكتملين. لا أعلم إن كان هناك موسم ثانٍ، لكن من وجهة نظري، هذا العمل يستحق الاستمرار.

This anime was overall pretty good. It’s another story where the main hero is way too strong, but I still liked the main idea behind it. The characters were enjoyable, though I really wish they had more background and depth to make them stand out even more. The pacing felt fine – nothing too slow or too rushed – and the action kept things moving. The music and sound were solid, with an opening theme that I really enjoyed. If you’re into isekai, this one’s a blast! It may not be the most original out there, but it’s packed with fun moments, cool characters, and a story that’s super easy to enjoy. I had a great time watching it, and for me it’s a solid 7/10 that’s totally worth checking out.

W guilty pleasure anime with hints of something that actually makes it a hidden gem. How do you make a compelling story out of a character with awful looks and absurdly strong skills without making it complete slop? You don't. The writer knew that and instead of trying to make some serious anime he made a joke story that actually had me giggling quite a few times. I think one of the major stand out moments for me when around the beginning when he was in two places at once using his speed as an after image. I want to see more anime's like this... anime's that arent afraid to be wacky and zany and show some emotion.

Busamen Gachi Fighter, despite seeming different from your usual Isekai/Fantasy slop, still ticks all the major checklist items needed for one of these shows. Yes it doesn't have a stupidly long title, nor is it a lazy power fantasy, but it still has several tropes that irk me as I was being forced to sit through this show. We have your typical overpowered MC, except instead of being level 1, or a low ranked adventurer, or a kid, or abandoned by his party, or any of the other usual """"weaknesses""" that these slop protags have, our MC is just ugly. He's still overpowered and overly kind/nice/smart and it's just irritating to see. Having Suwabe as a seiyuu does ease things a little, but I also got my Suwabe-voicing-an-ojisan fix from Tantei this season, so this isn't adding any extra points in its favor. Your party composition is, naive girl, cynical girl, naive strongman. No thanks. Pass. Villains. They're all assholes, but I guess the one unique thing this show has got is that almost everyone has been isekai'd into the world. That's it, you get your pre-requisite list of baddies, plus the one superpowered foil to the MC who's similar but different. She's voiced by Anzai Chika, who has a splendid voice, so I'm giving the show an extra point. One other thing I'll give the show is that it isn't boring. The show is paced reasonably well, and I wasn't bored by what I saw in the show. Kudos where it's due. Doesn't save the content, but a half-decent presentation still does wonders. Overall, it's not the worst show I've seen this season *cough*SummerPockets*cough, but it's really nothing you haven't seen before. If you're someone who enjoys these types of Fantasy Slop (I know you exist, plenty of people buy Ubisoft games after all), then watching Busamen is like playing Ghost of Tsushima. It's the same shit, but packaged a little more nicely than usual, and reasonably polished. Still mediocre though. 4/10

I was actually going to give this a 6/10 because after the first episode, the succeeding episodes became really boring and bland for me. The first episode gave me the impression that this was going to be something interesting, but then the story slowed down and I started losing interest. There were times when I was just watching it because I already started it 😂 But surprisingly, the last few episodes managed to pull me back in. The special notes and the way they started revealing more about what was actually going on made things way more interesting. It finally gave me that feeling of “okay, NOW I wanna know what happens next.” And bro, what a coincidence that all these characters are connected in real life too 😂 I wasnt expecting that at all. Once that connection started becoming clearer, the whole story felt more interesting because suddenly those earlier moments had more meaning.

I had good expectations from the episode. I liked how it all started. I liked the premise he had to made his looks ugliest possible in order to leverage his points to become one of the strongest in the Isekai World. As it was not your typical PC game I am guessing most people never thought about this strategy. I liked he is not your typical protagonist. He mainly tries to stay in the background of any action or interaction. He is satisfied secretly helping in many cases or just watching things play out. He never seemed to use his power to lord over others. The side characters are not as good but are decent. In particular the girl who in real life could not walk and could finally do it in this World. But I didn't like how the word god was thrown around in the game. It wasn't clear how individuals claim to be gods. Was it in their 'Special Notes'. It seemed they can just declare themselves a god and the world treats it as such? I dunno I felt there was a flaw in the game/world mechanism. I also am not clear. Once they joined the RPG/World, what happened to their original bodies? Did their original bodies die once they entered the World? The action and animation is So-So. I wasn't impressed.

German text below -------------------------- Unfortunately, another wasted isekai. The series starts with a thoroughly interesting premise, but quickly loses momentum. The focus is on Shigeru, a not particularly handsome but lovable employee. His life takes a tragic turn when he is accused of sexual assault by a woman on the subway. After losing a court case, he loses his job and retreats to a small apartment. Years later, he encounters a strange internet phenomenon there: if he raises his hand to the sky at two o'clock in the morning, he gets a second life. Shigeru then begins to assign status values on his computer. Initially thinking it's a joke, he sets his appearance to -255, thereby receiving bonus points for other attributes. He continues playing the game, assigning himself absurd penalties such as a money income ratio of 1/100,000 or the weakness of suffering damage when he touches a woman. With his nearly infinite bonus points, he eventually becomes an invincible “epic fighter.” Contrary to expectations, he wakes up in a fantasy world, together with two women and a man. From then on, the four of them travel through the land and complete quests. At first, it's quite fun: Shigeru can destroy entire armies of orcs with a single spell or blow up half a mountain with a little “pobbel.” But the longer the story goes on, the fewer fun moments there are. Instead, the story progresses slowly and is unnecessarily complicated by strange coincidences. The animations and sound are solid, but rather standard. All in all, the impression remains of a series that starts strong but quickly flattens out. The first episode promises a lot of fun, but as it progresses, Uglymug, Epicfighter unfortunately becomes quite disappointing. -------------------------- Leider wieder ein verschenkter Isekai. Die Serie beginnt mit einer durchaus interessanten Prämisse, verliert aber schnell an Schwung. Im Mittelpunkt steht Shigeru, ein nicht besonders hübscher, aber liebenswerter Angestellter. Sein Leben nimmt eine tragische Wendung, als er in der U-Bahn von einer Frau der sexuellen Nötigung bezichtigt wird. Nach einem verlorenen Gerichtsprozess verliert er seinen Job und zieht sich zurück in ein kleines Apartment. Jahre später stößt er dort auf ein merkwürdiges Internetphänomen: Hebt er um zwei Uhr nachts seine Hand gegen den Himmel, erhält er ein zweites Leben. Shigeru beginnt daraufhin, am Computer Statuswerte zu vergeben. Da er das Ganze zunächst für einen Scherz hält, setzt er sein Aussehen auf -255 und erhält dadurch Bonuspunkte für andere Attribute. Er treibt das Spiel weiter, vergibt sich absurde Malus wie eine Geldeingangsquote von 1/100.000 oder die Schwäche, Schaden zu erleiden, wenn er eine Frau berührt. Mit den nahezu unendlichen Bonuspunkten wird er schließlich zu einem unbesiegbaren „Epicfighter“. Wider Erwarten erwacht er in einer Fantasywelt, gemeinsam mit zwei Frauen und einem Mann. Die vier ziehen fortan durch die Lande und erledigen Quests. Anfangs ist das noch recht lustig: Shigeru kann ganze Ork-Armeen mit einem einzigen Zauber vernichten oder mit einem kleinen „Pobbel“ einen halben Berg sprengen. Doch je länger die Handlung dauert, desto weniger solcher spaßigen Momente gibt es. Stattdessen schreitet die Geschichte nur langsam voran und wird durch merkwürdige Zufälle unnötig verkompliziert. Die Animationen und der Sound sind solide, erfüllen aber eher Standard. Alles in allem bleibt der Eindruck einer Serie, die stark beginnt, aber schnell abflacht. Die erste Episode verspricht noch viel Spaß, doch im Verlauf wird Uglymug, Epicfighter leider recht schnell enttäuschend.