The Worst Isekai Anime

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[@cosmicsoup5045]

how hard is it to make an isekai where the protagonist misses their family??? like bruh they literally just lost their entire family and can’t go back??? like how aren’t they sad????

[@sethzz-wx5cb]

Let me guess. There in another world and has powerful stats so.. yeah

[@skitterly]

Try watching ascension of a bookworm. It takes a while to get there, but when it does, it hits you HARD in the feels

[@monkey1053]

Yeah and Isekai anime that have a harm of like 5 to 9 girls in the harm and the character is just some op dude who destroys the final boss In like 3 seconds, it really gets on my nerves And the protagonist buys a slave and he's doing something "good"

[@autinjones7194]

From what i can tell a major requirement for being isekaid is being an antisocial psychopath who have no friend, family, pets, or even casual aquentenses that they care even slightly about to the point where they could never see them ever again and feel nothing. Hell they don't even have possessions or property they give a damn about! Childhood artifact! Who cares!! this teen from modern day being thrown into the middle ages will do fine!

[@Zezlemetkun]

Cause there family is conveniently all dead cause missing in anything in the original world gets in the way of the power fantasy

[@digi1071]

How do I make my Isekai stand out? *Just make it worse than the rest*

[@seringo7675]

The smartphone one is worse

[@barrybend7189]

If you want to make a better Isakai do this. Don't use Harems and make it sci-fi. Look at the "manga" I the female robot for something unique and fun. Its basically an isakai but as soon as the other world criteria is met the rest of them is thrown out the airlock immediately past the short prologue.

[@Snetzelsnetzalsnetzul]

Barry Bend that would be actually super good

[@timothymclean]

I can't tell if they were trying to make a parody isekai and did it really badly, or if they didn't care what kind of isekai they were making and also did badly.

[@atem4652]

3.profit?

[@ninavale.]

"Big brother, please marry me" 'Hello? Men in Black? Yes, I need you to wipe out my memory'

[@vinzcastro9304]

wipe*

[@Remruati1982]

Wipe wipe wipe wipe wipe

[@thimestable]

*intense memory erase*

[@Remruati1982]

@@thimestable WIPE WIPE WIPE WIPE WIPE WIPE WIPE WIPE WIPE WIPE WKPE WIPE WIPE

[@AFThatsMe]

"SWEETHOMEALABAMA INTENSIFIES"

[@carbodude5414]

MC: I'm going to end slavery!... *Doesn't end slavery and keeps slaves of his own under the pretense of being "nice"*

[@tyrant-den884]

If only he was paralyzingly terrified of women he does not own, then the anime would be fantastic.

[@lord_ozymandias]

just like real people in history!

[@user-xe3ng6sj9o]

American flashbacks

[@fartmaster69420]

America vibes

[@espada8077]

@@lord_ozymandias not anymore, atleast, not prevalent anymore

[@nefarious_seraph13]

You can tell the creator was an only child.

[@nymowo]

Lmao

[@zorohibiki]

well to be fair most japanese nowadays are only child

[@0816M3RC]

Hey... I am an only child. ☹☹☹

[@justaname325]

@@zorohibiki okay...

[@missconstruct6968]

.... hopefully 😂

[@travispunnett5707]

"Big Brother, Please marry me!" Now if you excuse me, I'm going to destroy my computer.

[@spookshankaman1038]

*B A N G*

[@grantdelosangeles5357]

No.... Let it die with Honor MAKE IT COMMIT SEPPUKU!

[@aestheticcherryblossoms8274]

You should just clean it With fire

[@liamfairbanks4861]

Purge it from the hell that is this world

[@nguyennga9164]

Go right ahead

[@iliadnetfear2586]

Loli-cons in most Isekai: "It's okay, she's a demon or something and older than dirt." Loli-cons for this show: ".......I got nothing."

[@bobross9656]

Loli-cons: technically, because this is in the past, in reference to us and the mc all ages are ~3000 years older than they seem.

[@nenmaster5218]

@@bobross9656 Long comment but please read and gimme your opinion: I legit think they could have made something out of this whole Farce. Instead of making the world crin-e With the historical inaccuracy... Dont ask me why they felt the need to dive deep into In-est; ask Terrible Writing Advice and Critical Drinker! Imagine a version of this story where he gets s-cked into the Past and is briefly shown to think it’s another world, only for an INSTANT Timeskip, showing us a comedically-depressed Boy who returned to the Future only to find out his Roleplaying and his constant Weeeb-Jokes that he had found funny have changed and RUINED his Culture. Everyone calling EVERONY Onii-chan is just the Start: he f-ed over the Timeline via Timetravel harder than Homer Simpson!! Am i the only one who thinks thats funny?!

[@stevebisset1522]

@@bobross9656 does exactly as much good as the pasteurized-child excuse😄

[@BygoneT]

@@stevebisset1522 the- the what excuse? I'm sorry what's that? I've never heard it! What is it?

[@exynth1a215]

@@stevebisset1522 pasteurized child

[@TARINunit9]

"Yuuto starts the prologue as a narcissistic moron who gets himself killed with a cursed artifact, and by episode one he is a mercenary warlord who cheats his way to victory with his phone and also gaslights women into being his incestuous little sisters." OK that's a pretty effective villain, I wonder when the hero is going to show up?

[@SiRenfield]

You joke but that would be an interesting twist in an Isekai to have the big bad be someone who had the same experience as Protag-kun but gave into his worst instincts. Sure dark reflection of the hero is a bit of a cliche in itself but it’s one way to shake up the formula

[@calvinstraveldreams]

An isekai with a villain protagonist (think Light Yagami pretending to be Kirito) sounds like it would be really interesting, as an added bonus if the female harem members were in fact manipulative psychopaths with really interesting characterization (think like Fllay Allster and Katejina Loos), it could result in a genuinely great black comedy anime.

[@proposal-us7ii]

​​@@calvinstraveldreams the closest i got is trapped in a dating sim and that's probably not what your looking for

[@UltimatePerfection]

​@@calvinstraveldreamsAre you thinking of Overlord?

[@TheMrDewil]

@@UltimatePerfection Overlord? Ohh, that Overlord. The story where everyone is clueless about everyone, and the protag being an insecure dimwit that he is, decides to follow the path of least resistance, and convoluted moves at the same time, and just kill everyone, because he can and because he can't say no to his zoo? Man, he's not even a villain, or an anti-hero for that matter, he's just a high-functioning idiot.

[@Slayerlord0]

This may be the least offensive thing about this show to most, but I would just like to point out all the steel weapons everyone has IN THE BRONZE AGE!

[@flyerton99]

I mean, that's actually a plot point. The main character introduces Iron weapons to a Bronze Age culture.

[@generalalduin9548]

Flyer ton99 and the timeline somehow doesn’t collapse into itself

[@ileanabriannemari]

@@generalalduin9548 If they explained it then it would make sense. Like going back through a certain time, an action can make a whole separate timeline with it, at the cost of not going back to the time that _you_ lived in. Ah, if only.

[@lalalei8112]

Oh come on, T H E Y H A V E B A N G S

[@demonkingbadger6689]

The history loving part of me wept.

[@nataliaborys1554]

"If someone made a list of everything wrong with trashy light novel adaptations and harem anime and then some anime studio found it and mistook it for a plot synopsis, then this show would be a dollar store knock-off of whatever they made." Must be the shortest, yet most funny and accurate review of anything, ever

[@buddymmx3936]

@@amazingjay3957 Konosuba is the greatest comedy anime

[@flops1792]

@@buddymmx3936 yes but konosuba is very well animated and the humor is controlled

[@6ixlxrd]

@@amazingjay3957 I mean, we do have an anime that took it a step further (or worse, depending on how you look at it): the Isekai mom one.

[@buddymmx3936]

@@6ixlxrd i haven't watched that yet uwu (edit) why tf did I comment this a year ago I'm never gonna watch that

[@ScarletWFire]

Imagine being the trash version of trash

[@brotherargosofthehonorable6472]

The list of red flags to an Isekai in ranking of severity from least severe to most severe -OP protagonist -Harem -Bad to no World building -Overuse of Re-Hashed JRPG terms that have almost lost all value (Valhalla, Raganarok, Aether, anything relating to European paganism used in RPGs) especially in the title - I N C E S T

[@MettaKing]

But mostly OP MC and Harems

[@somegirl4631]

you forgot one red flag: -pedophilia - "I am your daughter and lover too!" 🤮

[@urextraaverageweirdo6124]

Let me add on to the first... an OP protagonist that is another Kirito and nonexistent personality

[@mustard4762]

Usually the best Isekais are the comedic ones that has no OP protagonist examples: KonoSuba, Gate, Chivalry if a Failed Knight and Shield Hero Although most of them are super famous

[@lucassmith940]

Doesn’t shield hero have an op mc and some pretty bland world building(though I thought it was decent) and is still one of the best isekai out there? In my opinion

[@toumakoushik31416]

In my native language, "Morboe" means "I'll die" which seems pretty accurate here.

[@yaruyaru]

In my language, "morbo" means "morbid", pretty accurate too.

[@badulgumm5458]

@@yaruyaru Wow Lmao these comments need more like! XD

[@3kojimbles895]

ITS MORBIN TIME

[@juliushayes9028]

@@3kojimbles895 I'M GONNA MORB

[@_Hamler]

MORBIUS

[@janreiafrica]

Description: "Come back SAO! I'm sorry I was so mean"

[@iaxacs3801]

Don't worry season 3 will be here soon

[@ayushsrivastava4623]

LMAO so true.

[@guywithglasses15]

SAO started the entire isekia genre

[@AusSP]

Uh, no, it's was probably something like Mashin Hero Wataru. Which is, uh... 30 years old. But it's not a harem isekai show, so I guess it's a different sub-genre.

[@hornitako7006]

@@guywithglasses15 not true

[@RangerJackWalker]

The anime industry played you Geoff. They saw you complaining about SAO so much, they decided to teach you lesson by making this thing.

[@aleph7056]

RJWalker It's all a conspiracy, and I should know... (I ain't gonna tell you why I do. Don't ask me!)

[@500Arios]

Proxy Sage LMAO

[@paulman34340]

RJWalker yeah I see what you mean. They actually succeed in making something worse than sword Art Online. Because at least with THAT series. All you really needed was story & character improvements to make that better. But this one, GOOD God, there's nothing to fix without ripping out the foundations and starting over from scratch with this one to even try to make it good.

[@seink9163]

lol, sure, they must have thought "It could be worse! lets show him how!" XD

[@Healermain15]

"If we make our anime really cheap and terrible, this guy will give us free publicity!"

[@cheatcode436]

"Do you think God stays in Heaven, because he too is afraid of what he's created, here on Earth?" -Scientist from "Spy Kids 2"

[@241Cookies__]

The answer? Yes

[@andrewtodaro2874]

That’s deep for a spy kids movie line!

[@MrSasukeSusanoo]

That's why gods send heroes from another world to their own, they fear their own world to solve its problems

[@the_last_ballad]

The answer is yes, as God's first thought upon creating humans was to fear that they would be equal to him if we had knowledge of good and evil, and infinite life. So he put Adam and eve in a lose- lose situation (stay dumb and not being capable of having the concept of right and wrong, let alone make meaningful decisions, or be cursed) where the necessary knowledge to pick the option God wanted them to was locked behind failing the challenge. Oh, and then the Tower of Babel was God seeing humans work together and becoming afraid of that. God fears humanity, there is no question.

[@gavinattalahadiyan325]

Nah, God put us on Earth as he planned- to put a leader on the world. The Apple is just a test, and this world is a test whether we are worthy or not.

[@nani4249]

It would be fresh and new if slaves weren't either female humans or female beast people. But ugly disgusting goblins or orks that everyone hate because a war or something. Then the main character actually stands up and trying to banned slavery for these slaves after realizing they actually have emotions seeing a kid crying about being separated from his parents or something like that.

[@danielramsey6141]

Yeah, especially if you blur the lines hard on this. I mean, making shit dark with the fact that Half-breeds also get the worst treatment, and you have yourself some really F•caked up moments.

[@nani4249]

@@danielramsey6141 yeah and there could be a entire arc of the main character just trying to free these slaves that don't look human. Maybe the mc friends are not even on his side since they were brain washed to think that goblins don't feel and I don't there was a war with them in the past just pushing the hate to them.

[@Limacinablues]

Now you’re giving me an idea

[@sma2840]

Though it would kinda be controversial if their mainly because how people would think it somehow connected to the Atlantic slave trade in America and how the slaves that are ugly are some sort of symbolism for black slaves and how it would seem racist Aka not saying its a bad idea its just that a lot of things like that has been done

[@aino-kaisav5504]

@@sma2840 One way to make it less yikes would be making SOME of the characters cute humans and some more monstrous creatures but still never treating the monsters as jokes but as characters with feelings.

[@juanpablorobayo9891]

"Don't worry guys it's not actual incest, they're not really related by blood! Only by magic!"

[@MV96_]

Juan Pablo Robayo The psychological effect that makes the idea of having sex with sibling(blood-related or otherwise)repulsive is triggered if the siblings meet each other at a very young age.

[@johnjonjhonjonathanjohnson3559]

thats even worse

[@roaa4541]

is this supposed to be good doe

[@AyushGupta-wn6zd]

@@MV96_ I'm sure that was supposed to be a joke. And #2 they didn't meet at a younger age. Their "sibling" relationship is a week or two old as far as I remember. #3 although she's calling him brother, that's not really what this is about. This "family" is similar to the concept of something like families in godfather. Being his sister in this context just means they're part of the same group which in this case is his kingdom. More brothers, sisters, sons and daughters means he's expanding his kingdom. That being said, this isn't incest but still it's a poor choice of words. In such a culture, it'd be hard for people to form a real sibling relationship

[@justadude8202]

@@AyushGupta-wn6zd watch demon slayer.

[@PissedGrunty]

If he called his parents and told them he's calling through a magical mirror from the medieval times, they'd probably be even MORE worried that's he's gone totally insane and is wandering the world.

[@Mikescool444]

(Late) I’d say they’d be pissed that someone is taking the piss out of them, acting as their son and calling them from a made-up world.

[@spanoguy2283]

That would've probably made an interesting plot point

[@juanjuri6127]

"It's not the moooom~" -50 hp of psychic damage right there

[@iwannaseehowlongyoucanmakethis]

more like guaranteed instant death attack

[@oswaldfriedman7116]

Man I’d love an anime that actually had a single mom love interest, but not in the horrific circumstances this anime sets up

[@KeDe1606]

@@oswaldfriedman7116well, there actually quite a lot of harems and harem-adjacent anime that have a single mom as a love interest. The problem? The age of the MC

[@youtubeshortsareawfulforth2071]

Can we get an isekai where instead of the MC learning about a whole new world's history, culture, language etc. stupidly and impossibly quick, we instead get him to see him be homesick, miss his friends and family from earth, be completely baffled to the new world's culture and *question why he is in the fantasy world in the first place* and try to get back home.

[@lolmanboss]

Sounds like Samurai Jack just as anime XD

[@lifelessfreak8450]

Does Log Horizon counts?

[@lolmanboss]

@@lifelessfreak8450 hell yeah it does count

[@WingCap0]

Kind of what happens in the first few episodes of Digimon season 1.

[@maplecolor1]

Overlord

[@victoriaescobedo5458]

Plothole: If he got stuck in the mirror by taking a selfie with it, why doesn't he take a selfie with the mirror AGAIN?!!!

[@creeperizak8971]

I would assume it's because there was no mirror on his end.

[@igorpachmelniekzakuskov776]

@@creeperizak8971 but you can see it next to him in the other world

[@wolftitanreading5308]

@@creeperizak8971 well he has to be near the mirror to communicate

[@Mochitachi70]

Because it will probably transport him into yet another world, with more lolis.

[@edudmodnar4661]

You just solve the anime in 3 minutos! Roll credits

[@severalcakes3267]

9:19 *Woman and Man:* (embroiled in a life-or-death battle) *Horses:* 🗿🗿🗿

[@Jedssski]

Dead horses 🎠

[@lunara8577]

💀💀💀

[@TealWolf26]

At least they're not suicide diving onto phalanxes. Totally a valid sacrifice of an extremely valuable symbol of prestige and old world swag. It's like driving an Abrams into a minefield to jump out of the explosion, firing your pistol at the AR15 firing line. Let me show how much of a badass I am by surviving something wasteful and untactical.

[@Forever_Rayne]

The horses have mastered Stoicism ☺️

[@whensomethingcriesagain]

What really gets under my skin is how all the names and theming are Norse, but all the designs are Mediterranean, mixed with a pretty clearly huge inconsistency in what level of technology they're actually supposed to be at, which as a history major who likes to actually understand what the fuck is going on and what they're supposed to be capable of really sets my fucking eye twitching. Like, if this is supposed to be the distant past, then where and when is it supposed to be, this is the most basic thing you need to establish if your setting is in a part of real history

[@sadrabbit53]

I read in other comments that Captain genius here introduced iron/steel to the bronze age

[@existentialpyro99]

It hurts even more when you learn about what the Einherjar are and how they relate to Odin and Ragnarök in Norse mythology 🙃

[@hulmhochberg8129]

@@sadrabbit53 yes, and yet that still doesnt acount for a 3rd of the inacuracys i have seen just in this video.

[@leeminchung9]

Weebs will defend by saying "It's an Isekai so it doesn't matter that the naming and designs and the level of technology are inconsistent"

[@Limacinablues]

I can understand your pain. But you can’t expect more for trashy Isekai anime

[@brijones7827]

I swear, the whole “Guy doesn’t have sex with the women in his harem because childhood friend/lover back home” genuinely reminds me of someone reading Don Quiote and not picking up on the satire.

[@ZKP314]

The thing is, Don Quixote had some positives-namely interesting side characters and plots that aren’t the main focus of the story.

[@adeleaslan8182]

That one girl Marcella that served one plot point and left was a better female character than this creator could dream of writing

[@hypothalapotamus5293]

Actually, it reminds me of Lancelot deriving his miracle powers from some sort of virginity reactor. The genius gentleman Don Quixote de La Mancha is more likely suffering from madness and a bad case of ED.

[@funnymanomanoman]

I honestly hate when you start an anime and it seems promising but then half the anime is every girl falling in love with the lead. Bonus points when it’s their sister.

[@lolimsooedgy7809]

That sounds like Sao

[@IamINERT]

Honestly man

[@nonamestillnoname8439]

Its not really his sisters they are not even connected by blood

[@yabazyabacoffee]

@@nonamestillnoname8439 it's still dumb, weird and overused. All of a sudden dating someone you grew up with and should have a sibling bond with is okay just cus your no related by blood. This trope really grinds my gears because it's a certain body type sister who's not related by blood who's fucking all over the brother.

[@fattytan1377]

@Spell Check Dr stone is technically not an isekai. It sets in the same realm they started in. Earth. Just Earth.

[@SteinarrBattlefist]

The whole appeal of isekai is watching someone learn about and adapt to a new environment and culture. It's been the backbone of good isekai since the genres inception. The only way you could skip over that and make it work is to have the hook be that it skips to them returning to their own world, and the plot revolves around them reacclimating to what we consider mundane.

[@Youtubesuckscock]

So Uncle from another world?

[@worldweaver2691]

ah like Uncle from Another World

[@lich109]

That's called Jumanji.

[@sananaryon4061]

"Let's name this anime based in a clearly middle-eastern setting after Norse concepts"

[@michalander2131]

In Another World With My Smartphone: My art style is bland, generic and lifeless Master of Ragnarok: *Hold my beer*

[@unfazedo]

Hold my isekai*

[@deditor7867]

@@unfazedo Hold my incest*

[@RVNT9OE]

Date A Live + Konosuba + How Not To Summon A Demon Lord = In Another World With My Smartphone. It's not even that bad lol.

[@warrenpeace5537]

Isekai wa Smartphone us just a guilty pleasure anime who (at least) did things correctly. *This* "Anime" can't even be called an average anime and did EVERYTHING wrong.

[@doorbladder5735]

*Hold all of my beer cans*

[@fandomtrash7672]

The way the red-haired guy swings his hammer drives me crazy because the hammer has no weight to it. Showing that a hammer is heavy shouldn’t be that hard. When he swings the hammer into the ground, have his upper body fall with it! Have him struggle slightly to pick it up! When he holds it to his shoulders, have it flop against one of them! Just do SOMETHING to show that the hammer has more weight than a toy mallet!

[@thellhotf7591]

To be fair, doesn't he has like super strength

[@fandomtrash7672]

The LLHOTF Fair point. I never watched the show, so I didn’t know that 😅 I do still think they could have done more to show that the hammer was still heavy, even if the guy doesn’t find it heavy. (Edit: finished up the comment because I accidentally tapped the post button too early)

[@xxgirl101xx]

The LLHOTF yeah, but like, gravity still exists. Even if he’s waving it around like twig there should still be some weight to it.

[@portalMaster299]

@@thellhotf7591 I haven't watched this anime, but just from the clips in this video the animation seems to be suggesting that this impractically large warhammer is lighter than the one handed sword from the woman he's fighting, so I don't think that covers it

[@princeettuh8614]

its actually supposed to be that way, in the anime this character is supposed to be like this top 5 strongest people in existence thing (if i remember correctly) so imo, based on they way they hyped him up, had he been struggling with the hammer, it might have been a let down. this is all from memory so i might be wrong, but i do know for a fact he was super hyped up as this almost god level character.

[@christianlibutan7908]

Fuck now I have to watch it just to make fun how terrible it is

[@aaro18474]

But it good

[@dixoncider1932]

thats legit the only reason ive watched the first 4 and a half seasons of SAO

[@i_amgravity8751]

@@aaro18474 huh?

[@dixoncider1932]

@koro sensei i wanted to see the clyde (or is it clyne or neither idk) moment

[@Marewig]

If you ever manage to do it, do inform us how it went. Especially if you made a commentary video/article about it. My morbid curiosity is strong but not _that_ strong. I'd certainly appreciate your sacrifice watching it for us.

[@demonmoonbat1773]

When I watched this anime, I was convinced I was starting with something like a season two, and spent some time trying to find the beginning of the story.

[@co7769]

Thats when you know, you won't enjoy the anime. I had that same issue with the Promised Neverland season 2. I was so confused that I had no freaking clue how they went from living in the shelter, and just living in fear all the time, to "hey we are in the human world hooray!" What the fuck happened? Like one wise man said "I am not against happy endings but that shit has to be earned" dunkeyvideogame probably

[@demonmoonbat1773]

@@co7769 I still enjoyed the anime. Haven’t watched Neverland season 2.

[@co7769]

@@demonmoonbat1773 oh yeah men Season 1 of The Promised Neverland is a masterpiece, no doubt, but season was not. I was an anime only when I watched and I was so confused. Then I read the manga and discovered how much they decided to not include, like Yuugo and the Goldy pond arc! Why, it would have been so cool along with the seven walls, goddammit. I do highly recommend the manga, that way you will know what the heck is going because when they showed that PowerPoint presentation at the end of Emma meeting god and saving the world I was just so confused and disappointed

[@demonmoonbat1773]

@@co7769 I mean, I liked the first season well enough, but it’s not on my list of top shows. My two favorites right now are ReZero and Jujutsu Kaisen.

[@wannabehistorian371]

Apparently they actually cut out a huge part of the LN, so yeah…

[@csuporlucifer7744]

People:*Watch this anime* Parents:*Come in* People:*Quickly switches tab to porn*

[@shmoop6543]

Adrian Csupor the safer way out

[@kyotheman69]

when you see enough Harem animes this is child play, people clearly never seen DxD, that shit is crazy especially it has uncensored version

[@Darkswe]

you missed the joke by half the observable universe

[@hitthemill8595]

@@kyotheman69 oh you inocent boy you clearly didnt watch Shinmai Maou no Testament

[@QuikVidGuy]

Parents are people too

[@LordOsiris499]

Pretty sure this is a case of “this was supposed to be porn, but they forgot to put Sex in it”.

[@smokey0111]

That's a pretty strong line right there.

[@PuolenJeninPaska]

"Oh and also there's this war that you're probably not even interested in and have to sit about half the episodes through before you can see more titties"

[@shadowxxe]

@Mr7Reality they didn't have the budget for jiggle physics obviously

[@TealWolf26]

They needed to imply under the FBIs radar.

[@thealmanancy9020]

There are anime that I'm too embarrassed to watch with others This would be too embarrassing to watch alone

[@goatdeer8403]

I have seriously no clue why every other isekai feels the need to have slavery and indulge itself in the narrative of the "good" slaveowner. You know, the narrative that wasn't true and held back people who were subjected to violence, coercion, etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.

[@lexcentrique2554]

Especially in power fantasy settings: "Dude, I'm like, a huge unmovable fortress by myself, and we aren't counting the harem. We can very well take care of you in a cathartic way!"

[@Brasswatchman]

A few too many people in Japan seemed to have learned about slavery strictly through the context of kinky BDSM stuff without bothering with all the actual historical atrocities.

[@ColorMeHoppy]

​@@Brasswatchmanwow it's like countries that didn't have Atlantic slave trade tier slavery see slavery differently than Americans 😮

[@thenotsoamazinggracetnsag3463]

@@ColorMeHoppyowning another human being still makes you terrible, no matter what country your in though.

[@ColorMeHoppy]

@@thenotsoamazinggracetnsag3463 duh, but they don't culturally see/understand that so what gives? We still have legal slavery in the world but it doesn't give anyone kudo points so I never see y'all attack that or bring awareness to that. Im not even taking up for Japanese society,because they don't like us that much, but moral arguments are more complicated than that, especially if they don't not have the history of transatlantic slavery. If they see shit in the lens of BDSM, then Im not going to judge them or judge their artwork against real life morals, but that's just me. If you cant experience another culture without colonizing it, then maybe anime and manga aren't for you? Go watch some American cartoon.

[@Undrave]

Why aren't we getting more parodic Iseikai anime? I want to see one where the dude shows up and expect to get tons of hot girls but can't get any travel companion other than buff dudes and fujoshis who ship them together. Or a show where two Isekai protagonist end up in the same world and just keep trying to overshadow each other to comedic effect?

[@ineednochannelyoutube5384]

That second one sounds good.

[@serbanignat7696]

Or one where the protagonist is a dnd bard

[@MyVanir]

Or just an Isekai done properly, with an actual story, proper character development and progression, reasonable interactions and not a wish-fulfillment fic written while the "author" was fapping to images of himself as he imagines he'd look if he was not garbage.

[@PKMNTrainerVic]

Undrave well Konosuba has been close enough to parodic. Although the show still has protagonist gets the girls to love him.

[@MyVanir]

I really don't get the hype Konosuba gets. Once you look past the repetitive humor, it's just another crappy Isekai.

[@HellishSpoon]

I would imagine this is what -normie- average person thinks when they think anime

[@spoonikle]

Heavy Metal Collector - not really sure this is the correct use of the term “edge-lord” but i get your point

[@standardmemechannelanimefa8865]

Animation.......crap

[@tsitzel4949]

This makes anime look bad and harder to defend. damn you emt squared damn you to hell!!!

[@Olematonnimi]

Why did he even watch any isekai show? They're all horrible.

[@devincory9695]

I have a cousin that hates anime. She watched FMA Brotherhood and loved it, and is currently obsessed with My Hero Academia, but she still says she hates anime. She's 22, so it isn't a matter of just being a stubborn kid, but I think shows like this are why she is the way she is. She couldn't possibly be an anime fan if THIS is what's aimed at anime fans.

[@leonardomafrareina7634]

I don't understand how this type of anime is still popular. The genre is completely saturated, but THIS?! This is unbelieveable.

[@leonardomafrareina7634]

Plus, to my knowledge, nobody says "take a poop", usually what I hear people say is "take a dump".

[@joeda900]

​@@leonardomafrareina7634Nah, I just hear "Take a shit"

[@leonardomafrareina7634]

@@joeda900 That's also very common to hear.

[@Mystiqueshootingstar]

I want Isekais to start adding male love interests. If every being on earth is in love with this mid looking guy than why aren’t the guys in love with him too?!? If they wanna be different they could at least try and be different

[@yanstein8464]

i want bl isekai anime so much, they really should adapt corporate slave one, beasts giving love is probably too weird for an anime adaptation, but i would also welcome it

[@zuttoaragi8349]

Because the people who enjoy Isekai and the people who like Yaoi have a VERY small intersection.

[@TheGrimbler]

​@@zuttoaragi8349 Not as small as one may think

[@tsifirakiehl4250]

I think My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom is an isekai with love interests of multiple genders. The protagonist is a girl, so it might not be exactly what you’re describing, but there is at least one bi isekai harem anime out there.

[@snivyian2199]

I feel bad for the people running crunchyroll's Twitter that have to make this show seem good.

[@GatorRay]

+SnivyIan Same

[@npc6817]

get ready for another thrilling adventure in another world with your smartphone that is'nt actually in another world with my smartphone!

[@josephhoward9631]

When I see anime and manga like this I can never decide what the creator's intention is: is he purposefully making a pandering hot mess because it will sell; is he that creatively bankrupt and is just doing what he's seen in other examples of the genre; or is he totally invested in the world he created, and he's truly making something he's proud of, weird kinks and all?

[@Bronze_Age_Sea_Person]

I'd definitely read/watch if it was the third option, I'd rather see a pervert's true desires than something someone hasn't put their hearts on it, that's why there are some hentai doujins out there with more passion with many more animes.

[@juliagoodwin9510]

...yes?

[@6Kubik]

Last one. Thats what miyazaki meant when he said anime is trash. Made by awkward nerds sitting at home and do not talk much with real people. Creeps behind a computer. Creating trash because they consume the same trash every day.

[@kossettereaditte7552]

Yes

[@MrMarinus18]

I rather go to fanfiction for that. They cut out the awful animation and go to what I want and also are entirely shameless about it.

[@sarahcole9661]

I’d just like to point out that Einherjar means “those who fight alone” and was commonly used to describe dead warriors whom Odin/the Valkyries recruited in preparation for Ragnarok. If they’re gonna rip concepts from Norse mythology they should at least use them right. Also am I seeing a false pattern or does the girl shown at 3:20-3:25 have a green recolor of Waver Velvet’s Command Seals as seen in Fate/Zero?

[@CRSB00]

What angers me the most of this series, other than the generic art-style, forgettable story and stupid premise/justification(the commander of the defeated armies call the commander victorious army "father" and there is a suspicious amount of defeated girl commanders) is that main characters like "I don't want a harem because I have a girl at home uwu" but he keeps collecting girls

[@rajpritamkashyap7487]

I agree. I just started it and honestly I'm out of my mind. What a ridiculous plot and story it has. Also the so called Father or Brother relationship kinda thing having a sex appeal. Totally weird.

[@onedoesnotsimply7375]

Don't know what you're talking about; seems pretty good for a hentai. Wait, what do you mean "it isn't"?

[@ludowic8187]

Every anime is a hentai

[@adriangunderson-smith1698]

yes

[@sidecharacter2613]

One does not simply this nigga got his toes sucked

[@davidsun3511]

The problem he has with this anime was maybe the characters are too bland in their personality, all the girls fall for the same guy yet he's too anoyingly oblivious and dodgy with commitment, and as with many harems raises the question of underage relationships and moral issues such as that slave girl. If you don't support slavery and its cruelty, then you should have been an abolitionist, instead of letting the problem continue to rot like the Southern Confederates did.

[@Healermain15]

Even for porn this seems pretty bad. I mean, there's low budget, and then there's just low quality across the board.

[@AniGaAG]

You know, I'm not even religious, and even _I_ feel like God just died.

[@ferociousmaliciousghost]

God died years ago. He was reincarnated into another world due to how bad some anime are.

[@kimmyseon46]

@@ferociousmaliciousghost great even god has isekaitist now

[@JackgarPrime]

@@ferociousmaliciousghost A literql god getting isekai'd into a world where they weren't the ones who were part of creating the rules of that world could actually be interesting. But don't have it be the modern world, and the God has to be the main character. Not a love interest for the main character.

[@IamINERT]

Honestly

[@Bronze_Age_Sea_Person]

God ain't dead, we just fucked up our ears so much trying to not listen to him like a brat putting their fingers on their ear channels and screaming "lalalalala!!!! can't hear you!!!!!"

[@steved3737]

People who choose to watch this show: It's MORBOEin' time . . . . . . . I'll see myself out

[@adamka-1]

Yain't goin nowhere

[@FrogKanna]

Are we just gonna ignore how they named the story after Norse mythology while doing literally nothing with the mythology?

[@samuelbedsole5089]

Since the setting is supposedly somewhere in Bronze Age Eurasia it probably would've been interesting if they used the mythology of either Mesopotamia or Anatolia, which honestly doesn't get enough love in media. But that would require work, which is apparently anathema to the author.

[@FrogKanna]

@@samuelbedsole5089 some people would rather stick a label on something without putting in the effort

[@samuelbedsole5089]

@@FrogKanna That basically sums up 90% of most isekai these days.

[@FrogKanna]

@@samuelbedsole5089 pretty much

[@Shajirr_]

At this point, why even bother? Just watch actual hentai, save time. It seems we're witnessing the race to the bottom.

[@ianbailey4213]

This kinda stuff has died off in America. Baywatch reboot absolutely tanked.

[@twinkiesmaster69]

This is just porn without the actual sex

[@jackkenseng2164]

My uncle was hell bent on getting uncensored Strike Witches for the shower scenes. He literally talked about it for a couple months. He lived with my mom at the time (and is STILL living with his sister and brother in law almost 10 years later because...I don't know. Honestly.) It was just...it was awkward.

[@forgototherpassword]

@Orchid Snow-Crystal To be fair, I've seen porn that has had some of the funniest (read as: most hilariously awful) writing and dialogue I've ever heard. This is porn without the sex OR the unintentional jokes.

[@linkisanactualbear1414]

i've seen hentai with better story and plot contrievances for why everyone's so horny all the time

[@andriejeroi.delapena8462]

Can anyone suggest me an isekai anime where the mc arrives at new world and says "ah, this shit again"

[@axtel6879]

Isekai Quartet

[@brnk2]

@@axtel6879 that anime is great

[@pyroparagon8945]

SAO, every time Kirito moves to a new game

[@Jojrre]

I Left my Cake in the Car and The kids in the Oven SAO Abridged

[@danielwoods3896]

That's literally Isekai Quartet

[@Evilofhumanity]

11:12 That’s rude! You can’t call h a dollar store knockoff of Gilgamesh! Because that would be an insult to the *actual* dollar store knockoff of Gilgamesh…

[@wannabehistorian371]

Who?

[@eclipsewaves]

​@@wannabehistorian371 That bi*ch guy from the Fate series. He wore a golden armor and only had one friend.

[@ironwill2]

This show was designed to make SOA look good, it's all a conspiracy.

[@orav7951]

Sao is god tier compared to this atrocity

[@littleblueclovers]

Okay the whole toe-sucking thing was aggressively weird. There was white stuff on the toe that was obviously saliva but it was too solid and colored to look otherwise. Why? But why? *Why?*

[@dereenaldoambun9158]

Yeah. Screw this borderline hentai!

[@axel-1671]

Wtf is wrong with anime creators these days

[@talltroll7092]

@@axel-1671 Easy. They like money, and hormonal Japanese teen males will pay for this shit. Go look up what %age of Japanese men (and women, while you're at it) are still virgins at 30. It's horrifying

[@talltroll7092]

@TheFandrian I'd have to assume that at some point Japanese culture will respond, and the problems in their society that are causing the dismal birth rates will be seriously addressed, because otherwise yes, the Japanese will eventually just disappear from the human population of Earth. It will definitely take time, because Japan is still essentially ruled by a very insular group, heavily influenced by pre-WWII era politics and ideas, but eventually they will die off and genuinely new ideas and policies will have a chance of succeeding. The signs of change are already there (the recent lowering of the voting age to 18 was an attempt, if largely unsuccessful, to involve younger voters in politics. With the low birth rate and the pretty standard disinterest of the young in politics in general, older voters have disproportionate power and they aren't that interested in lowering the burdens on the young, at their own expense. Quelle surprise), the old faction system is crumbling, and the keiretsu are steadily losing power as Japanese commercial and industrial power fades in a more competitive world economy. Eventually, as the more open-minded younger generations get to positions of actual power in politics and commerce / industry, change will happen, and in the end, I'd bet that Japan will choose more openness over national suicide. It won't be quick, or easy though

[@talltroll7092]

@TheFandrian You're confusing the Japanese government with the Japanese people. As I said, the power in Japan is still in the hands of the older generations (70+), who still have a very pre-WWII mindset. Younger Japanese are much more outward looking, consume Western media, wear Western clothes, and increasingly embrace Western ideals. Yes, it will still take a long time for that to translate to changes in national policy, but Abe has succeeded in bringing more women and foreigners into the workforce, for instance, and as the demographic trends aren't going to reverse any time soon, ALL Japanese politicians are going to have to increasingly take notice of what they want. Eventually, the demographic imbalance will go away, because even Japanese people die eventually, longer average lifespans or not, and those who are left will have to choose between fitting in with the rest of the world and watching Japan truly die, and they won't be quite so against fitting in, because they do understand the rest of the world at least a little better than their grandparents and parents generations. Self preservation of the person and the group is just about the most deep rooted instinct in all humans, even the Japanese

[@timothymclean]

Some isekai protagonists level grind themselves until the game breaks. Some milk divine charity to get more and more neat little gifts until they're unstoppable. Some...look up tactics on Wikipedia.

[@MrFreakHeavy]

It would be a cool gimmick... but it seems like they didn't do it right, here.

[@gojira4life]

Not to mention it's hardly conceivable that he could teach this tactic to his entire army in such a short amount of time. Then there's the fact he seems to be revolutionising their economy in ways that he really shouldn't be able to find so easily that he can change it in the span of 2 years.

[@namelessanonymous2913]

I wouldn't be surprised if that's how the writer came up with the story, look it up on Wikipedia

[@RutraNickers]

the tactics are not that hard to play in actual battle, the trops only need to know what to do with what signal. And to be honest it whould be a good gimick if done right, but heh, not here

[@arsarma1808]

This third strategy reflects how I play ftp games like warframe. This anime understands games better than SAO.

[@MrMarinus18]

5:35 Don't underestimate deviantartists though. Some are truly skilled and a lot of the fantasy art coming from there is absolutely amazing.

[@SiRenfield]

I mean this in the nicest way possible but the way I tend to describe dA and AO3 is that “you can find truly amazing content on there…albeit about 80% of its user base uses it for p*rn” LOL

[@MrMarinus18]

@@SiRenfield Oh, I know that. Finding good art is also hard and the infestation of AI art has made it even harder. Still a lot of my favourite ones come from Deviantart.

[@SiRenfield]

@@MrMarinus18 Oh I wasn’t even did ding it (don’t even take my words out of context to think I’m some kind of anti-p*rn nut) I’m just saying Sturgeon’s Law is a universal constant LOL

[@KlldbyCuriosity]

2:09 My favorite part of the anime was when he said “It’s morboe time” and morboed all over the place. Truly one of the anime of all time

[@XcaptainXobliviousX]

colored lineart isnt the problem, disney does colored line art. the problem is doing it badly.

[@GlitchyPixExtra]

That shot with the mother and child that you use as an example of the anime only drawing half of a character's face literally looks like someone drew over one of those MS Paint anime bases

[@Ebony-Bane]

Honestly I myself can't excuse the "it's a comedy so the fight scenes don't have to look great" when things like Dragon Maid exist with stellar fight scenes

[@badulgumm5458]

And maid dragon is voted as "best fight scene" by Crunchyroll

[@Monica-zt8yo]

I've seen the BEST action in those silly goofy light-hearted shows. Nichijou goes absolutely insane in the best possible way

[@royallynick]

We need a Bi harem anime. Just literally everyone wants in protag-kun's pants and he is a-ok with it.

[@user-lr8ow2jg4e]

We need an ace anime where he just gets rpd by japans entire population.

[@noleasmifotodeperfiil]

Based

[@bealol0002]

Watch my next life as a villainess, it's so good

[@thevioletbee5879]

Having literally any show with equal fanservice and manservice is highly appreciated.

[@LauraLovesHugs]

this is just my next life as a villainess lol

[@nefarious_seraph13]

Why do we have a million male protagonist harem anime and like 2 female protagonist isekai? 9 out of 10 times making an anime/manga also a harem just makes it worse not better.

[@lolimsooedgy7809]

name the isekai with a female protagonist plss i really need some isekai to watch

[@kiryn5977]

@@lolimsooedgy7809 Idk if these are the ones that they were thinking of, but the two that immediately come to mind for me are Ascendance of a Bookworm & My Next Life as a Villainess

[@ThatCrazyBookWyrm]

@@lolimsooedgy7809 If you want some classics there's Magic Knights Rayearth and Fushigi Yuugi! Neither take place in video games like the more modern animes do but both of them are very good (Magic Knights Rayearth is a personal favorite of mine) Edit: I didn't rec it because the person above me did but Villainess is top class, absolutely watch it

[@worldweaver2691]

Ouran Highschool Host Club is a classic.

[@nightmarefanatic1819]

@@lolimsooedgy7809 Magic Knight Rayearth, Vision of Escaflowne, Fushigi Yuugi, The Twelve Kingdoms

[@dirkstrider657]

10:20 I'm shocked they made him physically weak. That's an actual character weakness. So he isn't COMPLETELY op. I would have thought that he'd collect harem girls and when they're in danger he'd pull out his secret cool fighting skills he's kept hidden for some reason. Then the girls would be like "omg he's the best I love big brother master teacher father" or whatever.

[@renookami4651]

And yet he manages to "one-shot" the villain in a duel. Guess how...

[@christmasgrinch4017]

Ren Ookami how?

[@renookami4651]

@@christmasgrinch4017 The dude miss an attack, trip and hit his head on a rock.

[@vedantthapar3666]

While I too am shocked that they actually made him weak, I still wouldn’t call that an actual character flaw. His weakness never factors into the story, it never causes problems and he never overcomes it, so this ‘flaw’ is basically the equivalent of saying that a Mary Sue is ‘too nice’.

[@supermutantsam1160]

What’s funny is that him still being physically weak after spending 2 whole years in this world and starting a whole Warrior’s guild would be a pretty good way to show that he uses his smartphone as a crutch, but the writer just doesn’t even seem to realize this fact.

[@trollerpilotxiv3079]

This feels like it was originally supposed to be a hentai but was scrapped for some reason.

[@IamINERT]

Most anime MCs even makes weebs look bad. Its just my goodness, how oompaloompa can you be.

[@wannabehistorian371]

Oompaloompa?

[@IamINERT]

@@wannabehistorian371 im not even sure what i was talking about 🤔 Wtf

[@fitzcharles33]

If outlawing slavery would've caused too much of an uproar, then he could've at least set the mother and daughter free after buying them and hired them as servants. And not drag the daughter to the hotsprings.

[@jjr9128]

he BOUGHT them. he is giving money to support continue enslaving more people. it doesn't matter to the slaver what the buyer does with the slaves after the slaver gets payed. He is just going to use the money to acquire more and continue the slave trade.

[@fillosof66689]

jjr9128 tha alternative to enslavement was death. Them's the Bronze Age rules. Now, there is nothing stopping him from going against the very basis of the society he operates in, but then he would actuqaly have to grow a character and face real challenges, ala Yankee at the Round Table. Apparantely we can have thag in a modern isekai harem.

[@nakoruruwantspepsi1556]

I like the idea of isekai. I like the idea of someone being taken out of the real world and into either a fantasy or the past and seeing how they react to it. I loved Escaflowene, Fushigi Yugi, Red River, inuyasha, No game no life, Re:zero, Kunosuba, ECT. I even enjoy some of the fluffy trash ones (I rufuse to say which title because I'm embarrassed. It came out a year or two ago.) This just looks un fun. Like so bad, it's just bad. Like one can't even derive ironic enjoyment from it. Like the emoji movie, it feels like I'll just want those minutes back I wasted of my life back. Edit: oh wow didn't except so many likes and comments. And it was the smartphone one. I have shit taste.

[@Merilirem]

Smartphone the one you don't want to admit to?

[@Sakaki98]

Mariaalicia Barraza The smartphone one, I’m guessing.

[@Ash_Wen-li]

You should watch Twelve Kingdoms and Now and Then, Here and There if you haven't

[@expaand6720]

I.. I.. I enjoyed smartphone...

[@nidohime6233]

Also Digimon does have that too.

[@hmmmooops]

Genuine question, where do anime voice actors draw the line? Like, what needs to happen for someone to say "yeah I'm not doing this"?

[@tsifirakiehl4250]

I’m assuming it depends on the specific actor. Different people have different limits. For instance, some people are fine with graphic sexual content, but won’t play a character who says racial slurs, and some are just the opposite. It all depends on the person.

[@aylendexskelington96]

almost four years later and geoff’s read on “i’ll give you a hint - it’s not the mom” makes me cackle like a fucking idiot

[@pixelpudding3914]

I’ve seen doujinshi with better art

[@pixelpudding3914]

1tiercel I’ve seen hentai with better animation

[@gourmetscat]

1tiercel i’ve read emergence and i regret it

[@nutanddash8552]

im in pain

[@shukuala9502]

I haven't read any doujinshi that have a worse plot

[@annaijustwanttoliveachilll9162]

Edg3_3 at least it’s not “metamorphosis” (probs incorrect spelling but I ain’t searching that traumatic shit up again)

[@SheliakDragon]

It's like a cheap dating sim they slapped together to make an anime. With barely any additional animation

[@filzhut6234]

A very bad Stopmotion Dating Sim.... I don't wanna imagine that.

[@ajtheva6694]

"If your going to give up, you might as well give up all the way" This anime in a nutshell

[@Halotaku]

Better idea for an isekai: Protag gets transported into the world of some video game, show, or movie he hates, and has to struggle against how much he loathes everything around him. The guy wishes to do everything in his power to NOT be there.

[@yanstein8464]

that's just scum villain's self saving system, protag gets isekai'd into a book he hates as a villain who dies horribly, but he can't come back bc he died

[@metagross6897]

I hope this actually exists and is actually appealing to watch

[@alekzynot1678]

@@metagross6897 The closest thing that exists is called "Trapped In A Dating Sim: The World Of Otome Games Is Tough For Mobs".

[@Poketom-ob1dl]

After hearing the basic plot, I feel like I could make a better concept with the same premise. So let’s assume that the same things happen, he takes a selfie, transports, get magic girls to accept him as the greatest and the two year time skip. Let’s say the girl he was with, after a guy went missing suddenly and she was the only witness, tries to do the same he did to go and find him. Either to clear her name from the main suspect in the disappearance of a man in a forest with only one other person around or to just grab him to have her friend back, or the time of the incident actually being two years or time works differently, could honestly go either way. But she gets there and finds that he’s become a dictator. With his phone, and Wikipedia, he’s overthrown the dark lord that all fantasy generics have, and like most liberators in ancient eras tended to do, made himself king. As it’s been two years and he now has anime girls at beck and call, he rejects her attempts to bring him back, and declares her a public enemy. So the story changes from his point of view to her point of view, trying to defeat a dictator and bring him home.

[@EyeLoch]

I have to say that sounds amazing

[@jesscerabm]

That does sound good. I would actually love to see someone take that idea. The only thing I would want to change though was probably the timeline. Instead of just two years maybe extended it a bit. It seems like an awfully short amount of time someone to become a successful and stable dictator.

[@estefanolivares4159]

@@jesscerabm You underestimate the power of harem

[@handsomebrick]

I smell a season 2!

[@js1031]

Don't want to watch that. I want to play that. That seems like a fun budget title to kill 20-30 hrs or so.

[@SigmaSyndicate]

Jesus, it's like they were planning on making a porn series and decided at the last second they wanted something safe for broadcast.

[@mikequeripel396]

Tabula Rasa Gaming Ikr, at least if it was bad porn writing it’d still have yknow, the porn

[@asobimo5532]

IKR?! I never understood when they put so much ecchi into anime. Like why ruin it? If you wanted more ecchi you could have made hentai and not anime.

[@iota-09]

Asobimo "it ruins the magic" Apparently that's something people actually say even if differently... No clue why honestly, it seems pretty obvious that if you want something you'd go for it rather than the cheap alternative. I mean, at least if you want to watch an ecchi watch a good one, this one's bad even at that, even if not worst, maybe.

[@kappadarwin9476]

Ecchi is like the Shounen to Hentai's Seinen. Ecchi focuses on Sex appeal not actual sex itself.

[@MrRobot-0]

Alec Norton but it is forr good echi, bad echi is sofcore porn to actual porn, it tries to be the real thing but it don conect att all

[@vusimtselu971]

She asked her big brother to marry her because NOTHING IS STRONGER THAN FAMILY

[@thegreenrenegade7759]

You know what would be hilarious, an over the top isekai parody where the main character is either gay, asexual, or simply doesn't give a fuck, while he has a harem that constantly lusts after him and does increasingly stupid things to get attention, at the very least its an interesting concept, not sure if it would work.

[@artofthepossible7329]

Okay, I'm pretty sure there is at least one Highschool DxD fanfic with Issei fitting that criteria of "has zero interest in romantic and sexual relationships, still become the romantic interest for many people", but I have no idea where or if it still exists.

[@danielq2358]

This would be so funny ngl Please ensure mc isn't dense!

[@thegreenrenegade7759]

@@danielq2358 Best influence would prolly be Love is War, just a bunch of girls playing mind games with each other whilst the love interest hates them all and plays them off of each other to keep them off his back.

[@zuttoaragi8349]

That sounds dull as fuck.

[@TheDanubeDepleter]

The way he said *"its not the mo~m"* hurt my soul, you earn a thumbs up for another soul wrenching watch. Encore!

[@thevioletbee5879]

I mean both of them would be awful, but the other would be awful on the mom’s end.

[@MGengarDude]

*Rip Sasuke's neck here*

[@astuteanansi4935]

RIP Sasuke's neck Press F to pay respects

[@staffonoodle2454]

I want it to stay like that cuz he sucked

[@fezzy2866]

This roasting video is better than the actual anime LMAO

[@MGNew]

No lol

[@zenochara7522]

Correct because at least roasted chicken is shaded

[@Rebel3000]

Wait... MORBOE? ITS MORB'N TIME

[@ZKP314]

"And one of them is important because they appear in the OP. Which one? I'll give you a hint-it's not the mom." *FBI Wants to know your location*

[@0zerios0]

Kakyoin was disappointed.

[@KeizerZX]

@@0zerios0 f

[@hmh8311]

Here's how this works: Anything better than a 4/10 is worth watching for its quality. Anything less than a 2/10 is worth watching for the experience. Don't touch 3/10, its not worth it. Since this show is a hard 1/10. You gotta watch it; It's an experience. - just maybe don't be sober.

[@dddmemaybe]

Sorry I'll keep my braincells thank you very much.

[@nofunpolice6132]

If you look at MAL it's at 5.7, so quality contend?

[@amitmarkos1137]

Are you really trying to argue that this anime has quality content?!?!

[@megadunsparce3672]

That is almost half of the rating! What kind of animes exist that can go lower than 5?!

[@nofunpolice6132]

I'm arguing that anything lower than a seven should be considered bad so we also catch the rest of those crappy LN adaptations

[@TrueNamelessOne]

I have a good idea. How about the 300 year old girl is actually a little girl, who just ages slowly, like as an elf. She also isn't sexualized, and acts like a 300 year old person; kinda like an old grandma.

[@Heretowatchvideos123]

That’s a great idea

[@Otval_bashky]

And shouts that everyone is lost generation

[@blue30827]

Harem animes that have older/undesirable men so there wouldn't be any competition with the main protagonist is still the funniest trope to me

[@Saltyoven]

here's an idea for an anime. Some open world game is in the process of development and is nearly ready to be pushed out to market. Problem is, it is ludicrously buggy from various clipping issues as well as sound issues and graphical errors. The story takes place from the point of view of an NPC within the game as s/he becomes self aware to notice these issues with the game, and essentially needs to avoid openly expressing his identity for fear of being deleted from the game in development while at the same time trying to survive by exploiting the glitches.

[@valemontgomery9401]

"Every day, I imagine a future where I can be with you..."

[@chaospacemarine8330]

@@valemontgomery9401 kek

[@jakespacepiratee3740]

@@chaospacemarine8330 in hell.

[@AnneDank69420]

@Connor I The Animatrix 👌 Cool movie. Awesome anime.

[@nexuswolf780]

So the main character has no real motive in the story? He only wants to hide, that's it? It's a teensy weensy bit really weak when he's only a mass of code that is glitching and trying to keep glitching.

[@BestgirlJordanfish]

Okay, so I'm nowhere close to a snob for quality or animation, but I actually gasped when I saw how cheap or lazy some scenes were.

[@klg9549]

I wouldn't be surprised if it was the same "animators" who did seasons 1 and 2 of Sailor Moon Crystal

[@ORLY911]

I've seen hentai with significantly better animation

[@Vickynger]

me too! the two people fighting on their immobile horses made me gasp audibly! and i really dont know jack shit about animation lol

[@bigbosshonchkrow625]

You know what with all the harem Isakai anime out there I want to see a reverse one where instead of all the girls falling in love with the hero he plays matchmaker to help all the supporting characters find their one true love who isn’t him. I actually think that might be a fun show idea.

[@alekzynot1678]

Make it a slice of life that takes place after the death of the big bad. I think that's the best way to go about this idea.

[@metagross6897]

I think an anime like that already exists but it isn't a isekai and protagonist is a gamer

[@horaciosi]

"Big brother! Please marry me!" You've got issues, Japan.

[@dank_smirk2ndchannel200]

MB: "Yuuto himself is not so much a character as he is a cypher for the audience. A vehicle through which they can vicariously have their wishes fulfilled." Who tf would ever wish for this shit?

[@Xanegoh]

Young Japanese males. That's who these series are marketed to anyway, and there doesn't seem to be any end to them.

[@dank_smirk2ndchannel200]

Xanegoh I’m talking about his horrid series specifically, not the Isekai genre as a whole.

[@Xanegoh]

@@dank_smirk2ndchannel200 I mean, it's hard to say. MORBOE is a prototypical LN series, and really you can swap out it with any other and not even notice. It's so generic and bland.

[@dank_smirk2ndchannel200]

Xanegoh yeah, there are some bad, bland, and boring LN series out there, but when it comes to MORBOE it’s in an entire class of shit on it's own.

[@sofielee4122]

the dreaded combination of a lolicon and siscon

[@UwgAllDay]

Hello from the magic harem. About a year ago, I fell through a dimensional portal behind a burger king after taking a selfie with a cursed mirror. I still get a slight wifi signal which I use to cheat my way through history and host a podcast here at the vermillion minotaur

[@TheAbyssoftheMind]

This is a better idea than the one that actually got made. If the podcast is good, it could work.

[@jamesehlenfeldt7132]

Chunt's up with that?

[@UwgAllDay]

Boys Night!

[@halfpintrr]

Hello from the Magic Tavern? Good podcast.

[@jaydoyle2596]

Didn't a novel do this? But instead of podcast, 4chan. It was funny, if I remember right.

[@OWO-xm1tm]

Son: mom can we have a Gilgamesh Mother : no sweetie we have a Gilgamesh at home Gilgamesh at home : 6:42

[@brandonstickels5435]

"He purchases the slave, thereby supporting the trade..." Me: not great, but introduces an interesting moral question about whether, lacking the power to stop the trade altogether, it's more right to buy and free slaves, thereby freeing people but contributing to the trade, vs. doing nothing, not contributing to the trade but also not actively helping anyone "Despite ruling the town and having the power to ban the trade altogether, and btw he doesn't free them" Me: well nevermind, fuck this guy and this show

[@nemesisbloodryche22]

Imagine an anime where someone is sent to a magical world, but focussing on the people coping with the loss of their loved one

[@TheInzombiac]

Yo, it's the Death battle dude

[@banjofangirl3458]

I have that story idea on the back burner actually!

[@Metaphysician2]

You can even still have the magic powers and potentially fulfilling social role. Just have the theme be clear: "all that is cool, but leaving behind your upbringing is still hard and something that requires real effort to emotionally process." Allegorically, its like going to college across the country, or perhaps enlisting in the military. Unless your background was awful, thats a lot of stuff you are leaving behind, and will probably want to see again eventually once the thrill of newness wears off.

[@TheNN]

Honestly I really hope the big twist is that Yuuto is the cause of the Bronze Age Collapse and everything falls apart because of what he did.

[@liamdell6319]

No, that would be way too smart for this show.

[@TheNN]

Alas you're right, but it sure would be amazing if it was the case.

[@barrybend7189]

I don't think so as the names are Nordic not creatian Greece or Mesopotamian. So I even dought that its even set in the bronze age earth to begin with.

[@TheNN]

Actually I do believe it straight up says it is indeed in the Bronze Age. a rather stupid, tropey, cliched harem version of it, but the Bronze Age all the same.

[@barrybend7189]

TheNN with a place called Ygrasil the tree of life and the Einhegar the 8 warriors that carry the souls of warriors to Valhalla before ragnarok aka the apocolypse. When also all of the bagrounds look like ancient Mesopotamian architecture and the people are dressed in more dessert oriented clothing.

[@garden_gblin]

A reminder: in 2018 we had *VIOLET EVERGARDEN*!! The art standards were way better than we give credit for, because some people already think it was so long ago.

[@Evilofhumanity]

I’m surprised people aren’t talking about how the harem has children 👁_👁

[@BxPanda7]

My theory on this anime is that it's a low budget hentai without the hentai and they thought we'd just skip the plot anyways so they didn't bother

[@alexthegreat1254]

BxPanda7 Holy crap you just brought light to my eyes. That's exactly what this show is.

[@NotTheWheel]

Here's how you fix a train wreck of a harem anime. 1.) Take the budget for the whole show. 2.) make two decently animated Hentai ovas 3.) ????? 4.) Profit!

[@marvin3226]

NotTheWheel but please uncensored :D

[@NotTheWheel]

Is their any other kind ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@RoyalFusilier]

There is such a dearth of actually decently-produced, technically-competent hentai animations. Like, there's a lot being made, and they still tend to be a bit better than what we think of as 'pornos' with live actors and plumbers and pizza boys and all that. But if somebody were to take the production quality of even a mediocre actual non-h show, and use that on h content, it would be received as god-tier and probably make a /lot/ of money. I don't know if it would rake in as much as a traditional full season of 'proper broadcast anime', but it would probably be cheapter to do, too, so it would be like making an indie game profitable versus something from the """""""""""AAA"""""""""" industry or something idk.

[@christopherdurkot3697]

Cheaper than a full season of high quality anime? Sure. But still astronomically more expensive than the shoe-string budget of most hentai. The market for hentai is much smaller meaning that maxing quality hentai is a huge financial risk. The creator would more or less be gambling on the idea that thier work somehow becomes a fast cult hit, and that's not something that can be predicted.

[@airiakizuki5592]

There are hentai out there with a deeper story than some anime. Thats the sad part.

[@selenopheria]

I'm most angry at the supposed past of Earth being called Yggdrasil like the World Tree didn't belong to one specific mythology in one particular area. My golly, if they were gonna pretend he got thrown back to Nordic times, at least call the world Midgard! My boy Mithos had reason to have the name, especially with the ending. They named the new Tree after him. (Symphonia and Phantasia both drew inspiration from Norse Mythology and "yggdrasil" isn't the only name that crops up) Welp, glad to have stumbled across another video from you and...yeah this is pretty sad. I'd never heard of it before and now I know to give it a helluva pass.

[@baguettiregretti1961]

Terrible writing advice would LOVE this

[@BBmetalhead04]

Next time on Death Battle: the Isekai Light Novel anime genre vs. the Young Adult Post-Apocalypse movie genre Doesn't matter who wins, we still all lose!

[@moose7145]

Underrated comment

[@nullpoint3346]

Unleash the *M.A.D.*

[@KiwitheEngineer]

And they defeat the post-apocalyptic authority figure with the power of friendship.

[@builder5008]

Yuri on ice wins all of course

[@ewoenam9919]

Thats scary cuz i just came from a death battle video xD