Audience reviews
20 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
Pumpkin_Season
Really the only thing saving this from being the worst of the worst when it comes too misogynistic, predatory tropes is that the ML is into older women, not kids.
This, however, doesn't negate all of the pedo-bait seen in this series. Like... wdym there's a shot of a naked 11 year old that "got horny"....... That is a literal child.... who cares if she reincarnated, that's the body of a child.... who is also a slave.... That's the definition of catering to a predatory gaze.
If the creators of this show didn't want to cater to pedophiles, they wouldn't of included so much pedo-baiting fan service. There's a way to still have the gag of "he likes older women but keeps getting hit on by girls around his body's age" without showing these young, female characters in such predatory ways.
Th…
Read at the sourceRemanTheArchean
This is a harem-ish isekai with a ludicrously overpowered protagonist who tries to keep his strength hidden. This type of thing is right up my alley, in theory anyways.
I've seen people call this "laid-back", and ChatGPT described it as "cozy OP tourism", but those descriptions seem like cope. Simply put, it's completely unambitious. It does little more than shamelessly re-enact every isekai trope it can get through.
It's also not particularly good at executing those tropes. It's not bad per se, but everything is so perfunctory that it's as if the show is trying to go through a checklist as fast as possible. A woman falls out of the sky and is infatuated with the protagonist in <60 seconds of knowing him. Then in <120 seconds of screentime she's already jealous about any mention of oth…
Read at the sourceMystyc_Cheez
This anime is probably the most forgettable piece of media on the planet. I watched this when it came out, then re-watched it a couple years later and realized halfway through that I had already seen it. Then I did the same thing, watched it a third time, realizing halfway through that I had already seen it!
The thing is, it's not THAT bad, it's just weirdly forgettable. I've seen plenty of worse anime out there and even worse MCs. I really don't understand why this one keeps leaving my memory so quickly. I very rarely re-watch or re-read because things usually stay fresh in my memory for years, but not this. This fucking vanishes like a fart in the wind.
Read at the sourcemengl29
Very mid. Generic. It's an isekai, you will enjoy it if you like power fantasies. Not a fan personally, but I prefer less generic stories. Also hate fan service so there's that. I'm not really sure who this anime is made for. The protaganist is a generic overly nice guy with no percievable character flaws, which is fine on its' own, but he also faces litterally no challenges. He has infinite money, power, everyone likes him, I just don't find it very compelling. If you like slice of life themed stuff you will enjoy the general story, it's just don't expect any exceptional story-telling, because you won't get this here.
Read at the sourcesayedJalal
to be honest, it's a nice show to watch and unwind, sort of like an anime mixed with a slice of life and a little adventure, we still didn't get fight scenes or some grand twist in the story, thus making it perfect to enjoy the story as they try to give us a world-building, don't judge unless you try for your self with an open-minded mindset.
an honest review for an honest anime.
the story itself is like almost any isekai, the MC gets transported into a magic world where he finds himself in a place unfamiliar to him, but it hints for twists in the future and I can't wait to find out.
as for the style of this anime, it's not bad considering it came out in 2018.
for the characters in this show, they are balanced for the companion, the MC is smart, and careful and knows what he's doing, unli…
Read at the sourceKoto775
Isekai is, to me, a genre that is of low quality anyway. But that isn't the genre's fault specifically, but more that isekai tends to be a vessel for self-insert power fantasies, where the main character doesn't get into any issue and everything always goes right for them. Fantasy sort of falls under the same bracket, but I think isekai is the worst contender for this because it's more fun to imagine yourself getting transported over to a fantasy world, in a sort of escapist way.
That being said, isekai has so much potential. For example, we have Re:Zero, an isekai which places some focus on how the transportation to the new world affects the main character's mental wellbeing. Mushoku Tensei, despite its controversial bits with the main character's... interests, has absolutely fantastic w…
Read at the sourceSMS_Raubkopie
This might just be the most generic Anime I ever watched, and I think that's sort of okay.
It had no strengths, but also no weaknesses - and how could it? Everything about it was safe, simple, predictable and average. I'm kind of impressed by just how bland this show was, yet I wasn't bored. Now that it's over though, I feel like I skipped 4 hours of my life with no real gain or loss. So uninspired and bland, I guess that's kinda depressing, actually.
I guess I could complain about a few details, but why bother? I don't care enough and honestly cannot imagine why anyone would.
If not for the decent opening and ending, I'd give this a 4.
Read at the sourceAeroGunz
“Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody” is what happens when You have a generic boring premise and equally boring and cliche execution.
A 29 year old programmer has to work late to make changes to a game his company is developing. Exhausted he finally is able to go to sleep after a crunch. He wakes up in a world similar to the one in the game he helped develop. He even uses his nickname as his new name. Because of an unfortunate event and the fact that his idea, he wanted to implement in the game happened to be his new reality, he goes from lvl 1 to max lvl in one evening. Now, being overpowered, over equipped and having more cash he knows what to do with, he begins his new life.
Despite having a few characters there really is only one that matters and that’s our MC - Satuu. A 29 y…
Read at the sourceGenghisAres
After reading reviews for this, I've put this show off for a while. When I was finally in the mood for some Isekai trash, I gave it a watch and I'm genuinely surprised that this show gets so much hate.
On the surface, it has several things I typically dislike in Isekai. A bland, dark-haired teenager and a harem of girls that want his D. But I found that those aspects are really not that bad in this. MC is fairly average amongst the nice guy protag's we usually get in these, but we fortunately get an internal monologue and a slow but steady increase in their skills and abilities as they go around the world. He is OP, but he's still learning how to do things and what skills he can use and the various problems he comes across use a variety of actions and abilities to solve. He doesn't just i…
Read at the sourceTheEtherea
Death March is a typical Isekai harem anime without anything to lose your mind about. And it's fine exactly because of this.
What DM does better than most is the prelude of the story involving MC and his way of life, it's more involved, makes more sense and has some thought put into it. The ironic nature of MC gaining his "op" powers also works logically well as without a single nuance MC didn't exactly have much going on for him in the beginning.
Overall it could be better described as a road movie or a Slice of Life kinda story, rather than your typical - there is a bad guy, go get him. In fact there really is no "bad guy" in the whole S1 and instead it focuses on world building, exploration of that world and the rules of it. I find that a great attempt among the bland - collect a team…
Read at the sourceKamikuyo
Outrageously plain… no really.
The show is about as generic as a fantasy isekai gets, whilst retaining most of the good qualities from the genre.
It holds up well visually and the characters are designed perfectly well which allows for some immersion at least. The characters looking good is about it though, as there is almost 0 character development or interesting traits outside of cutesy young girls that enjoy food and hunting little prey.
The show starts almost exactly how you would expect, come on guys, get a little bit creative. Most shows in the genre do it better and put a little more of a unique twist on it, like dying (yes i’m being sarcastic) but at least that would have made more sense and would give me a better starting point than what was delivered here.
The show does hav…
Read at the sourceVidenti1m
Before I start to collapse writing this review, I want to leave a question for you. "When you go watch an anime, what is the main feature you want to see in the work? Or do you not even care about that, and just want to see what it has to show you in general." In my case and the second, I just want to appreciate the work that was created, even if there are millions of similar works already, without worrying about a specific characteristic. Sorry, I just wanted to get off to a more relaxed start when I talk about bad works, so here we go.
Death March is an isekai harem, with our powerful protagonist, and his group of girls, for their part minors, in a scenario where he is the hero. Its story is terrible as if it didn't have a starting point and a path to follow, it starts in a topic ala De…
Read at the sourcered-artist
It's been a couple hours since i finished watching this series. I took a nap and just woke up to update my MAL and add this review. Unfortunately, i cannot remember much and that tells you probably most of what you need to know.
Plot
MC is super nice guy and an overworked gamedev. He sleeps on company floor after finishing a shift and wakes up in game he was working on.
Honestly, most isekai harem plots are the same once they get into the game. OP MC saving girls from monsters/humans, and girls liking him because he's not absolute evil (like not raping slaves, or giving food to slaves etc..).
All these generic MC also have some sort of OP skill. MC can basically just level his different skills using skill points. So, to get a discount, he levels the haggling skill. to convince people,…
Read at the sourceOnii-Chan09
When it comes to this anime, my opinion is probably different than most people's because I actually like this anime, to an extent lol. I've seen it 4 or 5 times now and will watch it again in the future. It's very easy to watch and isn't super complicated although this probably would have changed if it had more episodes. That being said this anime would have benefited to have been 24 episodes or atleast have 2 seasons to help get deeper into the lore and backstory.
Story: 6.8/10 - the story in my opinion was ok in this anime, it has a decent pace and a good amount of content without seeming to be thrown together and rushed to much. It is an isekai in a world that is similar to a video game. The MC is OP pretty much from the start but he still has to learn a lot so he doesn't seem that OP…
Read at the sourceMeanEYE
In short, painfully average and shallow. It's basically cheap entertainment that is predictable and dull most of the time. Main character is definition of impotent harem owner who while being omnipotent is at the same best person ever born and doesn't abuse his powers. In fact initial few episodes might lead you to believe he is capable of so much more but the reality is he never uses any of the skills. Frustrating to say the least. All the other characters are too busy of oooing and aaaahing at MC to have any character of their own. They are given some shallow stories but basically they all behave the same. I guess writing interesting female characters was asking too much for this show and best they could muster was children with developmental issues, even those that are actually grown up…
Read at the sourcezioming
A shame, really. It's based on a really solid novel series (I've read easily over a hundred of them at this point, and it's still among my top 3; sales-wise, the light novel is currently at 29 volumes and still ongoing), but it just doesn't work as a seasonal anime. It's a mix of isekai and slice of life, with a major focus on travelling and crafting, so it's way too slow-paced for this format; the author chose to concentrate on good execution rather that putting an interesting spin on the tired formula, so if you don't care about that, it will probably just look overplayed and generic to you (not to mention, the MC even looks like Kirito); the world building is mostly done through random comments and bits of information you're supposed to put together on your own during consecutive readin…
Read at the sourceSevidoters
Just finished watching it. Nothing especially outstanding, but I find it to be an amusing show to put on while playing an MMO or doing something else. You will not find a new and original story here.
Overall, 8/10. It does the generic isekai pretty well, and that is basically what I was looking for. Main character is very over powered, but doesn't abuse it.
Annoyingly, I cannot leave a shorter review. The above is all the description it needs. If I wanted an anime that needs a novel of a review, I likely wouldn't be watching this. You will not find any life changing story, events, characters, or plot of any sort; nay, they are not even remarkable or memorable. This doesn't stop me from enjoying the show for what it is.
Read at the sourceVirimee
I mean generally theres not much to say about this show, its slow, the characters are boring, the idea has been done thousands of times before and better more times than i can count, the world is dull with nothing happening outside of the mcs current eye-radius,,
but,,
its still very enjoyable just as most isekais can be, and i dont mean as in 'so bad its good' i just mean its kinda meh but still decently fun to watch yk?
at the start i was hoping it would just be a power fantasy but in reality its just a super watered down dr stone with how he can make anything but he never really fights and when he does hes such a wimp about it to the point where you get annoyed at him for not doing anything like bro ppl are dying and youre like "uwu i might be seen with my holy sword~" like ugh,,
bu…
Read at the sourceRandelpro
Death march is one of the isekais that are really stereotypical but its the one you also search for.
The mc had pretty good personality but i wish he wasn't such pussy. He was scared of using his points even tho there wasn't anything to be scared of, the anime was pretty funny and i liked it alot
I also wish there was more abilities, the ones he had looked pretty meh even tho true he got hella overpowered after he used the meteor, i feel like it missed alot of cool effects too, music was pretty good and i liked.
the opening was hella good, especially the rock, i would def love to see a second season of that anime, it was really good overall, i'd give 8 because ive seen better animes but it's amazingly good tho. i reccommend watching it.
Read at the sourcejonnyboy1026
Now I'm not saying this anime has no issues whatsoever, but it is the exact skill game-like isekai that I enjoy, and not to mention it has excellent characters with great voice acting (i watched the English dub but i'm sure the others are good as well) season one left me starved for more, and i hope it gets a season 2. The main character is very kindhearted and gives catharsis to other viewers who may draw parallels between him and themselves, and many of the scenarios are believable when put into context in the world and the abilities the various characters have.
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