Audience reviews
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LegionIscariot
A gamer shut-in Kazuma dies in the lamest way possible. He is given the opportunity to be reincarnated in a fantasy world. However his journey turns out to be less of a fantasy and more like tedious life except with monsters.
Its one of those isekai where the setup doesnt add much to the anime. The fact that he's from another world re-incarnated into this world adds nothing to the plot. He may aswell have just been from this world to begin with. The isekai subplot is just a pointless layer.
He ends up creating a party of adventurers. But its just a harem of misfits.
A goddess who does parlor tricks.
A female knight who's a masochists who likes the idea of being defiled and humiliated.
A very powerful wizard who can only cast one spell.
And although these misfits can be funny at times (…
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Maybe there was a time when being an absolute misogynist was a funny thing, and maybe that time was as recent as 2016.
Anyhow, when I watched this in 2022, I just can't stop cringing at this complete trainwreck of an attempt at being funny when it is clearly not funny at all. I tried as much as I could to appreciate the "humour", but I could feel nothing but disgust towards the protagonist being an absolute dick (in the literal sense) and the excessive use of meaningless fan service. I like my share of comedy, and fan service could be useful or, indeed, funny, when done in the right place, but sexualization for the sake of sexualization stopped being funny a long time ago.
So yea, no thanks.
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The originally unpopular main character is now being surrounded by thee whole bitches always with him and all of a sudden his personality of someone who's shut-in and lacks human contact, especially contact with girls his age is changed. He is no longer shut-in, no longer has problems talking to girls and they all drool over him.
The first 3 episodes, the most important ones about every show have absolutely no story and development, all that managed to happen was the main character learned the skill to steal these three bitches' underpants.
I find it hard to imagine how this anime has such a high score and ranked #300. It should be more like #11300. It's disgraceful and disgusting, how something so stupid and shallow is so popular. The whole story is how the main character is surrounded…
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EDIT: It's been a long time since I wrote this review and since then my opinion of the show has kinda improved. I see now that it tried to be a satire, which would explain why it is filled with clichés. However, I think this show was at times a little bit too unaware of itself, that's why at first it didn't really hit me as a satire, more as just another silly little isekai. However, I still stand by most of the things I've writting in this review. Satire is no excuse for shallow characters, sometimes the humor/satire did come across very well, but most of the times it didn't really.
First of all, I’m a girl, probably not the audience the makers of this anime had in mind. I found myself annoyed with stuff that I think most boys won’t complain over. Second, the whole ‘game/fantasy world tr…
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After watching this, i was wondering for about a year... Why is this series so popular? "How" did it become so popular? When it's one of the most generic and most boring anime that has been released in the last 10 years. From the overall story to the animation, everything seems traced from every other fantasy anime, with the turn that this has comedy in it, but of course, the comedy is nothing from the other world, just plain comedy, and most of the time, you already knew when a joke was coming and what it was about.
The whole selling point of this was dying and going to another world of your choice (nothing new at this point, keep in mind that every one is doing it right now) but in this case is more of a game, rather than transporting to a "fantasy world". The comedy was sometimes fun,…
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Sometimes anime studios surprise me by their ideas, expertly hiding all drawbacks by the good animation and a silly comedy.
Give people great animation, with exciting characters, they immediately lose any logic.
I understand that KonoSuba is primarily a comedy, and talk about some sense, it's silly, because humor, in itself, has no boundaries, but humor in this anime it's a main problem.
Bitter talk about it, but humor was never been a strong point in anime, because comedy often try to limit in school genre.
The problem is that any comedy scene takes place with the participation of someone's girl's pants and mostly with hints Hiki generation. I do not want to say that comedy in this area was inappropriate, but it continues throughout all ten episodes.
Since we understand this is a comedy…
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(6.5/10) - If you are curious about the point system I use to grade shows, check my profile for more information.
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Konosuba is most likely the last anime i'll be watching this summer. In a way, that makes me happy. Its a very light-hearted and breezy show that I honestly don't want to critique too heavily. At its core, its just so likable and easy to watch. However, I wouldn't be a hardass if I didn't tear up a likable show like this every so often, so lets get into it.
Much like this show, i'll keep this review breezy and to-the-point. But not before I explain the concept of comedy.
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The very base idea of a joke is something that makes someone laugh. Something told through a story with a funny punchline that subver…
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There goes KonoSuba! What an hell of a ride it has been!
Honestly, at first glance Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! (God's Blessings on this Wonderful World!) or simply put as KonoSuba, feels nothing groundbreaking in a sense that its set in an RPG world, with the protagonist being a hardcore gamer and a shut-in, and on top of that its supposed to be a parody and a light comedy show. This is where it proves all the odds wrong by throwing a totally absurd, non-sensical whack job that forces the viewer to shut all his reasonings for a moment and simply sit back and take a piece of what's on offer. KonoSuba is one of those rare shows that is legitimately funny, and actually make you laugh with dialogues that are supposed to. What makes this show just brilliant is that its not a try-har…
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Here is an attitude that tends to dishearten me a little: why are people so hostile to douchebag protagonists? Sure, if you are supposed to like or sympathize with an asshole it becomes a big turn off, as it makes the series hypocritical and morally bankrupt, like Zero no Tsukaima (I had to take that jab!), but when that is not the case, having a main lead with very visible flaws can give a very clear idea of a future character arc and make such lead a more interesting figure, That aside, what if the series is about none of that? What if the respective title is not so much a comedy of errors, but a comedy of wrong people? That is certainly a way of getting an easily likeable douche as your lead.
If you are not bored by the intro I just gave, allow me to tell you why “Kono Subarashii Sekai…
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The best way to describe Konosuba is one trick pony. If the comedy doesn't do it for you, you will probably hate this show. Now occasionally it was funny, but the repetitive nature of Konosuba will wear you down and it's not like anything about the humor changes, just the situation. Admittedly, it was only funny during certain situations which is a problem for Konosuba stemming from it's foundation. Without anything to build on, the show can appear bland at times without the comedy.
Unfortunately, there’s no backbone to the story. The show takes an episodic approach for a simple underlying theme of friendship and wackiness. Now Konosuba has some charm to it, each character meshes and the setting is somewhat diverse, but it’s hard to immerse oneself into the world. When everything comes o…
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My first review, please read with joy :D
KonoSuba beats most of the comedies of last year by FAR! I haven't laughed so much with an anime since I watched Noucome , Gintama was close and so was Nozaki Kun ....
KonoSuba characters are each individually funny in their own circumstances . You might be thinking this is another rip off of similar anime's settings like SAO , Dungeon ni Deal . But my oh my you have thought otherwise. KonoSuba provides me with all the Positive vibes I hoped for.
Story - 6
Kazuma our MC is grouped up with probably the 3 most troublesome clan members you'd ever want to have.
It doesn't have a serious plot to it, but one of the more cliche and generic ones where the MC has been tasked with defeating the Demon King in the new world he has been reincarnated into. T…
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Konusoba is very popular this season, and I see it being recommended left right and sideways. For this reason I am actually taking the time to write my first review of an anime. Normally I don't have strong opinions on any anime, but this show's reception has been so completely against the grain of my thoughts on it I felt like I'd throw in my 2 cents.
Minor spoilers below but it shouldn't matter because the show is so predictable you can't spoil anything.
Lets start with the characters. The MC is your standard 'just came out of the cookie cutter' NEET. He plays video games, he's a nice guy, he can't seem to get a break, and he's prone to misunderstandings and awkward circumstances. They really took a lot of risks with this guy's character I'll tell ya! Also he's a pervert. Shocker.
Eve…
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"Too good to be just a comedy," that is how I originally felt at first about this show. Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! To begin, Kono-Suba is a parody of almost every other RPG/Fantasy game or anime ever made. What it does though (obviously I might add) is pokes fun at them while remaining unique in it's own way. Every time I watched a new episode, it was sort of like the events that took place were in between predicable and unpredictable. What worked out in it's favor is that the shows unpredictable nature. Certain moments surprised, like came out of nowhere me a made make me laugh my ass off.
Story- 7/10
Starting with the story, I really admired creativity and uniqueness. To me, it was sort of like Natsume Akatsuki (Original creator) and later the producers of Studio Deen watc…
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MAKE WAY FOR THE ACTUAL BEST SHOW OF WINTER 2016!!!
KonoSuba spews out pure joys and rainbows. With other shows telling great stories or exploring philosophy and other themes, Konosuba ignores all that and focuses on pure entertainment! With genuinely hilarious albeit niche comedy, any flaws this series has are just parodied to still become enjoyable. There's very little to criticize about this show, because I'm not even sure whether or not all of these "flaws" it has are there on purpose or not.
KonoSuba is the obligatory goofball of its season. It's so over the top, but it manages to execute its quirkiness in a way that's super hilarious and lighthearted. Instead of pursuing a serious story, it focuses on slice of life shenanigans that make fun of stereotypes, like character tropes and…
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Konosuba is an anime that I initially thought was going to be great. I mean, it had awesome character design, and it was funny! Well... as you can probably see by the score, my opinion changed pretty quickly. In my opinion, at least 90% of comedy anime are destined for failure, because not everyone is going to find them funny. This one is no exception.
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STORY: 2/10
I'm pretty sure everybody has said this already, but, it really is true. After the extreme success of Sword Art Online the reality to game genre has become an insanely overused trope. Konosuba does have one thing going for it though... Instead of choosing to become ridiculously powerful like almost every other protagonist, this protagonist decides to take…
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WELCOME TO KONOSUBA'S RIFT
This review will be rigged with League of Legends references. If you don't get it, you obviously need to start playing the game right now. And no there's no spoiler.
Konosuba > DotA 2 *Grabs boobs*.
At a quick glance, Konosuba might be as average as any other RPG harem where the MC is Faker playing against a bunch of Crowns and Kuros, where all he has to do is perform a barrel roll on stage then proceed to win Worlds. Three times.
WRONG. It's far from that yet it was so good that I would consider this anime to be THE anime of the season. How? (MF support duh)
After 10 episodes directed by Mr. Michael Bay, our party of Bronze V garbage feeders still hasn't managed to get out of the ghetto ass town made for noobs and losers, let alone destroying the enemy Nex…
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"I'm an advocate of true gender equality, a guy who has no problem with doling out a drop kick to a female opponent. Don't think I'll go easy on you!" -Kazuma Satou
Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! KonoSuba. God's Blessing On This Wonderful World. An anime that has taken so many people by surprise, at how tear-inducingly hilarious and amazing this turned out to be. After an insipid and uninspired first episode, I was not the least bit interested in this. I had thought this was going to turn out to be just another one of those generic fantasy series that comes out every season, with no particular defining quality or trait. Just another one of those anime whose only remotely memorable feature was the length of the name - and it isn't even that long by LN standards. Nothing interesting…
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I've always been a firm believer of the idea that you should never judge an anime by its cover alone. There are good and bad examples of series from every single genre after all, and you can never know for sure which side any one specific anime will fall on before you watch it. That being said, you can still normally make some sort of very rough premature estimation for what an anime will be like, and the vast majority of the time you'll probably be right. It's exceedingly rare for an anime to completely blow away whatever initial expectations you may have had on it, and deliver something truly memorable seemingly out of thin air. KonoSuba however is one of those cases.
The idea of having a shut-in otaku being transported into an RPG-like fantasy world for some convenient reason and immed…
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The influx of MMO themed anime in the recent years may have viewers disheartened by the fact that mostly those share very similar premises and are executed for the most part in similar ways without any significant difference. Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!, or Konosuba in short, is yet another such anime, yet with an interesting twist: it actually takes a comedic stance on its themes, as well as characters, which is great to see in the sea of MMO-type of anime. In fact, it could be seen as a parody of the genre. However, as enjoyable as the anime was, it suffers from various issues, the main one being its aimless demeanor after reaching its peak in the first half.
~Story~
The story of Konosuba is focused around Kazuma Satou who just casually dies on the most average day of his li…
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Ah Konosuba!
I have a confession to make. When watching a show of the fantasy genre, I’d often try to picture myself as the protagonist. In this series, it’s almost impossible for me to do with a guy like Kazuma. Why? Because he’s stuck with three characters who are all troublesome in their own ways and that’s something I’d find a hard time dealing with. Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo (also known as Konosuba!) is a show based on the light novel that’s a bit unusual for a fantasy story.
On paper, the show feels like the generic type of stuff we see based on light novel adaptations. Kazuma is a hikikomori and he ends up dead after trying to save a girl. I’m sure we’ve probably heard of this a million times before. Soon, he encounters Aqua, a goddess and is given a chance to be rein…
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