Audience reviews
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RebelPanda
*RebelPanda sits down to write a review of Mushoku Tensei with the help of his friend, Al*
Al: I loved Mushoku Tensei. I understand why they call it the pioneer of the isekai genre. Nowadays, every isekai anime uses the same tropes, but this show did them purposefully, complimenting the story in the process. It boasted stunning animation, a great soundtrack, and a sprawling fantasy setting rich with lore. What’d you think, Panda?
Panda: I agree the production values are top-notch. In my opinion, Mushoku Tensei has all of the trappings of a typical JRPG inspired fantasy, except with a repulsive, openly pedophilic main character. A random loser died and got reincarnated as a child, except his old consciousness is always present—it’s a seemingly ordinary show until an adult child predator’s…
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First and foremost before i start this review i wanna touch on the specific thing that makes Mushoku so infamous to say the least, it's very agressive continuous and over the top risque material and themes which if problematic of course i feel at this point are a completely dead horse.
At this point in time i'm sure anyone who's actively looking at reviews of this thing deciding if they want to watch it or not would know about them enough that it doesn't particularly turn them off of this story, so i feel like bringing it up in my review would be utterly pointless and as such i will not do so for the entirety of my review instead focusing just on the story itself for what it is and what it presents, nothing less and nothing more.
Kicking things off in terms of setting Mushoku is a fairly…
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The review below contains some spoilers. Tread with caution if you don’t want to get spoiled of the interactions of the characters within the series or the basic story layout.
Mushoku Tensei. Most would say the controversial anime of the season. Whether you are a fan of the series or not, one thing is for sure when it comes to Mushoku; its world building is unique and not something you see everyday in anime. Shall we analyse part by part though why I think Mushoku Tensei is a great anime with unique storytelling?
Story
Let’s start with the story first. Mushoku Tensei revolves around a boy named Rudeus who reincarnated to a different world after dying in his original one from a car accident when he tried to save a random trio of high school students from being hit by a truck. Nothing pe…
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THIS REVIEW CONTAINS MILD SPOILERS as I try to give an idea of what a person is getting into with this show.
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation finished its season today. The show was really solid and worth a watch.
Interesting characters and great world building. The world seemed really thought out from the political climate between the different races and the history of what has happened prior to the start of the show. All the characters grow and change throughout the show. The main character Rudeus starts out as a terrible person with a lot of baggage and trauma from is old life. He does some things that are objectively bad, but as the show continues you see him grow as a person. And Rudeus is not the only one that grows. A majority of the cast goes through interesting development…
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First of all, a fair warning. This series isn't for anyone who can't differentiate fiction from reality.
With that out of the way, let's start with my review.
The story is very unique. It wasn't called as the "Godfather of Isekai" without a reason. It takes care of its story very well and never rushes any development. If a conflict starts, it wouldn't take an episode for it to be solve, because it takes itself seriously. This is one of the reason why the story is good. It doesn't care about the destination, but cares about the journey.
A slight problem though with the pacing. In the novel or even the manga, the pacing is one of its high points, but in the anime, while its not that apparent, it's still not comparable to its source material.
The characters. Oh boy, oh boy. The characters f…
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This was an anime that changed my view on the until now mostly boring and unoriginal isekai genre with only a few bighitters and modern classics every now and then with adaptations such as Re:Zero and KonoSuba both of which are perfectly fine Light Novels and anime but Studio Bind have really hit it out of the park with this one.
Story:
Mushoku Tensei is about a 34 year old N.E.E.T who was kicked out of home by his siblings due to him not attending his parent's funeral and instead opting for masturbating to hentai. He finds himself on the outside with no where to go wandering in the rain where he sees a group of high school students about to be the victims of a car accident from a truck hurtling towards them to prevent this he jumps in front of them and pushes them out of the way and ge…
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Finally, good isekai
This has to be one of the best Isekai anime I have seen in my life. And I know there is of course haters but screw them right? Not only does this anime have a good ost but it also has fantastic animation and good characters who get development. That is unheard of. Imagine an Isekai protagonist being developed. Crazy in it.
Characters: Well we first start with Rudeus who is our main hero. He of course was a pathetic life from during his human life. He had no money, he was bullied and was too horny for his own good. Then after rescuing a girl from getting hit by a truck he got transported in to this fantasy world. He then started his character arc. He still is too horny but sure. The best thing about it is he got rid of his trauma of going outside which is nice. He als…
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[Overall Score: 7.5]
Mushoku Tensei is a long awaited adaption (And a very controversial one), and it's a fairly good adaption coming from a new studio and an excellent director who knows what he's doing. The anime was able to create a medieval setting that most other isekai failed at doing, starting from the amazing opening sequence from Yuiko Oohara to the entire production of this anime, enjoyable characters combined with great animation and direction, all ruined by Rifujin na Magonote's inability to write a consistent story.
Mushoku Tensei is a controversial adaption because of it’s over the top ecchi scenes. Now I’m not the type of person to get mad at fan service and ecchi, in fact, I was one of the first people to defend Mushoku Tensei when people started hating on it. The part wh…
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A child molestation fantasy story decorated with some generic isekai elements.
The story begins portraying a horrible middle-aged pedophile with the main flaws being a recluse (hikikomori) + leech living off his parents (neet) + literal pedophile. After reincarnating in a fantasy world and getting a second chance at life the MC says he will take life seriously now (it's literally the title of the show), so there was a reasonable expectation from the audience that it would be an interesting redemption story, only to utterly fail at that: the first 2 issues are quickly and magically fixed in the first few episodes while his lust for children never gets fixed and instead is written off as cheap comedy gags throughout the show.
The MC received for free all kind of benefits just by reincarnat…
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I don't get the hate.
It's not that I didn't try to understand it, I just don't get why people hate it so much when their is so much to love about this show.
Mushoku Tensei or I will seriously try if I go to another world is what you expect from a show that is called by some fans "The father of isekai genre".
It follows the story of a guy who died from truck accident and got reincarnated to another world. It's typical isekai. But what elevates it is the beautiful art work and animation, amazing world building and incredible details put into the world by a talented staff.
With all this going for it why would someone hate the show? Let me start by that first.
A flawed character. Rudeus our protagonist has had a tough life or rather a scummy life in the other world. He was a pervert, a s…
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Truck-Kun did a great job with this one…
How do you write a review on an anime that has so much controversy behind it? Simple. Like it harder.
If I were to explain the differences between a good isekai and a generic isekai, I would use the word controversy. The codependent relationship this anime has on that word could potentially create a mass hysteria within the anime community. Tensei built its popularity not only with the hate behind it but believe it or not because it is good.
….If I were to express the love of isekai I have had over the years, it would be positively mediocre. Mushoku Tensei can cross the mediocre boundary and overused formula of isekai that we have seen many times over.
The anime itself uses a generic truck-Kun hit formula to the next world. The way this anime…
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If something has called me to rate this anime with a perfect rating, is its flawless execution.
I do not qualify the story as such, because for that I would have to weigh the light novel, which in my opinion is an excellent story as well as many others.
What remains is to rate the animated execution, and the only thing I can say is that the gamble to create a single exclusive studio for this anime paid off. It is already known that the story has some parts that are a bit controversial, but I do not see any problem with that. When you understand that there is a shameless adult inside a child's body, you begin to understand the reason for Rudeus' uninhibited intention towards other characters. I have also heard some parts that do not fit with the LN, but I do not see any problem with that to…
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Mushoku Tensei is not original. It is the progenitor of the countless anime cliches that we now see in the isekais of anime and label as trash. That being said, it doesn't necessarily mean that you should write off Mushoku Tensei as cliche-filled garbage, because it's not. Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation hits right where it should. It is an unusually immersive show with a mixed bag of hilarious and dark moments that will keep you entertained throughout the whole course of it.
Story
First off, I'd like to say that Mushoku Tensei is a long road. The show does not immediately throw our main character into an adventure as you would normally expect from an isekai anime. Rather, it puts a greater emphasis on world building and the cast of characters. Once truck-kun puts our main charact…
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This is isekai. Not the plethora of cheaply produced and poorly written knockoffs that we seem to get every single season that feature a protagonist getting transported to another world but do literally nothing in terms of plot progression, character development, and more. Mushoku Tensei steps up to the plate to demonstrate how to effectively utilize this overused genre, and it's about damn time!
Which is why it's a shame that it's getting so much negative attention simply because of the perverted nature of the protagonist Rudeus. Pretty ridiculous if you ask me, but I'll get into my thoughts on that a little later. Get excited to read my potentially controversial opinion! Yay~
Edit: Oh no, I broke one of the sacred rules of reviewing! NEVER write big boring walls of text. Whoops. Uh, pl…
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Do you know how good a LN has to be to literally get an entire studio made just to adapt it? Only the “Godfather of isekai” could pull that off. Indeed Studio Bind was created purely to adapt Mushoku Tensei and it’s evident in the art, character designs, animation, movie quality directing and choreography, that every ounce of this studio’s creative talent and energy has gone into the show.
The moniker “godfather of isekai” comes from the fact that Mushoke pioneered the now tired and overdone motif of an MC being hit by a truck and transported to another world. What separates Mushoku from the hundreds of other isekai to follow it, is its execution and world-building. Mushoku features one of the richest and most diverse fantasy worlds of all time. What I love most is that Mushoku actually f…
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I wish I could say this season would bring us some unique isekai in some way or form. In these recent years, it’s been a copy-paste formula that has exploded into the anime industry. Every season, there’s at least a few to watch. I really wish Mushokou Tensei somehow found a way to break the mold. Here’s a reality check. It didn’t.
There are several things I’d like to talk about whenever Mushoku Tensei is even mentioned in a conversation. First is the fact that after so many years, we finally got an anime adaptation. Trust me, it’s no easy task to translate this into the anime form given some of its controversial content. I’ll get to that later but for now, just know that this isn’t a short series. The light novel series has 24 volumes under its umbrella and the obvious question to ask is…
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The "Grandfather of Isekai". You may have heard on the grapevine about which was the FIRST series to start the whole Isekai fantasy lore, and truth be told, there have been many series that try to push forward the genre of "fan-fiction" and growing its culture, at a time when there was no concrete "grouping" that allowed authors to run freely of ideas unimaginable. And I'm here to say that even if Mushoku Tensei regards itself as the "pioneer of Narou-kei LNs" (or Syosetu as its more well-known), it's definitely the "first" to bring the wave of what has now become the oversaturated Isekai genre with its many genre-defining tactics...not in the easiest ways possible, but through luck and persistence via Syosetu. Heck, even the novelist himself Rifujin no Maganote said so that Mushoku Tensei…
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(TLDR Review at the bottom, as always, thanks for reading in advance)
I feel quite bad for Jobless Reincarnation, there is no hiding that the anime has quite a bit of moral issues. It is a shame when people come together to slander something by superimposing their beliefs onto something else, better to just talk it out instead. I just took this for what it is and wish to give an opinion without merging my political, moral, ethical nonsense no one came for or cared about in the first place. I believe that is what most people do in cases like these, so I will proceed as the general audience does. In saying that though, Jobless Reincarnation is apparently "the grandfather of isekai", in which I say "lmao lol". I won't go and generalize isekai, but I still have to point out that people just f…
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I, who tends to stay away from Isekai anime, know that the Isekai genre has been plagued with absolute garbage shows. Even the ones that people claim to be exceptional and outstanding such as Re: Zero and Log Horizon didn’t manage to draw me in. The usage of tropes and concepts was unoriginal and uninspiring.
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation still does use those tropes. However, it captivated me with the sheer amount of entertainment and a simple, slice of life story. And I believe that the show’s slice of life aspect is what made it stand out, and ultimately, made it propel itself to the top of my Isekai list.
For people that watch Isekai casually--people that aren’t adept in the field of Isekai--I believe this, Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation is one the best Isekai out the…
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Mushoku Tensei might well be the most controversial anime I’ve come across in a long time. Interspecies Reviewers generated a lot of discussion recently, but that was mostly due to a moronic Youtuber flexing his popularity and trying to mess with MAL.
Mushoku Tensei, on the other hand, divides opinion by simply existing, caused by the character traits and story it follows. Some people, a lot of these LN fans, believe that whatever Mushoku Tensei has done in the anime is just a realistic portrayal of medieval times. Some think that pedophilia and libido for every character is not a good representation. While I knew what I was getting into when I first started Mushoku Tensei, my problems begin when the characters get away with rape, pedophilia and sexual harassment and instead, the show pla…
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