Audience reviews
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BurntOrangutan
Im writing this review as a warning. Not because I absolutely hated watching this, rather I know this is some of the most carcinogenic, prefrontal cortex damaging media you could consume.
This is the McDonalds of anime.
Besides Ex-Arm, this is probably the worst anime I have ever seen.
The first season was absolutely horrendous but this season took all the issues seen in season 1 and managed to do it worse.
The story: super predictable and uninspired. The pacing was horrendously slow for most of it and was extremely fast in moments it should’ve slowed down. The MC is overpowered as hell for no reason and has amassed a harem, typical stuff. The art is super mediocre and the character designs look like the typical insert isekai characters. The powers, the universe, and the character per…
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How mediocre can an isekai become? Here's a clear example…
A work that, for me, perfectly represents several of the problems that make many older anime fans turn their noses up at the isekai genre nowadays. The isekai genre has produced very interesting stories over the years, with complex worlds, well-developed characters, and truly engaging conflicts. However, it has also become fertile ground for extremely simplistic productions, full of clichés and lacking narrative ambition. Unfortunately, this work fits exactly into this second category.
The initial premise could even yield something interesting: the protagonist, Touya Mochizuki, dies in an accident and is reincarnated in a fantasy world by a god who decides to compensate him by giving him some advantages. Among these advantages is…
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The return to "In Another World With My Smartphone" for its second season brought a noticeably diminished experience, a step down from the initial charm. My score reflects this shift: a 6 out of 10, a descent from the first season's 7.
The narrative felt adrift. What once hinted at a larger purpose now meandered, a series of loosely connected events that lacked a compelling drive. Plot threads appeared and vanished without leaving a lasting impact.
The supporting characters, once a lively ensemble, seemed to have plateaued. Their development stagnated, and their interactions often felt perfunctory, lacking the spark of their earlier appearances.
Visually, the animation was adequate but lacked any real flair. It served the story without truly enhancing the fantastical setting with memorab…
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This second season of the anime was better than first, the pace which didn't linger into long scene which they shorten which was done well as summaries. It pretty accurate to the manga. If your into generic animes trop this one is pleasant watch. There's still more to the series . Doesnt shove cringy scenes it all well mannered. The animation seemed to improved as well from the second season.
Unfortunately it doesn't go in depth with each character but almost every character got similar time so it was good. He doesn't seem the typical character that doesn't realize his partners feeling so that good .
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12 episodes...it Couldn't end soon enough.
As a whole, this anime has some really good ideas, fascinating plot ideas to tie together a truly interesting storyline... yet, what we get, is an anime devoted not to the telling of a story about the world, and the main characters' struggles with dealing with the challenges set before him...we have, instead of that, an anime devoted to making a character so dimwittedly stupid, and lacking any social and romantic proclivity, become what can only be called a collected of young women to make his brides.
This anime has the bare bones of a story with telling, however, at every given opportunity to develop any sense of depth, the writers have decided that they would rather spend their time devising contrived and stupid ways, for this moron of a mai…
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First season was a lukewarm anime with a mannequin protagonist, bereft of any goals or desires, being swept up with the flow left and right. It had "ehe~"s, "ah~"s and "touya-san~"s that each woman had to moan separately, low quality battle scenes, shallow characters, low-effort service scenes, nauseating glorification of the protagonist and a storyline that makes the protagonist so powerful the only thing that stops him from resolving problems instantly is his wishy-washy attitude and imagined problems.
But it still had that isekai charm where new, exotic environments were introduced, and worldbuilding was progressing somewhat.
Second season has none of the good things the first one had, but in exchange it doubles down on dumb, inconsequential plot points. Romance was dumb in first seaso…
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The story of this anime is great, the protagonist began her journey well in the other world. I believe that if I were an anime character, I would like to live a story like this and see in another world starting a new life with new people.
The animation style matches the story, the music, the clothes, the color of the characters, hair style, everything matches the animation.
My opinion is that this anime, its content, the reaction that the characters make is very stupid, so some may find it exaggerated, but I think it's incredible, you know, I think there's no problem for some, there may even be more, in my opinion, it's incredible, so I don't mind I bother you a lot Isekai wa smartphone is a very good anime and has to be respected, of course some may criticize my opinion but I don't care…
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I liked this season and I think it's even better than the first season.
I like this anime because I get a laugh out of some of the situations that happen to the protagonist, but it's a very simple anime, and it's worth remembering that in Season 1 the animation was much better.
I'm not asking for ultra marvelous animation, because the anime, as I've already said, is very simple, so a BASIC animation would be enough, but the guys managed to make a pretty bad animation until EP 6, but at least from then on it improved a lot.
In general, the anime is still as fun and simple as it's always been, it's just the animation that failed until halfway through the anime.
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What can I say that hasn't been said about Smartphone Season 2. Is it pure harem isekai trash ? Yes, utterly. Is the MC completely bland and solely exists so the watcher can imprint on them for there own escape ? Yes, utterly. Is there a plot or engaging storyline ? Nope. Are the characters other than the MC at all interesting nope not really they just exist to fill a stereotype from loli to shy knight to lewd fairy.
Did I expect it this to get S2 nope, could I have spend my time watching anything else from the Spring 2023 season, yes. Will I watch a season 3 if we get one ? Yes absolutely ! Why cause not everything needs to be an AoT, Fullmetal etc. sometimes its nice to just watch some trash and switch your brain off.
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Never would I have thought that this Isekai would ever get a sequel, When I found out about this anime getting a 2nd season I was kind of hyped due to the fact that a somewhat old Isekai is getting a sequel years later after the prequel ended airing. I wasn't really expecting much from this show because it is just another generic Isekai and to be honest it was a good thing I didn't expect much because this show really didn't do that good.
"Isekai wa Smartphone to Tomo ni. 2" compared to its prequel, It really wasn't anything different than what the first season presented us. There are a ton of other new Isekai's that are worth watching over this sequel, To the people who may be fans of the first season, they might like this show but generally this show really isn't worth wasting your time…
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Just as with the first season, I enjoyed this quite a bit. Yes, this is a harem isekai, which we see over and over, but I think this brings something different to the table.
This one, plus another from this season - an Aristocrat's Other Worldly Adventures -put a different look and how this is done. They're both lighthearted and fun and put a core to work towards, all while maintaining a general sense of community and way of life.
Toya is not one that goes and does heroic deeds endearing times that draw the ladies in. None of these ladies are leering or chasing after him and they aren't fighting with each other. Normally you see and insane amount of jealousy (and abuse of the poor MC because they can't control their emotions) with this kind of thing. It could get ugly in a very big way,…
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I’ll be the first to admit that this show isn’t a masterpiece or anything close to it. But it makes up for that by generally just being fun and wholesome. This show doesn’t take itself very seriously. Which is a good thing, since, at its core, it’s just a generic isekai. This means that instead of some grand battle, you’ll just have Touya use Slip to defeat (and humiliate) his opponents and get back to more important matters, such as growing his harem. Speaking of his harem, their interactions throughout the show generate quite a few comedic situations. I rarely laugh when watching any sort of media, but this show got a few laughs out of me. The main plotline is advanced slightly, but it’s still of secondary importance. Did I forget to mention that this show also has mechs?
If you want t…
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I was pleasantly surprised about 2 season of Smartphone. Almost all things that are "good" in trash isekai genre were pumped up to 11. Mc collecting pokemons(girls) like crazy, solving political crises in 1-2 days, farming map, building cities and more.
You don't even have time to think about previous crazy shit we saw, almost in an instant there will be more and double.
And that's what I expect from this king of genre. While previous season was lackluster and borring on interesting events, here we have rollercoaster of stuff that will hold untill end of season.
Yes, this is still typical isekai you all love or hate with all of it's cliche, extreamly easy life for Mc etc. But it's sheer quantity and progression of stuff that's good here.
This one deserve 7\10 in my opinion.
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The second season follows the same dynamics as the previous one. There aren't many changes in the series; it's more of the same.
At first, it seemed like the animation had improved compared to the first season. However, as the episodes progressed, the quality returned to what it was before.
Regarding the soundtrack of this season, it doesn't contribute much either. Both the opening and ending are quite generic, and the music used in moments of tension, happiness, or action doesn't stand out.
In conclusion, if you've already seen the first season, then you already know what to expect. I can argue that it's more of the same, but I would still recommend it as it remains at least entertaining.
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I gave S2 a watch because S1 was my guilty pleasure, as a trash anime it was enjoyable, but it was by no means a good anime, if we're all honest about it, this whole series is pretty bad.
S2 however is worse than S1, I made an initial mistake by thinking Smartphone Isekai was trying to be a parody / satire of sorts, but with this series it became obvious that it was simply collecting all the genre tropes and throwing them at the wall in a half-assed way, it doesn't commit to anything, everything is just a checkbox.
In S1 you did have a decent mix of action and adventure to keep things interesting, in S2 however this has been stripped down quite a lot, as the two main focuses are collecting the different parts of Babylon, which is incredibly repetitive, and if you were expecting some gran…
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Think about transferring to another isekai world with almost god tier powers, where every female will fall in love with you, while every man will respect/admire you. Now, what if you were the "chosen one" who is given ancient technology operated by sexy slave androids? that is the essence of this anime.
I don't think there needs to be a 5 page essay about this show. The simple summary is "average wish fulfillment self insert isekai with average harem girls and average OP MC". The mediocrity of this show cannot be overstated. It will not try to experiment even once. The story, characters, setup, combat, romance, comedy etc.. are all predictable and cliche.
Now, the obvious question is, why did i still watch it? Well.. I often watch a lot of mediocre isekai when cleaning or eating or doi…
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It's lighthearted, funny, and easy to watch. This season has less action than the first, but this has much more development of the world they live in. I like how fast-paced it is in regards to getting things done. I'm a fan of any protagonist who doesn't stress over punishing the bad guy and the fact that this protagonist enjoys making them suffer is an added bonus (as well as some comic relief). TBH I'm not the biggest fan of any harem style of show, however when the main character isn't a douchebag and shows respect and restrain it makes it much more enjoyable.
I can't wait to see what happens next and the story is building up towards something pretty cool.
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Despite all the hate it rightfully received, I really enjoyed the first season of In Another World with My Smartphone. The English dub of the first season brought self-awareness to the characters, injecting humor into an otherwise insipid storyline. This season, that spark of life from the English voice actors is sorely absent. Everyone goes through the motions, counting the days until their paycheck arrives.
Season 2 is purely an abysmal descent into the depths of mediocrity, doubling down on the repulsive misogyny and complete lack of creativity of its predecessor. The episodes are a disgraceful showcase of women reduced to objects.
To start, we should get the animation out of the way—or should I say, the absence of it? Instead of breathing life into the action, they serve up mind-nu…
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The guilty pleasure of Isekai trash is back!
Boy, oh boy, would I have never entertained the thought to see Isekai Smartphone make a return after almost 6 years since Season 1, which while everybody complained that Isekai has reached peak mediocrity at the time in 2017, I find myself quite enjoying the show. In the post-era where Re:Zero reignited the fuel the year before that more than it exploding in popularity almost overnight, the anime industry has earned a cash-cow in the process that would proceed to slowly decimate the quality that we've come to expect from the seasonal Isekai trash, with only 1 or 2 shows out of the many others that stand out in the best of ways.
Literally, NOTHING has changed since Season 1 all those years ago, maybe except for the long-awaited reveal of the su…
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Tension is, supposedly anyway, the result of creating conflict in a story, and no story is complete without at least some of it. There are of course numerous ways to execute these ideas, and there is no singular “tried-and-true” method that applies to all stories. But *In Another World with My Smartphone* season two opts to try a daring experiment – create a show in which any sense of tension is thrown out the window almost entirely, where plots that have the capacity to shape the face of a nation are resolved within twenty-three minutes at a time, and the guy always gets the girl. Perhaps this could be thought of as the power fantasy’s final form, having ascended to a new plane of transcendent understanding after six years of dormancy that our “critically-minded brains” could never dream…
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