Audience reviews
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JohnAnime24
This shit's ass
Due to the premise, I watched this expecting a lighthearted and silly comedic story only to experience a show with seemingly no self-awareness or irony about its stupid idea. I saw the rating and didn't thought much of it. "I've enjoyed stuff that hasn't been received that well", I thought, "It couldn't be that bad", I said. Oh how wrong I was.
It follows the story of a dude obsessed with vending machines being reincarnated as one after trying to save one from falling over a cliff. He wakes up being unable to move until a girl shows up and starts carrying him on her back. After that"Hilarity ensues".
This show stumbles into every Isekai trope and executes them poorly. Characters are one dimensional, the world building is weak and by the end it's uninteresting at best.…
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Never in my wildest dream did I expect to like an anime titled "Reincarnated as a Vending Machine", but here we are! Hahaha
I actually can't believe they put in a decent amount work in this anime. Good voice actors, good songs, good animation.
I love how unique the premise with Boxxo not being able to speak normally. I like the problems, misunderstandings, and learnings they encountered early on.
But of course, in due time, Boxxo just became the usual OP MC but I still like the creativity.
Also love the feel-good vibes. Great characters too. Pretty sure I'll be watching season 2.
Read at the sourceTomasAlgerio
"Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon" (2023) starts with a premise that has a lot of potential as an absurd comedy and fantasy parody, but it quickly turns into the same fluff that makes up 90% of isekai stories that began as web novels.
The story boils down to mindless action with few plot twists. Occasionally, it offers some interesting moments—mainly because the protagonist (Boxxo), having no arms or legs, must rely on his vending machine powers. It's in those moments that the story becomes a bit more creative.
From soda machines to jukeboxes, Boxxo’s “weapons” are just everyday conveniences from our world, but when used at the right moment, he manages to turn them into tools—or even weapons.
I was quite disappointed that the story took itself so seriously and rarel…
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Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon – Another Isekai Anime! 😅
I just started watching this anime today, and I’ve already completed 6 episodes. The main reason I picked it up was the bizarre yet unique concept—being reborn as a vending machine! I was really curious to see how they would execute such an idea. At first, I couldn’t even imagine how a machine that can’t even move could be part of an adventure anime! But the storytelling takes an interesting approach, making it somewhat engaging.
But don’t take this as high praise—it's no masterpiece 😅. The story mostly revolves around Boxxo (the vending machine MC) and Lammis (his companion). The vending machine can change types as needed—sometimes a food vending machine, sometimes a book vending machine, and more. The con…
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I'm honestly kinda sick of how many reincarnation isekai have been coming out in the past several years, to the point where I just sorta avoid the genre entirely. But this one's premise was just so ridiculous, I couldn't resist. And it actually surprised me! Ya know those indie games that use a single gamepley mechanic for the entire game? That's what this show reminded me of! The vending machine is sentient and everyone else is aware of this, but he can't communicate beyond a handful of pre-set phrases. Not to mention that he can't move on his own since he's, well, a vending machine. But he uses all of those restrictions to help out as much as possible in every situation. And he has a LOT more variety to what he can do than you may think at first glance! You actually get to learn a lot ab…
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Reborn as a Vending Machine has to have one of the most ridiculous premises of any Isekai out there, hell, probably out of all of anime. Yet... it's surprisingly decent entertainment.
Animation / Art / General Visuals - 7/10
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While not particularly noteworthy in any aspect, the art quality and detail is decent. Animations are unimpressive, but acceptable.
Sound / Music / Voice Acting - 7/10 ------------------------------------------
Pretty standard quality stuff across the board.
Story - 7/10
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By all accounts the story really isn't impressive, yet it's surprisingly stable in quality and doesn't try to be anything but a nice relaxing, ridiculous fantasy ride.
Our protagonist is a vending machine otaku, and as Truck-kun ta…
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A boring seasonal isekai with a dumb twist. The animation is pretty standard and uninspired. Characters have no depth and are regularly annoying. The story is pretty much of the exact same quality. Voice acting is slightly grating at times, the casting is fine, and there are no stand out performances... so average for a dub. The soundtrack is alright, but not memorable. The op is good but doesn't fit the anime, the ed fits and is decent, but not mind blowing. Overall, not really worth going that into detail about. It's not terrible, but there isn't any reason to watch it. It's literally just seasonal isekai. 4.80/10 Dubbed
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It's your seasonal Isekai anime, releasing this genre every season has become a routine already. If you're looking for a change of pace, chill, and slow life-ish anime this is for you. Although I would not say it's perfect, but overall this is a good watch. This Isekai anime is not an ordinary one because of the fact that the MC is forced to be reincarnated as a Non-Living thing, so this show is slightly out of the ordinary isekai. Thankfully to make each episode fun, the show introduced various characters that help interact with the MC, one of which you can find hilarious. Overall, yes it's an isekai anime but not an ordinary one, which makes this anime good to watch.
Read at the sourceLuisSV23
I´m surprised.
I didn't expect an anime with such a silly initial premise to turn out to be decent.
The story itself isn't very deep, and the narrative is aware of that. It doesn't try to be overly pretentious or take itself too seriously, which, in my opinion, is a point in its favor.
As for the characters, they are entertaining. It's easy to sympathize with them, whether it's the simple vending machine or the others, regardless of their gender. The world-building progresses at a pace that allows characters to be introduced in a meaningful way, giving them a purpose to appear and interact.
The animation is decent, fluid when needed and static when appropriate, all while maintaining a good level of drawing quality (though it's not as if a rectangle with eyes requires much effort).
The…
Read at the sourceShirogari
This anime is an isekai that has nothing going for it except for its unique concept, namely being reincarnated as a vending machine.
The story is about a guy who likes vending machines, dying by being crushed by a vending machine, reincarnating in a fantasy world as a vending machine. While there does seem to be a storyline, most things that happen in the anime are random and don't follow a solid storyline. Some of the events that happen in the anime make great use of the fact that the main character is a vending machine to come up with some unexpected and interesting solutions to problems which is neat to watch. The rest of the anime isn't very interesting however and characters can understand the vending machine way too easily to the extent it's almost mind reading.
The characters the…
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I have absolutely no idea why this got renewed for a second season.
It's literally a slice of life isekai of a vending machine with a harem. That is literally all you need to know.
The setting is bland.
Only good music was the Op.
Vending machine can only say like 6 or 8 phrases and only communicates through that apart from inner monologue.
Character design I don't even want to talk about.
Animation was seasonal fodder level.
No comedy all just slice of life harem vending machine. No joke. I'll give you one example of why this anime was a smouldering pile of garbage.
One arc of the anime is dedicated to providing condoms to animal people during mating season.
You pick this up at your own risk.
Read at the sourceSpectreHub
Guys, it's just a cute old isekai with a frickin vending machine protagonist. The writing in this show is very basic, and the show is simply mid tier. It's not unbearable to watch, and I only watched it in the first place because it is just so conceptually funny. Overall, nothing to be impressed with by the show, which is what I was expecting walking into it. I'll watch season 2 purely to finish what I started lmao.
7.5/10, simple.
The review isn't long enough so I'll be more detailed. This season feels more like a slice of life, just watching people learn to live with the super vending machine infinite food glitch. Gives me the same vibes as Campfire Cooking in Another world, but that anime is much better in most aspects.
The creative combat our protagonist uses is smart--his plans wo…
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Out of all of the reincarnated-as-an-unusual-thing-in-a-generic-fantasy-RPG-inspired-setting isekai series, this is certainly one of them. I had high hopes for this to either be a wacky parody or an unusual approach to the typical setup, but unfortunately the show plays its premise completely straight and has no creative way of telling it. The guy is a vending machine that's also an adventurer for the guild that helps with clearing out monsters in the labyrinth. I'm very sad to report that somehow it isn't anywhere near as fun or funny as that description would imply.
It has every flaw you'd expect from a generic isekai - the supporting characters are one-note, the main character is extraordinary through no personal effort and is easily capable of handling most problems out-of-the-box, th…
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It is basically sacred, with every new anime season we get a new mid and bland isekai and this season was no different we got a couple but "Jidou Hanbaiki ni Umarekawatta Ore wa Meikyuu wo Samayou" was definitely the most popular and most talked about out of them all. This is not the type of show i usually go for however this season was kind of bare with only half a dozen good shows and curiosity on the absurd premise got me to give this a try and I can happily say it was a positive surprise.
Plot: The premise is one of the most absurd ones I've seen and the story progresses just like any other bland isekai out there having as major differences from those usual shows a lack of ecchi/harem and a bit more slice of life content; if you just hear about it you'll probably think it is a horribl…
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Ladies and gentleman, we have achieved peak writing.
As you can read from the title, the main character is a vending machine. BUT, he literally has only the functions of a vending machine, so no psychic powers, no telekinesis, heck even no ability to speak! The main character has LITERALLY became a vending machine. Watch him communicate using preset sentences like "please insert coin", and defeat monsters by using Japanese vending machine products. We do hear his inner thoughts and he does have self-repairing and magic barrier ability, but still it is impressive to see an inanimate object promoting Pringles for its own survival.
For such a silly premise characters surprisingly have character, they have goals in life and it is fun seeing them on screen every time. This anime even teaches…
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In a sea of anime where Isekai is the most prevalent genre, stories need a hook to get their audience interested. What better way to garner interest than having an absurd story premise? However, Reincarnated as a Vending Machine isn't the first to have a protagonist turned into a non-human entity. There's been a gimmick for many different animals and objects over the years including a spider, sword, pig, slime, and even a magical girl's wand. This brings with it a dilemma on how our protagonist interacts and adapts to a world, with the challenges of not being humanoid.
Isekai has the potential to create excellent world building and drama, a story to relax to with a fun day-to-day environment, or just a power fantasy for the reader to project or follow along with. Reincarnated as a vendin…
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I will get straight to the point. This is very much like any of your average Isekai, but with the hook that our MC is an OP vending machine.
At first, it did seem interesting because how does a vending machine do *anything*? Well, that is simply solved by giving our MC all the usual benefits of an isekai world.
1. He can turn into different kinds of vending machines by unlocking them. He can sell food, drinks, magazines, dry ice (frozen carbon dioxide), oxygen supply, water, petrol, AED, masks and the list goes on. we are really exploiting the vending machine hook to its limit.
2. And he can also learn more non-vending machine stuff like barrier where he decides what can passthrough and what cannot. Obviously, the vending machine part is to just hide the bland personality of our MC (jus…
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I think the low score is mostly from people who only read the title or only watched the first episode.
To me this was a light, funny, heartwarming and very original show, it quickly became one of my favorites of the season.
I was quite reluctant to watch it at first, but then I was amazed by how creative and original the author was in using a vending machine as a character.
The other characters are not really deep or complex, but are nice and agreable. Animation is also corolful, clean and kind of relaxing.
So, If you want to watch something original, light, funny and even a little silly, something to enjoy without taking it deeply seriously, this is totally recommended.
Read at the sourceIzanaSolos
How did my life take such a turn that I find myself watchingan isekai about a vending machine? "Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon" is one of those anime series that prompts a serious thought. While people my age are settling down, starting families, here I am, immersed in a story about a guy transforming into a vending machine. What's even sadder is that I'm actually quite enjoying it.
You see, the thing about Japanese vending machines are that they are a lot more Japanese, and are a lot more advanced. This anime brilliantly showcases the impressive capabilities of Japanese vending machines—serving up hot meals, simulating motion, and even conjuring force fields.
Let me set the stage for you. We have our nameless protagonist, who one day, while riding his bike, comes…
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PEAK ISEKAI FICTION HAS ARRIVED! Or is it...that leave ones to ponder so much about.
At this point, I'm pretty sure that all of us know about the genre that has become the repetitive joke of the AniManga industry, with works written by more people thinking that they can bring something new to the table (a la Okashi no Tensei a.k.a Sweet Reincarnation) yet fall short when it comes to the overall plot, delivering the same major pitholes that plague many works like it. However, that's definitely not the case for novelist Hirukuma's Jidou Hanbaiki ni Umarekawatta Ore wa Meikyuu wo Samayou a.k.a Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon, which is a work of pure art that delivers exactly what it brings to the masses: a typical Isekai, but one that's laden as an infomercial entertain…
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