2012 is the year of are lord and savior sword art online it would go on to be one of the
most recognizable and beloved franchises.
Sparking a revolution in the fantasy genre.
We now know to be called Isekai.
Meaning DIfferent world.
is a genre of light novels, manga, anime and video games that revolve around a normal person
from Earth being displaced, transported to, reborn or otherwise trapped in a parallel
universe, fantasy world, or virtual world.
If we want to go back and be historically correct Sword art online is not the first
isekai.
But given the cultural impact of this anime its hard to look before it and call other
animes the father of isekai.
Well thats what you think, if Sword art online is the father of isekai.
Then its fair to call Mushoku Tensei as the Grandfather of Isekai.
And while sao sparked isekai in 2012, Mushoku Tensei was already well more established and
frankly wrote the book on Isekai.
You see Mushoku Tensei isn’t following trends on isekai, they just are isekai itself.
Their have been many interesting concepts to come along over the years.
Overpowered lead, Becoming a adventure, Magic Academys, elfs and other creatures, as well
as more adult themes, and dark plot points.
And this anime uses them in the proper way.
Not using this as a gemic but something really apart of the world.
Now lets address the elephant in the room.
Isekais have gotten saturated.With the genre averaging at least 5 iskeais a year.
So its easy to see why.
But every so often we get an isekai that reshapes the genre.This year we get one of the legends
in the genre coming to show what it means to be an isekia.So for me already Mushoku
Tensei is the best isekai this year.
and I would be willing to say this could be the big 3 of isekais or at least fighting
for that position.
Without a doubt I think this will not only be the best isekai this year but will have
you come to appreciate the great ones when you see it.
Now lets get down to business Why you should watch Mushoku Tensei?
But pls be warned there will include spoilers about the anime.
This is very important to illustrate some of my points.
I need to talk about these characters because they are the story.
So if you don't like spoilers go watch the anime and come back here.
I will also we diving heavily on the manga.
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation: I will seriously try if I go to Another world is
a Light novel series by Rifujin na magonote.
He published this originally online on a website for amatuer and new writers to get a start.
Called Shosetsuka ni Naro which translates to “Let’s become a novelist” back in
November 2012.
This website is the biggest in Japan where you could read novels for free.
Packed with some of your favorite animes at the time.That time I got reincarnated as a
slime, The Irregular at Magic High School, Rising of the Shield Hero, Konosuba, Re:zero.
And trust me many many more of your favorite isekais came from this website.
Almost all of them start here, this is a great source to get new upcoming talent.
At its highest it was ranked the number 1 novel on the site.
a year later, it was announced the series would receive a print release under Media
Factory's MF Books imprint with illustrations done by a Pixiv user called Shirotaka.[b]
A manga adaptation by Yuka Fujikawa began serialization in the June 2014 issue of Monthly
Comic Flapper.
Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the tankōbon volumes of the manga for localization in North
America.
The company also has licensed the original light novels.
On Syosetu's rankings, the web novel has made cumulative appearances as the most popular
work on the website.
The Plot The plot starts out somewhat similar to the
likes of That time I go reincarnated as a slime but its a bit different.
You see this anime at times does not hold back at pertaining characters.
And I wouldn't put it on the dark spectrum of Rezero and Rising of a shield hero.
It does have that grit element which is highlighted by the art style.
Rudy is a 34 year old shut in, he’s labeled an underachiever by the author.
After 17 years his parents kick him out the house.
They want to highlight how different he is, he looks more like an ugly bastard then a
standard protagonist.
After wandering around the streets he trys to help someone in trouble and ends up being
ran over by a truck cun.
Being reincarnated as a child in a new family.
And while he does have talent, he’s not so different to where no one else could learn
what he has.
The Characters Now let's talk about the characters.
Rudy is not perfect and isn’t going to be handed things.
He sees this world as a new opportunity but he hasn’t yet gotten rid of the emotions
from his past life.
The show wanted to highlight a bit of his harsh school life.
Later you’ll see even though he tries his best he doesn’t always have the answer.
Nor is he a bashful character, for example he’s quite perverted and worships his masters
white panties in all their pure innocence.
Now lets talk about his far from perfect family Zenith,Paul and Lilia
The Mother, Father and the maid.
If your an adult I think you can guess where this is going.
Here I’ll let you guess.
A their all mean towards the maid B. They love going out for ice cream as a family.
C They are slobs who don’t like to clean.
D or D the maid gets pregnant Ding ding ding the maid gets pregnant.
Putting 3 adults all in their prime in the same house is going to spell trouble.
With the maid and father having history.
This is the first big spoiler even though its going to happen in the anime relatively
soon.
This really helps define characters now and moving forward.
Individually the mother and father are extroverts who are former adventures.
Zenith is a supportive mother and Paul is the hit first ask questions later father.
Infacess on the hit, if you watched the anime you’ve seen this before and spoiler it doesn’t
change.
With Rudy now being an adult in their world but still
a child.
Now though he has a problem with pushing his son, alcohol and women.
Still not the worst father, he sees that he has potential and gets him teachers.
He sees he needs to be more independent and separates Rudy and Sylphy for the best interest
of both the kids.
When the family is forced to separate Rudy takes it differently and is thinking about
the situation like Paul causing a less than stellar reunion.
Next his Love interest Sylphiette,Eris,and Roxy
The childhood friend, his first love, and his main love for now lol.
Spoilerssss Im not going to get in detail because there's
a lot here.
Sylphy is his friend he saves who is also lost when people are transported away from
their family.
Honestly he forgets all about her and doesn’t care for her once he leaves.
All be it this character is really apart of the story in say season 2.
Roxy his master that he worships, she finds herself motivated to train because of his
early talents.
Later on is spending most of her time thinking about him and his family.
I honestly don’t know how this ends with her.
And lastly Eris, she for some reason reminds me of Raphtalia.
She for a long time has to rely and trust Rudy.
They further get involved wit each other and rather then end it on this note the anime
shifts.
Saying no this isn’t good enough these characters need to develop themselves further.
Like Roxy her story is not yet finished after season 2.
And lastly someone who I had to look back in the manga to find coz he’s not yet in
the anime.
Ruijerd He has this inner darkness that no one could
help.
He’s a killer, and I mean killer, his instinct is to kill.
And their will be times where you don't know if its safe for Rudy to be around him.
He’s not untrustworthy, it's just that inner darkness that terrifies people.
Rudy needs his help so they can travel safely.
And he needs rudy because their is something that only he can do to help him.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The World
The meat of the story is going to take place after the teleportation incident.
Right now your watching what happens before it.
After the incident you’ll really see how dangerous the world can be.
Before you just see how easy it was for a princess to be nearly stomped to death.
This was a downright brutal scene that happens early own.
Reminded me a lot of the videl scene.
Sure she gets healed up quickly, it still doesn't take away what happens.
Later you’ll Learn more about the Seven Great Powers.
Who are literally gods with terrifying powers, the mere mention of them can signal your death.
And know of the Ranoa Magic Academy, the school Roxy mentions
early on.
Source Material Whats noticeably different about this anime
than others in the genre is the pacing.
The pacing is thoughtful and really well planned out.
In the books its easy to see where time periods start and end.
And here is no different we really get to grow with the character, we start out seeing
him a baby to the time he’s a young adult.
The audience is really along for the ride making the story easy to be apart of.
The source material is vast and really the selling point to why their a lot to this world
and characters.
I like to mention how animes have enough material to get x amount of seasons.
But this one is different the material is not good but great, so instead of a great
first season and mediocre 2 and 3rds.
This one could have 3 great seasons.
Even though I can admit their feels to be some slow parts in the 3rd.
All in all their are a variety of characters and plot lines.
Lastly I want to say that the animation for a lot of shows is the saving grace or the
best feature about it.
Here thats never going to be the case.