This reminds me of one of my main pet peeves about isekai anime. Apparently, faint memories of his past life is what allows our hero to come up with these “original” spells. They’re all at the top of their respective fields in this fantasy world. It’s enough to leave all of these jaws hanging, and they’re no slouches. Okay, okay, so it’s not original to us, but it’s original to the world that Shin now inhabits. Not only does he pick things up quickly, he can come up with never-before-seen spells like… uh, teleportation… and this nuclear blast. Then again, demon lords are a staple in isekai anime, and there’s nothing demonic about them either. Not exactly what you or I would normally consider demons. Regarding demons in this world, they just appear to be either people or living creatures going berserk thanks to magic. So of course, in magical fantasy land, the kid could fart and end up inadvertently composing a grand symphony. He was just another dime-a-dozen wage slave. So does he actually have to work hard… ever? But this is what pure escapism is all about, isn’t it? In his old life, Shin stayed late at his job to work extra hours and for what? For nothing. He has no problems picking up anything that Merlin throws at him.
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His grandfather teaches him how to use magic to locate demons, and before you know it, the kid has already beheaded a monstrous bear without breaking a sweat. Like most every isekai protagonists, Shin is overpowered right from the get-go. Luckily for us, we don’t have to waste too much time on our hero’s childhood. An old wizard in the forest (creatively named Merlin) then has to go and raise the kid all by himself.
Anyways, our hero Shin has to start over in the new world in a literal sense: he is reborn as a baby and quickly loses his birth parents. But isn’t this tension - the lingering anxiety that we must have one day have to choose between our former and current lives - one of the few things that is unique to the isekai concept? And then we just go and chuck it out the window like that? What a waste, I say. This way, they can embrace their new world without any regrets. My point is that it always seems as though isekai protagonists rarely have any attachments for their previous lives. I’m sure his devoted loli followers will wear him down and convince him to stay in magical fantasy land, but I digress. I guess Naofumi from Shield Hero is a rare specimen, because he still wants to return to his original world. He then gets classically isekai’d by a truck.
Not surprisingly, our hero used to be an adult nobody with no friends or family.
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Will I blog about Carole & Tuesday when Netflix releases entire series in a few months? I dunno, we’ll see. It’s just that I don’t wanna do that sort of thing anymore. I appreciate the fact that people are subbing these shows for free. That’s true, but I had to go digging for adequate fansubs.
Now, you might point out that I’ve blogged Netflix shows in the past (e.g. But guess what? Netflix has the rights to that show! Isn’t that just grand! Of course I’m unable to watch the show with Shinichiro Watanabe’s influence! I know he’s just a supervising director, but still… My plan after I got home from work was to cover Shield Hero out of spite and then give Carole & Tuesday a shot. How many are we up to now in just the past year alone? Honestly, I’ve lost count.
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