Anime: Kami-tachi ni Hirowareta Otoko

Kami-tachi ni Hirowareta Otoko is not a bad show compared to the many others coming out right now. Why giving it a low rating? That's because the show is missing important key ingredients to make it good. All keep doting the rather dull protag, saying always he is so super strong without living it out, showing what makes him so good. The bystanders doesn't deliver anything to compare the protag, they leave the fights out but still show bodys in half cut getting eaten by slimes. There is no wow effect except their impression of the protag without any tense. It's like praising a three years old doing something normal, except in this Isekai, the protag is an adult in a body of a child. Even Disney has learned to add jokes that are funny if you understand them, and it's a plus plus if you grow up and learn to understand them. As a matter of fact, Kami-tachi ni Hirowareta Otoko is boring to watch, but yet still not boring enough to drop it. It's good enough to watch it one time and then never again. If they tried to copy what was done in Ascendance of a Bookworm, they did it bad. Ascendance of a Bookworm has the missing key ingredients and is in it's own way brilliant because their protag knows how to live out and show what she is capeable off with knowledge.

I thought this was going to be a quick review, but with a 500 character minimum, it looks like I’ll have to stretch it out a bit. Now I’ve only seen episode one so far, but I have read the light novel and manga and that prompted this review. If you like the light novel, you’ll be really disappointed. If you liked the manga you’ll be moderately disappointed. There seemed to be a real effort made into turning this anime into something geared more towards younger children. Granted the light novel was not “adult” themed like some are, but it didn't read like it was written for pre-teen or young adult audiences either. The manga also seemed to dumb down the story although not to this level. It’s watchable, but I’d only give it a 4. Some of the characters are very wooden and the dialog doesn’t help. Caveat – I’ve only seen the English dubbed version. The animation isn't stellar either but doesn't really hurt considering what they've already done. I get the impression, falsely perhaps, that they are trying to follow the path Ascendance of a Bookworm took. If so, I really wish they hadn't done that.