This is THE anime that we've all been waiting and yearning for. Many of us hardcore Mushoku Tensei fans have been waiting years upon years for an anime adaptation to finally hit, and HIT it has. I was a little skeptical with a brand new studio undertaking this, but all the previews had looked great so I was cautiously optimistic. The source material is my absolute favorite isekai series (which says a lot) and the light/web novel will always hold a special place in my fandom. So how were the first two episodes so far (first has aired officially and the first two were previewed beforehand)?

AMAZING. I really don't know if it's just because the source material is that good, but this has been a SPOT ON adaptation so far. Right when I heard "Gintoki" as the NEET narrator, I knew shit was gonna be good. The sense of humor and pervertedness of Rudy is really well incorporated throughout the first two episodes, and makes this more than just a "another OP isekai". But even with that sense of humor, the anime has taken great depths to give solid (but not overwhelming) background info on the characters and highlighting particularly serious moments. This was especially evident in the second episode where the handling of Rudy's "fall into NEETness" and past trauma was interweaved perfectly into his current situation and setting.

I can't wait for the rest of the anime to air. It seems that a second cour has already been green-lighted so let's hope this can turn into one of those long-running anime series. If they can make it to the school arcs, I'll have lived a complete life...

It's okay. 7/10, as it's interesting for a first episode. Not revolutionary, very "Artistic Light Novel" in the variety of artist detail, but also convenient world building, if a bit risque / adult. Not as terrible as it could have been, given the 50+ Isekai's a year, with standouts like Log Horizon / SAO etc.

I can't tell if the show is generic or has potential for an 8/10 story or character development(s), or if it falls hard into Isekai trope/cliche's, as Seasonal Anime trends towards boosting the quality of the first 2-3 episodes as review scores affect viewers & marketing numbers.

Isekai as a mid-budget seasonal show tend to be weak on characters and story, and often fall apart within 3-4 eps, but IMO Jobless is worth checking out if only for the art style, slightly reminiscent of Grimgar and Black Clover, and they didn't really change the formula, it's Adventurers with Magic, but at least it's not Orphans, Magic School. Slime/Spider/Vending Machine reincarnations, or Adventure Harem (yet).

It's probably going to be Adventure Harem with a strong art direction. Which is a good niche to fill, IMO that's not as sedentary as Grimgar or as ridiculous as Arifureta / In Another World with my Smartphone / Cautious Hero, etc. It's probably somewhere in the middle given the 'realism' setting.

After the character turns 5-6, there's actual character depth for a "reborn 40-year-old NEET", this may be obscured once he grows into a ~50 year old teenager with issues, YMMV. Truck-Kun made an appearance, so you know it's going to be on the edge of parody that isekai's often teeter over, or just jump right into the fantasy without looking back to see if people have followed along.

It is going to be a challenge to see where the weak point is - the Art budget, the characters, the story depth, or the Arc / Premise, since they haven't really developed the background. Direction seems to follow LN convention, so hopefully the characters aren't dull.

Until they finally get that vending machine Isekai Anime happening, it's a little better than the January 2021 season alternative "So i'm a Spider, So What?" IMO, both shows could excel. Time will tell if "Jobless" or "Kumo" will improve or settle into mediocrity.

Watched the first 11 episodes.


Another Isekai (humans gets reborn in another world), what's up with all of them suddenly?).
This time, the person is the definition of what people would consider a IRL looser: No job, no life, not having worked for twenty years.
He is also an utter pervert. Of course he is. We knew this would be the case.
While he is in the body of toddler and infant, he is still that pervert. Which is troublesome, given that he doesn't drop that attitude towards girls that are like 11 years old. Like... what?
Also, expected, he sees women mostly as objects for his lust. He is, and I am not kidding, even talking about that "the breasts of that 11 year old will grow if he works on them".

Given all of the above, you really wonder what kind of persons they are targeting with these tropes. Who are they aiming for!? It even somehow suggests that it is okay to be a perverted, misogynistic sexual harasser (It is not, and if anyone does this even remotely in Real Life they will get into huge trouble)...
This is roughly the same crap that has ruined other animes for me as well, or least made them much worse (The Seven Deadly Sins, No Game No Life).
I subtracted 2 points flat merely for these issues. Heck, given that stuff I am not even sure I can recommend this to anyone.



I think the story overall *would be okay*, but...spoilers ahead:
[spoiler]The whole arc starting from episode 8 is just so hyper stupid. Like suddenly, without much of story-buildup, the whole anime changes: From the kinda slice-of-life pervert story we suddenly switch into a brutal gore kind-of story where people get brutally salin, including teens or children. Like...wtf and how did this even happen?
That was such a turn of events that just didn't feel consistent to me at all.[/spoiler]

The graphics are okay, and I think the voice acting very good.