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NOVEL ActionTsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Douchuu
MANGA ActionTsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Douchuu
ANIME ActionTsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Douchuu 2nd Season

REVIEWS

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  Groenboys

  81/100
  This is the most well-rounded isekai anime I have seen in a while

  What can I even say about isekai at this point? The genre, topic, setting, whatever you want to call it, has been thoroughly been discussed, analysed and complained about. There have never been signs of this thing stopping so at this point everyone has given up at talking about it at this point and just hope that isekai shows are at least watchable. And I am not going to say here that Tsukimichi does anything to shake up in this tiring landscape, but it is still a damn fun show.

  The start of Tsukimichi plays out like a sort of parody of isekai. Makoto Misumi, our protagonist, gets forcefully summoned to the new fantasy world, but the goddess who summoned him thinks he is ugly so Makoto gets the useless ability to understand any language except human language and gets thrown into the edge of the fantasy world, a dangerous place. But this funny misery is short-lived, because Makoto power capability is a lot bigger then previously thought, thus the anime turns more into a Slime Isekai-esque anime in which our protagonist with his incredible powers tries to build a home while meeting people who help him along the way.

  I really like the story. There is a good suply of challenges our character cast has to face and the constant way-more-powerful-then-the-opponents gimmick that is also used in Slime Isekai is being handled well here, being able to stay fresh throughout this whole first season. It also isn't afraid to get dark, but is still able to handle that darkness with grace. My only real complaint about the story is the pacing that often jumps around in years, thus you sometimes feel like you are missing parts of the story, but this isn't too big of an issue in the end.

  Then we get to the characters and let me tell you, these characters are the best part of the anime. Makoto is like your average isekai protagonist loser but he has great comedic timing that makes him really likable. Both Tomoe and Mio, despite being the "harem girls", have very strong personalities that often clash in funny ways, with Tomoe being a heroic otaku while Mio is a scary crybaby. All the other side characters are fun too, with my favorites being the dwarf Beren and the stoic-faced goofball Eris. This anime does a really good job to establish these personalities and create great dynamics between them. I just wished that there was a little more character development with these characters besides them gaining more character traits as the show goes on.

  Then we get to the production values... they are average. The last episode has some good animation highlights but for the most part it is nothing out of the ordinary. That kinda stinks because imagining these fights being given the S+ treatment is way more fun then watching the fights themselves. I do love the character designs tho, Tomoe especially is great. The music is nothing to really note, but the song of the opening is my crack. Everytime I hear that OP I want to run across the country for how much energy it gives me.

  Overall, this is a really well-rounded isekai with very little issues, but it also doesn't go anything beyond that. It is probably the most solid isekai this season, with its low points being way above the low points of every other isekai this year. This anime is not revolutionizing the tiring reputation that isekai has, but for anyone who is willing to give this a shot will have fun with it. Check it out, it is pretty dang good.

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  SPIT

  85/100
  An ugly Makoto goes through immense power grinding with friendship, thanks to his disdain for the local Goddess.

  A Perfect Example of an Isekai

  Score: 85
  Score without Enjoyment Included: 82

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  A beginning without truck-san would be just plain wrong.
  Yet, that is not how this story begins. See our protag Misumi Makoto is a simple man with an extraordinary control over his emotions. Yet with a promise to be kept and a Goddess to anger, he's teleported to a world where beauty is found every where but with him. For he who was average looking before, is now a horrendous ugly monster to the naked eye.
  
  <img width='220' src='https://i.imgur.com/ZzaeZh6.png'>
  
  # ____The Goddess and Her Standards____
  
  <blockquote> "Whose ugly duckling are you?" - Some Local Goddess </blockquote>
  Yeah that's right. Despite being out of his control and summoned to a world that is beyond him, Makoto is rejected the Goddess of the world upon arrival. He's deemed too ugly and a stain on the Goddess' beautiful world and gets sent to the edges of world with the ability to communicate in monster languages, not human. You know, this is probably one of my favourite aspects of this show. 
  
  <img width='220' src='https://i.imgur.com/OhwO6qQ.png'>
  
  We see the protag get rejected for a ridiculous and petty reason then sent to a barren wasteland with only monster speech. Of course this would later begin Makoto's immense power grind for his disdain of the Goddess and to live a peaceful life, but that's for another day. 
  
  #__The Enjoyment of OPness without a Careless MC__
  
  I can't be the only one who enjoys OP MCs only to have my enjoyment ruin by their lack of intelligence or character. Makoto however, really is a character written to be enjoyed by the reader or in this case the viewer. He isn't dumbed-down for the sake of missing the obvious for plot reasons. I respect that. He is able to think logically and act on it. He has raw emotions that the anime has done a pleasant job at demonstrating. 
  
  <img width='220' src='https://i.imgur.com/VQ47uC3.png'>
  
  #__A Quality Show to Watch__
  
  And you know, I believe the biggest thing when it comes to anime is the enjoyment. Tsukimichi has that. It is pretty simple and flat, yet dynamic and wild. The anime does a great job at balancing out which ones to showcase and when. To top it off, he's crazy OP yet his power is contained for his motives to live in the world despite the Goddess. Love it or hate it, this is one way of creating an OP character without going overboard on showing how OP he is at every opportunity. 
  
  <img width='220' src='https://i.imgur.com/77azW44.jpg'>
  
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  #__<a>Now let's talk individual scoring</a>__
  ####<a>Recommended to watch anime first before reading individual scores</a>
  
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  #__Story:  <a>83</a>__
  Yeah I know, I talked in depth about how great the plot was and how much I enjoyed it. However, at the end of the day, the anime does leave some desire for more. The score is high for its usage of unique aspects such as the beauty of the world, being rejected by the Goddess for said lack of beauty, and Makoto's disdain for the Goddess.
  
  Are those elements all truly unique? No. But unique enough in today's seasonal anime that it deserves to be stated. Makoto never forgets about the Goddess. This is something other anime would mention in the beginning then have no relevance till it's critical to have importance. Not here. Not with Makoto. He's constantly on alert to ensure his presence is hidden from the Goddess. With his friends also casting reminders to protect himself from the eyes of the Goddess. I'm really happy they never forget about this as it helps with the enjoyment of the show immensely. 
  
  #__Characters: <a>69</a>__
  ####_Well at least the initial three_
  <img width='220' src='https://i.imgur.com/ukxih6w.jpg'>
  
  Not all characters are created equally. This is ever so true in Tsuki. Let's talk solely on the main three:
  1. __Makoto__ : I believe his initial character is built for comedy relief during intense moments. He stays true to his character of just trying to make himself a peaceful place to live in while looking for answers about his parents. This never changes. My issue with him as a character is lack of character depth. Before I continue, it does get better and they expand on his character; however, solely using the first season of the anime, it could have been better. He is said to have a great control of his emotions, which is great if you've read the source material, but this is where the scoring begins to tank. The anime fails to demonstrate his reasoning for his character and we instead get moments later on where you could connect the dots that Makoto wasn't the normal child back in Japan either. I believe their attempt at showing his rejection at the archery is where his character was meant to shine.
  
  2. __Tomoe__ : Here is our first real example of a good complimentary character to the MC. She is meant to be the balance for Makoto. While she has an obsession with medieval drama and the age of the samurai, she isn't a flat character. This is where you can appreciate the show even more by having a strong female lead written to advance Makoto's goals. While to Makoto she may be like a sister, but to me, she is seemingly a mother character for Makoto. While Mio can miss Makoto's slight hint at anything, Tomoe catches it and keeps it in mind. When Makoto is in a bind or needs cautious advice regarding the Goddess, Tomeo does a great job at being the aide for him. 
  
  3. __Mio__ : Give me hate for this, but she's a terrible and flat character. I understand her purpose before meeting Makoto was to devour everything, and that's okay for a devastating monster, but once she gains her human form it goes downhill. I do believe she is meant to provide the romantic aspect the author seems to want to push over and over again with Makoto and his two girls, but man is it annoying. Do Tomoe and Mio love Makoto? Yes. Does Mio's character force Tomoe to follow her in her crazy absurd romance path for Makoto? Yes. While Tomoe was an example of how to create a complimentary character that benefits the MC, Mio is the opposite. She serves a purpose for fans. I do admit I love her antics, no matter how flawed it is for the character development. I recognize that she once was a spider that devours all and when she turned human that aspect of her turn towards a "I must devour all the love and attention from my master," that is just shallow writing to me. 
  
  #__Visuals: <a>90</a>__
  
  <img width='220' src='https://i.imgur.com/C7mdkV0.jpg'>
  
  So look, there's plenty of anime out there that wows us as the viewers. This show was that show for me this season. I never thought it would even get an anime after being out for so long and so many other isekai anime coming out without a word about this one. So when it did, I wasn't expect much especially when the studio announced was [C2C](https://anilist.co/studio/6052/C2C).  
  
  However, thankfully, the studio has done an excellent job at animating emotion, action, and scenery.  I'm dumbfounded at how good it is for a studio I hardly hear much from and honestly not a big fan of. There's not much too say as visuals are something you must see for yourself, which you should. It won't blow you away completely, but for a twelve piece seasonal anime, maybe it will!
  
  #__Audio: <a>90</a>__
  
  Nothing blaring that ruptures your ears. Instead we receive great voice acting, beauty background noise, and dramatically boosted SFX sounds. I am not much of an audio person, so take my score with a grain of salt. But I found no real faults with the sound. I do believe they did a great job at making the world feel alive and the music used for displaying emotions are eargasmic.
  
  #__Enjoyment: <a>95</a>__
  ####Sit back, relax, and enjoy Makoto's chaotic life
  
  What can I say that I haven't already, the show is a treat to your eyes, ears, and brain. I love, just like most people, strong OP characters. Makoto is that. But he's so much more. He's actually a little psychopathe to be honest. I think most people skim his lack of a response at times as nothing important or how zoned in Makoto can be. He has to be crazy, a type of crazy that I can't stop watching to see what happens next and how he will react. 
  
  <img width='220' src='https://i.imgur.com/s6fG7W1.jpg'>

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  BlazingWaters

  70/100
  Jack Of Trades, Trainee Of Fun

  I started Tsukimichi on a bit of a whim. I fell off on isekais for a few years, especially those made within modern(ish) times, so of all the many ones to pick to get back into the swing of things, I figured it was a good place to start - mainly since it received a new, 2-cour season that just aired at the time of writing! After finishing this, I gotta say that was a good ass decision.

  I feel that Tsukimichi's biggest strength is how it pools the isekai tropes, even the ones that are deemed "subversive" nowadays, into narrating the theme of superficiality. There's a lot here that's pretty familiar to those who've experienced the genre before (yes, even the one trope you're thinking of right now), all intrinsically tied into conveying this gnawing feeling of facades and tricks, of phony appearances hoisted up by those (who believe they are) in power and might, and how some just really don't give a shit about you and your feelings. I thought that the Goddess of this world tossing aside our protagonist, Makoto Misumi, due to deeming him as "ugly", was really just a quick gag, but that begins to run a lil deeper the episode count increases, and the world begins to expand. Miscreant adventurers abusing or otherwise misusing their strength, the artificiality of levels being the deciding factor of who's better than others, as well as the most obvious spoke of the irrational dynamic that occurs between the humans and demi-humans. It's not at all the first to do this sort of thing - in fact I'm pretty sure there's one that's similar in most fronts, but I'm blanking on it currently - but that's not a bad thing, and Tsukimichi's approach is intriguing and entertaining enough to be captivated by.

  And well, that's where the main stage lies: entertainment. It's not an entirely serious story, for the most part billed as a comedy, and this - mainly as an aspect, but also within respect of tonal consistency - is handled quite nicely. It's been a good while since I've seen something that had the MC be the straight man of the comedy group, but considering Makoto's plainness contrasting everything else, it's only fitting that he also has to question and put up with the eccentricity of various subjects, especially his two partners Tomoe and Mio. Both of these ladies were once powerful beings, dragon and spider respectively, yet after forming a pact contract with him, they began to settle down... a little too much. One's way too abrasive and easy-going all the while souped-up on old period dramas, and the other's a masochistic deviant that can and will devour/destroy any sort of object that crosses her. When these three get up to some antics, be it with themselves or within the community of civilization or the they converse with, it's almost always a good time. In fact, I'm actually kind of surprised at how almost every single episode had just one moment where a joke landed and got me to chortle, considering there's not a whole lot of variety as to what exactly the punchline will end up as. It's likely thanks to how the setup for these are done to begin with - my palette with Studio C2C is extremely minimal, but I do have some familiarity with director Shinji Ishihira due to prior works on Log Horizon S1, RE: Cutie Honey, FMA Brotherhood, and Soul Eater to name a few (as well as editor Gou Sadamatsu, though not nearly to the same level), so it makes sense that all the framing, timing, and delivery of these gags were done exquisitely. Though I do have qualms about pacing in the next paragraph, I'd say the comedic elements are largely excluded from it - hell I think I can count all the times something about a joke just didn't work so well on one hand.

  If there's one glaring, immediate flaw, it comes from how it's adapted as an anime. See, there's bits and pieces where the storytelling and exposition seem to either skim the details, or are obfuscated by something else in its way. This starts off minimal, but gradually expands into an issue that makes stifles the pacing and the conceit of the world as a function. Multiple times I was wondering if I was just missing something or if I had simply lost focus for a bit, and while I didn't check on the light/web novel, I did double back on parts of the manga to concur... and figured that I was right on both ends. Perhaps it's due to being made after the aforementioned novel format(s), but the more detailing of character/habitual/systemic foibles and/or hardened foundation was not only much easier to swallow comparatively, the pacing and how it's presented is also way tighter and thorough than the anime's more waywardly setup around the middle batch of episodes. There were parts of the anime I couldn't quite understand how they factor into the schemes, like the espionage and Rembrandt Company's place, that unravel deeper and more intricately in the manga. Like I said, I didn't check the novels so I'm unsure how much of that was due to the manga's format and/or gaps of time lending themselves to allowing these details to become more involved, but regardless, I can't help but feel as if the middle part was hurt the most due to this. It does contain some fun bits and great character moments, yet the "offness" factor was bountiful and it doesn't quite shake it off until the 9th episode... which is essentially where it starts to wrap up most of the 'big' events. Something I also quickly noticed is the wider sense of focus; while the anime squarely focuses on Makoto and his (entourage)'s adventures, there are times within this period it shifts away from that and either builds upon the people he's met, or two entirely different characters that are deemed to be the Goddess' personal picks as the savior of the realms. Understandably though, I can see why these were omitted from the 12-episode series and was instead served as the finale's brief allusion, and it's something I can see the new season trying to remedy in variable intensity as that goes on.

  Despite that, though, I'd say Tsukimichi's anime does a pretty good job at giving me something to chew on, while dishing out gaggles of laughter whenever I started to play it. It also got me super interested as to what's being done in the manga, which is sort of the intent with anime adaptations in the first place, so that's another plus in its pocket. If you just want a fun time, this is a good place to get it - now I'm just gonna hope the second season is able to match and improve the momentum.

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