ISEKAI DE CHEAT SKILL WO TE NI SHITA ORE WA, GENJITSU SEKAI WO MO MUSOU SURU: LEVEL UP WA JINSEI WO KAETA
STATUS
COMPLETE
EPISODES
13
RELEASE
June 29, 2023
LENGTH
24 min
DESCRIPTION
All his life, Yuuya has been bullied at school and neglected by his parents. After moving into his late grandfather’s home, he discovers a strange door that seems to be calling out to him. Yuuya opens the door, steps inside, and is suddenly transported to a magical world! This new world holds rare treasures and grants him powerful skills, which he takes back to Earth for a new lease on life.
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CAST
Yuuya Tenjou
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
Kaori Houjou
Akari Kitou
Lexia Von Alceria
Kaori Maeda
Kaede Kazama
Ayana Taketatsu
Luna
Ai Kakuma
Miu
Sayaka Senbongi
Sawada-sensei
Manami Numakura
Yuti
Rina Hidaka
Yukine Hyoudou
Shizuka Ishigami
Rin Kanzaki
Mai Nakahara
Night
Nao Touyama
Akatsuki
Yuka Iguchi
Ryou Igarashi
Nobuhiko Okamoto
Usagi
Kazuhiko Inoue
Shingo Kurata
Ayumu Murase
Sora Tenjou
Yuuko Oono
Owen
Masaki Terasoma
Akira Ichinose
Jun Fukuyama
Shachou
Kujira
Kurosawa
Kazuyuki Okitsu
Hikaru
Masaya Matsukaze
Reigar von Alceria
Ryuuichi Kijima
Yuunosuke Tenjou
Tomomichi Nishimura
Head
Junichi Yanagita
Youta Tenjou
Yuuki Sakakihara
EPISODES
Dubbed
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REVIEWS
Ionliosite2
10/100Literally everything wrong with the modern anime industry in a single showContinue on AniListIsekai de Cheat Skill wo Te ni Shita Ore wa, Genjitsu Sekai wo mo Musou Suru: Level Up wa Jinsei wo Kaeta is literally everything that is wrong with the anime industry nowadays. I would like to say that the premise is generic, but you don't see many isekais that actually go and make the MC be able to return to his real world and return to the other world as he pleases (unless you read Chinese stuff), however the execution of it is completely and absolutely generic and it feels asinine to even talk about what is wrong with this series. since it's literally everything from both a visual and writing standpoint.
The series looks like a piece of shit, no, seriously, there's literally nothing in this series that comes close from looking even decent, the artstyle looks absolutely ugly, the directing is nonexistent and I would actually say that goes againts the series itself, the first couple of seconds is a big proof of this, the animation is nonexistent and when it exists it's absolutely stiff and even sometimes change to CGI from a second to another without any particular reason, you cannot even watch it for the fanservice because that is horrendously animated too. I would say that I'm surprised this looks this way, but when you see the series' studio you'll notice they were also the ones who made fricking Berserk 2016 (to the point the director of that anime serve as chief director here), and even other of their popular series Kumo Desu ga Nani ka? looks ugly too, so there's no surprise in that this would look like if it was made a day before it aired instead of being prepared with time in advance.
I would usually complain about specific scenes, but really, after the first episode when watching this series I would just phase out, there's no other way I could even try to watch it, every scene was mind numbling, the super convenient way in that the guy turned OP, the way he didn't realize he changed until he looked at the mirror (it is your own body, how would you not notice?), the way that very strong monsters appear literally outside of the house, there's nothing in here that can actually make you go and say that it is so bad that it is good, because this cannot be used even as ironic entertainment, even if it didn't look eye bleeding it still would be written in a way that'll make you lose braincells.
I honestly never thought that this year, let alone this season, something even worse than Isekai wa Smartphone could air, but then this thing appeared, and it is honestly surprising how something I considered one of the worst anime ever made was surpased this easily about 5 years later, but well, here it is, this thing exists and it is honestly embarrassing that it does. Unless something goes really wrong, IseLeve has semented itself as the worst anime of the year.
Thank you for reading.
Bropix
35/100Wait it's all cringe??? Always has beenContinue on AniListI Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in The Real World, Too is a fantasy-isekai light novel by Miku. It was adapted into a 13-episode anime series by Studio Millepensee. The studio is partially responsible for bringing you the 2016 meme adaptation of Berserk.
While watching the trailers I went “Oh shit, the art looks pretty nice”, I read the concept and chuckled I was prepared for some corny stupid fun of the MC getting sexy, getting a harem, and beating up his bullies. I do like trash sometimes.
A unique idea of allowing the MC to transition freely between his original world and a fantasy world at his whim.
The writing didn’t need to be good, it needed to do the bare minimum and have some self-awareness. Yet… we didn’t even get that.
The best way to describe the writing is to imagine, someone starts telling an ironic joke. The beginning is admittedly funny, but then you realize the person telling the joke cannot read the room. They continue pushing the joke and everyone goes from laughing to cringing. The person telling the joke still does not realize that the joke has run its course and has become unironic. The anime in a nutshell is a joke with worse writing than that of Platinum End.
Cheat Skill Isekai is a wish-fulfillment fantasy about a fat & ugly teen who transforms into a stud and gets a harem. This is the author’s second work, his first work The Fruit of Evolution, which sounds strikingly the same in concept… as it also features a teen depicted as an ugly fat loser who transforms into someone good-looking and gets a harem.
In the first episode, we see how bad the MC’s life was. He looks like Eric Cartman with parents that kicked him out of the house for existing, and siblings that are just plain evil.
The MC Yuuya finds a door in his grandpa’s house, which is a portal to a fantasy world with RPG mechanics. He claims a house with a magic barrier that keeps calamity-class monsters out while gaining access to the holy grail of instant kill and end-game weapons. He kills some monsters and the next morning he turns into Japanese Terry Crews. But is too stupid to realize his physical changes until he checks himself out in a mirror.
Now he is the sexiest sigma male, with 100+ intelligence, increased height, and increased dick size you name it.
Unfortunately, the fun stops here as it becomes apparent this story has nothing going for it. As I said the writing is awful, yet hilarious at how oblivious it is. It is funny until it becomes a chore to watch.
Yuuya is kind, but frustrating. His good trait is that he never lets his new abilities and sex appeal inflate his ego, he knows he did not earn any of his stats or muscles, and he recognizes that he cheated. He is humble to the point where it is too much, he should be more aware of what he looks like now and what he is capable of, before spouting his drivel to normal people.
Yuuya is very very stupid.
In episode 5 he… I shit you not! He puts a dog collar on a puppy Fenrir, and then takes it on a walk in the human world as if it was a normal dog.
He thinks German suplexing a grizzly bear in front of his classmates won’t make them think he is a freak.
Or how he wanted to gift a sex bed to the king’s daughter in front of an audience.Matsuoka Yoshitsugu is a brilliant seiyū, but his performance as harem MC ID number 4123 is about as common for him as it’s changing his underwear.
Episode 4 is objectively one of the worst episodes I have seen of 2023.
What is it about?
Yuuya’s evil siblings come for “revenge”.
A common narrative tool I see… do they hire some thugs to beat him up or burn his house?
No, they hire a biker gang, and while they themselves are PHYSICALLY PRESENT with no face coverings. They break into a prestigious high school to harass the people and attempt to kidnap the principal’s daughter.
How is this taking revenge on their brother? Yuuya says fuck keeping a low profile and jumps 4 floors down, dispatches every thug like he’s a supe from The Boys, and saves the girl.The art is pretty, but the studio cuts so many corners with the animation. The transition between 2D and CG is bad, there isn’t much movement... just a camera switch to an image and you’re supposed to pretend it moved. Episode 12 particularly has a lot of stills, panning shots of grass, and rushed storyboarding.
Do I recommend this anime? Well, it is at least entertaining to see how bad it is... I think watching it with your partner while smoking shisha or being drunk with friends makes it more worthwhile.
Otherwise, this anime is bad and you will be impressed at how oblivious it is at times.
Jamiebreeze
30/100Insane wish fulfillment. If someone told me this was the author's wet dream, I'd believe it.Continue on AniList-This review contains spoilers (does it matter though?).
-"Why would you expect anything out of this show?" simple, because I am stupid.
-In hindsight, I feel like the time I spent watching this show could have been used on something better, like finally catching up on OP or just watching other seasonals. Mistakes were made.
__This line alone sums up the whole series.__
My experience with I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in The Real World, Too (This is the first and last time I'm going to mention the full title. Nobody has time for that), was bizarre. It was fun in the moment, but now it feels like time wasted. It is mediocre, and neither the world, art, or the story was particularly engaging, but the continuous onslaught of random bullshit and cringe in every episode made it impossible for me to give it up. I was astounded at how a work could be everything and nothing at the same time. It is pretty amazing isn't it? to have thirteen episodes where nothing happens except one losing one's mind gradually week by week thinking, "why am I here?". Unironically, this show made me feel like I was watching this stagnant crap again , but that is way better produced and the women don't have the personality of their boob size. Isekai cheat is like a chameleon. It's ugly, and it changes as it pleases without a single care, the latter being something it has in common with its MC Yuuya, who is one of the most blatant self-inserts I've laid eyes on. As a whole, This show is like the origin story of the "After" series (someone's Harry Styles fanfic , in case you don't know the lore). Cheat Skill is ultimately just like that, a fanfiction that you can use to escape reality, all while wondering just what the hell goes on inside the the mind that made it come to life. As if the shameless act of the author beating his own meat every single episode wasn't enough, there were 13 episodes of what I'd describe as mostly white noise. In the end, I am wondering what even was the main plot of this travesty.
Sincerely, my expectations when watching this at first were none, but during the first half of the premiere, my dumbass believed that I was going to find a possible gem. I didn't. The characters all feel like fodder and I cannot see myself remembering their names or even appearance in a few months. In shows like these, the selling point for me at least, isn't the fantasy world but the cute girls. That being said, while the female cast looks cute (they all have same face syndrome,it is hard to make any of them not so), it doesn't matter since their personalities are akin to a paperdoll. They have zero character because said character boils down to their one prominent trait. You have your nice girl, the outgoing classmate, the rich blonde girl, the tsundere, the teacher, and a few others that are just as boring. While I don't find any of them annoying, I also don't find any of them endearing. The model was close but ultimately the show just didn't bother. If the girls aren't there, then surely the rest of the cast can save the show right? no. The rest of the characters are just as useless and bland. It would be repetitive to talk about the supporting cast when all of it is most of the same. They exist to masturbate the MC, and that's it. The only thing I see myself remembering from this show (besides the ending song. I like it), at least for a while, is the MC and not for anything other than the immense dissapointment I feel over his wasted potential. Yuuya is a weird character cuz he feels like the biggest self insert of all time, but also like a human once in a blue moon. In shows you mostly have your perverts, your dumbasses, overpowered badasses, and your nice guys, but Yuuya has to be a whole ass category by himself. This guy is a mix of every single thing you can think of. It feels like if the author couldn't decide who they wanted to be, so they put every single trait in a blender and rolled with it. It's like when you go to an ice cream place and go ham on the top ups only to end up with a stomachache cuz not everything can mix well. Yuuya is a Gary Stu, with just enough traits for the average person to feel bad for him. In the first episode and for the most part up to episode 4, I had empathy for this character. When you try to look at the MC from the POV of someone who had just recently been treated as less than human for being obese and unnatractive, some of the shenanigans that come after might seem within expectation, even as things that were "deserved". Key word, "some".
Even when knowing what the title is, and that this was an isekai, I can't be the only one who after the first half of the first episode (you could even argue episodes 2 and 3. I still had some hope in those), thought that this could potentially be about this guy becoming better by his own effort and gaining his life back or even getting a dream and chasing after it (the model plot line anyone?no? ok). It feels like wasted potential, and it pains me. It could have been a good starting point for a coming-of-age story, but it ultimately had to be what it was advertised as, a wish fulfillment fantasy. There are some moments in the show that I honest to god thought that were going somewhere, and that looked like potential character development. In episode 2, Yuuya wasn't comfortable eating a crepe because he thought he would become fat again. Part of me thought, "just work out later , imbecile" and another part of me thought about how this action was very on brand with someone who clearly has a bad relationship with food. In that episode and up to episode 4, it is also understandable how him being perceived as attractive or having his company sought after was weird for him (body dysmorphia after insane weight loss is very common). This is behavior that does match someone who doesn't have much self-esteem and who has probably been treated like garbage, hence why I will not get tired of saying that his character and self-growth story would have been much better received and more entertaining than watching his harem of boring ass girls grow and him pulling off stunts that are almost impossible for the majority of the population. I remember laughing my ass off when in SAO Kirito beat Suguha in a kendo match, even though she had experience while he had none. This show takes my suspension of disbelief even deeper into the abyss by making Yuuya be a master of everything. Anything you can think of, he can do. He was: a Model, a Master Chef, a Forest Ranger, Bear Wrestler, Pocker Master, a Firefighter. There are not enough characters to write every single thing this abomination called Yuuya can be. The guy was putting seasonal firefighters to shame when he saved his wives from a fire. It's insanity. As if it wasn't painful enough to watch the show slowly deteriorate every episode, the entirety of the anime's narrative (can't speak for the light novel) spits on the one thing it could improve (the MC) because it makes everything about his looks. Everywhere he goes, random people wet their panties over him, no men or women, or literally anyone is safe. This gets annoying fast and gives me the impression that none of the things he did could have been achieved if he was overweight. Kaori talking to him and wanting him to join her school, sure. Other than that, hard to believe, within the current story anyway. To make this point even more believable, in episode 11 Yuuya said he wasn't the kind of person Kaori and the others would accept, and the girl changed the subject ASAP. I was laughing my ass off. Oh, what a tragedy. It is what it is, garbage.
There is not much else to talk about. The show doesn't look good, you can tell the staff was overworked and tired of drawing this trash for probably less than a dollar per cut. The "animation" is almost nonexistent, given how many slideshows there are (episode 12 was a Power Point presentation of GRASS). Isekai Cheat has more slides than any of the Power Point presentations I've done in my entire school life. This anime somehow managed to look worse than what I would arguably call the weakest show in the art department this season, Hell's Paradise. It is just so fucking bad. From comedy skits being just a character standing while screaming, to action scenes so fucking blurry that I wonder if I even have my glasses on, to constant exposition scenes where the subtitles move more than the characters in the shot. It feels like an insult to art in every single way. The cinematography, if you can even call it that, is no better than an average Indian soap opera. To make it even worse, to save money the show abuses shots of the character's faces zoomed in so that they don't have to draw the rest of the body. This is reminiscent of all the times I've drawn headshots to avoid drawing hands. Amazing. Unironically, this show is honestly carried by the furries (just like the old Deviant Art days). The dog, the piglet, and the alpha bunny were mostly the only saving grace.Unrelated, but it was pleasant to watch animals being animals (for the most part), considering I watched this astrocity this year.
Anytime I hear someone say that SAO is the worst anime of all time, I am going to have to recommend this. There are levels even in mediocrity and Isekai Cheat is in no way comparable to the former. In fact, shows like Isekai Cheat are probably why I don't even watch isekai, it has the majority of the tropes that tend to put me off. To add insult to the injury, there isn't anything to take away from this show. It is cheap with every letter of the word, and besides the random shit that happens in every episode, it is just you watching the author's wet dream of getting shredded and impressing every girl he comes across.
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