I appreciate the effort put into the anime adaptation, but it ultimately falls short and fails to do justice to the original work. Reading the webcomic was a far more enjoyable experience, especially when it comes to pacing and emotional depth. The webcomic made it easy to connect with the characters and their relationships, while the anime barely scratched the surface, even of its own cast. The anime isn’t bad per se, but it doesn’t hold a candle to the webcomic in terms of quality—or anything else, really. If you're deciding between the two, the webcomic is absolutely worth the read. The anime? Not so much.

Am reading its manga now

It’s a great series I don’t regret watching it. I’m not comparing it to the written source as I’ve never read it. I appreciate a main character that actively tries to hold back. Doesn’t show off. With or without power. Overall great

Like many others, I had pretty high hopes for this series. I've been hearing about the story for years, but I've never read the manga myself, so I'm not comparing it to that. IMO, the complaints about the animation for this series are extremely overblown. The animation is about average for a modern anime series, maybe slightly above average, but nowhere near the series that this property should be competing against (i.e. Demon Slayer, Solo Leveling, Shangri-La, & (new) One Piece), but that doesn't mean it's bad. The artwork was a bit above average as well. Supposedly the story on this show is elite, which is the reason for everyone's high expectations, and based off the first season alone, this show is greatly exceeded by another popular series. Regarding the story, it was okaaayyy....but certainly less interesting than Mushoku Tensei, which seems to me to be its primary competitor, based on the story and subject matter thus far....just without the trauma and self-loathing. I'm very much vacillating between a 7 and an 8 for this series, but I think I will lean towards the 7 due to the pacing and just how unmemorable everything was. The flashbacks to the MC's past didn't really add anything for me, and overall that whole aspect of it was a bit disappointing. There's definitely room for growth with this series, but at this point I can only consider it good, not great. --------------------------- Season 2 7⭐ ➡ 8⭐ Bumped this up from 7 to 8 due to an excellent season 2. I watched it week to week, which is uncommon for me....but that just goes to show how engrossing the story got. Really enjoyed the nuanced dynamic with Jasmine, and the addition of Elijah as a burgeoning best friend. Bring on season 3.

With so much buzz around this enjme adaptation, this series was devastatingly disappointing. 1. The animation was on the cheap side, season filler simple and low budgeted animation 2. The story felt stretched at the wrong areas. The part of the story could be streatched and explored for further drama weren't done. 3. The story has a dark tone to it, but the anime has kight tone. In short, it's disappointing.