Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy

An enjoyable isekai that makes you think of the good aspects of other shows. Imagine the comedy style of Konosuba, world building of Slime (on speedrun), power fantasy like Overlord, and a bit of dark aspects like Re:Zero. The MC has a meme harem with a couple of waifus that have unique and quirky personalities. The plot progresses rapidly and the world is established quickly. Supporting characters are added to the story without having to wait a full "arc" on them. Production wise, the animation has good quality, the art style is nice, the character designs feel unique and you can perceive the artists put a lotof attention to details. OP and ED songs fit the show nicely as well. If I had to be nit-picky, my only grips with the show were that the running gag of the MC considering himself "unlucky" (in a world where he's basically revered as a god) dragged for too long and perhaps that the dark aspects could have been explored deeper. Maybe next season? Overall, despite using tropes that we've seen before, it still managed to feel refreshing by combining them in an original way. It seems to take the nice aspects of those tropes, while leaving outside the boring and cringe low quality features we're sadly given constantly in seasonal shows (like bland MCs, harem-filler dull waifus, pedo pandering content, etc). Looking forward to next season!

Tsukimichi is a very messy anime. Yet, it works. It's funny, it's enjoyable, it has good twists on the tropes in it and relatable characters. It's actually pretty damn good. The only complain I have would be the possessive harem trope, which I really hate, but that's not such a big problem given all the good parts about it. The premise sounds interesting, and altough it's not really something new since it's more like a mashup of tropes with ocasional twists, it isn't boring at all and it actually lives up to the expectations. The MC ends up in a different world (yet not after dying,like the usual), but the goddess of the world in question ends up hating him and trying to torment him because he's "ugly". She sends him in a deserted place full of monsters only, and he has to work his way from there on his own to find humans (they won't accept him anyway, so his main companions end up being non-humans). What I really appreciate in this anime is the good comedy, good story, good use of the mainstream elements and interesting character(s?). I'm not sure if I can really say that a lot of characters were actually interesting, but the MC and the (former) skeleton guy sure were. Speaking of which, the main charcter was also way more relatable and funny than most of the characters in isekai anime, and he didn't need to be a pervert that only dreams about fucking lolis (or women with big boobs) for that. See, it's not impossible! (altough saying that would be invalidating some big titles that also achieved this, but well... the bar is low so I had to). I have to say, comedy part aside, it also got me enjoying myself big time from the story. It has a good pace, not always rushing into action, yet not leting the show become boring either. It's also kinda chill, so you're not always on your toes to see what happens next. They show the MC's nation's development troughly along with his own development and growth, yet, as the same time, not forgetting to let us see a little bit of a fight there and there (should have said this the other way, the fights are the highlight lol). Well, fact is they handled it well. The only other "complain" would be the OP, which I don't think suited the anime at all. I didn't like it either, but that's subjective. At the end of the day tho, a great anime. Give it a try.

"Tsuki ga MIDchi" (Anime Onlys) Butchered. C2C's adaptation here just doesn't cut it for what the author deserved. The Big Problem - How the Plot and pacing was handled. If you watch it for yourself, read the reviews or even read some of the source material, the general sentiment is that, the show's best moments lack emphasis, or any staying power. 12 episodes were simply not enough to flesh out the breadth and depth of this story. The pacing is just awful. Too fast, too many cuts too many plot points left hanging unexplained. Poor pacing breaks the golden immersion factor. The type of captivation which abducts theviewer forcing them endlessly through scores of episodes. The best examples for me are shows like FMAB, or Death note. Which I finished over 2 days, completely neglecting the outside world. It's so bad it just makes moments seem empty which were meant to move you, There seems to be holes in the story where things feel like they should have occurred. They move from one traumatic scene to another, completely anti-climatically. The emotion borne from long stretches of well written conflict that keep you captivated are just lost to advance the story. Some of these half episode scenes, needed a full episode or perhaps 2 to truly do justice to the plot. There are character developments completely absent which left me puzzled upon being introduced to certain scenes. Simply put, 12 episodes are not enough for the Arcs they intended to animate. They needed perhaps double that amount or more. There are so many interesting plot devices used but wasted due to not enough time or tact to allow them to blossom. I'm reading around that they skipped a lot of the meat in the manga/LN to cover the all the Arcs they wanted, Important character development removed. A lot of this stuff blossoms in anime when done well, but they did their own thing not respecting the chronology of the source. It's a shame that they made such decisions. I'm very fond of their other works but this, to me, had the greatest potential. The poor overarching direction ruined it. Nevertheless comedy of the show still retains most of the author's original charm. Broken but still works - Characters The MC is very enjoyable his potential development looks to be enthralling, somewhat logical. It's a proper character done aptly, however there are some abrupt incoherent changes in character, but this didn't ruin the experience for me. Pivotal flashbacks are left out which explain his character more cogently, in favor of worthless fanservice flashbacks. These flashbacks arouse a spark in a relationship which makes zero sense. He also constantly apologizes for something that no one should ever apologize for, it's rather annoying to be honest. It provokes unpleasant memories of some of the detestable omnibenevolent garbage isekai MCs that we have received so frequently from other works. It never ever reaches that territory, thankfully. With the other characters, while they're quite believable overall there's again a lack of consistency. Important moments and dialogues are left out to jampack the experience inside of 12 episodes. General soundness of their behavior is absent. There certain outbursts stitched in an attempt to salvage the broken plot. Decent - Sound They fill most of the experience with ample music and sound design. There's not much dead air in the show. Of course dead air can do wonders for immersion in special moments but it wasn't utilized here. The soundtrack isn't Fate, It isn't AOT, it isn't Eminence in the Shadow. But it does the job, enhancing the general experience of the show. C2C's standard but no greater - Animation. C2C delivers very good animation, this is one of the show's strong points. They really give the fight scenes and general movement some attention to detail, so much so, that he sound design tends to lag behind it. If I have any complaints, it's about how the story butchers the coherency of the fights. The fights come out of no where clearly shoehorned in to try to appease the viewer but it doesn't work. You don't even understand some of the fights properly, the intensity of the fights is traded for comedic value which just destroys immersion and blocks any sort of phenomena from developing. Towards the end of S1 the fights and special moments just are devoid of any underscoring there's almost no weight or impact felt after the fact. While, this is more a problem of pacing and the story, it lacked a lot of the spark that makes them memorable and replayable. Especially the grand fight in E12, it's hard to understand any of it, the choreography doesn't give you a good sense of positional awareness the villains seem out of their depth and out of place. Well to be honest, the last fight shouldn't have been here altogether. Without significant explaining of the events which were skipped through and cut out, the whole thing becomes lacklustre. An example of this done almost perfectly is Tensei shittara Slime Season 2 Part 1. Where there was a slow but careful build-up of Plot and Characters through episodes of clever and engaging dialogue which allowed you to understand the nature and motives of the important conflicts at the end of the season. Though some may find this boring, many others revere it. This kind of direction magnifies the gravity of the experience, making it memorable and thoroughly satisfying. There was care in following the chronology of the manga so it was all understood fairly well. Slime's success is a testament to the fruits of good direction. Conclusion I don't think it's a mistake, C2C probably expected to do only a single season of 12 episodes so they chopped up the product after underestimating it's scope. Pacing. This is mistake is common within the Industry. I have never dropped a series because it dragged on too long. If the Author wrote those events into the original, they must at least try to adapt it. Of course you can never do a 1-1 adaptation certain changes must be made according to the type of medium. Certain things work better in anime than in written form. The writers source material must be respected, If you skip over parts you must fully flesh out what is remaining. Then cover the skipped parts in an OVA or the next season. The type of person who is bored by your work it's in entirety, won't be fruitful for you in a chopped up form. At this point if you're an anime-only. I think it's time to retire that position. There are an ocean butchered works and it keeps getting deeper. The best way you can experience these creative pieces, is by reading the source and then watching the anime for the best moments. Only a few shows get legendary 9/10 and 10/10 adaptations. The editors/directors constantly underestimate the source material, disrespecting it and warping the message and lessons conveyed through the narrative. They focus on money-making tactics like fan-service, injecting in fights well before their time, cutting development in favor what they perceive as more fruitful for their wallets. Speeding through the content like it's a summary. It's utterly infuriating if you took any interest in the source. I recommend you Read the manga or Light novel. If you don't care for those mediums then, perhaps pick this up as one of the mid-tier isekai anime experiences. Only watch it after you have watched all the better isekai out there. Obviously this season hasn't gone as well as they hoped so consequently S2 has been passed on to JC.Staff a company with a lot more experience. Works like Toaru, Dan-Machi, Niehime(underrated), Kono-Suba, Bakuman, Saiki Kusuo etc. So a company which may show better competence here. JC are apparently doing a 2-cour (20-24 episodes) for Season 2 so it may drastically improve on this. If the story intrigues you, I recommend not waiting for S2 and jumping straight into the Manga/LN to experience the tale told at it's best. I won't give you a jump off point. Just start from the beginning as you have missed a lot of the content told within each chapter which properly explain the events. Final Rankings Sound 7/10 Animation 7/10 Story 5/10 Manga (9/10) Characters 7/10 Manga (9/10) Enjoyment 7/10 Manga (9/10) 34/50- = 6.8/10 = Anime 7/10 Manga(9/10) Hope this helps.

Another Isekai anime where the protagonist is practically a God, he can do and destroy whatever he wants; after being summoned to another world because of his parents, he gains supreme abilities, but the Goddess considers Makoto ugly and banishes him to a desert region, where he begins his journey in this new world, after his encounter with Ema. The protagonist is a character with superficial development, without any enemies that put him at risk, he also follows the cliche of the hero who arrives in the other world and builds his own city without any difficulty, and the harem that cannot be missed, with twobeautiful waifus and other options available, Makoto is not interested in any of them and the interaction between them is terrible; the comic relief comes from the interaction between Tomoe and Mio, both super powerful, who fight over who will get Makoto first. The plots of the secondary characters are full of suspense and mystery, which in my opinion surpass the main plot, one of the reasons why my rating is reasonable. For those who like animes without much development of the main character and full of cliches, you can add Tsukimichi to your collection; I'm only commenting on the anime, I haven't read the Light Novel; the visuals are beautiful, most of the scenes are full of details. Tomoe, Mio and Akina are part of the group of beautiful waifus, unfortunately for those who are looking for fan service and ecchi, they won't find it here. Many compare Tsukimichi to KonoSuba, I don't agree; you won't find the parody and humor of KonoSuba in Tsukimichi; in my opinion, there's nothing new in the anime, so I don't recommend it.