The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat

My parents used to tell me 'life is too short, so make every second count'. Maybe you've heard of that familiar advice before too. What if I told you that the protagonist in this show lives his life as an assassin and takes other people's lives? Sounds daunting, I know. Well, that didn't stop the author introducing us to Lugh Tuatha De, a character who lives by his code and lives his life as an assassin. Before diving into the juicy details, I do want to mention that this is the same author who wrote Kaifuku Jutsushi no Yarinaoshi. If you don't know what the means,it basically means this anime may have some sensitive ideas and draw controversy. Luckily, it's much more tame because rather than using ecchi as a major selling point, it uses its main cast and the plot. Yet, there's something also not hitting the correct marks for this show, so let's get into it. Watching an anime like this tells me of several flags to be wary of. For instance, why is the main character an assassin? Is this show going to be a full on revenge story? Oh and with three pretty girls on the cover with a protagonist, is it one of those mystery harems in disguise? Well, I'll let that last one slide since at its core, an anime adaptation usually can masquerade itself to be something more than it appears to be. Yet, here we are, introduced to a show about an assassin. And to be honest, the first episode did unexpectingly grab my attention despite how action packed it was. Throwing us into this show's fictional world evokes a variety of feelings ranging from excitement to also, somewhat confusion. It begins when our main character is seemingly betrayed but gets a second chance at life and reborn yet again as an assassin. Like most isekai, he develop new skills and lives a new life in a new world. When working as an asssassin, Lugh uses a combination of his ruthless personality, cunning nature, and manipulative tactics to get close to his target and finish the job. Deep down however, Lugh is fundamentally a kind person as witnessed when he helped characters such as Maha and Tarte during their past. However, the show also makes it clear that he is among the strongest of assassins in the world. Combined with his previous past skills, Lugh is what people may call out as a Gary Stu. Joining him by his side are the two lovely yet dangerous girls, known to us as Maha and Tarte. Through flashbacks, we see why they are so devoted to Lugh. Unfortunately, beyond their character background stories, both characters are flawed with barebone personalities. In essence, Maha and Tarte practically worships Lugh as his savior and there's no doubt they are in love with him. Lugh's feelings towards them are somewhat more complex but the anime doesn't truly take time to commit romanic relationship building. However, the anime does attempt to get Lugh to open up more, such as with the talented mage Dia Viekone. The relationship is rather limited due to the short amount of episodes the show offer and honestly, isn't much groundbreaking. In essence, the anime's story mostly devotes on Lugh's character and his role as an assassin, just as the premise speaks for itself. And finally, we can't have an isekai without a God-like entity, can we? After all, Goddess is the entity that made Lugh who he is in the new world. She tasked him with the goal to kill the hero but it's ambigious about what her true objectives are. Furthermore, the anime makes it clear that she is manipulative, sarcastic, and overall, a character that can't be trusted, if at all. To be clear, I believe Goddess exists was added a source of entertainment. Even as she is relevant to the plot, the show makes it so unclear about her true intentions that we can only guess from our imaginations. And yes, that is a major drawback of the anime. It really doesn't know how to spell out the main plot overall or resolve the premise in the end. With a mere 12 episodes, you might have predicted this from the beginning. With a collaboration between studio Silver Link and Palette, I have to admit the anime itself does have polished visuals in terms of character designs. Lugh looks like a badass and his clever disguises often protrays him as a pokerface, decorated with whatever suits for his target assigned. The female cast are lavishly designed with alluring figures, suitable for combat needs. And before I forget to mention, this anime does not escape from a beach episode. Yes, it has it. Fan service is actually minimal but there are some obvious adult themes alluded. Let's just say, the show does whatever it takes to attract our attention even if it doesn't always rely on ass and boobs. For a title this long, you'd probably think this anime has to more to offer than what meets the eye. But no, don't expect some sort of complex storyteller with deep insightful characters. This is a show that relies a lot more on pushing the main character to do what he can do as an assassin. What started as a revenge story turned into something less and less entinicing with each episode. And thus , it falls to the syndrome of another mediocre anime adaptation.

< Concise review > Sekai Saikou no Ansatsusha is another controversial, although slightly less so, story from the maker of Redo of Healer. For many of the same reasons Redo of Healer has a much lower average score on MAL than it should have, so does this anime. Unfortunately, the anime fandom is filled with tons of easily triggered helicopter-parented adultchildren snowflakes who get irrationally buttblasted whenever a series doesn't cater to their childish sensibilities. The truth is this show is one of the better Isekai of its year and does a lot of things right that similar fantasy series gets wrong -The main characters previouslife is well explored and explained in an entire episode instead of just getting Truck-kun'd -Well fleshed out 3 dimensional characters with hidden motives -Good world building -The MC has to actually EARN his women instead of them just falling for him for random dumb bluepilled reasons -Plot that isn't afraid to get dark, dirty, and brutally honest when it needs to be, just like classic anime used to be in the 80's/90's Golden era There are rough edges. There are a few moments of cringe and boredom. This is not a masterpiece show by any means, but it is very watchable and deserves an average score more in the 7.80~8.10 range.

This isekai is generic, where the protagonist is strong and surrounded by a harem. However, what I like most about this isekai is that the protagonist acts according to the mindset of someone from his past life who didn’t have many relationships. Even with two young, attractive girls by his side who are interested in him, he never shows any romantic or inappropriate interest in them. It’s mentioned that he visits brothels because he’s still a man with desires. When he eventually kisses Dias, she’s around 18+, and there’s still no malice in the act. This is what sets it apart from most other isekai,where 40-year-old men act like children and are attracted to minors.

This show deserves a MUCH, MUCH higher rating. When I clicked on the listing on MyAnimeList, I was shocked to see this show rated anything below an 8. Pretty much everyone who has watched this show agrees that it is arguably one of the best isekais, and maybe even the best action/adventure anime, that has been released in the past 10 years. Listen, You are probably tired of all of the harems and ecchi garbage and nonsense that is poisoning the field of anime today. You're tired of simp main characters whose sole existence is to live for and get women or "get back" attheir high school class for revenge. You are probably tired of the lazy uninspired anime that start off well like Arifureta to just end up becoming a typical harem by the 3rd episode and wasting your time yet again. Well, you have finally found the solution to your problems. This anime is very old school, and I say that as someone in my late 20s who grew up on old school anime and watched them, and it is not about harems or ecchi or some guy who can't get laid trying to sleep with a bunch of women. This anime is pure action from the jump off. Now don't get me wrong, it's not all action. It actually has a really good plot to go with it, but the point is, at this point I'm watching anime for what I don't want to see just as much as what I do want to see. I think many of you can relate. It's so hard to find an anime that just takes itself somewhat seriously and isn't trying to be a complete joke, or is it trying to be a complete sex fest. This anime really manages to draw you into it's world. It has an interesting power system, and the main character is like a 60 year old version of John Wick who gets reincarnated after dying, he was a real life badass so he's not thirsty or walking around horny all the time. However, he does have a love interest in the show, which I thought was really cool because they don't make the entire existence of his life about the love interest. His pursuance of her and her pursuance of him is realistic, and it is not based around some weird sexual hentai fantasy that most anime have. The writer deserves a lot of credit for writing a more realistic romance show, especially compared to the nonsense and weird stuff that we see today that permeates most anime. Even shounen nowadays have really weird sexualized romance, but that is still a very small part of the show. The character is a reincarnated assassin whose main goal is to kill a particular target in this world so that he can be free and just relive his life. It's a good plot, simple enough to keep the story moving along, but not so simple that you get bored with it. The characters are good, the voice acting is great, and like I said, the animation is really smooth. It doesn't have a lot of the excess amount of CGI that you see in most animation today that give you that cringey feeling. It has an animation that looks very similar to the 2005-2015 era. Very clean, very professional, but not overly done with CGI. This anime, in my opinion, and I say this trying to be completely non-biased, should be rated today amongst people as at LEAST an 8, if not higher. I have been waiting for the second season to come out anxiously since the first season came out because we get so few of these anime today. Every anime is, as I said above, nothing but the same sexual, harem, ecchi, or vending machine nonsense over and over again. To get an anime like this, especially out of nowhere when I didn't expect it to be this good, was absolutely shocking. I have no dog in the fight, and they are not paying me to say this, so I hope if you're on the fence and you need something to watch, that you watch this instead of wasting your time like I did with 20 other isekais, or 20 other anime in general, that literally are all the exact same thing. People need to support shows like this before they disappear forever.