Ichirou Suzuki, a programmer nearing his thirties, is drowning in work. Worn out, he eventually has a chance to catch up on sleep, only to wake up and discover himself in a fantasy RPG world, which is mashed together from the games he was debugging in reality. In this new place, he realizes that not only has his appearance changed to a younger version of himself, but his name has also changed to Satou, a nickname he used while running beta tests on games.
However, before Satou can fully grasp his situation, an army of lizardmen launch an assault on him. Forced to cast a powerful spell in retaliation, Satou wipes them out completely and his level is boosted to 310, effectively maximizing his stats. Now, as a high-leveled adventurer armed with a plethora of skills and no way to return to reality, Satou sets out to explore this magical new world.
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Karhu
Death March is an isekai series similar to One Punch Man. It focuses around an overpowered mr. nice guy Jesus named Satou who saves women from slavery among other things with the powers of an I.T. guru, and makes them his property. The events include mr. nice guy raping and pillaging like a viking, except he does the polar opposite because he is nice. Other characters in this series are women. Slave girls 1-7 and a knight. Most of them are very much into mr. nice guy but he himself is a nice guy who doesn't use women. We shan't never know what type of aglopping sound this guy makes.
What about the most common quality trait in anime: character development? Satou is already perfect so naturally, he isn't developed, but our main girls and side chicks all like Satou more at the end than in the beginning = character development. The best part is how much this makes sense, after all, there is no reason to not like the guy.
The art and sounds follow the average production values which have been the standard for anime since 2013. Nothing to complain there. Just name your favorite hair color and there is a girl who has it. Smart choices.
When it comes to enjoyment, I haven't had this much fun with something that is close to unwatchable since Shingeki no kyoujin S01 aired. I highly recommend this show because it never tried to be anything, and thus didn't fail at it.
HellLyter
Death March is one of the most innovative anime that I’ve seen in awhile. Now wait a second, I’m being completely serious here. I’m not trying to coerce you into reading my review by starting off with a lame sarcastic statement. Just bear with me for a bit. Now Death March has a typical isekai plot that is generic in every sense of the word. The visuals and soundtrack are plain, and the protagonist is yet another incomprehensibly dull Kirito knockoff. But this anime is truly unique in that out of the entire lead female cast, none of them have BIG BOOBS. That’s right, allof the important girls in this show either have modest chests or are lolis. Now I don’t know about you, but I’ve seen a plethora of harem/eiichi/isekai/anime with a bunch of girls in them, and these shows always showcase at least one main female character with large breasts who usually ends up at the butt of at least one boob joke. Not Death March. I was honestly in shock when I discovered this, and I can say without a doubt that the lack of boobs is incredibly original for this type of anime. So if you’re an avid supporter of voluptuous breast, then you’d best find something else to watch. However, if you just so happen to be a lolicon, then you might actually enjoy this anime.
Of course, that's only if you found anything else about Death March to be good, which I unfortunately didn’t.
I really didn’t want to dislike this anime. I actually don’t go into isekai anime and think, “Ugh, I just know I’m going to hate this because its unoriginal. I’m definitely going to give it a low score!” before I even watch the show. However, Death March unfortunately ended up being not only generic, but poorly executed as well. One of the biggest issues that I have with this anime is the fact that it doesn’t go anywhere. As far as I can tell, there are no goals or objectives that the main character is trying to achieve, and all Death March does is showcase this dude living in a fantasy town with his loli slaves and occasionally fighting weak monsters whenever they appear. And even the enemies who are built up to be potent forces are completely owned by the protagonist, thus completely removing any sense of excitement or tension in these actions sequences, resulting in some unbelievably dull moments.
Now before I continue to discuss the failings with the general plot execution and story elements of Death March, I’d first like to address what I found to be the most monumental error of the anime, which would be the main character.
Our protagonist is named Kazuto Kirigaya Knockoff, or KKK for short, and he is a dude who inexplicably gets transported to a fantasy world after falling asleep at work. Wow, Death March didn’t even come up with any reason at all, much less a tangible one, as to why this guy got teleported to this world. Anyway, KKK is, wait for it…completely overpowered from the get-go! How exciting! This guy can literally just max out any ability instantly whenever he feels like it and seems to be invulnerable to everything. Because why would anyone want to watch a character work hard to get strong when you can just start off invincible like KKK? But he’s too modest to show off his immense power, so he usually lets others fight and die during battles while he puts in minimal effort. How heroic! He also purchased all but one of the main girls as slaves but decides not to free them because in his opinion, they’re all happy as slaves because he’s a good master. How noble! Finally, KKK’s personality is, from what I could discern, nonexistent. Seriously, his mediocrity as a character is astounding.
None of the female characters receive substantial development and only succeed at looking cute. If written correctly, I believe that several of these characters had the opportunity to be interesting, but their lack of growth decimated the chances of this actually happening. Let’s start off by analyzing Tama, Pochi, and Liza. The anime mentions how this trio is discriminated against by the general populous for being animal girls. Now the anime could have delved into illuminating the deleterious effects that this torment had on the mentality of these girls and their outlooks on society, but of course it doesn’t. The girls’ only character traits are that they’re nice and like to eat a lot. At least the latter ties into the fact that the girls were malnourished under their previous master. The majority of the other girls in the anime receive similar treatment from the writers, which is unfortunate.
The girl who stood out to me the most was Arisa, whose gimmicks were kind of cute and amusing, however the comedic value of her actions, such as her sexual advancements towards KKK, were lessened due to KKK’s lack of reaction towards them. In order for comedy between two individuals to truly shine, both of them have to play their part. So although Arisa’s flirtatious behavior was fun, since KKK didn’t actually respond to it in any way, the scenes between them lost value in my eyes. Leave it to KKK to suck the joy out of everything.
I believe I mentioned how the slave girls love food. Well, apparently the show’s creator does as well, to the point where he decided it would be a fantastic idea to insert a plethora of random showcases of a variety of exquisite dishes into the show. What basically happens is that whenever KKK sits down to eat a meal, he goes off on an unnecessary explanation of the food’s properties while the anime presents viewers with an image of the food that is more intricately animated than anything else in the anime. And this happens in literally every episode. Its like I’m watching a cringy, mediocre version of Shokugeki no Soma, except this anime is supposed to be about a fantasy world, not food, so these scenes that last several minutes are completely worthless. Plus, I thought that this was a medieval setting, so where the heck did all of these exotic dishes from across the globe come from? Shouldn’t they just be eating hard bread or something? I had to dedicate a paragraph to this because it just seems so absurd and out of place to me for an anime that isn’t about food at all to dedicate so much time to characters eating.
Well, it seems like I ran out of things to talk about. I know I said earlier in this review that I would eventually get to discussing the plot elements of the show and why they fail, but between you and me, that was just an excuse for me to move on and talk about something else. The truth is, Death March’s so called “plot elements” are basically nonexistent, so there’s practically nothing to actually discuss. This show is simply about a guy living in a fantasy world going about his day to day life with his loli slaves. Nothing noteworthy happens, and there is zero development in the story and characters. I have to give some credit to the show though, because although it was terribly boring to watch, for some reason I stuck with it, so I guess that’s something. Maybe I was just waiting to see if KKK would eventually develop an actual personality and stop being a horribly boring and annoying character.
…It never happened.
Oh well. I honestly couldn’t find anything that appealed to me in this anime, but I’m sure there are some isekai fans out there who enjoyed it. Maybe even you. Now that this chapter in the great bibliography of isekai anime has concluded, its time to set our sights to the future of the genre. Hopefully upcoming installations will tell a more compelling tale than Death March.
Stark700
Before actually deciding to watch this show called “Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyousoukyoku”, I have to ask a question: do you really watch a show for enjoyment or do you watch a show to get the most out of it? When I sat down and decided to give this series a try, it felt like an anime that I would not have high expectations on. The premise, character visuals, and just overall idea of it sounds like a copy-paste story you can find in almost any light novel medium these days. But for Death March, this proved to be one of the blandest animeI’ve seen in recent years even compared to similar premises. It’s a literal slap to the face to anyone who expect this to be better than what it looks like.
Just for reference, I have read the light novel and keeping it up with took a lot of commitment. I’m actually close to dropping the LN series but this adaptation is on another level of trash. Taking place in a fantasy setting with RPG gimmicks, we got main protagonist Ichiro Suzuki (also known as “Satou” in the other world). His life changes one day after getting hit into an accident and wakes up in this unknown world. Sound familiar? I swear, you can literally pick up any light novel these days with a similar premise and the set up would be something similar. In the meantime, we follow Satou’s adventure as he begins to adapt with his new life.
I’m just going to throw it out here. This show is extremely blend in terms of storytelling. My initial impression of the first few episodes were pretty much me struggling to stay awake. Not only is Satou an uninteresting protagonist but the story itself is devoid of emotions. It’s actually a bit ironic since a show like this should have colorful world fiction to make the setting feel alive. What do we get instead? A group of one dimensional characters in a blend world that felt like it’s part of a video game. Or I should say, a broken video game. A polished game would have memorable characters but you’ll find none of that in this series. Main protagonist Satou is not only just overpowered but also exhibits some disturbing personality if you read between the lines. The way he speaks, behaves, and interacts with certain characters is never engaging to watch. It doesn’t help that his personality is dry to the bone and seemingly always acts the same with his harem. Oh, I did just say that word. Some people may not call this a harem but to me, this series is about as harem-esque as it can get. Consisting of mainly female characters, it doesn’t take long for viewers to find out that they are fond of Satou. Arisa, Pochi, Tama, Zena, Nana. There’s pretty much no character development for any of the main cast. Instead, most of them are there to interact with Satou in order to put him over. The only way to say there’s any development is Satou’s progress as a character as he acquires more skills. Bleh.
That being said, I guess there’s some hope for the main story? The series does take place in a fantasy world and that can have potential, right? Wrong. The world building in the series is incredibly underwhelming as most places look bare and feel almost identical. If you’ve seen one place, it feels like you’ve seen them all. Bear in mind that as the series progresses, the world of Death March never evolves just like the weak character cast. The story feels more like a slice of life with occasional fighting and drama thrown in. My main issue in the story is just how meekly it’s written. Story segments feel anticlimactic and lacks substance. It doesn’t connect with the characters and never makes an impact. Pacing issues also puts this show to shame from the start as it never manages to salvage itself. Also, keep in mind that the light novel series has hundreds of chapters and this is a 12-episode anime adaptation. Yes, you can guess it. This anime pretty much throws the big fat sign of “buy the light novel!” My advice is don’t. That money could be put into so much more value and it’s a waste to spend it on this. Nonetheless, Death March loves to showcase Satou like he’s some of saint in the show. And that gives me nothing more than a thumb down.
Silver Link adapts this anime and it’s sad to say but they dropped the ball. What could have been a beautiful world setting turned into mediocre junk. I’ll be honest here. It’s terrible. The CG is awkward along with the blend character designs. Even the main female protagonists all look like cheap cartoons made by amateurs. Most of them have the same face but with different color hair and body proportions. The fan service has incredibly cringe timings that I can’t help but laugh in the wrong way. Action in the series is also poorly animated in terms of choreography and key animation. The body movements feels flat and it seems to me that this anime project was not taken seriously from the beginning.
I’m not usually one to jump on a character for their voice but my goodness, Satou’s voice genuinely makes me wish they found a better VA. His voice sounds like it’s putting us to sleep and lacks any personality. Even when he shows emotions, it feels incredibly forced with cheesy dialogue delivery. There’s not one line in this show that I find memorable and that’s because of his voice mannerisms. Sometimes, I wish there’s a volume lower than mute. The theme songs aren’t much better as it’s incredibly generic made with lazy lyrics.
Watching Death March was a challenge for me. What could have been a chance to showcase a watchable fantasy series turned into an abomination. By the time I finished watching this show, I felt a sigh of relief that the series ended up only receiving 12 episodes. It should have just been left alone as a light novel instead. The adaptation has a dysfunctional story, uncharismatic character cast, and really gives isekai a bad name. In fact, I’d say Death March almost made a show like Isekai wa Smartphone to Tomo ni look good.
CodeBlazeFate
Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody seems almost as perfunctory as anime gets, as if to be the self-appointed embodiment of “anime today, 2018” . By that same token, it manages to actually somewhat succeed at being incredibly basic and even generic (temporarily), because sadly, it's hard to find a show that can pull this off. Giving the finger to SAO, Re:Zero, and Isekai wa Smartphone, this is Death March’s brief time in the limelight. I'm sure that at least some who are aware of my outlook on a variety of shows of Death March's ilk are recognizing me as daft for evenglancing at this show's general direction. However, the intention goes far beyond having an excuse to malign another anime. Put it simply, I want to prove the existence of a hierarchy.
Every genre, and every category of entertainment has a relative and not entirely subjective hierarchy consisting of installments that are better than most, worse than the rest, or are somewhere within a grey area of sorts. Even the harem show has undisputedly better installments such as Ouran High School Host Club, and irrefutably awful ones as well, such as Isekai wa Smartphone. The school battle anime typically goes with the comparison of Chivalry of a Failed Knight to The Asterisk War for such a comparison. While some shows that are more commonly considered to be in the middle are treated like the worst of their kind, it wouldn't be fair to label them as such. Even genericism can be executed swimmingly or horrifyingly. When standards get low enough, competence can become startling. As for where this show stands in the isekai totem pole...well, an important enemy from episode 1 somehow died offscreen in the beginning of episode 2; this anime isn't exactly the savior anyone here is asking for.
Slamming aside, this show isn’t half bad. In fact at times it can be decent, even good. For example, the first 12 minutes are actually pretty great. We were shown a horrifyingly real depiction of the Japanese work industries, with people often staying for hours upon hours at their job, falling asleep there out of sheer exhaustion, not coming home for days at a time, and the workload being asinine. The directing by Shin Onima helps sell how dreary it all is, with incredibly harsh lights shining when the protagonist sits on a train to get to work in his sleepy state, and how silent everything is in the workplace in regards to background music until we transition into the primary setting of this anime. Hell, even when the surprisingly likable MC is transported to said game world setting (don't ask me how, this never makes sense no matter which anime pulls it, and most don't even explain themselves in some way), it still feels oppressive. When he first enters the game, we get to see Sato immediately become at least somewhat disillusioned with the idea of this being an ideal “dream” when he is attacked and writing with pain while bleeding, in a scene somewhat reminiscent of some of the better moments of Re:Zero’s early portions.
From there, it becomes a bit more hit and miss. While some aspects of the game make no sense (why would you need allow your character to learn language comprehension?), they did think about stuff like currency, tax, and the overall economics and societal rules in a simple and effective manner, unlike the convoluted and meaningless currency in say, Smartphone, that never gets brought up after the first instance. It somehow manages to be a pleasant watch at times, notably because of the main character, the constant music that blends in perfectly, and the occasionally pleasant misadventures Satou and his posse go through, and the surprisingly passable world-building. Sometimes, the show can feel dull and blasé, needlessly so. It doesn't help that the show does sink into some of the more loathsome temptations of its maligned brethren on occasion. It’s annoying to see such practices continue since we’ve come so used to the absolute bottom-tier dreck these kinds of anime shit out souleslly while removing anything they seemingly had in their LN counterpart (see Mahouka’s main character as a known example of this). It does this further as it goes along too, as if the reviled temptation is increasingly difficult for them to resist. Due to this, the bare minimum of what should be considered acceptable can almost be seen as nigh-revolutionary. This really is like the “triple-A game industry”.
A large part of why this series works is Satou, our main character. On the surface, he seems like the run-of-the-mill insert, especially based on his appearance. Admittedly his reactions would be rather typical. However, he certainly isn't an awkward buffoon who only has a spine when the chips are down like most of his contemporaries are. Plus, a majority of the time, we actually see what he thinks about any given situation. It's actually rather amusing to hear him gush over every intricacy of his meals or react negatively to whatever bullshit someone gives him. Additionally, the main character often has to use his surroundings to adapt to new situations (with ease, but still, it's something) using strategies he comes up with on the fly with party members. The fact that we get to see actual strategies being employed when facing an enemy in say, a dungeon, is surprisingly not that common in MMORPG anime, if Sword Art Online has taught us anything. Him looking like Kirito in the early episodes of his show and being better at MMORPG culture and strategy than him makes him all the more glorious, especially when unlike nearly every other overpowered protagonist, he actually has a semblance of variety to his powers. To add on to how much of a cheeky fuck he is, when he wants to rename a female companion, he just translates their garbage name in Japanese, expecting no one to notice. The only real issue I have with him is that he doesn’t bother leveling up his skills until the need for a specific skill becomes relevant for the first time. One could say it’s so that he doesn’t become boring and absurdly overpowered, but if he can do this already, and if he is already at level 310 by the end of the first episode when by the time we are ⅔ into the series, the highest leveled opponent has been level 50, then this excuse can no longer fly. That, and how he can get dull over time, though not by too much.
The main character can't carry such an annoyingly dull cast, however, as most of his posse feel less like dynamic characters, and more like largely distinct accessories for him. Obviously he doesn't feel this way about them, but as established, he’s certainly less of an audience surrogate than many of his ilk. They're thankfully nowhere near as obnoxious as most female harem rosters such as Akashic Records or The Asterisk War, as none of them quite fit into the tired archetypes of harem characters. Additionally, each character is distinct from one another, unlike say, Smartphone. Not to mention that while not every female Satou collects is in love with him, it increases every so often, threatening to turn this pseudo-harem into an actual harem with leftovers. Arisa can get grating sometimes with her bullshit, making her probably the worst of the lukewarm bunch (aside from that one demon in episodes 3 and 4, whose voice was a spell meant to poison the ears), side-characters included. A majority of the villains are borderline worthless husks meant to serve as a “standard evil prick”. Understandably this takes place in a video game but the antagonists really are just the Light Novel adaptation standard when they didn't entirely have to be. At least the villain in the second arc has some pretty decent and interestingly foreshadowed motivations.
Easily the worst part, however, would be the production values. Even outside of the nice directing moments present in episode 1, and how they purposely instead sunlight saturation in certain moments of episode 2 to accentuate the wonder Satou feels about this new world he is in, there isn't much flare to speak of. The character designs look rather sharp, possibly too sharp, though improved over the original novel. Thankfully it isn't the LN standard but it's still not that pretty to look at. The action is not very well animated either. The magic spells cast have no flash or sense of spectacle like in Konosuba or Knight’s & Magic. As mentioned earlier, there are some neat directing moments sprinkled throughout, but that’s all they are: moments. Not all episodes even have those brief moments, and coupled together with terrible, sometimes even laughable action sequences, it’s certainly little better than the rest of Death March’s borderline pitiful visual presentation.
I'm more than willing to believe that the 2D aspects were studio Silver Link and that the rest is Connect, given their repertoire and how Connect has never done a solo project. I say this because the CGI bears massive similarities to another joint project of theirs: Chaos Dragon. Thankfully there is no frame rate slow-down, aside from the CGI already having bad frame rates as is, but the CGI is both disturbingly prevalent and disconcertingly awful, with most soldiers being reduced to CGI armor models that look putrid, and many creatures being reduced to unintentional abominations due to the same hideous 3D model quality. Regardless, this show looks terrible and doesn’t move well. It’s a shame that somehow it’s the production values that hold a light novel anime back more than anything else, as if this anime wasn’t a bewildering rarity already.
The music is mixed as well, though it is conversely the best aspect of the show. The Opening, "Slide Ride” by Run Girls, Run!, is a damn good contender for “most generic-sounding anime OP”, and needless to say, it wasn’t very pleasing to listen to. The Ending theme, "Suki no Skill” by Wake Up, Girls! isn’t much better, as it’s another ending theme that isn’t noteworthy. The rest of the music is pretty decent, actually feeling like decent video game music for once. This only applies when the characters are in the villages and not elsewhere. One minor jingle in particular even opts to make you feel like you've discovered or done something grand, and if there’s one thing video game scores are fantastic at, it's giving off a sense of grandeur. The track pool even expands in the second half when things try to get more serious and full of dread and tension. There are some nice emotional tracks too, further making it a shame that the opening and ending themes that sandwich these tracks hold everything back.
Even in this series' perfunctory existence, Death march manages to carve out a surprisingly rare niche among its contemporaries. Unfortunately, this speaks to the banality of this type of show more so than the quality of the show itself. A lot of the “compliments” I gave it would be overlooked in most other shows given how basic they are for even most bad shows to accomplish. There are some genuinely nice moments here, visually, and emotionally, so to see the show succumb to temptation is aggravating. At the very least, if something like Isekai wa Smartphone was up your alley, this is worth viewing too, that way you find an infinitely superior product with a trick or two up its nonexistent sleeves. For now at least, I can say Death March thankfully didn't live up to its title in terms of viewing experience, awful finale notwithstanding, as it’s surprisingly high up on this totem pole. Not bad for a modern LN Isekai title, let alone one considered part of the harem genre. It may not be good, but hey, baby steps.
Also, the fact that people are treating this show like an endorsement of slavery is woefully disconcerting; please don't do what you tried going with Mahoutsukai no Yome.
Jio_Inzagi
Death March to a Parallel World Rapsody is very refreshing and relaxing anime, it's not great desconstructor like Konosuba or Rezero was, but it did well on what it tried to do and that is, nothing. Yes, you did not read wrong, this anime is a very simple Slice of Life on a parallel world, nothing more, nothing less. At the start of the anime, you see a little of Satou's past life, as a proggramer, to me that was actually very important and fresh, because I always found myself asking: "what the hell Kazuma or Subaru did on their past lives". It's just somethingthat won't matter anyway to the main plot of most isekai anime, but it's nice to see more of the character, even tough Satou may be seen as an self-insert character(to me he is, as I'm also game developer), not everyone can relate easily to him, expecially his logic. I mean, most of you would like to be some kind of overlord on another world, but to Satou and to myself as well, he did the right choice, of hiding his powers and make himself as a simple merchant. Even though he is most probably the stronger person on that world. But what he want is really enjoying a happy life with the girls he took to be their guardians. I mean, they may be his slaves as that world says, but he takes care of all of them, as if they were his child. Unfortunately the only female characters with some sort of relevance or at least a bit developed is Arisa, so I'll get to her in a bit. First of, Arisa in the inside is a grown-up woman from japan, as is Satou, so her action do make sense, even though she is in a child's body. She also is the character responsible for most perverted moments in this show.
Another strong point of this anime, in my opinion, is the Art, the characters and scenery are beatifull, even though the animation lacks a lot, a few episodes had action enough to take the score down, so for the part of illustratring the scenery and characters, silver link did a well done job. The sound is also gorgeous, both OP, ED and the music at the end of episode 10 are magnific, as well as the BGS at overall.
You can't say I didn't enjoy this anime because I really enjoyed it up, it was a very refreshing anime with the "another world" theme.
In overall, this anime is better appreciated if you like isekais and can get through the first episode, as it makes the anime look like another battle isekai.
In summary:
Story 5
Art 9
Sound 9
Character 7
Enjoyment 10
Overall grade: 8
EL_MeoN
This is the kind of anime that i watch when i go to bed Its really enjoyable the kind of anime that i like when I'm just relaxing i hope that everybody feels the same with this anime and everybody that watch the anime would think from a start that its just a dream yes its a dream because of the setting that's its just a dream so the MC will just do what ever he wants and i hope that the developers for this anime doesn't ruin the dreamy feeling that this anime has and PLSSS give this anime a outstanding ending. Overall this anime isoutstanding and this is my favorite anime of this season and i hope that the MC dream is a happy one and also hoping that MC didn't die in the actual world he lived in and didn't get transported because the setting of him just dreaming is already good and its a good anime for kids and also teens and adults that just wanna relax and enjoy a very relaxing anime.
Yas-
"Acquired Title: Buffoon" The anime industry is no stranger to Isekai anime. Hugely popularised by Tenchi Muyou in the previous century it has come a long way for better and for worse. Death March is another of those fantasy cliche harem Isekai with an OP MC not unlike last year's infamous Isekai Smartphone. Where was Death March different? Was it better? Is it watchable? Let us see. Starting off strong, Death March started off with a guy named Satou who is a 29 y/o programmer and is transported to a fantasy game where he becomes OP almost immediately. What I liked about the starting was that itdidn't jump off straight into the harem action and instead gave a small backstory about the MC. Sadly it was completely washed out by (guess what?) all the harem action that followed and till the end we followed one formula: Problem occurs, Satou learns of it, Satou solves it, Girl gets picked up and attracted to Jesus-kun, next episode. This formula to be honest completely exhausted my interest and dropped the score down to a 6 to which it still stands. The story I've got to say tries to be unique but since it throws all these cliche situations and doesn't stop using the same formula repeatedly it falls short of a good score. Frankly I couldn't be disappointed more than this. I had expected the story to be way better than Isekai Smartphone but even though it DID improve it didn't improve to the point I'd hoped it would. Does that make it good? No. Simply because it was too lacking in the story dept to amaze me.
Death March mixed two things I strongly started to dislike as I watched more anime, Lolis and harems. I was a fan of the latter before but quickly lost interest due to the lack of innovation in the genre. Death March is a perfect example of that, wasted potential. It had bright looking caracters but that's all they were. Flat. No personality apart from a few unique features and a hard on attraction towards Jesus-kun for some reason. Now the show does have it's good points even though they are few in number. The soundtrack is good and nice to hear and fit the theme perfectly, quite shocking because Death March failed in almost every other aspect. It's art was vibrant and all but it's few fight scenes let me down and the fight scenes themselves felt short and half-assed. They could have done a much better job with that.
Flat Characters, weak story, OP MC. What else is there to note about Death March? Nothing more since that's all that this and other modern Isekai anime are about. It's hard to come by good Isekai these days simply because the SAO effect is still on going and I can't wait for the next decade when hopefully this trend dies out and we get some actual innovation in the anime industry for once. Needless to say I didn't find Death March enjoyable and apart from a few minutes was boring to watch. Characters like Arisa had a lot of potential because of their "could-be-amazing" story especially since Arisa's backstory was quite unique and if explored could do much better but no. They had to focus in Satou's oh so powerful skills and the way he picks chicks just HAD to get extra screentime. I won't be surprised if we get an OVA and the same goddamn formula is used there as well. Mark my words, this WILL happen. You see if it doesn't. That is, if this shovelware even GETS an OVA, which unfortunately looking at Japan's taste in OP Characters is all but unapproved of.
What could Death March have done better? It could have made the characters more believable and given some personality to them instead of using then as Waifu material which I'm sure the otaku masses will still gladly feed on without noticing that the characters are a textbook example of how characters SHOULDN'T be made and that Death March is such a huge tribute to last year's Isekai Smartphone. I already got started on that before so I'll try not to spew more on Isekai Smartphone. Now since I do my new format reviews, I do not do the scores until after I'm done writing but I won't be surprised if it gets a 5 or way less. Frankly if you force me to be the most conservative person out there I will say this then "Death March could be considered mediocre since it does most of the things bad but since that's how almost all Isekai anime are like this it's considered mediocre" since that's unfortunately the case with the anime industry today. Since when were such anime considered mediocre I'll never know, but eh, I'll have to mark it that way then else it'd be unfair to other Isekai anime like Isekai Smartphone.
Looking for a good Isekai to watch? First off, good and Isekai have never been further apart. Now that statement was an exaggeration if I do say so myself since as with everything in this world there's always exceptions. Isekai anime weren't always as shit as they look like in this decade and you don't need me to tell you that if you are a long time anime watcher. If you ask me a recent Isekai that WAS good I'd gladly recommend KonoSuba to you not because it's just so funny and it ranks third in my favorite comedies but the fact it's a refreshing take on the Isekai genre simply because it is a middle finger to the Isekai genre itself. It parodies and takes those Isekai cliches and makes fun of them. Meanwhile another good Isekai you could watch is Isekai Seikishi Monogatari which is a Tenchi Muyou spin-off (the title I mentioned earlier) and is frankly my personal favorite Isekai since it not only has a proper centered plot but it divides the episodes into two parts the first being all the fanservice and the second being all the plot so it helps as everyone gets what they want.
Whatever the matter. If you do choose to watch the anime I recommended or instead decide to watch Death March or Isekai Smartphone, keep in mind that this is a genre heavily influenced by the SAO effect and that it doesn't look like that effect will hold down soon. Yet there's still light at the end of the tunnel. Will we see a good Isekai sometime soon? I sure do hope so. As for now, time to wait for the second season of Isekai Smartphone (groans inside)
Overall Rating: 4.2
P.S: I rarely do my best girl columns since I made my new format but I'll bring it back next time since I didn't find anyone in Death March interesting. Maybe Liza was a bit fun to watch in the earlier episodes and Nana was cute but no one interested me much to call them the "best girl". So apologies hardcore Otakus.
HinoAkiharu
I would definitely recommend watching the whole anime at once. It would be enjoyable that way and you will not lose your patience. The Anime itself is not complicated and relaxed all the way to the end. This is the Anime you would want to have with you because you can rewatch it again and again. This Anime won't make you cry or laugh but make you smile. This Anime is the prime example of Not all Anime has to have good story, action and be fast-paced to be enjoyable. Those who don't enjoy this Anime are busy people who can't afford to watch Anime for fun becausethey have forgotten Joy of relaxing while watching Anime.
So, when you have lots of free time open a large cola and chips bag and enjoy the Anime.
GenghisAres
After reading reviews for this, I've put this show off for a while. When I was finally in the mood for some Isekai trash, I gave it a watch and I'm genuinely surprised that this show gets so much hate. On the surface, it has several things I typically dislike in Isekai. A bland, dark-haired teenager and a harem of girls that want his D. But I found that those aspects are really not that bad in this. MC is fairly average amongst the nice guy protag's we usually get in these, but we fortunately get an internal monologue and a slow but steady increase intheir skills and abilities as they go around the world. He is OP, but he's still learning how to do things and what skills he can use and the various problems he comes across use a variety of actions and abilities to solve. He doesn't just instantly save the day every time, even though we all know he will. As far as the harem goes, really only 1 of them is sex-crazed, most are just cute and dedicated to MC. The slavery aspect is a little problematic on paper, but overall it really doesn't matter much. MC doesn't really take advantage of it and only orders them around early on to make sure they do things that will help them.
Overall, what I particularly like about the show is how it does the skills and and video game aspects. It's not an afterthought and it makes some sense for how MC uses their skills. The show is also very slice of life focused with some villains and combat spread around here and there, which I like as it gives the show a chill pace.
Karmel
This anime is so bad i can't even imagine that someone will enjoy this shit. There are 0 action, main character is ussles shit, he's got a badass power but dont use it at all. He's weak and stupid shit who thinks he's smart. That's so bad i cant even speak more about it. Only art keep this anime watchable but plot and character are so poor... Dont watch it. When u see some1 got 300+ and other guys and moster has 30-40 max you expect that he will destroy everything or will be resectable hero or sth. But he's just hiding his powerall the time! He didin't even fight in anime srsly once!! That's so bullshit, whe the hell he has so much stuff,power,lvls when he;'s not using it at all!
NFL1945
Another Isekai anime, latest popular genre (I think). Just like another Isekai, transported to another fantasy world with a magic. But hey, it seems this world is a game that he made. The story is just 'like that'. Not a serious one, with some comedy spices, make it so light. But plot still nothing special, just a nice guy named Satoo who very overpower helping many people. Oh WOW... what a nice guy. Satoo didn't want everyone know about his super power, but look at this! I can jump so god damn high! Look at this look at this! I can do everything that I doesn'tgood at so completely perfect after one try!
Art is mediocre, with some CGI in it (in unimportant scene; like traveling in horse). Nothing special with combat effect. Character design not that epic. So nothing special but still 'edible'.
What I hate most in this anime is character development. Yes. It seems like AI (maybe cuz it was a game). But the protagonist, it seem to usual and nothing special in him.
But yes, it can waste of my time quickly, I think I enjoy it! It so light and cheerful, perfect for some lonely people who love to play RPG games, will make you imagine your self living in your fav RPG games!
Overall I'll not give a bad rating, it still 'edible'. Seriously, if you have a great spare time, just watch it!
AppleDangani
Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyousoukyoku Anime Review By: Ainana Hiro April 25 2019 Overall: 9.2 Plot: 8 What if one day you wake up and you're already in a game? What if your normal disastrous and stressful life turns into a more enjoyable one? This kind of theme is not new in an anime series. It is rather famous and currently one of the most picked plot. The story starts with the protagonist Satou and his busy life as a game creator at the age of 29. Sounds amazing, right? Though it isn't. He spent days and days fixing bugs in different games without having the time to restat all. One night when sleep comes to him, he woke up seeing himself in a life or death situation, with features of a game only he can see, with a familiar place he already saw, with the age of 15. His journey began upon the realization that he isn't dreaming.
Unlike other MMORPG themed anime series, this one slightly touch the core of being in a game such as doing raids, having guilds, PVP. It contains of more simple things in a game such as obtaining different skills and titles, mastering different professions like crafting and alchemy, living a peaceful like with the slaves he helped getting their freedom back. It focuses more on the little things of the game that is mostly taken forgranted. The anime pace is slow but satisfying. It is great to see a common concept of a story but with different shades of it.
Characters: 9
The protagonist of the story is overpowered, but not in a way most character is. His level is very high, yes. But the familiarity of every skills and the game itself needs time. His character is calm and smart. That even if he was brought to a different world, his 29 years old self won't change. It is cute how he is always smiling and have a pleasant look on his face. It is also amazing how he made choices depending on what will be the outcome and not just pure instinct to show his strength. This story is a harem and there are different girls on his circle. Their too cute and funny. And it is cool how the author made a limit on them in between of master and just fan service. I just really don't like that one character who keeps on flaunting on the protagonist assuming their relationship. I hate her, honestly.
Sound and Animation: 10
I freaking love the voice of tama. It's so cute and funny. It feels like watching a very irresistible pet in front of you. Her voice is the best! The shift of the animation from the viewers perspective to the protagonists itself is also cool. It is shown how the surrounding should be in his eyes since there is menu only he can see. Though the protagonist looks like the typical character with a black hair and a black clothes long enough to hide his body, he is much different. Every characters of the story is cool on their own and it is a plus that neither of them all, nothing acts like an NPC, remembered Emilia.
Enjoyment: 10
This anime is so satisfying. I felt like playing some MMORPG my whole life. Their daily adventures and moments felt like their just living normally. And I think that is what the author wanted the viewers to see. Its great to watch anime like this once in a while.
Ending: 9
I don't want this to end. I want to see more of their clever doings, their cuteness and innocence. The ending show how the protagonist make use of his skills, hiw he can helo others by using his mind than using his sword. I really love his character. Mature, calm, always smiling, reliable. Being near him will make you feel safe. Their struggles on the end and how they solve it is a great way to end the series. Though I think, this story is still ongoing and there's a still a lot of adventure they must take. Must check the manga of it.
MaskettaSenpai
Death March is the most pro-slavery tract of fiction produced since the end of the American Civil War. Death March's main character, Satou, is the most insidiously passive protagonist I think I have ever encountered. When thrown into a world with a legal and normalized institution of slavery, which includes the prostitution of children, Satou is apathetic at best – and eagerly complicit at worst. Satou is a fucking sociopath. Let’s explore this. Satou is thrust into a fantasy world (with inconsistent video game elements because there is no spark of originality to be found here) and, of course, he’s totally overpowered from the get-go. He soonenters a city where slavery is accepted, slaves are peddled alongside food items and clothing, and slaves are publicly beaten. The people of this city have no problems showcasing their vehement racism towards “inferior” races. This place is fantasy as imagined by Adolf Hitler, a setting even grimmer than Berserk. None of this phases our hero.
He may not care to watch abuse, and he may think the abusive slave owner is a jerk, but that’s where it ends. He questions nothing about this society or its morals. The problem with the abusive slave owner isn’t that he’s a slave owner – it’s that he’s not a nice slave owner.
Events conspire to give Satou his own cadre of slave girls (Pochi and Tama, who are 10 years old, and Liza). He adapts quickly to giving orders and having them at his mercy. When they reach the surface, he immediately purchases two more slave girls for his harem: Lulu, 14, and Arisa, 11. In for a penny, in for a pound, right?
I’ll be generous and concede that he needed to order Liza, Pochi, and Tama around because of extraordinary circumstances. Once the danger has passed, however, at no point does he ever consider setting them free. In fact, he seems to think that keeping them as slaves is the NICE thing to do.
Satou, delivering the very last line in Episode 5: "They don't deserve to be treated like slaves, but they feel more at ease that way."
Oh, well, that makes it so much better. It’s so comforting to know he’s considering the feelings of his human chattel.
When Liza, Pochi, and Toma are denied room and board because of their race/species, they are graciously given a spot in the stable – like animals. Satou callously leaves them to sleep in a sty while keeping the bed for himself and his two human slaves.
When Lulu and Arisa (again, 14 and 11 respectively) present themselves naked, he is utterly unfazed by the prospect of child prostitution. His only response: “Oh, they have that kind of slavery here, too.” There is no hint of disgust, or even discomfort. The only problem is that it’s just not his bag.
And you know, for as many times as Satou insists “I’m not a lolicon,” it’s a little suspicious how he keeps finding himself surrounded by naked and sexually available children. Maybe he just gets off on exerting his dominance over them – choosing what they do, what they eat, and dressing them up like dolls. Then again, he kisses a prepubescent dryad girl not once, but twice in Episode 8. The show tries to excuse this by having the little girl proclaim her need for MP – but our hero doesn’t even think of just handing over an MP potion, which was shown to be effective just one episode earlier. Perhaps Satou only feels emboldened to act on his pedophilic urges when he’s alone.
Moving from his moral transgressions, Satou is stupid in ways too stupid for stupid people. He is granted a basically unlimited pool of skill points, but instead of leveling every useful skill immediately, he only applies skill points the moment he needs them. For a computer programmer, he seems to lack any sense of long-term thinking.
Satou is solely out for his own self-gratification, unconcerned about the heinous state of the world or the evil that plagues it. All of his so-called “heroic” and “selfless” acts revolve around little girls or little girls that resemble house pets. To quote The Criminal Personality, by Samuel Yochelson and Stanton Samenow, “The criminal's sentimentality reveals itself in compassion for babies and pets.” Notice how little of a shit he seems to give about anyone not a girl or past puberty. His niceness is all a hollow, shallow front, a mask for the uncaring monster underneath.
Seriously, go look up the DSM-V guidelines for Antisocial Personality Disorder. These are the criteria professionals use to determine if someone is a sociopath – and Satou hits all the necessary marks. Satou is a less outwardly criminal, yet more unfeeling and callous take on Tony Soprano. Hell, I'd rather spend an evening with Hannibal Lecter - at least he has a personality and a voice that doesn't sound like nails on a chalkboard.
So why is Satou our protagonist? Does the show realize how monstrous he is? You can center a story on an antihero or even a villainous sociopath, but Death March seems totally unaware of how Satou comes across. Instead, it’s littered with scenes of Satou feeding, clothing, and bathing his slaves, as if that will make us like and admire him. I would hope that any morally sound person living in our time is going to see "doesn't treat slaves like shit" as the bare fucking minimum for goodness – but for the creators Death March, that’s all it takes.
This show is a moral trash fire, and it’s kind of fascinating in that regard. Otherwise, all you have is a sparsely animated, thinly written, and shamelessly lazy addition to the overstuffed isekai genre. I would hope people are only watching this kind of stuff ironically – but I’m not so optimistic. Thinking that this is marketed to children makes me want to throw up.
It doesn’t deserve any more analysis. It deserves to be buried and forgotten – the sooner, the better.
End of Series Update: Satou acquires two more harem slaves, a prepubescent elf child and Violet Evergarden. He heroically saves a horde of submissive, busty blondes and helps another prepubescent child. One of the last scenes of the entire show is two ten year old girls literally licking a clear, goopy liquid out of his palm.
It's pure garbage from start to finish.
sayedJalal
to be honest, it's a nice show to watch and unwind, sort of like an anime mixed with a slice of life and a little adventure, we still didn't get fight scenes or some grand twist in the story, thus making it perfect to enjoy the story as they try to give us a world-building, don't judge unless you try for your self with an open-minded mindset. an honest review for an honest anime. the story itself is like almost any isekai, the MC gets transported into a magic world where he finds himself in a place unfamiliar to him, but it hints for twists in thefuture and I can't wait to find out.
as for the style of this anime, it's not bad considering it came out in 2018.
for the characters in this show, they are balanced for the companion, the MC is smart, and careful and knows what he's doing, unlike a stupid MC.
if you like to unwind and enjoy a nice anime then this one is for you.
story: 7/10
characters: 6.5/10
world setting: 6.7/10
titles and abilities: 8.6/10
MC: 9.0/10
voice acting: 8.1/10
Art style: 6.95/10
overall rating in my humble opinion: 9/10 because I truly enjoyed it
Paladin23
a overwork but kind computer game developer is sucked into a fantasy world he find himself just level 1 but with some high power abilities that is use to save is life and become god like in this new world. he passes himself off as a low level merchant but has no problem help people in need this lead to him building a harem and befriending many. it a harem ,fantasy anime one thing that may put some people off is that most of his harem are legally his slaves not that he treats them in that way but it should be noted
mangastar
"Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody" really should be called "Snooze Time to a Copycat Show Nothing New". The show is an adaption of a light novel series. Part of the purpose of such animes is to leave the viewer wanting to go and read the series. When I'm left thinking, well, good thing I didn't buy the first novel that's not a good sign. Story: 3 Probably being generous with a 3 here. The story is unoriginal and does nothing to try to spice it up. Main character gets trapped in a fantasy world, is overpowered from early on, and develops a harem. Oh, andhelps a few people during the series. That's pretty much the anime. While a small snippet of one episodes eludes to something bigger going on, as is usually the case when characters get trapped/sent to other worlds, I didn't care enough for the bigger picture to want to pursue the series further (plus even what was hinted at seemed like an overused plot idea). I'm not saying that any anime that comes out now with the whole trapped/reincarnated/etc. in another world story is worth under a 5 rating; that premise is so flexible in ways to spice it up, to make it stand-out and fun, which is probably why it still is being used so frequently in anime and manga. This series was just not a good representative for such series.
Art: 3
Nothing extraordinary, experimental, cutting-edge, etc. While it didn't hurt the eyes, it was just boring.
Sound: 3
Just look at the above, though change eyes for ears.
Characters: 2
At first I was thinking the main character could actually be interesting due to him being on the more mature side; in the end, though, his maturity simply meant he always knew how to approach things calmly. He was boring, no other way to put it. The other characters composing his harem are also boring, often stereotypical, and even forgettable.
Enjoyment: 2
I can't say I really enjoyed the series much at all. It was blah the whole way. The series should have had a sign that said "Nothing to see here, move along".
Overall: 3
Now, perhaps for anyone simply wanting to see a mostly loli harem with little action actually occurring within the harem, this series is decent. For everyone else though, the series will likely come off boring, a rehash of ideas already being used for years now. I actually forgot the series ended last week, the final episode was so anti-climatic, that I didn't realize till this morning that the series didn't have a thirteenth final episode. I suggest to most people debating about whether to watch this series, as many others already have, to save the time and pick another series.
GrayRealm
This anime feels like "Isekai wa Smartphone to Tomo ni."... except even in comparison to "Iseakai Smartphone" it is extremely borin, extremely dull, and feels needlessly prolonged. Although "Smartphone" wasn't good either (I rated it 5/10) In "Smartphone" you could at least have some fun trying to figure out in which silly way current situation is going to be resolved. Here, though... the pacing is mind-bogglingly slow, and it feels like it takes two episodes to present one episode worth of material. It also doesn't really have the "peaceful silly fun" atmosphere "Smartphone" had. So, all things considered, there is little reason to watch it. Detailed breakdown below:Ratings:
3/10 story, 5/10 art, 5/10 soudn, 4/10 character, 4/10 enjoyment, 4/10 overall.
Story 3/10.
It is usual (for nowadays, that is) "game isekai" where protagonist gets thrown into a game-like world, except he is overpowered. Similar titles are "Overlord", "Smartphone", "Log Horizon", and few others. "Game isekai" anime can only be fun when there's non -game conflict/story (like those in the good episodes of overlord), or when protagonist is overpowered in either a clever or fun way.
None like that is in this anime. The whole thing feels like overly long exposition with next to non-existent conflict. The "cute girls doing silly things" aspect also isn't strong enough to make it fun.... so all things considered, it is bland and dull with exception of a few moments.
Art: 5/10:
Actually, it is decent with a slight touch of originality. One side character (golem) is quite cute and a bit unusual in design, protagonist is generic looking, and few small sidekicks could work as "cute characters" as well. THe whole thing feels a bit low-budget, though, and there are few noticeable instances of CG use, or "animation saving" tricks like panned shots, etc.
I believe there was one or two decent ifght scenes with fluid movement, but fight scenes are so uncommon in this anime, that it doesn't really help.
Soudn: 5/10:
The "watashi tachi no party" ending sounded nice, and opening wasn't bad either, but overall the music simply doesn't stand out much.
Character: 4/10:
Walking stereotypical carton cutouts. Everybody is a stereotype, acts their story role, and is not very believable.
Enjoyement: 4/10:
I found it to be dull. The events within episodes feel stretched, and it would be more intersting to watch the anime if it was "compressed" or had better writing. Overall it feels like this is 6 episode worth of events in it.
OVerall: 4/10:
It is boring to the point where it can put you to sleep. There is one nice moment in the beginning (fight), and nice moment in the middle (another fight), plus one somewhat cute/interesting character, but it is it.
If you REALLY want to watch "game isekai" you could try "smartphone" instead, or first 5 episodes of overlord 2 (lizardmen arc). Those will be better.
OVerall it is not, horrible, but it is so dull that I can't really recommend it.
weewaaweewaa
If you ever have the fantasy of taking a tour to somewhere unknown, not having to worry about money, future, where to go, or in general literally anything, this is the show for you. Many people here seem to think this show is trash, and while I completely agree that the show is bad for specific reasons, I think they are missing the point. Death March isn't an Isekai anime, it's a Travel Documentary with lolis. More than likely, you're not going to watch Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown or the YouTube channel Abroad in Japan and start criticizing about why they aren't starting with $0dollars and having no experience in navigating the area, or questioning why they are given access to certain places that might be more restricted.
The show doesn't want any difficulties or conflicts, because at its core it is about sightseeing and relaxation. There is a reason why some say Death March is a cooking anime. Back at the start of my review is the EXACT fantasy of our overworked main character's and a lot of overworked office workers'; to completely relax and not give a care about anything.
You SHOULD feel that the first 10 minutes of Episode 1 to be relatable in some way. If it is not, or if you dislike Travel Documentaries, and find the idea of not having to worry about anything appalling, this show isn't for you.
My number scores don't really mean anything. Objectively speaking, numbers are a pretty bad way to judge this kind of shows that only target a very specific audience.
noweeberino
Honestly when I first started watching this anime it seem like a pretty cool anime, wow was I wrong. Overall-2 Story-1: If you are looking for a anime with absolutely no plot and character development you have came to the right place. probably the worst isekai i've ever seen. There is really now way for me to explain how bad this story plot is because there is no plot, there is no end goal there is nothing. It might be good anime to watch if you are still a child. Art/Sound-7: the saving grace of this anime, the visuals and sound were not bad Character-1: The MC is possiblythe lamest most cliche character you can imagine. The upstanding mc with no humor but is badass and does the coolest calmest thing in every situation. retarded. other than that there are some lolis, animal girls and a slave harem. as well as a love intrest. All of them have no character development or just a generic female character personality.
Enjoyment-1: this show basically just made me cringe a wild amount and I was so close to dropping it countless times. I honesty hated it.
