Sekai Saikou no Ansatsusha, Isekai Kizoku ni Tensei suru
Duração: 23 min per ep
Gênero: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Estudio: SILVER LINK., Studio Palette
Sinopse:
The world's greatest assassin had sworn lifelong allegiance to the organization that raised him. However, despite his loyalty, that very same organization takes action to silence him, ultimately leading to his demise. Drowning in frustration and regrets he can no longer suppress, he finds himself in an audience with a goddess attracted by his exceptional skills. The goddess offers him reincarnation into a magnificent world of swords and magic so he can perform a crucial mission: prevent that world's destruction by slaying its hero.
Accepting the goddess' request, he is reborn as Lugh Tuatha Dé, the son of a noble family of assassins serving the Alvan Kingdom. Under the guidance of his father, Lugh learns new assassination techniques that significantly differ from the cold-blooded and unsympathetic killing style of his previous life. Furthermore, his other talents bloom, allowing him to meet new allies and acquaintances. Even so, Lugh knows that his efforts are far from adequate, because a monumental adversary such as the hero can only be defeated with perfection.
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KANLen09
When an author proclaims that one of their works is the best/finest that they have ever written, you'd better take them at their word seriously. It's especially more so from one that has created one of the most controversial works adapted into anime, rightsmack at the beginning of the year: Redo of Healer. That's right, Rui Tsukiyo is once again back on the anime scene, and this Isekai Assassin work that this chill furry dude has so thoroughly written, is indeed no pushover. It's something that feels a lot more like your traditional decent Isekai reincarnation story, with a premise that makes it kinda impressiveto boot.
Isekai reincarnation stories, as we've seen over the past year or 2 have realistically boomed up, with a lot of varied concepts from being the stereotypical hero to even animals of all kinds, and this booming trend will continue to be very popular as time passes. This is as such with Rui Tsukiyo having his combi-quasi idea of an Isekai reincarnation story about assassins and aristocrats, and the setting being in medieval fantasy times, both themes are a good fit in the overarching story where the plot is as such: "Kill the Hero who is prophesied to destroy the world."
And that's where the story starts with the protagonist: an old man who has the distinction of being the world's No. 1 assassin working for the organization that he is very loyal to, only for the same organization to belittle that same loyalty in order to assassinate him in the same fashion as how "Tantei wa mōu, Shindeiru." started with the plane situation circumstance. This old man's days are numbered due to his old age, and his usefulness is counted to nothingness as death sets in quick. In a twist, the reincarnation stage opens as the old man transitions into the afterlife, where the usual God entity (in this case the Goddess) has a mission to assign to the rebirth character (the old man) to eradicate the Hero who has a duty to destroy the world after the usual "defeat the Demon Lord" debacle. Of course, being an accomplished assassin, and in the witness of the Goddess, with the choice to experience a life of happiness as opposed to the suppressing of emotions from his real life's stints, how can he say no? And there sets the story and plot as the old man is rebirthed as Lugh Tuatha Dé, the son and heir of an accomplished family of spotless assassins with a license to kill and leave no traces of evidence for all of their advances. Assassins are humans, not tools.
Lugh being a newborn child from the hands of his parents Cian and Esri, the life of an assassin must be hard-coded from young, because when your child has a distinguished name like Tuatha Dé, expectations run high stemming from the offspring from all who've come to expect what the House of Tuatha Dé can do. And that's exactly what both parents did to nurture Lugh's growth as he grows up into a fine assassin and bearing the Tuatha Dé aristocrat name, being aware of their actions and to separate both family and missions when it comes to the crunch. Not a bad start for Lugh since the Goddess has accepted his reincarnation with all of his memories intact, and as you'd expect, Rui Tsukiyo's writing is really succinct and rarely ever feels like it's an aberration of Redo of Healer, even with the subtle sexual innuendos (which really flood the manga adaptation of the LN intentionally) that he knows where to draw the line between enjoyment and going too unintentionally sexual. Really though, well done for writing such an intriguing story plot, even if it's decent by Isekai reincarnation standards, and coming off hot from the less-than-stellar Seirei Gensouki last season, this is practically IMO the superior version overall.
Alas, what's a story without its characters, and Rui Tsukiyo deserves another round of accomplishment from being really careful not to cross the line with the representation of the characters that follow the illusive assassin, who's looking forward to enjoy life to the fullest and not see this new second chance of a life as yet another "used as a tool" narrative. The loving parents of Tuatha Dé, father Cian and mother Esri are parents that if I was reincarnated in another world, I would choose them regardless of their profession. They are trained in the Tuatha Dé fine arts of assassination, and thoroughly execute their duties as instructed when clients come to them who need their assassination aid. Being proud parents of Lugh when he manages to slowly but surely surpass Cian's teachings and Esri's cooking and proection (through uh...boobs I guess), this is the standard of a family that knows what's good for their offspring and nurture to the best of their parenting abilities. A cruel assassin family that otherwise, displays the exquisite affection to all.
You know the deal with OP MCs and a harem, these 2 have to come together like it's the iconic standard, and Isekai Assassin is no different in that regard. Lugh by himself is a sensible and tactful OP MC built upon by the standards of the Tuatha Dé family, and just like his real life counterpart, oversees the assassination missions from start to finish, leaving no trace or footsteps whatsoever. He is supported by his team of waifu-worthy assassins nurtured by him: Dia, Tarte, Maha. Dia being the very first girl that he met when he was young, and being young meant that he had to pick up skillsets on the double. That's where Dia comes in to teach Lugh magic, and seemingly so, because she is one of the most powerful mages in her kingdom of Swiogel. Alas, things aren't meant to be, and they're split up due to her kingdom's political turmoil...which next leads to Tarte. A mage who is saved from her poor background and coming to the Tuatha Dé region for a better life, the coincidental meeting solidified her position has Lugh's assistant, being taken in immediately to be trained by him as an asset for the Hero assassination mission. The hopes of Lugh being formally inducted as the head of the House of Tuatha Dé leads both him and Tarte to yet another girl: Maha. Her chapter oozes close similarity to Redo's revenge plot with her orphaned friends, that like Tarte, was just living life by, only to be caught by rogues and used as prostitutes. This caught the attention of the now new Tuatha Dé head and his new assistant, and just like any other assassination mission, executes the plan to intercept as an aristocrat and save Maha and her friends out of the traumatizing situation that has happened for quite sometime. And there you have it, the assassination team of Lugh Tuatha Dé, that as much as it tries to inject the sexual innuendos as bait for the potential harem, Lugh just doesn't think of them as tools but companions in need to fix a grave situation. A chad MC that has the interests of people as a whole and not so much a harem playboy displaying unequivocal love to his one true love, that speaks volumes more than other harem shows of having girls swarm the MC for attention. Props for equality as character development in the most badass resilient manner.
Silver Link has always been the de-facto standard when it comes to Isekai reincarnation shows, because the studio has clearly been able to produce decent adaptations under budget constraints for quite sometime. With Isekai Assassin, there's another outsourced studio (Studio Palette) to help with the production values, and dare I say that it evokes the same visuals as Seirei Gensouki on face value, but does everything up to 11 to amp up expectations, and this is thanks to in-house director Masafumi Tamura, whom with the failure of Spring 2019's Kenja no Mago, made one hell of a comeback with last Summer's Maou Gakuin. In fact, knowing that he directed Maou Gakuin before should give you the feel that expectations CAN be met that the work together with script and series composer Katsuhiko Takayama (ef: A Tale of Melodies) amplifies the LN as a whole, and from my view, that is a relative success.
The final segment of the music department, and once again, Isekai Assassin gets a massive W for this. Yui Ninomiya's "Dark seeks light" for the OP is really good, maybe even up there as some of her best songs ever composed. Same with Aira Yuuki's ED which more than her mellow sung voice, is a well-made closing song through and through. Rarely do I ever feel that the OST ever misses, and for such an action-pumped series like this, the high octane moments make you feel like you're on the kill scene, being one together with Lugh on his assassination expeditions everywhere.
Like Mushoku Tensei, I'd feel that Isekai Assassin is now part of the rare breed of LN adaptation perceptions that the manga adaptation (of the LN) is just bad, the LN is the original source material that can be referenced to, and the anime is essentially the best version overall. Bear in mind that this is still the Redo of Healer Rui Tsukiyo himself, so all the perceptions from the previous work will undoubtedly shift into Isekai Assassin, but just take a step back, and you'll see an Isekai that's not dogshit and is some trash-worthy freaking goodness in the making. This is truly the pinnacle of Rui Tsukiyo's works, and I'm eagerly looking forward to the next controversial adapted series to come out of this furry's wide catalogue of his many written works.
Stark700
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.
The_Walker
< 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.
3NOYUG
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.
Tkit
Repost of my deleted review The World's Finest Assassin is your typical power fantasy isekai. What separates this one from the rest? Cool mc and I guess more of a focus on horny characters. Stuff like mc's harem of mindless zombies, that this anime pretends are characters, which are trying to convince our protagonist to sleep with them, his mother being very interested in his genitalia, Lugh having a problem with his build up desires, his dad checking his 'growth' as an assassin by examining his naked body (which later he copies by doing the same thing with one of his waifus) and so on... Many willclaim that this show is different from your usual isekai because of the interesting mc and all of the cool assassination stuff, but it really isn't as good as it may seem to some. Lugh's arc boils down to changing from a mindless calculated killer to a calculated killer who murders only bad guys and creates a harem. Is there something more to that? Not really. Did his limited growth was determined by some sort of interesting conflict and/or challenge to his ideas? He just got reincarnated and talked it out a bit with his father. What is even more frustrating is the fact that author had a good setup for a meaningful choice which would be tough either way for our protagonist, but he instead decided to turn down this opportunity and replaced it with revelation of half incest.
Are there any cool assassinations were he has to make some preparations, infiltrate his targets estate or face some interesting problem? Well fortunately for our assassin he was apparently a master of cosmetics in his spare time before he died so now he can create an empire in this industry thanks to which he can easily get whatever information he needs. When he does have to do the deed he can just pull out his op magical weapons and kill his target undetected from distance and even if he would get into close combat he is still op... Also it is funny how hard this adaptation is trying to create drama. They were so desperate that they made a running scene emotional which failed even further with how bad the dialogue is in this series.
Of course the biggest problem with Lugh is how overpowered he and his harem are. Not only he starts his life with some of the most op skills/powers in this new world, but he also apparently can create whatever he wants like a super magical sniper rifle or a fucking cannon... a modern cannon. Why can he do that? As it turns out one of the most important informations for any modern assassin is to memorize values of melting point, gravity and atomic weight of any material,with this knowledge and one of his op skills he can create whatever he wants.
So what about other characters? Well there are three waifus in the harem of our brave assassin. Each one of them mindlessly serve and worship him while also trying to convince him into having sex with them. What makes it even weirder is the fact that he decided to adopt one of them as his sister. We don't get to see Lugh's relations with Dia (main love interest) instead time skipping most of the bonding they had at the beginning of their relationship and thus we don't really care about her or understand why Lugh cares about her, making romance in this anime bad as well. Then we have new parents of our protagonist with his father being just a stoic teacher and mother as an infantile comic relief who is always looking after Lugh while also trying to get into his pants. There is also the goddess which is basically a boring version of the mother.
Soundtrack for this anime is very forgettable but serviceable at the same time (although opening is really nice). Animation and action are fine but fights often have a problem with lack of tension which is typical for op protagonists. Some battles are just to show of how our waifus fight like when random bandits show up to be beaten by Tarte and establish that she is now powerful as well. Scenes like that could very much be cut out and no one would notice. Also I need to warn you that while cgi in this anime is pretty rare/not noticeable when there is a lot of it it is really bad.
In terms of the plot other then some slight development of characters, few meaningless assassinations and a bit of boring training we get nothing. There is a goal with some time restraint involved but this idea is only beginning to be explored and we have to wait for a sequel to see it develop more.
So The World's Finest Assassin presents to you a basic power fantasy with some fan service and assassin theme that maybe is appealing if you are looking for some simple, mindless fun. Waifus are pretty with a lot to look at, protagonist acts cool while being op, baddies are being killed and when rape is brought up anime takes a more serious and appropriate tone (although the fact of rape being in there in the first place can be enough to discourage you from watching),.
To be honest with you if it wasn't an isekai I might have given it a 4/10. The problem is that with how much isekai we are getting I need something more than a badly executed slight variation on an idea I've watched a thousand times.
Captain_Splabber
The show as a whole is okay, but the story feels kind of lacking. It almost feels like it couldn't decide if it wanted to be an isekai, a romance anime, a harem anime or an ecchi and ended up kind of but not really being all at once, and not in a good way. I can only hope that the light novel is better, because I would be really dissapointed. I want to like the show, but I just can't. There are a lot of strange unexplained events that seem really off, and there's practically no character development at all. The romance feels like itcame out of nowhere and all the girls, which by the way feel really shallow, immediately love the protagonist and trust him without question.
I personally feel like the story could have been longer and could have been made in a way that made more sense.
The show doesn't really have much fanservice (in terms of quantity), but when it decides to include some, they go all out. There's a scene where one girl is completely naked, but that's pretty much all the fanservice in the entire series.
The characters are really shallow, and additionally the protagonist has random super concrete knowledge on seemingly random things. It seems he just happens to know the entire periodic table by heart, including all the specific characteristics of each element, but it isn't a constant theme. He suddenly is an expert on the subject when he needs to, but then doesn't know more than a regular everyday person when he doesn't. It's just inconsistent
The animation is ok, although they could have made better use of 3D animation. They use it for unimportant shots, but somehow it always ends up looking weird.
It's an okay watch if you're bored and have nothing else to watch, but I would personally recommend you watch something else. If you're really interested in the story, I would tell you to go read the light novel, which I can only hope is better.
Cacl
I wouldn't waste your time with this unless you literally have nothing else to watch and are supremely bored. It's not good. While the starting premise is mildly interesting, the show is mostly boring as hell save for a few moments. Not much happens and the characters are not very likeable. Also there's one episode in the middle of the show that takes a super dark turn, an extreme vibe change, where you get a solid 20 min reel of human tr*fficing and r*pe. MC saves the victims (yippee!), then the writers proceed to dumpster the surviving companion's character for the rest of the show.I got narrative whiplash with zero payoff with this one.
Another bad isekai but not among the worst of them.
aurora_aeterna
tl;dr original, but lacklustre First thing I just need to get off my chest is if I hear another mention of cReAm StEw I'm going to send a strongly worded letter to the studio. Really feels if that's the only piece of cooking the author even knows. Anyway, back to the planned programming. Ansatsu Kizoku is by no means a totally terrible show. It's got its moments, with points for an original backstory and MC. Yet somewhere between script and screen something went horribly wrong. What exactly? I hope to analyze that below. The originality in MC is to be commended, but at the same time it's tobe detested. For the most part the show ignores the MC's main quest as well as his background besides using it as a simple explanation for some of the MC's more specific thought processes and abilities. When the MC's background and mission do come up it's in such an obtuse way that it feels like an afterthought.
For the most part, Ansatsu Kizoku is a waifu collection show though it does make some feeble attempts at hiding that fact under the special abilities of the MC's companions. But speaking of companions it's an absolute mess. We've got a brainwashed maid that MC essentially enslaved, a supposed business genius MC saved from a sex trafficking ring (I won't go into that one but suffice to say that arc was horribly conceived and executed), and main love interest magic genius who turns out to basically be his cousin.
But by and large the chief complaint I have is that the show is simply all over the place. It's like filler training montage for a few episodes, then suddenly he's a huge entrepreneur, then he's off fighting what the show creators would like you to think are important assassinations. I don't quite mind the training episodes but surely in a show about an assassin there should be more actual assassination missions?
Second complaint for me is how the show felt there was a need to bring in modern weapons and try to explain them using "magic" hocus pocus. Please. If you have magic surely there are enough ways to be creative about pulling off assassinations that you don't need to whip out the .50 cal. Besides that it's my usual complaints about the lack of secondary character development, though I suppose since it's only a waifu collector it can get away with a single episode per waifu.
I certainly don't recommend this show. There are better shows out there to watch and not be angry at the amount of cReAm sTeW being served and consumed. 3/10
Rian_Rahmat
Just imagine what would happen if the person going to Isekai was a UB Hikikomori, anti-social and just staying at home without a job, the content will definitely be trash with a naive and wishy-washy MC, because there are lots of beautiful girls here, so it's not very suitable for UB Hikikomori to go to this Isekai. I think this is a good Isekai anime, the graphics, storyline, art style, everything is neatly done, and not just finished to catch up on broadcast time. The opening song and illustrations also really match the content of this anime. I hope there will be a second season soon, even thoughnow it's just been added to the database and there's no certainty when it will be released.
I can't wait for the continuation of the story!
At this point, I don't have too many words to describe how good this anime is, the most important thing is that I recommend this anime to watch!
kinjoleef
A decent isekai/fantasy anime series that is largely plot-driven with a few good character moments. I quite like the main character but I wanted to see more character development scenes, and more moments of insight with him. Often it feels as if I'm not experiencing the story with the main character and just observing it as an outsider, with little emotional attachment or investment. Not a lot stood out for me in this anime series except for episode 6. If you're not great with witnessing trauma, this might be an incredibly tough watch. There are moments of brutality here and there throughout this series butepisode 6 was entirely focused on it. Overall, a solid anime but not something I would really recommend to others.
superp2222
As someone who has watched a good chunk of isekais, I think it is safe to say that the formula has become pretty niche over the years: Guy reincarnates in a fantasy medieval world where swords cross magics with stupid broken abilities and he attempts to do some large-scale thing while scooping up cute girls along the way. Does this anime sound like that description? Perfect. Now, I admit, there is going to be a bit of bias in this review. Possibly because I've seen my fair share of isekais and have gotten pretty bored of the formula, and possibly because I'm a sucker for galaxy-brainedstrategies, but let's see what World's Finest Assassin did right.
Starting with worldbuilding. The general world is pretty generic-sounding. It's a classic medieval style monarchy where lords and nobles controls the general well-being of their region. There is uniqueness in the fact that some families have a reputable heritage, such as the Tuathe De Family for being the Monarchial Hitmen, or famed doctors. That's a fair element of uniqueness, but other than that, not much until the later episodes. There, you see into the backstages of these seemingly glistening cities. Maha and her group being homeless and abused in the orphanage, forced to sell their bodies for some snobby lord's pleasure, or the rampant drug abuse in another region, where its so dire that children struggle just to make sure their parents inhale another line of the stuff. Nasty stuff, and something that an assassin would definitely understand, which would play perfectly into our MC Lugh's development. So even in this repeated environment they managed to find something to build up out of. That's pretty good.
Speaking of Lugh, let's get to the characters. Lugh is your classic Jack of All Trades character, smart as hell and physically capable literally because he has an ability that lets him do so. On top of that, he has an unparalleled affinity of magic so potent he literally creates a howitzer cannon three seconds after learning how to make copper. To any, that would've been a shake-off right there, but this is where the magic of screenwriting comes in: When you see the tape rewind, you know its big brain time. All of Lugh's actions are carefully analyzed and an explanation is given on his thought process, meaning its not just him abusing tf outta his powers and hoping something works, but rather him utilizing his powers to his full extent to complement his abilities. Sure, the guy was the world's finest assassin in his previous life, so his development looks bland physically, but when you look emotionally, you observe what is mentally an old man learning how to love for the first time in his life. His first signs of remorse appear not in his previous life, but in this life, along with a desire to protect those he loves. Which transitions nicely into the other people he met
I don't think I'm gonna warrant Dia as a main character, she's given a basic breadth of character, but otherwise I think she feels too significant to warrant a discussion. Maybe if this anime continues and we see her operate as part of the assassin team we can come back to this later. Meanwhile, since both Tarte and Maha share similar trends I'll just talk about them both.
The biggest problem I have with the both of them is their undying allegiance to Lugh. Sure, he saved their lives, but did you really have to go to Albedo-levels of obsessiveness over that one matter? Its reasonable for Tarte, since she's been with Lugh the longest, but Maha, the researcher, the recon, really? Its one thing to be undyingly loyal, its another thing to be Albedo. Tarte, on the other hand, suffers from the whole insignificant issue where she feels like she isn't doing enough. And frankly, she isn't. Not only is she only there to poke a spear at some people occasionally, we rarely get to see Lugh capitalize his right hand woman to her full potential. Sure Lugh liked to act alone because of his past life, but you really gotta do your girl like that? From the opening sequence of the show alone Tarte couldve been so much more. So Lugh, you better start using your queen in that 5D chess game of yours.
Music and Art. This one's decent. The music scores during the most dramatic moments definitely had a play in getting my blood pumped and the clean and refined art of the music really gives a vibrant feel to the entire show. Other than that, the CGI is a bit clunky at times, especially at places like the soldiers scene, that's really my only complaint.
I think in summary, The anime did wonderfully at capitalizing off of the vast potential of the characters. There are definitely a few complaints I had, but nowhere near enough to call it a bad isekai. In fact, I think that because of the vast amount of detail and thought that went into the anime, especially the progression and abilities, as well as the literal galaxy-brain that goes on behind Lugh, this anime trumps over traditional ones as one to properly utilize the genres to their advantage. I look forwards to season 2 when Lugh can properly utilize everyone to their best potential
Nifty2
Yet another iskekai, but thats probably not the reason as to why u watched this show. Written by the author of redo of healer, this show is kind of a weird one. It has some pretty cool moments along with some pretty generic ones. Overall, this show stands out to me because of the characters. Story wise, its pretty basic. Cool assassin dude gets reincarnated and has to kill the hero. He picks basic skills that can help him make better skills making him invincible. They also talk about how other people that were reincarnated before him failed. He was hand picked out of the finest,making him even more unique and it becomes very hard to relate with him.
The art is pretty vibrant and the intro is very catchy. The 'Dark Seeks Light' part in the song is really fun to listen to.
Now, onto the characters. Our main dude (called Lugh) is an overpowered guy with a harem. I kinda like how he is very straight forward. He isn't dense and actually speaks with purpose. The white hair is also really cool. He also does some morally questionable stuff which is pretty neat. Now onto the chicks; We have
Dia- The girl who he loves and has to save. She also happens to be his cousin.
Tarte- She knows that she is basically Lugh's tool, but still likes him cause he gave her purpose
Maha- A girl who Lugh saves, and like Tarte, she likes Lugh because he gave her purpose. She's also kinda smart
Lugh's mom- Best girl, amazing mother
Overall, this show is decent and you should only watch it if you, like me, can't stop watching isekai.
algoPotaku
The animation seemed very good to me, the soundtrack perfectly and homogeneously matches the animation making an audiovisual work beautiful. I love this anime as a typical isekai can turn out well if it is well executed as is the case. With this it also comes hand in hand with a very good character development. Each character is very different from the typical construction of co-star and companions that is usually seen in anime that I like a lot. I love the personality of the protagonist as over time he adapts his vision of things. I like it a lot. I recommend an amount ifyou like isekais.
En español:
La animacion me parecio muy buena, la banda sonora a compaña perfectamente y homogeneamente a la animacion haciendo una obra audiovisulamente hermosa. Me encanta este anime como un isekai tipico puede salir bien si esta bien ejecutado como es el caso. Con esto tambien viene de la mano con una muy buen desarrollo de personajes Cada personajes es muy distinto a la tipica construccion de coprotagonista y compañeras que se ve usualmente en el anime eso me gusta mucho. La personalidad del protagonista me encanta como con el tiempo va adapatando su vision de las cosas me gusta mucho. Lo recomiendo un monto si te gustan los isekais.
WaifuMaster17
It's been a while since i wrote review of my favorite anime series. Now,i wanna talk about isekai anime that blew my mind in so many levels in terms of storytelling and characterization: Sekai Saikou no Ansatsusha, Isekai Kizoku ni Tensei suru,also known as The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat. I seen lots of isekai anime and i been reading few isekai light novels and many of them share same kind of story or same kind of characters with same motivations,but there are very few unique isekai that have protagonists with strong backstory or story that you don't see inyour typical basic isekai. This anime is one of them. Why is that? Let me explain why i think of World's Finest Assassin as an good anime adaptation and why i think it's unique.
Let me get on main topics,story and characters.
Story of World's Finest Assassin looks simple on surface,but the more you watch it,you realize that this isn't your typical isekai story. Most of isekai have stories where characters need to defeat Demon Lord or something like that to save the world,end some wars so they could return back to their world or characters where they want to do something they are passionate about,but they have to go through big struggles and pay price to,for example,read a real book,but there are too many obstacles through that (Ascendance of a Bookworm) or want to enjoy their lives to fullest in peace and protect people and family they care about and do anything for them,no matter what price they must pay (TenSura) and there are power fantasy stories made for escapism,where protagonists don't have motivations and they are overpowered for fanservice and lack strong features and characteristics or only one of these things. (In Another World with my Smartphone,Death March to Parallel World Rhapsody,The 8th Son,Master of Ragnarok,Isekai Cheat Magician and Conception) and there are isekai where protagonists had tragic life,lost what they cared about,gone through serious depression and abuse until their time has came then they reincarnated in another world to start from zero,to have happy new life without same pain and struggles they had in previous lives,but there are also times when things don't go by their favor in another world (By the Grace of the Gods and Jobless Reincarnation) and isekai where protagonist is reincarnated into world of game,book or any media as villain and wants to do whatever they can to reverse their fate. (HameFura)
Story of Assassin is about assassin,who is claimed as world's finest assassin,who is reincarnated in another world after being betrayed by organization who raised him to be emotionless killing machine by goddess with one purpose: to kill a hero who will go insane after killing Demon Lord. This is probably the only isekai story i know where protagonist is tasked with killing someone before reincarnation. I seen lots of isekai and none of them had a story where god reincarnates someone to kill a hero. This may seem basic to anime elitists who prefer something that stands out,but for me,it's completely stands out. Assassin,now named Lugh Tuatha De,is reincarnated as baby in family of aristocrats,which may seem to make protagonist little bit overpowered,but aristocratic family weren't only family of asssassins,but barons,one of lowest noble ranks of aristocracy,which means that Lugh wasn't born in some super overpowered family,which is good and would make him balanced. Ever since the his birth,story focuses on Lugh training,growing up and training to get strong enough to kill a Hero,meeting new people that became important to story and meeting girls who would eventually become part of his harem. Then,there are episodes where focus more on introduction of this anime,characters,character developments and shows us a lot of lore to be amused and intrigued by. I would go as far to say that World's Finest Assassin got one of the best isekai stories so far,and one of unique ones as well. I could go on,but i want to make this review spoiler free to make sure that my review gets more attention and to get anime fans into watching this anime.
Now for the characters. Let me start with Lugh first. Most of transported or reincarnated protagonists are either NEET,typical high school students,salarymen,office workers,dudes with random jobs,middle aged men,et cetera. This is only isekai i know where protagonist is an assassin,and old man to boot.
He was born and raised into organization of assassins,where he trained to be assassin,to kill flawlessly,to be killing machine. He never had any emotions or expressed them. He never showed any regret,compassion or any these kind of emotions when he was killing people. He never learned to love or any emotions because to assassin,emotions get in the way and makes asssassin's skills rusty. That's what he thought until he was betrayed by organization. Upon his death,he felt an emotion for first time: frustration. After being reborn as Lugh Tuatha De,he vowed to live his life not as the tool like he was in previous life,but as human being who can express any emotion,to live with his own choices and decisions.
As i expected from author of Redo of Healer. Lugh is not a joke. His personality is really good. I would go as far to say that he got more personality than every personality of generic power fantasy isekai protagonist combined. This anime contains harem,but in most of isekai which have harem,protagonists are often spineless,dense and don't have guts to do a hard thing when girl asks him nicely to sleep with her (in normal or sexual way) or when girl says that they wanna marry him. Lugh is Chad when it's comes to women and anything that most of isekai protagonists don't have guts for. Where else can you find this kind of isekai protagonist? As for his power level,well,it's not on same level as power level of battle shounen protagonists.
Some think that Lugh is Gary Stu because of assassination knowledge he had from previous life and knowledge he learned in new life,but that's completely wrong. For me,Gary Stu is word you use for stupidly overpowered self insert protagonist who got no special motivation,no genuine backstory,got generic character design,generic and bland personality,always overpowers his opponents without paying any price,without any struggle and without breaking a sweats. Touya Mochizuki from In Another World With My Smartphone is perfect example,god of Gary Stus. I highly recommend to everyone reading this review to go read light novels or watch anime adaptation to see why is Touya Mochizuki a definition of Gary Stu and self insert.
To me,knowledge doesn't make a Gary Stu. To me,what makes Gary Stu is unbalanced brute strength.immeasurable magic power and bland personality. Take a look at Senku from Dr.Stone,who uses his knowledge to restore humanity and to build many things that do not exist in stone world. Is he Gary Stu because he is super smart? No. Can be world's greatest scientific minds such as Stephen Hawking,Albert Einstein,Nikola Tesla,Isaac Newton,Marie Curie called Gary/Mary Stus? No.
Unlike Touya,Lugh struggled with several opponents in light novels and paid price for using overpowered abilities and suffered a injuries from using them or fighting opponents that only Hero can defeat. He wasn't overpowered from very beginning,he worked hard to develop abilities that goddess gave him,to develop new spells for assassinations and trained hard to develop his body so he could withstand attacks that would be fatal to normal human beings.
He doesn't cheat out everything like Touya does with his smartphone and overpowered abilities that World God gave him. Also,Gary Stu characters can defeat opponents alone. There are many times in light novels and this anime where Lugh couldn't do anything without his lovers or Hero. Also,unlike Touya,Lugh have personality and guts to do hard thing when it's comes to women. In conclusion,Lugh is balanced powerful character with enjoyable personality that assassin characters needs to have.
Now let's talk about main characters. Most of isekai characters that are part of protagonist's harem barely have a genuine backstories or good reasons to fall in love with protagonist. Some fall in love just because protagonist is ''nice'' to them. Dia,Tarte and Maha are one of most well written female isekai harem characters,they have a good backstories and good reasons to fall in love with Lugh. I'd like to talk about them,but i can't give you spoilers,it's best that you watch this anime or read light novels to see for yourselves.
As for the supporting characters,some are well made,some are hilarious,some are not worth talking about in my review. Lugh's mother,Esri,she is great comedic relief character. Every moment with her is so freaking hilarious that i can barely stop laughing. Lugh's father,Cian,he is pretty cool. He is teaching Lugh everything about Tuatha De style of assassination and to not assassinate as tool,but as human being. He have helped Lugh to grow up not only as human,but to grow strong as assassin. Maha's friends are pretty cute,that's all i can say about them and supporting characters
Now about antagonists.
Goddess that revived veteran assassin as Lugh Tuatha De,who told him to kill the Hero,she is very mysterious character and her motivations seem malicious rather than noble. I don't know whether is she real goddess or puppet made by bigger entity,but we will find out soon as more volumes get English release. In very few isekai novels/anime,gods are evil beings who treat everything they create as board game pieces.
There are certain antagonists i wanna mention,but they are related to Maha's backstory and final episode,so,again,no spoilers.
Is World's Finest Assassin good anime adaptation?
I been reading light novels since anime started airing because i was too impatient to wait for new episodes,so my answer is: YES.
This is one of the only isekai anime adaptations i know that do not skip any important dialogues or character developments. Most of isekai anime made to promote light novels they are based on or by request of light novel fans take 3-4 volumes,make 12 episodes of them and skip a lot of good dialogue and character developments because of limitations of anime adaptations. On what volume is World's Finest Assassin based on. One. Just. First. Volume. And they did it a justice. I can't think off any anime that is based on only first volume.
They did a great job,despite being based on only first volume.
Now for animation and art. Not gonna lie,they nailed it. Characters look great,some of items are well drawn,designs are top notch and animation is very good. It's not outstanding like ufotable's animations,but still very good in many ways possible. If i were to say what i didn't like about animation in this anime,there's only one thing,but not a big deal. Sadly,it's spoiler,so i am not able to talk.
Music is great as well. Opening song is total fire. It's fits main characters and story perfectly in every way and visuals are god tier in opening. This song is so outstanding that it's replaced one of my top 10 anime opening songs of all times. Ending song is pretty good,i liked the visuals,melody,but i skipped it most of times because it's wasn't outstand like opening song.
Voice acting in this anime is great as well. There aren't many familiar names among cast of Japanese voice actors,but some of them voiced memorable anime/video game characters.
Dia is voiced by Reina Ueda,who voiced Ganyu from gacha game called Genshin Impact. Goddess is voiced by Yukari Tamura,who is well known for role of Rika from Higurashi When They Cry,Qiqi from Genshin Impact,Jibril from No Game no Life and Suzuha Amane from Steins; Gate. There's much to talk about voice actors,but i need to get to the points about important aspects of anime and World's Finest Assassin.
This anime is really fun to watch as long you don't have high expectations. Lugh never ceased to surprise me with his personality,faces he made and how much of a Chad he is. Esri really made me laugh when she is such a doting mother to Lugh,lol! Oh,there are many funny moments with Lugh's harem as well,he he heh. There are many comedic reliefs that makes me enjoy anime even more and more badass,cool stuff that gets me hyped. I always enjoyed every second of every episode.
And that's covers it. Now let me share my final thoughts.
In my opinion,World's Finest Assassin is not a masterpiece,but it's great anime in general and adaptation is good. After liking it more,reading light novels,i got charmed by it's unique style like no other isekai novel or anime did this to me. Some may disagree with me,but i think of World's Finest Assassin as deconstruction of isekai genre. Many isekai fans debate which isekai is so unique that it's deconstruction of isekai genre,and most of them say it's anime called ''Ima,Soko ni Iru Boku'',but that anime was made in 1999,which was way before isekai craze because isekai genre was blooming early and mid-2010's,so it's can't be counted as deconstruction. Why i think of World's Finest Assassin as deconstruction of isekai?
Well,because plot is not what you find in your casual isekai,protagonist was old man and assassin in previous life and was given task that no other protagonists were given,which is usally to save the world,his motivations are look special,main female characters in most of harem or isekai harem barely have strong character,also have no luck with protagonists who are spineless or dense and villains in Assassin are mysterious,but in unique way. Also,World's Finest Assassin is written by Rui Tsukiyo,author of Redo Of Healer. When he was writing Redo of Healer,he came up with most ridiculous ways for revenge plot and to make best and coldest type of dish called the revenge. It's same with Assassin,Rui turned isekai tropes upside down and created mind blowing plot with mind blowing characters. That's why i think of World's Finest Assassin as deconstruction of isekai genre. It's a great series that i found read or watch anytime if i am tired of basic isekai with basic stuff.
Some may not agree with what i said in review,but MyAnimeList doesn't have option to use video clips of anime as evidence so i could prove my points. Some of things i said were my personal opinions,but most of them are facts. Please give a this anime or light novels a try,you won't regret it as long you don't set your expectations too high. Have fun!
tsumugi_shirogan
You definitely wouldn't be able to tell that this is from the writer of that awful rapeplay crapshoot that is Redo of Healer. Because this... this is damned near brilliant. Indeed, if I had to hazard a guess, I would say Redo of Healer was written solely for the purpose to get the writer some money so he could focus solely on this - because, frankly, Assassin Isekai looks and smells like a project of love. I think this was what he actually wanted to be working on, and just had to get a foundation to do it. And, frankly - you can tell. Because AssassinIsekai is blooming marvellous. Story? Intriguing. Art? Amazing. Sound? It has kinetic bombardment, for pete's sake, and the intro is amazing. Character-wise, it could use some work - the highlight of the characters being Lugh's dad, Kira Yoshikage - and the whole harem thing developing is a bit cliche for my taste (not that I'm complaining, it's a hell of a step up from Redo). Indeed, for once I can forgive a dumb incest, cousin-loving plotline - after all, Lugh is an aristocrat; if the Habsburgs are anything to go by, aristocrats kinda always go for the Alabama aesthetic.
If anything, my largest complaint is that this wasn't a two-cour show. 12 episodes doesn't do it justice, and what few episodes there are leave me begging for more. It's not a masterpiece by any account, but it's darned brilliant either way - and, honestly? Seeing something that is clearly a work of love, a piece from the heart, gives me some small glimmer of hope for anime of the future.
Motovsky
The Worlds Finest Assassin is a great story. I enjoy how so much effort was made to put a good backstory for the characters. As someone who enjoys development so much in any anime rather than battles all the time, i found this anime amazing. Lugh, who was raised as a tool found his way to being a human. He didn't just obey orders, he tought about them and decided if he was gonna do the mission or not. Altough he manipulated the girls so they would be loyal to him it raises the question, "Was the girls loyalty towards him purely due to himmanipulating them or was it the result of his action of providing for them?" As the one who appeared before them in their most desperate times, even if he himlsef said, i just want to use you as tools to fulfil my assassinations they wouldn't bat an eye, because despite having his own agenda, he saved them, gave them a home and a new lease in life. Even though Lugh said he brainwashed the girls to be always loyal to him, as i said, it sounds almost like a joke, because it was unecessary from the begining as the girls didn't have any reason to betray or abandon him.
I like the pace of the anime, the opening, the side characters, which have their back stories and their values and are valuable assets to the MC and are not just beautiful faces for the horny ones watching. They are figthers and i enjoy this very much. I always hate when women are treated like food for the mc. and i am glad they are helpful to him besides being beautiful.
XanWasting
This show is an isekai, with most of the accompanying staples. Earthling dies, and some bellydancer-looking goddess gives him another chance. He receives an impossible mission, this time with nigh-impossible time limit. He receives a lot of OP perks from omnipotent Sluttess, so that fulfilling that mission isn't impossible. Experiences from Earth, that has much higher level of civilisation, give him a keen edge with managing in alien environment. He makes lots of $$$ selling stuff invented on earth (here MC is selling chocolate, for example. It isn't explained where did he get cocoa from, since it also seems to be unknown to that world). There are a few tasteful deviationsso it isn't too forgettable in the sea of isekais, too.
He doesn't start as some NEET, or game addict, or just Kid A, that dies and gets to develop his quirky Good Guy character in another world, but highly succesfull, but retiring due to old age hitman, so it really feels like isekai, and removing his history on earth would hurt this anime quite a bit (unlike most other isekai shows).
As a consequence, his knowledge in various subjects actually make sense.
This isn't a harem anime (at least in this season), and this MC knows how to say he doesn't want to dick the girl talking to him. If you, like me, always feel frustrated at romance not progressing because MC is some adolescent fidgety twat that thinks with his dick, but his balls are too small to put those thoughs into action, you'll enjoy this.
Still, there's no changing the fact that it's pretty much the standard, if nice to watch, isekai.
TL;DR
YOU WANT TO STUFF YOUR FAT FACE WITH SOME ISEKAI THIS SEASON, WE HAVE YOUR GREASY FRIGGIN BUCKET OF ISEKAI RIGHT HERE.
Just delicious fast-food anime.
DemonKingRavan
***SPOILER FREE*** Allow me to state at the beginning that I am currently going through a Isekai, power-fantasy phase. And as such, stories like "Sekai Saikou no Ansatsusha, Isekai Kizoku ni Tensei suru" cater to a craving which defies rational and objective thought. So, if you're looking for a show that brings something that hasn't been done before: Do not read this review. Do not watch this show. However, if you are someone who (like me) is spoilt for choice when it comes to selecting which shows to binge-watch and after an exhaustive hunt, decide that what you're looking for is something that's comforting, enjoyable, not verycerebral and a dead cert in delivering a viewing experience that leaves you feeling warm n cozy, then:
Read this review. Watch this show.
I know I said at the beginning that the show doesn't bring something that hasn't been done before, but it would be remiss of me if I didn't mention that the basic premise of the show viz-a-viz the eponymous Assassin, and his function/task is quite unique & off the beaten path. In fact, of all the characters in the show, the Assassin is the only one worth any kind of development and interest. The rest are quite generic and the harem elements tend to get a bit annoying. Be that as it may, the show is a breeze to watch and I'm certain that those of us who enjoy power-fantasies cannot wait for Season-2.
P.S. If you can, do read the Light-Novels.
Dawnlit
***Mostly No Spoiler Review*** Sekai Saikou no Ansatsusha, Isekai Kizoku ni Tensei suru Creepy, And Not in a Good Way This anime suffers from a crisis of identity almost to the point ofsplit personality. It wants to be too many things, but none of them work well with each other. It tries to be slice of life, lighthearted comedy, harem, psychological, dark, power fantasy, action, political, proper fantasy, romance drama and more, but the entire thing is like a jigsaw-puzzle completed by forcefully hammering together disparate pieces from several different puzzles. It has too many themes, but does not commit to or fully explore any of them. The result is a shallow-feeling anime that gives you constant tonal whiplash, like when most of an episode is spent on vacuous slice of life, then suddenly, bam! A couple of ridiculously scantily clad girls torturing a man for some reason.
Speaking of. The girls. I don't know about you, but me, I don't think it's ok to sexually objectify children just because you made the in of itself questionable choice of depicting them as having like a third of their body weight consist of tits. And also, just over and over stating that the age at which one is considered adult is lower in that world does not, in fact, make it any more ok. We judge things based on our own values, not those of others. There are several other issues of similar nature that I do not feel like talking about, but they all add to the constant sense of unsettling creepiness. Over all, this anime's approach to sexuality just feels gross, like it was written by one of those disgusting people calling themselves "pickup artists".
Then there is the magic system. It is very poorly conceived. For some reason, saying some words backwards makes magic happen. Annoying, and dare I say it, lazy. Now, it seems magic can do pretty much anything, so what do you think they choose to use this magic for? Making guns. Yup. They crammed a magic system into this bloated mass of themes, only to use it to make guns. Not even cool magitech guns or anything, just normal guns that they can make out of thin air. But that's not the worst part. There is also the skill system, that they added just to tick the "game-like" box, but even though this system has apparently been giving special abilities to people seemingly always, no one seems to know about it. It was used only as a way for the protagonist to be op, to tick the power fantasy box, and to point out just how powerful this hero the protagonist is supposed to kill is. After that, after the first two episodes, it is completely irrelevant.
Speaking of the hero, well... At this point you may ask why I bothered to watch the whole thing, as I quite clearly dislike it. I like subversion of expectations, is why. I know it's not anything original, but still, I wanted to see what they were going to do with the ostensibly central theme. The supposed core premise. Little did I know that the hero, after the second episode, would not be introduced, relevant or even mentioned in more than passing until the very last episode, where they were unceremoniously crammed in at the very end as nothing but a hook for a second season. Seriously, it's like no one in the world, until after the end credits of the final episode, knows that the hero, or the demon lord they are supposed to fight, even exists. Relying on a second season in order to have any time at all for your advertised central theme is not a good thing. The wait was not even slightly worth it.
The characters have no depth at all. The girls are all dull and pointless, the goddess acts "quirky", or perhaps just inappropriate, and the protagonist's parents are two flavors of creepy. The protagonist himself acts like a machine, like a robot trying to infiltrate human society, which one could perhaps argue is appropriate for the story, but interesting or engaging it is not.
The art is technically well enough made, but the art direction is questionable at best.
The music never quite manages to hit that middle ground between too little and too much. Either it is too little and adds nothing to the scene, or it's too much and takes away any tension the scene might have built.
Over all, watching this anime made me feel unclean and dissatisfied. I do not recommend it.
