Saikyou no Ousama, Nidome no Jinsei wa Nani wo Suru?
Duração: 22 min per ep
Gênero: Fantasy
Estudio: Studio A-CAT
Sinopse:
The story follows the strongest king in history, Grey. Although he possesses unparalleled power, wealth, and fame, there is no one who stands by his side…and he trusts no one. One day, Grey suddenly meets his death and is reincarnated as a powerless infant named Arthur in a world of magic. Surrounded by a loving family and companions, Arthur starts to experience joys in this new life that he never knew in his previous one. However, during a journey, his family is attacked by bandits...
Thus begins his second life, filled with love and adventure!
(Source: Official site)
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Hypokrites
The Beginning After the End was one of the most highly anticipated light novel adaptations to come out from outside Japan. Written by Brandon Lee, known by his alias as TurtleMe, this story takes a more careful and genuine approach to Isekai—a genre not typically praised for its strong writing or compelling characters. Boasting one of fantasy’s richest worldbuilding, a meticulously detailed magic system, compelling character-writing, and immersive storytelling, any adaptation—be it manhwa or anime—had some pretty big shoes to fill. After a long wait, the ten-year light novel finally received the anime adaptation the fans have long been waiting for, yet they were nothappy.
Given how loved and praised the original light novel and manhwa adaptation was, it begs the question: why did one of Isekai’s most well-loved stories receive such poor treatment in its anime adaptation? The backlash grew so loud that the author had to make a statement acknowledging their complaints. And while he didn’t explicitly address his grievances, his disappointment in the adaptation was unmistakably evident.
Quick disclaimer: Despite being a fan of the original light novel myself, this review won’t be a comparison between the adaptation and its source material. The majority of the disappointment The Beginning After the End inspires is mostly due to Studio A-Cat failing to translate the light novel’s writing quality into an anime form, and while these grievances are valid, criticism grounded in comparison fails to provide a fair evaluation of the anime in and of itself. But what remains true with the majority of its criticism is the lack of care, effort, and ambition in adapting this work. While the anime does have its strengths, every good thing you can say will evidently be followed by a “but.”
An episode in, a rushed nature of introduction became painfully clear—overloaded with exposition and character setups squeezed into a brief 20-minute runtime that extends throughout the whole series. Instead of taking the time to introduce the characters, magic system, and world coherently, each episode resembled that of a disjointed slideshow. Its fragmented vignettes gave the impression of a disorganized production, each scene feeling like it’s completely separate from the other despite following the correct timeline.
The Beginning After the End’s world shows an underlying complex magic system. However, the complexity is ultimately dumbed down by a poor introduction, where the concepts of augmenters and conjurers are undermined by weak lectures and visual aids that rival primary school presentations.
The animation and voice acting fall significantly short, even when compared to lower-budget Isekai adaptations. Studio A-Cat’s execution lacks the emotional nuance necessary to convey character traits—Alice’s vulnerability, Reynold’s immaturity yet caring warmth, Sylvia’s selfish yet motherly nature, and Arthur’s curiosity and growth are all diminished. Rather than capturing the awe and vulnerability of someone discovering magic and family for the first time, the production portrays an overly detached tone that undermines the story’s emotional core. While Arthur’s guarded demeanor from his past life justifies some of the restraint, it should have never stripped away his humanity or youthful curiosity.
Still, credit must be given where it’s due. The Beginning After the End’s biggest strength is a rare gem we can find in its protagonist. I praise the series for the way it depicts the characters as individually flawed but provides room and appropriate progression for growth and redemption. Among these characters is Arthur—previously King Grey—whose character writing stands out the most.
Most reincarnation stories follow an overused blueprint: a shut-in NEET or burned-out salaryman dies, is reincarnated or transported, and suddenly becomes an overpowered genius—no questions asked. They rush emotional and intellectual growth, often redeeming flaws and absolving terrible past behavior for the sake of an empty power fantasy. Only a few titles distinguish themselves to be a cut above the rest—to name a few: Log Horizon, keeping its protagonist grounded in strategy as that’s his biggest strength; The Eminence in Shadow, which embraced the protagonist’s strength pre-reincarnation; Re:Zero, that maintains Subaru’s physical weakness while emphasizing emotional resilience; and Mushoku Tensei, which—albeit has its issues—expertly portrays how someone can grow past their trauma.
The Beginning After the End takes a similar approach in its storytelling to that of The Eminence in Shadow, where the protagonist isn’t strong because of reincarnation. Arthur is strong because he was King Grey—someone whose title was earned through brutal one-on-one duels, and social training appropriate for someone assuming the gravitas of a king.
What sets Arthur apart is that his strengths and other seemingly perfect traits don't just carry over. Much like a foreign exchange student translating what he already knows to a new language, Arthur had to translate his knowledge and experience into a new context: an entirely new and immature body, a different magic system, new styles of combat, unfamiliar political structures, and a society he had to integrate into from the ground up. This makes his progression not only believable, but earned.
His magical proficiency isn’t some divine gift of reincarnation, either. His past world had a system akin to mana called “Ki.” It’s similar in principle to augmentation specifically in this new world. This background provides a believable foundation for his competency as an augmenter. Similarly, the mismatch between his combat knowledge and his immature body is a small yet crucial detail to establish a sense of realism to his development. Unfortunately, my praises end here.
As the adaptation currently stands, there is no indication the anime would distinguish itself as anything more than your typical Isekai. Despite having all the ingredients to prepare a thought-provoking and well-written story, the adaptation comes across less like a passion project and more like a marketing investment—a promotional piece to direct new fans to the more delicately crafted manga and light novel. And in all honesty, that is a direction that I wholly encourage everyone to go to—whether you enjoyed the anime or not.
specificcarrot
As an anime only viewer, I can empathize with those who loved the manhwa and felt this was a poor adaptation. Still, I don't understand how this show is hated on so much. As an anime, the story is great, the fights are fun, and I am enjoying watching it. Why do we compare everything to the greatest animated pieces and say if its not produced like them then it's junk? I figure the only reason this anime is rated so low is because people expect solo leveling animation nowadays from their favorite manhwas. That isn't to say I wished stories like these get thesame detail and attention as do shows like jobless.
Anyways for anime only watchers I recommend it. It's a fun isekai with an interesting story. And now I'm gonna dive into the manhwa to have some more fun before cour 2. I'd say this anime is better than any of the shows that are a fun watch rated around 6.5 in the same genre by a solid margin, specifically due to the plot itself. Potential to be an amazing anime if the production improves. Though I doubt it will improve too much for "season 2".
I will come back to edit this review after I've read the manhwa to give me 2 cents on the difference.
Mega_Mega
If I were to use one word to describe this anime, it would be "bland." While many have rightfully complained about its subpar animation, The Beginning After the End (TBAtE)'s biggest issues lie in its storytelling. This series' story somehow manages the feat of spanning large stretches of time while also feeling like nothing has happened. This likely stems from how disconnected the events depicted actually are. Rather than having one event be directly caused by previous events, like in a good story, TBAtE instead sets up a series of loosely-related contrivances to get the protagonist from point A to point B. Another contributor to TBAtE'sblandness is its lack of any real stakes or consequences. Arthur, the protagonist, always has someone bail him out of whatever dangerous situation he might find himself in, making any kind of attempted set up and payoff land with a dull thud. This gets worse as the series goes on, with one of its only moments of real tension and conflict being solved off screen.
Despite these flaws, TBAtE is far from terrible. The OP song is really good, and it has a lot of interesting ideas (even if it doesn't do much with those ideas). I wouldn't be surprised if many of the previously mentioned issues are due to a poor adaptation more than anything.
A good story is more than just a list of characters and events. Unfortunately, The Beginning After the End seems to have missed the memo.
laeval
Is the animation trash? Yes. Is the animation the reason for the show being trash? No. It's a childish formulaic isekai with your typical character tropes and minimal deviation: we have seen this plot with these characters before a thousand times. This one is the same formula badly executed, and not even fun-bad, just bad-bad. Bonus rant: People are saying that the source material is so much better, so I read the webtoon after watching this. The people were lying. It doesn't add anything substantial to any of the trash aspects of the show. The plot, the story, the characters, they're all the same. The only thing going for it isthat ironically it has more frames than the anime.
It also doesn't help that the longer you read, the less original it becomes, so even if they make an S2 with better animation, the story it will cover will be even more mind-numbingly boring and clichéd than the first season. Prepare for magical high school shenanigans for the millionth time... Apparently the place where creativity goes to die is the High School Arc™
The whole thing feels like the authors have only read/watched OP MC isekai battle shounen in their whole lives and thought that if they just wrote the same thing everyone else did, somehow theirs will be better. What actually happened is that they stuck together the seasonal garbage isekai of the last 10 years, left it on a shore for the ocean to sand off anything that could be considered unique, and presented the resulting unit-circle of isekai to the world as a grand discovery.
mydorys
I had the same issues with the Anime that I had with the Light Novel. The idea is great, but instead of developing a good plot, the story gets stuck with tedious "romance". I mean, he is * years old in episode 8, and both of them are fixating and acting like they are in love. BS Pedophilia basically because he is an adult mentally, even if he is in a kid's body, so rather than treating the spilled annoying elf character like an equal, he should be treating it like a child. This seems to be an ongoing issue with isekai adventure stories. Anyway,not for me.
Sjama
A fire intro song, decent artstyle & voicing, good story, but very lacking animation. This anime fell victim to a case of "butthurt syndrome." Webcomic fans were expecting a 9/10 masterpiece and, when delivered a perfectly decent 7/10 adaptation, they bombed the ratings out of sheer disappointment and spite. Rating something poorly just because it isn’t exactly what you imagined is ridiculous—what matters is whether the anime is enjoyable on its own merits, not how closely it hugs the source material. Yes, the animation is subpar for 2025 standards, but calling it "terrible" is just dishonest. The current rating is just over 6/10 (less than 6 before),however most other shows between 6 and 6.5 feature similar or worse visuals, generic stories, and uninspired art styles. That alone shows this anime deserves more.
As for the story, it offers a refreshing twist on the Isekai genre: a powerful king from a dystopian near-future sci-fi world dies and reincarnates into a medieval fantasy world. The "fiction to fantasy" setup is creative and the story execution is solid, with no glaring plot holes. The protagonist’s inner monologue does a great job of explaining key points—like why he’s not instantly overpowered in a child’s body—for anyone too dense to figure it out themselves.
Where the show does falter is in its underwhelming animation (especially during action scenes) and its sometimes flat portrayal of emotional expressions. These are the main aspects that drag it down from what could’ve been a 9/10 to a 7.
PanzerIV-J
Is the story outright bad? No... it tends to be really decent. Animation? Atrociously bad. Pacing? Meh. Would I recommend it? Depends entirely on your tastes, and what you care about in an anime. But generally I... would... or.. might? That pretty much sums up TBATE in the most generalized terms. Would I tell someone to watch it? Well... maybe if they are bored and care more about story then visuals, and/or if they are an anime only watcher and don't read LNs, Manga, or Manhwa. That said, I can easily name 10 or 15 animes I would recommend over this one no hesitation. That said, is it asbad as what some people are pushing this to be? Not at all, and at that point I would say its grossly underrated given what people have scored it. I, generally speaking, found enjoyment out of a good majority of the episodes, and the last two episodes were easily the best of them all. I do see potential in this series, though I would prefer a different studio to make this anime's second season, I wouldn't count on it.
(To note: I am pretty much an anime only watcher, I judged series by the anime and not off of the manhwa)
Now I will be more elaborate:
The Good-
Story:
I can tell that the story this is based upon is at least good, nothing here can be guaranteed to be showing off bad storytelling, since most of the time here I think it's obvious something was not adapted quite well enough and there is a simple answer somewhere, or the anime did not have enough time to truly bring out the heart of the story.
Characters:
Ironically I found the characters quite fun... albeit quite cliché, but not in any way bad. They all feel like they have a place, though I feel like the conversations generally feel bland and uninspired.
Final Two Episodes:
By far these are the best two episodes, and lets say you already read the manhwa, and just wanted to find a way into the anime, then I would recommend just watching the last two episodes, they are by far the best produced anime episodes. This anime leaves at a high point, I would generally be hopeful on the second season, though I would hope for the studio to be changed.
The Bad-
Animation:
Do I even have to say this....
Episodes 5-7 are somewhat boring and weak:
These episodes are very slow, and their writing and production in these are by far the worst out of the anime. Does it ruin the whole watch? Not for me, but these will slow down people less patient than me to go and finish it.
All in all, I don't believe that this anime is bad, its just somewhat misunderstood and doesn't have great visuals.
7/10
Hope this helps you choose whether or not you will watch TBATE.
KANLen09
The Beginning After the End — more like The Beginning OF the End, and the countless memes this has spawned into a massive shitshow since its debut. "My disappointment is immeasurable, and my day is ruined." Of all the things to say about a potential in the making, TheReportOfTheWeek's meme still stands as one quote that never faded away from obscurity, largely because the world has gone to such an extent of "always over-promising and under-delivering" everything that's great and tearing it down like nobody's business, contributing to a well of hatred. And that show happens to be a work that's very beloved and not madein Japan: South Korean-American author Brandon Lee a.k.a TurtleMe and illustrator Fuyuki23's The Beginning After the End (commonly referred to as TBATE for the hardcore fans) are getting the short end of the stick with Studio A-CAT's usual under-delivering prowess that the AniManga industry has witnessed many times over that shows produced by the studio are essentially D.O.A. What the hell happened during the transition of the VERY FIRST adaptation of an American comic that saw a beloved American Webtoon turned into a horrifying adaptation then?
For a high fantasy story that beats pretty much in tandem like the much-acclaimed story of novelist Rifujin na Maganote's Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation, I have to say that Brandon Lee sure cooked quite the inspiration that at least, depending on your outlook, either holds or breaks the anime apart. In simple words, King Grey is just like Rudeus Greyrat, only he started off as being this powerful and bloodthirsty king in his mid-30s and tragically had his life beset by an untimely and mysterious death. Thus, reborn as Arthur Leywin, King Grey seeks to correct his past mistakes as the new mythical and fantastical world of Dicathen is at his beck and call. From his growing-up stages, meeting people and entities that he would not have otherwise given two hoots for, I have to say that I truly find Arthur Leywin very interesting and intriguing as a character that's just like Rudeus and not at the same time, as well as more of a mannered kid who tries to not second-guess every move of his to get the best outcomes of a win-win achievement for everyone.
Even the world-building and character development reek of much inspiration from Mushoku Tensei, and I'd argue that it's a good thing for story complexity and what it serves in the long run to explore Dicathen and its 3 kingdoms that are separated by race, along with their eccentric group of people who play host to the former king and his interactions with the rest of the characters. This is especially important because each of the 3 kingdoms is a unique bunch of races that seemingly never cross paths with each other, and Arthur Leywin being the first human to do so speaks volumes about his standing between his human nation of Sapin, the dwarves' underground nation of Darv, and the elves' forest nation of Elenoir, that he's not out for blood but simple reconciliation of trust and bonding to whoever he runs along the way. And for that, the Mushoku Tensei inspiration gets a pass in the story department, as I dig how Brandon Lee finds a way to make his story stand out separately from the juggernaut that is the "Grandfather" of Isekai.
Sadly, even in 2025, the sentiment of negativity is rather large and vocal, and as a voice in the many of absolute dismay that corporate negligence has taken over the already insipid nature of the AniManga industry, this is one of a handful of "tales of precautionary measures" when one seems too eager and excited to have their work be presented on the small screen, only for it to come out quite the disappointment both in viewership and audience opinions (flashbacks to Fall 2017's Imouto Sae Ireba Ii a.k.a A Sister's All You Need with Haruto Fuwa's depiction, anyone remember that?).
For a start, TBATE already had quite the vocal fanbase going for it, if you go around social media and see of its rise to fame that has everyone captivated for what's to come for the series. And Brandon Lee admits that his story "being larger than life" has its challenges, growing from initial criticisms to various strengths along the way, and as a TL;DR kind of PR-phased way to say that The Beginning After the End is a work that now amasses the attention of just about anyone who encounters the series, personal individuals or company corporates otherwise. Yet, rather than blaming TBATE for how Studio A-CAT "chooses" to adapt it to carelessness that leads to the abomination of an amalgamation, many anime "fans" nowadays don't understand that it's a systemic issue that has run in the AniManga industry for about the last decade and 2. Sure, you could argue that Solo Levelling WAS the exception to that rule despite it being a beloved series outside of Japan that STILL had A-1 Pictures and a stellar staff team to adapt and popularize it to the masses, but does anyone remember for a time when Crunchyroll Originals were a thing around the COVID period, adapting Korean manhwas that were pretty much a snoozefest (except for SIU's Tower of God) when all is said and done?
But I digress: going back to TBATE, some will feel to blame Brandon Lee for being naive that the AniManga industry will "offer" him the adaptation that it deserves, not knowing that given how bad Crunchyroll is as an "anime" company with corporate directives so bad and out of touch with the anime community. For that, he kind of admits that he had little to no control whatsoever when it came to the adaptation, and if you HAVE to learn anything about the AniManga industry, it's a cutthroat corporate world where the creatives get very little say, unless it's something the size of Solo Levelling or Sousou no Frieren that the production staff teams were able to have liberties and creative freedom. Sadly, with Studio A-CAT at the helm, this is bound for D.O.A. for any show that the studio gets its hands on, and the majority have called this out, not even when the series hits the "3-episode rule" stride to get massively cancelled outright, and for good reason. And the worst part is, you don't have to look far to see how TBATE got the "7 Deadly (Sins) Frames" animation that just is not good to look at. IMO, I'm okay with how the static imagery looks (as I care about story more than anything), but take one step further for action, and the difference is VERY noticeable. For sure, this is NOT how you want your proud and hard-earned work to stand out in such a discrediting way.
On the music front, Keiji Inai's composition isn't as bad as I thought, but given the list of works he's been attached to for the last decade or so, you'll find that it's pretty much hit and miss. I feel that this could be amped more, and for good reason at that. Otherwise, Canadian music artist KALA's OP is redeemable at best for his first Anisong debut, as is seiza's ED too, though like the anime, the ED visuals are just as horrendous as the main series itself.
The TL;DR is this: no one creator would hate to see his/her work getting butchered by people who understand what goes into anime production and then proceed to ruin the fame and reputation birthed from it, and Brandon Lee a.k.a TurtleMe certainly is not privy to countless other anime that have gone before and been given the less-than-stellar treatment.
For sure, this is one of the biggest "fall from grace" stories that have plagued the AniManga industry, and it certainly wouldn't be the last. So get ready for Season 2 when it comes out next Spring, and be prepared to be met with disappointment once again that the petition to re-do the anime is as unheard from the corporate bigwigs as is much of a business that seeks to disregard and trash the community built from this instance.
I have a deep appreciation for The Beginning After the End and TurtleMe/Brandon Lee, but the anime is a clear misfire more than anything.
THESAKAI
TRASH DONT WATCH TurtleMe WTF WERE U THINKING? STUDIO A-CAT? TRASH STUDIO WITH CHEAP ANIMATIONS? Honestly people say that the author might have been tricked/deceived but in my opinion he should have look more carefully at which studio he wanted because clearly he didn't because Studio A-Cat shouldn't have even been an option for this show. It doesn't take much effort to see that Studio A-Cat has cheap animations that look like shit. IT WAS TRASH. DONT EVEN BOTHER MAKING A REMAKE OF IT. ITS RUINED. TurtleMe - hiatus to hiatus to trash anime....... what are u doing? Bring the artist fuyuki back. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Also u guys that recommend this shit and thoughtthis shit was good are the fucking problem. Literal GARBAGE powerpoint slide.
Literal example of an isekai trash watcher.
Doesn't care for animation, story, plot, characters.
Bottom Line, if you like isekai trash you can watch this.
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Conclusion
I would not care if the animation was just decent but anyone that says the show had decent animation are just blind because if you go back and watch the last episode and look at how they were swinging their swords when Arthur was taking his test it looks fking terrible. As far as the story goes they skip and change multiple things that happened in the novel/manhwa that didn't make any sense to change because this is suppose to be an adaptation and not an original take on the series.
Stratosfe
Final vote 4: At the plot I would give an 8 because I found it interesting, the problem is everything else: I would give a 3 to the animations because they are horrendous (I regret those of Ex-Arm), to the graphics a 6 because it is acceptable and to the dialogues I would give a 5 because many are flat and without spirit. A disappointment that worsens at each episode, arrive at the end and you understand that it has not left you anything. They have already announced the second season but I hope in a remake of the first with a different animation study!
gwaihir75
It is great isekai anime but let me first address massive review-bombing first. We can divide them into two groups, occasionally overlapping. 1) Unholy Templars of True Copy. Unless something is 1:1 image of the source, it needs to be exorcised! Annihilated. Review-bombed! This anime shows perhaps 1/3 of the source material. Would it be better if a better studio could afford 25 episodes instead of 12? Probably. But with you youngsters having like 10 seconds attention span, I can understand their reluctance to risk. 2) Beautiful Empty Shells. They keep boks because they have pretty cover and letters. They review their food based on rarity of the plate.Creatures so hollow and dumb that they hate substance and appreciate form only. Your actions and perosnality is irrelevant. Your cloths are what decide your value in their eyes. They know exactly zero about visual arts but will persecute anyone who argues that books and movies are primarily art of storytelling. They are basically Glums, "Ooooohh its shiny!!!",
Yeah, low budget shows as there is less animation than usual. But for hundreds of thousands of years storytellers captivated their audience only with their voice only, sitting by the fire.
So why do I think that the anime is great? Well storytelling, duh, silly. Your usual isekai is japanese bum getting op for no reason. Here though, protagonists dies at the abolute power top. Is reborn and tries to get powerfull again but this journey is about his values and beliefs just as much. Learning to be a human and not just a ruthless sociopath.
Characters! They are mostly multi-dimensional. So rare. Even side characters, like the elven king. He hates humans. Adores his daughter. Fears his own father. And struggles with his feelings towards the protagonist. Are all humans really trash? (Sir, be assured. Most humans really are trash) It is already four times as many characteristics as 95% of other isekai would use.
I love it! Still, I would also love to see it done with twice as many episodes though.
Ritrot
This anime is the perfect definition of "waste of time." There's usually at least one reason to watch an anime, but this one has none. Is it funny? No. Is it entertaining? No. Does it have good technical/artistic features? No. Does it have any new or interesting situations? No. Does it have a good story or characters? Absolutely not. All I can say to anyone who wants to watch it and is reading reviews to get an idea is: Don't do it, think of something else to do with those 3-4 hours... And probably anything you can think of, even the stupidest one, will be much better than wasting your timewith this anime.
Karinkikushi_8
Wow this show is actually really bad, people are saying like this thing is like best thing in world but in fact, it's not. The number one thing that people complained about is the animation. While I agree the animation is bad but it's just your average isekai anime level of animation. But the thing I want to talk about is the story and the direction. The storyline is mid at best. There's nothing that make this anime unique than others, the power system is average and that it. There's really nothing much going on in this show. The one thing that made me soannoyed is how they do the monologue. The voice of the mc and the body he's in is so contrast that it doesn't sounds good to the ear. In summary, this show is mid. NEXT!
YanniktheYordle
How can anyone give this a score above 4? You can give 1 point for the fact that there is at least something close to the word "animation". Rarely and barely there is at least some movement so you can't say it's PowerPoint only. 2 points for the voice acting which is the only thing that anime does well and that's it. Characters and story not existent, the anime could have been shortened to like 8/9/10 episodes and you'd still think it's too long. Not because the aNiMaTiOn is lacking, but because there is no story and character development, nothing is rly happening at all. 2010 CGI alsojoins in here and there, sceneries empty as hell...
As an anime only this one just sucks and it's a perfect example how not enough givin time can work out, at least I hope that's the reason, otherwise the animators are not suited for this industry.
Besides the points to make fun about it or analyze this anime of a mistake about all it's errors, I see no reason to recommend or watch it.
Stark700
With a generous marketing wheel and promotional effort, you'd at least expect a franchise like Beginning After The End to inspire some hope into a market dominated by isekai in today's industry. But no matter how much marketing or word of mouth spreads, Beginning After The End further proves that even popular franchises can fall short to mediocrity. This here, is another abject failure that proves popularity doesn't equate quality. From the moment Studio A-Cat was announced as the studio, high hopes were tossed out the door. Their resume of anime projects in recent years haven't exactly set the bar high. Still, I was slightly optimisticbecause a studio doesn't always determine right away if a show is set up for failure. Yet, I was quickly proven wrong when the OP song played for the first time. WIth a style similar to an animated powerpoint presentation, it really dropped the ball for animation quality and further dashed hope for the fanbase. Watching this show from day one felt like a chore marked by struggles to keep up with the poor writing and characterization.
Arthur Leywin, a reincarnated young man from his former days as King Arthur stars as the main protagonist. It's fitting for its title as after his end, his new life sets a beginning. Armed with the knowledge of his previous life, Arthur chooses to live a peaceful life with a loving family. His change from a ruler to an ordinary person in a fantasy world is an adaptation change he chooses with. That essentially makes the foundation for the first half of the show. We see how Arthur lives his life and cherishing his newfound youth. He shows far more maturity than his age yet still resolves to learn everything he can about the world. Fundamentally, Arthur struggles at times to control his emotions. This turns out to be his character's biggest weakness. Fortunately, he still adapts well with his newfound life especially with his mother and father. Some of the characters he meets also reminds him of his past life, such as Tessia Eralith during his life journey. Furthermore, he also serves as an important mentor figure for the young mage Lilia in later episodes. Arthur become a trustworthy person yet he sometimes doubt himself but makes the best of his new life.
Given the way this season is structured (Season 1), this show falls under short of adaptation standards. It only touches the story on the surface and explores Arthur's young life. Some of the early episodes can feel dragged long enough that overtime, we care less about his development and more about the world around him. The timeskip occurs not long into the season but felt like it was forcefully done to accelerate the storytelling. It almost seems like the show itself knew its own pacing jumping to Arthur's teenage life. With the three year timeskip, we can see that Arthur matured physically and mentally. His magic powers has grown as well although the story still recommends him to attend Xyros Academy, a school known for producing reputable individuals to their world. Arthur himself demonstrates abilities and skills far superior to what people expects. It's no surprise given his gifted talents and previous knowledge of his former world. This is proven and demonstrated when he faces off against the Xyros Academy's Cynthia, who is reowned for her skills. Nonetheless, Arthur's life up that point has been short of imperfections. It seems everything always goes too well yet not much change to Arthur's own personality. In fact, it's easy to say Arthur's personality has never been a strong selling point.
Then again, Arthur pretty much has to carry this show on his back. Characters he meets throughout the series are influenced by him in one way or another. Even Sylvie, a non-human character becomes his valued companion. When you have a show revolved just about him, it quickly loses its texture. To be fair in some ways, this anime did want us to believe in Arthur and follow his life journey. From being reincarnated as a kid and maturing into a teenager, this is the beginning after his end. But it feels lackluster, in the fact that he fundamentally remains the same character, unable to truly evolve. It sets the anime back, both storytelling wise and characterization. And because this is just 12 episodes long, we have to wait and see if and when his character will ever change. This show is already confirmed for season 2 in 2026 so until then, hang on to your pitchforks.
bthmh2
Is this show on the level of jobless reincarnation? No, of course not, don't be stupid. Is this show great? No but it's pretty decent pretty good and better than most Reincarnation shows that average 6.7 or 7.1. This show should probably average a 7.3 maybe 7.5 compared to its competition. Why doesn't it? hard to say. I heard there were a lot of expectations for this show, and it absolutely did not deliver, and perhaps it is being punished for that? I can see its ambition, I can see what it was trying to do, but it didn't quite get there. If youare a big fan of the genre then this could be a good addition or perhaps adequate addition to your shows.
Is this in the top 100 anime no not even close.
Infamous_Empire
The Beginning After the End is a series which has been steeped in controversy since the first previews for it were released. A lot of this discourse stems from either the adaptation being a disappointment relative to its source material or comparisons to fellow fantasy web novel epic Mushoku Tensei, which often make it feel like the anime is rarely being judged on its own merits, just on how it fails to measure up to prebuilt hype and fan expectations. But the thing is, none of that really matters. It doesn’t matter how TBATE compares to its source material or to any other shows, not onlybecause it has little bearing on the experience of anime-onlies, but also because you don’t need to compare TBATE to anything else to know it’s a bad show, it sucks completely on its own merits.
Let’s start with our central character, Arthur Leywin. On a conceptual level, he at least manages to be something more interesting than other Isekai protagonists by virtue of having an actually interesting life before his reincarnation, having been not some generic schlub from the real world, but a warrior king from a sci-fi universe. From this, the show began to develop an emotional core in its initial episodes, showing Arthur as an emotionally stunted person breaking out of his shell thanks to having a warm, loving family and a semblance of a normal life for the first time.
Now, on paper, this sounds all well and good, but in execution it reveals many of the show’s key flaws. Firstly, the show’s dialogue & scripting is bad. Much of the show, but especially the first episode, are dominated by Arthur’s dry internal monologue, and while internal monologue-heavy writing can benefit a story, just look at The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, but that requires a richness of character and personality that TBATE simply lacks. Arthur’s internal monologue is a dull, monotonous drone which both makes for a detached atmosphere that creates too much of a buffer between the characters & the audience and also offers too little genuine insight into Art’s character to justify how much of the script it takes up. It gets less bad after the first episode, but even then it’s utter drivel. Combine that with how obscenely unnatural the exposition dumping is and how similarly monotonous the rest of the dialogue is, and the result is an utterly dry, charmless experience.
This goes hand-in-hand with another major problem the show has: the characters themselves, which are largely as flat and one-note as can be. Arthur himself is arguably the best of them due to his interesting core concept, but past the first episode or so, he devolves into the generically nice, emotionally uncomplicated, utterly static, hypercompetent isekai protagonist with only flashes of what made him interesting in the first place. But compared to the rest of the cast he might as well be a Kunihiko Ikuhara character in terms of depth, because by god is this cast barren and sauceless. Arthur’s parents are vaguely badass & nice to their kid, Tessia is a generic damsel princess only made unique by often serving as comic relief (despite being incredibly unfunny), and the rest of the cast are so devoid of intrigue even compared to them that they might as well not even have names. They exist to orbit around Arthur and nothing else.
And it’s not just the characterization which suffers due to the poor scripting, as the structure & pacing are also quite bad. There’s a dull mechanical clunk to the clip at which the story moves, every episode a fragmented series of vignettes which gets across just the barebones bullet points of what’s necessary to make the episodic plot happen without any real ability to let the concepts or emotions the script is introducing actually breathe. One episode ends on a note implying the next will be soft and emotional, only for said episode to immediately breeze past the poignant emotions set up within the first few minutes just so it can spend the next section of the episode infodumping about the magic system some more. Any intrigue which might emerge from the narrative is crushed under the weight of getting to the next point in the story outline because it’s written not as an immersive tale to truly be engaged with, but as Content^TM to be mindlessly consumed.
And while the scene-by-scene pace & episode structure are too quick for their own good, the wider narrative is a different form of lifeless & mechanical: the utterly sluggish kind. Much of the plot is essentially a game of pinball where Arthur is catapulted to whatever locale or new conflict the author feels like exploring at any given moment without real agency of his own. This would be fine if there were some meaningful character arcs being progressed, themes explored, or if the narrative itself were more interconnected, but the writing lets itself down on all fronts. The story is practically a random events plot where every arc feels equally devoid of meaning, interesting drive, or genuine connection beyond just sharing the main character. It’s a directionless slog which makes most of its 12 episodes feel like an utter waste of time once it’s all said & done.
The only ideas the show truly commits to consistently conveying are that Arthur is meant to be really badass and this is his shameless power fantasy. While early episodes do make some effort to have him struggle, both physically and emotionally, from the halfway point onwards it’s clear that metaphorically sucking his dick is the story’s only concern. Notably, while the show struggles to spend the proper time developing the genuine emotional core it wants you to think it has, it does reserve an entire episode for an asinine storyline where Arthur effortlessly crushes a one-dimensional jerkish noble who started a pointless conflict with him. The kind of thing that’d be called aura farming if the show were actually cool enough to have aura. It really does show where the writers’ priorities lay when push comes to shove, no? Pretty much the only thing missing from the litany of usual masturbatory slop is the obligatory harem of interchangeable waifus lusting after the MC, and I frankly wouldn’t be surprised if the show ended up introducing one later in the series anyway.
And finally, the elephant in the room: this show looks like utter garbage. Calling it a PowerPoint presentation is an insult so common as to feel cliche at this point, but it’s overused because it’s true. Every episode has boatloads of cheap limited animation which particularly stands out to most people because it’s used specifically for the scenes which would actually require some modicum of effort to do. Whether it be something relatively complex & dynamic like a fight scene or something that’d require emotional weight like a major character reuniting with their family, all of them are rendered with nothing but cheap pans over still frames rather than anything actually dynamic or animated.
Though it’s not like the actually animated parts look all that much better. Even at its best, the show’s character animation is stiff and its direction lifeless. The utter blandness of the art style also sticks out, the show’s entire visual identity is wholesale copied from every other piece of JRPG-inspired slop to come out of the anime industry in the last two decades, and the show’s occasional meager attempts at invoking awe are ruined by this to a laughable degree. Like, for example, there’s one episode where Art enters a city that’s supposed to seem amazing based on his reactions and the whimsical music, but when the camera is actually on the environment it’s nothing but a couple static panning shots of a small smattering of people doing nothing while standing in front of the most blandly designed houses you will ever see, at which point all the wonder the series is trying to invoke just completely dries away.
Honestly, the worst thing about the shitty animation is that it isn’t even shitty in an interesting way. At least the Berserk 2016s, Ex-Arms, and Hand Shakers of the world are breaking new ground in their ability to fail and end up becoming comedy disasterpieces as a result. TBATE couldn’t even be bothered to be that level of fun bad, it’s just shitty in the same way every other slop isekai is and making fun of its visuals stops being fun once you’ve exhausted the PowerPoint jokes. Seriously, a high profile failure to this degree not even being ambitious enough to fail in a spectacular manner is the worst sort of failure.
Maybe the source readers are right and there’s a good version of TBATE out there somewhere, whether that be the web novel, the webtoon, or just some idealized vision in the mind of its original author. I don’t know and that ultimately doesn’t matter here, but what I can say with certainty is that their anime adaptation is absolutely not worth your time in any respect. It is devoid of any passion, creativity, and soul to a genuinely insulting degree and I hate myself for spending so much time on it.
Flacion
A big disappointment to a great webcomic, where they butcher the whole thing by their terrible animation. In The Beginning After the End, do we follow Arthur who is king Grey reborn into another world. We start from the day he is reborn and follow him and the people around him as he grows up. It is classic fantasy isekai, but is told with greater detail since we truly follow him as he grows up. This show is extremely affected by the show's quality of adaptation, where it can mostly be seen by the animation quality. The animation in itself is horrible, it is done with verylittle details on both big and small actions, with fights mostly consisting of panel changes and not smooth movements between the characters. Almost all fights are ruined by them going at one frame for each action, thereby they are barely animated. There are only a very few moments in the show where the fights are done with a minimum level of animation.
When looking at the dialogue scenes is it also very disappointing, since often are the characters just staring with their mouths moving, and characters that are not speaking are just still images. This all together just ruins the whole experience of the show, since it is hard to enjoy a show where the animation isn’t even average and the lack of quality takes all your attention.
But if we look at the plot separate from the animation, is the plot quite nice. As we follow Arthur do we see him struggle with different things, his emotions from his previous life, learning a new world, and also him just having to live with being a kid again. This gives a nice plot where we see him interact and learning his new world, while his surroundings also reacts to him, making the plot moving forward.The only issue is in some small things in the adaptation, that could have been done better in regards to future plotlines, but in itself is the plot rather nice and really makes you feel like you are following someone's life.
Character wise is most of the meat very much on Arthur, since he is the one we are following throughout the whole season. Arthur is a great character, because he is not perfect, he has issues and even though he has knowledge and skill, does he still meet challenges. While we mostly focus on him through the show, they are not neglecting the other characters around him, though the difference is that they are being built for the long term of the story. So the side characters do not see big changes this season, but instead are having their foundation laid for the future. This overall shows great characters, but with some of them being a slow burner.
Overall the story and characters are great, but is completely ruined by the animation quality of the show. So I cannot recommend this show, but I will recommend reading the webcomic or the light novels, if you are interested in a fantasy isekai where we follow the main character through his life.
AeroGunz
“The Beginning After the End” is what happens when no imagination meets childish writing. A lot of people seem to really dislike the animation. I’m not that picky. I mostly care about writing so I won’t judge an anime by its animation. That said, I wish I had something good to say about this show. Unfortunately the writing is childish, the protagonist is unlikable and the whole world bends over backwards for him like a cheap whore. So yeah, basically every other isekai in the last 15 years and I have no idea why people were hyped for this. Before we start I would like to explainsomething. I will be talking about “plot” and “story”. Many people use those terms interchangeably. I’m not one of those people, so to make sure everyone is on the same page…
I use the definitions for “plot” and “story” as Lisa Cron describes them:
“What happens in the story is the PLOT, the surface events.”
“STORY is about how the things that happen affect someone in pursuit of a difficult goal, and how that person changes internally as a result”.
So the story is basic. A reincarnated person has a chance at new life in another, fantasy-type world after his death. Nothing new, original or even interesting at this point. Well, that’s not exactly true. Our resident reincarnate (Arthur) hails from a world that has sci-fi-type flying machines, bombs and yet the military uses swords… for some moronic reason. You want me to believe that the world that has the ability to carpet bomb a city doesn’t have any lasers, plasma rifles or even basic slug throwers? Why use bombs if you have a boner for hacking and slashing and your army uses melee? Just how idiotic that world is? The only reason a writer would do something so moronic is the need to give Arthur some kind of useful skill in the new world. But that would be dumb, I mean what kind of writer worth its salt would be so basic and unoriginal? Do you feel the foreshadowing yet?
Honestly, if worlds were reversed and someone from a fantasy world would end up in a sci-fi world, that would make for a far better experience than the regurgitated trash that is served here.
The plot isn’t much better. Granted it has some interesting ideas but they are absolutely butchered by childish writing. For starters. Arthur in his previous life seems to be a total asshole with a boner for murder to gain power. Ok. Not exactly a morally good protagonist, I liked where this was going. Cherry on top was that he was aware of the fact that his body can’t handle his skills with combat which makes him rather weak. This was good. I liked that. But then he awakens his magic powers which destroys any and all hopes I had for any kind of stakes this show might have. Unfortunately I was correct. Episode 3 went all in with bending over backwards for him. He gets a powerful tutor that trains him, grants him power and even some useful items. Yeap. It’s over. You can just leave. You know what will happen later if you ever watched any kind of OP AF MC isekai. On top of that, he gets another powerful tutor that teaches him even more about his power and how to use it just 3 episodes later. Just how fucking lazy is this writer?
The thing I disliked the most was the writer was desperate to make Arthur wrong about his distrust. In his previous life he had problems with assassins, traitors and all that good stuff You get when You’re the king and a trash person. In his new life, every time he is in a situation where he is reminded that people are garbage it turns out they are not and he is just paranoid. The main example is his encounter with the elves. He has every right to think that he was betrayed. Elves hate humans after all. He was led here by one of the elves who he had saved. She’s a young elf that already had some bad experiences with humans. There should be distrust between them. She might want to use him only to get home safely and then dispose of him for her and her people's safety. Nope. Not at all. In fact she saves him when her people want to kill him. Yes, because having a powerful member of a race that is openly hated walking around is such a good idea. Especially when she knows that he is capable of taking care of himself.
Why not prove him right? Why not put him in a situation where the fact that he let his guard down puts him in a world of hurt? After all, people can be garbage. He knows that already from his encounter with the bandits. Elves can be assholes as he experienced just a few seconds ago. Why not show him that the world is dangerous? Even Mushoku Tensei had a better way of dealing with encountering new people that have distrust for strangers (putting Rudeus in a cage). This is just so damn childish and naive. Why the fuck does a child hold so much power? Her father just goes along with her whim, when he is objectively just careful. How bad of a ruler is this guy? If his daughter decided to make a grand orgy and murder fest for her birthday, would he be on board for that too? Eff. Off. This is one of the most illogical, naive and amateurish writing I have experienced in a long time. I’m not saying that killing Arthur would make for a better plot (maybe a little) but at least have him in chains and thrown into a prison cell until everything is sorted out. Yes, it would still be unoriginal and cliché but at least it would be more logical.
If I had to identify things that I actually liked in the writing… There are two.
First and more importantly, despite Arthur being OP he is not almighty. He actually encounters people he is unable to defeat. I can appreciate that, even if two of those encounters happen when Arthur isn’t using his full range of possibilities. I still count that as a positive. At least some people are able to kick his ass. None of them want to kill it and that is a waste of potential but I already said that the writing is childish.
The second thing is that the world (or at least his family) doesn’t just pause everything because he is not around. A lot, and I do mean A LOT, of anime people change or have meaningful encounters only when the MC is right next to them. Not this time. After his separation, his family actually moved on. They changed their home, changed their jobs, and had a kid. They even changed physically, shame not mentally but I take what I can get. It was nice. Finally something meaningful to the MCs life was happening when he’s not around. Small victories I guess.
Unfortunately I have very little positive to say about this show. The writing is cheap, childish, naive and sometimes even could be accused of plagiarism. The core idea is, at this point in time, overused and abused. It had a chance of being something more, something unique but unfortunately the writer doesn’t have the needed skill to pull it off.
Watch only at Your own risk.
