Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu

This was my favorite isekai at the start, but now it's just super long, boring and feel like a big huge filler episode. Also this manga would have been way better without the isekai part. Just being a fantasy would be enough. I hate the character in his previous live, i can't relate with him and he's kind of a pedo, like jesus i get that you're horny but she's 11 ffs. I would have rated it a solid 8 overall if it wasn't for the horny side of the manga and the current state of the story.

The arts are really good, and i really like the character design of eris. It's better than average.

From now on i will review the manga before it's current state ( before the filler )

The character developpement is good in general, and the flaws of these characters makes it easier to understand their actions ( except MC ). It feels great to see MC learn and work hard for his magic. I really like Eris and i think she made the story better. She changes a lot and doesn't stay the same.

I overall like reading mushoku tensei, but i feel like the author is losing himself.

Mushoku Tensei is a fun read with great characters, great world building, and breaks typical manga norms and story moulds in a mostly good way. While there are many good things about this story, it also suffers from horrible plot progression.

The characters are great. Without getting into spoilers, many of them are memorable and go through real trials that are relatable. The biggest thing of all, that so many stories fail to deliver on, is real actual meaningful progress, in personalities, attitude, and capabilities, this manga does that well. Overall it is very enjoyable to watch these characters and follow their growth.

With one one good point down, let's talk about the bad. The most frustrating thing about this manga is the amount of time spent doing things that have very little to nothing to do with moving the plot forward. It can be a good thing to take a small chapter break or two here and there for some extra world building or character development that has nothing to do with the plot, but when close to 50% of all the chapters are side missions and stories that don't actually move the main plot forward that we began the story with, it is bad.

Another thing that is a bit off putting is the pedophilia vibes that are common early on. I don't believe the bad of reality should be removed from stories, in fact it can be a great story element when handled properly. With that said, the story doesn't necessarily handle it properly and it is a bit cringe at times.

Back to good elements. It is hard to find good fantasy and action stories that also include strong romance elements, this is one of those stories. The story doesn't shy away from romance like other manga with the infuriating clueless characters. Not only does it embrace romance interests between characters but it isn't scared to take those elements past beginning stages.

There is a lot of world building with cool races, political systems, history and much more that really immerse the reader in the world. Power scaling in the series is done well so far, from the beginning we were introduced to levels of power and the characters are slowly climbing that stationary ladder, the ladder isn't being changed and added to on the fly to meet story needs as you see in a lot of action stories.

Overall a very enjoyable series, could be a 9 or 10 from me if the story was better at cutting useless content and focusing more on plot progression.

This manga is absolutely great well, I cried in the middle of the story.
The art is amazing and also the OP and Ed of Anime!
The anime is also superb

Overall I rate this anime 9/10

Spoilers!!!

The way Eris departed from Rudeus was amazing

It is like a hole in the heart when someone important to you goes away from you but it's for a good reason. Eris and Rudeus traveled a lot so throughout those 3 years and no she is leaving.

and no to mention when Rudeus passed by Roxy at that moment that scene was perfect

The first and most important thing is, please do not forget that this is a manga adapted from a Light Novel. People here tend to give bad ratings only because they do not seem to be able to read the exact same things they did in the LN.
You cannot expect the same! Please ignore those reviews.

Mushoku Tensei was one of my first mangas from the "Isekai" genres and I fell in love with it.
No bullshit harem building, no super overpowered hero, no crazy abilities just a man who dies and gets reincarnated as a baby to loving parents. With knowledge from the old world and his real age, the main character was able to learn and understand things like magic and stuff a lot faster than normal people his age.

The art is really good las most of the animes, the pacing is also fine and the most important characters have a well-written background which is enough for a manga. People expect things like story writing from Eiichiro Oda here.

If you are a big fan of the Isekai genre or if you just became interested recently then this is a must-read, it is probably better than any other Isekai manga.
Please do not get scared from reviews which low points because thats not what the manga represents.
Thanks for reading!

No soy un lector de manga habitual, sin embargo el anime de es este manga me llamo mucho la atención, te engancha muy fácil y aunque no profundiza en temas sociales, retrata de forma correcta la sociedad medieval.

Rudeus es un personaje que llama mucho la atención, no es el típico princeso que teme encuentros eróticos con las mujeres, de hecho el le huye a estos eventos a causa de su avanzada edad, sin embargo a medida que avanza la historia, se ve un desarrollo de personaje muy completo en cuento a sus sentimientos "románticos" hacia otras mujeres.

En general me ha gustado mucho este manga, no me arrepiento de tomar mas de 4 horas para leerlo todo, lo único malo es que cada capitulo demora 1 mes (aproximadamente) para salir.

I'm gonna start this off by stating that I have not read the Light Novel. I wanted to read this as a standalone work, seeing how well the manga fairs without the precognition that reading its source material brings. So, for all those who are repping the LN and such, this review will not go into that territory. I am reviewing this manga on its own as if it were a standalone work.

I think one of the draws of a basic isekai story, is a power fantasy. As someone who will never experience these sorts of things, it's a fun way to escape reality, with the MC cast as the perfect stand-in for yourself. This is the first point at which Mushoku Tensei (MT from here on out), differs. It openly challenges the stereotypical "first step", so to say, of an isekai. Besides truck-kun, the manga and LN both diverge in its open negative portrayal of NEETs and Shut-ins, predominantly using this negative connotation as a factor for character development.

I tend to measure how well manga are written by the ability to entertain. As with any media form, the only way to succeed is to create a dedicated audience. I think that MT does this in a number of different ways. Firstly, the strength of this manga comes from, generally speaking, the characters. They're real people, with real emotions, flaws, and personalities. They're human in a way in which many isekai characters are not. Eris has to grapple with her own insecurities. Rudeus is dealing with the trauma created by his previous lifestyle. Paul is a womanizer, and an alcoholic. Roxy has family issues and an apparent hard-on for 10-year-old Rudeus (that one isn't a problem in the manga but still). While having blank-slate characters is all well and good, characters that are human build investment. The blank characters simply fall flat when compared to the way the manga is able to create human characters. Their choices may not be the right ones. Their choices may be stupid given our omnipotent presence and obviously superior judgement skills (I know we all feel that way). But, they are believable. They are never out-of-character, their decisions feel natural and flow from the heart, as opposed to the plot. This is what MT does so well. It builds investment in its characters, where most of us can't actively empathize with the solution Rudeus is in. Most of us don't live that life, but, we can understand where he's coming from, and that's what makes us care. We want to see these characters happy, and we want them to achieve the goals they want, even though they may not be our goals, because we UNDERSTAND. I think beyond the general plot, and the basic art style, this is what fuels viewership of this manga.

Speaking of which, let's talk for a bit about story and art. The story itself is fairly standard fare until the big white happens. It's classic OP anime character shenanigans, intelligence and all, and while the character is set up to be powerful, he's not the complete balls to the wall BAMF that some other isekai use (~ahem~ In another world with my smartphone ~ahem~). The first ~20 chapters establish a couple of key things. Firstly, his power level, secondly, his relationships with the characters around him, and finally, what his goal is (more or less). Then, as obviously the big phenomenon happens, everything is bent out of shape. This is where the story actually picks up. It's a very unusual concept, certainly original, and interesting, The gripe I have with the story and why it scores lower than the characters, is due to one flaw. The pacing. It's all over the place. This may be something the LN does better, but I had no concept of time while reading it. I will simply follow along on their adventures, and boom, 3 YEARS HAVE PASSED. I had to rely on the text telling me how much time had passed because to me, the events happening feel like a number of days, while in reality it's been months. The story does a poor job of knowing when time speeds up and slows down, and thus, signposting was the only way I could understand any of this. The art is good. The characters are unique and diverse-looking, generally, it was inoffensive, and was pretty great during certain scenes. Especially emotion, as the art of Eris crying did very much remind me of DomeXKano, and we all know what a minefield of mixed emotions that manga drives you through. I think the art does genuinely do the job and shines in a few places.

In the end, I thought it was a very good story weighed down by shotgun pacing, the art was very good, if not particularly genius, and very human characters. The investment in its characters, the genuine danger the plot drives them through, and the unconventional story combine for a very enjoyable anime I would recommend to fans of the isekai genre.

Until now I've never had the pleasure of reading such a wonderfully crafted story with equally well rounded and lovable characters. The world building is fantastic and carries with it magnitude by how it effects the main characters, which I've found lacking in other stories in the Isekai genre.
Moreover, the art really compliments the character's personality. While it may not be the most stylized, it really is pleasing to the eye. Character development in this story is something I've adored from the beginning, and no other manga has immersed me so deeply into the lives and emotional troubles of its characters, nor has any manga brought out such a multitude of emotions. I'm talking amusement, disgust, joy, worry, discomfort, and relatability, and everything that may fall in between.
Overall I rated this manga a 10 because I truly adore its characters and believe their development in regards to the world and circumstances they are brought up in is superb, and has deeply touched me in some moments. I hope this short ramble can entice you to give this manga a shot and hopefully it will bring as much joy and entertainment to you as it did to me.

Regarding the ecchi tag, there are certainly some uncomfortable imagery if you dislike lolis/teens, but if you can look past your own age I am positive you can see the in-story relationships for they are.


TLDR
Story: Great world building and good pacing.
Art: Very pleasant and well done, if not somewhat generic.
Characters: Equally as lovable and hate-able. Great development overall.
Enjoyment: One of my all-time favorites, and eagerly awaiting more chapters.

There is something, yet feels like nothing and yet I still want more

Thats my basic impression to this series. I want to like it a lot, but there are too many things that push it for me perfect or even good.Yet it demands you to continue.

Mushoku Tensei is one of the newest entries into the fantast seriesthat has become a nice niche for me. However unlike other titles that had their own charms ( Dungeon Meshi or Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari) with only minor hiccups, these one seems to match its sense of enjoyment with its sense of revulsion.

The main story is about a 34 Neet person, who after losing his parents and regarded by his peers as garbage, is killed off saving some people and reincarneted as a young child in a fantasy setting to his pleasure.

And thats itself points the charm and flaws of the premise. The MC has his memory of his past live ( a disguisting , perverted ,shameless person) put in the position of his own benefits. He is a miracle kid who has situations and outcomes make him great with him being the greast mage and swordfight er progidy., and as such comes of as obnoxious. The boy literally learns everything perfectly but just putting his mind to it. No process , no win/loss scenario .Just perfect Miracle kid.And the fact that manga keeps shoving into my face that he is in fact a 34 year old man in a 6 year old kid's body

The fan service comes of as repugnant as well with the MC moments with his mother, his best friend , his tutor, his cousin, his aunt . At the story shows that he gets it from his father, who cheated on his wife with a maid and the manga asks us to accept it.

And even though I should hate that in the manga, there are still moments of positive with the book like his " Taming of the Shrew" arc with his cousin. Even the art is too good for this sort of thing, with beautiful designs and images.

I wanted to like this book but at the same time I dont want to like it either. It feels like To Love Ru if the MC is a scumbag with the best luck in the world.Yet it is deeper than any harem comics has any need to be.

While I still continue to read it to see how it goes (Its adapted from a best seller visual novel, WTH?), I would not recommend this to any fan of fantasy. Only touch this it would you can keep your sanity in check

Finally decided to write a review on this in celebration of the anticipated anime announcement.

The isekai, which original material(light novel) is said to be the start if the genre itself, the king that gave birth to all of the majority of shitty isekais you see every new season.

Isekai, shut-in, shunned by his own family, all his friends left him though some tried to help but ultimately failed, having dropped to the lowest point that a person could possibly get. Until the arrival of truck-kun, whom gave him a one way ticket to another world.

Being born/reincarnated to a couple of adventurers as Rudeus Greyrat with all of the memories from his previous life still intact, swore to live his new life to the fullest with no regrets and not making the same mistakes again he once made before.

By far, one of the most impressive things about this title is that it gets right is character development. Take our protagonist as an example, from being a person that was despised by his family, didn't even attend his father's funeral to a individual that is loved by his friends, piers and family members. Self-aware, humble and extremely perverted. Yeah... Although there are moments when he gets inappropriately horny, perverted but he still has his extends. A person that is willing do things that many would not even imagine if his family or friends were to be in danger. But he's a fundamentally kind person in nature, just overloaded on the pervy side.

Another thing that I find favourable is the Rudeus's power level. It's pretty much a given that he is strong from the get-go since he's the face of the series but there's a difference from other isekai protagonists. It's that he doesn't have any ridiculous cheats or skills, all of his power is earned from sheer hard work and determination. Strong, yes. But that doesn't mean there aren't stronger characters in the manga that could literally kill him in one shot.

The art itself is pretty impressive on it's own, a little bit rough in the few beginning chapters but eventually gets better since the artist is somewhat new(?) to the industry.

This could've gotten a full score if it weren't for the fact that it skips scenes and information from the source material. And it is not in a small amount, from the details on literally everything(an entire volume for god sake).

Mushoku Tensei is one of the few manga where I look foward to each release. I highly recommend reading the manga and if interested then you should give the light novel/web novel(both completed) a try to fill in the blanks on certain events that happens in the story.

the isekai genre is a big guilty pleasure of mine.
i like the general concept of cultural and technological juxtaposition observed from the protagonist's POV in a fantasy world, be it played straight and/or for satirical and parodic intent.
this... isn't to say i actually enjoy most of the stories i come across. this manga is a prime example of that, in one of the worst ways possible.

[minor spoilers, if you actually want to read this story]

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this story follows the common isekai trend of "i-died-and-got-mysteriously-reincarnated-but-i-don't-really-miss-my-old-life-because-damn-all-these-girls-are-super-hot", which to be fair, isn't as much as an issue because of the protagonist's past life. rudeus, our protagonist, was shown as a miserable, depressed 40-year-old hikikomori NEET; he had little to nones positive experiences or aspects in his old life, so it's understandable for his fear of certain social interactions and becoming a 'loser' again.

which would usually be a nice spin on the common isekai protagonist, if not for the fact rudeus never changed and is still a pathetic, otaku loser even in his new life.

you would think that upon realizing he has a new chance at a better life, he wouldn't follow the same path as his old self and be an absolute creep, but uh.....yeah no, the first thing this guy does upon realizing he's a baby is get a boner over his mom's tits.

which i can't really judge as much since i would honestly do the exact same in that moment, but any reliability is lost when common sense kicks in and you once again get reminded this guy is only in the body of a child, and is still very much a grown ass adult man.

because even if his instant internal reaction of "a loli magician is here-!!!" to his seeing his quintessential isekai magical-cute-girl-tutor wasn't quite bad enough, he apparently:

* befriends a human/elf/beast hybrid girl he mistakes for a "super beautiful pretty boy", and internally comments for his newfound friend to stop looking at him cutely before he "discovers a new world of shotacons"

* steals a pair of underwear from his magical-cute-girl-tutor, which he literally worships and refers to as his god (this is brought up multiple times and develops into literal worship obsession)

* listens in on his father blackmailing the family maid into sexual acts, and only brings this up during the time it's revealed said maid is pregnant with his half-sibling. the main reason why he brings this up? because said maid "did him a favor" when she found the previously mentioned stolen underwear and ignored it (to add salt to the wound, the maid used to adventure with his father until he was outright stated to have raped her one night in their travels)

* spies and listens in on his parents having sex (and hopes they "hurry up and give [him] an imouto")

among very, very many other things. and this is all just before he actually leaves his childhood home to visit and live with his other relatives, which brings up his "ojou-sama submission strategy" for "taming" the essential violent cute tsundere girl...who is his cousin. who he also, on multiple times, fantasizes and engages with in a sexual manner.

sometimes you can kind of forget all of this is the basis of his character when a dramatic or emotional event takes place, but then the sudden realization of what the actual dynamic at hand is rears it's ugly head. i find the best example of this is chapters 34-36, wherein rudeus has a particularly harsh confrontation and reunion with his alcoholic, lecherous father.

this character arc actually got to me at first, due in part to not only how the artist for this series actually isn't that bad and put obvious effort into evoking the emotions and feelings of key scenes, but also how the literal best character in the whole story, Geese, briefly sums up this entire arc in one line: "you expect too much of an 11-year-old child."

and it's also with this line you realize rudeus isn't an actual 11-year-old, but a 40-year-old grown man INSIDE a 11-year-old's body. which, again, isn't really great in hindsight, and also just sorta ruined the entire point of the situation at hand. good job with that one, guys.

but hey, the novel is apparently way better and actually explains things- oh wait, but the manga is...based off the novel, so does that mean the novel is worse? well apparently it is, considering rudeus actually DID worship the underwear he stole from his magical-cute-girl-tutor.

this dude made a legitimate religion entirely focused on his magic tutor, his cousin and his hybrid childhood friend...all of whom he married and had multiple children with. these three are referenced in his religion as the goddess of wisdom, the goddess of war and the goddess of love, and their "holy relics" are literally kept in his basement for who even knows what reason.

so what are these holy relics? the previously mentioned underwear of his tutor, a wooden sword representing his cousin (her underwear is included as well, go figure) and...the blood-stained sheets from when his hybrid childhood friend gave him her virginity.

......so that's a thing, i guess?

now is there any actual enjoyment to be found in this series? well, if one handful of side characters actually being decent counts, then yes. the previously mentioned best of these characters, Geese, is easily the only reason you should actually read this, if only to know that the author can make a character the audience can genuinely like and grow attached to.

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TL;DR i expect nothing, and i'm still let down.