The first episode of Isekai Ojisan builds a strong basis for the future of the series off of likable characters, good humor and great writing, though some anime tropes and a ho-hum plot delivered piecemeal keep it from reaching very high peaks.
While the lesser emphasis on plot is a symptom of its slice-of-life nature, it lacks anything meaningful to replace it. The biggest sin of its story is that it doesn't tell one. Things happen: Most of them aren't very related. I understand emphasizing characters and setting up the bigger story over telling a smaller, self contained one, but at the end of the day, that doesn't help the fact that this is not its own story, it's a small part of another one. A great episode should be both.
This is not a great episode. It is only a good one.
Overall, this first episode doesn't try to do much and it succeeds at doing so, and quite honestly, it didn't need to do anything more. It just wasn't exceptional, and that's fine. I'm excited to watch more.
7/10.
While the lesser emphasis on plot is a symptom of its slice-of-life nature, it lacks anything meaningful to replace it. The biggest sin of its story is that it doesn't tell one. Things happen: Most of them aren't very related. I understand emphasizing characters and setting up the bigger story over telling a smaller, self contained one, but at the end of the day, that doesn't help the fact that this is not its own story, it's a small part of another one. A great episode should be both.
This is not a great episode. It is only a good one.
Overall, this first episode doesn't try to do much and it succeeds at doing so, and quite honestly, it didn't need to do anything more. It just wasn't exceptional, and that's fine. I'm excited to watch more.
7/10.
