The Beginning After The End

I needed to post something about this anime because it's suddenly created a buzz to distract from just how bad it is.   It's so derivative even the title of the anime is derivative.

If you believe the online hype. viewers are upset over the animation quality.

 This misses the main problems: 

• We've all seen this story before
• We've seen this title before 
  
• Bad direction
• Slow burn

 

Viewers complaining about the animation quality fall into two camps: 

• Fanboys of the original web toons who already know all the hidden plot points
• Action freaks who wouldn't know a good plot if it slapped them awake.  

I simply cannot believe how much negative buzz this has generated.  I would not be surprised if it was revealed that anime and gaming sites are making money by covering the negative buzz and creating a perpetual motion hype machine.

And don't get me started with all the influencers who are using Solo Leveling as a foil to compare this to.  Come on man!! Solo Leveling might as well be watching mixed martial arts while this is a fishing show.  So far apart that to even bring up SL is laughable but almost every damn web blog (including this one) has to say it:  Sorry this isn't Solo Levelling.  Damn right it's not.  😂

 TBATE is yet another isekai of a boring dude who is reborn to be just too precious.  Is that what middle aged men in Japan aspire to?  Being reborn a 12 year old in capris?  Instead of Solo Leveling we should compare it to  As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I'll Use My Appraisal Skill to Rise in the World.   I'll leave it to others to debate which is better.  Spoiler alert:  They both suck.