It's okay. 7/10, as it's interesting for a first episode. Not revolutionary, very "Artistic Light Novel" in the variety of artist detail, but also convenient world building, if a bit risque / adult. Not as terrible as it could have been, given the 50+ Isekai's a year, with standouts like Log Horizon / SAO etc.
I can't tell if the show is generic or has potential for an 8/10 story or character development(s), or if it falls hard into Isekai trope/cliche's, as Seasonal Anime trends towards boosting the quality of the first 2-3 episodes as review scores affect viewers & marketing numbers.
Isekai as a mid-budget seasonal show tend to be weak on characters and story, and often fall apart within 3-4 eps, but IMO Jobless is worth checking out if only for the art style, slightly reminiscent of Grimgar and Black Clover, and they didn't really change the formula, it's Adventurers with Magic, but at least it's not Orphans, Magic School. Slime/Spider/Vending Machine reincarnations, or Adventure Harem (yet).
It's probably going to be Adventure Harem with a strong art direction. Which is a good niche to fill, IMO that's not as sedentary as Grimgar or as ridiculous as Arifureta / In Another World with my Smartphone / Cautious Hero, etc. It's probably somewhere in the middle given the 'realism' setting.
After the character turns 5-6, there's actual character depth for a "reborn 40-year-old NEET", this may be obscured once he grows into a ~50 year old teenager with issues, YMMV. Truck-Kun made an appearance, so you know it's going to be on the edge of parody that isekai's often teeter over, or just jump right into the fantasy without looking back to see if people have followed along.
It is going to be a challenge to see where the weak point is - the Art budget, the characters, the story depth, or the Arc / Premise, since they haven't really developed the background. Direction seems to follow LN convention, so hopefully the characters aren't dull.
Until they finally get that vending machine Isekai Anime happening, it's a little better than the January 2021 season alternative "So i'm a Spider, So What?" IMO, both shows could excel. Time will tell if "Jobless" or "Kumo" will improve or settle into mediocrity.
Finally finished this show. I followed it from around the time there were 3 seasons then took a break in season 5.
This is a fun remake of He-Man with new spins on old characters but I'm not familiar with that. My favourite character was Catra. I liked the princesses except Glimmer and I felt like Netosssa and Spinerella were the arguably weakest developed princesses with no story arc until the end of the final season. So boring and their powers are boring. Each princess has their own struggles and overcomes them together with friends. The drama never felt overbearing or unbelievable.
I think that Hordak was a sufficient villain and that we didn't need horde prime. The addition of other words and dimensions...and the end arc of "hacking" may have been too much. The first one technology could defend itself from external threats and that story arc could continue without horde prime.
The show is so cute and the art style is consistent cute and fun. Lots of sound effects really bring the show together. Unfortunately the final season really fails in art style. Some new things come up, like characters sweating. I'm not sure what happened towards the end of this series but the st quality definitely drops.
Worth a watch, didnt even feel like 5 seasons.
i am so happy with this show, so proud of its trajectory from the beginning -- somewhat sillier and less bold, without climaxes -- to these super bold last seasons. i love everything about it, how progressive it is, how it is not afraid of showing that love is for everyone, that we should take care of each other and of the earth we live in. i'm not much of a redemption arcs fan, but i am living for catra's and shadoweaver's final arcs, truly the two most complex characters (in my humble opinion, but i do love a good villain). i love how yes, we've got excellent lbgt+ characters and how they subvert the roles in other ht relationships, but not everybody need to be romantically involved. love is for everyone, but there's also so many kinds of love. i love that the idea of legacy only makes sense if it is the best for everyone, is not something to be mindlessly passed on without any consideration for the individual's subjectivity. i love that everything is really feminin in such an honest, unique and proud way. maybe every boy felt this much affection for their favorite tv shows when they were little, and it is so good to feel the same way. i love how nuanced and direct it can be at the same time, it is ecossocialist and antifascist in a very broad sense (i mean, with every kind of fascism there is, be it with direct politics, with religion, with love, with aesthetics -- everything). i loooove the trace, the design, the aesthetics' conception for this. i love how all the time it is about friendship, about being true to yourself, even if that hurst because you're still finding out who you are, about family and how the idea of it can be expanded to new people in your life. i mean, in the end, it is always building up to this idea of community, showing us that together we can achieve whatever it is, no matter how hard. nobody needs to be a hero alone. nobody has to be alone.
