I haven’t watched the anime version of this story, but am up to date with the manga. I 100% agree. It is such a painfully ordinary story that doesn’t make use of its main, titular premise except as a deus ex machina to quickly end an arc. The main character is so bland that I literally cannot think of any defining personality traits he has.
At least other, silly premise isekai lean more into it and produce some actually original takes on the genre. I was fully prepared to joke about how Isekai Vending Machine from this past season was exceedingly generic, but was honestly quite surprised to see how well it was executed. It isn’t one of the isekai greats, but I actually think it is pretty good.
Looking back on things, I can’t believe I have read 84 chapters of isekai smartphone, but I don’t always make good choices.
I remember starting to read Isekai Vending Machine solely because I thought it was going to be garbage but they fully commit to “nah this guy is a vending machine”. It was way better than anticipated. I hate it when the protagonist is never in danger and just has to sneeze to get out of things, but a protagonist that can’t move and uses the only thing keeping him alive to upgrade and output a shield? That’s how you make something interesting.
I haven’t watched the anime version of this story, but am up to date with the manga. I 100% agree. It is such a painfully ordinary story that doesn’t make use of its main, titular premise except as a deus ex machina to quickly end an arc. The main character is so bland that I literally cannot think of any defining personality traits he has.
At least other, silly premise isekai lean more into it and produce some actually original takes on the genre. I was fully prepared to joke about how Isekai Vending Machine from this past season was exceedingly generic, but was honestly quite surprised to see how well it was executed. It isn’t one of the isekai greats, but I actually think it is pretty good.
Looking back on things, I can’t believe I have read 84 chapters of isekai smartphone, but I don’t always make good choices.
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I remember starting to read Isekai Vending Machine solely because I thought it was going to be garbage but they fully commit to “nah this guy is a vending machine”. It was way better than anticipated. I hate it when the protagonist is never in danger and just has to sneeze to get out of things, but a protagonist that can’t move and uses the only thing keeping him alive to upgrade and output a shield? That’s how you make something interesting.
How it ever got an anime is beyond me.