Anime 55818 Mushoku Tensei Ii Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu - Shugo Jutsushi Fitz

This obviously is not peak mushoku. It's a side story that is still very essential. It covers the life of Sylphy since the mana disruption and her connection with Princess Ariel and Luke. This episode might be a bit boring and season 2's first few episodes will heavily focus on Rudeus' journey and he will eventually meet Sylphy so this episode is really important in giving context about Sylphy.

Story-wise its really good 8/10

Animation/art style -> While this isn't what mushoku often looks like and is a downgrade, I think this episode was outsourced so for the actual s2 the animation should be much better. This ... doesn't mean the episode was appalling by any means, just means that It was not on par with s1. 6/10

I know this exists to prepare you for season 2 and all, but.. why is it so bad?

Couldn't even be arsed to make it interesting? No character stands out, nothing interesting happens. In-fact, whole episode could've been summarised as 2-3 flashbacks in a regular episode.

While we're at it, the art is just awful compared to the first season. I really hope this isn't a sign of things to come with season 2. Kinda like how "Shield Hero" season two ended up being ultimate garbage, I am hoping this show doesn't go down the same road.

Anyway, you can watch this if you're dying to know ... the most generic backstory in existence.

5/10 - Because it's still part of the lore, just not very good part.

I'm going to keep this very short. Episode 0 is not peak. It is not lit. It is not even mid. It's just bad. It tells the story of Sylphy, who I believe is introduced late in Mushoku Tensei season 1. Question is: Who asked for it? Don't get me wrong. Had this not been boring. I still would say "who cares, ' but at least it would have been entertaining. There's no reason for tedium. I could excuse the poor art work had the story been interesting, but it was not. And, yes, the art work is not good. There ... are scenes that look pretty good, especially at the end, but for the most part the animation looks like it came out of the 1970's.

Uninteresting. Un-fulfilling. Mushoku Tensei II episode 0 is just bad and it makes me worried for the upcoming season.