Anime 56690 Re Monster Reviews Filter Check 2

The perfect way to describe this anime is "outdated."

From the plot, the characters, the animation, and even the opening song, it feels like they belong in the early or mid-2010s.

"Re:Monster" is supposedly "different" from your average isekai anime because the MC didn't reincarnate as a noble knight, a hero, or any high-ranking caste, but instead as a goblin. Sure, it's not the most unique, because some characters in different anime reincarnated into something more bizarre like a pig, a sword, and a vending machine, but still, it elevated itself in terms of uniqueness compared to your average isekai.But is it, though...?

Apparently not. The MC only ... looks and acts like a goblin only in the first and the first quarter of the second episode. And this is me being generous because even in the first episode, he already isn't acting like a "goblin". He can talk, he has common sense, and then in the next few minutes, he already evolved into something that just looks like a green elf. And if you think that the goblin in this anime is like the one in "Tensura," where goblins are a civilized race of monsters, then you are wrong. The goblin here is still depicted as a loather and pillager, savages that also kidnap female humans that later will have non-consensual "in and out" action performed on them. It's similar to the very goblin depicted in "Goblin Slayer," just taller, more good-looking, and there's a female goblin as well, which makes the kidnapping thing unnecessary. But all of this doesn't really matter because this whole ordeal is forgotten in the second episode when the MC becomes the leader of the goblins, and he forbids this practice.

Every sense of uniqueness is gone in the second episode because it develops just like any anime with an OP MC. The MC gets "cheat", he becomes powerful, and gets a lot of women.

The characters in this anime feel bland and plain both in personality and design. Sure, they're good-looking to some extent, but still too bland as a set of characters. In fact, most of the female characters introduced in the beginning only have "I fall in love with the MC" as their characters. Imagine a group of women getting kidnapped from human civilization by goblins, then somehow the leader of those goblins is being nice to them, and then the group of women falls so hard for the MC to the point that none of them mind being his side woman, despite the fact that the MC is literally THE LEADER OF MONSTERS THAT KIDNAPPED THEM.

The animation is also outdated. It feels like it should be airing in 2013 or 2014, but TV Tokyo forgot to air it until 2024 and then added it to the spring 2024 roster as if the schedule hadn't bloated enough.

So the only selling point of this anime is a decent amount of fan service. There are sex scenes, though not really vulgar, and some nudity is shown.

This is also the kind of anime where everything bad barely happens so you can enjoy it with a peaceful heart because the MC will slay everything that tries to hurt his girls because, again, seeing anime girls get killed sucks.

Overall, if you have too much time to spare, you may or may not give this show a try.

Feel like it had potential but it got real trite real fast.
Long story short: It suffers from the Rising of the Shield Hero problem where when you take a step back and look at the MC's actions objectively you realize they're actually a pretty terrible person; but no one in-universe seems to want to call them out on it meaningfully and the MC doesn't seem to want to reflect on it meaningfully, so the show kind of sits in this gray morale sludge, unwilling to ever fully opt-in or opt-out and commit to any kind of redemption arc/villain arc for the MC, instead trying to ... have its wish fulfillment cake and eat it too.
Just as Naofumi is a slaver: except it's """fine""" because his slaves actually love him and willingly agreed to be enslaved by him. Rou is a kidnapper and a rapist: except it's """fine""" because they're treated well and actually chill with living in a cave and not being allowed to leave and think he's hot anyways.
The other big problem is that the MC just gets fed a continuous stream of OP powers to auto-win any situation he's put into. So pretty par for the course.

Is it watchable? Yeah, I guess.... at least if you're not bored easily. But don't expect anything other than the same bullshit you've seen 10 times already.

As of writing this review, only 5 episodes of 'Re:Monster' (2024) have been released.

So far this is just your standard Isekai power fantasy, with the main character having a similar power absorption ability as seen in 'So I'm a Spider, So What?' (2021) and 'That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime' (2018). It's most similar in quality to the former, the one about the spider, as it doesn't subvert expectations in any major ways and no intriguing plot emerged, as we saw with Reincarnated as a Slime.
For myself, I find the levelling up progression enjoyable and easy to watch due to its fast pace, ... placing Re:Monster a cut above the truly terrible power fantasy isekai.

Really, the entire show can be summed up as mediocre, from the characters to the fights to the music and animation.
I marked this as 'Mixed Feelings' since your enjoyment will really depend on how much you like Iseakai as a genre.
My recommendation is to watch one episode if you enjoyed other Isekais, as you'll know from that whether you like this one or not.
And if you haven't seen other Isekais go watch 'That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime' (2018) before this one as it's far better in every way.

5/10

It's not bad specifically. The animation is good, the story has a bit of a spin and it's kind fun. However, fundementally, the concept didn't appeal to me. Whether it'll appeal to you will really depend on the following summary:

'Alpha cryptobro psycho gets reincarnated as chad alpha goblin'. The cryptobro isn't literal, just the stereotype the protagonist fulfills. Every other element is basically 'That time i was reincarnated as a slime' but with Goblins. He's a 14 year old edgelords idea of a cool Goblin and that doesn't interest me frankly. If it sounds good to you then give it a shot, it's not offensively ... bad by any means.