Don't get me wrong, this anime isn't bad, in fact I'm enjoying it so far. It's just that I was way overhyped. The way people were talking about this, you'd swear that this was going to be the best anime in a decade. Portals to another dimension in Japan✅. Video game inventory✅. Western fantasy inspiration✅. Protagonist has abnormal powers even in his world✅. Weak Protag gets in a life threatening accident and awakens to new abilities✅. Protag wants to get stronger to prove to himself that he's worth something ✅. Has to provide for his sick relative/younger sibling (it's always a sister)✅.
It's everything we've seen before, but so far this anime does it better than others of a similar genre. So don't go into this show thinking it's going to be groundbreaking. I see why people are fans of the source material, but you shouldn't try to raise peoples expectations through the roof. It usually backfires. (I'll correct myself and update my rating if something interesting happens later, but so far it's just a well polished power fantasy, almost isekai).
It's everything we've seen before, but so far this anime does it better than others of a similar genre. So don't go into this show thinking it's going to be groundbreaking. I see why people are fans of the source material, but you shouldn't try to raise peoples expectations through the roof. It usually backfires. (I'll correct myself and update my rating if something interesting happens later, but so far it's just a well polished power fantasy, almost isekai).