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Anyway, I finished Sweet Reincarnation. Anime, in its desperation to find an isekai premise that hasn't been used yet, decided to explore... what if a skilled pastry chef was reincarnated in a fantasy world??? That's a boring idea and I wasn't expecting much, but this anime beat my expectations by at least not being terrible. It helped that the pastry chef was born as a kid to a minor noble in a barren land where not much could grow. Instead of twelve episodes about him baking treats, it was twelve episodes of political intrigue as he struggled to survive in the cutthroat world of royal politics. Oh, and sometimes he baked treats. It wasn't the focus at all. Don't get me wrong, Sweet Reincarnation was still thoroughly mediocre. It just wasn't as bad as it could've been! I liked some of the comedic moments, and the characters were all fine. The political intrigue with royals of varying powers was handled surprisingly well. Large parts of the show were just him trying to forge the proper connections to get access to basic ingredients like sugar and honey, which was interesting. I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would.