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Today I watched Am I Actually the Strongest?, a random isekai from last season. Stop me if you've heard this one before, but it's about a shut-in loser who dies and then gets reincarnated in a fantasy world with an overpowered ability! What an original idea! Yes, there are dozens of isekai exactly like this and most of them suck. Still, I'm glad I gave this show a chance on a whim, because it was a lot better than it had any right to be. It still isn't good, mind you, but it also wasn't bad like I expected it to be. It was solidly average.

I liked the twist it had on the premise. The reincarnation goddess was like, you wasted your first life. I'm giving you a second chance with an incredible power so you can live your life to the fullest this time! But main dude actually enjoyed being a shut-in loser and he'd be perfectly happy just doing that again. His only goal is to build a life where he can laze around his room in peace. Unfortunately, that's easier said than done in a turbulent fantasy world, so he has to resolve a lot of problems while trying to call as little attention to himself as possible. Main dude was surprisingly hardcore, too. One of the earliest things he did was use his magic to immobilize a bunch of thieves, and then he burned them all alive. Eventually he built an alter-ego for himself that was a total ripoff of Zero from Code Geass. Watching that masked man going around solving problems in the most direct way possible was surprisingly fun. He used his barrier magic in some pretty creative ways.

I also liked most of the girls in the obligatory harem. Little sister had the same voice actress as Anya from Spy x Family, and she's always great in those roles. This show had the usual anime bullshit in a lot of scenes. Please main dude, don't get excited when your little sister sits on your lap, ugh. However, there were also times where the jokes went hilariously over-the-top in a way that made it absurd enough to be enjoyable.

Anyway, I think I've talked enough about an anime literally no one cares about. Bottom line, it was surprisingly not bad.