Review of The Fruit of Evolution: Before I Knew It, My Life Had It Made

There are so many issues with this show to be discussed. Let me say this: If you are looking for Isekai slop with an OP MC and insane powerscaling for only him, where he collects a harem of women, then while this show technically meets your standards, there are so many better options for you to consider. I don't strictly suggest you avoid this show, but I will get into the various crucial factors that make this show unbearably boring. Firstly, all of the characters are extremely bland and fall into tropes that have been run through without any exploration or interest. The only thing thatcan be said in this shows favor on this front is the sadistic guild receptionist and exhibitionist guildmembers. This is the only bit of halfway decent comedy in the entire show and it gets old fast when you are constantly reminded that it's the only good part of the show. The waifus are all dreadfully bland and follow the standard justification where the first one is fine with a harem so the rest just go along with it.

The characters in the show are dreadfully dense. I am not sure if this is an active choice by the author / screenwriters, or if this is an issue with the dub, but there are probably about five plotholes per episode of varying size, some of which are so blatant that they will really stand out as just being absurd. For example of a relatively minor point, very early on they obtain a ring which multiplies luck by -2, and they incorrectly say that for negative luck this would make your luck 0. There are more severe examples but honestly you get numb to them after a while and just have to turn your brain off watching this show.

The title gimmick of the show is that after consuming multiple of the fruit of evolution, the main character becomes an insanely strong being. Aside from one instance in the race, the fruits don't play a role in the show after the first two episodes. The premise of the show and name being such a minor factor in the actual plot feels a bit lackluster, like we aren't really dealing with a coherent or well thought out story. Of course it is supposed to be a comedy but it really fails on that front valiantly, and hence serves only as a generic harem power fantasy story. To that end, I think there are better options out there even for shows where you don't want to have to think about what is going on.

The animation and audio are also lackluster. They repeat the same four or five generic sountracks for every scene, the dubbing is fine but some characters are off kilter, and the animation is definitely lacking a lot. Characters are frequently off model even when no joke is occuring, the character designs are uninspired, and after the first two episodes we end in a generic fantasy city where the story bends over backwards to get him more women. If this all still sounds enticing to you, and you can ignore the plothole stuff, then I don't see why you shouldn't watch the show. But those are unforgivable to me and I cannot respect the show for what it is, since it is the bare minimum that it be comprehensible and not constantly irritate you with unintentionally retconning itself.