Review of KonoSuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World!

Shortly and simply put, this is yet another entry in the 'i don't know why konosuba was good so i'll pretend its the writer' series. Now, i love konosuba, don't get me wrong, both the initial series and the movie. But there's a slight difference between me and most other fans - i read, or rather TRIED to read the novel! And well, this brings me back to my previous point - konosuba, the novel, along with the other artist's works are simply... Not too good. What made the show good then? The staff. About half the jokes appeared out of some changes in writing andfreedom for the voice actors and their individual talent, as well as great directing and understanding of the source material and comedy, expressive and silly animation work... They took an 'ok at best' product and elevated it to greatness.

The result was the great initial series we all know. But it also brought the problem i mentioned earlier - attributing the success of the series to the original writer instead of these additional and very important factors. The consequences? Other studios picking up other works from the author, thinking its the source of the success of the series, without allowing the same freedoms, without having the needed talents nor putting in the same effort, resulting in the 6/10 "kemono wrestler", 7/10 (and even that is overrating it imo) "combatants will be dispatched", and lastly this little 7/10 prequel, all of which aren't nearly as interesting nor funny as konosuba.

Now don't get me wrong, this prequel, and other shows aren't BAD by any means and also have their moments, but all in all, they're just average and not special in any way unlike the show which made them happen.