Review of The Fruit of Evolution: Before I Knew It, My Life Had It Made
(tl;dr at the bottom) I want to give this show some justice because I feel it is probably a lot better than what a lot of people would initially think. I knew nothing about this show when I started to watch it. When I saw the cover art the only thing I could think was "This show looks really stupid, let's watch it." and honestly it kinda was, in a good way. I'm not here to white knight this show because it has flaws and its not going to be for everyone but I would like to leave a more balanced and fair review than what I'vebeen seeing as of late.
Very light/insignificant spoilers inside.
The first thing I want to say is that you can't really compare this show to other isekais because it has it's own little thing going on. And second, I'm not a huge fan of isekais in general. They need to be pretty well made. Keep in mind I almost dropped this show after episode 2 and I don't regret sticking with it.
For starters, if you take this show seriously, YOU. ARE. DOING. IT. WRONG. I feel like this show is kind of a gem, in my opinion even though there's very little story and basically no character development. This show is more of a comedy series than anything else and it shows in how the episodes are written. The show is a lighthearted fun time. I would almost put the humor close to the same level as Gintama, a little lower brow. Its lighthearted and easy to watch, perfect show for a bad mood pick me up.
The characters are kind of adorkable but can be a touch annoying at times. I really enjoyed how the show just instantly gets the typical isekai tropes out of the way so you can just enjoy the show for what it is: pointless, fun entertainment. There's a light 'story' going on through the episodes but nothing really seems to come of it.
Now, here's what I didn't like because even if I to like a show, I will be more than happy to point out the many flaws it has. First problem, as mentioned earlier, the story is almost non-existent. It teases a few times like something really exciting is going to happen and then you're back to the pointless comedy and it can get frustrating. The story has potential but it just wasn't paced well enough to get you hooked in a meager 12 episodes. Speaking of 12 episodes, I feel like this show would have been immensely better if there were more episodes to give more time to really get the story rolling. There is literally no character development that I could tell and if there was, I didn't notice it. Oh, and the ending really made my blood boil because I know it could have been WAY more satisfying. Even with all of that, I would still happily recommend it.
There's a few more things that I liked and disliked about the show but for the sake of not writing a book I'll wrap up here. It really boils down to how serious you take this show. If you watch it with an open mind and don't mind a few (a lot) of funny but super cringey moments then I genuinely think you'll enjoy this show. Just make sure not to put it on too high a pedestal and for the love of what ever you believe in don't compare it to other shows. All that does is take the fun out of it and just skews your opinion of the show in an unfair and easily preventable way. Just have fun with it.
-tl;dr-
The show is more of comedy. Don't take this show seriously, just have fun with it. Story is heavily lacking and character development is almost non-existent. Something you watch for lighthearted fun, not engaging story and amazing action scenes. Basically makes fun of all other isekais without making it overly obvious. Also has some really good social learning points.