Review of The 8th Son? Are You Kidding Me?

Please, for the love of god watch this anime.... Ok, let me step back for a moment, Hachi-nan tte, Sore wa Nai deshou! or The Eighth Son! Are You Kidding Me?, Is a 12 episode generic Fantasy Isekai. After being Isekaid by his rice cooker, our mc wakes up in the body of a young boy who belongs to a land rich, money poor noble family. After becoming Wendolin Baumeister, he is taught magic by a child molester who lives in the woods, heads off to adventurer school, and claims the first two members of his harem along with the comedy relief sidekick. As a genericIsekai protagonist, Wel is of course the most powerful wizard alive at 12 and as such kills a dragon and claims its bones to finance his new life, and from there its just a check list of adding girls to the harem and getting more rewards handed on a silver platter while "inventing" Japanese foods that everyone prefers to what they've been eating for years.

The most egregious fault of the Eighth Son is the pacing. I could forgive all the generic Isekai tropes if it was paced well, but I would watch a 20 minute episode and feel like absolutely nothing happened while somehow the story moved at the speed of light. A huge part of this is the lack of actual action scenes in the show. Several episodes compleatly skip fight scenes that we are told happened such as the martial arts tournament episode, or are shown characters talking about fights that are happening off screen in episode 6.. or maybe 7? Recalling scenes from the show feel like a blur. The animation can reach Arifuerta CGI monster levels at times, and the opening and ending are about as bad as you can imagine.

Why am I telling you to watch this anime? Because it's a sh*t-show that must be seen to be believed. My family would gather around the living room every Thursday to see how it would disappoint us again. That's probably the best way to experience Eighth Son, gathering some pals to roast it with.