Three Thousand Roads · review
This has been a short season. It is OK to watch because the episodes are short, and the story has very good potential to get better further down. However, there are a number of flaws. I had some fun in the beginning and overall for the most part, but so far it did not stay interesting for long. The MC did not build any meaningful relationship after he reincarnated into another guy's body. He just assumed the guy's identity and what may have at first been an unlucky reincarnation turned good way too easily. Because everyone think he sucks, all he has to do is usethe power of the bowl that old guy gave him and everyone think he did something. The girl automatically likes him and I was hoping he had to object more about his new life to create a more interesting challenge.
My biggest complaint is that there is not enough surprising development that come from him taking on someone else's identity. Instead though, everything stays status quo, no one questions him but just happy that he wins the fight. He stays playboy and don't change cause he got the power of the bowl and the two characters that found his secret don't even expose or do anything, for what purpose do they even need to be here? So yes, the enemies who "don't know" he got the power of the bowl lose.
The art is rather stiff especially the girl, she can't smile normally. The fights look pretty good and the weapons are pretty cool. The Martial Arts is a bit lacking because just saying the MC's sword has aura and the power of the bowl is not enough, give him super speed sword techniques that would actually pump up the fight. It'd be more serious and strong to show at the speed he could move to better express to others to rethink out again some new developments to test him.
The story could get better easily like if someone steals his bowl or there is some underlying drawback from the bowl, he is chosen to do some grave assignment (that would actually thus need all his culminated power) or he leaves the house and gets jumped by some unknown trouble related to the other identity of his (like he was involved in a crime, or someone out there he not aware of is plotting) which would better yet start requiring him to protect himself.
I'll still be watching this one if it continues because the setting is not bad and I really think it could get better depending on the direction, but we will see.