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

It's incredible how many reviews I've seen that simply didn't get the anime at all. For any of you who are afraid to watch this show because this anime has a 6.** score in MAL and the majority of the reviews being lower than 5, I'll advise you on somethings, but my main point in this review is to tell you that THIS ANIME INS'T BAD. First of all, let's start with the most important thing: THIS ANIME INS'T AN ISEKAI, well, theoretically it is, the description says it is, and you'll see the first episode and think "it is", WHATEVER, nothing beyond the first episodeis actually Isekai, it's just a normal Fantasy setting and that's it, no Isekai to be seen at all. By the way, I do like Isekai, so that was a letdown, BUT do not be afraid. This anime isn't about Isekai, nor Harem as the first TERRIBLE 3:30 minutes imply, or any type of Action as one of the two genres in MAL imply.

So if you were expecting those, you would HATE this anime, that's why I'm here, so you can start with the right foot if you want to see this, because in my opinion this show is worth watching.

Differently from half the reviews you'll see, no, this show isn't cliche, not in my opinion, and I guess you can trust me a little on this because I do have almost 500 watched anime when I'm writing this review.

Sure, the Action is bad as hell and from minute one this show misleads you without any reason whatsoever. Sure, the pacing is slow and there isn't much originality in the world. Sure, this anime won't change your life or blow your mind with a big plot twist. Even so, this is still good... because what this anime is all about doesn't need those.

The thing is, erase the description or anything you've seen until now about this anime, and let it tell you a story about politics and society. Yes, you heard me right, a plot which starts as Isekai, Action and Harem miraculously transforming into Politics, Comedy and Friendship FOR NO FUCKING REASON.

BANG! I lied about no plot twists and your mind just blown up.

This anime is still good though, maybe if it focused more on the characters and the political world it would be better than trying to reach for a younger public by adding unnecessary bad Action or making the main character more stupid than it should be. (Who knows maybe being in the brains of a child just makes you more like one or something, maybe even resetting you from your past life, making you forget who you were unconsciously)

So just ignore the Action parts, forget this is an Isekai and enjoy the rest.