Level 1 dakedo Unique Skill de Saikyou desu

Stupid, but fun In a world where necessities and usables such as food or items come from the drops of defeated monsters in dungeons, adventurers exist. Our isekai'd MC ended up as one of these dropped items for an unsuspecting and quickly-friended adventurer. And here it is guys; Even though our MC is level one, he has a cheat skill that gives him better and/or unique items from drops, which gives him the edge over everyone else. His journey continues with the typical isekai grinding and waifu collecting. An interesting premise that sounds pretty fun to watch, though it couldn't be said that the anime exactly executedthe story as well as it potentially could have. Story: 4/10 (low average; fun, but lots of plot contrivances and story elements that are never or badly explained, and subtle power inconsistency) Although the anime has the fun elements the original premise has, it was still full of stupid plot armor. Examples would be: mc conveniently gets an item that so happens to help the current episode and plot needs, mc conveniently has almost god-perfect precision with his weapon with no magic and no explanation or reason, a person appearing out of thin air to be the cause of a character's character development to then right after disappear into thin air (literally) with no further explanation; and more. Characters: 5/10 (average; average one dimesional character; average kind isekai MC) Art/animation: 4.5/10 (low average; average animation, underwhelming below-average fighting animations) Enjoyability: 6/10 (high average) Even though it was full of stupid and unexplained elements, it still had the fun and vibes the original premise had. I also never remember being bored watching any episodes at any point. If season 2 came out, I would watch it. Overall score: 4.9~

Have you heard about the Isekai in which the guy reincarnates into a Vending Machine? More of that in a minute. Are you kidding me with this garbage... Talk about destroying your premise within the first two episodes... Basic idea is that the MC is supposed to be stuck at level 1, which implies that he will be insanely weak... Which is true for all of like 5 minutes, as the MC discovers that while he is stuck at level 1, he is the only one in the world to have infinite stats allowing him to quickly brute force literally everything; making him stronger than even theapparent 'God of Strength' within minutes. If that wasn't enough to absolutely DESTROY the premise, he then quickly finds a GUN... That's right, this is a classic medieval fantasy and he acquires a gun and proceeds to just shoot everything... This anime is worse than the Vending Machine anime. THIS ANIME IS WORSE THAN THE VENDING MACHINE ANIME... Blah blah blah, Harem happens, barely any interesting development, garbage to the left, garbage to the right.

After three days diligently hiding from my roommate that I was watching this crap, I bring a review. I’m Strong Even though I’m Level 1 (don’t remember the actual title) is the archetypical bad isekai. Every quality you’d expect is on display here. Terrible art and animation, one dimensional characters, a complete lack of meaningful conflict. Everything, all executed in such a bland, uncreative way I’m almost impressed with it. It‘s lighter on insane moments than similar works, but still has a few bangers. Like when the MC breaks a strike by knocking out all of the workers with magic bullets (the adventurers guild would otherwise havehad them killed). Or how the MC heals people by shooting them with “healing bullets”. Which yes, is funny every time it happens. The central plot conceit is that the MC (called Yoda by one character which is funny so I’m using it) has maxed out drop rates, and is isekaied to a world where every resource drops from dungeons. That sounds like it would significantly alter how the world functions, but it's treated as an afterthought. The entirety of the worldbuilding is: anything left alone outside turns into a monster, so garbage has to be burned, and different towns control different resources. That’s it. The fights illustrate the show’s general approach to writing. Once we move past basic dungeon fodder, the heroes face a big goofy-looking ass gorilla, which they beat by hitting real hard. Yoda gets a sweet revolver out of it, making him slightly more like Hajime Arifureta. Next they fight a bicorn that blocks Yoda’s attacks with a magical barrier, they remove the barrier by hitting it real hard, then kill the bicorn by hitting it real hard. They fight a goblin who grows larger by absorbing attacks, and beat it by hitting it real hard. The fights are almost all resolved by hitting the enemy harder, and this kind of brute force, low-effort writing defines the show’s atmosphere. It’s not meant to be taken seriously, and is written such that it’s almost impossible to. The show even directly asks you not to think too hard about it (after a character somehow bakes a cake using a campfire). I could take this as insulting, but I’m happy to oblige. This casual, stupid atmosphere renders the show surprisingly watchable. It seems everyone involved in the production knew what they were making and weren’t taking it too seriously (this is especially evident in the improvised eyecatches). The terrible art direction, off-model characters, and embarrassing animation take on a less offensive character in light of that. Normally I wouldn't sit through an entire show this bad, but this held me. I wouldn’t recommend it to most, though. You should watch this if, and only if, you’re titrating your bad isekai dose in preparation to binge Arifureta. Or if you’re an insane isekai junkie like me, but these are the trenches my friend.

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