Sekai Saikou no Ansatsusha, Isekai Kizoku ni Tensei suru
The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat
世界最高の暗殺者、異世界貴族に転生する
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The world's greatest assassin had sworn lifelong allegiance to the organization that raised him. However, despite his loyalty, that very same organization takes action to silence him, ultimately leading to his demise. Drowning in frustration and regrets he can no longer suppress, he finds himself in an audience with a goddess attracted by his exceptional skills. The goddess offers him reincarnation into a magnificent world of swords and magic so he can perform a crucial mission: prevent that world's destruction by slaying its hero. Accepting the goddess' request, he is reborn as Lugh Tuatha Dé, the son of a noble family of assassins serving the Alvan Kingdom. Under the guidance of his father, Lugh learns new assassination techniques that significantly differ from the cold-blooded and unsympathetic killing style of his previous life. Furthermore, his other talents bloom, allowing him to meet new allies and acquaintances. Even so, Lugh knows that his efforts are far from adequate, because a monumental adversary such as the hero can only be defeated with perfection. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
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KANLen09
December 22, 2021
When an author proclaims that one of their works is the best/finest that they have ever written, you'd better take them at their word seriously. It's especially more so from one that has created one of the most controversial works adapted into anime, rightsmack at the beginning of the year: Redo of Healer. That's right, Rui Tsukiyo is once again back on the anime scene, and this Isekai Assassin work that this chill furry dude has so thoroughly written, is indeed no pushover. It's something that feels a lot more like your traditional decent Isekai reincarnation story, with a premise that makes it kinda impressiveto boot. Isekai reincarnation stories, as we've seen over the past year or 2 have realistically boomed up, with a lot of varied concepts from being the stereotypical hero to even animals of all kinds, and this booming trend will continue to be very popular as time passes. This is as such with Rui Tsukiyo having his combi-quasi idea of an Isekai reincarnation story about assassins and aristocrats, and the setting being in medieval fantasy times, both themes are a good fit in the overarching story where the plot is as such: "Kill the Hero who is prophesied to destroy the world." And that's where the story starts with the protagonist: an old man who has the distinction of being the world's No. 1 assassin working for the organization that he is very loyal to, only for the same organization to belittle that same loyalty in order to assassinate him in the same fashion as how "Tantei wa mōu, Shindeiru." started with the plane situation circumstance. This old man's days are numbered due to his old age, and his usefulness is counted to nothingness as death sets in quick. In a twist, the reincarnation stage opens as the old man transitions into the afterlife, where the usual God entity (in this case the Goddess) has a mission to assign to the rebirth character (the old man) to eradicate the Hero who has a duty to destroy the world after the usual "defeat the Demon Lord" debacle. Of course, being an accomplished assassin, and in the witness of the Goddess, with the choice to experience a life of happiness as opposed to the suppressing of emotions from his real life's stints, how can he say no? And there sets the story and plot as the old man is rebirthed as Lugh Tuatha Dé, the son and heir of an accomplished family of spotless assassins with a license to kill and leave no traces of evidence for all of their advances. Assassins are humans, not tools. Lugh being a newborn child from the hands of his parents Cian and Esri, the life of an assassin must be hard-coded from young, because when your child has a distinguished name like Tuatha Dé, expectations run high stemming from the offspring from all who've come to expect what the House of Tuatha Dé can do. And that's exactly what both parents did to nurture Lugh's growth as he grows up into a fine assassin and bearing the Tuatha Dé aristocrat name, being aware of their actions and to separate both family and missions when it comes to the crunch. Not a bad start for Lugh since the Goddess has accepted his reincarnation with all of his memories intact, and as you'd expect, Rui Tsukiyo's writing is really succinct and rarely ever feels like it's an aberration of Redo of Healer, even with the subtle sexual innuendos (which really flood the manga adaptation of the LN intentionally) that he knows where to draw the line between enjoyment and going too unintentionally sexual. Really though, well done for writing such an intriguing story plot, even if it's decent by Isekai reincarnation standards, and coming off hot from the less-than-stellar Seirei Gensouki last season, this is practically IMO the superior version overall. Alas, what's a story without its characters, and Rui Tsukiyo deserves another round of accomplishment from being really careful not to cross the line with the representation of the characters that follow the illusive assassin, who's looking forward to enjoy life to the fullest and not see this new second chance of a life as yet another "used as a tool" narrative. The loving parents of Tuatha Dé, father Cian and mother Esri are parents that if I was reincarnated in another world, I would choose them regardless of their profession. They are trained in the Tuatha Dé fine arts of assassination, and thoroughly execute their duties as instructed when clients come to them who need their assassination aid. Being proud parents of Lugh when he manages to slowly but surely surpass Cian's teachings and Esri's cooking and proection (through uh...boobs I guess), this is the standard of a family that knows what's good for their offspring and nurture to the best of their parenting abilities. A cruel assassin family that otherwise, displays the exquisite affection to all. You know the deal with OP MCs and a harem, these 2 have to come together like it's the iconic standard, and Isekai Assassin is no different in that regard. Lugh by himself is a sensible and tactful OP MC built upon by the standards of the Tuatha Dé family, and just like his real life counterpart, oversees the assassination missions from start to finish, leaving no trace or footsteps whatsoever. He is supported by his team of waifu-worthy assassins nurtured by him: Dia, Tarte, Maha. Dia being the very first girl that he met when he was young, and being young meant that he had to pick up skillsets on the double. That's where Dia comes in to teach Lugh magic, and seemingly so, because she is one of the most powerful mages in her kingdom of Swiogel. Alas, things aren't meant to be, and they're split up due to her kingdom's political turmoil...which next leads to Tarte. A mage who is saved from her poor background and coming to the Tuatha Dé region for a better life, the coincidental meeting solidified her position has Lugh's assistant, being taken in immediately to be trained by him as an asset for the Hero assassination mission. The hopes of Lugh being formally inducted as the head of the House of Tuatha Dé leads both him and Tarte to yet another girl: Maha. Her chapter oozes close similarity to Redo's revenge plot with her orphaned friends, that like Tarte, was just living life by, only to be caught by rogues and used as prostitutes. This caught the attention of the now new Tuatha Dé head and his new assistant, and just like any other assassination mission, executes the plan to intercept as an aristocrat and save Maha and her friends out of the traumatizing situation that has happened for quite sometime. And there you have it, the assassination team of Lugh Tuatha Dé, that as much as it tries to inject the sexual innuendos as bait for the potential harem, Lugh just doesn't think of them as tools but companions in need to fix a grave situation. A chad MC that has the interests of people as a whole and not so much a harem playboy displaying unequivocal love to his one true love, that speaks volumes more than other harem shows of having girls swarm the MC for attention. Props for equality as character development in the most badass resilient manner. Silver Link has always been the de-facto standard when it comes to Isekai reincarnation shows, because the studio has clearly been able to produce decent adaptations under budget constraints for quite sometime. With Isekai Assassin, there's another outsourced studio (Studio Palette) to help with the production values, and dare I say that it evokes the same visuals as Seirei Gensouki on face value, but does everything up to 11 to amp up expectations, and this is thanks to in-house director Masafumi Tamura, whom with the failure of Spring 2019's Kenja no Mago, made one hell of a comeback with last Summer's Maou Gakuin. In fact, knowing that he directed Maou Gakuin before should give you the feel that expectations CAN be met that the work together with script and series composer Katsuhiko Takayama (ef: A Tale of Melodies) amplifies the LN as a whole, and from my view, that is a relative success. The final segment of the music department, and once again, Isekai Assassin gets a massive W for this. Yui Ninomiya's "Dark seeks light" for the OP is really good, maybe even up there as some of her best songs ever composed. Same with Aira Yuuki's ED which more than her mellow sung voice, is a well-made closing song through and through. Rarely do I ever feel that the OST ever misses, and for such an action-pumped series like this, the high octane moments make you feel like you're on the kill scene, being one together with Lugh on his assassination expeditions everywhere. Like Mushoku Tensei, I'd feel that Isekai Assassin is now part of the rare breed of LN adaptation perceptions that the manga adaptation (of the LN) is just bad, the LN is the original source material that can be referenced to, and the anime is essentially the best version overall. Bear in mind that this is still the Redo of Healer Rui Tsukiyo himself, so all the perceptions from the previous work will undoubtedly shift into Isekai Assassin, but just take a step back, and you'll see an Isekai that's not dogshit and is some trash-worthy freaking goodness in the making. This is truly the pinnacle of Rui Tsukiyo's works, and I'm eagerly looking forward to the next controversial adapted series to come out of this furry's wide catalogue of his many written works.
