The isekai anime genre continues to grow stronger and stronger. More and more new characters are born. They are built in abilities and strength at extraordinary levels, or else level up at a dizzying rate like Rimuru in Slime Reincarnation.
A weak protagonist is rare in this genre, but there is. Weak characters, when placed in the middle of a forest of strong characters, become unique and impressive character types.
Ascendance of A Bookworm – When a Bookworm Reincarnates
Urano Motosu is very fond of books, she got her dream job as a librarian of a library, but she passed away suddenly. Urano wished that if there was a next life, she would like to have the opportunity to read more books. However, fate teased her when she reincarnated into the body of the commoner Myne. What’s worse, in the world Myne lived in, only nobles could read books.
It is worth mentioning that even anime isekai that exploit everyday themes like Drugstore in Another World also give the main character a certain outstanding skill. Song Myne not only has no skills, but on the contrary, her body is extremely weak. She fainted many times when she saw blood. However, also because of Myne’s “impossibly wasteful”, the audience feels the story is very close, they want to follow the journey of “popularizing books” that Myne makes to see what she will solve. What are the difficulties?
Re: Zero – Has super power as well as no
After making a purchase at a convenience store, Subaru Natsuki is mysteriously transported to an unknown street. Through magic, he was summoned to a new land and from there Subaru’s nightmare began. He helped the girl who saved him to find what she had lost, although he had pinpointed the exact location, but then both were brutally murdered. Interestingly, Subaru immediately found him back in time.
Unlike other anime isekai that prefer to use features in video games to the main character’s advantage, Re: Zero uses in-game elements to jam and increase its character’s difficulty. Subaru is able to reincarnate and go back in time, but it’s to his detriment to have to constantly experience death again and again. Even so, the young man still did not give up but continued to make efforts to save everyone in this dark and cruel world.
The Dungeon of Black Company – Hard life after reincarnation
When Kinji Ninomiya becomes a true NEET, he is suddenly reincarnated to an alien world. Although in this world Kinji is not a slave, he is forced to work in a company with exploitative work. Kinji must use his mind and clever tactics to gradually advance in the company.
Because of his sudden reincarnation, Kinji encountered many difficulties, he himself lacked all skills for work, communication and survival. He could only rely on his own intelligence. Ninomiya’s journey without the book won’t, be smooth, but viewers can find it very interesting.
