What can I even say about isekai at this point? The genre, topic, setting, whatever you want to call it, has been thoroughly been discussed, analysed and complained about. There have never been signs of this thing stopping so at this point everyone has given up at talking about it at this point and just hope that isekai shows are at least watchable. And I am not going to say here that Tsukimichi does anything to shake up in this tiring landscape, but it is still a damn fun show.

The start of Tsukimichi plays out like a sort of parody of isekai. Makoto Misumi, our protagonist, gets forcefully summoned to the new fantasy world, but the goddess who summoned him thinks he is ugly so Makoto gets the useless ability to understand any language except human language and gets thrown into the edge of the fantasy world, a dangerous place. But this funny misery is short-lived, because Makoto power capability is a lot bigger then previously thought, thus the anime turns more into a Slime Isekai-esque anime in which our protagonist with his incredible powers tries to build a home while meeting people who help him along the way.

I really like the story. There is a good suply of challenges our character cast has to face and the constant way-more-powerful-then-the-opponents gimmick that is also used in Slime Isekai is being handled well here, being able to stay fresh throughout this whole first season. It also isn't afraid to get dark, but is still able to handle that darkness with grace. My only real complaint about the story is the pacing that often jumps around in years, thus you sometimes feel like you are missing parts of the story, but this isn't too big of an issue in the end.

Then we get to the characters and let me tell you, these characters are the best part of the anime. Makoto is like your average isekai protagonist loser but he has great comedic timing that makes him really likable. Both Tomoe and Mio, despite being the "harem girls", have very strong personalities that often clash in funny ways, with Tomoe being a heroic otaku while Mio is a scary crybaby. All the other side characters are fun too, with my favorites being the dwarf Beren and the stoic-faced goofball Eris. This anime does a really good job to establish these personalities and create great dynamics between them. I just wished that there was a little more character development with these characters besides them gaining more character traits as the show goes on.

Then we get to the production values... they are average. The last episode has some good animation highlights but for the most part it is nothing out of the ordinary. That kinda stinks because imagining these fights being given the S+ treatment is way more fun then watching the fights themselves. I do love the character designs tho, Tomoe especially is great. The music is nothing to really note, but the song of the opening is my crack. Everytime I hear that OP I want to run across the country for how much energy it gives me.

Overall, this is a really well-rounded isekai with very little issues, but it also doesn't go anything beyond that. It is probably the most solid isekai this season, with its low points being way above the low points of every other isekai this year. This anime is not revolutionizing the tiring reputation that isekai has, but for anyone who is willing to give this a shot will have fun with it. Check it out, it is pretty dang good.