High School Prodigies Have It Easy Even in Another World: A Masterclass in How Not to Write Isekai

Let’s not beat around the bush here. High School Prodigies Have It Easy Even in Another World isn’t just bad. It’s an insult to anime in general. While many isekai anime lean into overpowered protagonists and power fantasies, this show takes those tropes, cranks them up to a twelve, and somehow still manages to fall flat on its face. It is an excruciating experience that somehow feels both slow and insultingly rushed, wasting time that no viewer will ever get back.

Characters: The Golden Children of Perfection

The first and most glaring issue is the characters. Each of these seven high school prodigies is essentially a flawless demigod. Whether it’s genius level medicine, politics, engineering, economics, or even magic, there is no sense of struggle or nuance. These characters do not grow, do not fail, and certainly do not face anything resembling real danger. They simply dominate every situation with an unearned air of superiority, turning the narrative into a shallow showcase of their already established brilliance.

The problem with this level of perfection is that it leaves no room for development or connection. Good characters are defined by their flaws, struggles, and humanity. Here, the prodigies have none of these things. Their arrogance and universal competence make them insufferable and annoying rather than impressive. It feels like the writers were so enamored with their own creations that they forgot to give them actual personalities or depth.

The result is a cast that feels less like a group of people and more like walking, talking Game Genie cheat codes.

Plot: A Never Ending Parade of Handouts

The plot is just as nonsensical as the characters, if not worse. After being transported to a fantasy world, the protagonists face no real challenge adapting to their new surroundings. Unlike other isekai where characters must learn, struggle, or fight to survive, these protagonists seamlessly integrate as if the world was designed specifically for them.

In fact, the world bends over backward to accommodate their every whim, rendering any sense of stakes or tension completely pointless. For example, they somehow manage to build a fucking nuclear reactor with almost no effort at all.

The story becomes an endless series of shallow scenarios designed solely to highlight the protagonists’ genius. Political crises are solved instantly. Incurable diseases are cured without effort. Entire technological revolutions happen with robotic precision. There is no sense of learning, sacrifice, or risk involved. Watching this feels like watching someone play a video game on god mode while skipping every cutscene. Any sense of excitement or engagement is completely void of enjoyment.

Pacing: Bloated and Exhausting

Even worse, the pacing somehow manages to drag despite the nonstop avalanche of power fantasy moments. The story feels bloated with meaningless plot devices and hollow achievements, leaving the viewer bored, exhausted, and pissed off. Every victory feels unearned. Every success feels like a shallow waste of time.

Instead of rooting for the characters, you end up wishing they would all just die again so the series would finally end.

Final Verdict

High School Prodigies Have It Easy Even in Another World is just another bland, generic, terrible cliché isekai anime that is not worth the time you will never get back from watching it. This show is god awful and easily one of the worst isekai anime I have ever seen.

updated review for easier readability since I messed up the formatting the first time since I was really annoyed after watching this.