[Spoilers] My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero’s - Episode 1 Discussion

People just don't get isekai'd the right way anymore.

Other than that.
Class transport: Check
Hero is a useless twat: Check
Summoner has some funny business going on: Check
MC is not a useless twat: Check

So I guess we have more or less the starting point of Arifureta.

The description had me go in with, like, negative amounts of expectations, and maybe those pitifully low standards are to blame, but... I guess it kinda positively surprised me? Not like this is anything remarkable, and it still does a lot of stuff that annoys me with isekai anime, but it was at least nice to see the protagonist react sort of reasonably to all of this and be kinda wary.
I was so ready to be baffled at how the show would justify that everyone's first reaction to an "assassin" class would be to call it bad/something to bully the main character for, thanks to the description...

really good first episode

It’s ticking boxes for me so far. Not in the way i thought tho

i think ts going be peak

Idk something felt really wrong.

This entire episode was both unimaginative and poorly paced. Not to mention some weird situations like, "we don't have planes but we have videocameras".
I don't know, I understand the intention to move to the interesting stuff faster, but this certainly isn't the right way.

The art style for the characters is good for me. It reminds me of 90-00 anime. Or at least that's my impression. I expected trash but this first chapter seems alright? I mean, the protagonist is not dumb enough to show his stats and not blindly trust the strangers, altough it's difficult to do if you end up being summoned with magical powers.
Akira's sidekick (the holy knight that I forgot his name) is so convinient but who cares? I'm watching this show with my brain turned off.?

If eminence in shadow and The Misfit of Demon King Academy had a baby

I decided to watch this because it has Saku "Sakupi" Mizuno's first main character role since Fall 2022, when she was both Ryo from Bocchi the Rock! and the Raven Consort from Raven of the Inner Palace. The fact that she voices a main character in Bocchi the Rock! means that she's one of the most important people ever to exist, so I couldn't miss this chance to finally see her in another main role.

Unfortunately, her character wasn't even in this episode, so I have to wait another week for her to appear. However, I still enjoyed the first episode despite that setback. There was enough intrigue to keep things interesting, and I'm curious about what the king and that unsettling blonde lady next to him are hiding from everyone.

Looking forward to next week when Sakupi's character enters the story and we how that Minotaur battle concludes.

Thought the same. WTF

i am so stick of people comparing this anime to Arifureta. Its like saying Haikyuu is like kuroko no basket.

Here are SOME of the things that would make this claim so stupid:
While Arifureta’s Hajime transforms from an ordinary student into a ruthless survivor driven by betrayal, Akira from Assassin isnt some trained killer, his abilities in the new world stem from the job and life he had in the real world, not from combat experience. Unlike Hajime, Akira isnt constantly acquiring new powers but rather refining and mastering the ones he already possesses. The series also takes time to logically explain how its skill system works, detailing how abilities function and evolve, whereas Arifureta often glosses over such mechanics, skills just exist, and characters cast them without much explanation. Overall, Arifureta is a story about becoming strong through suffering, while Assassin is about understanding and improving one’s given strengths within a structured system. It’s less about flashy power and more about precision, strategy, and thoughtful worldbuilding, and the list goes on!! I didnt even explained the rom that is going in each and how the overall story pace was delivered

Might just crashed out or vented up there but it really pissed me making such ridiculous claims. If i said "Haikyuu is like kuroko no basket" like i mentioned up there just cuz they knew each other in middle school before going to high school (Haikyuu were vs each other in middle school to with each other in high school and kuroko is the opp) and that both are doing school sports. I will get a crazy hate XD its just so stupid ill just stop cuz its clearly im so pissed and i need to get off this

Actually a really good start??? I enjoy that the entire class was isekai'd, and the protag + story is actually interesting to me. This seems to be one of the good isekais

I don't even know if I can properly articulate what I just watched
it's like I watched exactly half of the scenes each from the first and 3rd episodes of a really solid anime. Some of the worst pacing I have seen in a while, and yet there's just enough there that I don't want to dismiss it.
I am infinitely conflicted right now.

Damn this is exciting, I feel like the pacing was a little wonky but not exactly bad in this first episode? Hopefully its just an E1 thing and we will get on track fast.

Super generic copy paste plot and character archtypes with poor pacing and animation, doesnt look like this is gonna get any better.

Another anime with the boilerplate "whole class gets isekai'd, but one person stands out among the rest" premise. The only thing going for it is its retro-ish artstyle, which makes it stand out among other class isekais. It reminds me of late 80s-early 90s anime.

I thought the arabic text was an extra from the translator not the studio
this is so funny!

actually the text not a meaning less as usual
the translation of what i could read from the screenshot is:
A new entity, and become the basis for changing the world, O souls

Shares quite some stuff with Failure Frame but at least the animation is better.. Don't have high expectations here but the first episode seemed solid enough at least.

Nah.... Mc isnt simp... So im gonna watch it

"Silent Assassin" - because normal assassins are screaming on the job.

80's anime art style fr

i thik it will be better then arifureta and all same types of anime becouse it has good animation and it is adapted from light novel and you known light novel anime is always better then manga animation i always enjoy isekai even it has 7 or 8 rating so i think i love this anime

Great art and animation but that's all about it, it was TOO fast paced, or you could say too rushed and felt more or less like watching a recap of the first 8/10 episodes and heavily relied on fans preconceived notions about isekai.

should I watch it ?

Another generic emo show for 13 year olds…
But I am still gonna watch it

Not bad - surprisingly decent production but a very generic setup and intentionally dull MC all while feeling exceedingly rushed, feels like we skipped a few episodes. We basically didn't get introduced to any of the other class at all.
Being so forgetable no one in your class knows you're there doesn't make a cool and brooding MC, just that they're a loser. Still makes a change from the bully victim trope.

Couple of things amused me, one he makes no comment on the fact they're being watched by a movable lense camera in a fantasy world, and also that when he does disappear his one semi friend doesn't bring up again at all and then he just reappears later without comment.

Eyo we got Vesperbell singing the op?! 🔥

A hell of a lot of information an a very cliche setting, though something tells me this MC have potential to make this show interesting, at least I hope so. I also sense that the command is about to betray him or something, I don't trust his smile, not even in the slightest.

i feel like everything is just.. rushed? everything is happening in the first episode and theres no room for any explanation.. its not bad its just not what i expected tbh.

The description made this sound like an edgelord-y revenge fantasy isekai (disclaimer: that's part of the appeal for me), which... isn't wrong, but also doesn't really feel accurate either.

Like, yeah, "whole class gets isekai'd but the main character is Different™ and also the strongest" is very wish fulfilment-y. Clearly feels targeted at people who feel lonely and/or ignored, and/or who want to feel justified in not trusting others easily, but like, nothing wrong with aiming for that audience. Just means it won't be for everyone, which no story is anyway.

And sure, it's following some of the common tropes, but there's nothing wrong with that either, as long as they're prominent enough in the premise (and they are) that people can self-select in or out. They're popular for a reason, at least for their intended audience of whole-class-isekai enjoyers (or revenge fantasy isekai enjoyers).

But it's also doing some things I haven't seen before (though I'm not widely versed in the genre so that doesn't mean much).

Unlike the last two only two "whole class gets isekai'd" isekais I watched, the main protag in this does work with the rest of his classmates, rather than having an antagonistic relationship on one/both sides.

Akira already having an ally when it comes to the intrigue side of things is also fun to see, and softens the edgelordiness a little. (A lot of edgelordier stuff I've watched tends to have characters who Work Alone™, by choice or by ostracism, and only eventually reluctantly work with others. This isn't doing that.)

The pacing's a bit fast (having a nighttime scene or two during the montage to properly indicate that time is passing may have helped), but I'm guessing that's to get to the real meat of the story quicker. The description specifies Akira being framed for a crime, which I suspect is the real turning point slash plot catalyst, with everything before it being introductory/establishing context.

Anyway, this subverted my expectations in a very pleasant way, and I'm glad I can already watch episode 2 (I procrastinated actually watching anything for the last, like, week or so, whoops).