Black Summoner Episode 1: Reincarnated Without Memories
Oshimeter
6 Ratings
EPISODE REVIEWS

Episode 1 is about as generic as isekai gets. If you've watched any isekai in the last five years, you already know exactly what happens beat by beat. The animation is okay, the music is fine, but the writing is lazy and the main character is boring. One reviewer put it perfectly: "If you are a fan of isekai and are totally fine with the same formula (including, again, normalized slavery) then this show is for you". The slime Clotho is genuinely adorable. But for most viewers, there's nothing here that justifies watching this over the hundreds of other isekai that do the same thing better.

Not gonna lie I went in expecting generic isekai and left genuinely intrigued. The memory-trade mechanic feels fresh and Kelvin comes across as weirdly chill about the whole situation, which is either a red flag or a personality trait. Either way I'm sticking around to find out.

Even this is quite an old isekai anime, it looks good and might have been also one of the references for recent animes. The beginning is also good and a little unusual. I'm expecting more from the next episodes.



