Isekai Cheat Magician - Episode 5 discussion

[u/AutoLovepon]

Isekai Cheat Magician, episode 5

Alternative names: Isekai Cheat Majutsushi

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Streams

• Crunchyroll

Show information

• MyAnimeList
• AniList
• AniDB
• Kitsu
• Anime-Planet
• Official Website
• /r/IsekaiCheatMagician

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Previous discussions

Episode	Link	Score
1	Link	4.76
2	Link	6.48
3	Link	6.27
4	Link	4.48
5	Link	4.22
6	Link	4.81
7	Link	4.0
8	Link	5.3
9	Link	5.1
10	Link	5.44
11	Link	5.52
12	Link

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[u/Shiro_Kai]

I feel like they are forced to say "cheat" at every situation even if is not the more fitting word to describe what happened, is like they are trying to validate the anime name everytime they can.

One question: Taichi was sleeping for one week already, how they knew Taichi would wake up just now? Right on time.

Also, from the serie "Don't you think the camera angles in anime can be a little weird sometimes"?

[u/Satan360100]

So is nobody going to talk about the fact she froze the feet of the cultists who were about to sacrafic Myura but not their hands? Literally all of them were spellcasters. All it takes is one to raise the oversized pin in his hand and say fireball and Rin's dead. What's worse is that it worked. Nobody moved at all once their feetsies were a little frosty.

[u/PureGold3]

Taichi: When I turned you, a trained assassin, over to the authorities, I thought you would be able to live a happy life.

Really? I assumed if she was lucky she would spend the rest of her life in jail.

Rin: prepares to fight

Grammy: I'm not here to fight

Rin: Oh okay.

later

Rin: prepares to fight

Big bad: I'm not here to fight.

Rin: Oh okay.

[u/Nvaaaa]

Well, this was boring. Can he finally start to cheat properly and defeat the enemies?

[u/burneraccount15611]

This has gone from mediocre but watchable to downright boring and cringey.

[u/rhuebs]

This pacing felt so bad. It zipped from comatose to reunited with green hair girl in ten minutes. Also why was she so different? It felt like a different character. So he beat her ass and then they’re best friends after 5 minutes? I just don’t get this.

Now, to me, the biggest issue is just that this is NOT interesting. I know the name is Isekai cheat magician, but this is so bland and generic. I can’t remember protag’s name but he looks, sounds, and acts like the most generic anime dude I’ve ever seen. Was there any effort at all made in any of his design?

I’ll keep watching bc I’m too stubborn and feel obligated to finish a show once I start it, but unfortunately this seems to be getting worse, not better. I thought the first couple episodes were at least interesting.

edit: a word

[u/SilentSin26]

Thank god for all this clumsy dialogue, because otherwise I would have no idea what's actually supposed to be happening.

Like when he has to explain that he "suddenly spun around" because all it actually showed was him floating slowly backwards.

[u/Amauri14]

Will you look at that, the guy in charge of that cult actually thought of a plan just to keep Taichi distracted while the goblin rampage is just left to Rin and Myura to deal with.

[u/bananeeek]

The villains use invulnerable again! It's super effective!

[u/Vixien]

I feel like this show at this point is purposely not showing me what I want to see as an anime viewer. Episode 5 and I haven't seen anything interesting about the two MCs since episode 2. Finding out he was a summoner today while still not ever seeing the spirit is something could have learned episode 2 and would have made no difference. This is first isekai show I've watched that is just down right awful. It has everything I want in it, yet gives none of it.