This show is significantly oriented towards Isekai Shonen series based on a helplessly overpowered male character with a harem of female sidekicks in a medieval fantasy setting. It has been produced by the studio ACAThttps://anilist.co/studio/6183/studioACAT and directed by Norihiko Nagahamahttps://anilist.co/staff/106457/NorihikoNagahama. The series aired in October 2022 and adapts the light novel written by Shobonnuhttps://anilist.co/staff/137921/Shobonnu from May 2017 on. In advance let me explain why I decided to write a review on this anime although having not much to add to the opinion of BubblyChikas reviewhttps://anilist.co/review/19223. A few weeks ago I noticed this series and was expecting a nice and enjoyable albeit light and generic isekai anime just like for example Kenja no Deshi wo Nanoru Kenjahttps://anilist.co/anime/119056/KenjanoDeshiwoNanoruKenja/ aka: She professed herself pupil of the wise man which is from the same studio. When setting the series to planning on anilist I did not notice the low average score but looked into the reviews. As there was only one I thought it is a single opinion and not representative. Therefore I wasted 23minutes x 12 of my life. And I would like to save you from this fate. Story Overview 400https://www.anmosugoi.com/wpcontent/uploads/2022/08/NouminKanrennoSkillBakkaAgetetaraNazekaTsuyokuNattaanimevisual1min.jpg The first half episode gives a remarkably well overview of what to expect from this series. The protagonist Al Wayne is a farmer in a medieval setting and loves nothing more than to grow his crops. When traveling to the near town in order to sell the vegetables he encounters a party of experienced adventurers being overpowered by a dragon. Al Wayne throws a carrot at the dragon such that the legendary beast dies on impact due to a large explosion. And no my naive former self it really does not get better. The series progresses without a clear plot: Al Wayne encounters several damsels in distress including the princess a receptionist at the adventurers guild and the daughter of the former hero. When Al helps them they fall in love with him and keep dragging him into the life of a hero that he rejects for the sake of being a farmer. I guess this is supposed to be a funny running gag but it grew boring directly after the first time just as him attracting orcs all the time. Finally the last two episodes brought some interesting plot rolling connecting Als past his powers and the gods of the fantasy world. But then again this ended so abrupt that it felt really off. It somehow leaves the viewer wanting to know about all the loose ends but at the same time it left me disgusted by the thought of this series getting another season. Yet again why did I expect anything more from a series directed by a man whose experience is mainly based on hentai anime. Analysis Setting From seeing all the system windows and hearing characters casually talk about stats the series appears to be the classical game isekai. Yet again Al is not killed in a traffic accident or falls unluckily down the stairs he is simply born to this world without any knowledge of other worlds or special insights into the fantasy world. Therefore the production team needed to overpower him with strength alone to make him outstanding. However they really overdid their job by making Al kill a dragon with a simple carrot and fight off the head commander of the demon army in the very first episode. Thus there was no real space for progress during the series and it was a real pain seeing the desperate attempts of the producers to cope with this. Characters For the female characters quantity was significantly preferred to quality. Although introduced in the very first episode princess Fal Ys Meigis does only get three character traits during the whole series: she is the generic likable princess that puts the people of her country first she uses a magic hair slide to prevent being recognized and she is totally in love with Al. Her story arc is hopelessly outshone by the exact same plot taken from SeireiGensoukihttps://anilist.co/anime/126546/SeireiGensouki/ which is also rather plain but cares about the characters much more. The receptionist Helen Lean gets a bit more love including a dark past catching up to her and special powers after her story arc. Yet again the only role she plays after the introductory episodes is to be totally in love with Al and to get annoyed by every new girl he adds to his harem. The third main harem member is the daughter of the former hero called Ruri. She somehow has the attribute of being likable maybe because her character and her outward appearance fit very well together but she is as plain as her love rivals. After getting over her insecurities due to Als help the only thing noteworthy about her are she being totally in love with Al and being annoyed by every new girl he adds to his harem. The best thing I can write about Als parents is that they do not appear in about half of the episodes. His mother might be the most clingy person in all anime series ever produced. In a harsh contrast to all her I love you Al which might be 99 of what she is saying she is considered to be the head of a famous spy organization. Als father primarily acts as punching bag for his violent wife. His performance as personification of the word failure is so good that you do not even bother to pity him. 400https://animotaku.fr/wpcontent/uploads/2022/09/animenouminkanrennoskilltrailer.jpeg Plot Luckily there is not much of a continuous thread to be analyzed. There are two sudden time leaps when the episodes about Als past are inserted randomly in the series where especially the second one leaves this part of the story unfinished. Furthermore there is a severe logical mistake when Als village is devastated and his hyperprotective spy specialist of a mother does not return immediately to care for her one and only interest in life. Obviously this is for the sake of the plot which wants to kill Als adopted sister Ilvia. Another very unfavorable plot decision is the final fight. In order to try to raise excitement for another season Al has to face a much stronger enemy appearing out of nothing. But just halfway through the fight this enemy decides to not be in the mood to fight further although not having reached any goals and simply flies away. That moment just screamed out I have not reached anything though Im far stronger than you. As the twelfth episode is about to reach the time limit I will return another day to finish you off. Animation and Music https://www..com/watch?v=XpR5f2ZakHo Finally something I do not have to complain about: the whole soundtrack may not be something special but it is not particular bad either. Growing up by 7ORODERhttps://anilist.co/staff/286863/7ORDER is a very decent opening which not only fits very nicely to the general ambience of this anime but also feels just like the typical generic isekai opening. The Ending Rollin Soul Happy Days by POP SHINANAIDEhttps://anilist.co/staff/293830/POPSHINANAIDE felt a bit off at the start but I got used to it and it also does a decent job simply by not being overly special. https://www..com/watch?v=ovzSLP0bUJM Overly special might have been the basic strategy for the animations which became a total desaster. The majority of scenes is animated decently and comparable to other isekai animes. However now and then the editor chose to fill in a scene with more realistic textures enforcing a high contrast to the main style. Not only do these scenes not fit the general outline but they do not look good in my eyes as well. 400https://picbstarstatic.akamaized.net/ugc/1379f5de355d18fa117c417201ac0c0e.jpg Conclusion In case you read this review until here let me warn you once again in the words of Gandalf: Run you fools There are enough likable though light isekai animes out there to fill your lives with such that you do not need to waste your time with this trashy one except of course flying carrots that blow up dragons is exactly your thing. This series is generic in the worst possible way has plain characters hard to identify with and lacks a consistent and well animation. There is no continuous thread and thus no thrilling plot.