Here is a show that stands out in the ocean of isekai we seem to have been drowning in for the last 10 or so years now why? Did it break some new ground? Have great production value? Maybe its an impressively good story? No nothing so positive it sticks out to me for one reason and one reason alone: from my personal experience in discussion with other isekai fans it seems to be the single most hated anime the genre has ever seen. Is such hatred deserved? No. Is it any good? Well.... also no. Heres my opinion on everyones least favourite Norseflavored isekai. spoilers ahead Story: 8/20 The story that we see in the anime begins with protagkun leading a fight against a rival clan in an attempt at a bronze age setting he has his cheat power in the form of a smartphone allowing him in this ancient setting to have access to a wealth of modern information through the internet. Naturally he uses that information to lead his clan to victory against their rivals and thats about it for our opening Yes thats the opening they skip the whole actually being transported to another world back in time? part along with a substantial amount of time in which our generic selfinsert protagonist climbs his way from a random dude summoned to this world all the way up to the Patriarch leader of his clan the wolf clan. After our opening battle we dont get a lot of time to rest and develop anything about the story or characters were simply moved swiftly on to the next story beat: threatening to massacre a whole clan of 10000+ if their patriarch who happens to be a pink haired loli doesnt agree to become the sworn little sister of protagkun in the most blatant I cant believe its not incest system ever seen in anime. Lets elaborate: every female character in Jeffs use which ever name you want for the MC hes not a real character anyway innercircle/pseudoharem is sworn to be either his little sister or daughter. Im not going to unpack that but needless to say this blatant and often disruptive Im no ecchi hater but come on fetishization goes in the debit rather than the credit column of this show is one of the main things pointed to when people rip on it for being bottom of the barrel trash. Moving on from the incest lolibait and threats of genocide lets get into the main problem of the story: and then this happened. Jesus Christ do they pull this one a lot we go straight from threatening the loli into a battle with another previously unmentioned clan Hoof then straight after that a battle with another also previously unmentioned clan lightning then I swear you wont believe this another previously unmentioned clan Panther. In between this the initial harem of blonde one wolf girl blacksmith girl and the pink haired loli grows with the addition of twin lolis slave loli yes thats right 4 lolis total... Oh yeah I forgot to mention not unlike the anime that a dude who is both blonde girls actual brother and Jeremys sworn brother betrayed them before the anime began and is now leading the Panther clan. Yes they really do just pull that one out of nowhere when introducing the Panther clan. Theres also a subplot going on back in Joshuas world or time I guess? where his girlfriend but not really girlfriend is able to call him every night on that previously mentioned smartphone this plot is actually the reason why I rated the story so high for what it is. Childhood friend/somewhat girlfriend girl is trying to find information on how to get James back from the bronze age along the way she talks to the older sister of her best friend and starts to see that Jeremiah is actually taking part in the events of Norse mythology this is surprisingly done rather cleverly and were the rest of this story written competently and with about 90 less incest and lolis it may actually have been a compelling setup for further story telling. Production value: 6/20 I have seen worse production value but this is also nowhere near good the use of CGI though not handled particularly well also isnt too terrible its mostly used on faceless background soldiers for the largescale battle scenes doesnt stand out too much. Do you know what also doesnt stand out? The fight scenes Theyll set up a fight like wolf girl vs the leader of the lightning clan and then just handle it with animation that has all the quality of a bowl of lukewarm piss and all the intensity of 2 elderly men trying to pass each other in a narrow walkway. Its slow stiff and the overabundance of still frames makes it feel like a horny Microsoft PowerPoint presentation at times. The art style is also cited as a reason as to why the creators should be flogged by many of Ragnarks haters but its nothing stand out true its uninspired and dull but not being particularly good doesnt automatically make it bad that about sums up my feelings about it. The soundtrack is also there. Characters: 4/20 So well just skip Justin as I said hes a spot for you to selfinsert and as such isnt actually a character in his own right move on to the others: Wolf girl has about as interesting of a design as you can get with the mediocre art style so thats a plus I guess blonde girl is a character that exists pinkhaired loli and blacksmith girl both strip for Jerome on multiple occasions and thats about all they get for character development slave girl is also there childhood friend girl is in love with Joseph the twins are actually kind of interesting in comparison but thats not saying a lot given the competition here. Enjoyment: 5/10 For all of its issues Ragnark made for adequate background noise thats about as strong of a complement as it will likely ever get in the opening of this review I said that the hate the show gets is undeserved here is as good a place as any to state plainly: its not good but its not awful I enjoyed it to the point that dropping it never really crossed my mind. Success: 14/30 This show knew what it wanted to be: selfinsert somewhat ecchi brain dead fun it achieved that to an extent and though I wouldnt say it was mostly successful it was almost there. Maybe a prequel would have fixed the main issues and elevated it to average but as it stands it was inoffensively bad thats really about all the effort I want to put into rating this show lest I put in more effort than the animators seemingly did. Overall: 3.7/10 Allinall I think that theres little to like about this anime but theres also almost equally little to dislike its bad sure but to name this as the worst isekai of all time would simply be a statement that I cant agree with. I wont out and out say that I recommend this even to a seasoned isekai fan with nothing to do but if you want something to put on in the background or to kill a few hours there is worse out there.