English Dub Review: No Longer Allowed in Another World “I’m Ready to Die Anytime”

OVERVIEW (SPOILERS)

The trio are confronted by a dragonrider named Waldelia who hates otherworlders and tries to kill Sensei, only saved by Annette’s friend Ysha, who also hates other-worldlers. They then witness the introduction of Suzuki, another otherworlder who apparently just defeated the infamous Dark Lord and now has plans to take things over himself.

OUR TAKE

Looks like we’re starting to get into this show’s more unique take on the well worn tropes of the Isekai genre, with “otherworlders”, IE people who were sent to this world from Earth, being shown to be a much more prevalent presence and drawing a lot of ire from those around them. We got some hints at this in the first episode when Annette thinking back on the more arrogant or callous humans she had met prior to Sensei, but now we get to see some in the field and…yeah, they’re definitely dick bags. I mean, I’m sure there are plenty who are decent people like Sensei, but the ones we see including Suzuki certainly paint a picture of why most other otherworlders get painted with the same brush a lot of the time. While they were probably first summoned to defeat this supposed Dark Lord, one of them was bound to rise in the ranks and get some great power, but then not have the character to be a good example of that. That’s probably why Sensei is going to be a clear foil for Suzuki, someone who seems to have the more conventional design and powers of a typical Isekai protagonist, while Sensei’s powers (at least as much of them as we’ve seen) deal more with poison and death which seems more like a bad guy thing.

There’s also Waldelia to consider, as she is revealed to be the daughter of said late Dark Lord. But she’s a cute girl in a fantasy anime, so I’d say there’s a decent chance she’s not an irredeemable monster, which may also mean the situation with the Dark Lord is probably about as morally murky as what’s happening with Suzuki. Not that I haven’t been enjoying seeing more of the dynamic forming between the three main characters, but I’m relieved that there’s more going on and chances for us to dig more into what this story is trying to say about Isekai tropes and cliches and what not. That, and I’m honestly looking forward to seeing what exactly is up with Sensei’s abilities that keep him from dying, even when he ironically would love nothing more than to die. And I’m especially interested in seeing that clash with whatever Suzuki’s got going on, which I’m pretty sure we’ll see next week if they end up facing off. So yeah, that’s all.