I wouldn’t say I can’t stand Megumin, but she’s definitely my least favourite of the bunch. However, her presence does make this show fall short of the greater KonoSuba for me. From the very first episode, it always felt like the show was bending over backwards to act as a mouthpiece for the original show, as if it’s desperately trying to say, “Hey, hey, look at me, I paved the way for everything you know and love.” It’s merely riding the wave without creating any ripples of its own.
As a standalone work, the show is decent. But considering its predecessor and how often this goes out of its way to reference it, that’s not the viewpoint I look at this from. I take a more comedic perspective, and through it, the show immediately falls flat. Even though it wasn’t terrible, it wasn’t a good watch either. And I’d say the same about the dozen or so isekais I’ve watched whose plots I can’t even recall. This is making me crave a rewatch of KonoSuba so much. While this might not reach those comedic heights, it certainly succeeds in highlighting just how exceptional KonoSuba is in contrast to this show’s mediocrity.
The comedy elements don’t land super hard, but it’s not bad. That’s pretty much how I’d summarize this show. It’s not great, and it’s not bad. Just mid.