On that vein of cyber anime
Maou 2099 has a fun premise that isn't obliterated by coomerism. Evil Sauron megadeath satan overlord gets killed by Arthurian hero dude. Standard stuff. Gets resurrected into the distant future, where his world has merged with Earth. His world taught Earth magic, Earth taught his world capitalism. Facing the changes of the world, he ends up turning to an unexpected person for help: the man who killed him. The tone is really light hearted but hints at much darker tones, and it's been decent so far
and villainesses. As far as isekai trash goes, villainess isekais are just the best. It forever kills me inside when you have a power fantasy like Solo Levelling where the MC has a special cheat skill that no one else has that makes them super powerful and OP, and everyone looks down on them so they have to be stronger than everyone else, and no one else can understand them because they are so strong and so cool with darksteel blades and fingerless gloves showing emotions is for the weak e.t.c.
The freaking main character talks about how he has to be the strongest because everyone looked down on him and he'll never let that happen ever again. And then he abandons his girlfriend, who never looked down on him even when she was stronger than him, because she is too weak to keep up with him. Utterly unhinged shit
Then you get the villainess stuff. 7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy. If the MC has a cheat skill, it's that she's been groundhog daying her life over and over again. But everything she learns she learns through hard work. When her enemies look down on her, she turns them into friends with humility and good will. When her friends show her good will, she repays them with friendship transcending lifetimes. No external motivations forcing her to do this, do that, level up or whatever - her motivations are intrinsic and she learns new skills because she wants to live life to its fullest. God damn, who would imagine characters with personality and motivations would be so fun
I'm the Villainess so I'm taming the final boss. MC starts off the show verbally murdering her ex, then invading the romantic lead's house openly demanding her intention to use him politically for her own gain, and tells him flat out to his face she does not love him. Hilarious 10/10
Villainess Level 99: I May Be the Hidden Boss but I'm Not the Demon Lord. MC has the power of schizoid autism on her side, is isekai'd as the secret boss, and in her attempts to appear normal and approachable to everyone else just ends up looking even more utterly terrifying. Supporting cast is fantastic and the MC ploughing through the story with the subtlety of a juggernaut was very endearing. Entire show had this running theme of everyone around the MC telling them they should be unhappy because they're cursed with black hair (which is an omen of the demonic) and the MC just kinda shrugging "idk man I just don't care" which is an ethos I can endorse. Their well meaning and awkward friendships felt very genuine too. I won't spoil anything but it is hilarious how obscenely overpowered the MC is, and how oblivious to how obscenely overpowered they are
And then we got I’ll Become a Villainess Who Goes Down in History this season. Similar routine. Isekai story, isekai'd as the villainess. But whereas the other villainess MCs are usually decent, even morally good people who just look edgy, this MC is trying their damned best to actually seem like a petty, spiteful villainess. They're still good natured and kind, they just want to be seen as good natured and kind, in a petty, spiteful way. Another hilarious one, one that actually manages to pace itself from her childhood to adulthood
All of them have the bare minimum to make an interesting story that I wish the other cookie cutter isekais would aspire to. Main characters that have a motivation. Some personality traits. Romantic leads that don't throw themselves at the MC's feet because the MC said one nice thing and no one has ever said a nice thing before. Romances with chemistry. Conflicts with stakes. MCs actually failing at things and learning!
At least for action we've got Dandadan. Which has personality, chemistry, aliens and ghosts. 10/10
I wish stuff like Undead Murder Farce and the Witch and the Beast were more popular. I am starved for gothic action.
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