The uncle *himself* narrates all the “don’t misunderstand me!” phrases that the girl said to him -> a ten-second pause because the show works on the assumption the audience is slow -> the nephew imagines the girl saying the same exact phrases (repetition for the slow audience), the girl’s face isn’t even in the frame, her voice is emotionless monotone -> the nephew doesn’t react, goes into expository narration that tsundere wasn’t invented until 2004, making a point to elaborate that it’s 4 years after his uncle went into a coma, a fact that already had been made clear just a few minutes ago (again, spoonfeeding and repetition for the slow audience). The uncle tells his nephew that the girl was a bitch -> cut to the close-up of that girl blushing and going all “don’t misunderstand me!” and stuff -> cut to the nephew reacting with “Uncle…” There, easy-peasy. Here’s how I, a person allowed to vote and sign documents, would do this joke: The premise of the joke is that some isekai female companion of the uncle was tsundere towards him, but he thought she’s just a bitch because the concept of tsundere wasn’t invented until 2004 so he had no way of knowing it (who said “Asuka from Evangelion?” Downvoted). Before that, I ought to explain what exactly makes this series fail as a comedy, so I’ll dissect an early joke as an example: I almost busted my gut laughing over the fact that some people (?) actually find this trash funny - until I realized something and got scared instead, more on that later. I was rolling on the floor over how horribly it botches the delivery of every joke, and the way it fails to understand the concept of comedic timing had me in stitches. I laughed all the time at how painfully unfunny it was. I wish I could say I didn’t laugh once when watching it, but technically that wouldn’t be true. The show is about as funny as the Russian invasion of Ukraine. You know what types of jokes this series doesn’t do? The types that are funny and don’t make people consider taking anti-depressants. (See what I did there? A contrived reference to a dead horse meme, this is another type of “joke” Isekai Ojisan does, I’m so meta, lol.) You can go post this revelation on Reddit, over 9000 upvotes guaranteed. You’ve heard it here first - Isekai Ojisan is the next JoJo. You know who else has reaction faces? JoJo. Well, I checked it out and am happy to report that it’s a joyless, mind-numbing, irredeemable trash.Ī pedantic reader might object that the series does share something in common with Konosuba - reaction faces. ![]() Not because I actually believed that label for a single microsecond, but because shows like that have only a 99.99% chance of being trash, and checking them out on the 0.01% chance they happen to be decent is worth it considering how little effort it takes to check out a new seasonal. Yet seemingly every weeb on the internet calls this show the next Konosuba, which is what led me to check it out in the first place. It’s also not an isekai in any shape or form.Īs you can see, these two series have nothing in common. that isekai tropes exist (the so-called referential “jokes” which are not actually jokes, just references), plus SEGA shilling. Its humor is built around an otaku stereotype that woke up from a 17-year-long coma reacting to the modern otaku culture, plus pointing out Isekai Ojisan is a fish-out-of-water cringe comedy set in 2017 Japan. It also doubles as an excellent straightforward isekai, providing a compelling wish-fulfillment story about leading a fun, non-mundane life with a group of trusted friends, plus interesting world-building, plus hype high-stakes boss battles. Its humor is built around a “gang” of amusing jerks suffering farcical, ridiculous, and improbable disasters that they get into by way of their own character flaws. Konosuba is an ensemble-based sitcom set in an isekai universe. The journey of this uncle-nephew duo promises to be anything but conventional. With Ojisan's wisdom from his other world experiences, they grow their YouTube channel and tackle online comments and trolls. The responsibility now falls on Takafumi's shoulders to acquaint Ojisan with everything that has transpired during his absence, including getting him up to speed with the internet, new technology, and surprisingly, the outcome of the '90s console war-the result of which was especially distressing for a hardcore SEGA fan. In a flash of brilliance, the pair creates a YouTube channel to showcase Ojisan's magical abilities. ![]() Takafumi dismisses his uncle's claims as nonsense until an incantation makes a cup of water hover in the air. ![]() When he finally regains consciousness, Ojisan begins to ramble in a foreign tongue and reveals that he had been transported to a magical world called Gran Bahamal. After a fatal encounter with a truck, Takafumi Takaoka's uncle, Yousuke "Ojisan" Shibazaki, lies comatose for 17 years.
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