Been going through my watchlist trying to clear out some shows from my backlog - get a good binge in here and there on days off when I have the time. One of the shows I checked off recently was "A Wild Last Boss Appeared!", which aired during the Fall 2025 anime season. I totally missed this one as it was airing, actually didn't even know it existed, but saw some wild clips online and decided to give it a go.
TL;DR - 7/10 - Not bad for a seasonal isekai; I'll watch a second season if they make one. Doubt I'd buy the books though.
The opening premise of this show reminded me quite a bit of Overlord - too much in fact. Had to take off a couple points for originality right from the get-go. The male mc, who's a super-elite in a particular mmo game, gets sucked into the game world where he comes to embody the character that he used to play; the character happens to have a female character model, so we get some gender dysphoria to go with this all too familiar package. A very standard adventure isekai with all the usual tropes ensues. Cute girls doing cute things, androgynous pretty boys, robo-maids, laughably evil demons, etc. etc. One particular use of the main character's power - to create a certain golem, gave me a PROPER chuckle. Definitely don't want to spoil this one with images, but trust me, once you meet Tanaka, you will understand. Tanaka, we salute you.
Series like this have been played to death lately, so I wasn't really expecting to be wowed by any of it.
The art style was pretty standard and safe and not anything I'd call special, but the animation was done competently enough that I'm not going to complain about the lack of visual directing. It's a popcorn isekai, not a Frieren. Good enough.
So, I shut my brain off, and just watched things play out, half paying attention, half doom-scrolling twitter, appalled by the state of affairs in the world. But, wouldn't you know it, eventually something surprised me enough I had to put my phone away...
There were a couple interesting elements that I don't want to spoil, which elevated things for me from what would probably have been a very mediocre 5.5/6. I suppose I could have, and really should have, seen these developments coming, but I think I underestimated the series too much. But, I'm glad I gave the show a chance to surprise me...
But... just when I had to sit up straight and consider that I may not have been familiar with this show's game after all, the ending left me more than confused, unsure of where this was all going. Maybe a second season will clear things up. I could definitely see this one getting another.
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