Trigger Warning: This anime deals with the topic of suicide. Though played in a humorous manner, it does depict methods. If these affect you negatively, you’d better skip this one.

In a gray world, deluged by the rain, a writer only known as “Sensei” is heading towards a turbulent river to die with his lover. But as they unite their hands with a red string, a truck appears from nowhere and crashes into them. This Sacred Truck chooses those living unhappily in our world, isekai-ing them to a fantasy land with dragons and monsters, as Anette, an elvish lady in clerical attire, explains to Sensei in a Catholic-resembling church. But this Sensei is too cool for school; he is already trying to overdose before the explanation finishes. This was going to be it, the happiest moment of his life, and Truck-kun ruined it! Man! Anette heals him just in time, but his stats turn out low. No obvious secret abilities, either. If he walks outside in such a condition, he will be killed by a monster! Now we are talking, says our Sensei, and off he goes. Anette asks him to at least pick a profession and benefit from it, but you see, Sensei is a born writer. Somehow, this exchange makes Anette fall head over heels for our protagonist: isekai-ing people has become stale, and she has gradually closed her heart to it. But this? This is…different. Okay, Annette. Meanwhile, Sensei walks around. Oh, no! Is that a sentient tree taking advantage of a cat girl? Perhaps it will hang him and put an end to his misery, right? Wrong. I’m afraid Sensei will be here for a while.

Those were some cool landscapes and a beautifully Gothic church, and the gray, rainy area by the river was quite atmospheric, too. Other than that, I’m afraid No Longer Allowed in Another World doesn’t have much to offer. I don’t mind the subject matter being grim: there’s a place for black and gallows humor, too. For the right people, in the right moment, it can be a way to dare the bleakness and live with it. Swift’s A Modest Proposal or Dr. Strangelove can make me laugh out loud. But that humor requires nuance and the ability to walk the fine line, which this show mostly hasn’t. I thought the best jokes were actually those about the stale nature of isekai: the truck and the everyday nature of the reality transfers made me chuckle. I doubt much will be done with them, though. The show revolves around Sensei and his plans to off himself in an artsy way, which he defends with the same level of conviction as that guy at the beginning of The Incredibles. And for the rest…dumb suicide jokes? Heavy fanservice? Overpowered and too-cool protagonist? Every girl under the sun falling for our Emo idol without rhyme or reason? Your mileage may vary, but I see all those as signs I should stop watching before the Sacred Truck starts coming for me instead.

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