After getting hit by a truck, followed up by a meteor, the unfortunate and unnamed protagonist of this story gives up the ghost. Death isn’t quiet and peaceful for him though—quite the opposite. Like many others who have died before him, he must reincarnate. Luckily, he gets to have a say in what kind of existence he’s awaiting. The goddess who’s sending him to these new “lives” explains how there is a kind of supply and demand system when it comes to preferred reincarnations. Desirable or otherwise interesting existences have a very long waiting time, while undesirable ones have little to no waiting time. Because of these conditions, it’s up to our protagonist to find the most ridiculous but still somewhat enjoyable reincarnations.

It’s clear that this anime is supposed to be an isekai parody, but this first episode was not very funny. The bigger issue is the protagonist, though. We’re obviously not supposed to care about him and should probably even dislike him, as evidenced by the fact that his name is not considered an important detail. He has no personality, and of the bland isekai protagonist flavors, he’s the perverted kind. The dialogue with the goddess was often cringeworthy, and very mediocre. This is enough for me to know this anime is definitely not for me. The one positive thing I noticed is that the use of different art styles as he enters other worlds works relatively well. Even though the isekai world of this first episode sounds like it was written by someone under the influence, I had a moment where I was slightly curious in what way it would be relevant for the plot. However, it then dawned on me that we’re probably getting a new world every episode or so, which immediately shot down any remaining interest. The idea of an episodic anime with a protagonist like this is not exactly appealing, so I’m not returning to this one next week.

My Ribdiculous Reincarnation is streaming on Crunchyroll.