Reviews for Sweet Reincarnation

There’s nothing sweet about the show nor about his reincarnation. Let's be honest, at first, we surely thought this anime would be that slice of life isekai, where the mc is making pastries and sweets in another world. Just like the "Parallel World Pharmacy" but with sweets and pastry, and with the MC opening a bakery or sweet shop. But sike! It's actually "How a realist hero rebuilt the Kingdom!" While I don't hate the show for what it was, I can understand why others dislike it for this very reason. The actual story was relatively decent, but it seems to be diverging from its initialpremise. After all, the show is called “Sweet Reincarnation” for a reason. We were expecting a cooking and baking show centered around pastries and sweets, not another politics and war isekai.

It's a slow burn show with an okayish pace. The worldbuilding is present, although it's a bit shallow in every aspect. Nevertheless, it's better than any other current or previous generic isekai. As we progress through the episodes, we get to learn more about the geopolitics, magic system, and war, all of those funsies details slowly build up.

Strangely, this anime reminds me a lot of “Ascendance of a Bookworm,” but it lacks the unique charm that Honzuki has. In Honzuki, the story is primarily focused on Myne/Main, the main protagonist, and we intimately follow her struggles and journey to make a single sheet of paper for her dream of becoming a librarian. However, in this anime, it seems like the story revolves more around the people surrounding Pastry, the main protagonist. While he faces similar struggles to Myne, every time he tries to pursue his passion, it's constantly hindered by others, whether it's his father, his friend, his brother in law, or unnecessary diplomacy with other fiefs. For God's sake, let him cook for a moment!

All that aside, yet it still lacks baking or making sweets. For a show called Sweet Reincarnation it's incredibly lacking on those thing. I swear I could probably count how many sweets he's made throughout the entire series with just one hand. All I want is just one episode dedicated to making pastry/sweets and with Pas as the main focus, no politics, only sweets and pastries. Maybe a second season would bring justice to this anime.

Anyway to sum it up, it's a fun show about a patissier that reincarnated in another world although slightly a bit lacking in the pastry/sweet department. If you are looking for a foodie show, this is not it. If you are looking for another generic isekai that is slightly better than the others, this would be perfect for you.

Maybe the real sweets were the friends that he made along the way. Seriously, his fiancee's name is Licorice.

Since I am quite the foodie myself I was happy to see a new anime that centers around food, in this particular case baking. A world renowned patisserie dies and reincarnates into a world that for some reason names all its people after baked goods. Fine and all, but that is basically all you can expect to see of any form of baking in this anime. If you want to watch a very generic isekai show be my guest, but if you want to watch a show about baking this is definitely not for you. A shame really, I was so excited to see a twist of bothisekai as well as cooking anime, but this is just such a disappointment.

Maybe in the next few weeks it gets some baking content, but let´s be real, if the only baking that happens in the first 5 episodes is an apple pie that was neither the focus of the episode nor even shown it´s making fully on-screen... then it cannot call itself a show about baking.

I really wanted to like it and everything besides the story is decent enough, but I struggle to see the point in continuing to watch this anime if it doesn`t fulfil its premise.

This show takes the standard Isekai tropes and plays them with a level of honesty and groundedness that is hard to come by (and by this I mean any groundedness at all). There are some concerns about this not being a cooking show, and that there are politics and war instead. I see this as a strength; I appreciated the sort of bait-and-switch of expecting to see a MC living in leisure and doing what they love, but instead seeing them being confronted by the responsibility of being born noble. Desserts are left mostly in the background but they are used as a plot device hereand there.

I like to think of this as Ascendance of a Bookworm but with desserts instead. That is probably the highest praise I can give an Isekai series.

Overall, this is an enjoyable show. The elements of Isekai that make them bad are mostly absent -- I'd recommend it to anyone who doesn't have a big prejudice against the genre.

So I think this one is the few animes that happens to be the most enjoyable ones which are not "big" animes like jujutsu or anything like that. I really loved the first 2 episodes it was epic it's own way and i always like watching "kingdom" building and managing animes and i think Pastry is one of those mc s who are not being a complete idiot or useless otherwise he s a great mc and i love the story too because it s not the same dumb isekais which i watch over and over again. It has only 3 episode but i thinkthis anime is way better than 6.6 and i really enjoy everything about this chilling making sweets is the goal and manage the things around :D

I have never written reviews before but as I said i really don't think this anime should be rated this low, and i recommend this anime for everyone.

i don't understand the hate for this show, it is a very cute and enjoyable show with fun characters and a cute world, yeah there isn't much baking but that's the premise of the show! the art style is bright and colorful and fits the theme well, while some characters can be one note the protagonist is a nice change from recent isekai. it's not a masterpiece but it's a fun little anime and sometimes that's enough! not every anime needs to be the best ever, I feel like people these days expect every anime to be amazing and end up shitting on perfectly enjoyableshows like this one.

Food sculptor, aka pâtissier, dies crushed by his own creation and reincarnates into a magical world, where he will realize his pastry dream by becoming a super magical being... wait what? No, no, he will realize his pastry dream by becoming the village's general... and defending it from a bandit invasion? I though this was going to be a show about pastry, food, and maybe some magic, but if they cant stick to their own themes not even for the first 3 episodes, i guess they wont hold up any quality content through the rest. Not only that but the completely unrelated parts to the themearen't even well made, just generic superficial rushed stuff, and poorly written.

This is perfectly fine anime. Good animation, nice fx, pretty good VA. Bit bland here and there but its a good watch. However, there is one aspect of this show I despise. It's a fantasy show, with fantasy elements, taking stuff from our world too. Goats are goats, milk is milk, eggs are eggs, but apples are bonkas. They say it repeatedly. it's used in a lot of recipes in the show. This would be charming if the other ingredients were given fantasy names, or maybe if he slipped up and called them apples by mistake. There's a poignant moment full of the history of dessertsand relating it to a side characters arc ruined by "its made from bonkas". No point in calling them that, zero purpose.

other than that he has a cool power that doesn't get much use, not forgotten but still... It had a cool moment but then the back half of the show its almost absent. I thought thered be a scene explaining why he cant duplicate money, or if he tried to duplicate a goat or horse theyd be very sick so he can't use it like that, but no. He couldve the whole time.

The anime might feel like a generic isekai anime at first but its different for what it seems to be. First of all its just fun that the plot isn't serious at all that makes quite pleasant to watch no drama or anything its entertaining who those who like the isekai genre and those who are into as the name suggests cooking sweets or eating them. For those who are up for watching a pretty intense plot with action and romance and stuff like that I suggest you look for another anime. I really hope they release season 2 of this anime.

I was promised anime about baking in isekai instead I got this boring stilted political "talks". Thats probably the reason why they had to put that "he is amazing patissier" schlock in front of every opening - otherwise everyone would probably forget by the 3rd episode. I am a huge fan of cookig/baking anime and I usually rate them higher than they objectively deserve to be rated because I just enjoy them so much. This was just disappointing and a waste of time. Frankly I had to watch the last 4 episodes on 2x speed because it was so boring. Dont watch it unless youwant to be put to sleep.

Is this Sweet Reincarnation or Photographer Reincarnation? i tought this anime will be focusing on how-to-cooking that kind of thing, the MC just making Pie so that's your "sweet", this is a gourmet anime right so why it become more political every episode? if this your usual isekai anime without any "sweet" or cooking in the first place, it should be fine. I hope the next episode the MC will start baking instead of making pictures from clothes. For the premise it actually good showing some story to the family background and the new world so we know why the MC have the ambition, it'sjust a good idea bad execution kind of things. the artstyle is fine too you probably notice some stiffness but overall it's fine, the conclusion is if you expect this will be cooking/slice of life kind of anime i guarantee you will be dissapointed, but if you like something political with chit chat this and chit chat that just watch it.

The quality of animation is wasted on a story like this. Throughout the season they keep hammering the fact that the main character is there to make sweets in an isekai world using modern knowledge. Yes I was reeled in by that concept but alas, it was a bait and switch. It was more like a romance with how much time they wasted not telling a story that reflects the synopsis. "Pas must learn magic and fight to defend his land, all to one day create a confectionery paradise!" more like "we go on and on about politics and marriage and never actually get tomaking desserts. also I have copy powers that is completely irrelevant to my goal and use it to advance the story, which is also politics and marriage."

If you like perfect protagonist, isekai, powers, village management, politics, and children getting engaged, then this anime is for you.

Real disappointment from what I was expecting, looking at the title and artwork for the anime, one might expect it to be about desserts, cakes and cookies..... in the end, it's plot is lost on itself. (if you rather skip the blabber, read the last paragraph, it's a 3/10 :P ) We're introduced to our main accruing characters, Pastry, our protagonist and his father Casserole (also a type of pastry, names are a bit odd, but cute, another character is named Brioche, another pastry dish), being reincarnated after suffering a fatal death by candy sculpture, Pastry is born into a low ranked noble house with adream of building a world filled with sweets and yummy food. After his father notices his talents after seeing Pastry's vast knowledge to grow more wealth for their family he is brought to the church, a bit early for his age, all suited up and ready to know how strong his magic is in this new world.

Replicate!

This new found power granted to our MC through the trial will soon become a stable throughout the show, a way for them to make more money for the house and bring more plot swings to drive us away from the more interesting aspects of what the show could have been, I felt drained halfway through, from the bandit attack against the village to the kidnapping of a noble girl, it ends up with our protagonist having smirky conversations with nobles trying to outwit them to gain money for his house, honestly wanted to just drop the anime halfway through seeing it swung to being about politics and Pastry just being witty with adults because his from another world and is smorter hehe....... also there's a bad guy bandit named Strudel.... enough said

I don't know where this story went, it's all over the place and it just lost my interest in every way, some character designs were cute, especially the mom and daughter, other than that it's nothing much, was expecting a fun anime about food, instead I was fed more medieval politics mixed with a little magic. It's nothing new and not worth the time to watch.

Review for this anime, many mistakes can be started from the most basic, namely the title and story are not in sync, if you think this anime will tell a story of a pâtissier who will revolutionize the culinary world with knowledge from the modern world then you will be very wrong. The focus of this anime story is more on the military side than the world of pâtissier/culinary, the MC who plays the profession of Patissier is only an occasional interlude that is inserted in this story. So this is the root of the problem of this anime story. The main focus of thisanime story does not match the title and prologue that are always inserted at the beginning of this anime aired every episode. This is where the disappointment begins, from the most basic thing in this story. A more reasonable approach to the profession of Patissier would be more suitable in the fields of economics, agriculture and industry than the military. Patissier and the military have no relationship to compatibility. I myself am confused a Patissier but more dedicated in battle than baking ..,

So the conclusion of this anime is the same as most low-rated reincarnation genre anime that only fulfill the seasonal anime quota, with the addition of Patissier frills and many typical cliche scenes such as fighting bandits, kidnapping, and wars whose causes are unreasonable. And even if this story leans towards a military approach, there are too many gaps in the story, one small example: the context of the use of magic in this story is ambiguous, aka only a part of the complement without a clear basis, what is the use for in everyday life in the kingdom and who can use magic? This is really unclear ?! And many more strange gap details in the story of this anime.

For animation etc. the assessment is all standard minus, tiring if explaining it.

So I can't recommend this anime, if it's just to waste time maybe yes.

I mean if the fact that the character Pastry is the son of Casserole and favoured by countess Brioche doesn't tell you everything you need to know, idk what will. Very frustrated about the whole "lack of money" plot. The main character's magic power lets him replicate things as long as they're countable and he's seen them. And one of the first things he replicates is someone's magic...which is...uncountable...but bestie cannot replicate a bunch of gold coins and solve the poverty issue? Bruh. I lke the reincarnation genre but this story was underwhelming. Also the characters are all kinda dumb, especially the main who is supposedly areincarnation.

Do they make sweets every episode? No not really. At moments I think it should be just called Reincarnation instead of Sweet Reincarnation. Though, there are moments in the anime where it does shine, like the politics the main protagonist plays in order to make sweets. But there are sometimes too many politics which I consider to be both a positive and a negative of this anime. The reincarnate plays the politics well, but when I watch an anime about making sweets, I expect there to be more sweets than politics. If I wanted to watch a politics anime, I would've watched How a RealistHero Rebuilt the Kingdom. Now I did not "not" enjoy this anime, it's good to watch just to pass the time, but I probably would not rewatch this anime in the future.

This anime was not in the realm of so bad it's good, nor was it in the realm of good anime. It was so bad it's bad. The story is neither unique nor interesting. It's essentially a carbon copy of any kindom/fief building simulator. The premise is completely ignored, both the reincarnation element and the cooking element. Even up to the final episode I was wondering when he was going to do anything interesting. The art style is standard and neither good nor bad. Probably the best part of this show. The characters were so one dimensional I struggled to believe they existed in 2dimensions. The main character was a typical doormat Japanese MC who also gave off the impression he "liked them young". All side characters were essentially enablers with no personality, cartoonishly evil (even for an actual cartoon) or sycophants who love the MC for the most basic of favours.

The anime was, if anything, too realistic as it spent the entire time on mundane affairs and ignored the actually interesting stuff like the sweets and magic.

I would like to note he has EXTREMELY interesting magic and apparently no interest in using it despite its utility. Imagine buying a ferrari and then deciding to cycle for the rest of your life.

Others will not enjoy this series unless they are of the same mindset as the moron that though this show was good enough to release.

Okashi na Tensei is a light-hearted and enjoyable anime about a young boy who is reincarnated into a world of swords and magic with a dream of becoming a great patissier. The anime follows Pas as he learns to bake sweets, make friends, and fight to defend his land. The anime's strengths lie in its characters and its humor. Pas is a likable and relatable protagonist, and the supporting cast is also full of fun and quirky characters. The anime's humor is often subtle and understated, but it always hits the mark. However, the anime does have some weaknesses. The plot is fairly predictable, and the pacingcan be slow at times. Additionally, the anime's focus on sweets can be a bit too much for some viewers.

Overall, Okashi na Tensei is a fun and enjoyable anime that is perfect for fans of fantasy, comedy, and slice-of-life. It is not the most groundbreaking anime, but it is sure to leave you with a smile on your face.

I would recommend Okashi na Tensei to fans of fantasy, comedy, and slice of life. If you are looking for an anime that is light-hearted and enjoyable, then this is a great choice. However, if you are looking for an anime with a more complex plot or more action, then you may want to look elsewhere.

Personal Thoughts:

I enjoyed Okashi na Tensei. It was a fun and lighthearted anime that was perfect for a relaxing watch. The characters were likable and the humor was on point. I would definitely recommend it to fans of the genre.

Dying from sweets? That's unique...but retracting to the "copy-paste" Isekai formula that's plagued the AniManga industry for years now, that's a lowbrow, bruh. It's just sad how many authors thought they have a unique premise to the ever so saturated Isekai genre, but forgetting that the premise has to be backed up with the plot, and that's where the entire work is doomed even before the work could get an upstart. Yet, this is exactly the scenario for novelist Nozomu Koryu's only work that is Okashi na Tensei a.k.a Sweet Reincarnation, a perfectly average work that got its start in Syosetu in early 2015, and thenspawning with the LN with 24 volumes ever before the anime got its start. And yes, if you're thinking of giving this anime a go, please hear me out first before you do so.

So first up, I'm going to spare you the pain of watching a rather mediocre Isekai: this anime describes the VERY definition of the word "misleading" at best. Yes, it features patissierie...food like sweets and pastry to be exact, but most of the time, it's stuck to the very same tropes that we the audience have been and now suffer from in Isekai every season, and Okashi na Tensei is clearly no different from the rest of its contemporaries. Moreover, I'm just sensing that Japan sure doesn't care, and by some perchance, makes the trick to propose old works that only will see anime adaptations years down the road, only to forget that Isekai is the safe cash cow that will make profits even if losses are predicted beforehand.

That said, what Okashi na Tensei does well in is its simple plot of a reincarnated adult-turned-kid who wants to run a business selling sweets, and surprisingly, its characters, whom of which many are references to real sweets in life. Though I will say for the MC that is the bright kid of Pastry Mille Morteln: "Boy, you're in the wrong show! If you want to really make sweets, join Anne from Sugar Apple Fairy Tale, and you two can become child prodigies together to make sweets and build a sweets empire together!" Aside from the copy-paste repeated plot that has Pas (name in short form) fight for his lowly Morteln family by ascending to the likes of bigger kingdoms like the Hubarek family, forcefully getting engaged to the children (because that's a thing that the adults will capitalize on to build the next generation) with names like Petra and Licorice, yeah...give your children unique names so that you can have a sweet marriage when they grow up, I see your game there, ah hah? Aside from the adults having names like Pas's father Casserole, the caveat is that you'll have to see all of the usual BS like kingdom politics and family infighting, not to mention arranged family marriages, just to see the plot progress for Pas to finally make baby steps in his venture to create his sweets kingdom.

It feels like the patisserie segment is only a piece/slice/share of the pie while the usual Isekai tropes are just slathered everywhere else being the filling of the pie, almost like a bonka (apple) pie that is not filled enough, or if it has a bad taste due to the wrong mixtures of fruits and spices. The baking takes at most 5 mins, while the rest of the episodes are all your usual Isekai shtick, and that should say something about either if Nozomu Koryu was a clown or a genius that he/she managed to fool his/her audience into thinking that: "If you want to see some real sweets baking, please read my work...and I promise you that as much as you love reading Isekai and put up with all of its nonsense, the sweets will come and make your time worthwhile." To which I say, it's total BS, it's clear which parts of the story makes the entire work profitable, and it's definitely NOT the sweets portion that makes this show and its original source material, the way it is.

Everything else surrounding Okashi na Tensei is average at best, from SynergySP's art and animation, and even to the music, which I've definitely heard better from sajou no hana (given that it's only Sana), and YuNi's ED is just...kinda annoying to hear after awhile.

If you want shows that aren't complete white lies to its premise, try Tondemo Skill de Isekai Hourou Meshi a.k.a Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill, which I still believe is one very recent show (from Winter 2023) that sticks its guns better, or even Isekai Shokudou a.k.a Restaurant to Another World, which is a rather soothing good time of an Isekai/fantasy show. It's just a shame that all of the Isekai BS we've seen and tolerated for years now, it's happening to unique-but-not-so-unique works like these that has got producers and directors thinking that they have a small gem, but they're diamonds in the (literate) rough.

If only I rather not take this show at face value, then it's a pretty decent show, all things considered. But when you have something like "Sweet Reincarnation" in the name, it's anything but sweet, a total flaccid waste of time.

Overall : 8/10 Art Work : 7/10 this anime is trying to make acceptable quality that will entertain the viewers but on budget and concedering for being from a humble studio so don't compare it to some other animes with higher budget Most Scenes isn't that detailed when it comes to backgrounds and movements, but I liked characters design, choice of colors as it's good for eyes and chilling however i didn't feel it at the first half of ep1, and ofc the food ! As it's mainly about deserts and sweetsso obviously what's will make us watch some painted food if it doesn't look tasty and delicious !? And i noticed that most of the art effort goes to painting sweeties and they did good job in that apple pie that i wanted to bake on as soon i finished the episode! 🍧🥧

Enjoyment: 10/10! Cozy and chill , I have been watching/reading action , drama and Psychology or your usual manhwas that can't pass any chapter without drama or misunderstanding and had things going on in my life that pushed me to wonder my existence purpose and i don't need to explain University stress

So i wanted something lite and cozy and looked up what's the SOL animes for this season and found [ Okashi na tensei ] and after a long day of unlimited tasks, prepared my lunch and watched it , honestly it was fun and super cozy however i was making jokes about how some stuff doesn't make sense or look hilarious but totally enjoyed it⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Full on disclosure, this is probably the worst Isekai I've watched. Like seriously. I mean, I hated almost every concept of ...😤 First of all, what's with the character names. Was it really necessary to name them basing on foods just to relate with the story. WTF is Lord Casserole 🤦🏾. Is this story about food or about war. Just the way they mix the story makes me sick. When I started watching this I expected an plot where the main person brings new food while exploring the new world. How are children even allowed to fight!!! I dropped the anime since I didn't feel the need to watchit but the 5/10 rating was due to the fact that it's an Isekai(I love them) so watching this failure just made me wanna cry.

My suggestion don't watch this. Don't!!