Summary

Chillin ’ in Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat Powershas been doing a salutary enough line of work at both innovating and pimp to various isekai tropes to keep the serial on the radio detection and ranging ofCrunchyrollviewers . Ever since itsfirst big subversive activity of a major isekai trope , the series had been going at a stiff tread without shaking any major groundwork until the in vogue installment with an absolutely beastly albeit classical twist that is no agency associated with isekai . The overall delivery and core of this wrench proves that sometimes an isekai needs to repair to classic storytelling to appeal to viewers .

The fifth and latest episode initially put an unprecedented amount of focus on the humourous and fun kinship between the protagonist Flio and his familiar , Rys , who had already successfully win over Flio to advertise the fact that they are matrimonial to the female adventurers who live with them .

Before episode 5 , this arrangement had mostly functioned to provide some amusing interactions , but episode 5 ’s initial formulaset viewers to be devastated when she is suddenly killedin front of Flio at the end . No other event during the first four episode has remove as hard as Rys ' seeming death , and it ’s notable thatthis twist is n’t proprietary to isekai – or even anime , for that matter .

Jujutsu Kaisen’s Yuji Itadori next to The Apothecary Diaries' Maomao

Chillin' in Another World’s Isekai-Based Formula Was Good But Not As Incredible As This Latest Twist

Chillin ’ in Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat Powersfirst distinguish itself from the legal age of isekaiwhen a key picture from Flio ’s former life directly influenced a vital moment in the new universe that he had recently reincarnated into . The fact that it attend as the basis for his kinship with Rys underscore just how significant that scene was to the narrative and why it was therefore the correct decision for the anime to utilize this vista to link up both of Flio ’s sprightliness . Episode 5 also revived this eccentric of berth by having Flio apply his previous accomplishment set from his former life to help him sustain his also stereotyped " slow spirit " dream .

Although many of these image have been entertaining , they have n’t had the same impingement as Rys ' sudden death .

Since then , the serial has grant sport tailspin to well - known isekai plot of land lines , like how it has been capitalize on the situation where the protagonist is wrongfully assume to have been summoned accidentally . The fake hero who is ab initio embraced is depicted as a pompous egomaniac who rib Flio , so when he falls from thanksgiving , it ’s all the more enjoyable . Flio ’s desire to ride out off the battleground , which is the slip with many isekai hero , also recently took a more uttermost turning than most series when he contrive his already rarefied teleportation magic to teleport not just himself and his ally off but their house and fields . His action are much more relevant and shocking when taking into considerateness that his fleeing had some fatal effects on the ensuing conflict .

Jujutsu Kaisen - Gojo and Geto

There is also an instance where Flio uses his absurd strength to level up one of the adventurers living with him by killing a dragon for her . Interestingly , this eccentric of scenario recentlyset another new Crunchyroll series calledThe New Gateapartfrom the current roll . However , unlike in that particular case , this moment inChillin ' in Another Worldis just one random , stray event that has had no influence on the story since then .

While many of these image have been entertaining , they have n’t had the same impact as Rys ' sudden death , a tragedy that is reenforce by the mental image of her broach shattering , which Flio had bought for her earlier that day during their one and only date . It ’s noteworthy , however , that her death comes as a resultant role of the disgrace fake hero ’s action mechanism , who has actually recur to villainy rather than just falling from good will , as is unremarkably the subject with most of his precursor .

That sound out , it is n’t as though the disgraced fake hero killed her directly . He just at random comes across adjinnwho will give him three regard . One of those wishes is what ensue in Rys ' death , even though it was intended for Flio . Regardless , nothing like this has happened inChillin ’ in Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat Powersbefore . Even if Rys make it , her dynamic and overall human relationship with Flio will never be the same .

Rimuru from That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Rudeus from Mushoku Tensei, and Kirito from Sword Art Online

Chillin' in Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat Powers key anime visual featuring the two main characters, hand in hand, against a forest background.

Rys protects Flio against a djinn in Chillin' in Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat Powers

Flio reacting to Rys' death in Chillin' in Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat Powers

The broach Flio bought Rys shattering in Chillin' in Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat Powers