The Executioner and Her Way of Life (Episode 1) – The Executioner
Mitsuki can’t believe it, he’s been summoned to another world. However, when they discover his power is Null, he’s kicked out and left to fend for himself. Luckily, he bumps into a priest who believes in him.
The Executioner and Her Way of Life (Episode 1) – The Executioner
What happened?
He arrived in his school uniform, still holding his bowl of rice and chopsticks, but this was most definitely another world. This was his time to shine. He was going to have an amazing power and fight the demon lord or whatever there was that plagued this world and become a hero. Then, before he had a chance to change his clothes, they kicked him out and left him to fend for himself. Apparently, his power was null.
With no money, no food, and no contacts, Mitsuki was deflated. He’d gone from zero to hero and back again in a matter of seconds. Luckily for him, a priest spotted him and asked if he was from another world. Menou offered to help him find his way. She was also pretty confident that he had a power. All lost ones had a power. She’d never heard of one without one before.
She took him back to her church and helped him to unlock his power. It wasn’t null, it was Null. He had the ability to nullify anything. It was insanely powerful, no one would be able to stand in his way. That was when Menou drew her knife and stabbed Mitsuki in the head! Unfortunately for Mitsuki, Menou’s order was tasked with killing all Lost Ones after four horrendous incidences made it illegal to summon one!
What did you think?
I’m a sucker for a good isekai and this one seemed to have a pretty interesting twist. However, the zero to hero and back again idea was done before in The Rising of the Shield Hero. That said, this isn’t the twist. The twist is that the story follows Menou, a priest whose mission is to kill all Lost Ones so in order to avoid catastrophe. Basically, she kills those isekai protagonists before they get a chance to even get their feet wet.
I love this idea and it was certainly quite the surprise to see Menou stab Mitsuki in the head. I thought it was great that she recognised that Mitsuki had done nothing wrong and she mourned for him. The real monsters were the Kings who had summoned him, and she planned on making them pay. The fact that they also summoned another at the same time in the hopes that they wouldn’t notice was quite devious.
I am intrigued by the other Lost One, a girl called Akari Tokitou. She’s been having a dream about coming to a new world and meeting someone special and Menou has been having a dream about being summoned to Japan and meeting her closest friend. I think it’s pretty clear that these two are not going to have the same relationship Menou had with Mitsuki, and I’m here for that. It’s an intriguing start and done enough to make me want more.
Episode Highlights
Other reviews in the series
- Anime
- Season One
- Episode 1 – The Executioner
- Episode 2 – The Lost One
- Episode 3 – Taboo in [Red]
- Episode 4 – The Ancient Capital Garm
- Episode 5 – Goodbye
- Episode 6 – [Regression: Memories, Soul, Spirit]
- Episode 7 – Port City of Libelle
- Episode 8 – Monstrine
- Episode 9 – At The Evening Ball
- Episode 10 – The Daughter of a Lost One
- Episode 11 – Pandæmonium
- Episode 12 – The Duo’s Journey
- Season One
- Manga
- Volume 1 – A Chance Meeting, and…
- Volume 2 – Played for Fools
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I see you’re posting reviews for this series which I’m gonna continue from where I left off. I too am a sucker for any isekai that subverts itself (except Arifureta though that’s me feeling underwhelmed with first season’s adaptation) because I once said many times before, isekai is my least fave genre. Maybe it’s due to the fact that 90% of its stories feature a male protagonist gets overpowered cheating abilities. I was baffled how can a plain-looking boy gets a harem that easily just because he’s being nice just for the sake of the plot. There’s nothing intriguing about this kind of male protagonist.
Also there aren’t many female protagonists written for the isekai genre despite Villainess Isekai subgenre features women as the central hero. I wish to see more women who doesn’t have to be reincarnated as a villainess in an isekai.
I’ve picked this up because this features a female protagonist who’s not reincarnated as a villainess. I didn’t expect the twist for her to be from her native world…or is it? Given she has been dreaming that Japanese classroom scenario so many times has made me suspect she’s been reincarnated, but unlike those regular reincarnated isekai protagonists, she doesn’t retain her past life memories. This is just a speculation since this theory contradicts with her gazing blank stares in that salt-entombed city caused by that distressed teenager.
It’s good to see this story is acknowledging that it’s the summoners being the ones responsible in forcing an isekai protagonist to be transported without permission. I didn’t like how almost all the isekai protagonists, especially those who are teenagers can feel relief how they can be okay being transported without being asked whether they want to go or not. I like how Mitsuki express his feelings throughout his scenes despite he was in that world just for a day. The possibility that he might have been a talentless kid at school is expressed with nuance.
Yeah, I really enjoyed this one and loved the way it flipped things in the first episode. I don’t know how far you’ve seen so I’ll try not to spoil anything, although there isn’t anything confirmed one way or another, but I get the feeling that Menou could have been isekaied. That’s just how I’m interpreting what happened.
Either way, I hope we get a second season. There’s a lot of questions that need answering.
I’ve been reading a bunch of manga lately and several have been isekai. One that I have enjoyed with a female protagonist was The Saint’s Magic Power is Omnipotent. I’ve only read the first volume, but I really enjoyed it and she’s not a villain. Another one you might want to check out is Roll Over and Die. That one is pure fantasy and not isekai.