Around 40 Otoko no Isekai Tsuuhan

From nowhere, middle-aged illustrator Kenichi Hamada finds himself summoned to another world. Despite arriving in an unfamiliar land, he realizes he can still connect to an online shop named Shangri-La, which he frequented back in Japan, to order almost anything. Not long after, Kenichi comes across a town and, using Shangri-La, decides to become a merchant in the settlement.

By selling products from Earth, he is quickly able to make a living for himself while gaining acquaintances and the attention of local companies. However, the man just wants to live a quiet life without nuisances and leaves the town to build a cabin in a nearby forest. Though interrupted from time to time, there is nothing that can stop Kenichi from having his peaceful days.

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Hamada, Kenichi Main

Suwabe, Junichi Japanese

Mallow, Primula ing

Hondo, Kaede Japanese

Mailen ing

Asaka Japanese

Myaley ing

Tomita, Miyu Japanese

Nyamena ing

Kobayashi, Yuu Japanese

Anemone ing

Kuno, Misaki Japanese

Azalea ing

Kubo, Yurika Japanese

L'Eupatorium, Canaan ing

Hikasa, Youko Japanese

Lilith ing

Youmiya, Hina Japanese

Amaranthus ing

Koshimizu, Ami Japanese

Iizuka, Aya Producer

Ochiai, Tsuyoshi Producer

Takahashi, Katsunori Producer

Inoue, Shuuya Producer

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Apr 26, 2025

Silvverbeard

Recommended

Funny

Insane premise, insane writer, insanely low budget, TOP SHELF KINO

In Arafo Otoko, Kenichi Hamada fulfills the dream shared by all Japanese middle school boys and black-company corporate wage slaves alike; which is of course to get isekai'd into a classic medieval fantasy world, but you still get to keep your access to Amazon so you don't really have to work that hard or give up any of your video games and stuff.

Following in the footsteps of Charles Manson, Kenichi masterfully woos multiple unsuspecting medieval females between the ages of 13 and 20 by posing as a merchant from a far off land and impressing them ... with his many Temu items from the future. This convinces them that, despite being a 40 year old loser, he is a superior male worth mating with because he has dollar-store plastic jewelry and microwave TV dinners full of the high-calorie saturated fats and processed sugars they've never known in their world. These recently prepubescent girls throw themselves at Kenichi's feet at the mere sight of him wielding the miraculous, godlike power of the post-industrial Chinese drop-ship economy.

With his ever-growing entourage of young women one third or less his age, Kenichi rampages across the land destabilizing national economies, murdering innocent landowners and local fauna, participating in race wars, naming clueless people funny stuff like "Bicycle", fighting dragons with construction machinery, showing off, and otherwise tainting the purity of both mother nature and her human daughters using his diesel-fueled SUV's and bulldozers which he bought off of Temu in another world.

All of this amazing action is presented in possibly the worst animation ever created, which along with the script was probably done by artificial intelligence. Mind boggling decisions abound. So many extreme long shots are used that the characters often just look like ants on the screen. Sometimes the shot is so extremely far away, a scene will start by literally zooming in from space. This all results in many funny moments for the sharp-eyed viewer who notices that kind of thing.

If you are a triple digit IQ cinema enjoyer, this is the best thing since The Misfit of Demon King Academy. Don't this one up at your weekly anime night with your friends. Put on an episode after watching a few of your favorite shows, and you just won't believe your eyes.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Apr 14, 2025

Yun_Raizar

Mixed Feelings

Ok then, let’s talk about this anime honestly. For me, it’s just another generic isekai. The animator even made a short recap at the beginning of the first episode about the typical "recipe" of a peaceful isekai — so they kinda knew what they were doing.

What I like about this anime? Hmm… it’s simple and easy to watch, that’s why I still follow it.

Something I don’t like? The MC’s personality. That “Sorry, I already have a wife… but if you insist” type of attitude — bruh, seriously? but its a bit funny sometime HAHAHA.

As for the animation, it’s alright. Not amazing, but not bad either ... — just nice for a generic isekai.

Storytelling? Meh, I don’t really mind it. I’m not watching this for the plot anyway haha.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Apr 5, 2025

syl__via

Not Recommended

i actually thought the anime started out okay, feels pretty interesting though it kind of reminds me of "tondemo sukiru de isekai hōrō meshi". like the concept is pretty similar where both mc got transferred to another world and able to bought things online from their world.

however halfway through the anime, it just kind of get really sleazy or something. like every woman just started throwing themselves at the mc and the mc seems okay with it, to the point of bathing or sleeping with them. i honestly thought it weird out the anime and makes the plot very confusing.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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