I'm not sure "Isekai" is the right term here - this is a show about a child playing with toys. But the writing is fresh and funny enough that I had fun for the first six episodes (more than I can say for most anime!). The show spends basically no time on exposition (much as a child playing with toys wouldn't explain the game to themselves). This has a hypnotic effect; you let the nonsense wash over you and try not to think about any of it. There are no stakes, and no one gets meaningful characterization, but I prefer a show that gleefully avoids these things to one that tries to establish them half-heartedly. And I laughed out loud three or four times in those six episodes. Not bad at all.
Review of The Eminence in Shadow
