Highlights

• The Isekai genre offers thrilling adventures in unfamiliar worlds, with overpowered main characters gaining infinite stats.
• Cautious Hero adds comedy to the mix with protagonist Seiya's paranoid and cautious approach to battle, despite being strong.
• Uncle From Another World follows a magical uncle who awakens from a coma with powers, navigating modern technology with his nephew.

The isekai genre is popular, featuring an endless variety of rich and exciting stories set in unfamiliar worlds. Stories in this genre feature unbelievable fantasy, featuring courageous and adventurous individuals who have come in search of treasure, fame, love, and even community. Many isekai are released annually, and Chilling in another world with level 2 cheat super powers brings a fun story with an interesting plot of an overbearing main character in an isekai world.

Chilling in another world with level 2 cheat super powers follows Banaza, a human who was summoned to another world as a hero candidate, gaining infinite stats after a chance encounter killing a slime. The anime on this list features main characters who, through one event or another, also gained absurd power.

6 Cautious Hero: The hero is overpowered but overly cautious

The powerful and cautious hero

Cautious Hero offers an interesting and comical take on the Isekai world. The anime follows the protagonist, Seiya Ryuguuin, who is summoned by the fledgling goddess Ristarte to fight a powerful demon lord. Although Seiya is strong, he is overly cautious and paranoid, requiring him to train for long periods of time before finally deciding to fight.

Seiya's caution is emphasized, as the premise is comical; he has a cheat status rating, which automatically makes him one of the strongest in his universe, but he still feels the need to check all the boxes before entering a dangerous battle. The show is humorous and the atmosphere is lighthearted; the protagonists have a fun and unique relationship, creating an interesting chemistry. It's a must-see for those who enjoy the genre.

5 sovereign

The Skeletal Mage Elite

The story revolves around a character named Momonga, who leads the guild in a popular MMORPG called Yggdrasil. After a decade of dominance in the game, its servers were gradually closing. Momonga feels nostalgic and decides to stay five minutes before the end of the game, but receives a surprise transport back to the game after the time finally passes. After appearing in the world of YGGDRASIL, he discovers that he has transformed into his skeletal avatar, and all the game's elements seem to have come to life.

In the world of Ygdrassil, he assumes the identity of Ainz Ooal Gown, the name of his guild, to alert any of its former members of his presence. Momonga inherits his character's immense powers and seeks to discover what happened that trapped him in the game.

4 Uncle from another world

Magical uncle in a not so magical world

This anime follows a young Takafumi Takaoka who rescues his uncle from the hospital after he awakens from a 17-year coma following a horrific truck accident. His uncle, now thirty-four, reveals that he was transported to another world during his coma. Takafumi refutes his uncle's claims until he proves his worth by making a glass float.

Confirming his uncle's claims, he creates a YouTube channel showcasing his uncle's magical powers. Takafumi now familiarizes his uncle with the present day and the events that have occurred during his absence, including new technologies, the internet, and even the aftermath of the 1990s console wars, a topic he has become heavily invested in. It's an interesting team-up as they both navigate this new situation of a magical uncle in the technological age.

3 How Not to Summon a Demon Lord

The Demon King of Reverie

Following a similar plot to Overlord, the anime centers on a recluse named Takuma Sakamoto, who is transported to the world of his MMORPG. Upon entering the world, he encounters two girls who attempt to make him their servant, but the roles are reversed after his magic ring deflects their magic. In this new world, he assumes the identity of his avatar, Diablo, the true demon lord.

Takuma, alongside his new servants and companions, travels the world of Cross Reverie, using his vast knowledge of the game and the world at large. The anime explores the trio's relationship and reveals the hardships that led them to summon him in the first place.

2 That time I got reincarnated as a Slime

The strongest slime in history

Satoru Mikami was an average 37-year-old worker living in Tokyo. His mundane life came to an end when an unknown assailant fatally wounded him. Upon awakening, he discovers he is a slime in an unfamiliar world. He then analyzes himself and the world around him, discovering an ability called Predator, an ability that allows him to consume and mimic the performance and abilities of anything.

Shortly after arriving, he meets a powerful dragon named Veldora, who befriends him and gives him the name Rimuru Tempest before allowing Rimuru to assimilate him. Due to the absorption of this powerful creature, Rimuru now emits a powerful aura that causes other lesser beings to view him as a ruler. The anime follows Rimuru as he learns about his new world and the extent of his new race and abilities.

1 Mushoku Tensei

The genius of sword and sorcery

This popular isekai follows the life of a neet who died trying to save the lives of two innocent girls in an attempt to do something useful with his life. After his death, he awakens reincarnated in a new world, in the body of the baby of two adventurers, preserving the memories of his first life.

After being given a second chance at life, Rudeus is determined to make the most of his newfound start, learning and mastering magic at a young age due to his newfound affinity for it. He eventually becomes so skilled that he becomes one of the few people in the world who can use magic without chanting. The anime focuses on his adventures in an unfamiliar world and the love and companionship he finds along his journey as he strives to become a better man than he was in his past life.