Best Isekai Anime To Watch If You Like Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles

The second season of Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles started streaming in October 2024, and most fans who have been following this anime since the first season dropped are excited to continue Rio’s journey with him. The anime starts by showing a young boy making a promise to a young girl that he would come back for her. This young boy is later revealed as Haruto Amakawa, and he gets involved in a ghastly bus accident that kills him and everyone on board. Haruto wakes up in the body of a young boy, Rio. As the anime progresses, Rio discovers he has magical powers, and a good deed takes him to the royal palace, where he enrolls in the royal magical academy.

Rio’s journey is quite interesting as he tries to adjust to a world of nobles as a boy from the slums, and there are a few other isekai anime that are quite similar to Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles. These anime are filled with magic, adventure, character development, nobles, magical academies, and so much more.

10 The World’s Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat

Navigating Aristocracy

• Japanese Title: Sekai Saikou no Ansatsusha, Isekai Kizoku ni Tensei suru
• Number of Episodes: 12
• Studios: SILVER LINK., Studio Palette

Being loyal should not get an individual killed, but the protagonist of this anime gets killed by his organization, which he has been loyal to for years. This protagonist is a skilled assassin, and this skill is what allows him to be reincarnated as a goddess took interest in him. Now Lugh Tuatha De, the assassin, has to use his skills to kill the hero and the demon lord that threaten the peace of his new world.

Rio’s good deed landed him in a royal kingdom, where he was enrolled in Bertram’s royal academy with various nobles and royalties. Both characters, Rio and Lugh, find themselves involved with the aristocratic structures of their new worlds and must navigate to achieve their goals. Rio becomes involved with noble families and even royalty through his good deeds, while Lugh is reborn directly into an aristocratic family.

9 Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation

Reincarnation with Past Memories

Isekai protagonists are sometimes reincarnated with memories from their past lives, and this makes navigating through their new world a bit easier. Rudeus was once a Japanese shut-in who meets an untimely end on Earth. In a twist of fate, he is reincarnated into a magical world as Rudeus Greyrat, with all his memories intact. Using his memories, he seeks to make the most of his new life.

Both protagonists, Rudeus and Rio, reincarnate into their new worlds with their memories from their previous lives. They use their memories and prior knowledge to navigate their new realities. Haruto in Spirit Chronicles merges with Rio, while Rudeus in Mushoku Tensei starts a new life with a complete recollection of his former life as a NEET.

8 The Strongest Sage With The Weakest Crest

Possession Of Significant Magical Powers

• Japanese Title: Shikkakumon no Saikyou Kenja
• Number of Episodes: 12
• Studios: J.C.Staff

The Strongest Sage with the Weakest Crest is an isekai anime with a twist, and unlike typical isekai protagonists who are transported from Earth, Matthias, the protagonist, is already a native of a magical world and chooses to reincarnate later in the future to seek a better crest. In this magical world, mages are given random crests at birth, and their crest will determine the extent of their magical abilities. In his previous life as Gaius, he was not satisfied with his crest, and in his new life as Matthias, his dream crest is now regarded as the weakest crest. However, with things not being the same as they were in his previous life, he has to enhance his magical skills and also transform a world that has forgotten the true power of magic.

These two anime are similar in the sense that Rio and Matthias discover that they possess significant magical abilities that set them apart from others in their worlds. Rio has a unique affinity with magic that he cultivates over time, while Matthias is already an immensely powerful sage, skilled in both combat and magic, despite having the weakest crest. In addition, Matthias and Rio use their knowledge from previous lives to navigate challenges in their new lives.

7 Isekai Cheat Magician

School Trip Leads To Being Transported to Another World

A seemingly innocent and usual trip down to school takes an unexpected turn as Taichi and Rin are on their way to school when a glowing light comes and takes them away to a fantasy world. Taichi and Rin discover that in this new world, they possess great magical and physical abilities, thus making them fit into the troupe of isekai anime with overpowered protagonists.

Just as Taichi and Rin unexpectedly find themselves in a fantasy world, so does Haruto. The difference is that Taichi and Rin were not involved in a ghastly accident like Haruto. However, they all discover that in their new world, they possess great powers that leave individuals around them shocked.

6 In Another World With My Smartphone

Building New Lives

In this anime, Touya is accidentally killed by a stray bolt of lightning called down by God. In an apologetic manner, God reflects on this action and offers to reincarnate him into a fantasy world and grants him one wish. Touya asks to keep his smartphone, which God grants but not after modifying it to work in the new world, providing him with a unique and powerful tool. Touya adjusts well in the new world, acquiring fame, wives, and status as he eventually becomes the king of the Duchy of Brunhild.

In a new world, Isekai protagonists most times have to adjust to their new world and build their lives. Touya and Rio start to build new lives in their respective worlds, making significant personal connections and often gaining a reputation for their unique skills and benevolence. They have obstacles to overcome and enemies to defeat, but it is all part of the process to get to their respective end goals.

5 Wise Man’s Grandchild

A School Setting

A Japanese salaryman dies in a traffic accident and is reborn in a magical fantasy world as Shin Wolford. Shin is adopted by the legendary sage Merlin Wolford and grows up isolated from the outside world, learning powerful magic. When Shin turns 15, Merlin realizes he has taught Shin everything but common sense, and to fix that, Merlin sends Shin off to Earlshide’s magic academy, where he hopes he will learn social skills and how to interact with his mates. Shin finds it hard to fit in, but it is only a matter of time before he makes friends and adjusts to school life.

Rio and Shin attend a magical academy in their respective anime, which plays a crucial role in their development and the narrative. These academic settings provide opportunities for them to hone their skills, make friends, and confront rivals. Another similarity they have other than the school setting is that Rio and Shin are both skilled users of magic, and they discover this early in life, giving them ample time to train and become much stronger in their respective worlds.

4 The Misfit Of Demon King Academy

School Setting

Demon kings are usually tyrants who must be defeated by heroes for peace to reign. However, in this anime, Anos, the powerful Demon King of Tyranny, is tired of the endless war in his world and willingly sacrifices his life for peace. Anon reincarnates 2,000 years into the future with the expectation that peace will have taken hold between the various races. However, upon his return, he finds that his descendants have become significantly weaker in the arts of magic and has decided to reclaim his former title.

Anos has been gone for so long, and things are not as they used to be. To get accustomed to his new life and to properly regain his title as the demon king, he enrolled in the demon king academy. A significant part of Anos’s story unfolds in this school just like Rio in Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles as they further their education and demonstrate their exceptional abilities.

3 How To Not Summon A Demon Lord

The Protagonists Have Dual Identities

This anime follows the story of Takuma, a gamer who gets summoned to a world that mirrors the video game he plays a lot, Cross Reverie. Takuma was so good at this game that other players called him the demon lord, and now in the world of the game, he remains the demon lord with overwhelming powers and stats. Takuma, now in the body of Diablo, his game character, tries to navigate this world, and fans soon realize that Takuma is a socially awkward individual with no real-world experience as he is shut in.

Takuma has two identities, one as a powerful demon lord, Diablo, and internally as himself. Takuma struggles as Diablo due to his introverted ways and having no experience when it comes to interacting with people. On the other hand, in Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles, Rio/Haruto deals with the merging of two lives and memories, which influences his place in the world.

2 That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime

Retained Memories From Previous Life

This anime follows the story of Satoru Mikami, a 37-year-old corporate worker from Tokyo who meets his unfortunate demise after being stabbed by a thief during a random street attack. In his dying moments, he hears mysterious voices that seem to be carrying out his whimsical thoughts about having special abilities. He then wakes up in a fantasy world reincarnated as a slime with unique powers. Satoru is now Rimuru, a slime with overwhelming powers who quickly builds a good reputation for himself as he advances with his abilities and memories from his previous life.

Rio and Rimuru retain memories from their previous lives, and this significantly impacts their decisions and actions in their new worlds. Having these memories provides Rio and Rinmuru with an advantage in understanding and manipulating their surroundings compared to native inhabitants of the fantasy world they find themselves in.

1 Tsukimichi – Moonlit Fantasy

Rejected By Their New World

Makoto never had an issue with his looks until he finds himself in front of a goddess after being suddenly transported to another world as a part of a pact between his parents and a fantasy world’s goddess. The goddess rejects Makoto as she finds him hideously ugly and banishes him to the furthest edges of the wasteland. Despite this, Makoto’s journey in the new world is not one of despair, as he quickly encounters two powerful beings, a dragon and a spider, who become his followers after he defeats them with his overwhelming magical power, which he discovers soon after his banishment. Makoto decides to make the best of his situation by forming his own company to interact with the various races of the world, all while avoiding human contact as per the goddess’s decree.

Rio, on the other hand, was not rejected by any goddess but was treated like filth by the royal members. The students at the Beltrum Kingdom Magic Academy rejected him from their school because he was not of noble status like all of them, and this led to him dropping out.