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Japan · Japanese
Despite following a man who turns into a vending machine, this anime doesn't have anything else interesting going on
Being reincarnated as a vending machine is, admittedly, a good hook. But when you’re watching a machine fight frogs in a new dimension, the plot starts to lose you. At its core, it’s an easy watch, without any nefarious characters (yet), but even though Boxxo always finds a way to utilize the powers of his new vending machine body and has a genuine, endearing personality, the gimmick doesn’t hold attention past that. It is a wholesome isekai adventure, but the vending machine-loving vending machine isn’t as memorable as you’d think.
A middle-aged man with only one passion in his life meets a fitting end in a traffic accident. That's where most stories would end, but instead, this is when his story begins when he's reborn as what he admired the most in life--a vending machine! But his new lease on life happens in the worst place possible--what can a vending machine do in a monster-infested dungeon when he can't speak or even move on his own?
A man is reincarnated as a vending machine in a fantasy world and must use his newfound abilities to survive and thrive.
Boxxo risking his life to save a vending machine (to then become a vending machine) is an opening that would confuse viewers long enough to keep watching. Limiting his pre-programmed response and the gamifying the point system for different powers is also nice touch that helps Boxxo in fight sequences. But these separate elements, unfortunately, don't amount to much for the entire watching experience.
There's a crowd for this. Somewhere. I'm sure.

Kerine Wint is a curator at A Good Movie to Watch. When she’s not absorbed in anime and weird docu-series, she reviews speculative fiction for Fiyah Lit Magazine or designs album covers and magazines. As for her film taste, One Cut of the Dead (2017), The Lure (2015), Inu-Oh (2021), and Dear Ex (2018) sum it up pretty well.
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