With all the different clichés showing up more frequently in anime, sometimes they appear so often that you’ll see nearly identical shows — same setting, same character types, even similar plots. In Spring 2025, we have two fantasy anime that feel like exactly that, just told with different skins.

Now, there are similar anime as the title suggests: “2 New Anime About Leaving Old Team for Better Life.” We have The Too-Perfect Saint and I Left My A-Rank Party to Help My Former Students Reach the Dungeon Depths! — both of which explore leaving an old team, group, or “family” for a better life. These two differ in terms of storylines, but share key beats: the MC gets welcomed by a new group, runs into an old acquaintance who’s possessed by a demon or something, gets tormented for drama, and so on. Still, most other elements remain distinct.

But these two aren’t the subject of this article. What we’re about to discuss are basically the same anime if you stop nitpicking. We have MCs with overpowered abilities — but they’re unaware of them. Set in fantasy worlds, both MCs are kicked out of their original groups for being “useless,” then go on to start a new life, make new friends, build a harem, break a few rules to save said friends — you get the idea. It’s baffling how unoriginal anime has become lately, and yet many of us still keep watching the same formula.

The Unaware Atelier Master and The Brilliant Healer’s New Life in the Shadows are the same Anime

The Unaware Atelier Master and The Brilliant Healer’s New Life in the Shadows basically boil down to the same plot described above — just reskinned.

One follows Kurt Rockhans, a goody-two-shoes with a support-type crafting ability. The other follows Zenos, a stoic healer with a mysterious backstory. Both protagonists have unexplained origins, but the way their stories unfold is nearly identical.

Honestly, there’s not much more to explain. These are your run-of-the-mill fantasy anime, with predictable plots and clichéd characters we’ve seen a dozen times before. Somehow, this formula never slows down — and even more like them are in the pipeline, with manga and visual novels either being adapted or left to rot in obscurity.

Afterthought

That’s all I wanted to say. There might be even more shows out there that are 1:1 clones I haven’t noticed yet. Maybe we should start categorizing seasonal anime recommendations more precisely — so you can easily tell what’s a must-watch and what’s just… whatever.

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The increasing number of fantasy anime with recycled plots isn’t just a passing trend—it’s becoming a formula. Shows like The Unaware Atelier Master and The Brilliant Healer’s New Life in the Shadows highlight a growing pattern: protagonists with misunderstood or “useless” powers, banished from their original group, only to be revealed as overpowered heroes once they find a new circle of allies. This rinse-and-repeat structure isn’t inherently bad—it’s comfort food for some viewers—but when two anime airing in the same season feel interchangeable, it raises concerns about creative stagnation.

Part of the appeal lies in escapism. Many viewers enjoy watching underdog characters finally find appreciation, friends, and power. It’s emotionally satisfying and aspirational. However, overreliance on this trope can lead to burnout, where character growth feels manufactured, and the stakes never truly land. What’s missing in many of these shows is nuance—complex character dynamics, unpredictable storylines, or genuine emotional tension.

Studios often opt for safe adaptations of light novels and web novels that follow proven templates. But as more fans catch on to the sameness, demand for originality may grow. Until then, we’ll likely continue seeing these “left-behind MC finds better life” anime every season, for better or worse.