Jidou Hanbaiki ni Umarekawatta Ore wa Meikyuu wo Samayou 2nd Season

Ever since a vending machine enthusiast was reincarnated as one named Boxxo, he has become a pivotal part of the village of Clearflow Lake. With his ability to turn into any kind of vending machine and serve a variety of products, Boxxo has helped the settlement grow and has fought various formidable enemies alongside his first and most loyal customer, Lammis.

However, Boxxo and Lammis' recent battle with the Netherlord, a general serving under the Demon Lord, has left the future uncertain. To take action against the looming threat, the directors of each Hunter Association agree to strike back by dispatching their best hunters. Joined by friends old and new, Boxxo and Lammis must thwart the Netherlord's evil plans by any means necessary to protect all that they cherish.

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Boxxo Main

Fukuyama, Jun Japanese

Lammis Main

Hondo, Kaede Japanese

Hulemy Supporting

Aihara, Kotomi Japanese

Shui Supporting

Tomita, Miyu Japanese

Director Bear Supporting

Miyauchi, Atsushi Japanese

Gorth Supporting

Iwasawa, Toshiki Japanese

Filmina Supporting

Kayano, Ai Japanese

Munami Supporting

Okui, Yuuko Japanese

Hebui Supporting

Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu Japanese

Kerioil Supporting

Nakai, Kazuya Japanese

Yamamoto, Takashi Director

Konuma, Noriyoshi Sound Director

Aiba, Aina Theme Song Performance

BRADIO Theme Song Performance

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Sep 17, 2025

CapitalCities

Recommended

Short take: A clever twist on isekai that started as parody and, in S2, edges into “actually good.” If you go in expecting silly popcorn fantasy, you’ll be pleasantly surprised by how much thought goes into its constraints and world tour.

What worked:
- Constraints: The points/electricity economy delivers hard with highly limited choice of transformations/usage this season. Watching a literal vending machine min-max cost/utility stays fun.
- Growth without cheap crutches: Problem-solving leans on vending ingenuity, not cheap upgrades. I expected him to be able to cast magic and such as this point, and I'm glad they didn't go that route.
- Scope upgrade: We finally get off ... the starter floors. Cross-floor travel and an outside-the-dungeon story bits give the world a more "full" feeling where season 1 felt a bit constrained.
- Party dynamics (no spoilers): Plot-lines with the Menagerie of Fools was quite good. The soft harem around, yes, a vending machine, remains knowingly absurd and genuinely amusing.

What didn’t:
- Still not deep: Even with the broader canvas, this isn’t going to scratch a “mystery drama” itch. Motivations are straightforward; themes are comfortable rather than probing. But, you likely didn't expect this going into it?
- Bit slower pacing than season 1 (not too problematic though).

Vibe check (for fellow trash-popcorn fans):
You sign up to see how far an inanimate protagonist can go under hard constraints. Season 2 delivers that promise better than S1 while also upping the stakes. The show is fun, and shows off a handful of imaginative environments and historical vending machines. It’s not perfect, but it outperforms the premise you’d expect.

Rating: Subjective 9/10 (expectations set to "silly isekai," pleasantly exceeded). Objectively ~7/10 (still light, not very deep, but a clear step up).

TL;DR: Come for the gimmick, stay for the min-maxing and cool world. If your bar is "fun/unique isekai," Season 2 hits.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Sep 17, 2025

Eleiyas

Mixed Feelings

A smattering of reviews and a (current) rating of ~6.5 kind of says it all.

Season 1 was fairly novel, due to its absurdity, with the MC being reincarnated as a Vending Machine. Season 1 had the focus being on Boxxo becoming a member of the Clear Water Stratum's community, while becoming a reliable friend to Lammis. He eventually gained multiple friends, including Hulemy, who was one of, if not the only person, to figure out that he was indeed a human soul trapped inside the Vending Machine.

Season 2 continues where Season 1 left-off, focussing on the hidden secrets of the "Menagerie of Fools", and building ... up the cliché Demon Lord threat, while the gang traverses the different Stratums of the dungeon they're in.
We get newcomers like Hevee and Kikoyu, voiced by the greats of Yoshitsugu Matsuoka and Rie Takahashi, who add quite a lot to this season, while we also continue to get some good moments between Boxxo and Lammis, Mishuel, Hulemy and many others.

Unfortunately, whereas Season 1 had novelty on its side, this Season doesn't. It follows a very generic plot-thread of Demon Lord, bad guys, and basically the same kind of story that a majority of other fantasy/isekai shows follow.
Here, it's also quite shallow. A lot of the bad guys just get plopped into the story with no real depth, and spout things like "haha, I'm a bandit and I've done evil things~"... But, it's just, well, read from a script. They're added filler/road-blocks to progress the plot forward.

It also doesn't help that the animation and art quality are still as bland as they are in this Season of the show. Every time Mishuel does his special sword attack thing, you'll very quickly notice, that it's the exact same animation frames played over and over again. As he uses this attack quite frequently, it becomes almost too noticeable to ignore, and just makes the show feel lazy overall.

What holds this show up, or rather, what is supposed to hold this show up, are the interactions between the different characters. Although the introduction of Hevee and Kikoyu were much appreciated and were standouts this season, everything else is just a repeat of Season 1. Yes, as I said, there are some good moments between Boxxo and the mainstays of Lammis, Hulemy, Mishuel, etc, but they don't really progress anyone forward in terms of character development. Lammis gets a bit more development with Boxxo, with her feelings toward him growing, but it's not really anything standout.


Overall, it's more of what we got in Season 1. It's definitely not the worst isekai/fantasy show, but it's definitely not one of the greats or anything you should immediately check-out.
6/10 - "Fine" suits this show quite well honestly; Mixed Feelings is also an obvious label to give.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Sep 19, 2025

kagemata

Not Recommended

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At this point, isekai genre feels less like storytelling and more like a fever dream brainstorm session where editors just nod and say:

“Sure, why not. People will watch anything.”

And here we are. A vending machine. Yes, really. Not a warrior, not a mage, not even a slime or a skeleton. A vending machine. Somewhere out there, Kafka is rolling in his grave muttering: “Even I wouldn’t go this far.”

Let’s be clear: this isn’t world-building. This isn’t character development. This is the anime equivalent of pressing the “randomize” button on an isekai generator and praying it sticks. The protagonist has the personality of… well, a vending ... machine. His greatest strength? Dispensing soda. His greatest weakness? Stairs. And somehow, people around him act like he’s the second coming of Ainz Ooal Gown.

It’d be funny if it were just a one-off parody, a 3-minute gag anime that winks at the absurdity of the genre. But no. It’s a full-length series. With multiple seasons. Which means someone, somewhere, thought: “Yes. This. This is the future of anime.”

It’s the logical endpoint of an overexploited genre. We went from Mushoku Tensei (deep world-building, raw character growth), to Re:Zero (psychological despair), to Slime and Overlord (strategic kingdom-building)… and now we’re here. Watching a Coke machine moan in monotone about dungeons.

Do I laugh? Sure, in the same way you laugh when a toddler smears paint on the wall and calls it art. It’s entertaining, but not because it’s good. It’s because it’s so absurd you can’t believe it exists.

This isn’t an isekai. This is performance art about the death of creativity, If you ever wondered what happens when you milk a genre until it’s dry, well… congratulations. You’re looking at it.

Or in vending machine terms: Out of Stock.

And if this somehow crawls its way to Season 3? Then maybe humanity truly deserves to be replaced by vending machines.

Reviewer’s Rating: 1

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