Why is this getting compared to Mushoku Tensei?

This aint even close to MT level, at least not yet. Characters are bland, story isn't anything special. The only good thing is animation quality and action. Won't ever reach MT worldbuilding either

Haha imagine thinking an adaptation of an average LN with 3 eps having good animation quality is the best thing since sliced bread. I bet you think this is better than frieren as well

3 episodes isn’t the excuse you think it is. Neither series is anime-original so they’re adapting existing stories, even if one happens to be a whole season ahead.

‘What happens after the hero’s journey ends?’ is actually a more interesting premise, arguably more interesting than watching yet another story crawl from the beginning like they all do. I’m enjoying it in spite of itself. That said, ‘Convicted Hero Punishment Squad’ doesn’t exactly sound like something destined for critical acclaim.

So yea… it’s inferior. That doesn’t mean enjoying both is illegal.

Neither series is anime-original. They’re adapting existing stories from mediums other than anime. Even if one happens to be a season ahead, that doesn’t magically change Sentenced’s premise. Across every medium, Frieren simply does it better. ‘What happens after the hero’s journey ends?’ is an actually interesting idea and arguably far more compelling than ‘Convicted Hero Punishment Squad,’ which feels like it’s speedrunning lore to hook people instead of trusting the story.
So no, Sentenced doesn’t get a shield from comparison. Its story being animated doesn’t make it immune, and it certainly doesn’t make it equal to Frieren or Mushoku Tensei. Early episodes and arcs get compared all the time—especially when a series is already being placed in the same conversation as established titles. (Kinda like this one, what a surprise) That’s not idiotic; that’s how criticism works.
This isn’t about personal taste. Direction, thematic clarity, and narrative focus aren’t vibes… they’re craft. Frieren excels at them. Sentenced doesn’t, (if you read ahead you’d see that, you don’t need it animated to see that). And you don’t get to invoke Mushoku Tensei as a jab while dismissing Frieren as ‘cheap slice-of-life,’ 😂 I may watch Mushoku Tensei but at least I’m not ignoring what a series is actually doing narratively. You brought Frieren into the comparison first, so this was never going to end well for Sentenced, finished or not.

Every hype fantasy gets compared to Mushoku Tensie nowadays. That's what happens when you are top.

Haters always are looking for "tHiS AnImE wiLL rUiN mUsHoKu TeNshiT" which will never happen. Lots failed only Frieren actually merits the argument.

@WaterMage No, this is the first time an anime has been called a "Mushoku Killer," and that's due to the similarities in their productions.
Now, surpassing Frieren...? I haven't seen anyone talking about Frieren, but if what you mean by surpassing it is having a larger audience or a higher rating, then I don't think it's even worth discussing, because silly matters like these are irrelevant.

Also, Sentenced isn't being compared to Mushoku, but rather to the first season of Mushoku before the anime experienced production problems in season 2.

@Desmascarado
TBATE was dubbed as "better" MT looked what happened..

Frieren is structurally very similar to MT but very different story wise and still a better comparison than this anime which has no similarity except art style.

And production problem I still dk what people waffles about. It's still a high quality anime. 80% of S2 is SoL and there's nothing for flashy animation. Even then Sylphy & Fitz scenes and Norn episode was animated brilliantly. And the hydra fight is as good animation as you get without going godlike animation. Which is enough tbh. Yes S1 was better but S2 production problem is nonsense.

@WaterMage I thought TBATE being better than Mushoku was a joke. lol

Fortunately, Sentenced has no narrative similarities to Frieren and Mushoku, aside from the fact that they are all fantasy anime...

Yes, the second season of Mushoku isn't bad, but it's not good either, and the production problems were serious.
The main animators from the first season left the anime because of the tight deadlines for the second season, and there were also internal conflicts between the director of the first part of the second season and the rest of the team. In other words, it wasn't trivial at all, and the production quality dropped significantly, unfortunately.

The only hope for Mushoku fans is that Hiroyuki Takashima, director of Sentenced, will be responsible for at least one episode of the third season of Mushoku.
But I doubt Hiroyuki will participate in season 3 of Mushoku, since he's most likely already involved in a future season 2 of Sentenced.

@Desmascarado the first part of S3 will have exactly 2 fight episodes so if those are fine non-complians

And idk why he is only hope. I don't sakuga for MT to be good. I am not child who only hyped animation like SL fans. Story is enough to carry MT unless some god awful animation which Studio Bind will never do, I trust them fully.

@WaterMage Well, when I say animation, I'm not just referring to the animation itself, but to all the technical aspects of the production, such as direction, storyboard, and many other aspects... better quality animation directly affects the anime's narrative, that's a fact.

Now, about SL, I wouldn't say it's well animated, on the contrary, Solo only has good animation in the action scenes, unlike anime like Mushoku Season 1 and Sentenced.
So why exactly did you mention SL...? This ends up lowering the level of the discussion.

@Desmascarado I mention SL becz it's probably the best anime action I seen in last year (also CSM Reze). But it's still very lackluster story so I rather watch mid animation better story.

And as I said outside action animation doesn't matter that much what MT S2 did with it is plenty. Obviously people will want more and won't be satisfied but I am personally. You can't get all the breads all time (iykyk)

they're not even the slightest bit similar in comparison, but the character designs, storyboarding, and visuals are very very close to mushoku tensei.

the only right series that i can see this getting compared to is Shield Hero, 86, and World End.