Hiraku died in a hospital due to a terminal illness. He finds himself in the presence of god. Hiraku is told that his fate was a "mistake" on god's part. God asks Hiraku what he would like in his next life before being reincarnated. Hiraku asks to live as a farmer, and he is granted the Almighty Farming Tool.¹
Immodesty
This show has a lot of women, and a large percentage of them either wear clothing that reveals their cleavage and/or their thighs. This is not modest. There is a scene where a bunch of women and Hiraku take a bath together.²
The Word of the Lord is clear that immodesty is wrong.
"In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;" (1 Timothy 2:9)
Why would we Christians watch a show with inappropriately dressed women in it?
False Gods
This show contains false gods. In the first episode, "god" introduces himself as the "god who watches over this world." God says he made a mistake in causing Hiraku a harsh previous life.³ When reincarnating Hiraku, he makes a mistake in putting him in a harsh forest.³
In another episode, he explicitly says that "even God makes mistakes."⁴ God makes mistakes?
When Hiraku asks to live as a farmer, God has to ask another deity for permission to have the Almighty Farming Tool, which he gives to Hiraku.
"As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him." (Psalm 18:30)
God's way is perfect. He doesn't make mistakes. It is blasphemous to say he can make errors. The deity that god had to get permission from was the goddess of agriculture, god's daughter.² In Isaiah, the Lord strictly exclaims:
"¶ I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me..." (Isaiah 45:5a)
This anime is wicked for not only having false deities and bad theology, but also in the building of idols of said deities. While it's played for laughs that the goddess of agriculture's statue looks like an old man, nonetheless, it is an idol set up in memory of her.
"Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen." (1 John 5:21)
These "gods" don't even follow the right rules for the afterlife. Reincarnation is not Christian!
Alcohol
Since this is a farming anime, they grow grapes. They use these grapes to make alcohol.² We are told in the Bible to look "not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright" (Proverbs 23:31). If we aren't even to look upon alcohol, why would it be fine to watch an anime where we'd violate said verse?
Magic
There is also magic that is used in this show.² Probably the most used magic is the Almighty Farming Tool that was given.² God calls magic witchcraft and tells us in His Word that magic is wrong.
"[19] Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, [20] Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies," (Galatians 5:19-20)
Among the sins listed here, witchcraft is found. Jehovah God calls it wickedness, a "work of the flesh". We shouldn't be watching magical things like this.
Angels
In this show, the angels are all female.² Angels don't have gender, and when they reveal themselves on earth, it is not in a female form. This is bad angelology. The angels in this anime do not fulfill the purpose that angels actually have.
"[13] But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool? [14] Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?" (Hebrews 1:13-14)
Angels are supposed to be messengers of God, not a "race" on earth. Additionally, there are angels under Mayor Hiraku's rule. Humans are lower than the angels (Psalm 8:5).
Vampire
Early on in the anime, a vampire, Ru, marries Hiraku. Hiraku is a human, and Ru is a vampire. God clearly designed marriage to be between a man and a woman, both human. Adam and Eve were both human. It goes against God's design for a human and a mythical creature (i.e., a vampire) to marry.
Additionally, being a vampire, Ru must drink blood. She drinks Hiraku's blood.² Blood consumption is forbidden by the Bible.
"But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood." (Acts 15:20)
Vampires are against the Bible; thus, this show is not okay.
Conclusion
We can see that this show does not reflect biblical values or what God would have us to watch. We who believe in God should not set these things before our eyes.
Sources:
1. "Farming Life in Another World." IMDb, imdb.com/title/tt19223420. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
2. "Farming Life in Another World." Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 30 Jan. 2025, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farming_Life_in_Another_World. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
3. "God of Creator." Isekai Nonbiri Nouka (Farming Life in Another World) Wiki, farming-life-in-another-world.fandom.com/wiki/God_of_Creator. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
4. "[EMBER] Isekai Nonbiri Nouka - 02-en." Subtitle Cat, subtitlecat.com/subs/554/[EMBER]%20Isekai%20Nonbiri%20Nouka%20-%2002-en.srt. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.