Ever since she was born, Ivy has been able to hear a little voice in the back of her mind that she learned is likely the voice of her previous self in a previous life. While she had to hide that from her family, she grew up relatively happy until the day her star abilities were accessed.
In this world, a person’s soul is examined to determine their future career and given a star value of how good they will be at it. However, it was discovered that while Ivy was a Tamer, she has no stars in the ability.
Labeled a starless, she is chased out of her home by her family like an abomination to live on the outskirts of town. After the woman helping her survive passes away, Ivy is ran out of town as a bad omen by the villagers.
Deciding to travel the world, Ivy starts by befriending a very weak rare slime and helping them survive, eventually making friends both beast and man all over the world.
A nice twist on isekai and actually a more relaxing aesthetic story than anyone was expecting, The Weakest Tamer provides an above average fantasy anime experience. If you are looking for more anime recommendations like The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash, head on down below.
Anime Like The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash
For Fans of Attractive to Animals
Fluffy Paradise
After dying from overwork, an office lady is allowed to reincarnate into another world and God offers to grant her a special ability. Instead of magnificent powers, all she wants to do is what she didn’t have time for in her previous life – pet fluffy things!
As such, she is reincarnated as Nefertima Osfe, third child of Duke Osfe. As she grows up, it turns out she has an unnatural ability to befriend animals with everything from butterflies to holy beasts and dragons instantly becoming her friends.
While she indulges her love of animals at every opportunity, being the daughter of a noble able to befriend such dangerous and legendary creatures also attracts attention.
Similarities Between Weakest Tamer and Fluffy Paradise
- Both series feature main characters that endear themselves to animals as well as people
- Both series have a pleasant, or at least relaxing, type of aimless plot
- Both series are isekai anime, technically
Differences Between Weakest Tamer and Fluffy Paradise
- Ivy’s story is not always as happy as Neema’s
- The Weakest Tamer is about being a monster tamer while Fluffy Paradise is just about being well-liked by animals
- Fluffy Paradise is more cute and pleasant while The Weakest Tamer is often pleasant but with a little drama
Beast Tamer
Rein is a beast tamer and member of the Hero’s Party. However, because beast taming is rather weak magic, he is used as more of a errand boy for them instead.
That all changes when they finally fire him and he is set adrift. Kicked out of the party, he ends up meeting a girl from one of the strongest species of beast people and tames her.
Together, they become magnificent adventurers while the Hero’s Party begins to realize that their previous success was all due to Rein’s support.
Similarities Between Weakest Tamer and Beast Tamer
- Both series are about beast tamers that think they are pretty weak, but often prove otherwise
- The nice main characters are caught in the crossfire of other characters being jerks
- Both main character leave their initial circumstances and live a more pleasant life
Differences Between Weakest Tamer and Beast Tamer
- Beast Tamer is a harem anime while The Weakest Tamer is not
- Unlike The Weakest Tamer, Beast Tamer has no isekai elements
- Rein becomes recognized for his taming abilities while Ivy flies well under the radar
By the Grace of the Gods
After leading a miserable life, Ryouma Takebayashi passes away at age 39.
Three deities, taking pity on him, reincarnate him into a fantasy world with an aptitude for magic, telling him to enjoy life and that they will always watch out for him.
With his newfound existence, he spends it studying slimes, amassing a slime army, and learning some magic, but he misses humanity. Being persuaded to join a group of travelers, Ryouma’s new world opens up for him.
Similarities Between Weakest Tamer and By The Grace of the Gods
- Both main characters tame slimes as companions
- Both series are rather relaxing and often pleasant isekai anime
- The main characters both started in seclusion, but enter a new towns where they are beloved by many
- Both main characters are rather young, and are treated as such
Differences Between Weakest Tamer and By The Grace of the Gods
- The Weakest Tamer is more about journeying while By The Grace of the Gods has him doing various things in a singular town
- By the Grace of the Gods is only about taming slimes while The Weakest Tamer branches out to other creatures
Campfire Cooking in Another World With My Absurd Skill
Alongside three other heroes, Mukouda Tsuyoshi was transported to a fantasy world to save a kingdom.
However, it becomes very apparent that he was summoned as a mistake when the only skill he has is to be able to open an interface to purchase food items from modern Japan.
Kicked out into the world, Tsuyoshi sets out into the world and his ability to make delicious dishes soon pays off. He attracted the attention of legendary wolf Fenrir who enjoyed the meal so much that he forms a pact with him to be his familiar.
Now employed as a merchant and adventurer, he travels and cooks to earn a living.
Similarities Between Weakest Tamer and Campfire Cooking
- Both series feature main characters with a seemingly weak skill that prove otherwise
- While their skills are powerful, the main characters themselves are not very strong fighters
- Both series are isekai anime about the main characters wandering
- Both main characters end up befriending rare and powerful creatures as companions
Differences Between Weakest Tamer and Campfire Cooking
- Campfire Cooking is about cooking power-increasing and delicious food while The Weakest Tamer is about picking up junk and befriend creatures
- Campfire Cooking does have more action and comedy than The Weakest Tamer
For Fans of Relaxing, Low-Action Isekai
Ascendance of a Bookworm
Motosu Urano loves books. She recently got her librarian certification and was about to enter her dream job when an earthquake caused her to be crushed by her collection of books.
She is reincarnated into a new world as the five year old daughter of a soldier. Unfortunately, in this world, books are reserved for the elite nobility.
What do you do when your station in life does not afford you access to books? Make your own.
Similarities Between Weakest Tamer and Ascendance of a Bookworm
- Both series are isekai anime about young female main characters following their passions
- Both series feature the main characters befriend many others
- They both offers a more relaxed, less action-focused isekai experience with just a bit of drama
Differences Between Weakest Tamer and Ascendance of a Bookworm
- Ascendance of a Bookworm is about making books while The Weakest Tamer is more journey-focused
- Myne has nothing to hide unlike Ivy that hides much
- Ascendance of a Bookworm is often more light-hearted than The Weakest Tamer
The Saint’s Magic Power is Omnipotent
Sei, a young office worker, is summoned to a new world. However, the people who summoned her to banish dark magic from the world only meant to summon one person they would call Saint. Instead, they summoned two, and Sei discovers that they actually like the other girl better.
Not really caring about that, she ends up making potions at a research institute using her newfound magic. Unfortunately, while she is unexpectedly talented at her work and happy doing it, she begins to think that she is indeed the Saint.
Similarities Between Weakest Tamer and The Saint’s Magic Power is Omnipotent
- Both series are isekai anime with female protagonists
- Both series offer plenty of light-hearted, relaxing moments, but do have a more mature style of storytelling than normal isekai
- The main characters were both shunned initially
Differences Between Weakest Tamer and The Saint’s Magic Power is Omnipotent
- The Saint’s Magic Power follows an adult protagonist while The Weakest Tamer follows a child
- Sei’s magic is more powerful and flexible than Ivy’s taming
- The Saint’s Magic Power has a progressing romance sub-plot
I’ve Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level
Dying from overwork, Azusa Aizawa is allowed to reincarnate into a new world as a witch that will live forever.
Wanting to never be overworked again, she leisurely kills slimes in order to pay for living expenses. However, this meager amount of XP stacks over 300 years of doing it, and she finds herself at max level.
Fearing someone will try to thrust work upon her, she decides to try and hide her strength.
Similarities Between Weakest Tamer and 300 Slimes
- Both are isekai with female protagonists
- Both offer a more cozy, low-action experience
- The main character starts off alone, but progressively makes more friends
Differences Between Weakest Tamer and 300 Slimes
- The Weakest Tamer does have some drama while 300 Slimes is completely a cozy series
- 300 Slimes is about killing slimes and not taming them
- The Weakest Tamer does have a sort of journey-based plot while 300 Slimes is more Cute Girl Doing Cute Things shenanigans
For Fans of Wandering a Fantasy Land
Reincarnated as a Sword
After his death, a man is reincarnated into a new world. However, his body is not that of a human, but rather he is a legendary sword that, after leveling up his skills, becomes stuck firmly in the middle of a dangerous forest.
Begging for a wielder to come to him, he watches a slave caravan attacked by a two-headed bear. A young catgirl named Fran flees and happens across him with the pair teaming up to slay the bear and break her enslavement.
Similarities Between Weakest Tamer and Reincarnated as a Sword
- Both series follow main characters that are wandering through a fantasy land on a journey with animal-like companions
- Both are more unique spins on isekai
- While the main characters are both shunned, they sure have no problem making friends
Differences Between Weakest Tamer and Reincarnated as a Sword
- Reincarnated as a Sword is more action-focused than the low action, cozy experience of The Weakest Tamer
- Reincarnated as a Sword does indeed have a main character that is a sword while Ivy is a human
Somali and the Forest Guardian
With humanity all but extinct after severe prosecution, the world is ruled over by spirits and all manner of strange creatures.
One day, a golem that serves as guardian of the forest meets a young human girl.
She has no memory of her parents, but the golem decides to at least seek out other humans to return her.
Similarities Between Weakest Tamer and Somali
- Both series follow slightly melancholic trips through a fantasy world
- At least one of the main characters is hiding their true identity due to persecution
- Both series tell stories based on where the main characters travel to
- Both series are wholesome and relaxing, but not without drama
Differences Between Weakest Tamer and Somali
- Somali is more of a found family sort of story compared to The Weakest Tamer where Ivy travels with her beasts
- Somali is definitely the more melancholic anime given the circumstances of its plot
- Somali is not an isekai like The Weakest Tamer, just a fantasy
- The world building in Somali is a lot more detailed than The Weakest Tamer that uses a pretty standard isekai world
Frieren – Beyond Journey’s End
After the Demon King’s defeat, the victorious hero’s party returns home. After disbanding, the elven mage Frieren continues journeying to indulge her hobby of collecting spells. However, being a long-living elf, fifty years pass in the blink of an eye for her. Now, she finds her old companions and friends slowly passing away from age one by one.
Before his death, Heiter the cleric manages to foist his young ward, Fern, onto Frieren as her apprentice mage. Together, they travel to collect spells, but after visiting many locations that Frieren had once visited with the hero’s party, she begins to ponder the missed opportunity to form deeper bonds with her now-dead comrades and cherish the new opportunities she has with her current ones.
Similarities Between Weakest Tamer and Frieren
- Both series focus on journey-based plots
- Both are minimal action, but still manage to tell an engaging and almost soothing sort of story
- Both series focus on characters that are learning more about their world after isolation
Differences Between Weakest Tamer and Frieren
- Frieren is a fantasy story and not an isekai like The Weakest Tamer
- Frieren builds out its world extensively with detail while The Weakest Tamer doesn’t put as much effort into the world it creates
- Frieren is accompanied by humans rather than monsters like Ivy in The Weakest Tamer
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