Anime: Benriya Saitou-san, Isekai ni Iku g5i3r

This has a relatively unique story. And more importantly, character development is really good, so by the end you end up liking them very much.

I really hope there will be an S2.

8/10

It starts as a gallery of scenes for several adventurer parties, mostly comedy and sweet slice of life. I'm not fond of disconnected short sories, but it was fresh and promising. Episodes 4-8 bring the main arc, highly enjoyable, even if the long shounen battle was too much for my taste. From here on, the show seems to have no more steam. The last arc (3 episodes) is contrived and quite hollow, apart from making the romance more explicit. Then the series ends with a filler episode, a disappointing collection of small slice of life stories.

Visuals are okay, but I hate this modern practice of slightly moving around the camera instead of the classical still frame. On a side note, the piano theme at the start of ED is excellent.

Overall, I had fun for 2/3rd of the series. And, for the probable second season, I hope they will that a real script is highly recommended.

This show... I find it hard to evaluate properly. It's a kaleidoscope of emotions. The authors are throwing at the viewer very unusual approach to storytelling and they had decided to show how many cliches, such as repetitive jokes, predictable moves and elements are used in other animes. And it is not just one or two references to other animes, there are tons of them. But, on the other hand, the authors do not hesitate to put on a lot of drama and violence. And you know, it works. I don't know how, but it works. One moment you laugh your arse off, the second moment you are ready to drown in your own tears.

I want to add one more thing, that makes this show stand on top of others, it is almost limitless kindness pouring out of characters. And it is not like, one is too kind and the others play along, here kindness, or perhaps, humility, is the main thread weaving through whole series.

You will not regret if you try, but you might need to pull yourself through first 2-3 episodes.

I had a really difficult time getting into this series. I struggled several times to get past the first few episodes because it was so chaotic and I didn't understand the purpose.

However, I finally sat down and just watched through the series. It was worth watching. Understand that the first 4 episodes or so are really just there to introduce all the characters and the world itself.

After that, it roars forward with a storyline centralized around the main party. It takes the necessary side steps to wrap up pieces of the story arcs, but are by no means useless.

I'd love to see another season on this, it was great.

Wonderful and sweet. Instead of focusing on the power fantasy of isekai scenarios, like a lot of other series do, this one shows fulfillment of a personal nature - being wanted, feeling needed and cared for.

It is close to a must see IMO.

This is really great, totally out of my expectation! The thing standout the most is the story flow, it gives you full emotional cycle! From joyful laugh, to sad, then fun and oh no... As an isekai anime, it doesn't just focus on the main character, but also the surround characters as well. Really enjoyable.

The concept for this anime was interesting... an average handy man getting sent to a fantasy world and ing an adventuring group. The main and characters were fine, the forgetful mage was the highlight of this show. Unfortunately, the structure and pacing of the show wasn't for me... this bounced around too much for my liking rather than sticking with the main group of characters and story, plus the tone was all over the place. While this was a different take for an isekai anime, this was a mixed bag.

I like it. Totally fresh and different approach, not only in Isekai genre, but also as anime. Lot's of comedy at the beginning and the end, while it had rather serious plot in the middle. Pleasant watch.

Way better than expected, it strikes a rare balance between being funny and serious at the same time.

It spends a lot of time on backstories & character development, which make especially the first few episodes very slow to get going, but once it does it's surprisingly enjoyable and keeps you hooked to see what happens to the characters next.

Easily one of my favourites this season, and I've already seen all isekais under the sun.