The Banished Former Hero Lives as He Pleases

KANLen09★ 1

Dekisoko - I'm struggling to say something coherent about this one. For every good (or at least somewhat decent) fantasy work out there, there're many others trying to live up to the anime infancies of adaptation, be it a rather rough adaptation of the source material (i.e. novelist Kuji Furumiya's Unnamed Memory this season) or be it even now the platinum standards of either Frieren or Kusuriya no Hitorigoto a.k.a The Apothecary Dairies that we've been so blessed for the past 6 months. However, when you have a work so generic, bland and uninspired that got people to produce a work so heinously "adapted" as such(like good anime needs good production), this show does the exact opposite that I can't really tell whether it was intentional to create an anime that's just about as worse as the source material itself. And that, my friends, is where I'll welcome you to novelist Shin Kouzuki's series, shortened to Dekisoko, because why the hell would you even give a heck care about this in the first place? Everything about this show is exactly what you think it is: Dumb and Dumber, but a billion times worse to make you question: What exactly is the motivation of banishing a stereotypical hero potential, only to have him be forced on a one-way street back to resolve kingdom problems that are (rightfully) none of his business? Banished from the Hero's Party? We've already had that one series that is way better in ALL aspects than this one. Characters? All egregiously one-note and poorly conceived, as if like everyone in this unfortunate work are all designed like NPCs to hand out plot pointers and threads on a platter. Even the villains are a joke, which felt like cringe and a chore to sit through. I feel bad for the central OP MC Alan, because I thought for a good while that he would be a decent character, but nope, the author had a rather diabolical idea to just turn him into a waste of a character that just goes with the flow of "whatever happens, will happen". Animation? Oh Good Lord, the infamous Nanatsu no Taizai pairing of Studio Deen and Marvy Jack are back again tearing through another work that isn't Seven Deadly Sins...and need I say any more about the results and/or outcome of that? Pure laziness and utmost BS-level of care given to an already strained industry pumping on quantity instead of quality. Sound? The mistake of giving the lead voice to Shouta Aoi, to a character that to my mind, doesn't put two and two together like a well-oiled machine, that ultimately sounded like someone else who came from a different anime altogether who doesn't feel happy to be in a rather negatively influenced world. Also, his OPs have gotten a lot worse than I remember, where the only good thing to talk about is Aimi's ED, which for as plaln as it is, is considered a banger song in the pile of balderdash rubbish that is the show overall. I'm usually one that can tolerate bad Isekai/fantasy shows, but Dekisoko easily takes the cake where I find myself easily quitting half of Episode 1 in...only to say: just one more episode, to see plot be thrown out, logic be cussed, and ANY sense of understanding just being non-existent, like the show is trying to question everyone on what is right. Dekisoko shows every sense of right...being wrong on all levels unexplainable that you end up having to take numerous mouthwashes, and that STILL won't gurgle away the absolute doggone trash that it is. It's truly the pinnacle of being incomprehensive and unwatchable.

ST63LTH★ 3

The Banished Hero is a reincarnation series that follows Alan who, in his former life was a competent hero. However, as Alan Westfeldt from a noble family he decides to live life at his own pace which causes his family to disown him. Taking this opportunity to finally live the free life Alan wanders the continent experiencing new things, and enjoys the freedom away from aristocratic lifestyle. Story & Character: 2/10 The series tries to be your adventurous story where Alan meets new people and broadens his horizons without the need for noble family expectations confining him. However, it lacks authenticity and the story feels constructed usingthe most stereotypical fantasy plot devices. Each episode is a new problem that Alan says he won’t deal with but leaves it to the last minute before doing anything. This happens in a never ending cycle of events from the typical evil faction to the corrupt upper class; It’s very unsatisfactory because Alan does the bare minimum to defeat the immediate opponent before a stronger opponent appears. Characters are really 1 dimensional, Alan himself being the main character is beyond your typical isekai fantasy character. Throughout the series we see flashbacks of Alan’s past life which try to paint him as a trauma victim but it feels so corny. His traumatic experience is literally a child that’s experienced loss and destruction being afraid of him. The friendly characters surrounding him lack depth and feel like they exist to service Alan every few episodes with complimentary gestures and what a surprise, the only good people in this series are female; Most villains are the males. Art & Sound: 3/10 The banished hero has that kind of art style that a high budget hentai has except hentai has properly animated action scenes. I’ve never been shocked with an anime released in 2024 having an art style of a budget anime from 2015 with its choppy character animations and minimal movement. Sound is average too, lack of any great use of thematic music and backing tracks. Voice acting felt amateur and sound effects were mediocre at best. Overall & Enjoyment: 3/10 This is one of those series that you turn your brain off to watch otherwise you will hurt yourself from overthinking. The Banished hero doesn’t live as he pleases and has to listen to his friends and save whoever they see every 15min. Apart from the overpowered display of skill this series is really scraping the bottom of the isekai barrel.