Katainaka no Ossan, Kensei ni Naru

(14+) I really REALLY thought this was a "10" until the last couple of episodes... and even they were good, just not great. I reserve 10's for those series that don't miss a beat, and I thought this anime lost a golden opportunity at the end of episode 11, beginning of episode 12 to really make an impact on the watcher and on the overall character development and story arc. That being said, this series is a solid "9" and very much recommended! Just a sliver away from being a "must watch" in my opinion! The male protagonist is awesome, and it's so rare to have an older protagonist it was a real breath of fresh air! Also, the main female protagonist was incredible, too, and I'm rooting for her for sure!! Season 2 has already been announced! Can't Wait!

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After having tried so many promising but lacking anime like I Parry Everything and isekais 1 through 9000, I'm grateful to have found an anime with amazing combat but a setting and power-level that's believable and not just OP aura farming. The MC is humble, but not a dense airhead. He's humble about his strength, but displays it when needed and in satisfying ways. The animation and fights are great, the swordplay is awesome to watch and not just blurry slash panels but also not some swing that cuts the whole screen or causes a storm. I'm not super huge on harems so seeing most side chatacters as girls is my only odd thing but even that isn't a big deal. It's a fun watch and I hope they make more. The outfits for two female characters are absolutely ridiculous though, which is even more frustrating now that I'm reading the manga and see they changed it so significantly.

I've just finished watching episode 5 and I've never read the Manga. Yes it's a bit of a slow burn. But after episode 5. I can see there is a much larger story yet to come to fruition.

I love the ever evolving friendships and maybe future relationships, that are teased.

The visuals are great.

The main protagonist is a genuine nice guy. Who really has know idea how amazing a swordsman he is. But I can see with time this may evolve.

The other characters are great so far and each one has its own personality.

The world I can see is vast and could definitely evolve and expand with time.

But my biggest compliment I can say. Is I look forward to watching it each week, and to me that is the most important thing. If it can give you a little joy in this ever changing world. What is there to not love.

Please give this Anime a go. It may not be right for you and that's ok. Also if you have read the Manga. Don't go into it expecting a like for like. From what I've read in other reviews. It's not the same. Just watch it for what it is...it's own story.

Thanks for reading my review and I hope you have a great day 😀

Let's divide this into parts. Art is fine, drawing and animation are perfectly clean. The pace is a bit fast, with flashbacks that add more context, but it does not feel convoluted, and the progression of the characters is nice, however, the bigger plot has a slow building. I really like this, feels somewhat like Frieren in the pace and feeling of the episodes. I have not read de manga (never had read one), so my perspective is pure and clean from those biases. It is very enjoyable, I stumbled upon this anime by chance and have enjoyed it a lot. It is a bit bloody, not so much as other more popular animes, but aside of that is SFW and the main character is such a nice and relatable guy that makes you connect with him, it is a very good watch.

They remove all the good things in the manga. The art style in the manga was casual, but the way the author describe all action scenes is very good and have the hype we all need. Then in the anime, not only it has terrible animation, but also change the detail unnecessary, make all the whole fight tedious. I know i shouldn't expect anything from when the trailer revealed, but they really make me feel more disappointed through every single episode. I dont even know who would let this pos exist. The manga was already not known much, why they decided to make an adaption with terrible quality like this, i just dont understand.