Review of Banished From The Hero's Party, I Decided To Live A Quiet Life In The Countryside

Ah god, the sadness, this time I do not have anyone to blame The studio that made these anime are incredibly new with only 2 titles to their name, So I must say do not expect to be blown away, But I would still insist on watching it, because by no means is this a bad adaptation or anime Alright think about it this way, When was the last time we got a fantasy anime that is not an isekai anime, had an interesting premise, and also a good source material? The immediate one that comes to my mind is plunderer and sadly this anime has also followed suitand become morphed from an awesome premise that had immense potential to a mediocre adaptation.

This anime suffers from a low budget so much so that sometimes you wish they had started crowdfunding.

At first one would believe that This would fundamentally stick to its Slice Of Life origins and that it does execute pretty well. what I was most impressed with is the fact that this is a slice-of-life anime at its core, yet it has a story in the making, with a very competent World Building power system and characters that are well written.

Red was kicked from the party because he was not an OP power fantasy isekai protag Kun and was average but had all the experience of a head knight (obviously he was fucked over).

the party he used to be in have still not forgotten him and are also a part of the story, so the dialogue and conflicts that will ensue after it is certainly Add a twist and leave something to look forward to because get real would a medieval setting with magic and monsters really make for a fun story?

And sadly after a clearly well-made first few episodes, the budget started to hit…………….

The animations are bad, the characters are sometimes stiff, too many still frames when they even attempt an action scene, reuse of the same sound pretty much everywhere. This would definitely be noticeable if you are beginning the show if I could notice it weekly.

The decision to make it a 24 episode anime surely would have helped the pacing is a bit off and we are suddenly thrust in and out between slice of life and action, this is a really bad combination if not done properly because take for example Rit, we don’t know when to take her seriously and when not to since she switches from champion rit to must proteccc waifu way too fast.

But on the bright the studios behind this do deserve all the credit since they made it a very digestible work even with the very bad hand they were dealt with, I must appreciate their ambition to take up a unique and challenging project rather than go with sure hit moe or ecchi shows.

Now coming to the individual scores

Story[6/10]
The plot and setting are great. the anime, strictly speaking, suffers from severe pacing issues and shoves action or slice of life at random intervals on your face[this is not a problem in manga or LN]. The romance in the anime is really mature and properly done, all I can say without spoiler is, no more 12 episodes for a confession or handholding. The fanservice is also very tasteful and well-executed.

sound[5/10]
sound is a clear weakness of this anime , from a Slice of life you would expect good relaxing music the kind we see in yuru camp. The music is there but isn't the best and most of it is reused way too many times. the Op and Ed aren't bad but I like the OP and ED art better than the song themselves.

art and animation [7/10]
The art is pretty good NGL for a slice of life it has invested well, make sure the scene is relaxing and beautiful nothing to complain about here. The animation however is very lacking, any action scene is straight-up boring with too much dialogue and still frames.

A good Slice of life that actually has a story! a big surprise and might get better in the long run, Now that the whole Hero incident has ended I can totally see that there will be a much better focus on the Slice of life aspect of this show with many opportunities for action as well (the demon lord is still out there). I wish I could recommend it to everyone since there is always something to like in this anime, be it characters, romance, or the story in the making, but even if I want to believe it people prefer style over substance (as demonstrated by takt op destiny which I just cannot stand). Hence I would only recommend it if you are into mature romance, Slice of life, or fantasy anime in particular.