Review of Banished From The Hero's Party, I Decided To Live A Quiet Life In The Countryside
HIDDEN GEM!!! A friend of mine recommended me this anime since I´m a fan of Slice of life, fantasy and romance genres and never would have I have thought this anime was gonna be this good. Now since this is a slow pace anime it doesn´t mean it won´t have action, which in this case it does and does a decent job of implementing it by the use of flashbacks or current events in the story., SO IF YOU ARE SOMEONE THAT LIKES FAST PACE AND ACTION PACKED ANIME PROBABLY ISN´T FOR YOU. Now the story is about a heroes party on a quest to defeat theDemon Lord, which is pretty cliche in most fantasy or isekai animes, however the direction that this story takes is non that I´ve seen in other anime/manga. The MC is part of the heroes party but for some various reasons he quits the heroes party to go and live a slow life in a remote backwater town. So far it´s not that interesting however once the story starts to dwell onto the power system known as "Blessings" you start to notice why the MC is the way he is and what his ambitions are because of it.
As the story goes on we get introduced to the MC´s love interest (Rit) and let´s just say there´s MAJOR developments in their relationship unlike most MC´s love interest in other animes. My boy is the DEFINITION of CHAD at times you could say their relationship is too sweet but you´ll keep on wanting to see more as their relationship progresses. I just hope more animes/mangas would take note of how it´s done here. Instead of the usual MC that just gets flustered from just making eye contact with girls or is just too scare to even hold hands or have a normal conversation. The guy actually takes initiative in some moments and accepts the love interest feelings. The story doesn´t just focus on the romance of the MC and Rit. It expands it by having a series of events in town that creates drama to keep us entertained as well as showing us the dynamics of the heroes party after the MC left and the current state of affairs. As well as introducing us the MC´s sister which we come to find SHE IS THE HERO!!!. I will say the story does take a bit of a dark turn when it comes to explaining the sister´s backstory but that just builds more emotions with the charcaters.
Further on in the story we see how the world works and why the "Blessings" are such a big important factor that affect daily life is!. Now I really like how the author makes these such "Blessing" seem on the surface to be this miracle from the gods but they are much deeper than we think. It does question "Free will" and "Fate" but is essential in my opinion since it explains certain actions and behaviour of the characters across the series.
Overall, I highly recommned this anime, if you have some spare time or just wnat a purifying anime this is it!!! The story is definitely good enough to keep you wanting to watch more. Now at the time of this review the second season finished airing so.... I´m a watch that... PEACE!!
(Inspired by Huang-Teizan)
10 - Bendicion de Dios
9 - Now this is Peak!!
8 - Bingeworthy!
7 - Good
6 - Enjoyable
5 - Either Echii or just enough to get by
4 - I´m just here to know how it ends.
3 - "Are you related to Rent a Girlfriend?"
2 - Que cojones
1 - My head doesn´t explode because it can´t.
0 - "Even a Hentai has a better story than you!"