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

I had a good time watching Banished from the Hero's Party. I was surprised how much I liked it actually. Here's the TL;DR - Story 6; Art & Animation 5; Sound 5; Character 8; Enjoyment 8; Overall 7. If you like romance stories or slice of life stories with two main characters with great chemistry then this is certainly a show to check out. If you're here for fantasy and action then you might want to reconsider. The show does have this but it's not the spotlight. I'll be giving a very brief overview of the first two episodes, so there will be spoilers from here on,you've been warned.

The show follows the story of our first main character Red. He is the brother to the Hero Ruti, and he has been banished from her party by one of the other members.

We join him in a lazy backwater region called Zoltan, where life is slow and things are peaceful. He has been taking on low rank adventure requests gathering herbs, saving up to one day open his own apothecary. By the end of episode one he's achieved his dream and opened his shop - this is the beginning of his slow life.

It's at the beginning of his new life that we're introduced to our next main character, Rit.

Rit is an old comrade-in-arms from Red's days as part of the Hero's party. Now that she's reunited with Red she decides that she wants to stay in Zoltan with him and give the slow life a try too. To that end she convinces Red to let her stay with him in his new shop and help him run it.

This show is at it's strongest when it's focusing on Red and Rit. The chemistry between these two characters was the greatest source of enjoyment for me while watching this series. They're both cute and charming, and watching their relationship blossom over the course of the series was a delight.

I mark the show down a bit for some lack-luster art and animation in places. It's never bad, but it's not often good either. The SFX and music weren't anything to write home about either. Very middling.

There's more I could say really, but I think I've said what I really wanted to communicate.