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

Ugh what a name. On first glances I had really low hopes with whatever this anime was to offer. The rating definitely lowered my expectations as well. I told myself I would drop it if the anime wasn't as promising. That seems to be the opposite though. Genre. I am really into my romance-anime mood and this definitely satisfied my crave for a romance anime. The romance and slice of life genre was absolutely marvelous. Why? For one the romance didn't feel as forced as most other anime. It was written absolutely well imo. The scenes between Rit and Gideon felt natural and was really nice.This anime obviously has a brother complex and it wasn't annoying like how other anime do it. The focus on a simple life is well balanced with the history of Gideon's life. The adventure genre was good, nothing to note but satisfies if you are in a mood for an isekai-like world. A basic fantasy world of heroes and demons that didn't go wrong I suppose. The action was nice as the animations were quite mediocre.

Story 8/10

It's nothing special but it does the work. The flow of the story wasn't irritating though I would probably enjoy it more if it touched more upon the members of the hero party. The only con of that is that it wouldn't be a 13 episode series and would've dragged it to a 24 episode series. That being said the anime isn't about the hero party but is about Gideon's life and I think it was done perfectly as I don't have any complaints for it. The story take's a turn of that cliche hero anime where the MC has that sense of pride of being the hero and having to live up to that name. This anime, well if it isn't obvious from the title takes the other route. What if you were manipulated by your teammate? What happens to your team without you? From then on the anime's-well written story stuck to it's idea throughout.

Character 9/10

I can't say I enjoyed the characters personalities in an anime in a while. This anime really did it. Gideon isn't your pushover MC that constantly looks like a wimp and acts like a 12 year old boy, Rit is the main female lead with a really clear written romance story, she also isn't too afraid to project her feelings and accepts the fact she is in love with Gideon from their first meeting. Ruti, might just be one of the most well written kuudere characters i've seen. With her emotions surpressed due to the hero blessing, The ending made it feel perfect for her character development. I like her brother complex too, it's not forced.

I absolutely loved this anime. The romance was perfect. The way they hinted a next season is also very cool. That is my only doubt about this anime though, I can't see the direction of the sequel, it feels like the anime had a good ending already. I am left wondering how a sequel would compliment the idea and name of the anime. That all depends on how they write it huh, only thing you can do is read the LN/manga or wait for the new season I guess. It's a good anime to waste your time with if you want a romance anime. No forced harems, just good ol' romance.

Would give it 8 but the anime wasn't memorable enough, I simply just enjoyed it lol
7/10