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

"I believe there's a hero in all of us, that keeps us honest, gives us strength, makes us noble, and finally allows us to die with pride, even though sometimes we have to be steady, and give up the thing we want the most. Even our dreams." ~May Parker Yeah this anime is just Spider-Man 2. It asks essentially the same questions. If being a hero is an inconvenience, if it forces you to live a hard life that you never asked for, if it makes you give up the thing you want the most, even your dreams, why continue doing it? And the great answerof course come from May's late husband with the famous line: "With great power, comes great responsibility." The hero is the only one who can do it, so he has to do it. It's not fair, even heartbreaking at times, but a true hero has to live up to that responsibility anyway.

This anime says screw that, just live your only life and let other people do the hero stuff, because Spider-Man was made in the mid 2000's when adults were still occasionally allowed into writer's rooms. I'm not saying I hated this show, just know that if you're here for the plot or politics of an isekai for some reason, there's plenty to complain about.

But that's not why I watch isekai, I watch it to find all the latest waifus. And let me tell you, Rit is some A+ waifu material. No obnoxious modern tsundere or flip flopping on how she feels about protagonist, able to actual express that she loves him and even be a bit forward with her emotions at times, and no short blue haired quiet girl trying to swoop in at the last minute to ruin their budding relationshi....t. So close.

Actually no just kidding the little sister didn't really ruin their relationship dynamic at all. She may be revealed to be a huge brocon or something somewhere down the line in the original light novel (I don't know, haven't read it) but this anime adaptation so far just shows her as a regular, non-sexualized little sister character. All very refreshing after watching way too many harem anime.

So my advice overall is to watch this show for the cute romance dynamic and the sweet slice of life stuff, and ignore the boring isekai drama in the middle. I like to think of the slice of life stuff as the main plot, and the rest is just flavor text that can be mostly skimmed over and ignored. 8/10