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

With fantasy and isekai being a dominant force in the anime industry these days, you'd have to stop yourself and ask when enough is enough. With an anime title this long, sometimes, it feels like we're reading a meme. For the sake of your sanity and this review, I'll just call this show Banished from the Hero's Party. And you may have guessed it, the hero gets banished from a hero's party. As the premise detailed, we follow protagonist Red, a D-rank adventurer who was banished from a party. He was formerly known as Gideon Ragnason, before being banished by his party members when theysurpassed him in skill and level. The general premise sets up for his adventure and life in a fantasy world although his past continously comes back to haunt him. Meanwhile, we also meet Rit, a young charismatic woman who has developed feelings for Red during their time together. Of course, she has her own reasons to live such a carefree life and we find out more about her identity and past later on. For now, let's just say that the anime subscribes to a charming couple together.

Yet, I don't want to call designate this show entirely as a romance because at its heart, the show is more than just about Red and Rit. Treat it more as a blend between slice of life, romance, fantasy, and adventure. When we first meet Red and Rit though, it's obvious they have a mutual attraction towards each other. The anime makes it pretty much straightforward and doesn't do the usual ship teases. It's right to the point early to mid-season with Red and Rit admitting their feelings to each other. In essence, it's doesn't hold back establishing Red and Rit as a character pair bought together by different circumstances. And personally, this stands out as the best way to create a couple. It doesn't make the viewers wait or ask the 'what if' question. Plus, their personalities are compatible with their kindhearted yet also courgeous nature.

On the other hand, we meet also meet Ruti, a prominent hero and sister of Red. Being perhaps of the most emotional prone character in the how, as well as having a tragic past, she represents the darker side of the story. However, Ruti still holds a strong love towards Red, and her actions speaks louder than words. Ruthless and intimidating, Ruti carries an emotional burden on herself. Red seems to be the only light in her dark tunnel, who is able to suppress her emotional outbursts. The show offers a platonic relationship between the two built on trust. Because let's face it, Ruti never wanted Red to be banished by their hero party, namely Ares Srowa.

And speak of the devil. Ares Srowa serves as the antagonistic foil to Red. I can easily say that he is borderline psychotic fueled by jealousy. You ever played an online MMORPG member before and got scammed by one of your own guild leader, then banned forever? That's pretty much how Ares treated Red and banished him from the hero party. It's harsh but also reveals Ares' true dangerous nature: a selfish, greedy sociopath driven by his personal agendas. When we see him meet Red later in the story, it really shows how deeply resentful he is towards him. So yes, the show makes its a priority to make us hate Ares and succeeds. He is easily the least likable character for his actions, personality, and just about every single damn deed he's ever done in the story.

Watching Banished from the Hero's Party feels like it knew the type of anime it wanted to shows to us from the beginning. From background stories to the main character relationships, it's about as crystal clear as it gets. On the other hand, I am also somewhat disappointed by some episodes with its story pacing. There are a few episodes mid-season that drops in us in complex society conflicts, that feels needlessly rushed. Other times, you may also be bored by Red and Rit's relationship, especially if you're not a fan of fairy tale-like romances. However, at its core, the anime maintains a stable balance of storytelling and knows what the audience wants.

I won't be the first to say it or the last, but it appears the anime feels very JRPG-ish, in terms of its world setting. The towns, adventurous landscapes, magic, swordsmanship, battles, and overall, characters look like something that came out of an JRPG game. Hell, there's an actual game to be released on Steam although that has no ties to this story. Studio Flad and Wolfsbane combined their talents together to draw us into its fictional world. The visual quality overall looks colorful, vibrant of fantasy elements, but also contains darker tones of violence. Character expressions also play a key role in showing us emotions, most noticably for Ruti. However, there are some noticable drop in key animation in some episodes. Overall however, it's an anime that used its visual quality to success.

Fantasy adventures are usually a hit or a miss but it can even be more risky when you add in romance or slice of life. However, I can say that after these 13 episodes, Banished from the Hero's Party is without a shadow of a doubt one of the better light novel adaptations of the year.

NON SPOILER REVIEW! DISCLAIMER: I am a manga reader. I absolutely LOVE Romance/Slice of Life/Fantasy mixed with a little action! If you don't enjoy those genres this is not for you! I'm writing this review because their aren't any reviews yet. Seeing that there aren't any, I figured I'd help some people out who are on the fence about watching this one. To start, I will say that I am a sucker for wholesome romance so I am really biased towards stories like these. If you're looking for a nice Fantasy/Romance with well developed characters and a super wholesome relationship, it's a MUST WATCH! The two MCs(Red and Rit) have amazing chemistry. For me, their relationship is what really makes this story stand out. Most Fantasy/Slice of Life tend to have an extremely dense MC who has a ton of girls falling all over him. This story caught my eye because it's the exact opposite. Without spoiling anything, their relationship develops quickly and realistically. There isn't any jealousy or forced relationship drama, just two people with a really strong bond. They aren't afraid to show affection and it's just super wholesome. It really is a breath of fresh air to see that type of thing in a genre that's oversaturated with harems and random relationship drama. I absolutely love how the romance is written!

Alright so I explained a bit about the romance (which is clearly my favorite part), lets dive into the story next. As much as I love the romance, the story is also really entertaining. It does a really good job throwing in twists and turns that you don't expect to keep it interesting. I feel like it's hard to blend Slice of Life/Romance with Action/Adventure and keep a nice balance between the two. Following the hero's party and slowly learning more and more about them is a nice way to mix things up. It's almost like you are experiencing two stories at once. One that's Action/Adventure which follows the hero's party and one that's Romance/Slice of Life which follows the wholesome everyday lives of our MCs. When the two stories end up intertwining with each other it's really well done and better than a ton of other stories trying the same concept.

Again, this review is mostly based off the manga so I'm not quiet sure exactly how the anime will handle everything. That being said, so far it has done a great job of adapting the story. It's almost exactly how the manga adapted everything from the LNs. There are a few changes that helped progress the story a bit faster (like cutting out extra details when they aren't needed or shortening backstories a bit), but overall it's been great so far!

A quick side note: THE OP AND ED ARE BOTH AMAZING!!!

Final thoughts:

I can't wait to watch how the rest of this story is adapted! If you like Romance/Fantasy/Slice of Life with bits of action or just love wholesome romance it's a MUST WATCH! I really can't stress this enough, if you enjoy those genres it's a MUST WATCH!!!! The romance and daily life between our two MCs is some of the most wholesome stuff you can find. The action is used really well to contrast the slice of life aspect. Honestly it's just a really sweet story to sit down and smile to. I also highly recommend the manga! I know all manga readers always preach about the manga so you're probably sick about hearing this, but it's totally worth checking out if you enjoy the story!

Anyway, I hope this review helped you decide whether or not this anime is for you! Thanks for reading and have a great day!

It's just that, my dude thought it was best to live a quiet life. It was amazing to watch said quiet life. I thought I'd get into this seasonal because it looked good despite it being a "generic isekai" which is somehow synonymous with modern fantasy, but that is a debate for another time. Anyhow, Shin no Nakama is an exceptional anime with the correct amount of everything mixed perfectly enough for it to be taken seriously without any kind of creases being visible enough for it to tumble on itself as quickly as it started up. It's even good enough to come up with somethought-provoking ideas.

What may look like a run-of-the-mill story is actually a genuinely developed work featuring a detailed plot, enough so that there is a substantial amount of info and lore to at the very least keep you immersed. It's true, that relative to other fantasy anime out there, this one fails to bring out some kind of unique content (although, more on that soon), however with the story managing to make use of literally everything you'd expect in a grand story, this just comes across as surface-level masterpiece, or in other words, it is there on the ground waiting to take off as other supposed masterpieces out there in the medium. What makes it a little faulty was the start-up mix between the slow life side and the fantasy side of things having awkward match-ups with easy transitions that'd kill the former side with boring content of the latter. Boring is a little harsh though, it is more, ironically enough, slow. This all changes around episode 7 onwards, however, where the quality drastically improves as every set-up piece serves its purpose well enough to enhance characters and the setting. That for me, not only improved the watching experience but also brought around some nice philosophy I wouldn't have really expected to see here. Truth be told, such ideas come later in the series so I have no intention of spoiling them in this review, but the questions that arise here are interesting to even reflect on in reality as you watch it. It's a good idea.

What honestly made me want to watch this was how this was a romance (who doesn't like wholesome love??). I have to say, in a series as Shin no Nakama, the romantic chemistry is indeed amazing, literally chef d'oeuvre relationship between Red and Rit, I haven't seen something this natural in a long while, and it isn't the kind of romance to shoujo its way to a *confession* in the final episode. It is like, already happening. Happening well. It's a healthy relationship between two individuals who actually understand each other and indeed do love each other. It's one of the selling points in the series and if I had to suggest this for fans of the genre, this is a real go-to if anything. I wouldn't even advise being cynical about the relationship, I really mean it when these two characters love each other, it is a truly wholesome bliss that doesn't find its way into the medium without something drama or the likes taking place. A very natural bond that can only be equally as loved as the couple are with each other.

The production values kinda annoy me here. It isn't bad, it's baseline, but this really tried to push itself to the point where a few awkward moments would show up. Of course, this is a minor complaint, but it kinda ruins some intense scenes so it isn't something that I can honestly praise in a down-to-earth fashion. But honestly, this looks pretty good for a fantasy anime and ignoring the imperfections, most scenes here are something that even impresses its own standards. Otherwise, I wouldn't expect the world here, that's also true for most of the OST. I do bang on about how sometimes memorable stuff makes the moments and what have you better, because it is true, and whilst I would like to say that something simple doesn't necessarily need a true punch in the memory of you to like something, I've seen actual good simple anime manage to pull off some amazing OST regardless. Kinda a shame the same is true for this anime but hey, it is what it is.

So, would I recommend this? 100%, stuff here is truly amazing, and nothing like the other fantasy anime that I've seen before. It's a dark horse in my eyes, in this dry season with literally 3 good shows and that is it. I am happy that this fantasy anime, overshadowed by the garbage history of Japanese light novel copypasta, is actually something very decent and worthy of immense praise. It's a blessing this has come to be, being very serious here, and I wish to see more as such in the future.

I didn't expect it to be good. It took my low expectations and positively curb-stomped them to death. Watching this is like watching a child throw a loaded wasp nest into your bathroom while you're on the toilet with an empty role of TP. Not that it's exciting, no. It's that kind of dread when you see another episode has released. That's what I'm saying. There is no story here, not really. There's a hero, then there's the real hero who's the older brother who isn't supposed to be the real hero but because he's the MC he gets plot armor that makes him the real hero. Oh,the "hero" is a loli. So is the "hero's" sidekick.

Then they have tits mcgee who offers little more than her stripper name implies, and some boring, half-assed villains who don't really matter.

Why am I so negative here? Easy: This whole thing is filler. Nothing of substance is going on. It's not even a pleasant slice of life. It's just characters spewing info-dumps to get to the next thing as dictated by the "plot" to move towards who knows what end. I sure don't, and I don't care.

It's rare you see such a waste of resources as this. Even something like Peter Grill put in more effort and made itself entertaining by committing to what it wanted to be. This reeks of not being anything at all.

***THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS*** Just watch the first half, thank me later. The first half actually follows the premise; a slow life romance, with some cool moments here and there. And then the second half just goes to flames. I get what they were trying to do, but the execution was just garbage. So the plot is basically, as the tittle says, slow life. It actually does a good job in handling that, mc living with his wife, just having fun and sometimes, being a hero in secret. As the story goes on, his past catches up to him as he has to do more and morehero stuff. BUT THEN HERE COMES THE SECOND HALF. His past catches up to him, and now he's basically back to being a hero, nothing too bad. The first act as a hero was done fairly okay, it was well developed and had moderate pacing. However, it was a bit uncomfortable seeing the center of the conflict being kids, and random character popping out of no where, but okay ig. Then the second act was just collision of plot points, that weren't even developed, only stated once or even never. Everyone is here, and now it's just too much to handle, and it's just done so poorly. We don't get any hints or time to unpack the plot; "slow life" remember?

The characters are so so, some are done good and some are just garbage. MC actually has decent to no development, the only development he gets is his romance development, but other than that, nothing. He remains the same perfect guy as he always is, in flashbacks and now (note: I'm saying perfect, because he is, he isn't the strongest person, but he's mc material). Next it Rit, also little to no development, she just becomes red's wife ig. Ruti was actually done pretty well, though kinda cliché at times, her growth as a person was well-written. Then there's Ares, actually a decent portrayal to a decent into madness, just a crazy guy, that's all. Tisse was a good friend, and that's about it, nicely written friend. Last is the rest of the cast, which just appear out of nowhere, ulterior motives and important events? not even hinted at, just all handled poorly.

I get the theme of the show "Don't let other people (the gods) decide your life, you get to live how you want to". However, the bad writing and random plot bullcrap weigh it down so much, the only saving grace of this show is the actual slow life. Decent anime

This is the most boring anime I have ever watched. It has no real plot and half the time makes no sense at all. It has all the worst tripes with some new lows thrown in like villains diatribing, pointlessly endless self justications and explanations, and for good measure, the good guys are doing more damage to each other than the villains 99% of the time. Every one almost dies at least once but then magically gets healed to new as if it never happened. The story extols the virtue of abdicating responsibility. From the heroes brother who leaves the party to live the boringlife (emphasis on boring), to the hero herself who forsakes humanity to selfishly just be a normal girl. There are no repercussions at all. Can they really live in lala land forever like the inevitable war won't ever destroy everything they hold dear? We have no idea since the story comfortably ignores that elephant in the room. Or does it really not matter, in which case, what was the point of being a hero in the first place?! I've watched hundreds of animes but never one this bad. Mind numbingly bad in every possible way.

To be honest. I thought I would sleep on this slow-life anime. It seems like a plain fantasy adventure anime with nothing special in it to make me continue watching. I was wrong. The story is simple. Red is formerly a member of the Hero's party who got pushed out for being a liability in the party. He then decided to open an apothecary and live a quiet life in a town named Zoltan. There Rit, a friend from his past adventuring days, shows up and asks to move in with him in exchange for helping out in his business. Surprisingly, it has something to offera very wholesome romance between Rit and Red. I have no idea what the two of them were back then, which led Red to easily accept her offer to live together since little was presented yet in the anime, but the interactions between Rit and Red are the sweetest thing I had ever seen. It is worth watching the show only for these two, although they aren't an official couple yet. The other characters in the town of Zoltan are nice, and some are annoying. Then there's Red's former Hero party who is looking for him to return. In which I hoped the author left it out instead. Since focusing on the comedic-wholesome daily lives of Red and Rit is the best feature of the anime.

The animation is beautiful and the colors are vibrant. Both the opening and ending are very soothing, and it just makes me smile every time I listen to it. To wrap up, it is worth watching for relaxing and wholesomeness, but I can't recommend it if you are interested in the action as a fantasy adventure anime.

If you still can't get enough sweetness from "Banished from the Hero's Party, I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside.". I recommend trying out "Slow living with Princess." an official spin-off game of the anime. It is available on Steam.

This anime is the definition of wholesome by far. *Minor Spoilers Ahead* Shin No Nakama fills the emptiness in my heart, though the main plot of the story is pretty average, but the wholesomeness hits diff. These past 4 episodes have been filled with overloaded wholesomeness, I can't express enough about how I feel during the episodes, it was just full of enjoyment that is beyond what you'd expect from quite a lowly rated anime, though ratings in MAL practically means nothing because it is making SOME of the ACTUALLY good anime ratedShin No Nakama is in short an "average" anime, but the wholesomeness hits diff which makes it really enjoyable. Shin No Nakama has the plot of "hero" needing to beat the "demon lord" but doesn't really revolves around it(currently), which makes it unique compared to other "average" anime which mostly speaks about Isekai but this anime is not an isekai anime. The "hero" is Red's sister which makes things a bit more complicated: Red was kicked out of the hero's party due to his "incompetency" according to one of the squad members, which ended up encouraging Red to leave the hero's party and now the hero's party is apparently in jeopardy.

Story: 9/10, it's too wholesome to be given lower than 9, well part of it is because it fills my desires, though the main story itself about "hero" and "demon lord" is quite the generic but who cares, as long as I enjoy this show.

Art: 9/10, well what could I say about the art? It just matches perfectly with the show, though it's not "perfect", but as everyone said, "nothing is perfect in life."

Sound: 8/10, well same goes for the art, just what could I say about the sound? Other than the fact that the voice actors/actress do be matching with the characters as intended.

Enjoyment: 10/10, well do I really need to explain it after writing how I felt watching through these 4 episodes? Well just in case some of you are indeed curious and couldn't really come to a conclusion on why I rated it a 10, here's why: It's because this show has most of the elements needed in an anime to make it entertaining, though it's cliche as hell but who cares when it's wholesome right? Well yeah, in short, I gave it a 10 because I have been really looking forward to the latest episodes every week.

Well, there's only so much I could say in 4 eps, to get to the point I basically rate Shin No Nakama a 9/10 because of the wholesomeness that hits diff. That's it.

Overall a 9/10 so far.

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.

**THIS REVIEW IS SPOILER FREE** My Opinion After a long time we have a fantasy anime that is not an isekai. Literally I was thinking why don't they change the name of fantasy genre to isekai. But well here we are with a fantasy show. That is not a isekai but still good. Story 8 Well the story of the anime is quite unique in fantasy genre. I personally didn't see many shows with a story this unique in fantasy. As the story progresses we get to know about various things going on as a side story in the anime. And well this show had some things thatwere it's original. So 8 in the story section

Art 10

Yeah well, It's literally quite obvious we will get see some stunning animations in the show. The visuals were really pretty. The fight scenes were very neat and well choreographed. I will give it a 10 in art & animation.

Sound 8

The basic theme of the anime is really quite good. It's kind of relaxing. The opening & ending are fairy good too. And the OST's have a relaxing vibe to it. I really enjoyed the sounds used in this anime. I would give it a solid 8 in sounds.

Character 8

The characters where give fairy decent spotlight & screen time. No unnecessary screen time was dragged into the anime for some specific character. The character development was pretty good too. We get to know about a lot of characters in such short time. So I would give it an 8.

Enjoyment 9

This show is kind of my guilty pleasure thing. I really enjoyed the show despite it's flaws and drawbacks. It never bored me at any point. So if it is just for enjoyment. I would give this anime a 9.

Conclusion

Overall judging as a critique this anime was fairly decent. This anime can come under "Consider Watching" tier. In the long run this show fails to compete with other shows coming out this season. Still I think deserves an 8 at the very best.

Shin no Nakama ja Nai to Yuusha no Party wo Oidasareta node, Henkyou de Slow Life suru Koto ni Shimashita. Has an overall interesting premise. About a former member of a chosen Hero party, who got kicked out, due to him not being able to keep up with the rest of the team. instead, he settles down and lives a quiet life. Red (Gideon)even gets his own business, and the shows so far ( only made it to episode 5, before deciding to drop this anime) barely does with the premise it spends the first episode to set up, and each episode so far is eitherabout how capable Red is, some stuff about the guy who booted him, and how much Rit a former princess Red saved once upon a time.

So far that's all there is to the story, beyond each character telling us the viewers through why we should care about them, instead of having the character actively interact in the world they inhabit or explore the premise itself about the former hero and his life now after having settled down.

Yea I was really disappointed by this show. it had a good first episode that sold me its premise. But every episode had been a snooze fest.

The characters:

Red(Gideon) is the run-of-the-mill skilled and strong combatant, tactician, herbalist, alchemist diplomat, ladies man, even though he arent trying, with a kind heart but some confidence issues. so totally not a mary sue type of character.

Rit is a former princess who loves Red, cause he saved her at some point in the past, and beyond the only other thing, she offers the show is her XL-sized boob window and some naked shots.

there isn't much else to her character beyond this. basically, a less capable Sakura ( from Naruto) with a better taste in men and is the MAIN reason I dropped this show.

I'm pretty confident that even if replaced Rit, let's say Naga the Serpent From the Slayers Specials, or a Nami from one piece Even Tomoko from Watamote would have been an improvement , over Rit

There are other characters in this show, however, don't know enough about them worth writing about, beyond that idiot from the past who keeps making bad decisions, after bad decisions.

the visuals are pretty and nice to look at, and I won't complain about the naked booty shots, or boob shots this shows offers. as there isn't anything else of interest beyond that HOT bath scene, in ep 5 soo much booty and booby.

Story 5

Art 5

Sound 7

Characters 1 or maybe 2

Enjoyment 3

Overall feelings on the show 4

Go Isekai Shokudou it this show done right.

or have a laugh with the konosuba gang

SRY for any grama and spelling mistakes

Banished from the hero's party Red, who is formerly known as Gideon became a prominent figure in his fantasy world in assisting his sister the hero defeat demonic entities. After a party, Gideon's comrade forces him out of the hero party and surrenders his fate to live in the countryside. Under a new alias, Red decides to start an apothecary where he can relax from the high profile life in the hero's party. However, drama brews when his comrades actively seek him out even the hero; All while this is happening a dangerous presence has befallen the party. Will they be able to uproot the sourceof evil plaguing the party or will they lose each other before they succeed?

Story & Characters: 5/10

Banished from the Hero's Party takes a slice of life approach to the fantasy RPG world; Unlike series that focus on a main character and accumulation of their party, this series focuses on the disintegration of the party while also dealing with overbearing adventurers and demonic entities. As a result of the slice of life approach, the story tanks in development and entertainment because the world feels very vaguely developed; Principles aren't explored beyond explanation and even the antagonists dive in and out of the story from time to time. An example would be the blessings: A lot of the world's characters especially in the Hero's party use the power of blessing but it isn't explored outside of what is mentioned in the beginning about how younger generations accumulate their blessings. In a way, it feels haphazardly put together in order to add convenience for the Hero in the end. The main character and his apothecary is a nice touch although not new and the inventions could have been utilized for a potential end goal but it appears to be a minor element to Red's character to pass time in his quiet life. ​

Art & Sound: 6/10

The art isn't the best nor is the animation; Banished from the Hero's Party has a more vibrant and saturated color palette with lack of shadow or textured undertones. This gives it that plastic-ish visual appearance which I personally am not fond of - In some moments of the series it feels budget especially given moments where the character profile shots/long shots deteriorate in quality and consistency. It's not necessarily a bad thing but it does feel distracting to watch.

The sound was fairly simple; The same light hearted melodical tones were played while Red is in the village. Same with the suspenseful background music on scenes involving controversy among the Hero Party's members or Village conflict. Voice actors were fairly suitable to their characters.

Overall & Enjoyment: 5/10

I was expecting a series where the main character hides his powers until trouble finds him; And although it did start that way in the beginning. Suspense was killed at every angle with small-fry enemies that could have been dealt with in the beginning but just got out of hand because they didn't get focused by characters. The ending was also a nice slap in the face with sentimentality among characters we barely understood or had a meaningful build up with Red/Gideon in the beginning. All of it is surface level an d slice of life style which I assumed would not resulting in it not being my particular type of series.

Usually a bad show just ends up being boring or uninteresting, and I drop it before watching too much of it, as it's usually obvious from the start it has nothing to offer. This show started off on course to be another normal, generic fantasy show jumping through the usual hoops I've seen many times before, which is fine. These kinds of shows can be enjoyable enough in their own way, so I kept watching. Slice of life and fantasy are both genres I generally enjoy afterall. But quite quickly this show devolves into some of the worst shit I've ever had the misfortune ofsitting through, and by the time I'm at the last couple of episodes I feel like a fucking idiot for having watched it all. I can't think of a single redeeming factor of this show -- the story and characters are just so unbelievably stupid and disingenuous I find it hard to even understand how a whole team of real people could have produced and released this. The characters are incredibly shallow and it's like they've been written by an individual who has no idea how people act and is just going off of written references of how different anime archetypes behave. The story could've been such an incredibly simple springboard to just launch a slice of life show off of, but instead they revolve almost the entire show around this generic demon lord plot and the MC's momentary insecurities.

The only meaning one could possibly derive from this show is how a person is free to live their life how they see fit, regardless of what they are inherently talented at. They spend the entire show shoving this simple rhetoric down your throat, as if anyone was under a different impression to begin with. There's no mention of how authoritative figures in your life, such as parents or teachers, might pressure you into pursuing something you might not be all that interested in at a young age, which I think is a far more prevalent problem in the real world -- here the sole focus is the persons own perceived obligation to the world.

I wholeheartedly recommend you do not watch this anime. This is the kind of handiwork that etch me closer to being disenchanted with the industry as a whole. When something shows such a fundamental lack of humanity it really makes me reflect on the writers. It makes me wonder just how bad are all those shows that I didn't complete? How much of this garbage is out there and is pumped out every season, and is it more than before? It makes me wonder where we're headed, because thinking about that after watching this anime makes me depressed. I'm glad there's still a lot of shows released I enjoy, and I can only hope they continue to survive in an environment where a show like this one receives a score of 7 out of 10.

Without getting to in depth about the story and plot, give this anime a chance. Despite its rating it is definitely one of the better fantasy stories out there. The character development is stellar and the interactions between them is great. This anime feels like an isekai but all the characters are from this world which makes the story pure fantasy fun. One thing from watching this anime is it definitely starts off slow which is my theory for its poor rating. The story really ramps up midway through and episodes 12 and 13 feel like movies lol. Anyways, watch it you wont regret it.

One of the worst anime I've ever watched. *Dumb character motivations *Zero character development *Senseless plot *Power system is inconsistent.Everybody except the so called 'apothecary' can heal. The MC seemed sociable, yet he leaves the party after being called 'useless'by a character who calls almost everybody useless. He banished without talking to his 'mentally unstable powerhouse' who doesn't have any emotional connection with anyone else but him. The so called main villain's character development is purely nonsensical. He goes from a egomaniacal high level mage to a useless clingy lifeform in 2-3 episodes. The ending feud could have been easily avoided just by having a conversation.

Only good thing about this anime that could be stated is the main heroin. And definitely not a predictable anime (who in their right mind will predict such a dumb plot?)

Don't know how it got a second season.

I was out of animes to watch, since all I do after studying is watch animes and play games. I saw someone saying that this anime was getting a second season and I wondered why the hell something so low rated and possibly very, very bad was getting more episodes. The thing is, I started looking for hidden gems and underrated animes about a week ago, since I started getting tired of many hyped up animes that delivers nothing at all. Some of them are always so well rated and they are so bad that I was even scared of picking low rated animes onMAL, because I thought they would be even worse. But I NEVER imagined that the risk of watching low rated animes in MAL could bring me something as good as this show. As I write this review, the score of this anime is 6.95, something to be very suspicious right? I can tell you, dear reader, that I have watched my share of anime already. I don't update my MAL list and I am not used to writing reviews, but I think I should do a favor to the community by sharing my feelings and my opinion about how good this anime is.

After being severely broken by the frustration of losing what he you once believed was meaning of his life, the mc finds his new purpose. As the title suggests, we start with our mc being kicked out of the hero's party with the argument that his skill didn't scale as well as the other characters in the group and he started getting in their way, needing protection from other members and not being useful in combat. He then gives up on being an adventurer and to life in the countryside, in a place where nothing happens and he could live a peaceful life as an apothecary. Soon, a princess disguised as an adventurer that he helped in past adventures find him in this city and she is also seeking a quiet place to live, away from the intrigues of the royal family. These two have actually quite the chemistry together and it is very satisfying to see their relationship grow and they becoming closer and more intimate to each other.

The history does more than just focus on the romance of the mc and the princess. That are mysterious events in town to shaking the plot a little bit, the dynamic of the party after the mc left and the feelings of his old partners about it. The anime also invested some philosophy concerning the blessing/skill each person is born with in this world. It can determine what your profession is going to be, what your personality is going to be like and the feelings that people have about their own unique skill. It doesn't go super deep about it, but it was pretty interesting that it brought to question people's free will versus their supposed "fate" and obligations to god and society according to their skill.

It's a hidden gem of romance, adventure, slice of life and action. If I could, I would give it an 8,5, but since I cannot I'm rounding it up, this show deserves it. Try to stick with it until episode 4. If you didn't like it by then, give up and watch something else

I try and be as spoiler free in my reviews as possible; I have now finished watching this as Season 2 is looming on the horizon; quite honestly, I don't get some of the extremely negative reviews this has. No, it doesn't try to reinvent the wheel and, well, going simply on the title, it also isn't some run-of-the-mill edgy teenage protag power fantasy - despite the very overdone "demon lord threatens world" plot-thread that does exist here. The thing is though, is that this is more a slice-of-life, self-discovery and romance story, with bits of action here and there and the whole "demon lord" thread is whatties huge parts of the story together.

Now, I will admit that some parts of the negative reviews are correct in saying "well, if this happens at the end, what happens with the whole demon lord thing?", as it is a valid concern in regards to the plot, but - well - as I said at the start, Season 2 is upon us in a few short days of me writing this review, so I can only hope that it will get brought up, as Season 1 does leave it a little open as to what is going to happen to the world; it also leaves an opening for another plot thread of "what is going on with the god and the blessings?".

I cannot hold this against the reviewers though, as for shows like this, it is rare for them to get continuation seasons and Season 1 did initially air just over 2 years ago.

As for the main meat and potatoes of the review -

I personally found this anime extremely enjoyable, as it was definitely a change-up from the typical "isekai trash" that gets pumped out (and that I watch). It's very wholesome, has an actual decent romance plot that isn't the MC getting a harem of 47 wives, has enough action spread throughout and was, in my eyes, just a nice, easy-to-watch anime.

There's flashback scenes to explain how characters got to where they are and act like they do and there's also scenes that delve into world-building and setting up the plot. Each of the main cast has ample time to be developed, although I will say that one of the later additions doesn't really have much outside of "this is who she is", but maybe she'll be developed in Season 2. The romance plot feels quite legitimate and natural, especially when compared to harem stories - here, the MC has one love-interest and although he is a little bit clueless at the start, he very quickly catches on, without there needing to be 6 episodes of major fanfare or fan-service (although there is fan-service here). The family development and self-discovery parts are also, in my opinion, well done, with a nice ending-note to close out Season 1 with (although, again, it does leave the over-arching thread quite open).

Lastly, art and animation are certainly nothing special, but serviceable for this type of show.

I will personally rate this a 7/10 - Good, enjoyable and worth a watch - I probably would have given this an 8/10 had I not watched so many "very good" anime in 2023.

This is the first review I've ever felt the need to write because I find myself so frustrated by how such a fantastic premise was wasted. Very minor unimportant spoilers ahead. This is the slice-of-life anime equivalent of a B-action movie. Everything about it is aggressively average. This is the type of anime you can leave running in the background while you're washing dishes or cooking. If you like romance and slice-of-life in a fantasy setting and just want to turn off your brain and destress, this is the anime for you. STORY 3/10: The premise of this anime is fantastic. Unfortunately the entire plot iswritten like amateur fanfiction. If the average anime-watcher decided to write their own anime, this would be the result. It has all the elements of romance and isekai, but none of the skill in crafting a cohesive story. The plot is all over the place and the dialogue is overwhelmingly cliche and almost painfully bad.

So much time is wasted by people overexplaining or exposition dumping. They handhold the audience through the story because the plot-points themselves just barely make sense. "Now X is doing this because so and so happened so now we have to do this." <-basically sums it up

The entire skill/magic system is unfinished. Don't even try to understand it because it's obvious they don't either.

ART & SOUND 4/10: The world is slapped together with no real cohesive creative direction. The doctor has modern doctor clothes. Ancient elven ruins look the same as a generic underground science research lab.

Music is sub-par. The OP is actually fantastic, but the background music is really not. I usually don't notice background music much, but their quirky-jazzy-flirting music actually pulled me out of the anime (which was a first).

CHARACTERS 3/10: I love romance animes. But in order to love them, the characters have to be real people. Only the MC and his sister (the hero) come close to feeling like real characters. It is refreshing to have an MC who is mature, kind, and un-angsty even if he is basically written with no flaws. His relationship with his sister is wholesome and the only part that kept me watching. The premise of the Hero is incredibly interesting, however, again actual execution of her character is lacking. I still like her though.

Everybody else in the story can be described as a 3-word caricature. Dumb, strong warrior. Quiet, mature paladin. Shy, cute ninja. Generic Isekai checkmarks.

THE LOVE INTEREST: She can basically be described as Boobs, the girl. She is basically a perfect ditzy fantasy girl with no real personality of her own. And with the amount of time her boobs are on display and how the MC seems to only feel flushed when he sees her boobs, the boobs might as well be the love interest and the girl just a body. Her character = super-fighter who also happens to be a princess who loves food and the MC. You never really understand why they're in love with each other except for "because it's a romance anime."

However, the romance scenes are cute and there's no unnecessary drama either. It's easy to watch for fuzzy feelings but nothing deeper than that.

OVERALL 5/10: Just watch it as a generic Romance, Slice-of-Life anime. The more you expect from it, the more you will be disappointed. It really is a shame. If the premise of this anime was taken up by a more capable studio, this would have actually been a really really good anime.

This is a fantasy anime with a familiar and presently popular premise: the protagonist of the story is dismissed by his heroic adventuring party for being more of a liability than an asset. Having been dismissed, the main character feels no obligation now to resolving worldly problems and has instead decided to settle in a quiet town far-removed from most walks of life. The premise of the story fails for 2 reasons almost immediately: the setting's hero is the protagonist's sister and never once mentioned her brother being a liability, and the second reason becomes unignorably apparent quickly, and that is that the main character protagonistis far from being a liability at all. Just the opposite, the writing establishes his competency as being head-and-shoulders above most of the rest of the cast. When working with this information one cannot help but cast doubt upon the narrative, regarding it as little more than being forced and not at all persuasive.

The writing overall is bland, fluctuating from slice-of-life to having interludes of stakes and plot, which does little else but create dissonance in the tone of the show. You have nothing to expect from episode to episode. The viewer is not given anything to look forward to and because of this lack of promises and commitment to any overarching themes or ideas dissuades an audience from becoming invested in any of the characters or the things they are doing. There is a climactic ending which was rushed and haphazardly introduced seemingly for the sole purpose of saying the anime had a peak it climbed. The show is trying to accomplish too much and, as a consequence, ends up accomplishing little well.

The animation is fair. It has some elements of CGI which are done as tastefully as could be expected for the scale of what is being animated.

This is an unremarkable fantasy anime that does not have anything substantial going for it. It has a bushel of interesting ideas included in its writing but these all suffer from underwhelming execution. It is disappointing as the anime has enough visible effort put into it that one cannot help but speculate how differently it may have turned out had it taken its time with its themes.

As it stands I cannot recommend this anime to anyone who values their time.

This review contains no spoiler* I'll be honest this felt like your typical fantasy anime it looked boring to me in the beginning and it still is yet I'm still watching and plan to until the end of the season. This show is so wholesome and even though the story is simple it's still entertaining. That's the best way I can describe the show so far simple yet entertaining enough to make you continue the series. It's kind of rare for a fantasy/isekai like show to have a slice of life involved with it. This show leans more to the slice of life genre in my opinion.