Arifureta Shokugyou De Sekai Saikyou (Series rating: 8/10)

Nagumo Hajime and his entire class are transported to another world. There, they are all welcomed as heroes who will save the world and each receive a class. Sadly for Hajime, his class is Synergist, and it’s considered useless. When they journey into a dungeon and get ambushed though, it’s Hajime’s quick thinking that lets them survive the encounter. But as they are escaping someone attacks Hajime, knocking him off a cliff. He is then left for dead. But Hajime didn’t die. Through sheer will power and rage, he survives. What’s more, he does something to stupid, so insane and so desperate that is pays off: he is now unbelievably powerful and he’s going to use that power to crawl out of the dungeon. On his way out he meets and saves Yue, the last vampire, who was also betrayed and trapped in the dungeon. They form a powerful bond and their adventure is ass kicking and love making begins.


Oh boy… this show is a mess. Production wise, I don’t know what happened, but the first episode is almost unwatchable. It’s very hard to see what is going on, the story is disjointed and the directing seems non-existing. Thankfully, once Hajime meets Yue it gets much better. I enjoyed it a lot because Hajime just doesn’t give a fuck. He will shoot you mid sentence if you mess with him. I love that ruthlessness. I also love that the revenge angle is very played down. Hajime is pissed at whoever betrayed him, but it’s very low on his priority list. On a technical side, the show doesn’t do so well. The CG is the worst offender. It’s hideous. But if you can get past that you’re in for a ride, with an OP protagonist that thankfully has no qualms about killing his enemies. And if you mess with his harem, he’ll kill you slowly if he has the time. Oh, and there’s fanservice.

Subtitles are from Mad le Zisell for the episodes and Hikki for the prologue and specials.