Tatoeba Last Dungeon Mae no Mura no Shounen ga Joban no Machi de Kurasu Youna Monogatari

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English: Suppose a Kid from the Last Dungeon Boonies moved to a starter town?

Japanese: たとえばラストダンジョン前の村の少年が序盤の街で暮らすような物語

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Type: TV

Episodes: 12

Status: Currently Airing

Aired: Jan 4, 2021 to ?

Premiered: Winter 2021

Broadcast: Mondays at 22:00 (JST)

Producers: AT-X, NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan, Sammy, BS11, JR East Marketing & Communications, GREE, SB Creative, Tapioca

Licensors: Funimation

Studios: LIDENFILMS

Source: Light novel

Genres: Adventure, Fantasy

Duration: Unknown

Rating: None

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Ranked: #3160²

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A long time ago, the ancient saviors of humanity founded a village as their haven, with their descendants said to assist humanity in times of extreme chaos. This village, Kunlun, is located just beside the infamous "Last Dungeon"—a place where monsters of unimaginable strength reside and which serves as the hunting grounds for Kunlun residents.

Despite being accustomed to defeating powerful enemies since childhood, Lloyd Belladonna regards himself as the weakest in his village in terms of magic, strength, and intelligence. Even so, to fulfill his desire of becoming a soldier, he goes to the Kingdom of Azami to enroll in its military academy. However, as someone whose upbringing defies common sense, Lloyd's innate power might just prove to be the key to end the crises enveloping the kingdom!

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Characters & Voice Actors

Belladonna, Lloyd

Main

Hanamori, Yumiri
Japanese

Hemein, Selen

Supporting

Asahina, Madoka
Japanese

Marie

Supporting

Kayano, Ai
Japanese

Alka

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Hioka, Natsumi
Japanese

Flavin, Riho

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Tsuda, Minami
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Phyllo

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Itou, Miku
Japanese

Alan

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Yamashita, Seiichirou
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Meltfan

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Hino, Satoshi
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Shouma

Supporting

Saitou, Souma
Japanese

Colin

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Ichimichi, Mao
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Aketagawa, Jin

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KOTOKO

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Yamazaki, Haruka

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Opening Theme

"Tatoeba Sore wa Yuuki no Mahou (たとえばそれは勇気の魔法)" by Haruka Yamazaki

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Ending Theme

"I'mpossible?" by Luce Twinkle Wink☆

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Jan 25, 2021

4 of 12 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 1

Acco4141 (All reviews)

40 people found this review helpful

This is the worst anime I have ever seen in my life. I tried giving it a chance, but by the fourth episode I was so annoyed by the lack of proper storytelling and by the constant fanservice that I had to drop it.

Story is inexistent and everything is so full of cliches and exaggerated fanservice scenes. Imagine being Universal and sponsoring this trash. This anime resembles the parody anime you see in GTA V. If it WAS a parody anime though, you could say it's decent.

Art is meh, if you want proper drawn characters this is not for you.

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Jan 25, 2021

4 of 12 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 9

DestaLord (All reviews)

16 people found this review helpful

After seeing 4 chapters of this anime, I can say that he exceeded my expectations, a protagonist with abilities that surpass anyone who thinks he is weak, an unenthusiastive waifus conqueror. The supporting characters are just as entertaining, they know above all the potential of the protagonist and the kind. The mood of the anime is quite good compared to that of Konosuba or Priccone. The development of these first 4 chapters leaves us with the aspirations of the protagonist, we also find unexpected situations throughout this story, in short a great anime of the best of the season at the moment. Waiting for it read more

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Jan 25, 2021

4 of 12 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 6

iishoxyii (All reviews)

9 people found this review helpful

The story follows Lloyd Belladonna, who dreams of nothing more than becoming a soldier in the capital city of the Azami Kingdom. Lloyd currently lives in the small but – unbeknownst to him – legendary town of Kunlun, whose village chief Alka is reluctant to let the boy set out on his own. One day she finally gives in to Lloyd’s demands, but only on the condition that he seeks out a witch called Marie who will look after him. Lloyd readily agrees and sets out, but will the capital prove to be tougher than the young boy expected?
Lloyd Belladonna is on his way to the big city from the little village of Kunlun with a dream: to become a soldier. But no one in Kunlun thinks that he can do it as the weakest member of his clan, something Lloyd has taken to heart. Of course, strength is relative, and what Lloyd doesn't know is that Kunlun is a myth to the rest of the world – a legendary town where all of the greatest heroes of the past settled down and had children. Lloyd may be weak to them, but to the outside world, he's ludicrously strong – so much so that people can't even recognize half of the things he knows how to do! Is there any hope for this country kid to make it in the big city when no one, not even Lloyd himself, knows what he's capable of?

Story ~ 6
I first found out about this through the manga, and unfortunately I think that's the better presentation of this story. The prose in the prologue is particularly choppy, with the narrator interjecting parenthetical comments every few lines, and although it does get better in the first chapter, it's still only serviceable at best.
The story is entertaining, though. Lloyd has grown up in a village of former heroes, at the very edge of the world where the strongest monsters lurk. He can't even do basic chores because even something like cutting wood or catching fish involves a fight with your life on the line (the bit where he insists he'll be fine because fish in the capital have no horns or fangs says it all, really). So when Lloyd sees a twelve-foot locust, his reaction is "oh, there's a bug" and squashes it, when everyone around him is screaming in terror

Art ~ 7
Usually, anime like these thrive on graphics and animation, which is something this anime has mastered. If we talk about adventures like these, most of them take place in the forest and dungeons. So it also offers good scenery of the world. We are yet to see more about the village he comes from. But the only people mentioned from there is just someone who sent Lloyd to the army training and his grandmother.

Characters ~ 7
What makes this series fun is that all of the cast are very sweet and easy to grow attached to. While characters like Lloyd are often annoying in other series when they refuse to acknowledge their abilities, he’s so cheerful it’s hard to feel anything negative toward him. He’s a great protagonist and his air headedness is balanced out well by Marie.

Overall ~ 6
Despite the title's framing of the story as a game narrative, it's important to note that the series is neither isekai nor set in a game world. It's a straight fantasy tale; the author is simply using game terminology to make his point to the readers more easily. That's a bit of a double-edged sword, because it does give rise to a few misapprehensions about the series, both light novels and manga, that might prevent readers who would enjoy them from picking it up. On the other hand, it is an accurate description of what's going on in a metaphorical sense.
While this first volume of Dungeon Boonies (as we’ll refer to it), spends most of its time setting up the world and introducing the cast, it still finds time for Lloyd to get himself caught up in adventures. He has to go through a test to become a soldier, but while waiting for that, Marie puts the boy through his paces.

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Jan 25, 2021

4 of 12 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 3

AnimeGsus (All reviews)

5 people found this review helpful

Hearing the synopsis of this anime, I was excited. It sounded like an interesting premise that I have always wondered about in videogames. The issue was the story and character design.

If you want to turn your brain off and watch anime fighting I guess you could, but if you want an interesting story with characters that develop over time and change, this isn't for you.

The crux of the issue is that the story is committed to keeping the protagonist Lloyd ignorant of his strength. I can tell without finishing, each episode will be him doing something "spectacular" while staying completely unaware of his superiority. If anything, he may discover at the very last episode that he is actually super strong, but I bet based on what I've seen so far, they will hint at it and then surprise surprise, he misses it again.

It's cringe-inducing. He isn't a likable character. He spends each episode talking about how weak he is, is practically brain-dead, and his dream of being a soldier is weak af.

This is more of a rant now, but since I've been so harsh I feel it's necessary to give an example of how they (not the producers but the light-novel writers) could have made this with interesting characters and an exciting story. Give the mc goals that aren't straight altruism, it's boring and unrelatable. Maybe revenge or a rival, it quickly establishes a long term goal, creates overarching conflict, and expands on the world (why does he have a rival? was he too weak and let someone die and their family blames him? etc...)

Now, with a character that has conflict that needs to be overcome, give him a reason that he needs to leave to achieve it. Rather than "to be a good solider and help people" he is "running away from a painful past" he could be "in search of a solution (item or person) that could undo the damage" or maybe "exiled, being hunted, and in hiding".

The thing is, he can still stay ignorant to his strength, at least for a little while. maybe he assumes everyone is hiding their strength, and doesn't trust them, staying quiet and reserve and on-edge. Once he sees people's best though, he can't stay ignorant, he needs to grow and part of that growth is to gain self-respect.

With all that power he has, does he become the villain? falling into temptation? Does he ignore the basics and then everyone outclasses him because he was too cocky and presumptuous of his strength? Does he hurt people on accident, and become an outcast in the world? Deemed a criminal?

The point is, you need a complex character that undergoes challenges that make him question who he is and why. You want something with change and movement because it creates drama and is exciting. The same OP hero that spends all day/night belittling himself isn't fun, its a cringy slice-of-life in a fantasy suit more closely representing the harem/echi genre. It's a waste of time to watch, I had more fun writing this than seeing that.

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