Kono Healer, Mendokusai (Don't Hurt Me, My Healer!)

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Synonyms: This Healer's a Handful

Japanese: このヒーラー、めんどくさい

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Type: TV

Episodes: 12

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Apr 10, 2022 to Jun 26, 2022

Premiered: Spring 2022

Broadcast: Sundays at 21:00 (JST)

Producers: AT-X, Nippon Columbia, BS11, Crunchyroll, Kadokawa Media House, Kadokawa, INCS toenter

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: Jumondo

Source: Web manga

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Duration: 23 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 6.36¹ (scored by 21,216 users)

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Ranked: #7704²

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Popularity: #2877

Members: 58,197

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6.36

Ranked #7704Popularity #2877Members 58,197

Episodes: /12

Synopsis

In a world where monster invasions are rampant and frequent, being an adventurer in a party is considered one of the most desirable jobs for the honor and fame it provides. Wanting to make a name for himself, a young human warrior named Alvin intends to start his career by completing a low-level request for the guild.

While en route, Alvin is confronted by a magical bear and immediately finds himself in a pinch. As luck would have it, a dark elf healer named Karla approaches and asks if Alvin requires assistance—being seemingly oblivious to the situation before her eyes. After a discussion needlessly complicated by Karla's absurdly eccentric personality, Alvin somehow convinces her to help him. Unfortunately, instead of healing him, she accidentally casts a curse: if Alvin strays too far from her, he shall die.

Despite being forced to accompany Karla until the curse is broken, Alvin remains steadfast in his ambition to become a full-fledged adventurer. With a partner by his side, the journey toward his goal may grow easier—or harder—depending on Karla's whims.

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Kono Healer, Mendokusai was released on Blu-ray and DVD in three volumes from June 24, 2022 to August 24, 2022.

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Karla

Main

Onishi, Aguri
Japanese

Alvin

Main

Satou, Takuya
Japanese

Altargaia

Supporting

Tomari, Asuna
Japanese

Ryoko

Supporting

Hanamori, Yumiri
Japanese

Medusa

Supporting

Natsuyoshi, Yuuko
Japanese

Deathflame, Maria

Supporting

Hayami, Saori
Japanese

Anna

Supporting

Fuchigami, Mai
Japanese

Oomune Kuma

Supporting

Shirokuma, Hiroshi
Japanese

Thief

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Sakura, Ayane
Japanese

Brigan

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Sugita, Tomokazu
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Higashi, Mao

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Nemoto, Yuuka

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Umeda, Masakatsu

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Kamata, Hajime

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Opening Theme

"Jellyfish na Kimi e (ジェリーフィッシュな君へ)" by Aguri Oonishi

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Ending Theme

"HERO in HEALER" by Karla with Alvin and Kinoko (CV: Aguri Onishi, Takuya Satou, Asuna Tomari)

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Jun 26, 2022

GakutoDeathGlare

Recommended

I watched twenty-five anime this Spring 2022 season. Twenty-five, plus a few more that leaked over from Winter. That's quite a lot. By far the most I've watched in a season. To think that Kono Healer, Mendokusai would end up becoming my favorite airing anime, well, I can scarcely believe it myself. I enjoyed the first episode for sure, but there were so many high praising series alongside it.

Alvin and Karla. What a pairing these two are. Alvin, a thirty something year old human, your average throwaway mob character that you see in any fantasy show and Karla, the cute dark elf, one of ... anime's biggest ever trolls.

My initial thoughts on this anime were pretty positive overall, a humorous Boke and Tsukkomi comedy act, set in a typical fantasy world, as they go about their daily lives, traveling around aimlessly in search of glory and adventure, getting into trouble every now and then, befriending people and monsters alike along the way, etc. I went into this anime like I almost always do, blind, and very early on you realize that any sort of plot or character development will be minimal as the anime revolves almost solely around Alvin's and Karla's relationship dynamics and interactions between one another. It's a purely comedic show.

Three episodes in, I came to the opinion that this show would simply work much better as a shorter length series, as I was becoming increasingly aware that the comedy acts would either start to drag a little bit, or become a tad stale after watching the same humor for 20-25 minutes straight. Again, there's no intricate plot or incredible animation to sell the story, it's up to the comedy to hit it's mark more often than not.

Thankfully, episode three was just a one off dud and we were back on track when episode four rolled along. Every episode that followed, I found myself laughing more frequently, a stupid grin slapped across my face throughout it's entirety, I looked forward to an episode drop every Monday. The relationship between the MCs is the selling point, the hilarious back and forths, the deadpan, air headed humor from Carla coupled with the occasional scene of emotional vulnerability (a comparison would be Takagi-san losing her cool, though not as rare or impactful as that show, but still fairly adorable when Carla starts to blush), the stern honest responses from Alvin, the little mushroom creature that randomly stays around lmao, the "monsters" that act anything but monster like, the bizarreness of it all, it simply worked. The comedy act between the main pair is not as fast paced as say the comedy act between Kazuma and Aqua from Konosuba, there's many timely pauses and the dialogue itself is usually spoken at a slower rhythm, it's quite refreshing to see this sort of unique execution.

There's puns, playing with tropes, deadpan humor and more, a fair amount to choose from. One of my favorite scenes in the whole anime is when Alvin is in despair over losing his sword and falls down onto his hands and knees, the gloomy atmosphere accompanies it along with the low piano note, you know, the usual trope, and then after about five seconds it cuts to Carla taking a seat on Alvin and the back and forth begins. That shit was hilarious to me, I could not stop laughing.

The early episode drop stats must be fairly high judging by the overall score, comedy is obviously very subjective and this anime is most certainly an acquired taste, though Kono Healer, Mendokusai succeeded in tickling my funny bone with it's witty, dry humor and lovable main cast. IMO, this would tick a lot of boxes for an older audience, but by no means, don't let the score mislead you, If you are looking for a good laugh and enjoy absurd humor, then one should definitely try this out. 9/10 for my AOTS.

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Jun 26, 2022

SanaeK10

Mixed Feelings

What I didn't know going into Kono Healer Mendokusai (henceforth Karla's show) was that it wasn't your typical anime. Each episode consists of our two mains playing off of each other in verbal wordplay while being joined by the guest of the episode. In short, it's Manzai.

While I'm not as familiar with Manzai as I was back about a decade ago when I used to watch a lot of it, I can still tell what good or bad comedy is. Karla's show is very hit and miss for the most part, oftentimes within minutes of each other in the same episode. A lot of ... jokes have this predictable routine where Karla does something stupid only for Alvin to very loudly and angrily rebut her, which works early on each episode but gets tiring near the end. Honestly with the way each episode is set up, the ideal way (which was what I used to watch most episodes) was to watch until the eyecatch, take a break and do something else, then continue until the next eyecatch/end. That way the repetitiveness of the jokes doesn't get too prevalent as the episodes go on.

To the show's credit, at least most of the jokes aren't too reliant on language puns or Japanese sociocultural references, so they do translate well into English for the most part.

But, as my score indicates, the show hits more than it misses. Most jokes are fine enough, they can land a smile or two here and there, but very few jokes did make me laugh out loud. Few as they are, they are still there and they're good enough to warrant a watch of the show. Sure, different people perceive comedy differently, but the show does get better and funnier as the episodes go on. Or maybe it's just the Stockholm Syndrome kicking in. With Karla on the reins, that may very well be the case.

I'm a bit of a seiyuu fan, and part of the main draw of this show is all the big name (some small ones too) that they cast as the guest of the week. Some pretty high profile ones you don't see very often nowadays too (when was the last time Fuchigami Mai was in anything that isn't GuP). They all turn in fairly decent performances, but I think Sugita was phoning it in with his episodes.

The last episode is probably the only one I really didn't like out of the bunch. It tries to go for a more (relatively) serious approach which leads to minimal Manzai moments and the overall story/narrative really isn't that great to begin with. I mean, the whole show literally is fantasy-based Manzai, the "Story" is just an excuse to get the gang into various different situations to comment on.

Manzai shows are a rare breed in anime. The only other show I watched that comes close is Maesetsu which was dreadfully unfunny, so at the very least Karla's show has something going for it. I definitely had laughs here and there, but 20 minutes is seriously too long for each episode.

6/10

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Jun 26, 2022

AnimeEnjoyer420

Not Recommended

Recommendation: Skip it.

Comedy is a subjective medium, so it isn't always a meaningful criticism to say that a show "isn't funny". What's funny varies widely from person to person, and something that I find laugh out loud hilarious might bomb with a different audience. I tend to give comedies a fair amount of latitude with this in mind.

However, when I tell you that Kono Healer, Mendokusai isn't funny, I mean it in a different sense than that. This show is *structurally* unfunny, by which I mean the problem isn't the jokes themselves, but the technical construction of those jokes. There are ...

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