Nozomanu Fushi no Boukensha

While exploring a labyrinth, Rentt Faina, an adventurer with lots of experience but little to show for it, is killed by a dragon upon discovering its lair. Shockingly, he wakes up to find himself turned into a skeleton, the lowest class of undead monsters. As Rentt fights against the other monsters of the labyrinth, he discovers that slaying them gains him experience towards higher stages of undead evolution—even ones with flesh! With this revelation in hand, Rentt obtains a new objective in his undeath: keep evolving in the hope of eventually becoming a vampire, the highest form of undead that is nearly indistinguishable from human beings.

Despite being forced to hide his past identity and monstrous nature under an unremovable mask, Rentt manages to return to a semblance of his former life. Granted shelter by Lorraine Vivier, an elite researcher and retired adventurer, Rentt assumes her surname and starts over from scratch as a rookie. Determined to pursue his childhood dream and become a mithril-class adventurer, Rentt must be cautious not to disclose his new bodily circumstances, lest the adventurers’ guild seek to exterminate the monster he has become.

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Vivie, Lorraine Main

Komatsu, Mikako Japanese

Faina, Rentt Main

Suzuki, Ryouta Japanese

Ibarss, Sheila Supporting

Hasegawa, Ikumi Japanese

Latuule, Laura Supporting

Kusunoki, Tomori Japanese

Rupaage, Rina Supporting

Suzushiro, Sayumi Japanese

Mysterious Woman Supporting

Hayami, Saori Japanese

Hart, Isaac Supporting

Toki, Shunichi Japanese

Dario Supporting

Watai, Kanato Japanese

Umberto Supporting

Nanba, Yuuma Japanese

Rucker, Wilfried Supporting

Maeno, Tomoaki Japanese

Nanbara, Mitsuhiro Producer

Yoshida, Satoshi Producer

Soyama, Takashi Producer

Danno, Yoshito Producer

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May 10, 2024

moonytsuki

Recommended

The show's pretty rock solid. It sorta gives off "We have Frieren at home" vibes. It's a degree of quality higher than the typical seasonal production, and each episode is good. It's a traditional adventure story rather than an action or comedy, with the character growing over time. He's very likable and it's easy to care about his progress and goals. There is an actual story being told, which is more than welcome in the realm of crystallized isekai worlds. Additionally, it feels like the characters were written for adults. They behave maturely and don't act like complete morons, which is a breath of fresh ... air.
My biggest complaint would be that we don't feel the consequences of his undead nature severely enough. Despite the excellent premise, you can get a few minutes into an episode and forget that he is an abomination. As soon as a problem is faced it gets trivialized almost immediately. It would have made the narrative about his nature more effective if they more deeply showed the struggles of being undead. The action scenes also felt a little lifeless. If the show's focus was action, I would take this complaint into more serious consideration. Either way, don't expect too much blood pumping excitement.
Overall the show feels like listening to sports on the radio out of your back porch on a sunny day. It is really comforting and relaxing, to the point some people might find get bored. If you enjoy slower paced shows and watch anime to relax, I highly recommend it.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Apr 7, 2024

tagbadger

Mixed Feelings

The premise is good, but the execution here is disappointing. An adventurer becomes an undead monster and has to figure out how to adapt. Nice idea, and lots of potential for interesting moments and development, but the show does little with it. The main character has no personality, and is painfully boring. Typical "clueless MC" type hero. The side characters are not any more interesting or with much more personality. MC is seemingly unaffected by his condition, going about his same life as before, except with more clothes to cover his body, and more strength to do his adventurer tasks.

Not recommended unless you want a ... very plain show to watch to balance out something else more stimulating.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Mar 22, 2024

eviIDragon

Not Recommended

Great premise and huge potential for a great story that quickly turns into garbage writing and kids show. 
It had a good base recipe for an interesting story: 
A good,hardworking, likeable adventurer who, despite all of his effort, cannot move past the limitations of his body.  gets killed and finds himself to become a monster while retaining seemingly intact consciousness, personality, and memories. All while having a mad scolar/mage/love interest who is willing to hide and help him stay human on the inside.

It had no isekai BS, no harem. No stupid, silly jokes, and good art to boot. 

It explores the themes of : The meaning of humanity, ... Struggle with his growing monster urges, Getting stronger, and overcoming the limitations of his human past self, Exploring fantasy world full of guilds, dungeons, monsters, kingdoms etc.

I watched up to ep 4 after which I went to read the Light Novel since usually it is better and provides more details and a better story since anime adaptations tend to change things to fit the anime format. So I know the full story in advance. 

After episode 4, the quality takes a nosedive, and it only gets worse from there. Remember the premise and all the major themes the show explores in the beginning? When you can forget it.
The show becomes extremely silly.
All the mature content gets removed. And by mature, I do not just mean blood, death, or sex.
I mean anything that an adult can enjoy. Complex and engaging story with twists and interesting and realistic human behavior. Good writing in general. 
All the philosophical, moral, and dark parts just cease to exist. The author will mention them  but will never actually show them. 
The story becomes a collection of filler episodes and scenes that push the same things over and over without showing us any new perspective on things or character development of any kind. 

The number of silly and stupid things in the later part is insane. It completely abandons the initial themes and turns into the adventures of your friendly neighbor, Spider-Man, I mean, vampire adventurer. Every Saturday at 10 a.m. at Fox Kids!

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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