Kaiko sareta Ankoku Heishi (30-dai) no Slow na Second Life

Overall a very average anime. There is nothing inherently bad about it. The animation is fine, the character designs are fine, and the story is fine as well. Everything is average. If you read the synopsis and think you'll like it, then you'll have a fine experience with the show. If you're not into the story, then I will be a "bad" anime in your eyes.

For me, I love fantasy animes and the idea of someone strong learning to live a normal life. I get curious about how they handle the story and characters. I will state that the show is very predictable. I ... was able to predict what would happen after watching a scene almost all the time. So, I think it's a cliche show with nothing new to offer. Again, this isn't a knock on the show, but it means that the show isn't good either. It is not one I can give above average because there isn't one aspect of the anime that I particularly liked more than other animes that follow this type of plot.

Would I recommend this show to anyone? Not really, but if you like these types of shows like me, give it a watch. Personally, I watch it at 1.5x speed to make it more bearable and to make the pacing better for me. I may drop it later down the line if it gets too repetitive.

Becoming Mediocre In My 30’s.

Chillin' in My 30s after Getting Fired from the Demon King's Army is just another mediocre light novel anime adaption. That’s it.

From the Beast Tamer-like start of having our Mediocre Protagonist fired from his job that he’s good at in the mediocre Demon Kings army by a bunch of mediocre higher ups who will come to regret it later, to every other fantasy/isekai light novel anime you could think of having a love interest sporting plunging cleavage barely held in by tissue paper clothing, who immediately want’s to jump of the protagonists rod as soon as he said anything, there ... is literally nothing in this anime you haven’t seen in similar shows of it’s type.

Even with how thoroughly pedestrian it is on the whole, I will admit there are some things I like about it. I like that the demons are basically just humanoids who can use magic, making them a bit more relatable that your usual demon king army, and I like that the protagonist takes a pacifist approach to resolving conflict. It would be really easy for main protag-kun Dariel to just wipe all his enemies off the map because, y’know, it’s a male power fantasy light novel anime. Of course he’s secretly overpowered in some convoluted way thanks to the human side of the power system. However, he does his best to resolve conflicts through talks and reasoning, bringing both the demon and human sides together to mutually benefit from each other without the need for bloodshed. It’s a nice message.

Unfortunately, whilst Dariel is good at solving problems, he's dense as fuck and it’s get annoying quickly. You’d think being constantly grabbed and openly flirted at by the giant pair of breasts called Marika would tip him off to the feelings she has for him for some undisclosed reason. But nope, not Dariel. He is a member of the 24/7, 28-31/12, 12/1 no-nut-november club, and no mommy milkers are getting his way, no matter how plunging the cleavage is when you push those melons together (as of episode 4). He’s also just not very interesting as a character to follow either. Another protagonist with barely any personality so the viewer can live vicariously through him. That can be said of all the other faces in this show. There is nothing here you haven’t seen before.

What really seals the mediocre deal on this show for me is it’s below average art and animation. The art looks like a quick rush job, it’s barely animated and when it is it looks cheap. I’ve seen a few pages of the manga because I like to read along with new shows when they’re airing, and the artist style for that has way more personality and character than this cheap looking imitation of something like Sword Art Online.

In conclusion… I get kinda see way people would like this show. Despite it’s glaring flaws and rip-offs of other fantasy light novel concepts, it is nicely paced and I like the over-arching theme of the story. I probably would’ve kept watching it if I had the time, but I don’t and I’m not wasting it on another cheap, mediocre light novel adaption of a mediocre story I’ve seen multiple times before, containing somehow less interesting characters. Your *sigh* light novel fantasy needs to do more than just having a clingy waifu with plunging cleavage always on display to keep my interest.

4/10 Disappointment.

"How I made it to my 30's as the most powerful human being on the planet, without noticing..." the anime.


Animation / Art / General Visuals - 7/10
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Pretty regular stuff. Nothing to really catch your attention one way or another.


Sound / Music / Voice Acting - 7/10
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Again, pretty regular stuff.


Story - 5/10
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I am not a big fan of the take on the OP MC story angle where they've somehow been oblivious to their own power their entire lives.

And it's even less interesting when upon figuring out said power, the only thing they care about is living a normal life, and we end up getting an anime that's just fantasy themed slice of life.

If the goal is to showcase fantasy slice of life, one can do it without the storytelling crutch of an OP protagonist when in practice they barely ever user their powers anyway.

Unlike most other wholesome OP MC fantasy shows, this one really has very little story direction. The MC simply doesn't care about doing stuff, and the world around him barely cares either. So it's hard to become invested as viewers.


Characters - 5/10
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The protagonist is dumb and boring. No point beating around the bush. They are portrayed as incredibly competent, yet their mental faculties regarding common sense is all but absent. They are also incredibly content at just being a regular person living a regular life.

The side characters are incredibly poorly written with essentially no personalities worth mentioning. The love interest has only one character trait and that is their infinite love for the MC. That's literally it. They have no other personality, just "I love the MC, must confess it all the time, my life has no purpose other than to love this dude."

Villains barely even exist, and when they do get screen time they are pathetically incompetent, and half the time just end up making friends with the MC anyway.

There's no real evil allowed in this show. Everyone must end up playing nice and be bestest of friends. World peace and all that.


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Total - 6/10

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"30 year old virgin" is a rather uninspiring fantasy story with an OP MC that spends most of their life oblivious of their own powers, and then doesn't care one bit about them once he discovers them. Instead deciding to settle down with the first woman he sees, and live a regular life like a nobody.

This show is what you'd watch if you wanted to become completely unmotivated to lift a finger to do anything.

Ah, "Kaiko sareta Ankoku Heishi (30-dai) no Slow na Second Life." How delightful. It's everything the title promises, really. The protagonist is chilling, and the pace is slower than a sloth with a hangover. This is the latest entry in what I like to call the "iyashikei isekai/fantasy" genre. You know the drill - horny protagonist, hordes of girls, and enough fanservice to make your eyes pop out. But fear not, for this show is a tad different. It steamrolls everything and focuses on the slice-of-life scenes.
Our protagonist is a laid-off demon army soldier. How original. And surprise, surprise - a girl comes along ... to save the day. But wait, they actually progress their relationship beyond the usual formula. It's almost like we have a slice-of-life anime here, folks. Except, there's an over-the-top rebellious antagonist, of course.
The production quality might be a little hit-and-miss, but the emotions in the story are still conveyed decently. The voice acting is respectable, although the characters are not particularly interesting. The main characters do stand out, though. We get a lengthy look into Dariel's past, which salvages the show in many ways.
Unfortunately, this show suffers from an overused setting and a lackluster execution. The author tries to cram too many things into this supposed "healing" type of show. But hey, who needs healing when you have fanservice, right?

Chillin' in My 30s after Getting Fired from the Demon King's Army was entertaining, but nothing extra. It's a little bit too much in emotions and there are in not the right place in the srory, like when they want to kill each other in the first minute, but they became best friends 2 minutes later whithout any reason..
It could be better, if they follow the manga, but they didn't and they have cutted out lot from the story and every fanservice part, even a kiss couldn't stay in the anime. It's a shame.
I hope they will change that in the second season, if ... not, I'm not sure I want to watch it.

well there is no harem so far that i have seen in the 6 episodes but there is fan service in almost all episodes like its 50 or 65% filled with fan service so i'm like kinda okay also i don't like the fact that the girl Marika is the ML wife when you get to episode 6 it will happen felt like the girl is maybe a teenager or not idk like he's also 30 so kinda give me pedo vibes and i'm uncomfortable with it cause at this point we head down the pedo path so i'm iffy about this anime. might have ... to watch the whole thing out to get a complete understanding on if its going down some messed up the path or not

The basic premise is the main character Dariel was taken in by one of the four demon generals, but now that he's gone and the general's son has taken over, Dariel's been kicked out. He doesn't have any ill will towards the demons, they took him in and he worked and lived with them. However, now that the demon general's son is in charge he's making some questionable decisions and mismanaging things. This show is more about mediation between humans and demons than fighting.

They have some gags like the love interest being afraid of fighting but being incredibly strong, to the point where she casually ... throws fallen trees around like it's nothing. She sometimes accidentally hurts the main character, but she's treated like a character because she actually feels bad about it instead of pretending it didn't happen. There's also a love interest as one of the generals, so he's sort of torn between the humans and the demons even in that regard.

Dariel isn't the strongest physically, and he can't use magic, but adventurers use aura to fight, which has four different types related to attacking and defending to enhance the use of weapons and shields. Aura is what Dariel excels at after becoming an adventurer, so he is a bit overpowered but he isn't so powerful he can do everything. The main character isn't a pushover, he actually has a spine, he'll stick up for himself, but he also isn't a psychopath. It's refreshing to see someone act like a normal human being.

It's a relaxed mostly average fantasy show, some of the humor may not be what you're into but it's not painful. The main character actually acts like a character and his backstory matters, which is rare for this sort of show. If you just want a decent fantasy show give this a try. Go into this expecting more of a slice of life than any kind of action.

This series was hot garbage. It was mildly fun garbage, kinda like finding a really messed up sofa thrown out by the curb, but at the end of the day, still garbage. The best compliment I can give this series is that I didn’t actively hate it by the end, just felt kinda indifferent to it. Not memorable, but I wouldn’t say it was boring enough to forget. I will remember Malika (Marika?) at least.

Tomokazu Sugita [Gintama’s Gintoki], the voice of the main character Dariel was fighting for his life trying to carry this series, but his voice acting alone couldn’t pull it off. I ... did enjoy his performance though I wouldn’t say it’s his best, or one he’ll probably remember five years from now. Felt a bit like a paycheck show.

The title for this series is total BS. There is virtually nothing “Chill” about this series. Dude goes from one conflict to another and gets absolutely no rest, because the girl of his dreams hits like a truck every time she runs in for a glomp. And glomp she does. So even in his down time, he’s dealing with broken ribs every times he catches a hug.

The BETTER title for this series would be “Nobody will let me chill, even in my 30’s”. Dariel gets expelled from the Demon King’s army’s only to end up busy as hell even in his early forced retirement. The characters here were all pretty standard; same tropes we’ve seen a million times before. Demon King, Four Heavenly Kings, overenthusiastically-here-to-train hero, big-boobie oneesan waifu (that would be the aforementioned Malika). Etc. Etc.

In the end, I found it pretty boring and repetitive, but not in a way that made me fast forward, or skip episodes. Not entirely sure why I stuck it out with until the end, but I think it had something to do with Malika. I just can’t quite put my finger on which part.

A year from now, I doubt I’ll remember this series, just like Sugita won’t, but, that’s ok. Not every anime can be Mushoku Tensei, even if Tomokazu Sugita is in it. (Have I mentioned how much I like Tomokazu Sugita? Is that coming across?) We need 1’s in order to really appreciate the 8’s and 9’s. They make the 10’s feel even more incredible. This show wasn’t THAT bad though. The art-style and animation were cookie-cutter and manufactured, but they weren’t dreadful, or copy-pasted, like an ExArm or TanMoshi. I did get a couple laughs out of it; plus… Malika. So, thank you, “chillin in my 30’s” for at least not making me hate you. With that in mind. 30 / 10 equals 3, so you’ll be getting a 3 stars.

This show in a nutshell: I got "Banished from the (not Hero) Demon Lord's Army" at the age of 30, did the exact same things that said show does with getting hooked with a woman, only that I've gone much further and succeeded in making a family with my partner! That's my retired 2nd life, with the only regret being in my 30s.

I can't believe my eyes to tell you that authors will keep trying to hem the exact same premises that does too similar to other works, with the only difference being that of how fast the progression will take that affects the enjoyability ... as a whole. Such is the case for novelist Rokujuuyon Okazawa's Kaiko sareta Ankoku Heishi (30-dai) no Slow na Second Life a.k.a Chillin' in My 30s after Getting Fired from the Demon King's Army, which is just Fall 2021's Shin no Nakama in a somewhat alternate storytelling setting that at the end of the day, is a rather mediocre retelling and is inferior on the heartwarming charm that said series has that I still remember to this day, even almost a year later. And all of this makes me want to re-watch Shin no Nakama again, that's how subpar average Kaiko Sareta is.

I am not going to beat around the bush: the story plot and setting is the exact same as Shin no Nakama, only if you replace the MC with someone that's much older, that happens on the opposite side of the spectrum with the same aftereffects verdict of getting fired from the group, and everything from then on is how it would be dictated the same for a 1-to-1 refresh. Seeing the same storyline twice now, NGL that I got a little bit of hesitation that it would turn out to be what I remember from Shin no Nakama, but let's persevere on. The MC, 30-year-old Dariel, is actually a pretty decent helper on the Demon Lord's Army's side, aside from the same OP-ness that LN series like this love to extrapolate that fact. The stepson of Granverza, one of the four Demon Kings, unanimously gets fired from the somewhat incompetent stepbrother Bashverza, just for one insanely stupid reason: Dariel is magic-less. Down but not out, the encounter with a woman in the forest fleeing from a monster attack, Marika, provides Dariel with the second life that supplements his "new" journey of wandering aimlessly, of being the protector of their small but sizable Lux Village. Since then, Dariel has never looked back at the second life that he feels was graciously granted from a trivial decision made, because he is actually the servant (or aide rather) that holds the Demon Lord's Army altogether as its dependable secretary, that getting fired from there and spending his time chillin' in his 30s, isn't an entirely bad prospect at all. If anything, the Demon Lord's Army stands to lose one capable and talented demon (that for the longest time, is actually human, that explains his zero compatibility for magic), and the person to blame for that mishap is the General himself: Bashverza.

Being voiced by Tomokazu Sugita (which he has done the role for Mushoku Tensei's Rudeus Greyrat), I'm sure that you can already tell that there is some level of ecchi involved, especially with the lead female Marika herself, being the typical large boobs girl that's the closest to Dariel's level as an adventurer if he simply didn't exist to begin with. That, with his sudden appearance, Dariel slowly beginning to get a foothold of Marika's Lux Village and identifies his role for being there, both as an upcoming adventurer and having a major role progressively as its official mayor, this second life was what he wanted and more, seemingly at first glance. But this becomes clear that the conflict between humans and demons is a never-ending battle, and his inclusion earns the disruption from fellow people around him in many ways.

The next probable up-and-coming adventurer to protect Lux Village, Gashita is a young man that's jealous of Dariel when he first appeared onto the scene that immediately, his position as the protector of the village gets compromised with the obvious jealousy. Knowing this, Dariel simply confides that he isn't there to compete with him, but rather with the patience in teaching him to become a dependable adventurer, earns the reliability and assurance overtime that results in a win-win approach. As do to the one adventurer that gets on his nerves fast, Fitbitan and his guild band of teammates don't like the fact that Dariel is suddenly taking over the operations of Lux Village faster than intended, so much so that Fitbitan's over-inflated ego causes them to begin the infighting, until the matter is resolved with the typical duel. But more so than others, it's the venerable colleagues and family relations that Dariel has always worked together with: the demon aide Rizet, the Demon Kings of Granverza and Zebiantes, heck, even the Hero's Party with its former hero Alantsil, that got to see firsthand of Dariel's transformation in the village, being more suited to the average commoner's life than one of servitude, and it shows that when he was kicked out by Bashverza, there is no turning back towards the Demon Lord's Army to have a better second life altogether. They may be picky about the choices that Bashverza has made to oust Dariel, but this I feel tied the bond much closer and better than ever before.

But of course, how can I talk about Dariel without talking about Marika, the woman who single-handedly changed his life all around. Remember last season's Noumin Kanren with son Al Wayne and his over-tender loving mother Lucia? This is exactly the same thing with the two here, which barring from all of the obviousl romantic interests made, is actually also a decent adventurer herself. But she's mostly known for being the support character towards Dariel, maybe too often with her loving tendencies for Dariel, especially with the huge Knocker boobs that Tomokazu Sugita himself displays his inner Rudeus of wanting more skinship and affection so badly, to the point of marriage and raising a family together. It's not all bad for the two of them, and what happened in all of this, I think it came out decent, but nothing surprising since this trope has been played too many times over.

The production of this show is also unsurprisingly average. Spearheaded by studio Encourage Films and its in-house director-cum-president representative Fumitoshi Oizaki, there is nothing that screams "Sakuga!" in the slightest sense, and for a 3rd-rate studio, I've probably expected this much, as opposed to the show that the studio produced before this (Deaimon) that is surprisingly wonderful to watch. I always held back on the belief that Encourage Films is trying to branch out to many genres and finding something that works, but while it has clearly worked for Deaimon, action shows like these are unfortunately the size of grated cheese that doesn't slice just as nice. It's just to be expected, that's all.

Even the music is average. Hinano and Akari Kitou's songs are surprisingly good...if you take into the context of the OP and ED respectively as a whole. Other than that, it's just average and forgettable as heck.

I would be lying if I said that I'd rather re-watch Shin no Nakama than this show, but the obtuse fact is that really, Shin no Nakama is much grounded and better than Kaiko Sareta in every other way. There's just nothing magical about this show, other than it being a copy-paste alternate variant of the same sub-genre that it came from, and it's forgettable at best. If you want to try this show, just try once, and never look back at how much time you'd lost at watching something that's perfectly mediocre, when you could be wasting time watching other better series instead. As for me, I'll retreat back to Shin no Nakama, thank you.