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

Very good for something which I'd class as the seasonal fodder.

They kept it simple yet interesting with this but mostly nice and wholesome. Nice setting, nice characters and nice premise although for the most part it's about a guy who gets fired then gradually finds out he's OP but later down the lie the plot gets thicker which makes it more entertaining and heightens the stakes.
But most of all we all just like seeing a guy live the life we all want to in a peaceful manner, helping those around him and not really encountering any setbacks. So it was nice to watch the nice ... guy win for 12 episodes with the added genres.

If you're looking for seasonal fodder type anime to watch because you've ran out of all mainstream anime to watch then I'd highly rate this one if you're looking for a slice of life fairy tale like anime for men.


BTW HIS WIFE HAS MASSIVE BADAHONKEROOS

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.

tl;dr quarter-life crisis VN, all route clear, 110% true end

Kaiko Heishi is what both of the "Kicked from hero's party" shows should have been but weren't. It was truly much better than I would have expected from the rating and the cover art. Perfect for light viewing, it felt like a shounen show for seinen folks. All of the discussion of interpersonal relationships without (too much) pain and tragedy, all of the fight scenes without the overused shouting one-hit KOs.

In a sea of isekais and isekai-esque fantasy shows Kaiko Heishi is a simple show with an easy premise and no delusions of world-saving grandeur, either ... now or later. We have an extremely competent yet humble MC who is just on this side of completely overpowered, and a group of side characters that get around one episode of development each but are contribute to the general focus on emphasizing caring and compassion, even those that start out as antagonists. Kaiko Heishi has managed to walk an extraordinarily thin line of having believable bad guy origins and subsequent redemptions without letting the tone get too heavy or shallow.

In between these sort of therapy session/fights, we get enjoyable content of cute village life or quests with lower stakes. And while there's quite a bit of fanservice one refreshing trait of this show is that the harem size is one. Slight spoiler but not really since the love interest is introduced 5 minutes into the show. This is also part of the reason I would characterize Kaiko Heishi as a shounen for seinens. It's a kind of happy story that encourages and indeed vindicates being a good person above personal gain, and has a calmer take as far as the protagonist is concerned in regards to romance and combat.

I wholeheartedly recommend this show. You're not gonna get heavy action, high politics, or outstanding design but you will get some tasty food for the soul.

So far I'm really enjoying it (Ep 3). It good to get the pov from an older protag sometimes. And as an rpg-head them RPG elements I'm in love! It really feels like I'm watching a role-playing game. The twist is we get to see the perspective of the antagonist sorta-kinda this time too. I like it, and I want to see where they take it.

The art-style is cool, and I like the balance of fan service. You get a whole bunch in one shot and then it just goes away for a minute... If you like RPGs and a casual approach to story telling ... and tropes you'll dig it. It's a good palette cleanser. Reminds me a lot of ReLife and Reincarnated as a slime but to a lesser degree.

"Chilling in My 30s after Getting Fired from the Demon King's Army" is a lot like "Banished From The Hero's Party" lots of the same plot tropes with around 40% of it feeling like it has been copied. Which is not a bad thing, arguably it does most of it better.

Note: I will be sometimes abbreviating "Chilling in My 30s after Getting Fired from the Demon King's Army" to "Chilling in my 30s"

"Chilling in My 30s after Getting Fired from the Demon King's Army" does almost all of the same things as "Banished From The Hero's Party", but does a lot of them better. The ... problems with "Banished From The Hero's Party" had such as the ending being very 6/10 because the antagonist was not really well developed, and the very non existent story, up until episode 7 where the antagonist gets more recognition.
On the Flip side, "Chilling in my 30s" is much more story driven, all the aspects you see at the beginning, at the very least, relate a bit towards the end of the season. Not to mention has more of a "coming to one's true purpose" than the more "Slow and relaxed wholesome encounters" that happen in "Banished From The Hero's Party".

All in all they are still different shows with different ideas of a MC.

- Done with the comparisons now to the good -

The entire cast of characters are very lively, and are indeed quite unique in terms of the personality or the desires they have whether they are good, or bad.
The drama in each episode tends to end on that episode, no real cliffhangers being set until the finale of the show, where there are some.
There is a very natural progression of the MC and his personality and treatment towards others, not only that, but other character's feelings towards the MC
The show looks to be a one season only type of show, so it doesn't extend past it's peak, or if you don't want to watch a long winded show with multiple seasons.
Some good plot twists are in the show.

- Now to the bad or not so good -
The animation isn't amazing this has the same quality of many 2012 anime's in terms of visuals. It is more or less average, but the character designs are not special either.
Lots of tropes are used for this anime, both overused, and weird plot points. One example can be the clumsy female MC, Marika, who falls for Dariel for no reason at all.
Pacing is quite slow, especially in the beginning, it feels like a snails pace. it eventually becomes better after episode 4, but it sometimes lingers in spots throughout the show.
Very predictable, not exactly bad, but definitely gets rid of some of the suspense in places.


Overall definitely a good watch. 8/10 give it a try.
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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.