Seija Musou: Salaryman, Isekai de Ikinokoru Tame ni Ayumu Michi

Right as he is about to earn a promotion, a salaryman meets an untimely demise. Taking pity, a mysterious being grants him a second life in the land of Galdardia as a teenager. Choosing the name Luciel for himself and a role as a healer, the young man sets off for the nearby town of Merratoni. There, he learns that healers are a coveted resource, yet they often take advantage of others for monetary gain. Vowing to be different from other healers, he joins the local branch of the Healers' Guild and begins unlocking his magical potential.

After failing to save someone with his magic, Luciel is determined to get stronger. To improve his physical strength and hone his magic skills, he registers as an adventurer and takes rigorous training under Brod, the chief instructor of the Adventurers' Guild. Soon, Luciel gradually finds his way through Galdardia, gaining a reputation as a selfless healer who aids others regardless of expense.

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Luciel Main

Kawashima, Reiji Japanese

Nanaella Supporting

Tachibana, Hina Japanese

Lumina Supporting

Kinugawa, Rika Japanese

Brod Supporting

Ootsuka, Akio Japanese

Cattleya Supporting

Hikasa, Youko Japanese

Monica Supporting

Iwami, Manaka Japanese

Galba Supporting

Ono, Daisuke Japanese

Gulgar Supporting

Maeno, Tomoaki Japanese

Milty Supporting

Tomita, Miyu Japanese

Granhart Supporting

Terasoma, Masaki Japanese

Oowada, Tomoyuki Producer

Kurosu, Nobuhiko Producer

Nakatani, Satoshi Producer

Yoshida, Kento Producer

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Feb 11, 2024

TheEtherea

Recommended

Ironically good as a story that is not edgy, over the top, not about overpowered characters and not ecchi. I know I know, a shocker.

Despite the "status, skills" things and the premise of Isekai it feels more like a typical fantasy which is actually a good thing. MC doesn't get anything special going on for him and doesn't have any superpowers at any moment of the story and basically is just stubborn which helps him in the long run to overcome his lack of ability. In this regard it's a good slow burn story to follow along that culminates by the end of the season.

If ... you think about it, somewhat resembles Faraway Paladin that most people didn't like while it was an enjoyable show to watch.

Production shows the lack of budget, but they didn't use any ugly ass CG so the quality doesn't jump around like turtle from shield hero or I'm a spider.

Story starts off relatively slow by focusing on MC trying to get actually useful at anything until he gets involved in some of the underlying world issues. Nothing that hasn't been done before, but it has adequate progression. Some of the gags might get repetitive, like the whole joke with Substance x.

I would watch S2 if it ever appears.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Sep 21, 2023

Marinate1016

Mixed Feelings

Great Cleric is a tough one to rate because I did want to like it. I like the art style, the character designs and the concept of an MC who is not OP from the start, but has to grind and train constantly to improve was appealing. Sadly, for me at least, the show took 8 weeks to get good and for most people it’s just not an investment they can make. Had this show come out the gate with the energy we saw in the final 4-5 episodes, this could have been a really good show.

I tend to believe the problems with Great ... Cleric were adaptation based since the Amazon reviews for the light novel are glowing. But, my God was this show dragged out. I’m all for training arcs and having an MC go through trials and tribulations to get stronger, but it gets to a point where it’s too much. In an anime where you only have 12 episodes to get people into a story, there’s only so much of the same repetitive stuff people can take. The training arc in this one could have been cut by several episodes and Luciel leaving the starter town to get the story going should have been done sooner. Once that does happen, I started enjoying the show a lot more. The whole capital arc is very fun, there’s some cool dungeon crawling, best girl gets introduced and the pacing gets much better at that point in general. It’s just way too much slog you have to go through to get there.

As a character, I’m kind of neutral on Luciel. He’s somewhat of a lovable idiot. Has some good moments where he makes you laugh and you root for him and then some where you just want to slap yourself in the face. He’s probably more developed in the books, but I wasn’t in love with the guy based on this anime. As I said before, I do like that he has to actually work for everything he’s got. He starts off purely able to heal before learning other combat skills and the show, for better or worse, takes its sweet time showing you how he acquires each and every one of those abilities. The side characters are pretty meh until blonde waifu gets introduced. At that point my interest was piqued. Sadly, again going back to the pacing, it took a long time for her to really become a part of the story. There’s a few others who get introduced at the end that are solid too.

Art is really solid in the anime. I’m a big fan of the bright colour palette, I like the designs as well. Animation is your generic powerpoint style, but it gets the job done. The production on the show is serviceable.

Really my main issue here just comes from the pacing. That alone just makes it hard for me to recommend this to people. I’d say give episode 1 a try and see how you vibe with it. That same pacing is going to stick around for like 4-5 episodes so if that’s something you can handle, go for it. Personally, I think I’ll give the Light Novels a chance at some point just to see how things were handled there. The world is interesting enough for me to want more of it, just not necessarily in anime form.

Great cleric gets 6 out of 10.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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May 27, 2024

ST63LTH

Not Recommended

The Great Cleric follows a formerly modern day Japanese salaryman, who is shot by a stray bullet and dies after an important business proposal. He reincarnates into a medieval fantasy world and take on the name Luciel who chooses the path of healing but with a twist. Will he be able to save many lives with his power or will he succumb to fate a second time?

Story & Character: 5/10
The story is much different from your typical isekai; In the Great Cleric, Luciel doesn't start off with any ungodly powers or cheat skill and instead has to train diligently for his powers to gradually increase. ... As a result, the story is more related to his experience while training to become a better healer and fend off attackers without the need for external assistance. However, despite being a very unique plot point it also becomes its major restriction: This series essentially became a training simulator where Luciel focuses solely on grinding out the substance X potions and fighting instructor Brod majority of the time; It's only until much later where we see more meaningful story development after a change of environment. As a result of the very focused training grind, The Great Cleric lacks heavily in character development so much so that I barely remember the characters names apart from the two mostly involved with Luciel: Gulgar and Brod. It feels like the other characters were used to fill in the empty spots on the character list and nothing more considering they were in and out of the series like a seasonal sports starting line-up. I wished they could have gotten into the characters more especially their backgrounds, past experience etc. since that would have had a more meaningful impact on Luciel's growth than healing no-name adventurers every episode.

Art & Sound: 5/10
The art and animation were decent by today's standard, nothing too extraordinary. I really enjoyed the shots with absurd facial expressions and the lucky face guy. The awkward expressions livened up the scenes at every turn so it was a welcome addition for its comical effect. Sound was also decent by modern standards. I didn't notice anything that stood out as a negative in terms of voice acting, sound effects or background music.

Overall & Enjoyment: 5/10
There was a lot of playful scenes in this series that made it a lot more enjoyable than I expected. The story didn't really get anywhere until the end where Luciel was summoned out of the guild and funnily enough that's where he experienced the most growth contrary to the training he received in the guild training hall. Beyond that, the female characters felt very underdeveloped, they all felt the same to me and didn't have anything interesting to contribute to the series apart from cheap fanservice or background noise. Overall, it was a decent watch but I probably wouldn't stay around for a season 2.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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