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Jul 14, 2015
In short: Fun, kind of light anime that has a cute main heroine. The story isn't amazing, the protagonist isn't something admirable, there's not very much development but is still enjoyable if you like a bit of fan service and just cute scenes.

Now for the full review:

Story 7:
The world it's set in is very interesting. It's very RPG like except instead of logging out at the end of the day or being stuck inside some virtual reality, it is reality. Being able to choose a god/goddess then having stats to level up was quite interesting. All in all, the world was very interesting.

Unfortunately, despite the interesting aspect of the world, the story falls short of any actual development. The protagonist, as usual, has some amazing unique trait, in this case, he levels his stats faster. And judging by the title, you'd suspect that the series has something to do with the protagonist with picking up girls in a dungeon... which really doesn't happen given the fact that the guy tends to run away from girls and blush at their slightest movement.

After several eps, what we have is: guy is saved by girl who becomes love interest, then very little happens between them until the recent ep. Also, the reason for why he is dungeoning is not explained except for a few hints that it may relate to his grandparents. Bell-kun (the protagonist) supposedly grows with every dungeon run but we don't really see/know his progress other than whenever his goddess tells him/us as all his combat action consists of is hack and slash. He does gain a new power at some point, the ability to cast fireballs but then he hasn't really shown it since that episode.

There is also the case that he gains an amazing knife that would probably equate to legendary or epic in terms of WoW quality except we also don't know what it really does besides us being told that it is legendary/epic, but becomes worthless when outside his hands.

In conclusion, not very much story has developed other than largely character introductions, which isn't really story.

Art 9:
The art is pretty nice and consistent, I didn't really notice anything jarring. The art style also allows for the characters to be cute.

Sound 8:
It would be a 7 if it were not for Hestia's voice actor. She fits perfectly with the attitude/character of Hestia and I cannot help but love her voice alone for it. Typically, Hestia has a very normal female voice, being not excessively high pitched cute-esque. But she is also able to change the tone of her voice to suit the current situation as well.

Music-wise, there wasn't really anything that made me inspired or thrilled like AoT. It was just average.

Character 6:
This is largely caused by Bell as everyone's screen time is quite minimal.

Bell - The largest problem with Bell is that he's so clichéd with his voice choice and attitude that you could easily copy him into another harem with scared/shy protagonist and it wouldn't feel any different. Bell is the typical male protagonist who gets a harem of girls pretty much by simply existing. His love interest is kind of interested in him which is explained by that she feels responsible for almost getting him killed.

--Lili is interested in him because he's so nice despite everything he did to her, which also brings up another fault of Bell is that he's too nice. When Lili and he first met, he gave her an equal portion of the loot despite it being unheard of, which means that Bell really has no idea what he's doing in dungeons besides hack and slashing.

--Hestia is interested in him because he's the only member of her familia and also because... who really knows.

--Syr is interested in him because he patroned her workplace that one time and because... who really knows as well.

To top it off, he doesn't really seem to notice their feelings but does get shy when they do perform some ecchi stuff to him.

Overall, I don't even think Bell knows what he's doing besides hacking and slashing inside a dungeon everyday.

Hestia - Her character is quite cute and attractive but we don't really know what kind of purpose she serves in terms of being the goddess of Bell. In fact, we're not sure what the gods/goddesses are really for besides inheriting their old powers from before they came down to earth(or whatever).

Enjoyment 8:
There are times when it becomes so cheesy, so clichéd that it's just a cringe-fest and most of these revolves around Bell's character. Otherwise, the lighter side of the story and more everyday interaction is quite fun.

Overall 8:
It's not an amazing anime, but it does have its appeal. This is definitely an anime for those who enjoy more ecchi/comedy type of genres and is definitely a turn off for those who want deep character interaction as well those looking for a developing plot, which this anime is missing both of.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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