Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo (usually shortened as KonoSuba) is a light novel series by Natsume Akatsuki that parodies the "trapped in another world" type of stories you're probably well familiarized with such as Sword Art Online and No Game No Life. Instead of our protagonist exploring this new world, forming a competent party and becoming a certified badass his new life instead turns out the to be the opposite of what he intended for: he starts out with nothing, is partnered with a useless companion and the rest of his party are absolutely incompetent at what they specialize in; and it's hilarious.
Story: 7/10
Kazuma Satou a high school NEET dies in an accident (the circumstances behind it are hilarious) and is brought to the afterlife and is given a choice by a goddess by the name of Aqua: go to heaven, or get sent to a another world to defeat the Demon King. Naturally as a gamer he ends up choosing the choice to be reborn in a fantasy world and somehow ends up dragging Aqua along with him. Now he must live in this new world along with Aqua, form a party and go on adventures with the end goal of defeating the Demon King.
There isn't too much of a story after that and the setting isn't anything new, but hey; it works.
Art: 7/10
The art has much to be desired. However, Studio Deen's art and animation surprisingly fit this type of show surprisingly well! In my opinion it greatly adds to the humour of the story as it goes well with the slapstick style of humour the show relies on. The character designs look great and are very appealing, especially Megumin's!
Sound: 8/10
The opening and ending songs are great and fit the mood of the show well. At first I had problems with Kazuma's voice but as the show progressed I got used to it and now think it fits him absolutely wonderful because of how often he is a deadpan snarker! The other voices fit the other characters well, Darkness and Megumin's voice actors stand out to me because their antics are what elicits a laugh from me the most.
Character: 9/10
Probably my favourite aspect of KonoSuba, although I won't go into too much details on it because I find it more fun to find out on your own how actually messed up each member of Kazuma's party is.
We of course have Kazuma Satou a NEET who is reborn into a fantasy world and chooses the Adventurer class. This guy plays the straight man to his party's antics and is one of better MC's I have ever seen for straying away from what you'd expect out of the main character in an fantasy world.
Aqua is a goddess who despite actually acting high and mighty is actually rather stupid and becomes reliant on Kazuma more than she admits when they are transported to another world. She chooses the Arch Priest class and often gets on Kazuma's nerves.
Megumin is a chuunibyou like Arch Wizard who specializes in only Explosion magic.
Darkness is a masochistic Crusader who enjoys tanking all the damage for the team.
These characters and their antics will make you laugh; guaranteed.
Enjoyment: 9/10
It's very refreshing! This show absolutely love throwing RPG tropes and cliches at you and then totally destroying them. This show is THE comedy of the Winter 2016 season because every episode is bound to get some laughs out of you one way or another.
I can't wait for season 2!
Overall: 8/10
Ever wonder what SAO would be like if Kirito wasn't an OP badass and instead was a deadpan snarker while everyone around around him is hilariously incompetent at what they specialize? Watch this show. This is not your average "trapped in another world" anime based on a light novel. This is a parody of how our MC's like Kirito will usually become a competent adventurer, gain the affection of many women and accomplish his mission successfully.
tl;dr: KonoSuba is a fantastic parody of "trapped in another world" and fantasy RPG stories in general. The humour is great and the characters are very likeable and hilarious. KonoSuba will hilariously break many of the standard tropes you will come to expect out most Fantasy anime out there.
