But what I got instead was a day time soap opera masquerading as anime.
Nearly all the episodes in this anime revolves around these characters walking around and talking about their "feelings". I'm not kidding. You got one girl who cries all time, 2.5 people playing tsundere (1.5 too many) and a main character who's got a whinny 'woe is me attitude' all day long.
Another thing is that the characters are all pretty stupid. They're stupid in their social interactions (naive, no social skills), they're stupid as hell in battles (outsmarted by goblins, nuff said). They got no goals or plans. They don't even realise they've been press ganged as free border patrol soldiers, and are even willing to pay 40 silver for the privilege.... I could go on but you know what, nevermind! Basically they all suck.
The people here just don't have any of the qualities or abilities that typical protagonists should. Kirito or Glasses devil they are not. In fact the story can summed up as - a bunch of stupid small fries getting owned by the weakest generic mob - goblins, then spending the majority of the 12 episode anime crying about it. That's it. Does this sound like something you want to watch? No, at least it wasn't for me.
Another thing I should mention is the story. Or rather the total lack of it. In the beginning it seems all the characters was transported from the modern world into this fantasy setting world. Right that could be interesting.... But then it's never mentioned again. WTF is that all about huh? You might as well have them be born in the fantasy world to begin with! Then the characters just grind goblins til the end of the anime. Without any explanations or plot or anything. I mean seriously, that is probably the most half-assed story I've ever seen in an anime.
