So what do we have here?
- Malicious characters trying their best to destroy our protagonist for petty reasons.
- Idiotic and extremely retarded characters who believe everything they hear without using their brains -if they have any.
- Many prepubescent children as the harem of our otaku protagonist (pedophile heaven)
- A protagonist who is betrayed by the world and thus he becomes unable to trust anyone. He buys a slave to use as his sword and the slave falls in the love with him from the word Go. He has a *rage mode* where hatred or whatever tries to control him in the most superficially contrived bits in this anime. It just felt...empty and forced.
- After our protagonist goes through an unbelievable amount of shit (it was really shitty, believe me, even I felt sorry for him and livid on his behalf), he comes up with an inane punishment to show us the goodness of his heart (sobs uncontrollably).
- Back to the slave, did I mention she is a miss goody two shoes and an excellent waifu candidate? She uses *sama* to address our protagonist and does not seem to have anything going on for her except worshiping her gracious lord, feeling jealous over his interactions with a little girl (another party member), and being anxious over her owner's return to his world (yes, after she was freed from her slavery, she chose to become a slave again...ain't this touching? Why can't real life women be this loyal and obedient?)
- Supposedly Naofomi's shield has so many forms but he ends up using the rage shield every time he finds himself in a tough spot. The rest of the time he alternates between two shields maximum. The fights are not that impressive. In one fight, he activates the rage shield and has some pointless conversation with the dragon about hating the world, and then his girls rush to his aid, reminding him how he was the one who gave their lives meaning (eye roll), and that's it.
- He takes in helpless damsels in distress and little girls only, he becomes their cool lord and they are all in love with him. I'm starting to get really irritated while writing this.
The problem is, this anime had so much potential. Those malicious characters could have done with a bit more depth, the slavery issue and the discrimination against demi-humans could have been expanded upon, the relationship between Naofumi and the Raccoon child/woman could have developed more slowly and believably, and the reconciliation between Naofumi and the other 3 heroes could have been more convincing.
Also, we could have done with adult females who actually had some character. The Queen is an excellent example. Apparently our protagonist cannot handle strong, independent women in close proximity, and apparently we have to provide fan service for many perverts and pedophiles.
