I thought all the characters were annoying with one-note personalities and confusing motivations. If I had to pick a favorite character, it'd be Rubette only because I thought she was the least annoying.
Gokudou is an adventurer who only cares about money and women and doesn't think twice about stabbing his friends in the back to help himself. I've seen other anime where the protagonist is a selfish jerk, like Ataru from Those Obnoxious Aliens as an example, but the difference is Those Obnoxious Aliens was a comedy that relied on slapstick and Ataru was always punished for being a selfish jerk which isn't true for Gokudou which just leaves him feeling unlikable. Also, Gokudou isn't just a jerk, but he's also a coward who always runs away when things get tough which makes even more unlikable.
Furthermore, I don't understand Gokudou's motivation. He says he wants money and women, but when he becomes a prince of an entire kingdom (which includes a harem and a vault full of treasure) he gives up his thrown because he'd rather be an adventurer. Don't say you want something than change your mind as soon as you get it!
Rubette is Gokudou's love interest and a fellow adventurer. First, I really don't understand why Rubette and the others follow Gokudou around. They even start crying when they think he's dead even though he's repeatedly betrayed them and left them for dead! Also, I hate how Rubette is such a self-righteous hypocrite; she chastises Gokudou for stealing treasure even though she stole treasure too.
Jinn is a magical genie. He doesn't have much of a personality outside of being another voice of reason and I think he's meant to be just a plot device for when the writer's want magic stuff to happen.
Niari is a prince with magic powers. He's just as big a pervert as Gokudou, but is slightly less annoying.
Story 4/10
I once heard another critic say that a sign of good characters are ones that advance the story instead of the story advancing the characters. Gokudou is the latter kind. It just seems like every story arc in the show is just the characters cleaning up another mess they made.
Also, I thought every story arc was too convoluted making it difficult to follow and filled with plot holes.
For example, there's an episode where these two new character are introduced only for it to be revealed later they were actually snakes disguising themselves using magic. So animals in this universe can use magic too? How are they being snakes relevant to the story?
In another episode Gokudou's sword gets stolen, but its never explained how it was stolen? Why it was stolen? When it was stolen? And it wasn't even made clear who stole it?
Sound 8/10
The English voice acting was average, but one thing I will say is that this anime has a really good opening.
Overall 4/10
The characters are all unlikable and annoying, and the story is riddled with plot holes and inconsistencies. I don't even know if you can call Gokudou an anti-hero or a villain because that implies he has some goal he's trying to accomplish when really he's just fixing his own mistakes and never helps anybody, but himself.
My recommendation is just don't watch Gokudou and watch Slayers instead because they're basically the same only Slayers is much much better.
