Konosuba is an anime that I came into with high hopes initially as I had heard people RAVE about this show, also the vast majority of the reviews I found were positive which also gave me incentive to watch it. I was prepared for a engaging, fun and most of all humorous watch.
Oh how I was wrong.
Story 2/10:
Aside from all the other reasons this show wasn't my favourite (There are a lot), the story has to be one of the weakest and tedious in all of the anime I've watched so far. A classic isekai with a terrible journey. I mean, come on. They literally don't make it out of the STARTING VILLAGE in 10 episodes. and you would think that something pretty interesting would have to be happening in this village for the cast to be staying here a whole season. But no, it's literally just the characters horsing around doing random shit like getting drunk or crying that they don't have any money. The most frustrating thing about this show is there is a hint of adventure in a few scenes where a powerful enemy approaches, which invites a journey to be followed, but no. We are just teased with the prospect of leaving the area where we started. If I had to compare this to anything, it would be like loading up a Pokemon game and having to spend 2 hours in the starting village before leaving.
The reason the story isn't a 1 is because of my hope that there will be some sort of escape in the next season from the place we've been stuck in for 10 episodes.
Art 7/10:
Nothing amazing, but really not much to complain about, animation is decent and character designs are also pretty good as well.
Sound 5/10:
Nothing really memorable for me, nothing bad, but nothing great either.
Characters 2/10:
Right, this is where things really go downhill.
Before I go off on a tangent I want to say that Kazuma is the only bearable character in this show, nothing special at all really, but not terrible. Megumin has good moments but at the end of the day I end up grouping her with the rest of the cast.
Which is absolute dogshit I must say.
Let's start with Aqua, a character that I'm convinced was made to intentionally piss people off, because throughout the whole season, she brought nothing to the table (aside from tits if you're into that sort of thing). I just find it so difficult to believe that she is so useless as one of the main characters, she isn't powerful, she isn't funny, she isn't cool or badass, she isn't helpful, developed etc etc etc. I would be fine with her being useless in terms of her skills or powers or whatever, but at least develop her to make her somewhat relevant to the story. I can say the same about Darkness who makes me cringe every time I see her on screen, not only does she make you feel uncomfortable, but she, in fact, is also completely useless and provides nothing to the story whatsoever, she is everything Aqua is but worse. The rest of the cast renders as absolutely irrelevant despite the main cast not contributing much to the show in the first place, you got that chick that runs that shop and then the other chick that does the quests and that's all I can remember. This show produces a cast that's overall bland, forgettable and extremely annoying.
Enjoyment 3/10:
This show was made to be a parody, in particular, it was made to be FUNNY. Most of the jokes I found were super dry and just not my sense of humor. It's also very difficult to enjoy a show that seemingly goes nowhere, I just felt like there was no anticipation for each episode, like I would watch one episode and just turn it off. The best shows are able to excite it's audiences and keep them coming back for more, but this show was unable to do this due to it's weak plot and characters that left you with little to be engaged with.
Overall 3/10:
I'm optimistic that the next season follows a route that's more centered around a journey to a specific goal instead of relying on characters and random events to create a story. I'm not too concerned about the humor at the end of the day because that's probably the most subjective part of this show, but there really needed to be some sort of progression throughout the season. It's textbook to have a beginning, middle and end in stories and I felt that season 1 of Konosuba never left the beginning.
