Beast Tamer

Yo.

Do you ever watch an adaptation and wonder...

"Where did it go wrong?" ...as you struggle to finish a series? This is one of those series I've really struggled to get through.

This review WILL be spoiler-filled because it already took away my precious lifetime in exchange for knowing how good of a person Rein is.

Did you know Rein is such a kind person?

Sigh. This series has the most cult-like propaganda for the penultimate form of a fantasy harem MC, of one who possess no flaws at all, and can charm girls to instantly loving him the same week they meet him with a single gesture.

For those unable to read part of my subtext, this review will be DRENCHED with sarcasm, due to how torturous the sessions to watch through these series were.

For the quick tl;dr, the adaptation is alright, but the source material is terrible. If you just want to oogle the art or the females, be my guest. At least you'll have a more enjoyable time than I will.

So, spoilers.

Story: 3/10
Yuusha Party wo Tsuihou Sareta Beast Tamer, Saikyoushu no Nekomimi Shoujo to Deau (somebody please help these fantasy authors out with their titles. I get it is the easiest way to deliver a synopsis of your work, but that's what a synopsis is for) is about Rein Shroud who gets kicked out of the world's hero party for seemingly being useless. The reason he gets kicked out is a reason you can find from a box containing a lottery of generic excuses to kick someone out. And before you get any ideas, everyone in the party is a one-dimensional bad person with no discernible reason as to why they are so.

To recap, Rein possesses the ability to tame any species and empower each other through that bond, henceforth the name Beast Tamer. Showing sadness about the situation, he resolves to become an adventurer instead. He carries with him an extremely tragic backstory where he is told to play in the woods all day, yet he comes back to his village razed to the ground with no survivors. Absolutely tragic. Got me gasping, crying (it didn't). In the present, he tames a variety of 'ultimate' species such as a Cat Spirit, a Dragonoid, twin faries, as well as fifth member that I didn't bother remembering past a certain point.

He encounters various things I will now neglect to mention because they all made an imperceptible impact on the story besides putting Rein in a position to sulk for a minute, before being told by his companions that he is a very kind and generous person who thinks of everyone but himself.

Later on, he encounters his former party which showcases the power of one-dimensional personalities versus the kindness of Rein and his companions. Using the power of the Beast Tamer class and how kind Rein is, the hero party is swiftly dealt with before moving on.

Somewhere past 6/7 episodes, some corrupt noble decides he likes the twins (as young as they look) and wants them for himself, but our kind and great Rein steps in to show his moral superiority and deals with the situation handily, earning more brownie points for the twins.

At some point, I've become convinced that these last couple episodes are just to set Rein up to be praised by the town for how nice and kind a man he is.

I was proven right. The climax of the series happens when a benefactor (you know who it is, I don't need to spell it out for you considering how predictable it is) helps out a noble and gives him the power to raze the town and our kind Rein to the ground... wait a minute, raze the town to the ground? Rein is involved, and the town he lives in may burn down? Oh my goodness we have a story on our hands!

...if I was being incredibly ignorant or just uninformed of the genre, I'd be somewhat surprised. Instead, I just laughed harder. In pain.

At every point of the story, Rein Shroud showed no signs of visible vulnerability (or personality flaw) making him an extremely boring MC. Not to mention, his normal good actions as an adventurer causes his companions to fall in love with him... in nearly the same week they meet him? Am I missing something here? Also ALSO, we must mention that Rein is a great and kind person who never does anything wrong, and he is extremely grateful for those who would be angry on his behalf.

To be honest with you, I really wanted to gouge my eyes out from the boredom I experienced through this. But I couldn't, because Rein is such a kind and great person, how could I do that to myself? I need to live on knowing that Rein is an extremely good person, and that his faults (non-existent as they are) are only human (even though he possesses an extremely godly ability to tame numerous overpowered species of people).

Please help me.

Cast: 5/10
I'll keep it brief.

Rein Shroud is an extremely awesome person who is the most kind man you will ever meet and know about. His backstory is more than enough to tell you that he is an extremely burdened individual who only wants to make a difference in the world. If you don't know that, his companions (of which at most, he's known for a month or something) love about him.

In other words, he's akin to watching paint dry. Wait, at least paint drying has some interesting properties such as the time to dry, the effect it has on the surface it dries on, or even how temperature affects its speed and texture. Rein Shroud is less interesting than that.

The girls around him are also cookie cutter to an extent, and you'll have seen a caricature of them in other shows (done more tastefully). However, if you only care about looks, then I guess they're the best it'll get for the show.

Hero Party is bad. They kick out MC. They must be bad. They lose to MC. They are bad, and they are bad.

So yeah, it's a 5/10 because the girls seem to be dealing with something. It's extremely non-specific though, but that notches the group above everyone else.

Audio: 5.5/10
They're okay. I like the VA's.

Visual: 6.5/10
They are fine for the most part. Bonus for consistency, if nothing else. Additionally, it looks like the animators tried to have a little fun with some of the characters with their personalities, so more points for that.

For the thorny (you know who you are), I don't think an uncensored version exists for that one episode. Regardless, if you like looks, then they're okay as visual go.

Overall: 5/10
I give this a personal rating of "Garbage", and a recommendation for everyone to skip this whenever possible. It's probably the most tame (pun intended) "Kicked out of the Hero's Party" anime as far as that trope goes, but it's extra bad for how Rein and the cast are portrayed. Minus points for the story being extremely doo doo, though the majority of these flaws seemingly come from its source material.

At least we now know that Rein is a kind and good-hearted person.

At the very least, Tania kept my sanity intact.