The Unwanted Undead Adventurer

> I wouldn't mind you being an undead forever. Just stay here forever and spend your life as an adventurer. - Lorraine Vivie (translated)

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This is a story of Rentt Faina a 'stuck in life' adult who has a dream of being a mithril class adventurer, born with no talents for years until a turn of event brought him to a presence of mythical creature in secret dungeon, and hence he met his demise. Then he got resurrected as a skeleton that needed no sleep and hunger, and began a journey to make his way towards race evolution. Helped by dear friend Lorraine, he had place to live while hiding his identity.

It might not be the best entertainment rush you're willing to waste time for, and also because everyone values different things in a film. Nonetheless, if you are the kind of idealist who is looking for sincere piece of work, then this may give you one as long as you can tolerate the unpopular parts. Aside from the interesting journey to vampire evolution, this show has intelligible characters that you'll grow fond of. Its slow pacing was also compensated by the way it fits the story just right on-time.

I know many have thought this as a generic boorish show (generic fantasy setting usually has this stereotype), let alone comprehend that this thing even has 'soul'. I think so too if it's judged from the overall score, regardless to me it passes the first very thing any work of story should have:

• Respectable characters (It's always nice to see an upright MC, or heroine)
• Logical (it's a fantasy but the assumptions and events are reasoned nicely)
• Focused plot (some trying too hard to entertain which backfires, this one stays within its scope)
• Balanced pacing (a focused plot usually balance in pacing, this show is just done in time and points are delivered)
• Interesting/worthwhile goal (staying for final vampire evolution ? I'm in)
• Hardly predictable in microscale (this show is still on the 'mild' side but not lazy, it got some moves)

What could be improved ?

Story wise, a bit of minor adjustments like a more active villain roles might give it trajectory boost, a bit of comedy, then a meticulous cleanup on any potential cringe (unintended one) moment could elevate it's classy delivery; which I think is a suitable style for this show. It could also learn one or two from Mushoku Tensei about grossness which add realistic imperfection to the story (Mushoku Tensei is a bit too much, so take just a grain). Then comes the plot, depending on what you mean by good plot is probably a series of turns that provide unexpected surprise and dynamism to the process. Unfortunately this one won't give you much that, reason is that the premise was locked from the start but not the progression itself. As a result the story progressed sensibly in which often it allows unique scenarios to arise. Nevertheless, It did still have a proper structure, although it seems not to forced the sensible plot for the sake the predefined outcome, this way you can enjoy the process naturally. (Check episode where he encounters mysterious magic item collector)

Animation quality was rushed, sometimes it breaks the acceptable biology and proportion, but on average it didn't go as far to the point it broke the flow of engagement. I'm not an expert on the matters, and many great technicalities are all over the industry which they can look into. Unless it's not about budget reasons, my advice is to go far with the animation quality because it could gives utmost positive impression which in turn makes people stay longer.

Soundtracks are great, the opening song is unique, while the ending is in the heartwarming one thanks to this talented musician Mao Abe. The rest of BGMs are nice as well, it tries to differentiate itself and fits in perfectly. It even got flamenco style as one of their instruments, I remember Bleach uses that heavily.

Characters aspect is probably the thing that actually drew me in, Rentt, Lorraine, Sheila, blacksmith guy, and the newbies are all crafted mindfully. They were perceptive and often displays complex human behavior like word restraint, inner judgment, and the ability to play subtlety with sarcasm (Lorraine Sheila intense moment depicted this when Lorraine challenged her intention). Did I say this anime has the best characters of all time? not that far, we've got many champions like Steins Gate which I think is one of greatest pieces of 2010s generation could ask for. In terms of spectrum, that stays above this one by a considerable gap, and so much great masterpieces out there we could learn from.

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Final Verdict

It's kind of 'lame' show that won't flushes your brain with dopamine and adrenaline, but oxytocin for sure.