One thing that really needs to be said about this anime is that lewdness is its co-host. It’s not pornographic, but a lot of its jokes use sexual and crude concepts. It has breast physics, things like panty stealing, and a main character named Darkness who fantasizes about sexual things being done to her constantly. If I read this paragraph before watching it, I would’ve easily steered clear since pervy humor isn’t funny to me. If it doesn’t sound right to you, maybe you should skip out on it. After all, with all of that stuff in the anime, it’s tough on my pride to say I watched it…and kinda enjoyed its other aspects.

Don’t get me wrong, most of the lewd stuff is why my score for this takes such a big hit. All of it made me glad I was watching it without any witnesses, to put it one way. And there are some jokes that take it too far into an area of intense discomfort. Darkness’s masochism and fantasies are probably the biggest problem I have with KonoSuba because they’re worded so bluntly and make up 90% of her dialogue.

However, I liked KonoSuba’s actual premise enough to wade through some of the more unsavory NSFW aspects that surround it. Basically, it subverts the whole isekai genre by having our main characters not embark on a grand adventure in this fantasy world and instead just try to survive being impoverished in it. Furthermore, everyone in the party has their bad, pathetic traits highlighted all the time, something reminiscent of how everyone is a terrible person in It’s Always Sunny. Despite this, and the male protagonist Kazuma lamenting their absurdity (while being just as weird as they are), the rag-tag group manage to work off each other’s limited strengths to overcome their challenges. The fact that they’re so discordant make their victories more satisfying.

At its heart, KonoSuba is a comedy. Obviously a good portion of the jokes it makes are NSFW, with a good chunk making me wish they decided not to go there. However, some were actually so absurd or, bizarrely, fitting that I actually liked them. Pretty much the rest of the comedy is the team clashing with each other, with their faces of disapproval being a highlight for me. While it does have some fights, most of the anime and even the fights themselves are focused on how the characters have trouble mixing to overcome their problems, which I think is done well.

If the pervy aspects of this anime that I highlighted here haven’t turned you off from it already, I think you’ll definitely get a feel for how the anime is only a few episodes it. It more or less continues like that into the second season, so you’ll definitely get more if you do like it and know what you’re missing if you don’t. It should be noted that the second season ends on a not-ending and left me wanting. Regardless, despite it feeling not right to say, I’d say I overall liked KonoSuba.