Shin no Nakama ja Nai to Yuusha no Party wo Oidasareta node, Henkyou de Slow Life suru Koto ni Shimashita 2nd

While season 1's story had a lot of issues but underneath had a beautiful romance developing. Season 2 has nothing developing with a new story with the same issues. Characters: 7/10 Everyone is still as nice and sweet as before. But the problem is that since Red and Rit are now a couple and engaged, and Ruti has retired from being a hero; this season gives nothing for these characters to do. There are 3 different romance plots that go nowhere since they're only used for jokes, specially Ruti's love for her brother (which would have been interesting to see Red dissuade her if they didn't sweepit under the rug). So from ep 1 to the last, these characters remain unchanged. Story: 6/10 But there is a plot, somehow. There's a new hero and he's a nutjob. You know because 10% of an episode shows how sociopathic he is, until later episodes focus on him. But again like last season, the story refuses to go deeper than it is. The stakes are buried underground as the protagonist tells you again that "you're more than your blessing". And somehow he believes it and apologizes, but because the stakes reside in a cemetery, there's little to apologize for. Animation: 6/10 It's not an A-lister so of course it's not going to be top notch. It's not bad but not good. But I noticed they lean into the comedic aspect by making more chibi faces. So that's something. Overall: 5/10 I prefered season 1's gutless story with a side of beautiful romance than season 2's lackluster story with a side of nothing. The story is so lacking that if you watch only the last 2 episodes you won't miss anything important.

Since there are enough reviews, I will address why the score is low for this very good anime. But before that, season 1 is a must watch. The main reason is that the anime is inconsistent with its theme. I assume most viewers are teenagers, which contributes to the issue since this anime doesn’t really aling with their perspective. I don’t mean it’s unsuitable, but I can’t see them enjoying it as they might lack the life experience necessary to connect with it. Heck, the main "villain" essentially represents them, so, naturally, there’s little joy in watching an anime that feels like a lecture. Regarding theinconsistency: Nude Scenes: In almost every episode, there are nude scenes. While explicit bits are not shown, it pushes the boundaries as far as possible. Issue 1: Anyone who cannot stand censorship will feel irritated. Issue 2: Anyone who doesn’t want to see nude scenes will feel irritated. Issue 3: Those who fail to distinguish fiction from reality and equate nude flat-chested characters with encouraging exploitation will feel massively irritated. Theme Mismatch: The anime claims to focus on a slow life but regularly includes gruesome elements like humans being killed, decapitated heads, innocent monster slaughter just to level up, blood, and heartless murder and similar acts. It’s hard to reconcile such brutality with a show supposedly about "enjoying a quiet life with your lover". The love aspect explores life after becoming lovers, a point where most stories end because audiences lose interest. The action, on the other hand, is brief and followed by moralizing lectures, which alienates viewers passionate about combat-driven narratives. Religious & duty VS own emotion & Free will... a theme that is essentially a repeat from season 1, but won' say more due to risk of spoiler In summary, the extremes clash and undermine each other, leaving no aspect fully realized. Anyways, as a reminder, everything I’ve written here is to explain why the score is low, while trying to keep spoiler low. The anime is much more than this, but I wanted to clarify why a very good anime received such a low overall score. And hopefully, this prevents others from watching it if it’s not for them

Good second season. Seen the further development from Red and Rit´s relationship is very nice and sweet. As well as seen how Ruti deals with her new life along with Tisse in Zoltan. The plot focuses on Ruti, Tisse and the appearance of the new "Hero", however we come to find that the new hero has a worped perception of how a "hero" is meant to be and his view of "God" and what he expects of him. At the end of the season I think most viewers will be very pleased and happy how it ends and sets up for a Third season. Overall this season compared tothe first season is good, however most of the significant events happen during the first season like the development of Red and Rit from friends to lovers. So I prefer the first. I´ve done a review of the First seaon if you´d like to see it, please check it out. (Inspired by Huang-Teizan) 10 - Bendicion de Dios 9 - Now this is Peak!! 8 - Bingeworthy! 7 - Good 6 - Enjoyable 5 - Either Echii or just enough to get by 4 - I´m just here to know how it ends. 3 - "Are you related to Rent a Girlfriend?" 2 - Que cojones 1 - My head doesn´t explode because it can´t. 0 - "Even a Hentai has a better story than you!"

Story & Characters: Banished From The Hero's Party, I Decided To Live A Quiet Life In The Countryside Season 2 is back, continuing the tale that I thought wasn't able to keep going. With Red and Rit now fully invested in their life in Zoltan, they take on every day life like a quest - "what needs to happen today?" is the every day question. This is the story for most of the first half and I honestly wasn't really into it. The arcs that were presented to us didn't really feel like they were part of something bigger. My senseof it all was to start to try and develop our last hero - Ruti. Now living in Zoltan, with help from Red, Rit and Tisse, Ruti seems to be taking a keen interest in trying to find out how she can live as not-the-hero. With such a shallow personality in the first season, the differences between then and now are like light and day. She's more into what she's doing, she has more of an ability to think on her own, and doesn't jump to violence right away. In a sense, I guess you can say that the first half did accomplish something, but doing so over such a long haul barely feels like enough reason to do it. Red and Rit are mostly unchanged from the first season. The apothecary, and Zoltan in general, are much less of the focus on this season, so Red and Rit are mostly used to guide us through the story elements. They both take on a bigger role in the story in the back half of the season though, and mostly for the better. It's here that they focus more on Red's smarts, which is at least a little enjoyable, especially consider who he fights in the last episode. The romance bits in the story are not quite as evident than those found in the first season which is where it had some of its better plot points. There is some, and it was decently told. With Ruti effectively out of the picture as a hero, Van takes up the mantle as the new one. His personalities mirror what Ruti was in the first season, though a little too similarly for my liking. His ideals stubbornly cling to him and figuring out what to do with him does feel like the objective of the back half. He clings to his Divine Blessing like a mother and child and it can get old. He is guided by Ljubo, Esta and Lavender. Ljubo was an addition I didn't mind. I actually like that they gave him more personality because they certainly had issues with this before. His love of wine and cigars made me chuckle on a few occasions. I wish they did more with Esta because she clearly has a strong sense of duty to try and guide an imperfect hero. Lavender has a very strange backstory, one of which I just couldn't attach myself to. Maybe her purpose is to push Van's older ideals, but would much of changed without her? Her interactions with Rit might be a redeeming quality, but that's about it. The second half of the story, as I alluded to earlier, was much stronger than the first because now at least our Zoltan group have an objective. The pacing is pretty unsteady, as some episodes have far more to them than others, while the encounters between Van's part and Red's fared much better. Tisse and Yarandrala are a little more involved in the story as we carry along, but it sometimes does feel like the roster is a little too overcrowded. The way in which they decide to leave the story off seems about right for what I expected. Not every adventure story needs to result in violence, and even if the action sequences here were much better than last season. It never got too silly like some of the scenes did last time around. The way forward doesn't seem super clear so I have a hard time seeing this get another season, but I've been surprised before. (Story: 6/10, Characters: 6/10) Art: Studio Flad returns and they do a much more consistent job than they did the first time around. Quality never really crumbles, and the colouring and lighting remain mostly consistent. (7/10) Sound: Like with last season, I wasn't terribly impressed by any of the tracks, but they are enough to get you by. Voice work was much stronger this time around, in part because I feel like Tia Ballard (Ruti) settles into her role better than in the first season. As someone who loves her work, I was pretty disappointed with how she acted as Ruti, so that's nice to see. Aaron Campbell (Red) and Jad Saxton (Tisse) still offer strong performances, while Dani Chambers (Rit) is someone you can never go wrong with. Macy Anne Johnson (Lavender) was probably my favourite though - where'd she pull this one from? I'm used to hearing her in more subtle, quiet roles. (8/10) Overall: Banished From The Hero's Party, I Decided To Live A Quiet Life In The Countryside Season 2 scores out roughly the same as the last season. It's strength lies in the back half, which is the opposite of last season, as the story around Van was stronger than anything else. I'm glad they built a little bit on top of Ruti after she is no longer the hero, and even if it's not the most interesting thing to listen to, they probably picked the right character to base the first half around. It's hard to judge what kind of audience this would appeal to because it doesn't do anything on an exceptional level. It's just another season, talking about Divine Blessings and Zoltan. (6/10)

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