My Review of I Couldnt Become a Hero So I Reluctantly Decided to Get a Job.
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As one of my first ever reviews this is quite something.....
Story
The story follows a character by the name of Raul Chaser. His dreams of being a hero ended up falling short due to certain problems with hiring that led him to reluctantly work as a clerk in a magic electronics store. After the daughter of the demon lord got hired to work at the store things have gotten harder for Raul than he could ever think of.
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Visuals
The visuals arent anything home to write about. However they arent necessarily bad. Each character is drawn in a somewhat attractive way which is how it should be since this is an ecchi anime.
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Characters
The cast is full of many silly characters ranging from the daughter of the demon lord who acts like a complete child to the MCs boss who acts cute in almost every scene theyre in. There arent many serious characters in the anime showing how the anime attempts to capture a comfy vibe with its people.
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The Good
I really enjoy the concept of a failed hero who works a regular daytoday job. To me it feels a bit relatable to how we may fail achieving our dreams and goals and having to settle with what we can have in the moment. I also found the idea of regular electronics being powered by magic interesting. In most of the animes Ive watched including electronics theyre usually either some creative new product or electricity is discovered and implemented into their society. However this anime chooses to create a somewhat similar environment by including earthly electronics. I really enjoy the characters and their sort of... gimmick. Although there are a few problems which I will discuss in the next section their personalities do stand out where you can differentiate them from each other and find some sort of entertainment no matter whos the focus of the story. I must say that I did find the last two episodes to be greatly enjoyable compared to the other episodes which felt a bit like a reward for watching the previous ten episodes.
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The Bad
There are a few issues I find with how they executed this anime and story in general. One of the problems that I find is that plenty of the stories feel like filler to the few amounts of important information and character development. In most of the stories its just the company or the MC going on some short adventure with the Demon Lords daughter and ending up falling into trouble in some sort of way. These end up being resolved quickly through different methods but each situation features elements so indistinguishable that I feel numb to almost each story. Another problem is with how the characters are presented. Sure I mentioned that they have personalities that stand off but the anime chooses to really exaggerate these personalities to a point where in the later episodes most of them are pretty annoying.
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The Downright Ugly
Lets get the cat out of the bag by stating the obvious: fanservice. Theres just way too much fanservice thrown into each story that its hard to really take interest into any of them. Sure this is part of the ecchi genre but there are even ecchi animes that handle fanservice perfectly and find a balance between creating interesting stories and filling the quota for ecchi. With each shot of a girl presented in an explicit way the more I felt awkward in watching the story play out. Many of these fanservice scenes arent even necessary as they feel thrown in just to keep the viewer interested. In reality this made me less interested in the story or whatever was going on.
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Is It Worth The Watch?
I would say absolutely not. Even if youre that dedicated to ignore or enjoy. Im not judging. abundances of fanservice the story really isnt written well without it. The potential was clearly there but the anime really focused in on the fanservice portion of the story than the actual progressions of the story. The fanservice even affected the quality of the characters ruining whatever charm they started with in the first episode. I do enjoy the period where they do try to have fanservice take a step back but the damage had already been done and I just couldnt get very invested in the story.
Overall I Couldnt Become a Hero So I Reluctantly Decided to Get a Job. is something that initially sounded like a potentially good wholesome sliceoflife anime and ended up actually being an excuse for fanservice galore. All of the interest that I started with ended up being drained with the abundance of unneeded shots of fanservice. What a shame.
Thank you for taking the time to read my review. I hope this helped you with your decision on whether to watch this anime or not If you already have watched it I hope that you can agree with me with some of the points I made.
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