#cautious hero

[hotontrailler]

Isekai Spectrum

#isekai #mushoku tensei #konosuba #re:zero #overlord #the rising of the shield hero #saga of tanya the evil #the time i got reincarnated as a slime #the eminence in shadow #cautious hero #ascendance of a bookworm #trapped in a dating sim #tsukimichi -moonlit fantasy-

[doodle-empress66]

Imagine Nami getting into an argument with....

These guys

#these boys won't hesitate to smack a bitch #wouldn't take her BS either #their hands are rated E for everyone #equal rights equal fights #anime #one piece #nami #cautious hero #seiya ryuuguuin #yu yu hakusho #yusuke urameshi #konosuba #Touma Kamijou #a certain magical index #Kazuma Satou

[theartofsalient]

My last two brain cells

#konosuba #kono subarashii sekai ni bakuen wo! #aqua #cautious hero #ristarte #crossover #anime #fanart #salient

[animechick2015]

Anime I Watched in 2022: Part 3

21. Summertime Rendering 1,000,000/10

Anime of the year award goes to this masterpiece. This show was so severely overlooked that it should be considered a crime against humanity. This was the best time travel anime I’ve ever watched. The MC was so incredibly smart that it was such a breath of fresh air. Every time you think you understand the plot BAM something unexpected happens. Folks if you haven’t watched this as yet please, please, please give it a watch.

22. The Deer King 4/5

I know a lot of people said that this plot was predictable and the movie was bland but I absolutely loved it. The characters were so endearing that you just fell in love. The animation was stunning and the soundtrack was lovely. Also that doctor looked so much like Xie Lian that I almost cried.

23. Cyberpunk Edgerunners 3.5/5

Urghhh. *SPOILERS AHEAD* Everyone loved it. I wanted to love it. The problem was he was warned so many times about overusing his equipment to the point where I knew he wasn’t to live at the end. Even the communication between him and Lucy was so painful to watch. Their story could’ve gone so much better if they’d only communicated with each other. Props to the studio for the top class animation as well as a killer soundtrack but even that wasn’t enough to make me like this series.

24. Magi 4/5

This one has nostalgia all over it. It reminded me of the anime I looked at when I just got into anime. The characters were all so well done and the development was perfect. The plot was somewhat predictable but again nostalgia made up for it. I heard the manga gets better so I’ll definitely check that out

25. Cautious Hero 5/5

This is a perfect example of how to do a comedy anime right. You never knew where the plot was heading. The comedic timing of the FMC was just right and the jokes never got repetitive or tiresome. When you think it’s just comedy the tragic plot slaps you in the face bring you back to reality that the world is a cold dead place. But seriously everyone should watch this to understand how a comedy anime should be done.

26. The Yakuza’s Guide to Babysitting 5/5

Ahhhh this was just kawaii!!!! No more explanation needed. Just a dangerously hot guy Babysitting his boss’s daughter. Folks enjoy!

27. Yuri on Ice infinity/10

This show called me single, sad and lonely in so many different languages. I went into this one completely blind and I was hooked from the intro. I’m not kidding, when I saw the intro for the first time I burst into tears; don’t ask me why and don’t get me started about the ending. The animation in this was smooth, the storyline: gripping, the romance: superb. I heard a movie is in the works so I’m absolutely looking forward to that

28. Is It Wrong To Pick Up Girls In A Dungeon 4/5

This is where I’m reminded of my mother’s words of don’t judge a book by its cover or in this case an anime by its name. This kept showing up as a recommended for me to watch but I kept ignoring it until boredom got the best of me. While the plot was not perfect, the animation, ost and characters made up for it.

29. Romantic Killer 5/5

When I tell you that I laughed out loud with this one I sincerely mean it. Holy shit this one caught me off guard. I think this was probably the only anime I binged in one sitting; it was that good. A lot of critics said the plot was predictable but nuts to them because I had no idea what was going on. I was too busy trying to get oxygen back to my brain from laughing so much. My favorite thing about this show was that there was absolutely no ecchi scenes! Just a regular high school girl trying to live her regular reclusive life.

30. Raven of the Inner Place 5/5

I don’t know what drew me into giving this one a chance but whatever it was I’d like to thank them. This was another hidden gem for this year. A mysterious plot, intriguing characters, LOTS of angst, combined with a touch of barely there romance made a crave for more each week. I really, really hope we get another season because it’s cruel to end it where they did.

#recommend anime #anime rec list #anime textpost #anime review #summertime render #summertime rendering #the deer king #cyberpunk edgerunners #magi the kingdom of magic #magi labyrinth of magic #cautious hero #yakuza’s guide to babysitting #yuri on ice #victor x yuuri #is it wrong to try to pick up girls in a dungeon? #romantic killer #raven of the inner palace #Kōkyū no Karasu #animechick #animechick2015

[necrounfiltered]

My favorite genre of anime is “Wacky comedy until the second-to-last episode where it suddenly becomes soul-crushingly depressing”.

#Cautious Hero #Pita-ten #Helpful Fox Senko-San #Excel Saga #Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt #Sailor V

[jamsofdeath0]

Shout-out to cautious hero. Truly the comedy of an era.

#cautious hero #anime

[regarding-stories]

Good Isekai anime with unfortunate cringe or worse ("Handyman Saito", "Cautious Hero")

When growing up I had several run-ins with a kind of fantasy fiction that turned out to be my favorite. Somebody gave me a book, I forgot the title, and the story was about a teenage boy transported to another world to become involved in an epic struggle between good and evil. This coincided with several games with similar basic premise - the Ultima series and its clone, Die Dunkle Dimension ("The Dark Dimension"). The beginning of Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny had me immediately hooked by starting off right in the middle of things. You answer the call, enter a magical portal in a stone circle in the woods by moonlight, and soon after rejoining your old friends on the other side you end up being attacked by extremely powerful entities, the Shadowlords, and they cut down a friend. You beat a hasty retreat and then start the game at a hideout in earnest. Talk about a powerful initial scene!

I don't read much typical fantasy fiction, really. So consider me both surprised and delighted that a very similar genre is quite popular in Japan, "Isekai." A hero is transported to or reincarnated in another world. The genre has not only developed its own set of tropes, by now it also has spawned its own set of parodies, something that happens late in the lifecycle of a genre of fiction when it has found a wide enough appeal.

So I checked a few lists on the internet, got myself a Crunchyroll subscription, and dug in like at an all-you-can-eat buffet. There's a lot to chose from but I recently found myself watching two shows in particular, Handyman Saitou in another world and Cautious Hero: The Hero is Overpowered but Overly Cautious. Both are parodies and poke quite a bit of fun at the genre, and they're decent or actually great shows most of the time... and then they either involve some really cringy if not outright questionable bits. Sigh.

Handyman Saito

Now this is in general a decent, light-hearted show, mostly consisting of shorts describing many aspects of living in a fantasy world for fun. People know their "level" so this becomes part of their social status, so one scene happens at a sort of dating agency - a business meant to find you a suitable marriage partner. I guess that's a thing in Japan. And the fantasy version is just as unforgiving, apparently, as the real one - you're too old, your level is not particularly high... I guess the equivalent would be a middling salary at middle age. Talk about a status-conscious society! Makes me wonder about Japan, really. But then again, for all its talk of romantic love and finding the right partner, the tendency in the West has increasingly been to avoid uneven social status pairings. Something that was quite common in the 60s and 70s (and maybe necessary due to the prospects of women in society...) has now largely reversed, and most people pick exactly in their own bracket of education and earning. So maybe Japan looks very status-conscious at first, or maybe "we" are just hypocrites about it...?

Anyway, the show has in general a solid, good-natured, silly humor and is relaxing to watch for the most part. Whenever it attempts to tell longer stories, it falls flat, but it slowly adds a bit of detail to its characters and how they fit together, has a little light romance between the tank knight girl and Saitou, and in general helps us see this place through Saitou's eyes, a person without magical talent or fighting skills but handy in many situations.

And then it suddenly dumps sexualized content on you... for laughs? Not always sure. When the knight girl has to take her armor off, there's a comment how big her breasts are. Isn't it great when your friends are like this...? Now, Saitou is never that guy - he's not only decent to a fault, he also has a crush on her. But it was the first time the show felt off to me.

Sometimes it veers between cringy and funny when it reveals that the base of the system of measurement is the... equipment... of a long-dead king. (I admit I had to laugh...) But then there is another dick joke... turning into a blowjob joke... and this scene between two female adventurers with a closeted romance brewing where the cleric... licks... the elf's... wounds...

Come on! I'm watching this show to be amused. Suddenly it's all gone full-on perv fetish. That was stupid. Of course this would also be the part where your parents would walk in on you - if you are a minor or living at home. Explain that one.

In general I enjoy the series. It slowly gives its characters depth. Things played up for laughs are later on motivated, so your understanding of the actions people take shifts. Of course, given the general nature of the show it's yet to be seen if any of these details will matter. I haven't finished yet. Currently it's mostly stuck in a not-very-well executed boss fight that brings various characters together being drawn out for some drama.

Cautious Hero

Now this is generally a well-executed show. It plays on apparently classical Isekai tropes - hero gets called into a world by a god or goddess, then saves the world. So our second protagonist is a somewhat ditzy goddess with good intentions.

The show is smart and actually manages quite well to base its humor - and story - on the single idea that the hero is overly cautious, likes to plan, be prepared, and all of that to a fault. This should get stale fast but somehow it doesn't. We actually learn that in spite of being cold and arrogant, the hero actually seems to be a decent person at heart. His actions betray care where his words don't. In fact, he's outright verbally abusive towards others, also rather paranoid. Part of the appeal is how that is woven into the story. I haven't finished this one as of yet, either.

So this is not just a good show, it's bordering on being a great show. It has great execution, it toys with tropes, drama, twists. This is solid, entertaining craftsmanship. But...

The depiction of women... well, mostly goddesses... and their treatment by the hero is horrible. And any attempts at humor about this are often crude and cringy. There seems to be a thing about bust size between goddesses, and the show is overly full of boob windows and outfits that hide nothing. But I guess that's not uncommon in anime or manga. So that is a problem (sometimes of bizarre proportions), but it's not the main problem.

There is the behavior of the goddesses, for one thing. Okay, the co-protagonist is a bit of naive ditz, and it actually works most of the time quite well. But then there is a goddess who becomes compulsively obsessed with the hero, then there is another that is an outright horndog with absolutely no sense of dignity or sense once she gives in to it. (That scene is just pathetic.) Then there is the goddess who likes to feel up other goddesses - and as our co-protagonist points out, she's basically a harasser. Ha ha. This mixes in with the boob jokes - including a (censored) depiction of what high speed flight does to these skimpy outfits. Are you slapping your thighs yet?

I'm amazed adults dare to write and animate such stuff that you find funny when you are... 13?

Sadly, this is not the end of it. There's a scene where the hero hits a female. Repeatedly. WTF. Now his argument (he's always rational) that she is at fault for killing her own soldiers (while blaming him) through bad judgment and bad leadership is valid. But neither is what follows funny or appropriate. I was dazed watching it, especially as the scene continued. Repeated slaps in the face.

This is a real shame. None of this contributes anything to making the show fun or good or adds to the plot. It could be just as easily removed, leaving behind a really good show. So why the cringe? And why the poor betrayal of women as idiots? Almost all "single" women of eligible age (mostly goddesses, one human) are portrayed as idiots of some shape and form. Female characters can be the butt of a joke like anyone else, but this is one-sided and pretty much all the time crosses over into pure cringe. And the one exception to the cringe rule gets the biggest boobs with the biggest window to display them.

Sigh.

So, I can't really recommend these shows to anyone, in spite of intending to watch especially Cautious Hero to finish. Can we just have anime without such crude jokes and such low behavior? Something that is fun and funny?

Anime makers need to get a clue from what was at the base of this joke from Spinal Tap almost thirty forty (corrected) years ago: Ian Faith : They're not gonna release the album… because they have decided that the cover is sexist.

Nigel Tufnel : Well, so what? What's wrong with bein' sexy? I mean there's no…

Ian Faith : Sex-IST!

#cautious hero #handyman saitou in another world #isekai #isekai anime #cringe

[sceneryhyori]

who wouldve thought cautious hero would take that turn in the last 2 episodes??? i need a season 2 rn cause the ending??? WE DIDNT EVEN GET A KISS?? BITCH

#cautious hero

[heathhalliday]

#Anime #Manga #Cautious hero

[ironinkpen]

The interpretation of Rise Raph as a 'perfect responsible soft boy uwu' is so BORING I'm sorry, Raph is a rowdy adrenaline junkie with anxiety and I won't take this slander any longer

Raph secretly kept an enemy soldier in their actual literal house as a sparring partner. Raph glued his brothers together and dragged them out to fight crime. Raph once asked Leo to punch him in the face to prove he 'takes damage like a boss.' Raph tried to lift a school bus, twice. Raph offered to help his favorite wrestler beat his little brother up. When Leo suggests evacuating Bullhop, Raph says no bc the best defense is a good offense babey. Raph's idea of a 'friendly chat' with April's upstairs neighbor is to put on a black ski mask and go stand menacingly at their door. It takes Raph 10 episodes to conclude that they should MAYBE start training. Raph's plan to get a potentially priceless (and potentially FRAGILE) museum artifact is to punch a car in the middle of a busy street and also cut it in half with his brother still inside.

Raph's never met a problem he wouldn't try to punch in the face and does not know the meaning of the words 'excessive force.' He roughhouses with his bros and drags them out to fight villains and thinks any plan that doesn't involve an all-out brawl is boring and lame. He'll do anything to protect his family from harm and be a hero, but also he eats wet salami off the floor and once single-handedly destroyed a library.

I just adore how, at his core, Rise Raph is such a classic Raph—impulsive and stubborn and caring and passionate. He is a very sweet, strong, honorable guy who has a very powerful sense of personal responsibility... and he is also the exact kind of jock who throws you in the pool at a party without checking if you have your phone in your pocket first.

#rottmnt #rottmnt raph #raph #don't worry then he'll freak out and buy you a new one #anyway! raph rules!!!!! #and i think the movie has made some people interpret him as like the 'responsible mom' character which is a bummer #bc that's really not him at all #like this is not even NEARLY a complete list of raph's shenanigans #he's a hooligan a fool a dumbass (affectionate) #he loves big flashy exciting fights and does not spare a single thought to stealth 90% of the time #he gets distracted on missions taking selfies with pizza pigeons and wrestlers #and gets annoyed in eps like Bug Busters when leo suggests being more cautious #he would die for his brothers but also he's definitely the type to like. walk into their rooms and sit on them for fun #he values responsibility so much but also makes the most batshit decisions ever #and has probably caused the state of new york thousands of dollars in damages #and he's NOT the boys' dad jesus christ #he grows slightly more serious over the course of the series (out of stress :(() #but at his core he's just a kid who loves fighting and being a hero #and i love him so much ok!!!!!!

[hotontrailler]

The Big List of Isekai Animes I have watched

Konosuba: God's Blessings on this Wonderful World!(S1,OVA,S2,Movie)

Re:Zero Starting Life in Another World (S1,S2)

Overlord (S1)

That Time I Reincarnation as a slime (S1)(Not finished yet)

GATE - Thus JSDF Fought There (S1)(Not finished yet)

Mushoku Tensei (S1,S2 Cour 1)

World's Finest Assassin (S1)

Campfire Cooking in Another World (S1)

In Another World with My Smartphone (S1)

The Eminence in Shadow (S1)

Ascendance of a Bookworm (S1)

How a Realist Hero Rebuild the Kingdom (S1)

TSUKIMICHI -Moonlit Fantasy- (S1)

By The Grace of The Gods (S1)

Trapped in a Dating Sim (S1)

The Hero is Overpowered but Overly Cautious

The Rising of The Shield Hero (S1)

#isekai #re:zero #mushoku tensei #konosuba #overlord #the rising of the shield hero #gate #that time i got reincarnated as a slime #world's finest assassin #the eminence in shadow #ascendance of a bookworm #tsukimichi -moonlit fantasy- #how a realist hero rebuilt the kingdom #cautious hero #trapped in a dating sim #campfire cooking in another world with my absurd skill #by the grace of the gods #in another world with my smartphone #anime

[earthykinous]

This is actually personal, don't mind me.

#meme #pmd #pmd explorers #pmd eos #psmd #pmd meme #pmd explorers meme #pmd eos meme #psmd meme #turtwig #treecko #eos hero #psmd hero #Totally based on my playthrought #Female Turtwig has the timid nature and it's described as shy and cautious. #Meanwhile Treecko in super it's more described as a loner)? a lone wolf)? something like that I recall... #He's allergic to people. That's final. LMAO

[lesserknownwaifus]

adelena from cautious hero: the hero is overpowered but overly cautious

#submission #cautious hero: the hero is overpowered but overly cautious

[twistedw0nd3rland2acc]

when you're depression and anxiety + other- is so bad, because of your own shit but your too happy watching your favorite anime and or reading your favorite manga-

Don't forget to drink water and eat dears!!

#obey me #obey me shall we date #incorrect quotes #shuumatsu no valkyrie #tokrev #tokrev incorrect quotes #tokyo rev x y/n #tokyo revengers #ai character #x reader #black butler x reader #cautious hero x reader #dan heng x reader #demon slayer x reader #demon slayers x reader #diabolik lovers x reader #malleus draconia x reader #naruto uzumaki x reader #one piece x reader #seiya ryuuguuin x reader #tokyo revengers x reader incorrect quotes #female reader #gender neutral reader #fem reader #gn reader #smut

[nanuuiy]

#laios touden #delicious in dungeon #dungeon meshi #seiya Ryuuguuin #Cautious Hero: The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly Cautious

[skyisepic]

why do so many people have this idea that hero was a timid little safety freak? sure, he wanted to make sure nobody got hurt and could sometimes be a bit more cautious, but he wasn’t like… a wimp

spoilers below the cut!

at the lake, when sunny nearly drowned, hero had been one of the people to urge him to jump in. if memory lane is 100% accurate, then hero and kel were the only ones to jump. hell, hero went first.

here, basil writes that hero had been tired out from swimming, meaning he had to be far enough out into the ocean that he couldn’t, or at least didn’t have to, touch the bottom. given that hero was the tallest of the group at the time, that’s gotta be pretty far out…

he doesn’t usually back down from a fight. if it’s neccesary, he’ll battle - hell, he’ll be the one to cause some of these fights. really the only reason i could think of that he’d back down is if a spider was involved, which is yk.. cuz he’s afraid of them 😭

im sure there’s more examples of this, these were just the ones i could think of off the top of my head!! if i got anything wrong or need to add anything feel free to correct me :3

#omori #omori rant #hero omori #omori hero #hero omori rant #this isnt really an ‘analysis’ so um . no analysis tag today #ugh nobody rlly understands him as a character and it makes me mad #might i add how he literally jumped into a lake to save two drowning kids #like sure hes cautious but he wasnt a loser