Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou

The ordinary life of 17-year-old otaku Hajime Nagumo is disrupted when he and his classmates are summoned to a fantasy world and tasked with saving mankind. While his classmates are gifted with impressive abilities useful in combat, Hajime is belittled for only gaining an inferior transmutation skill that lacks any real offensive power.

During an expedition in the Great Orcus Labyrinth, Hajime is betrayed by one of his classmates, plummeting him to the bottom of an abyss. Though he survives the fall, Hajime is faced with menacing monsters and misfortunes that send him spiraling into a grim nightmare. Desperate to live and return home one day, he resolves to fight for his survival—only to meet an imprisoned vampire he names Yue, who is also seeking to escape the labyrinth. Taking an interest in him, Yue and a few others along the way accompany Hajime on his journey to find a way back home, while steadily transforming from commonplace to the world's strongest.

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Nagumo, Hajime Main

Fukamachi, Toshinari Japanese

Yue Main

Kuwahara, Yuuki Japanese

Shirasaki, Kaori Main

Oonishi, Saori Japanese

Haulia, Shea Main

Takahashi, Minami Japanese

Clarence, Tio Main

Hikasa, Youko Japanese

Myuu Supporting

Ogura, Yui Japanese

Yaegashi, Shizuku Supporting

Hanamori, Yumiri Japanese

Riiman Supporting

Hamada, Kenji Japanese

Hatayama, Aiko Supporting

Kakuma, Ai Japanese

Sonobe, Yuuka Supporting

Tomita, Miyu Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Iizuka, Aya Producer

Fukao, Satoshi Producer

Hiramatsu, Kiyonori Producer

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Jun 6, 2025

AnimeExplorer21

Recommended

Lately, I've found myself falling into this deep rabbit hole of isekai anime. There's just something wildly entertaining about ordinary people being thrown into fantasy worlds with magic, monsters, and way too much responsibility. One random evening, a close friend of mine, who usually gets my taste right, suggested Arifureta. I’d heard mixed things before — some people hate it, some love it — so I wasn’t sure what to expect. But hey, I gave it a shot.

And… it was surprisingly good.

Not masterpiece good, but like, "yo, this is actually kind of fun" good.

The show kicks off like your typical isekai - a whole classroom ... of students summoned into a fantasy world to become heroes. Except it immediately swerves left when Hajime, our MC, gets betrayed by a classmate and literally dropped into a hellish labyrinth. That betrayal hit kinda hard, even though I saw it coming. Something about the way he just broke - mentally, physically, emotionally - it stuck with me. It made the tone shift real fast, and honestly, I liked that.

One thing I really appreciated was how the show explored how trauma changes a person. Hajime doesn’t just “get over it” - he adapts, evolves, becomes something else. The dude literally starts eating monsters and crafting guns underground just to survive. That whole transformation arc was probably the highlight of the season for me. It wasn’t subtle, but it was raw. Felt like a "when life breaks you, either die or rebuild yourself into something stronger" kind of message, and that’s powerful in its own way.

Now, yeah - the animation in early episodes was kind of rough (CGI rabbit gave me nightmares, no lie), but it did get better as it went. The fights were flashy enough, and the weapons Hajime makes have this cool, overpowered vibe that just feels satisfying to watch.

Yue. Man. Yue. She was the perfect balance to Hajime’s edgelord persona. Their bond felt oddly real despite how fast they connected. What really stood out to me - and I don’t say this often in harem-type anime - is Hajime’s absolute loyalty. Despite being surrounded by potential waifu material (Shea was adorable, Kaori sweet, Tio... uncomfortably kinky lol), he makes it clear Yue is his one and only. That moment when Yue smiled, fully knowing she didn’t need to fight for his love? That hit. It was wholesome in the middle of all the madness.

Also, shoutout to Myuu, the little kid they rescue - she was too cute and kind of grounded Hajime in a more human way. Gave me a break from all the explosions and edgy stares.

That being said, the pacing was all over the place sometimes, and some plot points felt like they were just thrown in for shock value. There were also a few ahem unnecessarily lewd scenes (looking at you, Tio) that kind of pulled me out of the mood. But I guess that’s just part of the package with these kinds of shows.

By the end of season 1, I was genuinely curious where things were heading. The final episodes gave that "next chapter of the journey" vibe. Hajime and his group were moving forward, not just physically but emotionally too. It wasn’t a groundbreaking anime, but it definitely gave me a good time.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Sep 22, 2025

Scanerior

Mixed Feelings

Such a failed Solo Leveling... The beginning gives us a weak hero who by coincidence becomes a "monster" (not literally) and at the same time apparently becomes a complete idiot without a shred of empathy?! The hero Hajime is simply not a classic protagonist that you like, even though he is not exactly unpleasant, Yue and Shea complement him reasonably and actually thanks to them there is sometimes a bit of humor, but the whole thing is such a bland, unsalty anime that has its ups and downs (more like the downs). Unfortunately, the strange animation of the monsters and the mediocre fight sequences ruin ... the experience of the action and the mixing of modern elements like a car or a motorbike really kicks it up a notch. I'm not exactly enthusiastic, but I'll try to continue watching.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Nov 25, 2025

HotDoggoneit

Not Recommended

I don't think I've ever seen a show start off as strongly as this one did, to nosedive as quickly as it did, so fast as well. Instead, this show decided to go from a potential Solo Leveling show, which would have been rated extremely high, and gotten high marks from everybody, to become a generic, harem edgy isekai, overly sexual, and lame plot and fantasy that absolutely everybody hates. I don't think anyone has ever seen the string of not recommended reviews that you have seen on this anime, and that is for good reason. This show is horrible. Do not watch ... it. Do not waste your time. Unfortunately, an extremely promising start was ruined by Japan's obsession with harem edgy anime and overly sexual content that they seem to have to shove into everything today. It's a shame.

When you look back at the old school anime that I grew up watching in the 2000s and early 2010s, yes, we did have a few shows that were sexual and had ecchi, but they were clearly labeled and if you wanted to, you could avoid them. Instead, what they're now doing is shoving all of this sexualized content into regular shows that should just be action shows that people should be able to enjoy without having all of that garbage shoved in their throat constantly. I'm not against a good romance or a good waifu, but when you're constantly having four or five of them in every show, and the entire show revolves around them worshipping the main character, that's where it becomes a problem, and this is the problem with modern Japanese anime writing. For every Togashi of Hunter x Hunter, we get a thousand of these gooners who write garbage like this.

Reviewer’s Rating: 1

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