Shinmai Ossan Boukensha, Saikyou Party ni Shinu hodo Kitaerarete Muteki ni Naru.

Determined to pursue his glorious childhood dreams, 30-year-old Rick Gladiatol, a modest clerk in the adventurers' guild, is offered a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity after he fatefully encounters the dark elf Reanette Elfelt. Reanette happens to be an elite adventurer of the legendary party Orichalcum Fist, whose members welcome Rick under the condition that he follow a Spartan training.

Two years later, Rick is finally ready to take the E-Rank exam officially qualifying him as an adventurer. However, raw magical power can only be developed until one turns 20. As such, Rick faces the general hostility of fellow participants and examiners alike, leaving him no choice but to show the world that his hellish training has turned him into an invincible warrior.

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Elfelt, Reanette Main

Oonishi, Saori Japanese

Gladiatol, Rick Main

Satou, Takuya Japanese

Draqul, Alicerette Main

Kuno, Misaki Japanese

Ashorc, Broughston Main

Miyake, Kenta Japanese

Eldwarf, Mizett Main

Toyonaga, Toshiyuki Japanese

Diarmuit, Angelica Supporting

Shimoji, Shino Japanese

Granger, Alica Supporting

Sekine, Akira Japanese

Commentator Supporting

Nagatsuma, Juri Japanese

Milicia Supporting

Onishi, Aguri Japanese

Tris Supporting

Imaruoka, Atsushi Japanese

Katagai, Shin Director, Theme Song Lyrics

Kameyama, Toshiki Sound Director

Fujikawa, Chiai Theme Song Lyrics, Theme Song Performance

Kushida, Akira Theme Song Performance

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Sep 23, 2024

KANLen09

Recommended

The Ossan Newbie Adventurer, Trained to Death by the Most Powerful Party, Became Invincible – When you grow up too late in life, there’s no such saying as “you’re too old to learn anything”. For “It’s never too late, for with a purpose, a worthy goal, and a motivation to reach those upper layers on the pyramid, a person can travel further in a few years than he might otherwise travel in a lifetime.” - Earl Nightingale

If there’s one thing that I have learned through watching anime with the passing seasons and years, it’s the culmination of this one fact, quoted from Will Ferrell: “No ... matter how much you screw up your own life by the wrong decisions that you make, it’s never too late to do the right thing and change your ways, and you can teach old dogs new tricks.” And rightfully so, being a 30-year-old (not so) young adult who still feels like there is still some untapped potential left, the philosophies through hundreds and thousands of AniManga series that have come and gone have certainly taught me into becoming a better person each day. And such is the perfect case study of a show of novelist Kiraku Kirishima’s Shinmai Ossan Boukensha, Saikyou Party ni Shinu hodo Kitaerarete Muteki ni Naru. a.k.a The Ossan Newbie Adventurer, Trained to Death by the Most Powerful Party, Became Invincible, which other than the show dropping in one of the most defining years of my life hitting the Big 3, it’s also, in my very humble opinion, undoubtedly the best Ossan-esque series that we’ve had so far up until this point, even when you consider the stereotypical overpowered MC trope.

It’s a given that the best time to nurture skills is to start young, especially in a typical fantasy world where magic is king, and everything else is redundant in the pursuit to become an adventurer. However, sometimes people can blossom late in their lives, as if the fact to be taken by another show in the same season — Ore wa Subete wo "Parry" suru a.k.a I Parry Everything’s MC Noor, who flourished rather late, and was being deemed unworthy to be taught, even if he put all of his hard work into trying to make a living as a capable adventurer, no matter how long it takes for him to become one. In the scenario of this anime, Rick Gladiatol is just that character, who, like Noor, dreams of becoming an adventurer from his childhood days, but has to hold that dream off because of circumstances that don’t allow him to achieve what he wanted to be. And the bulky man, at 30 years of age, being a modest clerk at his town’s Adventurer’s Guild, takes his chances at trying to be a bona-fide adventurer by going through the usual style of preliminary tests to be certified as one. But of course, being old has most of the candidates all laughing at him for someone who starts so late that he shouldn’t be taken seriously as they should. But little do they know that despite the late blooming, Rick would become a tour de force to be reckoned with, trained by the world’s strongest party of S-ranked members for 2 years, such that his F-ranked status undermines a gruesomely hard-earned S-rank calibre to have everyone be taken so aback of an Ossan who could do the near impossible. This is Rick’s zero-to-hero story of how his affiliation with the S-rank party of Orichalcum Fist, sets off a chain of events that would see him go from a nobody to more than just being the adventurer of his dreams.

If you’re around the same age as I am, you can absolutely feel Rick’s devastation, partly from how his fantasy world’s magic is functioning a bit differently from what you expect of the stereotypical fantasy trope. Because, you see, the fantasy world where Rick and the others reside doesn’t allow their “Nature Composed Magic” talent to be manifested until the age of 20, which meant that Rick actually started his dream 12 years late (which brings us to the very start of the series). And the saying goes that once you hit that sweet spot of eligibility, the “early bird gets the worm,” as they say, to quickly develop skills that make you as powerful as you imagine to be. Not so for Rick, and as much as fate would have it, him being scouted by the S-ranked party of Orichalcum Fist’s Guillotine Swordmaiden of Reanette Elfeit to improve on his skills since his magical reserves weren’t as developed as they should be (and it must be done before the age of 30, which Rick has clearly surpassed), and that’s how he got literally trained to death by the most powerful party for the 2 years ever since to then participate in the adventurer prelims to be certified as one, though being invincible was never a case to begin with until the later moments in the series, which sees his fame rise.

Despite being purely an action-adventure fantasy series, there’s some comedy to be had here. One look at Orichalcum Fist itself should give you the idea that as funny as its eccentric 4-member party can be, they’re utterly serious when it comes to work, and they don’t let you off the hook so easily until you achieve what they want you to be. This is Rick’s daily torture for the 2 years since he joined the S-rank party, and their philosophy being that “hard work will produce results, even if it pushes you to the brink of death” may be harsh reality, with people like the dark elf Reanette (who serves as Rick’s assistant and companion); the monstrous physique and intelligence matching Sage Beast of warrior-monk orc Broughtston Ashore; the greatest weapon craftsman of Thousand-year Workshopper half-elf-dwarf hybrid Mizett Eldwarf; and the Demon Child of Devastation of genius vampire mage Alicerette Draqul all taking said Ossan on building his characteristics, man’s gotta hustle with coming close to near-death experiences quite a lot to constantly weep at death’s throes.

At least he knows that they’re doing it for his good, and with strength comes power that’s more than enough to face his rivals, such as the Diarmuit family of nobility, who proclaims power with the expected typical egoist high, almighty, and pompous behaviour. The comedy with Rick facing the trio of siblings of A-rank eldest Raster (who also serves as the adventurer prelims examiner), B-rank middle child Angelica (who is a 2nd-rank knight), and C-rank youngest Freed (who is the fist to challenge the Ossan thinking that he’ll be an easy one to defeat), I’ve got to say that I’ve experienced all sorts of comedy, but never one this unhinged where, unlike Noor, Rick at least knew his strength to weigh against those of higher ranks and treat them as fellow rivals vying for the same certification. At least for Angelica, she is the sole comedy relief of the series that I just can’t stop ROFL-ing at her misdemeanour, even after she got humbled really quick to serve as Rick’s servant and learning of his treatment at Orichalcum Fist to the point of hilarious disbelief of how he managed to survive the 2 years’ worth of hellish training, even if he dies and gets reincarnated time and time again. But I’ll give this about Angelica’s character: she is one of the reasons why this show works —from being taken down from her mighty chair to being humbled by Rick to see that his hard work, despite her inadequacy to also be trained by him regardless, proves that all-knowing talent is nothing in the face of putting in effort, NOTHING. I am proud of Rick, but I’m even prouder of Angelica for how far she’s come for a turnaround transformation, from being a ruthless rival to a long-term loyal ally of his. Too bad that romantic ships be damned, because Rick is loyal to Reanette and Angelica has little to no chance of ever hoping to win his heart.

When you think of quality studios, Yumeta Company is not one of those studios with a big money bag-sized budget, and it really shows for an action-heavy show of this calibre, which proves that 3rd-rate studios truly suffer at key moments in the shows themselves. The majority are pretty bad, but under the right hands, can truly deliver a solid experience, and by the skin of the studio’s teeth, this show does it all and more to sway opinions that an average, generic, run-of-the-mill fantasy show can run on its own two legs when it needs to. Honestly, this is one of the shows that surprised me late into its run of the fact that storytelling trounces animation, and thinking back, I honestly don’t mind it at all if the production values just look so pedestrian, so that the story can flex a lot more.

The music…is definitely one of sheer bizarreness. For one, veteran Anisong singer Akira Kushida (yes, it’s the classic Tokusatsu and 90s Kinnikuman music artist) has a vocal range that is pretty much rarely heard of in anime these days, and through his old-school feel of the OP song, it definitely takes some getting used to before it becomes the earworm that you just can’t skip the opening for all its worth. I know I absolutely did, and slowly grew to love it as one of my low-key favourite OPs of the season. And as for Chiai Fujikawa’s ED…it’s alright and nothing special.

I can already see that this show will divide fans being of a certain age group, more than just the OP power fantasy trash of a trope that this anime is. But more than just what it obviously presents on the plate, it’s the hidden meanings and virtues of the anime that teach the one very important lesson that we ought to understand: “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis

I’m glad this show exists to teach us a fair few humble learning points, especially to the Millennials hitting the Big 3 and still feeling like they’re feeling lost and not being sure of what to do with their life. This is, as I've mentioned, unironically the best Ossan-centred anime to date, and life is never too late nor too soon to experience new things, and I’ll leave you with this quote:

“It’s never too late to turn things around. You are the only obstacle.” - Dave Ramsey

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Jan 15, 2025

Ramun_Flame

Mixed Feelings

Despite this show's greatest efforts is to be as generic and uninteresting as possible, I was still able to get a bit of enjoyment out of it. The anime follows the protagonist Rick who is trying to become an adventurer in his early thirties. People tell him he's too old, but he doesn't give up.

As someone also in their early thirties, the theme resonated with me. Often I can feel that I missed out on a lot of things when I was younger, but that's the wrong mindset. It's never too late to start out something new, and improve yourself. Despite the personal theme, the ... show is quite generic. Despite him starting out at an older age, he's already stronger than everyone else, as you can infer from the title. So we got the overpowered MC who ploys through all the doubters, as you expect from this type of show. It's about as entertaining as it usually is, but this show doesn't give much else.

The characters are boring, and mostly just archetypes. You have an immature little girl who is OP, and some woman who dresses and actls like a maid for some reason. I did like the Orc though. You've also got a few of the snobby nobles, who are basically cartoon villains'. They try to redeem one later, but it didn't feel natural to me, and I felt they just wanted to give her more screen time since she was a woman for fanservice reasons.

Speaking of fanservice, it's kinda out of place and embarrassing here. Due to the theme I thought this may try to be a more mature show, but they've got a handful of immature boob jokes, and it makes me wonder why I'm even watching this. It's not as bad, outside of the character designs and the handful of jokes, but it just feels so out of place.

Anyway, I did get through it, and I enjoyed it well enough despite all it's shortcomings. The theme was nice, and if there was a second season I may at least check it out. If you're looking for something exciting/new then keep looking I guess.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Jul 23, 2024

Valik93v2

Not Recommended

Preliminary (4/12 eps)

The theme of this review is the "illusion of hard work". The anime itself is a mediocre soulless isekai-like that isn't worth watching, in case you want a TLDR.

A very interesting phenomenon that I observe regularly is that almost every person will complain about how hard their life is or how hard they're working. In most cases this is not true though, therefore illusion of hard work. This happens because "hard work" is universally seen as a virtue in all societies and there is something truly fascinating when hard work is rewarded, because it often isn't. This idea also found its way into the anime ... culture, which is to be expected from a country with one of the highest number or work hours per day in developed countries. It gave birth to the "talentless hard worker" character archetype, which is now relatively common.

The main character of this anime - Rick, is basically that. The talentless hard worker... which is completely not real. Just like in reality all the hard work people are usually fake, in anime there is no hard work. It's all power fantasy for losers. About as soon as episode 4, we find that Rick actually has an overpowered skill. Did he actually work for it? Nope. While spending the first 3 episodes on depicting hardcore work/training that he went through, all of that is invalidated completely in a single moment. This obvious disconnect between what the anime claims to show and what it really shows is insulting to my intelligence as a viewer.

The first example of a fake hard worker that comes to my mind is Naruto. The show follows a similar pattern, depicting Naruto as a talentless loser and then the convenient fox power saves the day every single time, something that he never worked for. It even ends with him literally being 1/2 Jesus, chosen child of prophecy all along. Other notable examples - Deku from My Hero Academia and Asta from Black Clover (I'm seeing a trend). In all of them, the hard work is an illusion. Basically the only anime that shows REAL hard work over time with actual no talent is World Trigger.

The rest of my criticism is just all the usual baggage that most anime today have, especially light novel adaptations - the whole world exists only to blow the main character, the antagonists are cartoonishly evil, the other support characters have no value to offer as well. The second most important character is literally a maid. This honestly is just H fantasies of the author. Also, screw the gaming stuff, I want my pure medieval fantasy back.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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