Mob kara Hajimaru Tansaku Eiyuutan

the series is set in a the modern world where fantasy dungeon opened sometime ago similar to Solo leveling and i think that why many have have mixed feeling about the series as it so similar to solo leveling it compared to it and come out the worse for it

the MC Takagi has been a dungeon explorer for two year and still stuck on the first floor hunting slimes until he kill a special slime that drops a servant card allow the holder to summon a monster or in the case of our MC a loli Valkyrie and he begins to get stronger ... with her at his side.

Side note unlike Solo leveling it seem magic items and skills only work within a limited range of the dungeon entrance and the worldbuilding is a little lacking

the voice acting is ok No dubs have been made at time of review the art style not too bad similar to a lot of silver link or j.c staff series although this anime was produced by Gekkou the animation is also not bad

final thoughts if you looking for something similar to Solo leveling or Danmachi this maybe up you alley it no masterpiece but it not trash

From an adult point of view this was a very average anime. It feels like it was made for children rather than a more mature audience (no gore, low stakes, no strong language). For older viewers this is a very mediocore experience. There was nothing particularly unique or interesting about the permise and the characters felt pretty generic. Even a "bad" anime usually has that one memorable character, because they were funny, weird or unique. This anime dosent even have one memorable character, they are all extremely generic. There was also no deep plot beyond, a mysterious dungeon appears and the main character wants to ... explore it.

A Nobody's Way Up to an Exploration Hero - Does the inspiration to go dungeon exploring make for a "zero to hero" experience? Many a times, yes...but in this show, sadly not.

Life's daily heroes and their antics giveth and maketh the dreamers of the young to have aspirations doing huge, notable things for themselves, being the aft influencers to be given inspiration and to do things for the better. That is a good thing, and for the eponymous novelist Kaitou, that's exactly his plan with penning such a story with Mob kara Hajimaru Tansaku Eiyūtan a.k.a A Nobody's Way Up to an Exploration Hero, to ... showcase a decent fantasy merging both the literal human world with fantasy elements, where humans can access dungeons through a portal designated by its own building to give the fantasy experience right from the comfort outside of their own home.

However (and this is a BIG however), through the grapevine of the anime adapting the LN (and its WN counterpart), the constant argument of its manga adaptation being so different from the original source material is a valid argument in and of itself. I'd argue, rather, that the manga adaptation is basically superior when compared to the anime that considers heavy consequences as well as more nuance with the plot, which takes a lot of liberties since Kaitou is rather finicky with what he wants the different mediums to be, if it was never to be a close 1-to-1 adaptation. That's just my 2 cents on the matter.

But back to the anime itself. Being inspired by an adult who traverses the dungeon with enthusiasm, only to then go missing one day, this is the plot of MC Kaito Takagi to go to the dungeon to help find said missing adult, which is someone whom he actually holds close to his heart because he is just simply known as Captain Katsuragi, the father of his childhood friend Haruka Katsuragi, whom was dealt a blow when the news came out during her growing-up years. Since then, Kaito has made it his calling to make a name for himself, but alas, being a low-level adventurer meant that low-level slimes were the only way that he would grind to even level up as a decent adventurer. That is until after the killings of 1,000 slimes, that he obtains a rare Summoning card containing a valiant warrior that he could choose to sell to obtain loads of cash or use it to help him conquer the deeper troughes of the dungeon. Being the money-conscious guy that he is, Kaito contemplates selling the rare card, but ultimately summons the warrior to aid his low-level weakling, revealing a capable Valkyrie.

Let's get the TL;DR for the show out of the way: having valiant warriors ranging from Valkyries to actual Demons being loli girls, one would think that Kaito is growing a loli harem just for the sake of his adventuring, even though both Sylphy and Luceria possess poignant powers enough to kill off deep-level monsters to cultivate experience. It's just fantasy wish-fulfillment for the sake of not having a story plot, or rather, a free-spirited one to chock, which matters take the most priority as Kaito and the other adventurers whom he would meet on the way, see fit. And despite having close guy friends around him who are just as concerned as his childhood friend, whom Haruka has developed an immunity to traverse the dungeon and also wanting to win Kaito's heart being the childhood friend trope, the latter is just that: a free-spirited person who does things on impulse and never second guesses his assumptions. Even with the forthcoming group of Airi Jinguji and her two friends Miku Moriyama and Hikari Tanabe, all 3 girls being in a party that Kaito joins in the gang to meet new friends and adventure together, love and romance are not things that is in the mind of Kaito, even as Haruka persists on interrogating him if he ever goes to the dungeons, only to have said boy try to deflect his answers as much as possible without hurting her in the process. I admire that intention, but also, this boy's brain is literally dense, as much as he is a Samaritan to the people around him. Boy's got his priorities right or wrong, it's up to the viewer to decide in many a context of the scenarios in this show.

Despite getting into anime production for just over a year now, studio Gekkou's production values have been mediocre at best, and this show continues the (un)fortunate streak of the studio just cutting corners at its animation. For reference, most of which are reused scenes (especially dungeon walls) since the work itself doesn't offer many varieties, and instead, relies on standard tropes and such to tell its rather garbage story. It is what it is, and you just can't unlook at it the first time you see it.

Not even Amatsuki's OP, May'n ED, nor the OST stacks up, which is NOT a shame, because frankly, they're quite terrible too, despite trying to be a whimsical kids' adventure theme, but grown-up.

If you're keen to try this show, be my guest, because at least for the 3-episode rule, this show is not remarkable, but not bad either. It's a cutesy anime for those who like it that way, but you can't hide the truth that it just frankly, sucks in all fronts.

Do a better wish-fulfilment of a work next time...