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This is a review that only really focuses on the more negative aspects of the series so far. If the following aspects of the series do not bother you then, it might be worth giving the series a try.

First the story is about how the main unappreciated character is kicked out of the "Hero's party" for seemingly no good reason other than the fact that they didn't see him as being exceptionally strong. The "Hero's party" is portrayed as being very unappreciative , somewhat cowardly and amoral. Like most stories with this setting, the "Hero party" realizes over time how important the main character ... is.

The main issue of the series that some people might find frustrating is that the main character is constantly being portrayed as "Mary Sue" character. The main character is pretty much shown to be flawless in everyway.. He is kind, compassionate, heroic and ridiculously strong compared to everyone else. Of course, one the key factors of this trope isn't just his or her abilities but how everyone else perceives the character. Just being a flawless character wouldn't be that bad of a problem in the series if it wasn't compounded by the fact that he is constantly being recognized and reaffirmed as being such a great, strong, and amazing person. The main girl who accompanies the main character is pretty much always expositioning on how freakishly amazing the main character is. Everyone the main characters meets is pretty much completely "wow'd" by how strong the main character is.

In this aspect, the story feels like it's supposed to appeal to those who feel underappreciated from society, whether it would be with work, family, etc. . The anime feels like it's a fantasy of the people who are constantly thinking "if I weren't here, you'd realize how important the things I do are".

Another aspect of the series that seems weak to me is the main heroine of the story. Her trust and devotion to the main character feels very undeserved. It's one of those scenario where in anime, everyday basic bare minimum human kindness intereactions are treated as "saintly acts". Series usually try to heighten these basic acts of kindness by making everyone else the main heroine has met as selfish monsters. The main character pretty much just feeds her when she's hungry, and unintentionally shows off his amazing beast taming powers, and the main heroine decides that he's the best human being in the world. Anotehr aspect about the main girl that might not be a problem to a lot of people is that her main personality is that she's "kind". As mentioned before, the main heroine, half of the time in the story is just expositioning on how amazing everything the main character is doing. Personally I'm not too fond of these types of characters. To me, the "bad" girls in the "hero party" are way more interesting because they have the opportunity to develop and change.

I want to say the series would be way more enjoyable without he constant "wanking" by everyone else of the main character but unfortunately it's tied to the whole story. Tied enough to the story to say that being "unappreciated by people you know from the past" when in actuality you are "a special amazing star to most other people" is the main and reoccurring theme (so far).

The animation isn't much to say about. Even one of the first scenes that shows that the main character is actually proficient at fighting is shown in "still frozen shots" of the main character fighting many armored enemies with the main heroine commentating on how strong he is.

I know I've mentioned lots of negatives about the series so far but despite that, the series isn't so bad. If you don't mind the main character being a "mary sue" and aren't bothered by the constant accolades and commendations the main character receives with ever thing he does, then the show is at the very least a decent fantasy "pokemon-styled" harem series.

To me, there are potentional interesting scenarios in regards to the "asshole" original hero party. The male leader of the hero team is depicted as being almost irredeemable but the rest of party seem potentially likeably. The female members of the party seem like they are slowly coming to the realization that they made the incorrect decision to let the main character go. If I were to continue the story, it would be to see the interactions between the main character and "heroes party" after the main character has proved himself more.