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Flash33
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Honestly I really enjoyed tuning into the show almost every week, and I agree that the dub cast was solid throughout. Clover definitely feels like a family with every member liking, respecting & supporting each other while also not being afraid to engage in some light-hearted teasing of one another or call each other out if they mess up. While the harem aspect later on did get a bit silly at times (blindfolding Yuke while in the bath with one or more of the girls, really?) they were just minor annoyances & weren't enough to detract from my enjoyment overall. Clover overall is also not the Yuke show as every member has their own role to play in it, contributes relatively equally to fights, exploration and recon & aren't helpless if Yuke isn't around.
Thunder Pike's downfall was also satisfying to see as time went on, and it reminded me of the Hero's Party in Beast Tamer, though unlike in BT more than one member got out in the form of Jamie, who I like got redemption for her actions too with it also being understandable why she stuck around for so long (needing money to help pay for her sick brother's medicine, being afraid to speak up after what happened with Yuke, etc.). It also helped that she showed with both her actions & words that she was truly sorry for how she treated Yuke & that she was serious in atoning for her mistakes. Speaking of I liked the fact that both Clover, Jamie & Benwood (the GM) got punishments after the Achromatic Darkness trip that ended TP for good (Clover for going in despite it being off-limits, Benwood for letting them go in the first place, Jaime for her behavior in TP). For the second half I liked the worldbuilding & new characters and never felt like they were there just to bail Clover out of trouble. Mastoma was an interesting character who despite being a Salmutarian prince still has his own views & beliefs and would gladly sacrifice his bid for the throne if it means his peoples safety. I will say that I felt the final episode felt a bit rushed near the end mainly due to the tonal whiplash & could've benefitted from being split into two or even having an extended runtime, but that was the only time I felt that while watching the show. One other thing I'll say is that though while I wish there was more than one OP song for variety's sake I do like that it at least updated a bit every time a new member joined Clover or when a new story arc started, which not a lot of OPs or EDs do, and if nothing else all 3 songs used for the OP and EDs are rather catchy. Overall a really solid show, and I very much look forward to seeing what S2 has in store. Last edited by Flash33 on Sun Aug 03, 2025 12:38 am; edited 3 times in total |
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LuScr
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The interesting thing about the setting in this series--which I don't think was mentioned in the review at all--is how parties will literally livestream their adventures to the public.
This is essentially a fantasy world driven by social media. Adventurers are as much celebrities as they are fighters and explorers, and the role simple popularity plays (both in the rise of Clover and the downfall of Thunder Pike) is notable. I actually wish it had been explored more, because if there's one major flaw I can think of in this series it's that Clover rose through the ranks to the top too quickly. There's a lot to chew on there. |
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Covnam
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Ended up enjoying this one more than I was expecting, though I agree the second half wasn't as strong as the first.
Looking forward to the next season =) |
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sadoldguy
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I will note that it has been an entire year since a new manga volume has come out in English. The anime covered more material than what has been in the manga.
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Key
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Watched this one faithfully (it was even a priority view at points), and my take on it varies very little from the reviewer's. Definitely agree that the series weakened as the party size expanded, the stakes increased, and the harem elements became more prominent, but the well-balanced core group still carried the series. Agree with other posters that the series' take on how social media influenced adventuring was an interesting one, though not totally unique; Slime did feature live-streamed dungeon adventures first (even if it wasn't that series' main thing).
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lucio542
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The anime is fun and all, but i REALLY recomend the people who liked it to read the manga.
Its on another level of context, almost everything you think the anime rushed or needed the manga have, even in the romance scenes, to the point you would say 1/3 of it its scenes that the anime doesn't have, think as a better version if you want to understand the plot way more and more about the relationship of the characters. |
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Key
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I actually don't consider making this story more romantic to be a plus. I think it's best with just a singular serious love interest and the rest of the girls just respect and like Yuke as a person and maybe flirt with him a little in a teasing fashion. |
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MFrontier
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I missed out on this show when it was aring but this review further incentivized me to check it out!
Personally I would also partially be watching it for the Harem aspect, so that doesn't bother me at all.
I'll be sure to check out the manga too! |
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jr240483
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but we all know that wont happened. for once a series goes all in on the harem aspect, they will always to go through with it in the later chapters until the end. the exceptions was sword art online , my daily life as a loner in another world , reincarnated as the 7th prince & eminence in shadow where the former series made it clear he was only interested in asuna while the latter series made it clear that those MCs have ZERO romantic interest with any of their harem aspects let alone with ANY GIRLS AT ALL! also i have to disagree with the reviewer here. this series is way superior compared to the rising of the shield hero when it comes to their MCs! and its for one reason only. yuke's abuse from his former party did not turn him into an absolute asshole ala naofumi iwatami whose more or less have become incapable of trusting anyone unless they have a slave collar on their necks! and he tends to go into extremely scummy territory (ESPECIALLY DURING S3) to the point that he becomes completely unlikable and not worth cheering for! and lets face it. the only character people truly like in that series is raphtalia! also, in the case of shield hero, naofumi is more or less an anti hero type & not a true hero type compared to yuke & his uncle saga! which is why in other forums like MAL & others, he's more or less compared & have similarities to the other extremely unlikable anti hero types like those MC from BOTH failure frame AND Im a reincarnated noble from an intergalatic empire, cid kageno, leon from world nortorious talker and especially keyaru from redo of healer! |
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Blanchimont
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Strange thing to say as he gets to do 'nightly' activities with two of the cast members almost daily over the majority of the series' span. And that number has now risen to three.. 
However, if you're talking about the manga adaptation, it got bowdlerized so of course you won't get to see any of that... |
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jr240483
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actually, i read both the japanese light novels and the manga! |
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Blanchimont
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So why are you claiming he has no interest? We ARE talking about 'Loner Life in Another World' right? Because I know a few others where the mc prefers to be alone? The manga even cut a whole novel volume out probably because it leaned too heavily into the 'night' activities and 'clothes-fitting' (just before church girl was introduced). |
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jr240483
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sorry about that. i was actually talking about the manga and light novels of shield hero when i made those comments that i read both the japanese versions of the manga and light novels! was not not taliing about loner life considering that every reader like myself and you how extremely too well much its manga version got more or less bowdlerized into oblivion! should have been more clearly about my statements! |
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Flash33
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I personally disagree with your Shield Hero takes, and I also think it's unfair to compare Naofumi's situation with Yuke's. While Thunder Pike was indeed awful & he stayed in it arguably longer than he should've he at least had people to turn to who he knew he could trust after leaving (his students, the guild staff, etc.), plus he was already an experienced adventurer by that point, making it easier for him to get a fresh start & establish himself as a proper adventurer outside of TP. Naofumi didn't have those luxuries due to already being looked down on as soon as he arrived in Melromarc (a completely different country & world from Japan) just for being the Shield Hero, and the one person he thought he could trust betrayed him with no one in the kingdom willing to hear or believe his side of the story & chose to treat him like a pariah instead. Basically he was doomed from the start, so it's no wonder he lost all trust in people & resorted to a slave contract initially. As for S3 look at who he was dealing with: the other 3 heroes who refused to properly listen to or learn from others & who were now dealing both with their own cursed weapons & the fallout from their repeated failures as well as Malty's continued manipulations. It's no wonder he had little patience for them. Naofumi did get better over time though & while he can still be gruff, stubborn & standoffish he is much more willing to cooperate with people & hear them out compared to early-mid S1, and even then it was the people in the capital he had the biggest problem with, not the ones outside of it. He also doesn't require people have slave crests before he listens to them, & for the ones in his party that do have it he only activates them when there's literally no other choice (young Raphtalia not fighting when doing so would save lives, Filo not coming out of hiding when called, etc.). Besides Raphtalia had her initial crest removed after the duel between Shield & Spear & it was her choice alone to put it back on later (Naofumi himself said she didn't have to), seeing it as a symbol of their bond. Yes the series has issues and isn't perfect, such as the anime only getting one 2 cour season for S1 with all others being 1 cour for some reason, causing some things to be rushed and underdeveloped, but let's not muddy the waters with false or misleading information. That aside this thread is about I Left My A-Rank Party, so let's please try to leave it to discussing this series from now on and not others like Shield Hero. |
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Taskforce
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I will just make a quick note that all the extra flirting scenes in the manga were not in the web novel and the anime actually follows the web novel far more closely than those that just read the manga thinks it might have. I cannot comment on if those scenes were in the light novel or not, but they definitely were not in the web novel. Which means the anime is actually the one doing the better job of being faithful here, not the manga. Assuming the light novel didn't add those scenes and the manga isn't based off of it.
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