Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest (2019–2024) User Reviews

An anime that can't decide what it wants to be.

[dameon_green · 7/10 · 15 May 2020]

The first half of the series had a grim tone which was a refreshing from the typical Isekai, the protagonist having been betrayed and abandoned was darkly committed to survival at all costs.

Then around episode 6 it turned into slapstick, BunnyGirls and even the music changes, then it alters course again around episode 10 and it starts mixing the dark and grim with the BunnyGirls confusing things further.

Pros:

• Original story (up to 5.5) was enjoyable and gets better around episode 10.
• Good Intro Music.
• Animation is consistent (with some exceptions).
• Original Protagonist "Experience" growth was unique and enjoyable.
• "Intermission" storyboard / concept art displays during the episode break was a nice touch.
• "Harem" trope isn't terribly done, and picking up an abandoned child and more or less adopting her was change from the typical cliches.
• Character growth does happen, even as the show fights to decide on its theme, and some of it is well done.

Cons:

• Overly caustic protagonist after episode 5.5.
• Loli Factor (yes she's a 300+ old vampire but..).
• CGI used during some episodes is lower quality and it can be jarring.
• Past Episode 5.5 the Protagonists interaction with the others in the world becomes very caustic, as a setup for later growth it can work, but it's jarring and unneeded at times.
• Equipment / Items past episodes 5.5 are a bit "unrealistic". I'm totally fine with guns in a fantasy world but the main character making a Motorcycle and Hummer is a bit too much.
• Deus Ex Machina factor gets a little silly.
• "Ecchi" moments (Dragon encounter for example) are silly (but in the anime's defense it could be worse).
• Monster Dynamic changed part way in, originally left corpses (hence the protagonists special ability / power ups) and then suddenly they start vanishing upon death.

Arifureta squandered a chance to be great inits first season, but it is memorable and watchable, even if it seems like it's fighting itself.

Interesting and Unusual

[cheathamg · 8/10 · 19 November 2019]

You know how in a lot of anime the main character is a boy somewhere around 12 to 15 years old, just hitting puberty. He's got a good heart but he's kind of a loser. He's socially clumsy. He gets bullied and he never really fights back but somehow, he always comes through in the clutch. That's how our hero is in this series in the first episode, except that he is 17. What follows is not a spoiler because it all happens in the first episode. By the way, the anime starts somewhere around the third chapter of the manga. The anime just sort of starts in the middle. There is no real explanation of what is going on other than a few hints. It's a fairly obvious plot. You've seen it plenty of times. A high school class is suddenly sucked into another world where they must fight monsters and demons. You don't really see that happen. It is sort of alluded to in flashes. The story really starts when the boy-hero falls into an abyss. There he manages to survive long enough to eat some monster meat. This gives him more powers. He then uses his newly acquired powers to kill more monsters and acquire more powers. In the meantime, he comes to believe that the world has always had it in for him and his only course of action is to become ruthless and to take what he wants without compunction. He becomes single-minded in his desire to win at any cost, and yet there remains a deeply buried sense of good. It's very unusual for an anime boy-hero to be this decisive and to put his decisions into action without hesitation, even if those actions contravene accepted norms of social behavior. The title word means mundane, ordinary. That's what the boy-hero is at the beginning but he certainly doesn't stay that way long.

My First Thoughts

[peytonmoody-41748 · 7/10 · 9 July 2019]

Episode is good but the cgi is bad, information was skipped but besides that I hope the later on episodes don't make the same mistakes (know that the cgi will still be bad

amazing

[seanbosskiller · 10/10 · 1 August 2019]

I love the fact that he started off with nothing but pain and anger but slowly becomes more and more powerful and the character development is amazing I kinda hate the the animes only gonna have 13 episodes

Had great potential but turns to crap at ep6

[Rhaoulos · 20 July 2020]

This series had great potential, starts off really serious and dark but the tone completely changes from episode 6. They obviously tried their hand at commedy/harem but failed miserably to deliver anything funny or thrilling.

The character design is really nice, but everything else looks like grey goo with uninspired design and one of the worst animation I have ever seen.

I read that the manga is fantastic, but the anime failed to find its identity and couldn't stick to a genre. If I was to ignore the horrible animation for the first 5 episodes, it would get a very strong 8/10. The rest barely qualifies as OK time killer.

Pretty basic, light spoiler

[xpunisherx · 6/10 · 21 January 2021]

I don't get the 10/10 "best anime" reviews. It's sword art online but worse. The main character reminds me of Mugen from samurai champloo except half as cool. The fight scenes are super basic and the animation/cgi is pretty ugly at times. His "partner" is a 12 year old girl who is always naked and hangs on him while sucking his neck. Pretty cringe.

Not the worst anime, but there are a lot better ones that have the same key features or storyline.

Revenge to the best

[roel-coppens · 8/10 · 26 June 2021]

A very good revenge story. Doesnt deserve the hate it gets, very underrated. Is on top with a few isekai's.

Slow rhythm

[martin_merelesc · 7/10 · 12 March 2022]

This really doesn't seem like anyone's cup of tea to be honest. But I didn't mind it so much. The animation isn't a problem for me, as it is for some. So if you're not too picky on that, then you won't be bothered by that supposed flaw.

Simply one of the Greatest Isekai, Harem, Action, Adventure, Magic, Fantasy Anime of All Time

[shuvongkor · 10/10 · 30 August 2021]

Of all the Isekai, Harem, Action, Adventure, Magic, Fantasy Anime I have so far, Arifureta is simply the in the Greatest list for me. If you are a Isekai, Harem, Magic, Adventure Anime Fan, you must watch this anime. The protagonist is OP but his personality is different from other similar type of character. You will find him and his beloved girls interesting. I just wish there were more episodes in anime like this one. It was too short for me. I hope season 2 comes up soon.

UNIQUE IN IT'S OWN WAY.

[glenjacob-26612 · 7/10 · 20 June 2020]

Enjoyment wise, Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou does have an enjoyable start, which gives you a hope that Hajime Nagumo is going to become a new, interesting protagonist that has his ideals, desires.And as we all know everybody has a different opinion.Rating wise I was thinking it will turn out to be a bad anime but it still kept me entertained.As I said everybody has different opinion for some people it is good and for some people it is not.

Overall it's still worth watching ,don't let the rating fool you.It's 6.6 but still it is better than that.And the opening is full English to be honest.

Had potential, key word: HAD now its feels like magi/Rosario vampire hybrid

[lewischasen · 3/10 · 21 June 2022]

Honestly I'm not a fan of harem shows, I like equal balance so if there is romance it's not some unrealistic thing of all these hot women wanting some lower or psycho with a additude problem and clearly interested in one person.

Now i 1st season was nice, something to watch and a good premise of dungeon delving who dunnit. However by the half way point of the season the main character goes from loser to "all I do is win,win,win,win" with a asshole additude to everyone . All because a school mate tries to kill him e.1 meets a vampire in an 12 year old body and trauma bonds with. In second season he is only nice to the girls that look like children (cring) and blatantly tells the girl who knew him befor the power change that she was getting in the way and to get lost because she wanted to be with him even befor that point and had his back when he was weak. The dudes a A class jack ass Not to mention the pain slut dragon and bimbo bunny... so yeah it just became harder and harder to watch to the point of im kinda done watching it.

Was really hesitant at first, but it turned out to be pretty awesome!

[TheGreatGreenBadger · 8/10 · 23 September 2020]

The first episode wasn't really that great, it was a bit too predictable and the animation was bad, particularly for the monster fight scenes. However, it got steadily better. The MC was pretty awesome and feels dark, sort of like Naofumi from Shield Hero. To be perfectly honest, Arifureta seems like the love child of Shield Hero and DanMachi, but with bad animation and some awkward but funny fanservice. However, its story was pretty good and intriguing. Can't wait for season 2!

very bad visuals.

[abhaymandal-40746 · 6/10 · 16 June 2020]

U actually have read the whole damn arifureta LN and WN, the story is just so damn good but when it comes to anime i am disappointed, you know the reason right it just have so mediocre Animations, goofy music and skipping storyline. i have expected much from Funimation.

Painfully below avg

[dt-99485 · 3/10 · 6 August 2021]

Throughout the show there are times where the pacing of the plot is entirely too slow, lets compare it to "That time i got reincarnated as a slime", This show, at times, also has extremely slow pacing but it makes up for it in World building and plot development but in Arifureta there can be a 10 minute gap between you starting and finishing an episode and there wont be any major development or any development at all, but on another note even the basic storyline is boring. Its plot can be sumed up in the most undescriptive of ways and still be extremely accurate. Edge lord gets betrayed, edge lord survives betrayl, edge lord picks up loli, edgelord picks up bunny girl(this is the entire plotlist of major development throughout the series)Idk if this is bc theres just not enough source material to fit into a 12 episode basis from the manga. Im just definitely not surprised that an anime made in 2019 still hasn't gotten a season 2 even in 2021.

Awesome!

[GKoeneke · 9/10 · 8 October 2019]

As far as Anime's go, this is one of my favorites. I like the storyline with Hajime being brought to a different world with his classmates. He's just a behind the scenes weakling in the new world and is betrayed by one of his classmates, I think for a girl, where he is left for dead by his class and teacher. When awakes in the Labyrinth several floors down, he does whatever he has to in order to survive which means eating the monsters with magic water in order to gain their abilities and strength. Slowly he turns into a quite the accomplished killer and his personality changes from the Meek classmate to the "I don't care about anyone" Badass. I love the fact he makes it to the end of the labyrinth and inherits God-like power as well as picking up the only Vampire left who is 400 or 500 years old and falls in love with him.

From that point on it's all about gaining power to find a way to go back to his own world while he picks up girls along the way and makes them strong. Basically, it becomes the Harem type of plots. At the end of Season 1, he has now made it back full circle back to the original Labyrinth to save his classmates who thought he had died there months before. The writers have turned him into that Gruff, Unemotional, Indifferent, Sarcastic character with immense God-like magic abilities that does what he wants. He's a dark hero that always does the right thing, though his way may be less than acceptable by all the other characters. He will kill anyone in his way. He has a "Batman" quality with a "Deadpool" murderous quality to him. His sarcasm isn't as over the top as "Deadpool", but it's in the same category.

I'm looking forward to this Anime continuing. It's fun to watch the betrayed weakling turn into such a badass and just kick everyone'

Decent but could be great without such a painfully unlikable main character

[killabee-24162 · 6/10 · 23 April 2020]

This anime is really well animated and has a very good concept but the main character is so horrible. He's a nasty pos to almost everyone he meets for no reason! Fair enough give the main character a bit of an edge but this is way too much

Just Awesome

[mujah-47002 · 10/10 · 10 September 2019]

I really love this series like, don't care attitude, extremely powerful mc

Cold blood

[Mysterygeneration · 7/10 · 14 January 2024]

The animation was among the issues. The fact that all of the creatures were created using computer graphics annoyed me since it made them appear strange and uninspiring. I will give them credit for that because I did enjoy the character designs.

The beginning is the second. Although I have read the first light novel and plan to read the others shortly, the beginning of the show was very different from that of the light novel. The anime began when they were in the new world, which is not how the light book began, therefore they didn't include any new content that wasn't already in the light novel. The light novel opens with them attending their school; anime doesn't really depict them attending classes, and I believe that was a mistake.

If you were adamantly against the first season, you won't like the second one either. Less edgelord, less awesome ass pulls, less coldblood Hajime moments... This season, all the elements that set Arifureta apart from previous harem power fantasy isekais are less noticeable. I was mostly drawn to the first season for this reason, thus I am really disappointed. It pleased me that Hajime was able to grow from his mistakes and become an OP edgelord. He is still there in the second season, although it is much less obvious.

Very nice all in all

[pdzhioev · 9/10 · 18 January 2020]

Finally a straight edge main hero who displays some good judgement. As when he finds a certain someone sealed in a heavily guarded dungeon he's like: "ok, there must be a reason for this" and is cautious. So good to see this, as opposed to predictable boring anime-style: "oh no this person is locked up, we must help him/her no matter what, how or when".

Another plus is that the anime is fast paced. There is actually progress. Bang bang and they are on floor 100 already. Not like black clover for instance where you'd be stuck on 1 floor with 20 fillers and 15 flashbacks stretched over 30 episodes.

It's also nice how the main hero does actually kill monsters instead of the usual silly mumbo jumbo you can expect in other anime: "oh no we must let everyone live no matter what blah-blah".

The only major letdown is how the big monsters are drawn out and animated. Almost painful to watch. You are left wondering what on earth happened there, did they not have enough budget for that or time (or likely both). Well, you'll see for yourself

Finally they actually kiss in this anime instead of acting like children are found in cabbage all the time. This to me is a big plus, adds emotional depth to the show and is a refreshing differentiation from what we see almost everywhere else.

Meh

[tarabush-51198 · 1/10 · 16 January 2022]

This show is okay at first.

I enjoyed it really up until the MC meets the vampire girl. Gives me very much not okay vibes that he's 17 and his "lover" is a vampire who's supposed to be 300 smtn years old but has the appearance of a 12 year old? That's my biggest issue with this show. I love anime but I wish they didn't do stuff like that and ruin them. Felt gross watching it after that because there are points that are hinting at sexual stuff happening between the 2 and it's just weird.

Other than the creepy pedo vibe with the vampire girl the rest would have been okay. It's pretty much just a dude wandering around adding random girls to his group who all want to get with him and the story line gets lost in all the bs of these chicks fighting over him constantly 🙄

The character development is okay but dude did a complete 360 personality change and isn't even close to the kind caring character at the beginning. It's not the greatest anime in my opinion. The fight scenes are cool with the different types of attacks/powers but it's deff basically a weird Hentai vibe and some of the monster scenes are terrible animation. Like the Dragonborn. Just not great over all.

Recommendation

[williamdeneke · 10/10 · 25 September 2020]

This is one of my favorite anime serieses I highly recommend this series

Don't watch.

[jaymebirdandrews · 1/10 · 6 May 2021]

Horrible pacing. Everything happens so fast, with no explanation. With the only purpose to make the main character seem "cool", but in such a forced way that I ended up finding him incredibly annoying. Nothing is explained until I already don't care. Or I just make assumptions based on other animes it's ripping off. Horrible soundtrack. Horrible and I mean really, really just such bad CGI and framing. The fight scenes are hard on the eyes. Episode 6 gave me legit motion sickness, just from all the jumping around and bad scene pacing. Just a long winded harem anime with a weak plot. Shallow characters. Animation is pretty good and just wasted on this anime. They tried to do too much and failed at all of it.

Awesome

[sardarkoushik · 10/10 · 9 July 2020]

It became one of my most favourite animes..i liked it very much..waiting for the next seasons

Awesome

[dibyendukrash · 10/10 · 7 March 2020]

I really love this anime. One of the most cool and badass MC. Really loved his character development.

Eagerly awaiting season 3

[jennahobbs · 10/10 · 29 April 2022]

This is still by far one of my favorite isekais. Hagime can be cold and brutal, yet still will allow himself to care when he needs to. Yue is nothing if not patient so long as she's Hagime's number one. Tio is just a freak, Shea is spunky and can be almost rabid at times, and Myu is simply adorable. I really wanna see how this god situation turns out, what Kaori can do with her new body, and what Hagime plans to do with his classmates given how impatient and goal oriented he is.

Also, I feel like those that didn't even bother to watch an entire season shouldn't be able to leave reviews - that's just not fair to any anime.