GR Anime Review: Konosuba 

"He's trying form a decent adventuring party with a stage magician, a one-trick pony, and a masochist." The line that sold me on this series.

Honestly all of the characters are assholes and I love them.

What I learn form Konosuba, LUCK is the best stat

Thumbnail is clickbait because Megumin is too good.

The bath scene with Darkness made me piss myself laughing.Kazuma was such an asshole xD

Just so people don't question the whole "Aqua butt" thing, since we got a lot of that... In Aqua's own words, "she makes her panties invisible so that people don't accidentally see them". Classic Aqua Logic.

Review: Explosions 10/10 Done.

5:34 "Kazuma desu" Died. On the ground. Rez pls.

Personally, I absolutely LOVE the ending song for KonoSuba. It really gives that calm feeling of a sleepy medieval village which I wish more fantasy games and shows would portray. The game to come closest in my opinion is Banished, which is a medieval village management game.

Yes, I'm Kazuma.

Explosion girl was best girl.

Dude, the voice acting in this series was absolutely amazing. It has great timing, and so many subtle moments. Also, there's one track out of the OST that I really want. Watch, I think, episode 4 where Megumin and Kazuma go and spam explosions at a castle. During that sequence, the music is just great.

Aqua: the main heroine Megumin: the REAL heroine

Everybody knows Megumin = best girl

"Yes, I'm Kazuma." -Kazuma

The reason there were only 10 episodes is because NOBODY expected anything from the show when it first started. It was a show done by DEEN and had very inexperienced seiyuus. This show should not have been as popular as it was. They didn't realize the huge following the show would get until I'd say episode 3, and by that point, it's too late to make more episodes.

Saitama= One Punch Man Megumin= One Explosion Girl

season 2 is on the way

The strange thing is that I found that Aqua nicely mellowed out by the end. Every time she did the annoying "I am a great goddess", she got rightfully slapped in the face the next scene, and I felt a kind of sadistic pleasure from her misery... It can't be just me right? Megumin is the greatest.. Especially the thing with the castle... I was laughing my ass off the whole of that scene when the boss comes back to the castle for the second time.. xD

"And because Kazuma actually has some asshole tendencies..." Uh, no. He picked Aqua because she heartlessly mocked him for the way he died, laughed at him, and kept pestering him to choose his weapon/ability/whatever while making it clear she regarded him as little more than a gnat.

3 years late but yes Aqua used her points on partly favor magic but remember she also already has a lot of other magic. She can heal, she purify, she can use turn undead, her water magic goes as high as flood class,She can remove curses, revive the dead. I think she has all the wiggle room she wants to get skills she finds fun. In the group she's the most versatile.

Yes, I'm Kazuma. -Best Joke of the Season.

Aqua isn't worshipped by thousands in that world lol, her followers are considered to be a crazy cult, enough so that the Dark Lord leaves them alone

"The opening was skip-able" Somewhere, Mother's Basement is triggered

This anime was legitimately funny as fuck. From Megumin and her quirkiness, to the subtle "Yes I'm Kazuma" lines thrown in some of the episodes were just fucking great.

*EXUPUROOOOZIOON*

please Tristan tell me you're reviewing Rakugo. for me it was the best of the season

I did not mind Aqua because it was done for the lol's. Much better then someone like Sakura.

Megumin's voice tho

Kazama vs Strongest Hero... subpar animation. But those 60 fps fingers afterwards were on some ufotable budget level shit.

Being a person who watched it weekly, I disagree with you on the ED. It's good to wind down after a good comedy with somthing relaxing. Enjoying it depends on how you watch it.

Woah Arkada sharing my opinion on a show?! what's this sorcery?!

Kasuma kasuma! "Yes I'm Kasuma" xD best part of the entire anime

Aqua: Kazuma! Kazuma! Kazuma: Yes I'm kazuma.

I'm Kazuma.

Wiz really.... really needed a character, but i thought aqua being annoying was oddly enjoyable, its her fault she gets into debt and she is always in trouble for it.

Did anyone notice about Aqua not wearing anything beneath her skirt? It took Tristan's review made me realize it. O_O (theres a 4koma somewhere that explains that)

Sounds like my DnD group...

Speaking of masochists, are you gonna review Prison School?

I'm surprised that Arkada thought the ending was skippable. Maybe because I watched half the show weekly but the ending always left me with this sappy fuzzy fuzzy warmness feeling at the end of the episodes. It sort of captured the appeal of the show and made my experience a lot better.

I have news from the future: there's a movie and a second season

SNAFU 2nd season Tristan, i'm stalking you.

I..... I... liiik... I like Aqua -_-

Darkness is best masochist.

Fools. Chomusuke is clearly best girl.

i loved the ending song its really relaxing gives the show an atmospheric nature to it

Darkness is better than megumin *runs away*

I love that little message that he put in there on the side

5:35 That alone get's this video a 10/10 from me.

I cant wait for the second season its coming in january so hey you konosuba fan don't give up there are plenty of more gags to come! Also I absolutely love how Kazuma responds when someone yells Kazuma im so gonna use that

Yes yes i am Kazuma

First off, the ED is AMAZING! You can't skip to the next episode without listening to Megumin sing to you man! A comment from one of the ED videos sums it up best. @Die Putro: "Opening Song: Let's go crazy. Anime: This is SO CRAZY. Ending Song: The craziness has ended, let's relax. "

hai hai kazuma desu

megumin, without a single doubt, is the best character

Kazuma desu. OMG totally got me there.

The "I'm Kazuma" at 5:36 kills me every time XD

Dies of shock of thinking he got run over lol wtf

I feel like you didn't give the opening and outro songs enough credit other that that pretty good.

Thankfully, second season is coming up!

Someone would think that this show needed another season RIGHT?!

Arakada will you ever review the anime Ajin? It would be pretty interesting as I'd like to hear your viewpoint on 3-D anime as a medium overall.

5:37 I was just about to comment about how when some characters are having s monologue he just begins speaking what's on his mind under their voice, I have personally never seen this type of comedy or skit whatever you wanna call it, but I find it hilarious and one of the reasons I love this anime so much

Aqua gets worse? Christ.

The one thing that steals my sleep, is all the possible outcomes to which way Konosuba's story is heading. 1) we know that Kazuma died at the begining; what about his 'body'? Will there ever come a time we get to see what happened and how his parents reacted etc. and will Kazuma ever think of that?? I don't think Aqua was being serious when explaining his death to him and something else happened or was going to.. 2) Its only my imagination but what if Megamin and Kazuma are same people from different universe or something like that? Or what if all 4 are same one? 3) and speaking of that, what if they all are online gamers but from diffrent universe (or whatever) or just normal human beings like Kazuma? Because in the end Konosuba is very much like playing a RPG game with friends; 1 who is total useless or rager and screams all the time, one who is way to into roleplay of his/her charecter, one who loves the pain of hard games or the one who always cracks jokes(speacially sexual)

I loved Konosuba and I cant wait for season 2.

whenever I type in (anime name here) review and your page pops up I get stupid happy. out off all the anime reviewers you are the only channel I enjoy and take advice from lol

Literally anyone in Kazuma's "harem": KAZUMA-SAN! Kazuma: Hai hai, Kazuma desu. I laugh every time haha.

What? No mention about the refreshingly awesome pragmatism Kazuma repeatedly displays? I like to imagine he's playing a tabletop game, while the rest of them are in a Final Fantasy-esque RPG with how they act. From easily scaring off some fangirls to his pre-emptive attack on mister cursed-sword, he easily made the show that much more awesome because of it.

Megumin is best bait thumbnail explosion girl.

One day I will hear the intro sound and not expect Roundabout to start playing

I loved Konosuba, and am expecting great things for season 2. And yes, Aqua is by far the worst part of the show, and makes tyou realize that Kazuma made a poor choice in taking her, though it was hilarious to see her bawl her eyes out for like, a minute straight.

Kazuma accidentally inherited that one beginning of a fairly recent South Park game: _ Eric: "You inserted the name 'Douchebag'." _ Kazuma: "No, I'm Kazuma." _ Eric: "Are you sure you want to use the name 'Douchebag'?" _ Kazuma: "I'M KA-ZU-MA, FOR SATAN'S SAKE!!!" _ Eric: "Very well. You are now appointed the name of Sir Douchebag." (Kazuma ragequits)

You should do a First Reaction to the anime Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu. It's a great show because it's like Groundhog's Dog and Edge Of Tomorrow where the main character starts the day over every time he dies!

"Megumin best girl" You sir have earned a sub! ... Kidding. I'm not as shallow as that for subs, but honestly I watched some of your other reviews and was left impressed; you actually got me interested in some series I would have otherwise passed off. This sub was earned for the effort you do, not for Megumin (partially anways). Keep up the good work.

Please review Space Dandy because it is my one of my favorite anime series

I think the mainly reason for the second season to be greenlighted was the hype that Konosuba earned during the season. I didn't heard a word about the anime before, and suddenly, during the season, everyone was all over it. So the initial plan was to just give 10 episodes to advertise the light novel and then drop it off, but the as soon as they saw how well it was received, they had to make a second season. I'm pretty sure that next season will be 25 episodes, at least.

We can all agree Megumin is best girl right?

Basically agree with your take on this one. I didn't even plan to pick it up coming into the winter, and it ended up being one of my favorite shows of the season. I think the short initial episode count and hasty season 2 announcement was because this show did tons better than they expected it to. In Japan it's been the best selling TV series of the winter season by a landslide - the first volume sold over 12,000 discs, more than twice as many as the next-best seller, Grimgar. A few fun facts: * All or nearly all of Megumin's explosions in the series were drawn by the same key animator * For episode 9, which had both the loosest animation and floppiest breasts in the series, the episode director was Koichi Kikuta, and those two things are both very much part of his particular animation style * Maaya Uchida (who voiced Rikka in Chunibyo) voiced Megumin in the Drama CD, though not in the series itself

I disagree about the ending theme. I love it. got a bit of feels to it for me, even though it reminded me that the show was going nowhere -_-

The music when Megumin uses her magic is surprisingly good...

I don't think you should use the spoiler room just for explaining. You should use it to say what you think about some of the more standout moments of the show.

I really miss these reviews there was a time glass reflection was my favorite youtube channel some 6 years ago. I'm re watching a bunch in my attempt to pick a Playlist of anime because my wife said she wants to watch a few with me. These are helping to sort out my lists

please review Durarara and durarara x2

Due to my recent and permanent dip into DnD and Pathfinder, I can appreciate this anime, an review, at the much higher level. Thank you for being such a big nerd; a big, lovable nerd who probably needs to get out more (other than going to Friday Night Magic or your Homebrew DnD campaign where your brother made Predator the boss and one of the player's is a massively bluffing bear, and another was a grapple happy Luchador).

actually in the credits they say that there is going to be a second season.

This was definitely the surprise of the season. I did not expect this to be one of my favorites of the season. The one thing I can't agree on with this review is the music: While it wasn't by any means amazing, I think it was above average, with songs like Darkness's theme fitting really well into the mood. Plus the ed felt like a parody of its own show.

This and Shouwa were my favorite last season.

Wow, when you mentioned 8-bit theater and then showed the Mage that only does Big Bang explosions, the comparison really hit home.

You know, when i watched it had the feeling as if they took 10 episodes cause they wanted to be meta and break the format cause they are a parody anime. Idk that was the feeling I got even though the time skip was uncalled for

KonoSuba is the guilty pleasure of the Winter '16 season. You know it has failures, you know that some parts make you yell "Why!?" (mostly with Aqua) but at the end, you enjoyed the most parts of the show. The Succubi episode had me laughing almost all the time. Looking forward for that 2nd season and YES! Megumin best girl! :D you earned my brofist Ark xD

Tristan, have you seen Grimgar? I'd like to see a GR on it!

I don't speak japanese but I loved hearing Kasuma's replies, like the "kasuma des" Ark included in the video. The indifferent yet annoyed voice always got a laugh out of me. hai hai kasuma des :3

Is this the anime where he forces his party to bathe him?

The world of Konosuba: One of few fantasy anime with a world that wouldn't suck to live in.

God's blessing on this wonderful world. what a wonderful name.

It is pretty bizarre that Konosuba hasn't been licensed yet. Almost as bizarre as Seitokai Yakuindomo not being licensed.

Clicked cuz Megumin XD

2:18 that is what i want my school picture to look like

Hey Arkada, can you do a First Reaction to My Hero Academia. I hear you love that One Punch guy.

Gate was fun to watch. I just wish it was done better by a much bigger anime company