Nozomanu Fushi no Boukensha

This is technically a calming slice of life type action fantasy anime.
The character and surrounding people are developed well. There are fights at intervals.
The concept is familiar yet unique.
The screenplay has some depth and it keeps you interested.
Watch it when you want a chill anime.

Adventuring and its risks are well explained.
One good part - No extremely annoying character which has now become a common trait.
This makes the anime so peaceful.

... This is a good anime. Neither great nor bad. Just enough to make you enjoy but neither adrenaline raising nor trashy nor slow.
Just decent..

(update upon completion)

Unwanted Undead Adventurer is a role model of an anime "playing on the safe side". There was absolutely nothing unpleasant or controversial - the anime just focused on telling the story of a nice guy (and nice people around him). The risk, of course, is that the anime may come across as boring or forgettable for some viewers. I'd recommend it to anyone looking for an easy-to-watch and relaxing adventure anime, but not to those who want an adrenaline-filled experience.

(preliminary review at ep.3)

This is a distinct adventure anime compared to other light novel adaptions.

Right from ep.1, main character Rentt’s made extensive ... amount of inner monologues - he was basically a narrator who directly explains things. It felt like a lazy narrative device initially, but created the feeling of reading a novel once the audience got used to it. In addition, after other characters gradually enter the story, the amount of monologue and dialogue became more balanced.

How does it feel to become an undead (or skeleton)? It’d be quite challenging for the audience to imagine, and _Overlord_(2015) didn't explain it to us lol. The staff seemed to recognize this as well, and intentionally added interesting scenes for viewers to “feel” it. For example, they showed the blurry and colorless world from Rentt’s perspective during his first fight with another skeleton, effectively conveying the initial struggles Rentt had to face after the transform.

My favorite aspect of this anime is Rentt’s personality - diligent, persevering, calm. The audience wouldn’t be surprised by his survival and growth; all his actions were logical and coherent. So far I’ve never experienced a "what the heck?!" moment yet. I'd appreciate that the author was treating the readers as people with normal intelligence. (Given there are so many light novel authors who don’t...)

Up to ep.3, it feels to be a solid and engaging anime that’s worth watching.

Coming from the light novel, the Unwanted Undead Adventurer anime is more or less what I expected – a slow, deliberately paced story with plenty of time for the main character’s thoughts. I may be a bit biased (the LN is one of my favorites, after all), but so far I’ve been enjoying the anime.

While I don’t think the story’s natural pacing makes it well suited for an anime adaptation, they have changed a few details to make events progress smoother and quicker. And so far I feel that has worked out quite well. I know that people who are familiar with the source material ... of an anime like to criticize adaptations, but so far I have no real complaints in that regard. It’s faithful enough.

Rentt and Lorraine’s personalities have been kept intact quite well and I look forward to seeing more characters pop up. Character interactions in general have been good so far and I expect more of the same from the rest of the season.

The visuals are decent with plenty of high-quality background shots. I can’t say I am a big fan of the 3DCGI, but frankly I’ve seen much worse. It’s about as good as I could hope for. Background music and voice acting seem to be on par. I was surprised by Lorraine’s voice, but she sounds about as mature as expected.

If you enjoy getting to know a world/universe at a slower pace, are fond of cautious main characters and appreciate a gentler pace in your series, Unwanted Undead Adventurer might be a series for you. If they keep following the light novel faithfully, the series will only get better and better with each episode. I look forward to episode 4 and beyond.

The show's pretty rock solid. It sorta gives off "We have Frieren at home" vibes. It's a degree of quality higher than the typical seasonal production, and each episode is good. It's a traditional adventure story rather than an action or comedy, with the character growing over time. He's very likable and it's easy to care about his progress and goals. There is an actual story being told, which is more than welcome in the realm of crystallized isekai worlds. Additionally, it feels like the characters were written for adults. They behave maturely and don't act like complete morons, which is a breath of fresh ... air.
My biggest complaint would be that we don't feel the consequences of his undead nature severely enough. Despite the excellent premise, you can get a few minutes into an episode and forget that he is an abomination. As soon as a problem is faced it gets trivialized almost immediately. It would have made the narrative about his nature more effective if they more deeply showed the struggles of being undead. The action scenes also felt a little lifeless. If the show's focus was action, I would take this complaint into more serious consideration. Either way, don't expect too much blood pumping excitement.
Overall the show feels like listening to sports on the radio out of your back porch on a sunny day. It is really comforting and relaxing, to the point some people might find get bored. If you enjoy slower paced shows and watch anime to relax, I highly recommend it.

As a fan of the light novel (and a bit of a stickler on odd details) I can say that this series is a good watch.

It's a slow paced, well built story that focuses a lot on the journey of the main character - Rentt Faina - as he figures out the whole undead thing. It still has a bit of a game-ish aspect to it with the idea of him killing monsters to make himself more powerful, but this, at least, is handled better than a good number of other series.

And without delving too deeply into spoilers, I think it presents it's big, ... world spanning mystery pretty well. It establishes that there are a lot of unknowns, and that there's plenty to be explored in the world - which is a good thing for a series like this.

To make a lot of boring meandering and rambling on my part short, it's a solid fantasy anime that does a good job establishing and building it's world.

The one con I can mention is that the series can feel really slow at times. All it really means is that it doesn't have the highest highs, but focuses really intently on the main character.

Having finished the anime now, I wanted to add a few notes. there are several elements that are either cut for the sake of pacing, or taken out of order for the sake of character development. There are technically elements that shouldnt even be in this season because they're featured in other arcs. This gives me the unfortunate sense that they aren't likely to do a second season

I really enjoyed this show, but it's worth noting going in that it's not got a set plot, to speak of. It's more of a slice of life with earnest storytelling, well told. As I say I enjoyed it for what it was but if you need a set plot and arc this probably isn't for you.

For what it's worth the characters are excellent and well rounded, though the show centrally revolves around the protagonist and his adventures/internal dialogue.

This is a serious show with good writing and storytelling that kept me absorbed. I appreciated the slice-of-life drama style too.

THIS IS WHAT I CALL A GOOD ISEKAI. The plot may not seem to out of the ordinary but damn it feels good to watch isekais that actually aren’t just brain rot, harem shit. All the characters are likeable and the main character isn’t obnoxious. This is the kind of isekai that makes it possible for me to not write off the whole genre.
The art is generic not the highest quality but that’s fine cause it’s not trying to take itself that serious. It’s just a chill isekai about some actual decent dude getting turned into a mob which makes him evolve and shit. Nothing ... crazy the blonde haired woman is waifu material if that’s even a term ppl use anymore.

EDIT: YALL BETTER GASS THIS UP CAUSE I DONT WANT THIS TO BE ONE OF THOSE ANIMES WITH ONLY ONE SZN

Unwanted Undead is a very solid fantasy adventure that leans more into the adventuring slice of life, rather than any epic storylines. It does what it set out to do rather well and is enjoyable through-out.


Animation / Art / General Visuals - 7/10
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The art is clean and detailed, and animations decent. The show does seem to have moments where they've decided against including scenes completely rather than spend effort trying to animate them. As such there aren't any spectacular battle scenes, though what we get is good enough.


Sound / Music / Voice Acting - 7/10
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Pleasing OP's and ED's, with some decent music within. Nothing overly noteworthy. Sound and voice acting is solid.


Story - 8/10
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Unwanted Undead lacks any ambitious grand storylines, instead focusing on daily adventures and keeping its story more self contained in each episode.

The core of the story is about a fairly unskilled adventurer that meets an untimely end after making a mistake in a dungeon. Curiously, they awaken as an undead monster with all their memories and personality intact.

This leads to the main story of the adventurer trying to return to civilization through attempting to evolve as a monster and become more human like. This of course involves plenty of dungeon adventuring, but also dealing with the everyday aspects relating to it.

Concepts like these have been done in the past, but this show has its own twist on the idea, and I find it to be quite well executed. It sets up the perfect circumstance to have us deal with adventuring in every episode and everything that's related to it, as our protagonist is essentially locked into the activity.


Characters - 8/10
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The cast is fairly limited, but those characters that exist are well done.

The protagonist is a refreshing character, who embodies many of the traditional traits of good guys, yet isn't overbearing, instead being more rational and intelligent.

He is a good guy to the bone, but he also understands practicality. He'll expect rewards for helping someone, and won't turn down any gifts if offered. At the same time, he's not above helping others for free, if it provides other types of value such as good connections, or a boost to his reputation. A good guy, but practical.

He's also quite intelligent and despite his limitations, quite competent with the power he does have.

Other characters are much less developed, but have just enough depth as to not feel out of place when they do get screen time. The most common one being a long time friend that continues to help him. We get some backstory and their personality is more fleshed out, but the focus remains on our Protagonist for most of the show. Which is for the best.


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Total - 8/10

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Unwanted Undead is above average in the fantasy adventure genre. Its production values aren't spectacular, but good enough as to not detract from the experience. The story and characters more down to earth, creating a comfortable slice of life themed adventure.

Would recommend to any fans of the genre.

Why 8? Because I rate on how much I've enjoyed something, not as an objective or comparative score.

The premise is straight forward and smells like slop, meaning a cynically pumped out show with little to no variation.
I can't claim that it meaningfully deviates from formulaic isekai-like generic fantasies, because it relies on too many tropes and never feels like a full throated production that people put their passion into, it looks fine, the acting is fine, the music is fine and while none of it is special, it also never disappoints.

It's a very decent story that has an appreciably slow pace without dragging things ... out or getting stuck in exposition. The people behind it may not have given it their all, but they did care about making this.

The premise is simple, you take your average fantasy world with a guild system and adventurers in it and resurrect the main character from being a middle-of-the-road adventurer who never got anywhere as age starts to creep up on him, to getting eaten by an impressive looking monster, inside of a labyrinth, and dying.
Whether he's spit out or comes out the other end, the end result is the same, all that's left of him are bones. And he's still alive, as a 'monster'.

The dilemma is that he can't just go outside the labyrinth or he'll be slain by adventurers or guards. The hook, however, is that he is now stronger than he used to be and experiences a natural talent for combat and physical activities that he didn't possess before.
What's more is that when he slays monsters he rapidly becomes stronger and even evolves (basically getting XP and leveling up).
This is important because his dream is to become a 'Mithril ranked adventurer' and finally sees a shot at progressing towards it.

Our main character is mild mannered, pragmatic, kind and principled, he's well liked and people think of and care about him.
It's also refreshing that he thinks about things like an adult and isn't a screaming and hot headed shounen protagonist.
While the story quickly solves his issue of appearance, it just as quickly deviates from that as the active plot, however it does keep it in mind to some degree as he's forced to interact with others in order to be an adventurer, even if he's solo.

The reason I enjoy it so much is that most of the time it feels like an actual adventure and that his relations to others feel largely natural. He has a close friend whom he can discuss his situation with and talk and think about how to deal with his situation and what he actually wants to do.

Not a show I actively look forward to, but I'm happy every time I see it has an episode added to it.

This anime might be one of the greatest dark horses of the year, it is a incredible fantasy the likes of which i havent seen since danmachi, and arguably even better than it. If you like all things fantasy, this is for you.

Nozomanu Fushi no Boukensha follows the story of rennt and his journey to become a mythril class adventure. If youve already read the synopsis though you already know this of course, however where this show excels is the fact that it is ACTUALLY dedicated to following that goal. where many isekai and adventure shows will put that goal to the side, in ... this it is right front and center! no useless harms that you dont care about, just pure adventure and growth from a compelling main character and a strong supporting cast.

If you like to see a character grow and actually fulfill his dream, aswell as great action and satisfying lore, watch this anime!

This anime was so relaxing to watch. I've been searching for a fantasy like that for a long time.
It is slow, calming and comforting. There isn't really any plot twists or huge exciting fights.
It's just about the characters working, progressing and living in general. But not in a boring, monotone way. Somehow it manages to make it interesting and worth to watch.

I adored Rentt and Lorraine's dynamic. At first I was really scared it's gonna take a dark turn and become a harem anime, but it didn't and I'm so unbelievably greatful for that. Their relationship feels so mature and respectful and I'm ... absolutely here for it. It feels refreshing after watching loads of other animes with childish protagonists having childish interactions about boobs or smth all the time.

Also nothing crazy happens in the plot. I can tell that much without spoilering anything, everything is gonna be the way you're expecting it to be. Which isn't neccessarily a bad thing. I'ts even kinda satisfying to watch because you can turn your brain off for a while and just enjoy the little people's little interactions on your screen.

If you're looking for a fantasy full of action and fight scenes, this is not your anime. But it's cute, it's relaxing and just gives me so much serotonin lmao
(I really hope there are people who enjoyed it for the same reason<3)

It's quite rare for me to leave a review for anime. (My first time I think) This show is almost similar to isekai shows but I think this will have an interesting storyline. The characters were interesting and enjoyable to watch.
The art style is great and the animation is well made.
This show has been great so far, the story is great and I don't feel bored out when watching it.
Definitely would recommend this show to someone who likes adventuring type anime. It's quite typical but the fact that the MC is an undead is really interesting.
Looking forward to see the story progression.

A veteran Bronze-ranked adventurer with a dream of becoming a Mythril-ranked adventurer discovers a new section in a well-known dungeon and decides to explore it alone. There he finds a creature that defies logic and reason, and is ultimately killed by it... or so it would seem, but as this adventurer's luck would have it, he survives the encounter and becomes an undead skeleton with his mind intact.

The Unwanted Undead Adventurer is an action/fantasy that bears a close thematic resemblance to isekai, as the protagonist must engage in a bit of identity fraud in order to return to civilization and not be ousted by those ... who knew him for becoming undead. The leading characters are likable and have good chemistry, which should come as no surprise as one of them is something of an alchemist. The main character himself is introduced as being lively and kind, but becomes stoic, mysterious, and kind as the show progresses. The show maintains a relatively peaceful tone as everything continues to work itself out in favor of the protagonist being able to go about his day-to-day as he usually does.

The animation is decent, though perhaps the series is a case of being front-loaded, as most of the really interesting scenes occur early-on. The action is fine, serviceable - certainly not over-the-top or overly involved, but shows what it needs to well enough. The writing is similarly fine; the story focuses on the main character and his own progression, leaving a lot of interactions and supporting characters in the dust as he continues to try and reach his goal of becoming a Mythril adventurer. This means a lot of the characters he encounters are effectively one-offs in terms of screentime; however, the recurring supporting cast is well-written and does help to establish the main character's place in the setting, particularly how well-thought of he was prior to "dying". The pacing of the series is good, which makes it easy to watch.

The anime does not deliver on its promise of the adventurer being 'unwanted'. In fact, it is just the opposite: everywhere the protagonist goes people end up taking a liking to him, despite his imposing appearance, as he continues to work in earnest to solve the problems of commonfolk, guild quests, and decadently wealthy (if not slightly questionable) sponsors. He is most certainly wanted, despite being undead.

Overall, it is a solid action/fantasy that is leaning towards a mature audience. It does what it is supposed to do well enough. I can recommend the anime to anyone seeking action, adventure, and fantasy.

So far, a great quality adventure anime. Absolutely recommended!

For anyone who had not read the books, it is easy to follow along with the development of the plot. A viewer can easily understand the main character's intentions and actions without them needed to be explained too much, making the flow of the anime quite consistent. The main character keeps a fun, caring, genuine personality throughout the series. The main character's personal development is not without struggle, but still progresses at a satisfying rate. The story line showcases Rentt's knowledge extraordinarily well, without making his character seem arrogant or cocky, and by showing his deepened knowledge, ... viewers need not to be explained much or at all of his past adventures.

Because of it's size, easy to follow along plot, and overall flow of the series, this is an anime I highly recommend to a beginner adventure anime viewer, or a viewer that is looking for a more chill show to watch. Without worrying about missing a key point in the story line, the pace is perfect to follow along easy for those who may struggle with the multitasking of reading subtitles and watching the show.

The visuals are of high quality, and the music fits well.

Whoa! A pleasant surprise. A fantasy anime that is well paced, has a pretty interesting story where I wasn't able to always guess what's gonna happen next, and a really well done presentation of it. A slowish like one, but it felt perfect for this kinda of anime. The vibe, mood, the MC, the other characters, all blended together to make something that felt always short when it came to episodes, even though I binged watch it... I could only imagine the pain of waiting a week for the next episode. This left me smiling and wanting for a next season!

Story: 9

At first I thought ... it would be another basic fantasy anime with some unique twist here and there, but it wasn't. The premise is pretty interesting, uncommon I would say, at least to me, and the execution is what made me fall a bit in love with it. A MC that can actually think, that the story didn't make an OP MC that can just breeze trough stuff right out of the gate, the explanations, the other characters that made you wish for their well being and more. It felt a bit like a real story from certain perspectives. The story takes such a high mark, even though there wasn't anything complex in it, yet (it has potential to become really complex later on), because of the MC and how he was interacting and reacting to situations he found himself in. Truly a veteran adventurer!

Art: 8

Sometimes I felt the art was a bit... off... quite a few times. Didn't take much from the experience, but you cannot give a big mark if it doesn't do a good job, right? But it was still satisfying. Some of the fights were pretty interesting, but some, you could see that low budget in them. I was still satisfied tho.

Music: 9

Both the ED and OP are pretty cool, would listen to them again.

Characters: 9

Here the anime made a good damn job in making me finally see something different in these kind of genre of animes. A MC that is somewhat mature, knows how to behave, can think rationally, is a veteran in his field of adventuring. And cast of characters that can think. And some interesting decisions that I couldn't predict from a story perspective. I was pleasently surprised by how well everything fell into place.

Enjoyment: 9

Again, a pleasant surprise that I really enjoyed, that I felt the episodes were too short.

Overall: 9

Right now it has 7.47 from 36.621 votes Ranked #1934 Popularity #2077 Members 98,441. A pretty good mark, might deserve a bit higher. Highly recommend to people that want to see more of a chill fantasy with a good premise and a really good MC that isn't OP and can think and is a bit mature, enough to not be a stupid shounen or something around those genres. Waiting for season 2!! Hopefully it will have one, I really want to see what happens next, and from what I read online, the LNs aren't that great, in the sense that the author rambles a lot and overexaplains stuff, like explaining the same concept 3 times one after another in different styles... Will see though, it does have a translation, so there's that.

As one of the first of this season that I had started, I also decided to make it the first to complete. With this marking my 230th anime I've actually finished, I can say that as per usual - especially in this day and age - the basics are high quality. Music, ambience, world appearance, character designs, voice acting,.. There's two downsides only, really. The opening isn't the most catchy, which is fine.. but the pacing is a bit of a rollercoaster ride. The first 1-3 episodes were quite attention grabbing, but then it dwindled, with the last episode being another highlight point. Everything in ... between is a steady up and down with lots of nice vibes, driving the plot forward little by little. As some others commented, it's a safe show.

If you'd like to watch an isekai but don't want too much drama, ecchi, etc, then this is definitely something to watch on stressful days when you just want to relax. However the pacing is, the characters are loveable and not the most common interpersonal relationship and dynamic wise. Not the greatest thing I've ever seen, not the worst of this season. In short, a show that may or may not get - but needs - a second season that I nonetheless leave without regrets. It's like a hug that goes on a little long but in the end you realize it left you feeling a little more warm inside.

This is essentially the story of an NPC character who became the main character of his story.

Rentt was an average adventurer who reached a wall in the ranks of his profession. He had a kind heart and easily shared his knowledge and experience to newbies. Until he died.

This is no spoiler, but it is implied in the title that one has to die to become an undead. That is what happened to Rentt, and this is the story of how he seized this chance to grow beyond the limits of when he was a human. It is really a good story, and quite interesting, adding ... another labyrinth-oriented anime to my watchlist to Dungeon Meshi.

The animation is nothing special, but somehow, the production staff is able to make use of the limited resources at its disposal and tell a decent story. It also had a very nice ending theme in "Keep Your Fire Burning" by Mao Abe, which I had added to my Spotify rotation of anime songs to listen to this year.

Solid all the way the around. It's a no isekai fantasy which is rare these days. It's similar to Goblin Slayer but not as dark. There is no grand conspiracy or world ending threat for the MC to overcome. In that it's similar to a slice of life. It also doesn't have a harem theme either which is great in my book, there is a romantic interest but that's as far as it goes.

The one weakness of the series is that while the supporting characters are interesting not a whole lot of time is spent with them. There isn't a party with different personalities to ... play off of. It really centers around the MC. Some of the choices in terms of building out the MC are strange, like not saying why he wants to be an adventure until the last episode. Also by the last episode the plot has only marginally advanced. Hopefully there is a season 2 to progress the plot forward. Otherwise an enjoyable watch.

The story of a common adventurer, who dies and returns as an undead that still keeps his memories and intelligence.

The story follows Rentt, who is a normal adventurer that sadly dies, but somehow comes back as an intellectual skeleton. We then see how he is trying to return to a place where he can fulfill his dream of becoming a mythril rank adventurer.

The setting is very much a classic fantasy world, there is magic, monsters, dungeons and of course an adventurer guild. The plot revolves a lot around these things where we see Rentt try to return to the path of becoming a stronger adventurer. ... This is done with some twists of him having to hide being an undead, and also tackle the problems that come from that. It also gives some insight into how the world reacts to the person he has to become.

The characters are fairly straightforward, where you clearly know what type of character you are seeing by an eye glance. But none of the characters are very heavy in the stereotypes, they are still flexible to some degree and have some detail to them.

The animation is pretty average overall, some scenes are of course shown with some more details, but it is mostly average. Though their undeads have a rather good design.

Overall is it a fine show that is entertaining to watch. But the only slightly unique thing is that the main character is an undead. So if you are into classic fantasy anime then I would say it is a good watch.

The plot and the story are unique in this anime. Its love to be watched as the character design is much appreciated.
Our main protagonist dies and becomes undeath, and then he goes through an adventure. The story was based on that, but the way they tell that story is quite good, and the surroundings and our main protagonist were well designed in this anime. If you love adventure and action anime, this will be best for you, although the level of action isn't quite as high in this matter. You can also get to see a slice of life in this anime.