After growing bored of their realms, the gods of multiple pantheons descended to Earth, where they create groups called Famillia (just like a guild). The story takes place in a fictional city called Orario, which also has a tremendous net of catacombs (a dungeon). Many members of Famillias visit this dungeon to defeat monsters to earn money and to just become famous. Among many Famillias, there is the Goddess Hestia's Familia. Unlike other Gods, Hestia has only one follower, who has never had a desire to reach “the top.” However, everything changes when the only follower of Hestia, Bell, meet Ais Wallenstein, a first class adventurer. Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? focuses on Bell’s quest to becoming one of the strongest adventurers. Despite what appears to be a fairly basic Dungeons setup for the story, Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? does manage to offer some good originality. There are Gods of many mythologies and quite enough other aspects that you will discover. Anyways, to my big surprise, the story does it job well. You are being introduced to a fantasy world, where there are no overpowered adventurers, their abilities are nothing but 90% of hard work and 10% of the help they get from the leaders of their Famillias, Gods. As a result, the show’s story is solidly good. Indeed, there are some minor flaws and there is nothing groundbreaking about it, but it is still quite interesting to follow. The character designs, as well as the animation are quite cute. There are many character designs, a great variety of beautiful backgrounds, and some flashy action scenes. The sound part for this anime is rather controversial. The OP and ED are somewhat average. Yet, the anime offers you some awesome voice acting (even the English one is okay!) and also a pretty good OST, which perfectly fits the overall mood of the anime. There are two main heroes. The first, as mentioned before, is Bell Cranel, a young man in his teens with white hair and red eyes. He wears light armor and usually carries around a small blade. He is a kind, yet shy boy, who has great ambitions. Never annoying, Bells quest to fame will surely make you worry for his success. Hestia is the second and the last heroine of the show. She is a virgin Goddess of the hearth, architecture, and the right ordering of domesticity, the family, the home, and the state. Although, Bell is a weak adventurer, who hardly can kill a monster alone, he is a very hardworking individual, who never gives up. Hestia, too, has only one follower and, thus no money to make her Famillia popular among humans. Together, the two are trying to reach the top. Just like the story, the characters are also quite well-made, but not flawless. The good thing, which some might hate about such anime, is that there is no harem. Indeed, there is a hint that there might be a love triangle, it is destroyed a second after. All characters are just okay and there are no serious flaws that I would like to touch upon in my review. However, the only real flaw that makes Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? not that amazing, just like in many other shows, is supporting characters. No worries, nothing awful about them, I just think they could have been more interesting. As a result, if you are a fan of RPG-like anime, Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? will surely be an interesting watch. If you have a bad luck with such anime, I would not recommend you to try your luck with this one. Yes, it is quite an interesting one, but nothing amazing that will make you change your mind. Worth checking out, 8/10.
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