Anime Review: "Chillin In My 30's..." [I genuinely can't remember the rest of the title]
I mean, at Least Tomokazu Sugita is in it
This series was hot garbage. It was mildly fun garbage, kinda
like finding a really messed up sofa thrown out by the curb, but at the end of
the day, still garbage. The best compliment I can give this series is that I didn’t
actively hate it by the end, just felt kinda indifferent to it. Not memorable,
but I wouldn’t say it was boring enough to forget. I will remember Malika (Marika?)
at least.
Tomokazu Sugita [Gintama’s Gintoki], the voice of the main
character Dariel was fighting for his life trying to carry this series, but his
voice acting alone couldn’t pull it off. I did enjoy his performance though I
wouldn’t say it’s his best, or one he’ll probably remember five years from now.
Felt a bit like a paycheck show.
The title for this series is total BS. There is virtually nothing
“Chill” about this series. Dude goes from one conflict to another and gets
absolutely no rest, because the girl of his dreams hits like a truck every time
she runs in for a glomp. And glomp she does. So even in his down time, he’s
dealing with broken ribs every times he catches a hug.
The BETTER title for this series would be “Nobody will let
me chill, even in my 30’s”. Dariel gets expelled from the Demon King’s army’s
only to end up busy as hell even in his early forced retirement. The characters
here were all pretty standard; same tropes we’ve seen a million times before.
Demon King, Four Heavenly Kings, overenthusiastically-here-to-train hero, big-boobie
oneesan waifu (that would be the aforementioned Malika). Etc. Etc.
In the end, I found it pretty boring and repetitive, but not
in a way that made me fast forward, or skip episodes. Not entirely sure why I
stuck it out with until the end, but I think it had something to do with
Malika. I just can’t quite put my finger on which part.
A year from now, I doubt I’ll remember this series, just
like Sugita won’t, but, that’s ok. Not every anime can be Mushoku Tensei, even
if Tomokazu Sugita is in it. (Have I mentioned how much I like Tomokazu Sugita?
Is that coming across?) We need 1’s in order to really appreciate the 8’s and 9’s.
They make the 10’s feel even more incredible. This show wasn’t THAT bad though.
The art-style and animation were cookie-cutter and manufactured, but they weren’t
dreadful, or copy-pasted, like an ExArm or TanMoshi. I did get a couple laughs out
of it; plus… Malika. So, thank you, “chillin in my 30’s” for at least not
making me hate you. With that in mind. 30 / 10 equals 3, so you’ll be getting a
3 stars.
