Anime Reviews

Is it Wrong to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?

(The first episode is above if you would like a sample of the anime)

Title: Is it Wrong to Pick up Girls in a Dungeon?

Creator: Fujino Ōmori

Genre: Fantasy, Action, Comedy, Romance

Rating: 7/10

Setting: The story takes place in the fictional world of Orario whose main feature place is the Dungeon, which contains an assortment of monsters from goblins to dragons. Adventurers visit the dungeon to defeat monsters and take their shards, which are used to craft magic items, among other treasures. The people of Orario join groups called Familia, who serve a range of functions from dungeon crawling to crafting items. Each Familia is named after and serves a resident deity. The adventurers are ranked by a level and their attributes and abilities are also rated on a letter scale.

Plot: The story follows the exploits of Bell Cranel, a 14-year-old solo adventurer under the goddess Hestia. As the only member of the Hestia Familia, Bell works hard every day in the dungeon to make ends meet while seeking to improve himself. Bell looks up to Aiz Wallenstein, a famous and powerful swordswoman who once saved his life, and with that he fell in love. Bell is unaware that several other girls, deities and mortals also develop affections towards him; most notably Hestia herself.

Opinion

At first, when I saw the title, I was a little skeptical. I thought it would be about a guy who would find chicks in dungeons, and try to flirt with them, and ultimately fail. But this is nothing of the sort.

Bell and his Goddess (he literally calls her goddess) are pretty much like outcasts in the anime. Bell is a level 1 adventurer and Hestia is (quote from the goddess Hephaestus) is a free loader.

By the first few minutes of the anime, I was like; 'Bell! You haven't even been in the Dungeon for five minutes and not only are you attacked by a minotaur, but now your covered in its blood.' But what actually made me laugh, is when his covered in blood that was spattered all over him, and the wall behind him shows his silhouette.

The anime has blood and just of splash of boobies everywhere. (We are all looking at you Hestia. Your, like, twelve.) Except on Goddess Loki. By the second episode, you find out Hestia and Loki are not even relatively close to being friends. The first thing Hestia makes fun of, is Loki and how she is flat chested.

I actually recommend this anime to anyone. It has good animation and was recently made this year. It also has some really funny moments and weird and funny characters. Also, a LARGE PLOT TWIST ALREADY ON EPISODE 2. On Crunchyroll it's already on the 12th episode.