As a chief operative of the villainous Kisaragi Corporation, Sentouin Roku-gou receives orders to help the organization conquer the entire known universe. Tasked with infiltrating the kingdom of Grace—a mission that could change the fate of the world—Roku-gou mistakenly believes that his skills as a combatant are superb, fuelling his arrogant attitude. To ensure the success of the mission, Alice Kisaragi, an exceptional android with a youthful appearance named after the company itself, is assigned to be Roku-gou's travel companion.
Upon their arrival at the outskirts of the kingdom, Alice and Roku-gou encounter Snow, the commander of the country's royal guard. Snow leads the pair to a broken legendary artifact, and Roku-gou seizes the opportunity for a long-awaited promotion at his company and changes the recitation for the sacred ritual to an embarrassing phrase. As punishment, the princess of the kingdom forces Roku-gou to become an honorary knight, fulfilling part of his mission. Having infiltrated the kingdom's inner circle, Roku-gou must now help his new employer fight against the Demon Lord's Army, all while perpetuating evil deeds as a combatant of the Kisaragi Corporation.
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Stark700
The wonderful thing about the Internet is the amount of freedom we have. And with freedom, we can use our creativity to build worlds, to imagine ourselves in places where we never expected, or meet people from the other side of the globe. What does that tell you about anime? Well, it means writers are able to freely express their thoughts and ideas into their work no matter how ludicrious it is. Take Sentouin, Hakenshimasu! for example. It's written by Natsume Akatsuki, the same writer who is the brainchild behind the KonoSuba franchise. You remember Konosuba, right? Unless you've been living under a rock, thatseries became a light novel and anime sensation back when it was airing. And now, he's back. Mr Akatsuki decided to translate his ideas into this show because freedom allows him to do what and how he wants. Isn't freedom just wonderful?
To be fair, Sentouin, Hakenshimasu! is a completely seperate show and doesn't have any direct connection with Konosuba. So yes, go ahead and watch this without any knowledge would be a fairly straightforward easy thing to do. However, that doesn't mean you won't feel a similar experience when watching this goofball of a show. If you've ever felt the need to turn your brains off, then feel free to jump right in. But I should warn you, this anime loves comedy and the author wants you to laugh every square inch of the way.
As the first episode progressed, we quickly find out just how goofy the main cast is. Let's start with Combat Agent Six, the man with the perverted mind who wants to do lewd acts to his bosses, from the organization Kisaragi. Yeah, you heard me right. Six explifies the type of protagonist who says what's on his mind and does what he wants, or even who he wants. Out of every character in the show, we see him perform the most lewd acts and because it's part of his mission to collect "Evil Points". I don't know how high the author was when he created Six but let's just say that he is about as obnoxious as a protagonist can get. Joining him as a group of female characters including Alice, Snow, Rose, Grimm, and his superiors. The majority of the show follows Six's group to collect evil points and and completing missions. No, it's not an RPG because Six himself isn't into roleplaying. He only seems to care about himself at first but he does get the job done when the time calls for it. Surprisingly, Six is actually efficient with some of his clever yet underhanded tactics. In various episodes, he behaves like a fool but can also be a badass when he wants. I don't mean type of badass that will make his look enemies weak. What I mean is that Six can be very efficient with his combat skills and it's why Kisaragi decided to employ him as an agent on their assignments.
Six doesn't carry this anime all on his shoulders. We can't ignore the pretty android Alice, can we? Out of all the main cast in this show, she is perhaps the most normal and that's saying a lot when you realize she isn't even human. Unlike Six, she demonstrates a serious attitude on her assignments and often berates him for his foolish behavior. Their first meeting in the show starts out rocky but over time seems to get along well enough to get jobs done. Then, there's Snow, the woman with the haughty attitude and executive officer serving under Six. Their relationship in the show is comically toxic. By toxic, I don't just mean it as drama, insults, and names thrown at each other. What I mean is that Snow has to deal with Six for he is if she wants to remain in her position. And as fate turns out, she does warm up to Six and the others as time drags on. That doesn't refrain Six from talking lewd words to her though. Outside of these three, there's also Grimm, the flirtious redhead in the wheelchair. And despite being flirty, she becomes embarassed when lewd acts are performed on her. Many episodes shows that she is a pure hearted girl inside but acts like the opposite outside. And last but not least, there's Rose, a mascot of their group with a massive appetite. It seems when the author created her, they wanted a main character to fill the void of a gluttonious girl. When you package these characters together, you get perhaps the most idiotic group of 2021.
Let's not get too ahead of ourselves though. Outside of Six's group, we also need to know about Kisaragi and their goal. What is Kisaragi? The easiest way to say it is that they are an evil organization. Sure, they are "evil" but to emphasize, the show doesn't protray them as malicious as they sound. In fact, Kisaragi has moral obligations and I dare say that their members aren't evil at all. Freezing Astaroth and Flaming Belial are two members who tasked Six to collect "Evil Points" but the way they protrayed their assignments almost seems like a parody. Evil Points is collected by evil deeds but the anime subverts and downplays as a joke. That is also thanks to Six's actions such as trying to gain evil points by lifting Grimm's skirt. Regardless, I think once you've seen the first few episodes, you'll realize the anime isn't bound on showing how "evil" Kisaragi is at all.
Tagged with some of the familiar genres you'd expect from the Konosuba author, the anime itself loves its running jokes. There's countless recurring gags such as Snow's money fetish, Six's perverted way of living life, or Grimm being the target of sexual harassment. Sexual references and allusions is also common thanks to words being misunderstood. For instance, a conversation between Six and Grimm once gave him the impression of sex when she actually wants to eat him. There's also dick jokes thrown around by Six's perverted mind to the princess Tillis. It seems at every opportunity, this show will make fun of itself in some shape or form, usually the perverted way.
Sentouin, Hakenshimasu! is the type of anime that you can recommend to your friend but I'd be careful if they've never seen something similar like this before. They might get the wrong impression or message of what the author wanted them to see. But if you're watching this show on your own, let's just say that turning your brain off is an understatement. In fact, turn all common sense off because this anime has transcended beyond the realm of normalcy. This is far from a normal show and the author wanted you to be free to experience their work. Isn't being able to express your thoughts like this so freely just wonderful?
IrrelevantGuy
Sentouin, Hakenshimasu! is basically a retelling of KonoSuba—only much, much inferior. That's not to say that it's particularly a bad anime, but does that matter much when pretty much the entire time I was thinking: "I wish I was watching KonoSuba instead." The idea of parodying isekai RPGs was novel few years ago. However, after the release of countless light novels and anime that have parodied/attempted to parody isekai, this concept has become painfully dull as practically everything about the genre has already been covered. Originally a light novel by Natsume Akatsuki—the creator of KonoSuba—Sentouin, Hakenshimasu! is essentially just another unremarkable isekai parody. I know whatmost of you are probably thinking. Given the fact that the original light novel is written by Akatsuki, we should be expecting another side-splitting comedy anime, but in reality, Sentouin only dreams to be as funny as KonoSuba.
KonoSuba was one of the first anime to parody the then ubiquitous isekai genre, which is mainly why it had become so popular. However, no matter how distinctive the set-up was, what primarily made KonoSuba so enjoyable were its flawed yet exceptionally hilarious characters. The comedy of Sentouin is dependent on its characters as well, but the difference is that most of the characters aren't nearly as likeable and entertaining; they are more or less the watered-down versions of KonoSuba characters.
Sentouin's comedy is mostly hit-or-miss. Most of the jokes involve sexual matters in one way or another, which I mostly don't find funny. I won't pretend that I'm a "mature" guy who doesn't laugh at lewd jokes, because I'm not. Gintama is one of my favorite anime of all time and it contains a fair amount of sexual humor too, but that's far from what essentializes the series (the same could be said about KonoSuba). In contrast, one of Sentouin's essential parts IS the lewd comedy; taking out the lewd jokes would be like removing one half of the entire show. To make it worse, the hackneyed lewd humor crosses the line multiple times in the series, which includes the protagonist Agent Six shamelessly groping the female characters, pulling down their panties, forcing them to do lewd things, etc.
This also brings up the topic of using repulsive fanservice as a means of "comedy".
KonoSuba isn't entirely immune to this either, but the issue of fanservice is far, far more prevalent in Sentouin. There are several distasteful panty and cleavage shots in the show that serve no purpose besides appeasing the horny fanbase. This doesn't mean I can't stand "meaningless" fanservice at all. I'm a fairly big fan of the To LOVE-Ru franchise (Darkness, specifically) which is full of pointless and over-the-top ecchi scenes. However, when most of the fanservice is followed by a creepy guy making crude and despicable jokes about it, I think it's reasonable to display some concern.
A lot of people seem to liken Agent Six to Kazuma, but these two aren't the same. Despite his perverted tendencies, Kazuma is surprisingly a very well-written character. Unlike most of his peers who are protected by the mythical object known only as "plot armor", he actually uses his brain to solve his problems. Deceptively clever and knowledgeable, Kazuma is the main (or perhaps the only) reason why his practically dysfunctional group manages to do something useful sometimes. His witty remarks, sneaky tactics and ingenious schemes are one of the prime aspects that make KonoSuba so entertaining.
On the other hand of the spectrum, Six's essential character trait is the fact that he is a giant creep. He is pretty much Kazuma—if Kazuma was made thousand times more stupid and creepy. In the anime, Agent Six himself doesn't do anything useful for the most part (it's usually Alice who does the actual work) and instead causes trouble for others on a regular basis. Most of his jokes aren't even remotely funny. Rather, his creepy and idiotic behavior only makes you annoyed and uncomfortable. Despite that, like every harem protagonist, all the girls surrounding him seem to find him charming for some reason.
Fans will probably say Six does these awful things only so that he could gain evil points, but that's a complete lie. Pretty much all of the times, Six actually enjoys the detestable stuff that he does. Although there are a couple of occasions where he does become remorseful for his actions, they are few and far between. And even if I disregard that argument, integrating evil points into the story is still just a convenient plot device to include fanservice as much as possible; it doesn't rationalize the sexual harassment whatsoever.
Luckily, not everything about Six is irredeemable. There are times when he can actually be a nice person. Take a scene from episode 7 for example, where he found Mokemoke adorable and wanted to be friends with it—tell me that wasn't heartwarming! (although the ending is morbid) Moments like this are one of Six's few saving graces and probably one of the best parts of the entire show. Unfortunately, when you take his countless loathsome deeds into consideration, you realize that Six ultimately doesn't amount to much more than a scumbag. And no, being self-aware about it doesn't help.
Most of the other significant characters—which are all females—primarily exist for being the unfortunate victims of fanservice and Six's sexual harassment. They aren't as unlikeable as Six to be fair, but that isn't really saying much. Similarly to KonoSuba, pretty much the entire cast of Sentouin is extremely flawed, but whereas the former uses the imperfections of its characters to make them more endearing, in the latter it mostly makes them annoying. Alice is probably the most likeable of all the characters; her clever and deadpan personality is a nice change of pace from the usual idiocy.
In terms of narrative, it wouldn't be too far-off to say that there's absolutely nothing remarkable about Sentouin. It blatantly rehashes the fundamental tropes of most isekai parodies and doesn't bother to add much of its own flavor. The obvious lack of originality makes the show kinda tiring to watch at times, especially when you consider the fact that there are already a multitude of anime that are based on the same basic concept and follow the same story patterns. Another apparent flaw regarding the storyline, and possibly where Sentouin falters the most, is how the show handles its serious side of things.
Despite mainly being a comedy anime, Sentouin does contain a reasonable amount of drama, and I honestly wouldn't have any issues with it—if it wasn't this poorly written. There is an overarching plot in Sentouin that revolves around the conflict between humans and demons, and it's all hastily put together and doesn't mesh well with the comedy. I get it, the plot is only supposed to be a side-dish here, not the entire thing. But if you think putting in the right amount of ingredients is too much of a hassle, why did you bother to give me the side-dish to begin with?
During dramatic scenes, the characters suddenly become attached to each other for the sake of plot progression. When something serious is about to happen, they suddenly act like they have always been best friends. But here's the problem—they never had any proper bond in the first place. The anime does pretty much nothing to flesh out its characters in a meaningful way, so dramatic scenes like this can only be seen as awkward and pointless. I mean, tell me how I'm supposed to think those guys are being serious when one of them literally pulled down a girl's panties few minutes ago.
Amidst all this chaos and stupidity, Sentouin does have a few morsels to offer. One of the plus points of the show is that it's at least aware of its own inanity, and while that's not necessarily always a good thing, I can still appreciate the honesty (as odd as that sounds). There's something quite exasperating about watching a show that is being ostentatious with its comedy, and Sentouin fortunately isn't guity in that regard. Of course, self-awareness can only carry a show so far, but at the very least, it made Sentouin a tolerable experience.
The comedy doesn't always disappoint. Akatsuki has proved in KonoSuba that he is a talented author, and his brilliance occasionally shines in Sentouin as well. Character dynamic is one of the key things to consider when you are making an anime (especially if it's a genre like comedy that primarily relies on characters), and while the characters of Sentouin generally share a rather feeble bond, their dynamic during comedy scenes is surprisingly quite strong. Unexpectedly, there are some well thought-out jokes here and there that don't shamelessly resort to fanservice, and utilitize the characters' dynamic instead for which they are actually clever and funny.
Remember that I said the characters are annoying? Well, that's not always true. Like Agent Six, all of them have their own great moments. There are occasional moments in the anime when their charm shines through; especially when they are together, they are able to complement each other pretty well. Because of their strong dynamic, sometimes it's quite entertaining to watch the characters simply goof around. From time to time, they can be reminiscent of KonoSuba's quartet, reflecting the latter's usual charisma and excellent compatibility, which should be a plus point for KonoSuba fans like me.
The animation of Sentouin is actually pretty good, although nothing particularly remarkable or worth taking notice of. The character designs are obviously designed to be attractive, and attractive they are. If you simply want some cute girls to gawk at, Sentouin should be able to meet your expectations quite easily. On a side note, the costumes of the characters are fairly varied and distinct; I have to give the artist a pat on the back for that. The background designs aren't half-bad, either.
Like most light novel adaptations, the soundtrack of Sentouin mainly consists of generic upbeat tracks. That doesn't mean that it's bad though; it actually works well with the lively nature of the anime. The dramatic scenes, however, tend to be rather unengaging since they are mostly accompanied with trite and overly sentimental music. The opening "No. 6" is a pretty generic J-pop song that has some annoying parts, but it does suit the vibrant style of the anime. The ending song "Home Sweet Home" is quite catchy and has a soothing vibe to it, which I personally find very charming (Alice's voice is amazing).
Sentouin isn't entirely meritless. Although I have been fairly critical about the show in this review, I have also said that I did enjoy it. Sure, the comedy is mostly trite and inane, but I have to admit that it still made me laugh sometimes. Sure, the characters are generic and can be pretty annoying, but I have to admit that they still kept me somewhat entertained. For what it's worth, Sentouin can be quite enjoyable despite all its flaws, so I found it a bit difficult to actually dislike the show.
But then again, I would have had a much better time watching KonoSuba instead.
SanaeK10
Sentouin is crude, low brow, and juvenile as all hell. And yet I laugh every single time. Not every show has to be meaningful or high brow, but I'm glad shows like these can exist alongside and contrast against other elitist pretentious crap. You know you've got a gem of a show when even the episode previews are entertaining. Like seriously, there's an entire episode that's basically a 20 minute long episode preview and it's still funny as hell. Sentouin hits you with jokes like a machine gun. The jokes come fast and even if one doesn't hit, another one soon takes its place. Evenwith the less than stellar presentation (JC Staff really shouldn't take on multiple shows per season), the fact that this show can still stand as one of the best of the season speaks volumes to its quality in writing, crude as it may be.
I love the characters in this so much. Everyone's a complete asshole in this (apart from Heine, maybe Astaroth), and I love the tokusatsu-isekai hybrid they have. It's very fresh compared to the gamut of isekai out there in the market and the over-the-top nature of the tokusatsu world No.6 hails from just complements the isekai-ish world he ends up in. Sure the MCs (apart from Alice) do hesitate doing actually evil stuff, but in the moment when you're watching each episode, you wouldn't mind the hesitation so much.
Also I must note this show contains quite possibly my favourite fake-out confession across any anime. It's a testament to how strongly written and likable (or like-to-hate-ness) of the characters.
You really couldn't ask for more. Sentouin has been a real blast to sit through and I always wonder there's another wacky dumb comedy out there somewhere to fill the hole in my heart.
8/10
KANLen09
Natsume Akatsuki. This name should be very familiar to the big crowd of cultured people who watched KonoSuba before, not adding that his later work (Hataage! Kemono Michi) is hideously average at best. But what else is this author hiding? This show! And it's none other than Re:Zero author Tappei Nagatsuki whom found out that Natsume Akatsuki was actually hiding this work from superiors at Kadokawa, and if you know anything about the AniManga industry, if your work is noticed, you're gonna get rekted the hell outta deadlines and such. That's why he hid it from Kadokawa, and the snitch was just waiting to happenin time to come. So in regards to the original source material (and this anime), you can thank the "Return by Death" God that is Tappei Nagatsuki for revealing this well-hidden work to the world. Also, same industry friends be snitches LOL.
Despite being released later than KonoSuba, it was actually Natsume Akatsuki's very first work with the whole "another world" ancient, sci-fi, interstellar joke of a setting with plain stupid and idiotic characters, most of which bear a lot of resemblance to KonoSuba (that the latter series refined on it and was a smashing hit). If you still don't get the gist of this show, like said series, it's meant to be literal jokes one after another without discourse and contentment. We all know the feeling of watching KonoSuba for the nth time, but to experience other works that may or may not have the same standard as the illusive frenetic comedy series, it's just comparing those to a very high pedestal. Seriously though, in Natsume Akatsuki's case, there is nothing that could top KonoSuba, though what was done here in "Sentouin, Hakenshimasu!" (a.k.a Combatants Will Be Dispatched!) definitely laid the groundwork into the creation of one of the most famous and iconic ironically cultured shows of the modern anime era. The former is the daily homework, while the latter is the BIG project.
Helping the fact that it's not just an Isekai, but a "transported into another world" through object means (as opposed to being Truck-kun-ed, stabbed or slept to death) that makes this show stand out amongst it's own hilariously self-aware, no pun intended, dirty comedy of the most degenerate kind. The characters know what is going on, and they're unafraid to bash the conventional terms of their existence in a shitty setting of a Black Company, one who only does "pure" devilish evil things. The MC in question is Kisaragi Corporation's Combat Agent No. 6, whom like Kazuma in action (plus a lil' bit of Megumin with that "Explosion!" move), thinks that he is on top of the world with his evil skills as a combatant, and goes around like the bad influencer that the self-proclaimed agent is the "best of the best". This show may not have Kazuma's refined "true gender equality" catchphrase, but what it does here is to add characters that provide that nonsensical jester and banter so "evil", you might wanna squinch your eyes and gouge out those eyeballs if shit goes insane. For a mission that requires him to transport into another world to solve the case of a kingdom that is about to fall to the generalist ways of the Demon Lord, No. 6 is accompanied by a travelling companion: the no-nonsense, monotone, disfiguratively straightforward and exceptional android Alice. She can take all kinds of shit that No. 6 dishes out of his actions and his dirty-ass cuss mouth, and lead him into victory, all while being a vessel of the collection of "Evil Points": deeds that range in the pervy kind, no matter how tangible it is, in exchange for useful parts transmitted from Earth when they are in a pinchy-punch. She's the equivalent of Doraemon in their world, and an extremely useful android at that too.
Once transported into another world, more hijinks arise in the form of an ineloquent rag-tag team of an unintended "harem": the boobs-heavy Snow, whose serious-but-cheap personalities emits a split personality according to her circumstances, all she ever cared for is fame, recognition, and the greed of money. In total, she's akin to Aqua in a lot of ways. Rose the chimera, a kid-like warrior that often attaches herself to No. 6, though not close to Megumin-like, but there's a cinch of that personality likeness. The Dark Witch Grimm, she's the easiest of the trio to compare to the KonoSuba crew as this series's version of Darkness, she has no shame and does what she wants on her own whim. Add in the endless sexual innuendo of "tits"-ular characters of what you would expect to find in ancient kingdoms of royalty, evil Demon Lord levels, and even some bootylicious "evil" managers of the Kisaragi Corporation, and you have the foundations of an imperfect KonoSuba in the making.
I don't want to keep stating that J.C.Staff's quality is whatever, but it's clear that this was made as a half-witted show, and director Hiroaki Akagi knows it best. Working 2 shows this season with this show and Mashiro no Oto for the Shin-Ei Animation in-house director, more than his directorial duties being stretched, with the limited resources, I'm sure that the production team tried their best to deliver on the "meh" plot that incites a lot of forced comedy, even though it feels a lot on the crass side. But make no mistake, this show is indeed watchable, that's if you can handle the cringe for majority of the show.
I'd swear that Seiyuu Miku Itou's biography is getting a whole lot more with just more than notable characters like Gotoubun no Hanayome's Miku Nakano. Even down to her discography, the songs written by her are also getting better, as is the case for this show's OP, dressed in a comical-like fashion. While character-centralized collab songs are getting old pretty fast (with the case of the ED), I guess you could call that an art that was once prominent, and in this day and age, it's not all that viable anymore.
All in all, unless you're looking for more KonoSuba, this show ain't worth your time to be looked at. Rather, I implore you to see from a different angle, that if not for "Sentouin, Hakenshimasu!", we wouldn't even have KonoSuba in the very first place. Someone mentioned that "It’s the sequel that started way before the prequel", and this is very true. In conclusion, of the 3 adaptations seen from Natsume Akatsuki, the latest (that is Kemono Michi) is a big departure, while both this series and KonoSuba are IMO considered to be in the same family tree. This show is not for everyone, and it may look and sound disgusting, but it is disgustingly good if you are willing to turn your brain off and enjoy this mindless and senselessly drought of a substandard work-in-progress.
JetStreamSam001
Combatans will be dispatsched, the english title of the anime is an anime that exist. Did it have to exist? Not really, it is just a piece of work that I have so many problems with and its even worse after I knew who the author was. So lets give a small introduction to this Anime, it is an Isekai comendy show with a cast of a loli, a pervert, stupid and fan-service. Does that sound familiar, yeah its kinda the same as Konosuba but way worse in every aspect. And the worst part is is because its the same guy who made konosuba alsomade this, piece of shit "work". The thing what angers me the most isn't that he is going to make an other comendy anime but rather again using the Isekai setting, this not only limits his jokes and you know what happens than but he could have used so much other genres instead of Isekai, but nope, an other Isekai anime comendy. And he also didn't fix his problems that Konosuba had and you know what those problems were, so lets talk about the comendy of this show and man its bad.....
Comendy in general is a very subjective genre from itself. Some people see comendy like,"If its funny, its good". And thats the thing, some people laugh at the jokes of female comedians and other don't, becuase that is how were made. We are different from eachother but we cant deny when a joke is good or not. None of the jokes in this show are good. Its mostly cringey anime references or a character doing something stupid and other characters making comments about it. The thing is, I didnt laugh once in this entire show. And to be fair I also never laughed while watching Konosuba but at least I was enjoying the anime, this anime I am not enjoying because the jokes are so bad and so boring that I just cant enjoy it. The other thing is is because this work is made by the same author doesnt mean it has the same quality, Konosuba can act like this is a good anime but please tell me, is it because of the person who created it. Now lets talk about the last part of the comendy and No....why this shit. Look, this is why I mostly like 3d>2d because of, the fan-service. "●FANSERVICE ISNT COMENDY YOU MORRON●". So, grabbing boobs is considerd funny in our sociaty. I just dont understand, why has the fan-service been doubled since Konosuba. This is insane to the point where you can make this show a hentai and I wouldnt even care. What a huge f--king dissapointment, he still hasnt learnt his mistakes. Its just sad but
"tell me why"
"Life is nothing but a mistake"
"Shut up, lets talk about characters"
Every single character in this show is just Konosuba characters but just way worse in like so many different ways. The charm is gone and the chemistry between the characters doesnt even work. They are just bland, unfunny. Not intressting and so many other problems. The author tried to recreate the characters from konosuuba but failed miserbaly. Its just not fun to watch characters talk and make bad jokes, its just f--king annoying. The characters aren't in anyway memorable or fun as I have already said, but hey, he at leas tried so thats good. But yeah It turned out terible. This is the reason why the setting shouldnt have been an isekai maybe something like a highschool or something but nope, just Isekai. *Sigh*.
Art
Just really average, so not a lot to complain about.
Sound
Both the op and ending werent very catchy but the visuals were good so thats good right.
Enjoyment
Well, I didnt enjoy this show, the extremely bad jokes and shitty references really just ruined my experience for this show. I had low expetations but now they are even lower for next season. If comendy anime is going to turn out like this in the future then I will be dissapointed...
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Comendy/story) 2
Characters) 2
Art) 6 (0.5x)
Sound) 6 (0.5x)
Enjoyment) 3
Final score 3-
Joppi
This show is written by the game guy who made Konusuba, so if you like Konosuba i reccomed you rewatch konosuba instead, because this show is not worth it at all. It is inferior in every single way you can think of. The story is about a "Evil company" and a "Evil hero". The reason i wrote Evil Hero and not Anti-Hero is because he is not a anti-hero at all. He is just a cruel and mean hero, who does bad things because the author made me do it to "compensate" for when he does good deeds that the story needs to progress. It ridiculous.The show has "comedic relief" at the most inappropriate places. The demon army will wipe out all the humans of the city if the battle is lost? Time to make lame jokes like it's a normal day with no stakes at all! The music shifts to clownish comedy music in the middle of tense moments for some bizzare reason, Why? To make it fun? It certainly is not funny, it just comes off like the guy who wrote the story had no idea what he was doing and thought that adding in "comedy" randomly into a moment would somehow make it good.
Pretty much all the characters are flat and most are unlikable. The main Character is a grown up warrior version of Kazuma, but without any of the positive aspects so he is just a perverted trash heap. Most other characters have serious flaws that don't make you attached to them at all.
In the end when i think of what a failure this anime is, I wonder "how the hell did he manage to make Konosuba a success?" Was it just pure luck that Konosuba was good and not like this? I don't have any hopes that this author will manage to do better in his career.
If you like a good Comedy/Isekai, pick anything else.
M1c3f
As is with the majority of silly comedy anime you have to take Sentouin Hakenshimasu and this review with a grain of salt. It's one of those animes that are self aware and intentionally stupid. So if you are one of the people running around on this platform who consider themself "anime connoisseur" and the "sentiment of acquired taste" please go and call out another anime for "characters as flat as your girlfriend's chest" or "story as lame as Lightning Larry Luciano" (damn a SpongeBob reference, a comparison and a hyperbole I'm getting going on this one) Disclaimer out of the way so let's roll.If isekai is a family then Sentouin Hakenshimasu is that weird little cousin that always acts like he snorted uncle Kazumas cocaine line leftovers.
I swear that's the only and last Konosuba reference or comparison (or is it).
The story hits the zeitgeist like nothing else.
It's basically Twitter as an anime. One stupid bubble bashes on another bubble on a quest to gather useless attention by harassing and insulting others while being as edgy as possible. Meanwhile, you enjoy the clash of idiotic morons and some occasional softcore porn while scrolling through your feed.
Just the way you like it.
You will find out that this description is more accurate than you might think so I don't even bother you with some actual introduction or summary. There's actually a linear plot that is featured here and there but overall it's still as deep as your bathtub. But that's fine, you wouldn't want your Twitter timeline to be covered in Kant or Nietzsche quotes.
Coming to the main selling point: The cast. Anime like these need genuine and enjoyable characters. They need just the right traits and characteristics that fit the goofy and ironic narrative. And Sentouin Hakenshimasu ticks the necessary boxes. The main cast is a solid match of characters. They are really fun to watch and in no way boring or tediously dry.
The main character is Combat agent Sex... I mean Six aka Zipperman. Hes your average degenrate twitter troll. And when he's not shitposting on some random Twitter hashtag or bullying someone on their discord server then he uses the rest of his spare unemployed day to moderate Reddit hentai fetish subs. What can I say his persona is just made to spread joy around his fellows. All jokes aside just for now but he's unironically a "better" character than you might suspect. Explaining that just wouldn't fit this review, trust me he has his moments.
He's followed by his sidekick Alexa or was it Alice I don't remember. No, seriously that shotgun wielding Loli android is the epidemy of Amazon Alexa evolution. Just call her up and whatever goody you need she will ship it. High caliber weapons, C4 .. everything a modern household needs regularly. And when you don't keep her occupied by bombarding her with boomer joke requests, question her what to cook today or beg for life advice she will either interrupt you with a weather forecast for some town on the other side of the globe or remind you of those bugging appointments or chores you desperately try to avoid.
Now to the rest of the main cast harem:
Big brain Six managed to accumulate the most useless fighting trio of all time. Competing with the likes of Jesse, James and Meowth, Shinpachi, Kagura and Sadaharu or even Megumin, Darkness and Aqua. It's just as good old schooldays: the sports ace drafted himself the fat kid, the nerd and the girl who is usually dodging PE class, as his dodgeball team just to show off how incredible he is.
So who are the lucky poeple Six and Alice chose? For starters they got themself a crippled hag with a body that is a merge of Kate Moss and Stephen Hawking while having the mental capabilities of Hagrid. Even her magic abilities are as debilitated as her limbs.
She's followed by an annoying brat. The little Kirby cosplayer has the ability to transform into everything that she gets between her chops. "That ability doesn't sound that bad it sure has to be of some use!". You could think that but apparently, little Rose only transforms some parts of her body, and let's say that "she wasn't exactly struck by luck when it comes to her transformations".
Last but not least we have the basic dumb bitch whose sole drive to live is to gather either fame, fortune, or both by using her "feminine qualities'. Trust me if she could access the internet, my my she would certainly be all over the place. But in her world, the career of a soldier is the only way to gain the attention and money she so much desires (or by digging for gold). And such the battle waifu has found her way into the group. However, having the IQ of a watermelon is not the best trait to possess in a leading military position.
She is also as emotionally stable as a certain building in new york on the 9th of September 2001
If you made it this far into the review and you think these story and character descriptions suck as much ass as Six does in his wet dreams then you should definitely go ahead and watch Sentouin Hakenshimasu, you won't regret I promise!
Animation. It's functioning there's really not much more to it. I mean its JC Staff expectations are met I guess. Bright colors but generic palates. Lame and repetitive backgrounds. Basic character design. I felt that the longer the anime progressed the less I was "irritated" by its mediocre animation. It's working for what the show is a comedy parody.
The music is just on par with the witty and stupid comedy/ dialogue and is very supportive of those scenes. Even though I gave a relatively high score don't expect killer songs or gorgeous melodies. I just think Sentouin Hakenshimasu was over average in combining comedy with beneficial tunes.
As mentioned before this is classic comedy Isekai in terms of story and characters. Both are quite basic but not really generic either. For what it is it delivers above average I would say. But you arent, or shouldn't at least, be watching this show to see highly developed characters or experience a cinematic story. You should be watching though if you want some blunt comedy and stupid punchlines for a great laugh. Sure there's one or another cringe and childish gag but who cares I found most of them quite funny too.
As my last words: "You earned evil points"
Maybe it's just me having a narcissistic touch but this line is oddly satisfying to hear.
cynfest456
One call tells that the author treated this story with more care than Konosuba. But this is another example of market trends choosing the inferior story over the superior one. Characters here just work just as great as Konosuba and I would argue even better than Konosuba because after a while Konosuba turns formulaic to the point that the studio even pointed it in one of the OVAs The story, the stakes, the motivations and the comedy here are far better than Konosuba. I truly wish the people in charge give it another shot because this is better written than 90% of isekai.
YumoS
This anime is pretty much boring. The first episodes are interesting because you get to learn all the new characters and environment but after establishing everything it gets very boring very fast. The characters are boring to the core. They do the same generic things over and over and the writing is lazy at best and annoying. I just felt watching the same episode again with just slight changes. The characters are just an inferior version of the konosuba characters and have no real personality. I can't recommend this anime if you want quality. If you feel bored out of your mind and have nothing else to watchthen go for it. But maybe you should waste your time with something better.
ren0080
I'll get this out of the way, I like this better than Konosuba. Then why did I rated it lower than Konosuba then? Simple, it's just my preference. The story is simple, evil organization sends the mc to another world to conquer it. But that kind of storyline is pretty wacky and doesn't really make any sense in the long run. Like, why did they only send 1 combatant? Why didn't they send more combatants right from the very start when they sent more combatants in the latter episodes? Like, those common sense questions are just a few that comes to my mind when thinking aboutthis anime's plot.
But all in all, it's not really a problem since it's a comedy series that doesn't really follow common sense. So yeah, watch this anime with that mindset and you'll enjoy it.
The characters, well, they might not be as developed as Konosuba's cast, but when they shine, they f*cking shine. What I meant by this is that Konosuba is consistently good, but Sentouin is hovering between mediocre and great. It has it lows and highs.
Some example of the lows is when Rokugo rage when some of his team died which is pretty hard to watch-through because of how cringe it is.
But overall, they are a good cast. Albeit a little underdeveloped. But Konosuba's cast are also underdeveloped though if I may add.
The animation is bad. Still images and some scenes looks good, but when they start fighting, it looks laughable. It isn't that bad, but it's really not good either.
The music is decent. I don't find the ost or the op and ed bad, but I'm neutral to it.
Overall, the good outweighs the bad. And the fact that the characters are more enjoyable for me compared to Konosuba makes me enjoy it more than Konosuba.
(6.4/10)
Scizor7
for anyone who wants to watch a fun anime to chill or relax this is one you should go and is also good for the people who want to get into anime So, I'm gonna be honest, I was exhausted from watching too much anime last season and have not been able to watch many anime this season, but this was the first one, I finished from this season. so here it goes. Coming from the same author t=as the Konosuba the story is funny, if I have to rank them then Konosuba is like S rank, while this can comfortably sit at the A or Brank.
The main thing I liked about this show which was better and also I held the show back was that this show had a definite story plot, While Konosuba was relaxed and targeting particularly comedy.
The art is up to the mark, of the nowadays shows, any more detailed art would have made it somehow bad I guess. can't command the sound cause I don't much knowledge about that.
But the Op was one of the more interesting openings I have seen and hear it was pretty good as for the ending it was 6 not much I can say or complain.
The character was the best thing, he didn't go for the same type as Konosuba that is good, the best character not even being a human, is the android for me. She is the best after that rose. All the character have a special treat but these hit for me and maybe.
Overall this is a very good anime to watch and enjoyable.
check My other review too ❤❤😆✌✌
Im_Stuff
Tl;dr: Watch it, it's very fun, and there's nobody to pester you about story. So you're telling me that Konosuba's writer has another anime with a male lead who stands as the true lord over the whole male gender, surrounded with a harem in everything but name and... I guess the ecchi situations (truly says a lot about our society)? Well shit, I already have glasses on my face, a beer in my left hand and my dick in the other,so let's get going. Combattants will be dispatched, with its rather straightforward name is about that evil group thing named Kisaragi, which after still being inthe process of conquering Earth decides to send battle agent number 6 (hurray for simple names) towards another world, not in an isekai fashion, it's more like space Britain looking for undeveloped savages to enlighten, not the savages, I mean enlighten the tip of their guns.
Now see this whole bit of premise? Yeah, it's absolutely useless, it will be brought up about once every other episode but that whole plot thing is kinda boring. Instead, here is our prophet n°6 bringing the gospel of his forefather Kazutrash, with more emphasis on the trash aspect, due to him not being a teenager but an actual full grown adult, don't ask le how that makes sense to be more disgusting as an adult, it just does.
In this anime, you will see our man do dumb shit, collect waifus for the sake of viewer attention and do some plot relevant things once in a while. And this Anime balances out this whole bit masterfully, not wasting too much time on the main story and instead allowing you to bask in the true strength of this anime, that is, the characters.
Combattants will be dispatched has all the strengths a harem anime has, mainly you get to choose the best girl (which of course include n°6 and that tiger guy, we are true advocates of gender equality after all), with everyone being a strong contender, but of course there is the one waiting for you, which is the one I chose because I'm always correct,but it also saves itself from its burdens, just like it's ancestor did before. Because this anime is not harem, and thus you don't need to doxx the author because he did the wrong choice, forcing you to dig into fanfictions and doujins to satiate your desire for best girl domination.
Yeah, I've said too much and said nothing again. Oh well... I'll probably see you again
TheEtherea
Here is the thing. It imitates Konosuba, does so well and openly does homages to that show. Similar to Konosuba it works well because VAs are doing a great job. It has quirky characters similar to Konosuba, but in a different way. The show has very decent art in most cases and nicely done comic parts, obviously while there are finger animations similar to Konosuba, I don't think anything can achieve the level of Kazuma in this regard. Where it's different is that mostly all parts of MC harem ( kinda but not really) are actually useful, they might be useful in a specific scenario by they areuseful. If we forget Grimm the Wizard who is sleeping all the time. MC himself is pretty capable but dumb, whereas Kazuma is weak but smart.
The only downside I can think about is connected to the premise of this story. MC and his sidekick get teleported on another planet while the rest of the gang is back on Earth. While interactions are good, it severely limits comedic aspect of it. The other part is that there are not that many characters overall and most of them are there for plot purposes with some jokes connected to them.
Background/support characters is where Konosuba works much better even if we compare only Season 1 of both shows.
I feel like Season 2 might be a game changer for this show as it seems more characters will be involved with the MC harem but we will see.
Still it's a good watch to wait for next season of Konosuba. It's great that we have an imitations of it which tries to follow the comedic patterns that made the original so great and it's not a waste of time.
You might say - why won't I watch Konosuba instead, but haven't you already?
The_Namer
I almost dropped this one after the first episode. I was expecting a spy comedy, and while the main character endlessly tells us he's a spy on a mission, he does very little towards that end. Instead he spends the whole series in a stock isekai fantasy land, being sent on standard RPG quests, with the only twist being that he has to commit evil acts in order to earn weapons and equipment from his employer. Since he's scum and surrounded by beautiful women in skimpy clothing, it won't take you two seconds to guess what form these evil acts take. All thatsaid, the show is pretty funny if you're not bothered by most of the humour being based around sexual harrassment. I can't give it a particularly high mark though because it is so relentlessly trashy, derivative, and predictable.
theGodde
Combatants Will be Dispatched is an anime about a evil futuristic corporation that isekais Combat Agent 6, the main protagonist, to a fantasy land in order to secure and conquer it for the corporation. Along for the ride is the smart-talking and highly intelligent android Alice. The story is a mess. The pacing is all over the place and most of the episodes are individual contained arcs. However unlike konosuba, there is an insanely fast narrative progression that makes this story format really difficult to follow. Massive developments happen that fail to relate whatsoever to the plot because it's only related to a single episode. Konosubaprogressed as a slow isekai comedy, with small, gradual changes that occurred in the world over multiple seasons that began to shape the overarching plot. However with Combatants, the pacing is really fast, but the individual episode plots are really laid back and slow. This gives a feeling of detachedness from the actual world the characters are in and makes the plot often feel jarring and detached.
The characters are the best example of why this show is known as a B-tech Konosuba. You've got the "perverted protagonist", "useless companion", "crazy loli" and "horny damage sponge". All the konosba archetypes are there in Beta form. However Agent 6 is so perverted and shitty he's essentially unlikeable. While Kazuma felt like a cynical 4th-wall breaking isekai protagonist, Agent 6 is basically just a jerk. He doesn't have as many redeeming moments to be likeable, and conversely, he has too many redeeming moments to be fully evil in an enjoyable way. There's just enough moral framework in the show that what Agent 6 is doing feels genuinely wrong rather than comically evil.
The supporting cast is mostly composed of very basic caricatures. Alice gets a but of development and she is probably the most entertaining character in the story - working as a good foil for Agent 6. However the other cast members are essentially relegated to their caricatures and don't really get much development (aside from Snow, but her development is reset every time she starts to change in any way, so I feel it's still not worth giving any praise over)
The art is fine, and so is the sound. I like the classic big band stuff, however I feel that it didn't quite match the tone of the show - a little too light and upbeat.
Overall it was okay. I was able to dump a few hours into this show overall and it's hardly unwatchable, but it's just not worth watching when Konosuba exists, and supplies essentially the same thing but better
Nandoveira
To be blunt: the author who wrote Sentouin, Hakenshimasu! is the same one who wrote KonoSuba and decided to make a version parodying his own work. Six is a clumsy agent with low intellect who was sent to another world with the objective of spying on that planet, so that later a megacorporation called Kisaragi can conquer it. It turns out that Six's plans are not very efficient and he is known within the company for not presenting satisfactory results, even when things go well. Shortly after arriving on the planet he meets Snow, a knight with a habit of breaking her swords, an important figurewithin the kingdom, who saves Six from several alien dogs, bringing the two closer together; despite being a villain from another planet, Six acts as a hero with the objective of gaining the trust of those people while carrying out his evil plans; He came with Alice, a state-of-the-art android loli made by the Kisaragi company who is practically a walking nuclear bomb, her favorite weapon is a shotgun, Alice is also in charge of planning the invasion and the battles; after some feats the princess of the kingdom tasks Six with assembling an elite group to fight against the Demon Lord's generals, with many men injured in recent battles, there are only a few women left for Six to choose from, Alice, Six's "brain" chooses to choose a sorceress named Grimm and a chimera named Rose, later during an operation the duo discovers that the sorceress, besides spending most of her time sleeping, is not very good at casting spells, while the chimera only knows how to breathe fire and think about food; after assembling his "harem of clumsy girls", Six has to adjust his life as a hero in the world he is in with the life of a villain in the world he came from!
The anime does not have a complex story, it is mainly focused on a rivalry between Six and Heine, one of the generals of the Demon Lord's army, and the interactions with the girls in his group; the comedic part focuses on when Six has to earn points to exchange for weapons, the way he earns points is by doing something bad, one of the quickest ways Six uses to earn points is to lift the clothes of the girls in his group or touch their bodies without permission, the anime does not have explicit nudity, but it has some fan service scenes and a lot of sexualization, and the more perverted Six is, the more points he earns; it is not a wonderful anime, but it is not bad either, it has several funny situations, and for those who like to see beautiful waifus, the anime is full of them!
johnbradshaw
Sentouin, Hakenshimasu! is the problem with anime nowsaday. An anime with no soul, no stake, no story with stupid NPC as their main characters. And unless you find sex joke very amusing, repeating that same joke a thousand times will make you tremble in joy then I have some bad news for Konosuba fan - who came to see a glimpse of their once funny and beloved show; Sentouin, Hakenshimasu! is not your show. It didn't help that by the time I started watching this anime, I've just finished the LOTR Triology very recently and currently reading the Fellowship of the Ring book, they mademe painfully realize how lacking these anime really is storywise. It's like they just created a situation and then came along with it with absolutely no regard for narrative. So me as a viewer, I can only know what the anime try desperately showing me, there's no world building, there's no back story of any characters, there's no foreshadowing, there's nothing. The so called anime is just a bunch of anime tropes compact together, to pander to the youth. And with certainty, I will say that Sentouin, Hakenshimasu! is written by a kid too since everything about this show is incredibly childish.
The characters, my god, don't let me begin. They're just a shell of what we have seen in Konosuba, at least there, they acts with compassion. I can't even call them flat because they are not characters, they are cardboard cutout that is shaped to bend to the comedy that this show tries to shove through our throat. There's no redeeming one in this show, they are dumb down so much to make every situation as cringy as possible.
The production value of this anime is below average. From characters design to the sceneries, I won't be surprised if they actually rip some of those from their previous works. I can't pay attention to the soundtrack since the anime is boring and I can't be happier when I finished it.
Overall, it's one of the worst show I have seen in a long time. And if you come to this show expecting to see something like Konosuba, let me just say. Be careful what you wish for.
RenanGRM
When I saw that this anime was announced I thought "wow this is another work by the author of Konosuba, I like it a lot, so maybe it could be good". It wasn't that good. The characters are kind of funny, you can feel the essence of a group of disastrous adventurers in that group, but it doesn't work as well as Konosuba. The formula of most jokes is very obvious and unlike Konosuba, any character other than the protagonist has only 1 joke and they keep repeating it for 12 episodes. Sure, it was worth watching weekly, it gave me a dose of fifth-grade humor weekly,but I really don't recommend seeing the anime with it already finished. The humor is boring, the characters, although funny, are very monotonous and nothing much happens in the story without jokes being spoiled because they always lead to the sexual side.
Finally, Sentouin, Hakenshimasu! It disappointed me, not because I was a bad person, but because of the high expectations I had.
Grade: 4
ArchangelEST
I don't even know how to recap this anime... Animation / Art / General Visuals - 7/10 ----------------------------------------------- It's not terrible. The art lacks detail, but the animations are serviceable and the overall background designs are pretty cool. Monsters and such are terribly boringly designed though, but the main characters stand out. All in all, there's just enough good stuff to make it enjoyable.Sound / Music / Voice Acting - 7/10
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It's okay. Main characters have nice voice acting.
Story - 5/10
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Eh... I didn't really get a good idea what this show wanted to achieve. The story is kinda all over the place. It's a futuristic Isekai that takes place largely in a medieval fantasy land. It tries to tango with the MC being evil, but doesn't really pull that off as any and all "evil" that they do is actually just childish pranks. It tries to be a comedy while also being serious, it tries to be kinda adult trivialize sex and ecchi, but still ends up all over the place with blushing and cringe romance.
The comedy feels overly forced and predictable.
The overall story doesn't really even make sense to begin with and not much is explained. Ep 1 immediately throws you off the deep end and expects you to just roll with the B-tier movie plot. I'm not really a fan of that.
Characters - 6/10
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I don't really like any of them. The MC is a frustrating walking pendulum that swings between being stupid as a bag of dirt, to too smart for his own good. Between being so incompetent as to fail at tying his own shoelaces to being capable enough to solo top enemy combatants.
Supporting cast is a bit more one dimensional, but not really in a good way. It's a cast of people with serious mental problems.
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Total - 6/10
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I'm not sure what this anime really tried to achieve. Its comedy doesn't even come close to the powerhouse Isekai shows such as Konosuba, or even the occasionally comedic Overlord. It's seriousness is similarly lacking, as the B-tier plot and comedy make it impossible to really take even its most serious moments truly seriously.
The production values aren't terrible, so I suppose at the very least you can grab some popcorn and watch it for a few chuckles.
