Anime – Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka IV: Shin Shou - Meikyuu-hen [TV]

Anime Oct 6, 2022

Overview:

Brestia takes a side character role this time around. Its time for some raw story. Whats that, not enough dungeon the people say? Well well well, there is dungeon in here and it gets spicy. Might as well get right into it given episode 0 is all the recap a person could ask for.

First bit is a quick dive down there to get familiar with the area that we will be well acquainted with in the coming eps. Also, a certain Marie makes and appearance hehe. Wholesome interactions with bell. Again is setup for the hardship to come.

After completion there’s a new title for adventurers meeting. Expectedly Bell is the talk of city once again.

Meat an taters comes in now though. A simple expedition handed to bells group with a simple goal. What could go wrong. Well more dungeon is what goes wrong. On the way out they are met with a murder mystery, they have to investigate and assist due to the ones involved. Down some floors with this riot. Simply put for the rest, big monster, what could get worse, oh shit that’s worse. Wait it really cant get any worse, right? Who again, phew its over… right? Mangaka san please stop, its enough dungeon now.

Oh it goes from 0 to 100, then 200 very fast with the last arc covered. Back of mind hopes fulfilled while incorporating new characters and really showing off the severity of the dungeon and why Zeus is no longer top dog. Ending with a edge of seat moment that is satisfied by seeing this is 2 cour and a one season downtime to help cope with what is about to hit us.

Visuals/Music:

Visuals of danmachi are unique and have more of a blobish flow to them that works very well. Other anime have copied this style with varying results which should speak volume. The animation of fights is something else that is very noteworthy. No complaints from start to finish about how animation is done in and outside of fights. Bluerays for Danmachi are known to only further express what makes the show on a tier that allows for this many successful seasons.

Music is great as well with silence being used when needed and proper osts used for emotional scenes that help keep a viewer immersed in whats going on. While also peaking emotions during sad or intense scenes. Where it falls short is the use of mic rupture/peak sound effects. These mic rupture effects are something many shows put in to try and show a more powerful event happening, but it really takes away from immersion and harms the scene. However, with the caliber of animation and ost that danmachi carries with it, mitigation of demersion is able to happen but it is still there. Only benefits would be seen from using better sound effects for many scenes.

Final Thoughts:

Highly recommend danmachi to others as it is a show with a great world built around it and an even better character and story wrapped around it.

Brestia may not make an appearance as prominent as other seasons which is a shame. Somehow it truly doesn’t matter much though lol, the rest of this season carries it hard where less tiddies or more tiddies wouldn’t have made a difference. When she is shown, oh is still blissful for those wondering :mrclean:

The ending of this season… LN readers, sorry to say but im glad we only have a 3 month wait kek, that 9 month wait for the next volume must have been hell, a hell worth waiting for though lol.

Characters (main) – 5/5

Characters (sub) – 4/5

Enjoyment – 4/5

Visuals – 5/5

Music – 3/5

Story – 4/5