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Watched "The Faraway Paladin". Pretty good, though I felt the first half was a lot stronger than the second half since the latter felt rushed to squeeze into the remaining time (especially having an infernal recap episode take up one of just 12 episodes).
Definitely would have liked if they toned down the amount of internal narration. It might not have annoyed me so much if Will's voice wasn't so grating. Something else that occurred to me was how little tangible effect the Isekai nature of the show actually had on the plot. It was something that also struck me about the Grimgar anime, I don't know if the later LNs go into it but as an anime-only it feels like both series just threw in the Isekai backstory to an otherwise normal fantasy story because it was trending at the time.
Definitely would have liked if they toned down the amount of internal narration. It might not have annoyed me so much if Will's voice wasn't so grating. Something else that occurred to me was how little tangible effect the Isekai nature of the show actually had on the plot. It was something that also struck me about the Grimgar anime, I don't know if the later LNs go into it but as an anime-only it feels like both series just threw in the Isekai backstory to an otherwise normal fantasy story because it was trending at the time.