Goblin Slayer

Goblin Slayer

Review

Goblin Slayer, in a nutshell, is a Dark Fantasy anime that takes place in a time much like the middle ages where adventures and take on jobs and doing quests for merchants, aristocrats, townsfolk and anyone willing to pay them for their services. This could be simple transport missions, find an object mission, clear a cave or route mission or even a kill mission on a particular monster. 

There are many of these adventure guilds and they obtain their job from the local towns Guild Hall. One such adventure has been given a nickname because he only accepts jobs where he is able to kill Goblins, hence the nickname the 'Goblin Slayer'. He never shows his face and keeps his helm on at all times along with his armor. He comes to the guildhall and picks up any and every quest he can find that deals with Goblins and then goes seeks them out to exterminate them. 

There are many new adventures that believe that Goblins are mindless and can be easy prey for noobies. But the reality is that Goblins are not as dumb or unorganized as many think and this has led to the deaths of many new adventures. 

The Anime starts the first episode which is also the most controversial one of the whole series by beginning showing a small group of would-be adventures entering a cave to participate in a small hunting quest of killing some Goblins. The problem is, of course, they believe that these Goblins are of course unorganized and think it will be an easy mission that will earn them plenty of gold and guild points towards becoming a higher rank within the Guild Hall. The party is made up of your usual type of people, a Warrior type, a Rogue type, a Magic type, a Cleric type, and a secondary warrior. Soon after entering the cave they begin to realize just how much of a mistake they have made.

I don't want to ruin the story or what exactly happens but I must say that there is a lot of blood, gore, and in the end, one of the females are taken by the Goblins for actions that I will let you think about and on. The surviving member of the part and uncaptured girl which is the Cleric begins to run but knows it is a matter of time before she too is captured. However, she is soon saved by the Goblin Slayer and he begins to explain to her how they will survive and how they will save the remaining girl that was captured and so on. Years of hunting Goblins has taught him many things and he uses each thing he learns to ensure his own survival and the death of the Goblins.

Once they return to the Guild Hall and things calm down the young Cleric joins him in a permanent party and she begins to learn more about him, his past, why he slays Goblins and begins to learn how she can help him in his plan to eliminate every Goblin in the land. As time passes others join the party each with their own unique idea and thoughts and characteristics but each one that joins has heard of the "Goblin Slayer" who is known in Elven as another name...and yet another name in Dwarfen. All the races know of him and as the dark forces gather and they summon more and more Goblins in their ranks they will seek him out and rely on him to kill all the Goblins he can.

The Goblin Slayer anime is currently slated to have a second season that dives more into the development of the main character which his story is touched on lightly in the first season as far as to why he does what he does and what drives him. However as is the thing with most of these anime there are several love interests that are trying to persuade him to be with them, despite the fact that he has no apparent desire to really take an interest in the females that are vying for his affection. The young Cleric, his long time friend who he lives with her and her father, the Elf girl and the head receptionist at the Guild Hall. With all these young maidens going for him he continues to be oblivious to their actions while focusing on slaying every Goblin he comes across. 

I am looking forward to the 2nd season of this anime and hope that it will continue the arch that was laid out in the first season while adding some new plots and twists that I think this anime would greatly benefit from. 

I want everyone to know that this anime is Adult Rated due to blood, gore, language, adult content, sexual situations, sexual images, and a few others. If you are under the age of 18 you shouldn't watch this anime. If you do so you are liable for your own actions.