ZeekyBoogie Reviews Review III Party kara Tsuihou sareta Sono Chiyushi Jitsu wa Saikyou ni Tsuki The Healer Who Was Banished From His Party Is in Fact the Strongest Season 1 Year I 2024 Learning AnimeIm still learning this colorful universe of animation. Please excuse my navety. This review will contain spoilers AURA OF...GRAVEL The Healer Who Was Banished From His Party Is in Fact the Strongest is like...if you asked ChatGPT to generate an Isekai and ran with it. It possesses a painfully predictable premise that certainly validates those that critique the genres oversaturation. https://i0.wp.com/beneaththetangles.com/wpcontent/uploads/2024/10/TheHealerWhoWasBanished.jpg?resize=12002C720ssl=1 The generic nature of the anime was apparent from the beginning it set itself up in a safe but uninteresting manner that left little room for character attachment. The blatant lack of backstories which seemed lazily made up for with sudden midseason flashback scenes hurt its potential for worldbuilding immediately as well. I wanted to brush the rocky start off and deem it as growing pains not all shows can pull somebody in instantly after all. But the Walmart bin RPG energy was hard to shake off. So... ...Maybe the characters could compensate for the generic story right? At least? ...Right? STEREOTYPE STRUGGLES Unfortunately not. The premise of The Healer is selfexplanatory from its longwinded title a healer Raust from a traveling party was kicked out of the group for his incompetency so he was picked up elsewhere in this case our protagonist Narsena took a profound interest in him. And I must admit Narsenas backstory with Raust while confusing and a tad rushed in essence is at least layered enough to give their dynamic some uniqueness. Unfortunately a cute flashback isnt enough to justify their mildly cringe and sort of odd relationship. They are both painfully bland in nature and carry little charm no matter how romanticized Narsena is by The Healer community. ...Fine she is a bit endearing perhaps this casts saving grace. But the lack of depth still hurts. https://www.animeclick.it/immagini/anime/PartykaraTsuihouSaretaSonoChiyushiJitsuwaSaikyouniTsuki/galleryoriginal/PartykaraTsuihouSaretaSonoChiyushiJitsuwaSaikyouniTsuki6703aa2671379.jpg Being the forgiving person I am I cant even claim that The Healers character dynamics are bad theyre average and passable to a numbing extent which I quickly realized was an overarching flaw of the anime. IN ONE EAR OUT THE OTHER https://i.yt.com/vi/0GMETzqjSTU/hq720.jpg?sqp=oaymwEhCK4FEIIDSFryq4qpAxMIARUAAAAAGAElAADIQj0AgKJDrs=AOn4CLCRuk1tLOr3Canor809nMZmFv654g The one advantage of fantasyoriented content is it always has the upside to get chaotic and fun. Interesting. Thrilling. But in unsurprising fashion The Healer is none of those things. Instead its story is paced at an erratic speed taking ages to develop before exponentially picking up in intensity for a confusing anticlimactic finish. I couldnt bring myself to feel legitimate interest in the messy unfocused branches of storyline embodying the latter half of the season in fact I almost preferred the stale lumbering nature of the first few episodes. The uprising of monsters towards the end felt destined to build tension and investment but it was just so poorly explained that it felt like a sudden rush of content to give the anime a catch. Something unique perhaps. But the more I reflect upon The Healers poor execution for such a simple concept the more disdain I feel towards my viewing experience as a whole. CLOSING STATEMENT THE AESTHETICS TRICKED ME https://i0.wp.com/www.animefeminist.com/wpcontent/uploads/2024/10/Screenshot20241006at12.17.13.png?resize=8102C456ssl=1 Could I argue that reading some reviews could have saved me from a waste of time? Yes. But whats the fun in knowing what to expect from a watch? I found The Healer on Crunchyrolls front page the day of its series finale and it certainly impressed me from a presentation standpoint. The animes outward aesthetics are beautiful and the actual animation was quite good as well certainly its biggest strength all things considered. The watch wasnt worth it although Ive seen worse things. The Healer is just so painfully mediocre that it almost disappoints more than a terrible show. At least I find comedic value in those. So to everybody proclaiming this as the most generic anime of the past season I wholeheartedly agree. ...Not that Ive seen enough to form a conclusion. But I cant see something else boasting that title. Thats one way to end my anime 2024 I suppose Follow my anime journeyhttps://anilist.co/user/ZeekyBoogie/reviews