I really do love anime and I'd love to celebrate its successes, but every now and then a series comes along that just makes you want to shake your head. Arifureta was a highly anticipated series with a large group of fans from the source material. However, once the anime series started a lot of the enthusiasm waned. Here's my thoughts on just what went wrong.

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://100wordanime.blog/arifureta-anime-series-review/