7.324 minSeason 1 • Episode 12
LatestAfter the battle for Crays Kingdom is over, Noor is busy cleaning away the debris. Amid the rubble, he finds something that makes his childhood days come back to him.
Noor's dead set on becoming an adventurer, even if the only skills he possesses are useless ones. Sure, he can [Parry] thousands of swords in the span of a single breath, but you need more than that if you want to be an adventurer! Right?
Writing
Brilliantly dense protagonist who never gets the hint.
Practical Effects
Parry animations turned into genuine spectacle.
Acting
Daiki Hamano's deadpan delivery sells every misunderstanding.
Daiki Hamano
Noor (voice)
Ryoko Maekawa
Lynneburg 'Lynne' Clays (voice)
Nanako Mori
Ines Harness (voice)
Jin Yamanoi
King Clays (voice)
Junta Terashima
Rein Clays (voice)
Shin-ichiro Miki
Sig (voice)
Kenta Miyake
Dandalg (voice)
Megumi Toyoguchi
Mianne (voice)
Toshihiko Seki
Carew (voice)
Hidenari Ugaki
Oken (voice)
Wataru Hatano
Sain (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The light novel's title is deliberately misleading — 'parry' encompasses deflecting magic, terrain, and even social interactions in later arcs.
Part of the 2024 wave of 'misunderstood competence' anime that satirizes power fantasy fatigue by making the protagonist genuinely clueless rather than secretly scheming.
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