Anime 53590 Saijaku Tamer Wa Gomi Hiroi No Tabi Wo Hajimemashita Reviews

The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash - What an inspiring fantasy show of the alternate Isekai option to take note of. Authors, I beg you, please do this more often.

Fantasy and Isekai, they go hand-in-hand, but while the concepts are ever so grandiose, the executions become too great for the protagonists...they just take it up and become the most overpowered people ever. What naive cliché for people to only have that one direction and take charge all of the way, forgetting that there're two sides of the coin. Fortunately, for every 10+ boring, trashy OP fantasy Isekai work out there, there're ... hidden gems that don't need this trope to make its world interesting, and in this Winter season, there's one show like it: novelist Honobonoru500's Saijaku Tamer wa Gomi Hiroi no Tabi wo Hajimemashita. a.k.a The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash, that isn't trash, but a story of bitter, but heartwarming wholesomeness,

Putting the obvious death-to-reincarnation Isekai trope aside, a girl is reborn in another world, where magical skills are everything, but it means nothing without the recognition of its ranking through stars. The more stars, the more valuable and skilled the person is...is what the typical person would be like, but said girl named Femicia, has a Tamer skill, but has no stars, which she is immediately put as a scapegoat for the village she's in: Latomi Village. Everybody has a prejudice against her starless skill, even her very own family despised the fact that she was born with no stars once the truth gets out around the small village, which doesn't take long for rumours to swell around. Facing abuse and persecution all around the village, Femicia makes her escape, only to meet the local fortune teller who takes pity on her by educating and supplying for her needs, until her eventual natural passing, to which Femicia moves on further away to make a living by herself. Femicia's journey takes a turning point in the midst of picking up trash, when she finds a weak and dying slime, only to tame and give it a name. Together, the new Femicia, dubbed Ivy and taking on the appearance of a boy, together with her slime familiar Sora, starts a new journey to pick up trash and make use of their surroundings.

I really feel the pity for Ivy, having to be so harshly neglected and shunned by her home village, everyone does not go easy on her, including her own family. And this is rather enforced throughout Latomi Village where her only source of comfort is the local fortune teller Luba, who takes sympathy and brings her under her watchful wings to teach everything she knows about survivability. The problem is that the entire village also depends on the same exact survivability on her part, since Luba is also responsible for the village's crop fruits, which are its only source of income, and with her passing, the village head gets even more nonsensical blaming Ivy for the loss of her life, and even going as far as to place a bounty on her. The irony of the short-sightedness of the village head to refuse medicine to Luba for siding with Ivy, and even demanding the latter's head when her death affects the village the most, one child's life is insignificant compared to a lifetime of wealth and reputation, these people are simply scum for what they regard. Needless to say, stars do not affect the limit of a person, and Ivy was but a victim in the fire of bigotry.

Once things reside outside of Latomi Village, the situation only gets better for Ivy and Sora. Ivy gains her confidence, although still terrified of the outside world and its strangers, as she begins to witness that Sora can consume more than just tossed and leftover potions, which improves her chances of survivability significantly while roaming around as an outcast, gaining more followers along the way. Not forgetting her tamer skills for a moment, Ivy soon gains another tamed creature to her side: the high-ranking black panther adanadala Ciel.

As for the humans that she meets along the way, there're a fair few of them who would meet both Ivy and Sora, and would be monumental to their influence:
- The Latome Village's Watch guards of Captain Ogto and vice-captain Vellivera. Ogto, a very loyal servant of the Watch, is serious about his job, but is also serious at taking a liking to Ivy and always having fun with her, to the chagrin of Vellivera who usually has a calm demeanor and having to sometimes take control of Ogto before he does his usual reckless things.
- The party adventurers whom Ivy and Sora will join in their adventures: Flaming Sword's leader Seyzelk and prominent member Lattrua; Lightning King's leader Borolda and prominent meber Rikvelt; and The Green Gale's leader Meela and her older twin brothers Tolto and Malma, who serves alongside her. It's definitely a bit of a challenge to try to converse with so many people that Ivy gets overwhelmed most of the time. But as they say, praise the sun, for these adventurers don't just see Ivy as a growing single-digit aged girl (as a boy), but someone who will grow to become a big asset of their lives, not just an errand boy for their parties, but someone who they legitimately see as a potential to become a great starless tamer growing up. The party adventurers may have magical and physical attributes grown with their skills, but none are as reliable as Ivy and Sora, especially the latter, who overtime has an ability to discern who are their real enemies just by close contact.

You've got to really admire Ivy and Sora's survivability of the fittest. Despite the earlier life problems, Ivy got her act together and don on the tropey "character cutting hair" moment, which is pretty much necessitated for her charcter growth. It's the only way that she can get out and move on from her past, while being supported by the fantasy world's "gods" constantly dropping hints for the progress of maturity.

Despite being a studio mainly responsible for in-between and key animation, this is Studio Massket's first fully featured anime series, and just by itself, the production values are simply put, out of this world. In its 7 years of business since the studio's founding in March 2017, it has participated in the animation phases of a ton of shows, too many to count. And within this show, it just shows of the talent from the staff team behind directors Naoki Horiuchi and Shigeyasu Yamauchi (the latter serving as chief director). Though I have the feeling that this is a rather one-off project to see where the studio lies by its capability of taking full-on anime projects in the long run. We'll see then of where Studio Massket will lean towards next.

The music leans into the entire atmosphere of the anime quite well, actually. VA Aina Suzuki did a great job acting as Ivy, and even for her character OP song, it's a very nice song, with even more impressive rotoscoping visuals that are just gobstopping with seamless quality. Tei's ED song "Because" is a rather calm song that displays more of the show's resting, slice-of-life atmosphere, and that's not a bad thing at all IMO.

The one word I constantly find myself with when watching this show is "surprise", because I'm legitimately surprised at how the show finds itself full of drama and fantasy, yet never once be a victim to the vice of absurdity nor of the typical tropes, which if there's one bad thing, it would be that the show is severely underrated. It's just so tender when you see humanity be served on a platter that matures you and the encouragement of wanting to grow for the better, which on the basis of this show, does that to the fullest degree to "purposefully" hit you in the feels as hard as possible.

Seriously, throw away all OP-ness and fanservice. Saijaku Tamer wa Gomi Hiroi no Tabi wo Hajimemashita. a.k.a The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash is what we need for a refreshing take on the over-objectified Isekai fantasy trope, with hints of subservient love and care given with a reason no other than to protect a child's innocent growth, yet not stumble him/her when adversities come their way in one's prime.

A tearjerker's story and sense of purpose, you won't find a better one than in Saijaku Tamer with a slow-paced, yet straightforward story that delivers on all fronts.

Story of abandoned kid journey. Pace is really slow, not in bad way, but its a shame that there is only 12 episodes, as this amount seems inadequate with this pacing to get anywhere.

There is element of isekai as this girl seems to share her mind with some person from modern Japan, so far this quirk seems to do almost nothing. Beside that she is considered cursed girl based on some skill rating. It is shown that this prejudice overshadow everything, even basic love for own kids.

Animation looks good, and art seems above average. Main purpose of this story seems to hit you as hard ... as possible in your feels (and it works).

This anime depicts what happens when one chooses side quests over the main quest, not because the protagonist doesn't want to, but because it's overwhelming. Instead of striving to be the strongest, she's content with being the "weakest." Rather than picking fights, she prefers picking up trash. Instead of gathering resources to combat formidable foes, she focuses on earning money to buy bread and food for her pet. She opts for short-distance travel to stay safe rather than seeking a glorious purpose and confronting danger.

The anime unfolds at a leisurely pace, narrating the story of a runaway girl doing her best to live a simple ... life. It lacks flashy action or impressive magic casters, maintaining a grounded and simplistic fantasy aspect. The main character is lovable—brave and mature, yet the author skillfully portrays her youthful essence.

The opening music is outstanding, and the ending music is beautiful. The animation is colorful, but don't be deceived; despite its comedic moments, the anime delves into serious and bleak themes such as child neglect, racism, and abuse. It dares to portray death.

Highly recommended for those seeking a slow-paced yet straightforward story.

Super cute anime, this doesn't have a big plot that involves tons of fighting or anything like that, this is more of a laid back cute show that can touch your emotions a bit if you have any. Aside from episode 3 the rest of the episodes are more cute and some are wholesome especially episode 6. A tamer on her journey of just trying to find a place where she belongs and can be accepted, she doesn't want to become the strongest or revenge, she just wants to be accepted and to be able to live in peace.

The animation is nice, and the two ... pets she tamed are cute. One slime and One big cat.
Definitely recommend if you want something cute with some sad backstory that will make you want to root for the MC.
Also it is isekai however she doesn't remember her past life that much.
No big drama and no harem or fan service from what I have seen so far. Maybe one antagonist character in episode 5 can be considered a bit of fan service because of her shirt but she wasn't really on screen much just a couple scenes.

Aina Suzuki made the perfect opening for this anime.
The story of Femicia, now Ivy is that of a girl looking for a place where she can stay and live without being persecuted by the village that saw her grow up and firmly believes that she will only bring more misfortunes by being a tamer without stars.
Taking refuge in forests, caves and trees, with a strange slime she managed to tame.
Surviving on the leftovers of other adventurers is the great message that 'one person's trash is another person's treasure.'', while showing us Ivy's day to day life with a good animation.
The opening made me ... shed some tears, it seemed that Ivy was singing what she feels.

This anime is very beautiful It deserves a score of 8 and above This score and low number of followers is really unacceptable
(this happened because of the awful trailer)
A very peaceful and lovely atmosphere with a sad and adventurous story of a rejected girl
It has good art and the story is excellent in its genre.
The characters are very well made and realistic So far (episode 5) it was not boring and exceeded my expectations
Do not pay attention to the number of viewers and the low mal score and enjoy the anime.
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In general, until this episode, I didn't find anything wrong with this anime, only ... the small number of episodes (12) makes me worried that it won't be able to present a clean work or it will end half-done.
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I will tell you a short summary of episodes 1 and 2 here (if you have doubts, read the anime to see it, otherwise you might spoil episodes 1 and 2) In a world where everyone has the ability to use magic and everyone is born with a number of stars that show their magical power Meanwhile, our main character is a little girl who is born with zero star and in their religion it means being rejected by God and being ominous for her village and the people of the village and even her parents are planning to kill this child and they believe this. The child must be returned to God, but with the help of the village horoscope, the child survives and moves from the village to an unknown destination and faces many dangers such as people from his own village who are looking for him to kill him, wild animals and bad people.

Abandoned by her own parents and with a bounty on her head, pitiful 8-year-old Femicia is forced to run far from her hometown to survive. She embarks on a journey, now truly alone. Weak, poor, homeless, and rummaging through dumps to survive.

This is a fantasy anime that follows the unusual POV of an abandoned child. It is so adorable, but so tragic, it's hard not to root for her happiness.

To address the elephant in the room, it's unadvisable to come into this show expecting a typical 'isekai' experience.
- It is not a power fantasy.
- It does not try to immediately hook you ... in. No overpowered abilities, exciting quests, nor ambitious goals. At least not in the considerable starting portion of the anime.
- There is no 'isekai protagonist' here. - The protagonist's characterization and behavior is that of a genuine 8-year-old child. The 'past life' is just a little nagging voice in the child's head.
The unfulfilled expectations caused by the genre might be one reason why this show isn't having the best reception.

With her handy guidebook on hand, the little girl goes on an adventure and explores the world, taking in plenty new sights and having plenty new firsts. Along the way, she will have small discoveries, encounter terrifying situations, and maybe even make a new friend.
Because of this slow and personal way of writing the story, the show feels very humanly personal, as we closely and organically follow the life of a weak, scared little child doing her best in a world that seems to be against her.

The world also opens up at a slow pace to let us, the viewer, soak in the intrigue of these new experiences alongside the child. This uniquely personal fantasy experience is precisely what makes this anime feel so special and magical. Even more so combined with the beautiful art, soundtrack and execution.

Truly a hidden gem of the season. A stunningly beautiful OP and ED as well.

Recommended for those who like slow-paced shows with good story building, and character development.

Story: The story is very similar to pretty much any other isekai, but what makes it stand out is the execution of that story. It follows the traditional route of introducing characters first and then giving their backstories but handles each element quite elegantly, unlike an average isekai. This gives a fair amount of time to each of its genres and themes, be it drama, adventure, fantasy, or even isekai. You won't easily find an isekai where you get reminded of the isekai element every episode. But still, some of the ... parts of the stories in later episodes might feel a bit stretched.
7.5/10

Characters: The story revolves around Ivy and there are many secondary characters, and most of them impact Ivy's character development. So none of the characters' introductions feel forced or unnecessary. There aren't many cheesy characters that an average isekai has.
8/10

Art and animation: The studio is pretty new, considering that, they did a pretty solid job on both the art and the animation and one will barely notice any flaws in animation.
8/10

Soundtrack: It has a decent soundtrack that might sound like a classic Disney fantasy soundtrack.
7/10

If you liked Frieren, Campfire cooking you'll like this one.

This anime is the salvage of this season. Buried deep beneath of this seasonal choices that first catch the eye.

The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash is indeed came as a pleasant surprise with its nice animation quality and its unique isekai setting. However my main intentions to review it this early is for two reasons.

If you are highly sensitive, there are a few things you have to know about this before you start.

It has two main factors that for me personally makes it a hard watch.

1. It is extremely adorable.
2. It is way too dramatic
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It has a slice of life setting, which implies that it can be slowly progressed and mainly focuses on the main character daily activities. The “issue” comes with our lovely MC, Ivy. She is the cutest little thing ever. To the point it makes me emotionally unstable.

And then on top of that we have a dark backstory, which is just way too dramatic (kinda unrealistic), but it is to set up its main story.

As for now, whenever a new episode comes out I became hesitant about to watch it, because it’s way too emotional for me personally.

So if you struggle with this topic, it can be a hard watch. However, I like to believe that most viewers are just going to be fine with everything hopefully.

As for the animation, it sincerely holds one of the most beautifully done animations of this season. The side characters aren’t that detailed, but instead we have a charming and super adorable main character. And during her little journey we get a chance to explore beautiful places and even find some cute companions on the way.

Its animation is colourful and vibrant, which screams nature at its finest.

It looks promising, but nothing out of the ordinary other than how incredibly adorable and touching it is. It does quite well for a slice of life anime and for this reason it is a must watch for the fans of its genre.

Score 7/10 ⭐️

Thank you for reading!

English:
Honestly spectacular. I love this TV show. In my opinion, it is perfectly balanced between drama, fantasy and comedy, without falling into the vice of absurdity or cliché. Although it is the classic story of the protagonist who takes advantage of the bug to take advantage of the memories of her past life, this resource is not abused, so it is not tiring. Furthermore, you can see how the protagonist grows in each chapter, maturing and facing situations that do not always turn out perfectly beautiful as if everything were a scene scripted for her benefit. All without leaving aside the tender, fantastic and comedic ... situations that end up making you fall in love with this anime.
Totally recommended. You won't be bored for a second in this anime.

Español:
Sinceramente espectacular. Me encanta esta serie. A mi parecer, está perfectamente balanceada entre el drama, la fantasía y la comedia, sin caer en el vicio de lo absurdo o cliché. Si bien es la clásica historia de la prota que aprovecha el bug de la ventaja de los recuerdos de su vida pasada, no se abusa de ese recurso, por lo que no cansa. Además se puede ver cómo la prota va creciendo en cada capítulo, madurando y enfrentando las situaciones que no siempre salen perfectamente hermosas como si todo fuera una escena guionada para su beneficio. Todo sin dejar de lado las situaciones tiernas, fantásticas y de comedia que terminan por hacer que te enamores de este anime.
Totalmente recomendada. No te aburrís un segundo en este anime.

It's good, but it's also innocent to a flaw. The main character has some very thick plot armor, she makes some decisions I wouldn't agree with on several occasions only to end up being saved by someone/something. I understand this show is probably made for a younger audience and is made to be wholesome... but it still takes away from it for me. Other than that - it's a nice story, and the animation is beautiful. This is not usually my kind of show... but honestly I just felt like watching something light and positive without overthinking it this time, and for that this was ... a good watch.

Unfortunately, there is too much suffering in the world. Everyone knows it and sees it often. Now there are also series that revolve around suffering and "The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash" is one of them.

In "The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash", a young girl is chased out of a village, apparently because she has extremely poor skills. Betrayed by family and friends, she has not yet given up hope thanks to a psychic who protected her until recently and a small voice in the back of her head that tells her of a past life. On ... her escape she now encounters several monsters, which she protects and which in turn protect her.

This is a beautiful series, the music, look and characters are really fantastic so far. Especially for not having heard of the series before, I was really surprised by it.
However, I quickly understood why I hadn't heard much about the anime. It's about how desperate a little girl is and how she suffers. That's the pivotal point of the series and it throws you in at the deep end. There may be series with similar themes, but I don't know of any that are really about suffering and trauma without really softening it. The little girl is constantly reminiscing about her sad past and honestly, I can't see how anyone could willingly watch something like this. Sure, there are moments in between the suffering and it's actually about how the girl heals and finds friends and allies, but that suffering hovers like a dark shadow over her every action and makes the anime sad again and again and again in a way, if I wanted that, I could watch news about some crisis area. So I have to concede that the series isn't bad in principle, the cute monsters honestly hooked me enough to keep watching, but I still found 50% of the anime almost unbearable - at least without skipping.

This one got off to a rocky start, but as it has continued, it has become very endearing.

Generally, I’ve got issues with stories that send a character on an adventure for poorly explained reasons. We’re thrust into a world where we are told that having stars is fundamental to survival, as they go towards a given skill for a given individual. That’s fine, but the series seems to both buy into this premise way too much and way too little simultaneously.

It buys in way too much because Ivy lacks stars and is exiled and pursued with murderous intent for it, mainly built on ... religious zealotry, chalking it up as ominous and somehow as the cause of another character’s death. While similar circumstances can happen in the real world, I found her family’s decision to hop on this train immediately jarring. It’s also all the weirder because this seems almost entirely unique to the village where she grew up – it’s unclear that anyone else holds these views.

It buys in way too little because, as the series progresses, it becomes very clear very early that people can subsist without stars. Ivy’s father put a lot of stock in how important it was for her wellbeing to have stars in a skill that was valuable, emphasizing that it was essential to her future. Yet it becomes clear that, while you probably won’t make a name for yourself or a huge living, stars aren’t required to get by just fine hunting critters in the forest.

So, the series didn’t do much to invest me in the worldbuilding, and even ends up leaving much of those aspects behind almost entirely just as Ivy did. If anything, the way this is built out put me off the series.

Yet, I say it is endearing, and that still holds. You really feel for Ivy and all she has to go through, including the slow gaining of her trust by others as she tries to stay under the radar. Her finding Sora, an extremely weak slime, and taming, raising and bonding with it are so wholesome and sweet that it’s easy to love everything they do. And it helps that so many of the people around them are the exact opposite of the people in Ivy’s village: warm, welcoming, supportive and helpful. That might all change if she ever lets on that she doesn’t have stars, but at least throughout these 12 episodes, you get the distinct impression that many of them accept her for who she is and wouldn’t be swayed by that knowledge. That said, many of the side characters do seem somewhat interchangeable. There’s great variety in character models, but with a couple of notable exceptions, we don’t get a lot of opportunities to see most of their personalities shine through.

And it helps that the narrative goes in interesting directions. Each new town she lands in presents a different set of both positive influences and new trials to overcome. Ivy is helped along by another personality that lives rent free in her head. Unlike so many isekai’d characters, Ivy is wholly herself: a girl who grew up in this world, rather than a person from another world who was reborn and grew up here. The isekai’d character is entirely in her head, a confidant who gives her ideas and inserts comparisons to our world. It’s a nice change of pace, though most of the time, it feels superfluous, as it’s mainly there to give Ivy someone to bounce off of when she has no one to talk to. Later in, that voice goes a long way towards explaining how capable Ivy is despite her being a 9-year-old. It does seem strange that that isekai’d personality doesn’t talk at all about the fact that Ivy, who is very rich by the end of the season, is still for some reason committed to the same subsistence practices that she was early in the series.

Some aspects of this series do end up feeling a little overly convenient. Sora’s ability to tell apart “bad” people from others, which she discovered just before she needed it for the final arc, certainly felt that way. It would have been nice if Sora was wrong on occasion or if there was some recognition of nuance, particularly with Meela, but it was still a nice inclusion. The series also drags in places, prolonging events that don’t necessarily need to play out in their entirety on screen. Maybe the goal was just to give us more time with these characters, which I certainly don’t oppose, though it does mean somewhat missing out on understanding the circumstances that brought her here. We get a nice resolution to that plot in terms of how Ivy regards it and how she sees her path forward, but scant little understanding of why it happened and how the others regard it.

But I still think this was delightful. Like Ivy herself, it went through some hard times, picked itself up and made a great deal out of a bad situation, and it’s nice to even get some payoff on how being starless helped Ivy without making her ridiculously overpowered like so many isekai would. A worthwhile watch.

It's the story of a poor girl rejected by her family and her village who wants to kill her for not having enough qualification in the job the gods gave her.

In the first half of the serie we have an interesting story about an adventurous trip with interesting events. I think everyone can enjoy this part, kids or adult.
Sadly the second half of it is quite boring and revolves around a poorly presented investigation, that part is aimed mostly toward kids I think.

Too bad they changed direction after the 6th episode, it could have been a lot better.

I recommend it if you want to look ... at it with your kids.

Kawaii! So cute, so wholesome. The Weakest Tamer is a non-standard isekai story where the main character is unexpectedly weak, so instead of tons of usual fighting stuff, this isekai gives us cute slice of life along with survival themes.


Animation / Art / General Visuals - 8/10
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Good art and animations across the board. The show features mostly slice of life stuff which involves pretty mundane activities, but the good quality animations really add some weight to everything we see, and really brings the story to life.


Sound / Music / Voice Acting - 8/10
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Lovely OP's and ED's, and nice music throughout with solid voice acting.


Story - 8/10
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The Weakest Tamer is a fantasy isekai story, but it's quite different from most others in the genre. Unlike the common trope where the protagonist gets special powers or is overwhelmingly capable because of past memories, this show instead gives us a protagonist that is weaker than most. And their isekai past gives them no more than very occasional subconscious bits of information.

So instead of our MC going on some crazy adventure where they save the world, in Weakest Tamer, our protagonist is forced to run away from home as a child and survive in the wilderness on their own, with no real powers or abilities.

As such there isn't much of an overarching story to the show, just a general desire for our MC to survive and find a place for themselves in the world. But that entire aspect is surprisingly well done, and we get some interesting storylines as they adventure further from their home village.


Characters - 8/10
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Ivy, our main character is an incredibly cute little girl who has no real powers or capabilities outside of an extreme weak taming skill. Nonetheless, they put in effort to learn to read and write, and study monsters and herbs and all kinds of survival tricks. Backed up by occasional past memories of their previous life, they're quite smart and capable. At least as far as a young child could be.

In her journeys she meets a cute little slime who becomes her best friend and keeps her company, and helps her stay sane as she adventures.

Eventually, as she discovers various villages and towns, other characters are introduced as well. Most friendly and nice, but there are also some villains for her to contest. Though the evil doers do not receive much screen time, existing more in the background.

The show is incredibly wholesome with its cast, which isn't surprising considering how cute our little protagonist is.


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Total - 8/10

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The Weakest Tamer is an incredibly cute and wholesome slice of life fantasy adventure. This is not some crazy battle shounen with epic storylines and overpowered characters. No. This is a cute story of a cute little girl who does her best to survive in a world that seems to reject her.

Just a fabulous way of showing you an as usual story.

Story: Its uniqueness is the way the author wants to express the plot, although the plot is the same as usual for this anime and has nothing more to offer.

Art: best way.
Sound: Good enough.
Character: This well-made character is unique, and the background and storyline related to the main protagonist will get you hooked on this anime. other supporting characters well-designed and fitting for their roles.

Personal enjoyment: I have enjoyed it, and it is one of the best, but if you don't like this kind of anime, it won't work for you.

it is a nice anime although ivy is too shy and underestimate herself too much like she played a major role in taking down the organisation be pround you are strong😂 but anyways it is a wholesome anime with good character developement and nicely designed backstory
i think character design was very good and like animation was great because unlike this anime mostly anime nowadays use too much cgi..like i know they have limited budget but itz like some have really bad merging and cgi feels too much artificial and even though there were so many character each character was well designed despite their different looks ... and style like many animes use similar character design like face structure and other but this anime especially excelled in terms of character design....thats all i guess even though i have a lot more to say

Could have been better.

This anime started off so strong. I was hooked right away. It's rather sad and lonely, but soon the main protagonist finds a companion who is in a similar situation as her. Sora is a treat I didn't know I needed. He is adorable and I'd give anything to see his stoic expression every morning.

Anyway. The first half of the anime is about struggling, survival and wonder. It is this that made me fall in love with it.
Then came in the second half and I still did enjoy my time watching it. It just kind of threw away most of ... what I liked in the first half and replaced it with a "big bad". There is some interesting parts to it, but it's mostly just a very basic story-line with no emotional investment and a whole ONE confrontation. It is so bland the writers themselves forgot to tell us what the motives of the "big bad" even were after all was done and finished. If you think about it a little it just doesn't make any sense at all. They really dropped the ball on that one.

At least the last episode kind of made up for the dullness and gave me a tear jerker of an ending.

Music 9/10
Visuals 8/10
Story 6.5/10
Wholesomeness 10/10

Overall 8/10

I definitely want season 2, it's good enough for that and that is why I'm writing this review. Well, in short, if you like the combination of slice of life and isekai adventure, this is for you.

In term of isekai genre, this anime is quite refreshing and unique from typical isekai anime. The protagonist is portrayed weak just as the title promised, and unlike typical reincarnation the MC doesn't retain full memory of her previous life, she is properly herself with her personality and traits, she only has bits of thoughts as things happening around her as if she has second self in her mind, ... and the anime is portrayed as if you (the audience) are her second self, so occasionally she would talk to you (the audience) in a FPS POV way.

Though, I must say this might be not everyone's cup of tea and might be boring for some people, I just can't deny the differentness this anime provide, if you are open minded this anime is actually quite good. At least in my experience, I get the feeling of comfort watching it, it has this wholesome vibe. Despite the theme of the world being in the setting of typical RPG world, there isn't much fighting, almost none, this anime is not an action anime, instead, it's just very chill adventure anime, it's a bit slow paced, and personally I would say this anime should be a 2 cour anime instead of just 1, it's good enough for that, but also considering the story arc it's also good as is and I wouldn't complain.

Concept: 8/10
Story: 7/10
Art/Animation: 7.5/10
Execution: 8/10

The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash | 12 Episodes - 1 Season

9/10. Highly recommended!


+ Very Cute/Nice Characters
+ Very Nice OP
+ Very Calming ED
+ Nice Story
+ Cute Animals :D
... + Very little 3DCGI from what I've seen.
+ Beautiful graphics at several points.

# Counted as Isekai, though it's not too important, like with most Isekai anime.
# End, like always, leaves it open for Season 2. As it only finished in March 2024, it'll be a while until a new season comes out, if it ever will.

- Deals with some dark themes.

In general, this is a very relaxing anime. While the first episodes are a bit of a drag, it picks it up quickly and provides a lot of fun! There are some story threads that have inconclusive and/or disappointing ends, it only takes away very little from the rest of the interactions in the show. Not combat heavy, it mainly relies on characters and their interactions, which is a nice change of pace from many other Isekai, which are bloated with combat.