Summary
Fans waiting for Kaiju No. 8 content can check out The Ossan Newbie Adventurer. The unique character of Rick in the new series lacks the tragic depth of Kafka in Kaiju No. 8. The new series focuses on humorous misunderstandings and overpowered protagonists.
Warning: Contains spoilers for episode 1 of The Ossan Newbie Adventurer, trained to death by the strongest group, becomes invincible!Fans Kaiju No. 8 is definitely reeling from the fact that season 1 just ended, and even though Crunchyroll quickly announced a second season, the wait is still expected. In addition to reading the original manga, these fans can at least experience a version of Kafka's unique character type in a new series on Crunchyroll that just launched called New adventurer Ossan, trained to death by the strongest group, has become invincibleWhile Kafka is fascinating for a myriad of reasons, fans were initially drawn to him because it was rare for a main character to be over 30 and past his prime.
Ossan's new adventure, confusingly named Rick, is just such a character. He sets out to become an explorer. at the ripe age of 30 in his world where The time to start is in one's 20s -– or even earlier.As a result, he is constantly ridiculed by younger peers and even his instructor when he takes the risky test after two years of secret training.
This may seem like Kafka's unique and fascinating situation, but the key difference is that, if Rick were Kafka, His story begins after he accidentally ingests a parasitic kaiju that has the ability to grant him powers. and accelerates the process by which his fellow kaiju realize that he is the eighth kaiju.
Rick Brings Comedy to Kafka in Kaiju #8
Ossan Newbie Adventurer based on the light novel series by Kiraku Kishima and Tea; produced by Yumeta Company
This causes problems on multiple levels for both Kaiju No. 8 fans and those who are simply intrigued by Kafka’s unique motivations. Despite being limited to just one episode, Kaiju No. 8’s debut is effective because Kafka’s origin story is tragic. He tried and failed to pursue his dream, and due to his “old” age, it’s highly unlikely that he’ll get another chance. The way the anime perfectly captures his deep depression only exacerbates his situation because it implies that it will take a long time for Kafka to come out of his existential state, and since the constant passage of time has significantly diminished his changes, the implication that he probably won’t change anytime soon makes his outlook even bleaker.
Like Kaiju No. 8, it starts with Kafka in kaiju form, first showing viewers memories of when he was still a cleaner living in his messy room.
All of this momentum is lost by the time The Ossan Newbie Adventurer, Trained to Death by the Most Powerful Party, Became Invincible begins. Of course, the anime does show Rick's version to some extent, but it's only in very brief flashbacks, which greatly reduces their impact, since Rick has already achieved what he was striving for in these scenes. It's like Kaiju No. 8 starts with Kafka in kaiju form, showing the viewer his first glimpse of his memories as a janitor living in his messy room. Although touching, The urgency of the situation was lost..
Furthermore, Rick's quick demonstration of his powers to his teammates in the first episode also eliminates the time it took Kafka's teammates to realize that he was the eighth kaiju. Kaiju No. 8 perfectly captures the effective motif popularized by One-Punch Man, where the protagonist fails to show his true power and is ridiculed for it. In Kafka's case, the only thing that makes him powerful is his kaiju powers, and since the kaiju are enemies of the very organization he's trying to join, he has to keep those powers a secret for as long as possible, thus prolonging what fans wanted, which was for Kafka to prove himself to everyone.
Ossan's New Adventurer Also Finds Inspiration From Isekai Anime
Like many other films before it, this new series builds on the established features of the previous films.
Instead, The Ossan Newbie Adventurer, Trained to Death by the Most Powerful Party, Became Invincible focuses heavily on a very different, albeit very well-known trope that revolves around the comedic misconception that the protagonist doesn't fully understand his own power and mistakenly believes that everyone else is much stronger than him. Unfortunately, the kind of misconception that fans really care about, where the protagonist is portrayed as weak when he's not, is completely resolved almost immediately.
While not an isekai, The Ossan Newbie Adventurer also borrows heavily from some of the genre's foundational plot points. More specifically, it uses the point where the protagonist's overwhelming power disrupts the way their world measures a person's power to the point where a much lower reading is displayed because the measuring device can't record such a high level. Fortunately, episode 1 has clearly exhausted most of the types of scenarios these particular stories employ, giving fans some hope that this trope is an isolated incident that will spawn a different formula later on.
While it is possible, unfortunately it is unlikely to happen. New adventurer Ossan, trained to death by the strongest group, has become invincible will explore every aspect that makes Kafka so fascinating in Kaiju No. 8But Crunchyroll There's plenty of time to prove these skeptics wrong, just as the original characters were skeptical. Kafka and Rick.