Sentouin, Hakenshimasu! (Combatants Will Be Dispatched!)

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Japanese: 戦闘員、派遣します！

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Type: TV

Episodes: 12

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Apr 4, 2021 to Jun 20, 2021

Premiered: Spring 2021

Broadcast: Sundays at 21:00 (JST)

Producers: Nippon Columbia, Kadokawa

Licensors: Funimation

Studios: J.C.Staff

Source: Light novel

Genres: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Theme: Isekai

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 7.15¹ (scored by 177,819 users)

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Ranked: #4002²

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Popularity: #627

Members: 374,841

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As a chief operative of the villainous Kisaragi Corporation, Sentouin Roku-gou receives orders to help the organization conquer the entire known universe. Tasked with infiltrating the kingdom of Grace—a mission that could change the fate of the world—Roku-gou mistakenly believes that his skills as a combatant are superb, fuelling his arrogant attitude. To ensure the success of the mission, Alice Kisaragi, an exceptional android with a youthful appearance named after the company itself, is assigned to be Roku-gou's travel companion.

Upon their arrival at the outskirts of the kingdom, Alice and Roku-gou encounter Snow, the commander of the country's royal guard. Snow leads the pair to a broken legendary artifact, and Roku-gou seizes the opportunity for a long-awaited promotion at his company and changes the recitation for the sacred ritual to an embarrassing phrase. As punishment, the princess of the kingdom forces Roku-gou to become an honorary knight, fulfilling part of his mission. Having infiltrated the kingdom's inner circle, Roku-gou must now help his new employer fight against the Demon Lord's Army, all while perpetuating evil deeds as a combatant of the Kisaragi Corporation.

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"No.6" by Miku Itou (伊藤美来) (eps 2-11)

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	1: "No.6" by Miku Itou (伊藤美来) (eps 1, 12)
	2: "Home Sweet Home" by Alice Kisaragi (Miyu Tomita), Snow (Sayaka Kikuchi), Rose (Natsumi Murakami), Grim (Minami Takahashi) (eps 2-11)

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Apr 15, 2024

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Recommended

Sentouin, Hakenshimasu! is a fairly average anime that prioritizes comedy above all else to the point of recklessness. The animation and visuals stand out the most, especially in action scenes where the animation feels particularly stiff, most likely to reduce costs, with much of the action seemingly occurring off-screen. But fear not, for amidst the chaos and confusion, there's a saving grace: this anime is downright hilarious. With jokes that hit harder than a punchline and characters so sexy they could make your screen sizzle, the anime delivers the laughs and the eye candy in equal measure. Despite its lack of many typical enjoyable elements, ...

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Sep 15, 2023

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Managed to finish this show on my second try. It's not as bad as I first thought it was but at the same time it wasn't all that good either. It feels as if I've seen 6 hours long trailer for a movie that's suppose to come out and might be a fun watch. These twelve episodes felt just like that. A trailer. Things happen but we jump so often from one thing to another. Writers tried to make good jokes but ultimately failed and whole thing gives off weird feeling. Whole evil points mechanic is kind of stupid and pointless since he would be ...

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Aug 5, 2022

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Not Recommended

A drop of intrigue, then a deluge of idiocy.

Much of the entertainment industry is guided thusly: when a property becomes exorbitantly profitable, find a way to capitalise on that. Some work on unsubtle repaints of the concept, others try to weasel their way into the franchise, and another group entirely decides to do something only marginally more respectable, and look towards tapping the same source. I mention this because Combatants will be Dispatched is firmly a result of this last route.

I'll make it clear, first of all, that I'm not saying that its flaws are specifically due to being worse than the creator's other, more ... prominent work, instead that it has to be noted that the only reason it was adapted, and the only reason anyone who watched it chose to, is because of its successor, Konosuba. While it'd be at just the same quality were the other never adapted, coattail-chasing is a critical issue. Any ardent message the story may have had behind it is torn away, replaced only with asinine mimicry. Not only is it trying to be something it isn't, to do so is why the show even exists. I'm put in mind of a neglected prince, born only to be a king's heir.

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For as much of a failure as this was, I can safely point to the premise as being that single sliver of worth I mentioned to begin with. There is comedic potential, even thematic potential, though, of course, neither are acted upon. That's in no small part due to the story's missteps, which is of course my forthcoming complaint. The show, in a word, dawdles. Despite the illusion of progress, no event is even remotely contributory to any other, leading to the whole production having an air of aimlessness. A similar effect occurs with the attempt to match the Isekai side of the show with the quasi-Tokusatsu parts, which ends up feeling like an entirely different show is needlessly interjecting to react to the first. As for the actual minutia of each episode, most are self-contained out-of-the-box questlines. Visiting another kingdom, killing some monsters, and so forth. None are done particularly well, so the show doesn't even work in that regard.

The cast, I must mention next. A more deplorable, more ridiculous and yet boring bunch I've never had the misfortune of seeing. Of the main party, both the men are genuine sex offenders, something already difficult to make redeemable, not that that's even attempted. The women aren't much better, each a single joke and a cup size. Much as I'd hate to write everything off with the single sentence "generic, thoughtless Isekai swill," it's the most truthful phrase I can employ. What I will give credit for is the secondary group, the Toku-villain-organisation, I forget if they were ever named. While this group doesn't get much focus, and though even then their spotlight is drifting and flickering, there's at least a discernible dynamic between the trio. Entertaining, maybe, at a push, on very few occasions, but heaps better than the other gang.

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I've gathered from other sources that the desert setting was not something the source material focused on, rather an intentional choice by the production team. This I can applaud, it's certainly preferable to yet more circular walled cities with a river through it surrounded by fields and hills. But that's about the only design praise I can muster. Character outfits are bland, monster designs lazy, and architecture uninspired. As before, I'm forced to pull the Isekai card, there's no clearer description of the issue.

Lastly, animation and music. With the former, "inoffensive" is probably the best term to use. Entirely mediocre, nothing memorable in even the slightest respect, but it's acceptably consistent. The latter is a step down, with the internal soundtrack not worth even speaking of, while the opening and ending themes only barely match the intended tone. Fittingly, what comes to mind is to note how again it seems to be trying to recapture the style of the creator's other darling. That, I suppose, makes a rather quaint point to close this on.

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I distinguish myself by providing a brief run-down of improvements wherever possible. Here, though, I'm somewhat stumped. Though I gave praise to the secondary cast and basic aesthetic, which ordinarily I'd easily point to as areas to have put more effort into, I'm left with the question of "what's the point?" It'll still be a baby's-first-Isekai. It'll still be painfully uncharismatic. Really, all I can say is this should have remained in Akatsuki Natsume's desk. No-one's early works are their strongest, this is far from an exception.

It goes without saying that this is not worth recommending to strangers, but to fans of his, almost certainly the only group even contemplating seeing this, I really must implore not to try. It's a total waste of time.

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