Cautious Hero: The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly Cautious - Season 1

Cautious Hero is the messiest isekai comedy of 2019. Part Konosuba, part Sakamoto and full cringe-fest, White Fox Studio leave no stone unturned in making their latest novel adaptation the most unoriginal parody anime out there. 

Following the story of ultra-masculine character Seiya and his overly cautious antics, the show loses any structure or novelty of its premise as soon as the second episode begins. In the shows first episode, the audience may be somewhat impressed by the hyperbolical and overly-winky premise that promises not to take itself seriously. However, the show quickly loses that very theme of fun and grows into a far too overly dramatic endeavour.

The plot throughout starts getting monotonous, the characters become one-dimensional and the jokes boil down to three core concepts: Seiya is overly cautious, Seiya is a chick-magnet and Ristare is horny for Seiya. Having repetitive jokes is not a problem, as even some of the more famous comedy/parody animes like One-Punch Man and the aforementioned Sakamoto are made around a single repetitive joke. Nevertheless, they manage to feel fresh every time the core joke of their premise appears because the audience already knows about the comedic thread. Yes, there is core comedic thread of this show and it is in the titular name. Sadly, the thread is attached to some of the most tedious and annoying clichès out there, making the audience feel they are watching a generic isekai rather than a show that is supposed to make fun of generic isekais. 

Worse is, tying said comedic threads to clichès could have been the shows biggest strength if the writing or the story was self-aware and presented itself in such a way. However, the jokes are no smarter than jokes in a normal isekai. There is something wrong with a show when Naruto and One Piece comedic fillers — two shows that are not even comedies — present more variety and cleverness in their jokes than a show that has comedy/parody as its primary genre.