Cautious Hero: The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly Cautious (Episode 5) – This Goddess is Too Spooky
Seiya returned to the Divine Realm with Ristarte and his new baggage carriers, Mash and Elulu. While there he confronted a violent exhibitionist and made a lasting impact on an emotionally unstable god of war.
Cautious Hero: The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly Cautious (Episode 5) – This Goddess is Too Spooky
What happened?
Of course, they haven’t just come back for him. He wants Mash and Elulu to work on their skills too. Anything that will make them better baggage carriers! While searching for gods to train them, Ristarte bumps into Valkyrie who threatens her while squeezing her boob… Seiya is most curious about this god and rushes to confront her, demanding that she train him. However, she seemed more likely to kill him after he called her an exhibitionist. Luckily, Ariadoa stepped in and resolved the conflict. Then, she recommended another god for Seiya to train with – Adenela, the god of war. Seiya begins to train leaving Ristarte and Ariadoa to take care of Mash and Elulu.
Each day, Ristarte bumps into Adenela and just like with Cerseus, she starts to change. However, her transformation is nothing like that of Cerseus, who is now busy training Mash. Gone are her dark and dreary clothes, her hair is brushed, and she seems full of life. Adenela is completely besotted with Seiya. When they leave to return to Gaeabrande, Adenela offers Seiya a cake, however, he hates cake and tells her. She loses it and goes on a rampage as Seiya walks through the gate without a care in the world. Mash and Elulu lead them to the Dragon’s Den, a secret village where the dragonkin reside. There, they hope to get a legendary weapon that can actually hurt the demon lord. However, to get the sword, Igzasion, Elulu will need to sacrifice herself!
What did you think?
While it might appear that there is a bit of a formulaic approach of fighting one of the demon lord’s generals and then heading back to the Divine Realm to prepare for the next one, they continue to be entertaining, especially with how the gods react to Seiya. Cerseus was beaten down in body and mind by Seiya whereas Adenela fell madly in love with him and when he turned her down, she went berserk. Obviously, it’s no fun seeing someone have their heartbroken, but this was the most one-sided romance the world has ever seen and Adenela really should have seen it coming. The rampage she went on was amazing, especially as Seiya just casually walked away as if he had done nothing wrong. He definitely needs to work on his people skills.
I had to laugh at how every time it looked like Mash or Elulu had something to do that would prove their worth, Seiya was already taking care of it. He even had an automatic defence system that would kill anything under level thirty with one shot. Then, once they got to the home of the Dragonkin and there was a door that could only be opened by Dragonkin, Mash and Elulu stepped forward to open the door. However, Seiya unleashed a relentless series of attacks on it until he destroyed the door. Then, rather than accepting the teleportation circle without question, he sent a lizard through first. He’s so damn cautious!
What was your highlight?
Two moments instantly caught my attention. The first was the introduction of Valkyrie – the exhibitionist god of destruction. She was the first god to actually catch Seiya’s attention and he was quite determined to have her train him. Unfortunately, she’s even worse with people than he is. It was a great character introduction and one that instantly sets you up to want more from her, although we will have to wait a couple of episodes for that. It will be worth it though.
The second thing that I noticed was that when they entered the shop to get supplies before searching for the Dragon’s Den, Seiya almost drew his sword and attacked the shopkeeper. Ristarte was the only thing stopping him from attacking. I know that Seiya appears to think the worst of just about everyone but he’s also been right a lot. If he’s prepared to draw his sword, you’ve got to imagine he may have a good reason. Will Ristarte stopping him come back to haunt them or was she right to step in?
Series Information
| English Title | Cautious Hero: The Hero is Overpowered but Overly Cautious |
| Japanese Title | Shinchou Yuusha: Kono Yuusha ga Ore Tueee Kuse ni Shinchou Sugiru |
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Isekai, Parody |
Anime
| Season | Cautious Hero: The Hero is Overpowered but Overly Cautious |
| Released | Fall 2019 |
| Animation Studios | White Fox |
| Episodes | 12 |
| 1 | This Hero is Too Cautious |
| 2 | Too Much For a Novice Goddess to Bear |
| 3 | This Hero is Too Self-Serving |
| 4 | I So Don’t Need Any Allies |
| 5 | This Goddess is Too Spooky |
| 6 | The Great Dragon Mother is Too Sneaky |
| 7 | This Lady Knight Is Too Doglike |
| 8 | Neat and Tidy but Overly Nymphomaniacal |
| 9 | This Reaper is Just Too Invincible |
| 10 | This Man Is Too Strong for Being So Old |
| 11 | The Truth Is Too Much to Bear |
| 12 | The Hero Is Overpowered But Overly Cautious |
Bonus Posts
| Saturday Spinoff | Valkyrie |
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