October New Anime "My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero's" Has an Interesting Retro Art Style
Machine-translated from Traditional Chinese
I recently caught up on this October new anime, let me share my thoughts.
"My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero's" (暗殺者である俺のステータスが勇者よりも明らかに強いのだが) is a novel by Matsuri Akai, serialized on "Shousetsuka ni Narou" starting in 2017, adapted into anime in October 2025.
**Plot Summary**
The protagonist Akira Oda is summoned to another world with his classmates. Everyone else gets cheat abilities, while he only gets the ordinary "Assassin" class. The problem is—his stats easily surpass the strongest "Yuusha".
Oda has doubts about the king's actions and decides to hide his strength, only to be falsely accused and hunted down. He flees into the depths of a labyrinth, where he meets the elf girl Emilia, and begins his true path as an "Assassin".
**Production Staff**
- Animation Production: SUNRISE
- Voice Actors: Takeo Otsuka, Saku Mizuno, Sanae Kobayashi, Yoshi Tamura, Junichi Suwabe
- Genre: Fantasy, Battle, Isekai
**Personal Thoughts**
The art style of this one is quite unique, with a retro feel, unlike the mainstream refined moe style nowadays. The story follows the classic "misunderstood → escape → power up" formula, but the protagonist is calm and rational, not blindly saintly or hot-blooded.
The white-haired elf heroine Emilia is indeed quite cute, but so far the romance is developing slowly, with the focus mainly on battles and adventures.
Anyone else following this? What do you think of the art style?
"My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero's" (暗殺者である俺のステータスが勇者よりも明らかに強いのだが) is a novel by Matsuri Akai, serialized on "Shousetsuka ni Narou" starting in 2017, adapted into anime in October 2025.
**Plot Summary**
The protagonist Akira Oda is summoned to another world with his classmates. Everyone else gets cheat abilities, while he only gets the ordinary "Assassin" class. The problem is—his stats easily surpass the strongest "Yuusha".
Oda has doubts about the king's actions and decides to hide his strength, only to be falsely accused and hunted down. He flees into the depths of a labyrinth, where he meets the elf girl Emilia, and begins his true path as an "Assassin".
**Production Staff**
- Animation Production: SUNRISE
- Voice Actors: Takeo Otsuka, Saku Mizuno, Sanae Kobayashi, Yoshi Tamura, Junichi Suwabe
- Genre: Fantasy, Battle, Isekai
**Personal Thoughts**
The art style of this one is quite unique, with a retro feel, unlike the mainstream refined moe style nowadays. The story follows the classic "misunderstood → escape → power up" formula, but the protagonist is calm and rational, not blindly saintly or hot-blooded.
The white-haired elf heroine Emilia is indeed quite cute, but so far the romance is developing slowly, with the focus mainly on battles and adventures.
Anyone else following this? What do you think of the art style?
