There are many different genres of anime that have grown in popularity, but isekai series where characters are whisked away to fantasy worlds have become increasingly prevalent.

It’s also become a growing trend to pair up the isekai genre with video game tropes to produce unusual hybrids. Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, otherwise known as DanMachi, is one such blend of genres.

Bell Defeats The Minotaur (Sword Oratoria, Episode 10)

Sword Oratoria is a spin-off of Is It Wrong To Try To Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? which takes place concurrently with the latter show’s first season. But Sword Oratoria looks at events from the perspective of Ais Wallenstein of the Loki Familia.

Sword Oratoria works best during the moments when Ais and Bell’s stories overlap with each other and the most exciting example of this is in the episode “The Boy and the Hero.”

War Is Declared Between The Freya And Ishtar Familia (DanMachi, Season 2, Episode 10)

“Longing to Be a Hero (Argonaut)” isn’t the final episode of Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? season two, but it contains a tremendous amount of fallout and is one of the most destructive entries in the entire series.

The Ishtar and Freya Familia are locked in all-out warfare at this point and their battle plays out in a crumbling castle that provides the perfect ambiance for how much their plan falls apart.

There are some fantastic fights here against Phryne and Aisha, and Bell gets to use Argonaut again.

Bell Destroys The Killing Stone (DanMachi, Season 2, Episode 9)

Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? does a great job of playing with the idea of leveling up and how characters can progress to having more power as the series goes on.

In season two, it is revealed that Ishtar has a “Killing Stone” which she planned to use to seal away Haruhime’s soul.

This would’ve allowed her to gain an artificial boost in level so she could defeat Freya. However, this created a dangerous precedent for what people are willing to do in order gain power within the series.

Lili Joins The Party (DanMachi, Season 1, Episode 4)

While it’s true that Bell and Hestia are a strong team, Bell’s journey would not have been nearly as successful without the help of his many allies.

Some of these allies may have initially met Bell under less-than-ideal circumstances, but they ultimately proved to be integral to his success.

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