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The Unwanted Undead Adventurer
Written by Yu Okano This is a story of Rentt Faina, a 25 year-old bronze-class adventurer who has been at his job since 15. One day, he ends…
Books: The Unwanted Undead Adventurer
By Shelley Pallis. The trouble with Rentt Faina is that he isn’t very good at his job. He’s spent ten years wandering the ruins of a haunted dungeon,…
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Anime Like The Unwanted Undead Adventurer
Rentt Faima is an adventurer who has been grinding out low-level adventuring jobs for nearly a decade. With little talent for the job, he is stuck in the…
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The Unwanted Undead Adventurer – Episode 1
Much like how the dragon turned Rentt into a skeleton, this turned me into the Joker.
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First Impression: The Unwanted Undead Adventurer
Rentt Faina is in the second-lowest class of adventurers, bronze, despite working in the profession for a decade and training another ten years before that. But he likes…
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Winter 2024 Taste Test: BUCCHIGIRI?!
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Winter 2024 Taste Test: Snack Basue
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Winter 2024 Taste Test: Fluffy Paradise
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Winter 2024 Taste Test: Chained Soldier
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Winter 2024 Taste Test: Solo Leveling
I first heard about Solo Leveling from a friend of mine who was a fan of the source web novel. I’d never heard of it myself, since I’m…
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Winter 2024 Taste Test: Meiji Gekken: 1874
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Winter 2024 Taste Test: Delusional Monthly Magazine
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Winter 2024 Taste Test: Brave Bang Bravern!
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Winter 2024 Taste Test: The Witch and the Beast
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Winter 2024 Taste Test: The Fire Hunter Season 2
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The Unwanted Undead Adventurer #01 — Staring at a CGI Skeleton
Don't break the budget here, guys. Impressions: Here we have our second show about being in an RPG world and being eaten by a dragon in the…
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The Unwanted Undead Adventurer (Season One) – Nozomanu Fushi no Boukensha
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Winter 2024 Taste Test: Mr. Villain’s Day Off
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Winter 2024 Taste Test: Gushing Over Magical Girls
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Winter 2024 Taste Test: Classroom of the Elite Season 3
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Winter 2024 Taste Test: The Demon Prince of Momochi House
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The Demon Prince of Momochi House, Fruits Basket, Kamisama Kiss
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Winter 2024 Taste Test: Blue Exorcist -Shimane Illuminati Saga-
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Winter 2024 Taste Test: ‘Tis Time for “Torture,” Princess
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Winter 2024 Taste Test: Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable!
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Winter 2024 Taste Test: The Foolish Angel Dances with the Devil
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Winter 2024 Taste Test: The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic
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Winter 2024 Taste Test: My Instant Death Ability is Overpowered
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Winter 2024 Taste Test: Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki 2nd Stage
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Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki, Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki 2nd Stage
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Reader’s Corner: Unwanted Undead Adventurer, Love Me Love Me Not, and the Return of Bleach
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Winter 2024 Taste Test: The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash
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The Unwanted Undead Adventurer’s Lessons on Humanity
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Taste Test: Oblivion Battery
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Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!
Lively Characterization: The Undead Adventurer is still fantastic
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Okinawan Food (& Drink) Taste Test
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Kaiseki Anime Podcast Episode 143 – The Unwanted Undead Adventurer, My Instant Death Ability is Overpowered, and Delicious in Dungeon
00:00 Intro 01:20 The Unwanted Undead Adventurer 07:31 My Instant Death Ability is Overpowered 12:16 Delicious in Dungeon 25:30 Outro You can find Kaiseki Anime Podcast on Spotify,…
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The Anti-Social Geniuses Taste Test Azuki
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Winter 2024 Taste Test: 7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy!
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Taste Test: A Couple of Cuckoos
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Winter 2024 Taste Test: Banished from the Hero’s Party, I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside Season 2
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Taste Test: Train to the End of the World
it’s all about perspective! There were a good handful of shows I pushed to the top of my to-watch list this spring, many of which are sequels. Sure,…