How did a web novel created as writing practice become a bestselling series that inspired an anime? The novel author Kanata Yanagino shares the series surprising origin story.
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The Faraway Paladin
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The Faraway Paladin episode 8
Robina “Bee” Goodfellow Rating: 3.5 As Will has begun his journey, his knowledge of the world has steadily expanded. With the meeting of additional traveling companions, it jumps…
The Faraway Paladin episode 7
Rating: 4 (of 5) Given the way last episode ended, the expectation was that this episode would be more action-intensive. Indeed, we do get that – sort of.…
The Faraway Paladin ep 4
Rating: 4.5 In most class-based RPGs (whether tabletop or VG), the process of choosing a class is not organic. In the early days, which stats one got the…
First Impression: The Faraway Paladin
Greetings, friends! It is I, NegativePrimes, your resident isekai aficionado! Always on the lookout for an X-in-another-world story that stands head and shoulders above the pack. And in…
The Faraway Paladin episode 9
Ethelbald Rating: 3.5 (of 5) Apparently, I have been doing it wrong all these years in fantasy RPGs. The correct way to bring down a wyvern is not…
The Faraway Paladin Season Wrap
After only a few episodes into The Faraway Paladin, I was already convinced it would be one of the best anime of the season, if not the year…
The Faraway Paladin Review — C
A boy becomes a paladin and goes on an adventure.
The Faraway Paladin ep 6
NOTE: Apologies for this being late! I’ve had it done since Sunday, but just realized that I failed to post it. :-( Rating: 4 (of 5) With this…
Episode 23 The Faraway Paladin
Hello Light Novel Podcast listeners! On this edition of the podcast we’re discussing the light novel series The Faraway Paladin. This one is released in English by J-Novel…
Episode 23 The Faraway Paladin
Hello Light Novel Podcast listeners! On this edition of the podcast we’re discussing the light novel series The Faraway Paladin. This one is released in English by J-Novel…
Episode 23 The Faraway Paladin
Hello Light Novel Podcast listeners! On this edition of the podcast we’re discussing the light novel series The Faraway Paladin. This one is released in English by J-Novel…
The Faraway Paladin Episode 5
Rating: 4.5 (of 5) All things must come to an end, and in many senses that’s what episode 5 is all about. It marks the end of the…
The Faraway Paladin – Episode 1
This premiere isn’t keen to rush into the heart of the action and show Will being a cool badass holy warrior. It’s content to draw us in slowly,…
The Faraway Paladin – 06 – Warrior Priest
Will’s first episode On His Own is a good one. It starts out quiet and contemplative, as we just watch a tiny Will traverse grand vistas. He’s searching…
The Faraway Paladin – 04 – Divine Protection
Gus manages to fight off Stagnate, but it turns out Stagnate split himself in two. Stagnate’s second half arrives and puts Blood, Mary, and Gus out of commission,…
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Born into a new world, Will awakens as a baby that has been taken in by three undead guardians of a long-dead city. As he is raised, he…
Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash, Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, Record of Grancrest War, The Faraway Paladin
The Faraway Paladin: Season 2 PV
So I forgot this has a second season with everything else coming out next month. Seriously, why is everything jammed into the same airing period? I genuinely might…
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The Faraway Paladin: Episode 7 [Review]
A previous memory of the past for the boy who had no mother. The seventh episode of Faraway Paladin has aired and Will has undertaken his first duty…
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The Faraway Paladin: Episode 5 [Review]
A final family celebration after a hard-fought battle. The fifth episode of Faraway Paladin has aired, bringing to a close not only the first Volume of the series…
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The Faraway Paladin: Episode 10 [Review]
So a Paladin, a Druid, a Bard, and a Fighter walk into a bar… The tenth episode of Faraway Paladin has aired. After the ominous proclamation that the…
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The Faraway Paladin: Episode 3 [Review]
The God of the Undead has come to collect what’s due. The third episode of The Faraway Paladin has aired and has answered two of the biggest questions…
The Faraway Paladin eps 10-11
Will in one of his most depressed moments. Rating: 3.5 These two episodes are getting reviewed together entirely because of an oversight on my part: I somehow forgot…
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The Faraway Paladin: Episode 6 [Review]
I mean, if it works it works, right? The sixth episode of Faraway Paladin has aired, following after Will has set out on his journey. Tasked with preparing…
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The Faraway Paladin: Episode 2 [Review]
The most effective use of a Grease Spell I have ever seen. The next episode of The Faraway Paladin has aired and it was one that honestly left…
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The Faraway Paladin: Episode 11 [Review]
The tears of a man driven to the edge. Now that Will has been knighted and received the blessing of the Temple, he has officially become a Paladin.…
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The Faraway Paladin: Episode 9 [Review]
Holy Bread does a body real good. I have to look into that. The ninth episode of Faraway Paladin has aired and the group has arrived in Whitesails,…
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The Faraway Paladin: Episode 1 [Review]
A new lease on life from being raised by the undead. I have been blunt about my thoughts on Mushoku Tensei. I liked the concept of someone who…
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The Faraway Paladin: Episode 4 [Review]
The Goddess of the Flux that stands against stagnation. The fourth episode of The Faraway Paladin has aired and… it frustrates me because, once again, I was curious…
The Faraway Paladin S2 Review — D
The adventure continues…
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The Faraway Paladin: Episode 8 [Review]
The most adorable Bard you will ever meet. The eighth episode of Faraway Paladin has aired and Will has recruited the ever-useful utility characters into his party as…
The Faraway Paladin episodes 1-3
NOTE: I have not read the source novels for this series, so these reviews will be based on anime content only. In most isekai reincarnation stories, childhood is…
The Faraway Paladin Audiobooks 1-2
Liam Price does a fine job reading the text, but a few more character voices would have helped bring this series to life.
Saihate no Paladin / Faraway Paladin Review (Spoiler Free)
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Despite being the font from where the whole sailor-suited magical girl genre got its start, the Codename: Sailor V always seems to find itself in the shadow of…
The Faraway Paladin episode 12 (season finale)
Rating: 3.5 The season finale for The Faraway Paladin splits itself into three major components: Will’s Struggle, The Climactic Battle, and What Comes Next. (These are my names…
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The Faraway Paladin: Episode 12 [Season Review]
…You know, as often as Will calls him beautiful in the LN I could see it happening. The final episode of Faraway Paladin has aired and with it…
Autumn 2021 First Impressions – The Faraway Paladin
Streaming: Crunchyroll Episodes: 12 Source: Light Novel Episode Summary: Will only has vague memories of his former life; the bits and pieces that he can recall speak to…
The Faraway Paladin Omnibus Vol 1 Review
Based on the light novels by Kanata Yanagino, The Faraway Paladin manga by Mutsumi Okubashi is an atmospheric fantasy series that takes it’s time establishing it’s world and…
The Faraway Paladin #01 — Training Non-Arc
My dead thrupple family. Early airing. Broadcast begins on October 9th, I believe. I'll try to keep on top of the early pre-airs, or at least check…
The Faraway Paladin – 02 – Hero or Die
There’s not much of a sharp edge to Paladin, and yet it’s anything but soft. It’s as wholesome as Mushoku Tensei is raunchy, but it never feels too…
The Faraway Paladin – 07 – The Paladin’s First Pal
I don’t make much about it until Will mentions it, but his first night camping with Meneldor is his first such night with anyone who wasn’t Mary, Blood, or…
The Faraway Paladin: The Lord of Rust Mountain
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The Faraway Paladin – 08 – Fellowship of the Sing
When Will saves the tiny halfling troubadour Robina “Bee” Goodfellow and her merchant companion An”Tonio” from a giant ape (simply by staring it down!), his traveling party …
The Faraway Paladin – 03 – Guardians of the Seal
Last week I was just complimenting Paladin for not wandering down the same seedy allies as Mushoku Tensei, but as Will is growing closer to adulthood, Blood decides to get…
“The Faraway Paladin” Shows How Kindness Can Bring You to the Farthest Places | #BitesizeAnimeReviews
Will and Menel were unusual friends who met under unusual circumstances. But they’re bound by fate, and they make each other’s journey worthwhile!
Faraway Paladin and the Core of D&D
The interview quote is from the first link, but the same sentiment is also in the ANN interview, both are interesting! https://www.pauseandselect.com/articles/talking-to-yanagino-kanata https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2021-12-13/the-faraway-paladin-author-reveals-how-the-story-was-originally-written-as-practice/.180433
The Faraway Paladin – 09 – A Wyvern in Whitesails
Will, Menel, Bee and Tonio arrive in Whitesails, and Will is understandably overwhelmed by how big and full of people and activity it is. Bee suggests the quartet…
The Faraway Paladin – 05 – Live Right and Die
This episode starts out with a lot. A lot of inner monologue of Will as he accelerates to the temple where he hopes he’s not too late to save…
The Faraway Paladin – 12 (Fin) – Illness of the Strong
Last week Will hit rock bottom as he fell into the same trap as countless other heroes, anime, isekai, or otherwise: trying to go it alone out of fear…