Television series

Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: Familia Myth

Name: Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: Familia Myth
Genre: Comedy, Action, Anime, Romance
Released: 2015
Cast: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Haruka Tomatsu, Yurika Kubo, Inori Minase, Maaya Uchida

Fantasy
Treasure hunt
Light-hearted

A cheerful action-comedy about an idealistic young adventurer and the broke goddess who adopts him, set in a fantasy city built around a bottomless dungeon. It's all earnest ambition, slapstick romance, and escalating combat, with a warm found-family core. For anyone who loves shonen spirit without the grimness, or magical world-building that prioritizes fun.

TVMaze rating

3.8

Should you watch it?

Watch it if you love earnest underdog fantasy, where a hopeful, flustered hero's sincere devotion to his goddess and his dungeon battles carries the comedy and the crush-driven romance.

Skip it if the jokes lean on a bashful hero's panicked crushes and frequent fanservice, so if that grates, the tone will wear thin quickly.

What it asks of you: Roughly 74 episodes of about 25 minutes each across five seasons, mostly light and silly with brisker action bursts, rewards steady viewing more than a single binge.

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