次々と春アニメが終わって寂しくなる中、夏アニメがスタートし始めましたね。お待ちかねの推しの子の二期も始まって嬉しい限り♪
知らない作品もたくさんあって何を見るか迷ってしまいます。
と、夏アニメのタイトルを眺めていて、思わず「あ！パリイだ！」と叫んでしまいました。
「俺は全てを【パリイ】する」という変わったタイトルの作品は、小説家になろうの年間ランキングで一位を獲得しただけあって原作が面白くて、アニメ化することも知っていたのですが、いつスタートするのかな～と思ってそのまま忘れていました😅
早速、Huluで予告編を見ました。絵がキレイで本編も期待できますぞー！！🙌
さて、ここからは自分の記憶を頼りに書いてみます。
日々いろんな作品をつまみ食いしてるので、ごちゃまぜになってたらごめんなさい🙏
両親を亡くした少年ノールは、英雄に憧れて冒険者になろうと住み慣れた山を離れて街へ下りて行った。ギルドで冒険者登録しようとすると、スキルがないとダメだと断られる。スキルを身につけるためには職業訓練（だったかな？）を受ける必要があるとのこと。
剣士や魔法使いなど六種類の職業があり、行く先々の訓練でノールは精一杯努力したが結果を出すことができなかった。得られたのは、それぞれの職業の最低ランクのスキルだけ。
全ての職業で冒険者の適性がないと判断されたノールは落胆して山に帰ったが、剣士のスキルのパリイをひたすら鍛えればいつか上のランクのスキルを得られて剣士になれるかもしれないと、夢を捨てずに一人で猛特訓を始めた。
ここで、パリイの解説。
原作を読んだ時に分からなかったので、ちゃんと調べたんですよ。
剣士が相手の攻撃を剣で防御して弾くスキルのことだそうです。
フェンシングなどのスポーツでもparryというそうですね。
空中に木の棒をぶら下げて、木剣で弾く訓練を毎日コツコツと積み重ねるノール。
山には「パリイ！パリイ！」という声が響く。
ぶら下げる木の棒をどんどん増やしていき千本の棒を同時に弾くことができるようになった頃には、若者というより30歳近くになっていたと思う。
ノールはもう一度、冒険者になる夢を追いかけようと街へ向かった。
ギルドの受付で自分のスキルを伝えると、最低限のEランクにもなれないと言われてしまう。しかし実は更に下にFランクがあることを教えてもらい、冒険者になれるならそれでいいと、ようやくノールは冒険者としてスタートを果たしたのだった。
Fランクでは街から外に冒険に出ることはできず、ドブ掃除や荷物運びなど街の中での依頼を受けることしかできない。それでも冒険者として人々の役に立てるなら幸せだと、安い報酬でも心を込めて働くノール。次第に街の人々から感謝されて、信頼されるようになっていく。
ある日、工事現場で働いていると、二足歩行の巨大な牛が現れた。兵士たちが一人の少女を庇って戦うが、牛のパワーには敵わず次々とやられていく。
一人残された少女を助けるため、ノールは少女の前に飛び出して巨大な牛が振り下ろす斧を「パリイ！」と弾き返した。
ノールのスキルでは弾き返すことはできても、巨大な牛を倒すことはできない。ノールは次々と振り下ろされる牛の攻撃を、冷静に「パリイ！パリイ！」と弾いていく。そして最終的には弾き返した斧が牛に刺さり倒すことができた。
ここで、まず初めの勘違いが生じる。
最低限のスキルしかない自分は、最低限のFランクの冒険者にしかなれない弱い存在で、ただの牛にこんなに手こずるなんて情けない限りだと。
ノールがただの牛だと思っていた相手は実はミノタウロスで、普通は迷宮の奥にいるような強い魔物なのだ。最低限のスキルを鍛錬し続けた結果、最強の冒険者になっていたのに、謙虚で自己評価が低いノールは今後ずっと勘違いし続けることになる。
この逆勘違いや「パリイ！パリイ！」と淡々と戦う姿、王様にもらった剣をドブさらいに使ってしまう天然っぷりがジワジワと面白い作品なので、興味を持った方はぜひ一緒に見ましょうね！😆
anime review “I Parry Everything”
As the spring anime season ends and we begin to feel a bit lonely, the summer anime season is starting up. I’m thrilled that the second season of my favorite series, “Oshi no Ko,” has finally begun!
With so many new titles that I’m not familiar with, it’s hard to decide what to watch.
As I was looking through the summer anime titles, I couldn’t help but shout, “Ah! It’s Parry!”
The anime “I Parry Everything” is based on a novel that won first place in the annual ranking on “Shousetsuka ni Narou”. The original story was so interesting that I knew it was going to be adapted into an anime, but I had forgotten when it would start airing. 😅
I quickly watched the trailer on Hulu. The artwork is beautiful, and it looks like the main story will meet my expectations too! 🙌
Now, let me write from memory. I watch so many different series that my memories might get jumbled up, so forgive me if they do. 🙏
A boy named Noel, who lost his parents, left his familiar mountain home to become an adventurer, inspired by his admiration for heroes. When he tried to register as an adventurer at the guild, he was turned away because he lacked any skills. To acquire skills, he was told he needed to undergo vocational training (if I remember correctly).
There are six professions such as swordsman and magician. Noel tried his best in each training course but couldn’t produce any significant results. He only acquired the lowest rank skills in each profession.
Disheartened, Noel returned to the mountain after being deemed unsuitable for any adventurer profession. However, he didn’t give up on his dream. He decided to rigorously train his parrying skill, hoping that by mastering it, he could someday acquire higher-ranked skills and become a swordsman.
Here, let me explain what “parry” means. I didn’t understand it when I first read the original story, so I looked it up. It refers to a skill where a swordsman blocks and deflects an opponent’s attack with a sword. It’s also called “parry” in sports like fencing.
Noel trained daily, deflecting sticks hung in the air with a wooden sword. His shouts of “Parry! Parry!” echoed through the mountain. As he increased the number of sticks until he could deflect a thousand at once, he was no longer a young man but approaching thirty.
Determined to pursue his dream of becoming an adventurer once more, Noel headed back to town.
When he told the guild about his skill, he was told he couldn’t even qualify for the minimum E rank. However, he learned that there was an F rank below E, and as long as he could become an adventurer, he was happy. Finally, Noel started his journey as an adventurer.
As an F rank, he couldn’t venture outside the town and could only take on tasks like cleaning sewers and carrying goods within the town. Still, Noel was happy to help people as an adventurer and worked earnestly, even for low rewards. Gradually, the townspeople began to appreciate and trust him.
One day, while working at a construction site, a giant bipedal cow appeared. The soldiers fought to protect a girl but were overpowered one by one by the cow’s strength.
To save the girl, Noel jumped in front of her and deflected the giant cow’s axe with a “Parry!” Although Noel’s skill allowed him to deflect the attacks, he couldn’t defeat the giant cow. Calmly, he continued to parry each blow until the deflected axe finally struck the cow, defeating it.
This led to the first misunderstanding. Believing he was weak and unable to become more than an F-rank adventurer with minimal skills, Noel felt ashamed for struggling so much against what he thought was just a cow.
In reality, the creature he fought was a Minotaur, a powerful monster usually found deep within labyrinths. Unbeknownst to Noel, his relentless training of the parry skill had made him the strongest adventurer, yet his humility and low self-esteem meant he continued to misunderstand his own strength.
This reverse misunderstanding and Noel’s calm demeanor as he fights while shouting “Parry! Parry!” are part of what makes this series gradually amusing. His natural cluelessness, like using a sword given by the king to clean sewers, adds to the charm. If you’re interested, let’s watch it together! 😆