Konosuba: Legend of Crimson animated movie

Last night I saw the Konosuba movie. You know, the fantasy Anime comedy? In any case, I enjoyed it a lot so I will talk about it. Beware spoilers:

First of all, let’s deal with the elephant in the room: yes, the villain of the movie is a Transperson. No, I don’t mind. I believe in LGBT representation but that means there should be both good and bad alternate gender characters as well. And yes she gets made fun of, but this is Konosuba, EVERYBODY gets made fun of. There were other sex-based jokes in there too [but no nudity or sex scenes] so its safe to watch unless you’re too sensitive.

Conversely, the movie had its deep moments too, such as Kasuma feeling tormented over whether he should sleep with Megumi [her parents wanted to marry them off, mistakenly believing he’s rich]; Kazuma learning from Meg’s parents that she trusts him with her life; Kazuma almost surrendering to Sylvia because he felt his party didn’t care about him [and then he finds she’s not fully female of course ]; Kasuma volunteering to sacrifice himself to stop Sylvia‘s Ultimate Form, and, most amazing of all, Sylvia realizing in the end, that what she really wanted all along, was to be loved.

I’m not a big Konosuba fan- the humor doesn’t always work for me. But this movie was hilarious, moving, and even had a thrilling climax. Recommended for: Konosuba and Anime fans. NOT recommended for: the easily offended.