English Dub Review: Handyman Saitou in Another World “Adventures in the Great Labyrinth”

Overview

When the wire cutters that Saitou brought with him from his last life break, he asks a dwarf named Dohnbain to fix them. Later, when Saitou can’t stop wondering about the mechanical golem they defeated, he and the rest of the party head into the great labyrinth…

Our Take

Aside from finally seeing how Saitou was somehow zapped into this world, we later see him desiring to make a gun but refrains to do it due to fearing the technology affecting the world he’s living in. Aside from that, we also need more characters who end up helping Saitou in other ways, including an upgrade for his wire cutters and later also meeting new adventurers from different walks of life, including some who come across as shallow celebrities to most of the adventuring community due to the King choosing them.

And then some of the sex jokes were a bit unexpected, but they managed to make jokes about live streaming with a magical crystal ball which caught me off guard in a comical way. And I thought the story of the Ninja and the Witch was just going to be all about the Ninja failing to kill the Witch every time, but in reality, the twist ending to that subplot played with my expectations as well.

Overall, this episode was structured very oddly as usual, but at least we now have a clear goal. Some of the jokes were hilarious, especially one involving a certain mushroom. I also wasn’t expecting to see a very surprising object running around within the dungeon, which heavily indicates that someone else must be there from the real world or have been at one point. It kind of feels like the story is just about to start with the episode’s ending has a bit of a cinematic feel, but I can’t wait to see what happens next!