English Dub Review: Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for my Retirement: “Beatrice the Charmer; The Adventure of Mitsuha”

Overview: Mitsuha (Trina Nishimura) reunites with Klaus, Iris (Alexis Tipton) and their boys and later goes on a hunting trip with a group of mercenaries. 

Our Take: Mitsuha and Iris reunion has been a long time coming since her business has begun to take off. The scolding mother Iris is to her is a cute bit albeit a ridiculous one in how little time they’ve known each other. 

The von Bozes acceptance of Mitsuha’s harebrained excuses involving her native products is sweet in how respectful they are of her secretive transportation. It’s also nice how they are not portrayed as dimwitted themselves, not fooled with the most unlikely of stories. 

Beatrice snooping around about Mitsuha’s dream guy, tackles an intimate side of her not yet seen. Mitsuha using Beatrice back against her father and the boys is a fun way of making cash on the side. The romance element, however, goes as quickly as it arrives. Hopefully, it doesn’t just get thrown out the window and is delved into more deeply later down the line. 

There’s always a new adventure around the corner for Mitsuha. That takes form in that of a mercenary group passing through. The series continues to fascinate, highlighting inventive modern food and survival innovations, like campfire starters, tents or instant minestrone. The products convenience and ease of use goes a long way in selling their use for people on the road.

The group’s reaction to Mitsuha’s more revealing swimsuit continues to amuse in her world’s more contemporary customs, comparatively. The experience is a worthwhile opportunity and hunting expedition allowing her to gather insights on what to sell to those of the same ilk. 

New ideas spawned from preexisting ones is an intriguing and realistic concept. Swimsuit magazines inspiring Mitsuha to sell sculptures demonstrates the interesting tangent effect ideas have and how smart she’s becoming as a businesswoman. Her art skills derailing them into repugnant creatures is an entertaining twist. Mitsuha selling them as demon statues to ward off evil spirits is a funnily bittersweet note to end on.