Combatants Will Be Dispatched Review
Combatants will be Dispatched is the best comedy I’ve seen in a while. It’s a fun action adventure show with science fiction and fantasy elements mixed in there.
Combat Agent No.6 works for the Kisaragi Corporation with the goal of conquering the universe. He is accompanied by a support android named Alice Kisaragi, who is made to look like a little girl. Why this is, of course, is never explained. I guess it’s just funny that a loli is helping take over the universe. I also find it funny how the android is given a proper name while the protagonist is referred to as the number 6. It’s possible that he has a real name, but that doesn’t matter. It’s funny either way. These partners in crime are teleported to a planet in hopes of conquering it. To do this they’ll have to infiltrate the kingdom that rules there and take it over from the inside.
The show has a good setup for a comedy. In fact it’s quite similar to Konosuba, which makes sense considering it is an adaptation of a light novel from the same author as Konosuba. You’ve got the perverted asshole main character, Combat Agent No.6, who isn’t as quick-witted as Kazuma but is somehow more competent. Grimm is a bumbling fool who can cast magic, but it has a 20 percent chance of affecting herself instead of her target. She rides around in a wheelchair because she once tried to curse someone with the inability to use footwear, but it affected her instead. She’s kind of the Darkness of the group. Grimm isn’t as masochistic as her. She is just accident prone. Rose is some human/dragon chimera that is obsessed with eating meat. She is similar to Megumin in that she has a happy go lucky attitude and is focused on one thing. Then there is Snow who is definitely the Aqua of the group. She was the highest ranking knight but was demoted and is now stuck with this band of misfits. Snow is much more of a hard ass than Aqua but also has an immature side. In summary, most of the show’s characters are morons, except for Alice. Of course that’s part of what makes this show enjoyable.
The most interesting aspect of the show for me is the point system. The corporation that No.6 works for has a system set up so that he can earn points for each evil deed he commits. He can exchange points for any type of gear on his mission. Throughout the show it’s pretty clear that it was a necessity. So not only is Combat Agent No.6 a mischievous, perverted asshole, but he is incentivized to be one. Now that’s good business. Of course since No.6 is an idiot he constantly screws himself and the whole team over following this system. Alice has to make up for what he lacks. That’s probably what she’s there for. Even when No. 6 isn’t screwing up, all the other characters are taken aback by his malicious way of doing things, except for Alice of course. Though it’s only to rack up points, so it’s all good.
Just like Konosuba, this show loves it’s repetition. Snow is constantly getting her sword destroyed, even though she hasn’t finished paying off the loans for them yet. I wonder how much debt she’s in? Grimm is so clumsy that she takes herself out before almost every fight. Just so many jokes are repeated over and over again. Though the show is consistent if anything. It didn’t get too old. If that is something that you don’t like then this show is not for you. Overall this show was pretty fun. It isn’t the pinnacle of comedy or anything, but it definitely has thought put into it.