This is a show that understands the joke better than the genre it's parodying. Nike spends the entire series actively not wanting to be the hero, and the show mines genuine comedy gold from watching him get dragged through RPG beats he refuses to participate in. Kukuri's earnest magical girl energy colliding with Nike's dead-eyed resistance creates a rhythm that somehow never gets old, even when individual gags repeat. The pacing snaps with confidence that most comedy anime spend entire seasons trying to earn. It's the rare parody that loves what it's making fun of enough to actually do the work.

Nike never wanted to be a hero. When the seal that held the demon king Giri for hundreds of years wears off, the king puts out a call for heroes, and Nike's hero-loving parents push their unwilling son out of Boering Village to answer it. Following local tradition, he visits a magical old woman who places Kukuri in his care. She is the last survivor of the Migu Migu clan, whose strange but powerful Guru Guru magic once sealed Giri away. The pair travel across different continents trying to learn the secrets of that magic, picking up new companions along the way. This 2017 adaptation of the manga is a comedic fantasy adventure told in the spirit of an RPG, with plenty of laughs and the occasional tear.