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I May Be a Guild Receptionist Anime Has a Relatable Heroine
I May Be a Guild Receptionist, but I’ll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time, aka Girumasu,is one of those light novel, manga, and anime series where the title tells you everything you need to know. You can tell right away the lead is a hard worker in a rudimentary office job, but is still remarkable. They also prefer to maintain a solid work-life balance! Which is admirable! Fortunately, after watching the first episode on Crunchyroll, I can attest to this being a solid adaptation that highlights how fun heroine Alina Clover is. Editor’s Note: There are spoilers for the first episode of the I May Be a Guild Receptionist, but I’ll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time anime below. Things start in Girumasu with things looking pretty good for Alina Clover, the receptionist in question. She has a comfy bed. The town she lives in looks quaint. Her uniform is adorable. She works at the Iffole Counter at a safe desk job with job security due to it being in public safety. She seems super happy. But then we immediately see the other side of things. She’s donned a cloak and outfit, wielded a gigantic hammer, and rushed to defeat a gigantic dragon that is keeping things from being quiet, quick, and secure because it just won’t die. This is the trend for the whole of Girumasu, and the anime adaptation seems like it works to ensure you get it right away so it can move on to the interesting stories that stem from Alina’s double life. Alina looks adorable and sweet, and she’s a perfect worker. But she’s also endlessly frustrated by the adventurers who won’t follow protocol, aren’t as skilled as they seem or claim to be, and take forever to finish quests. So much so that we see her strain to keep her mask on and be the “ideal” employee everyone expects. Especially when lines come up and result in overtime that keep her from relaxing, reading books, and taking it easy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVrzN-r4MKA&ab_channel=Crunchyroll Which, even though this is a fantasy setting with a guild receptionist, feels like any customer service job. When Ganz the “Raging Blade” of the famous Silver Sword group comes up to take the Hellflame Dragon quest nobody’s been able to beat, he fails to follow simple instructions! He acts like he’s some Big Man who doesn’t need to follow protocol because “he’s famous.” Which means she has to keep repeating for him to show his damn license so she can do her job. And because he did that and is too incompetent to beat said dragon, the rest of the line backed up and she’s stuck doing paperwork at night accrued by all the failures. I’ve worked jobs dealing with customers. While not identical, this sort of situation happened at least once each day. “Oh, I’ve been coming here for years. You know me.” Yes, well, so are probably 100 other people I talk to every week and I absolutely will not remember your detailed personal information, so please give me the official documentation so we can get things done. Oh, you didn’t prepare something you need? So now I need to spend more time so it doesn’t back up? Right. Except in the case of Alina and the Girumasu anime, there’s a bit of wish fulfillment. Those of us who worked similar sorts of jobs dealing with the public know we’re a bit trapped. But Alina is also a really incredible warrior in her own right! She’s smart and resourceful! She’s able to do what we can’t, which is take matters into her own hand. After a month of the Hellfire Dragon not being defeated, she goes and gets things done. No more overtime. No more dealing with idiots. Which adds a fun element to the series and sets current event in actions. Remember that Ganz of the Silver Sword earlier? Well, that group’s leader Jade and some of his allies are there fighting the dragon when Alina busts in and solos the fight. Since Ganz retired, he’s submitted an investigation request into that “legendary” Executioner to recruit that person to the group. Which Alina does not want to do, since she’d lose her cozy public service job with ideally no overtime and be forced into a less peaceful, more risky profession. So we have Alina trying to maintain her current lifestyle, but also dealing with Jade. I’m a big fan of the I May Be a Guild Receptionist, but I’ll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time manga and loved seeing Alina balance her work life and “secret identity” to attempt to give herself some peace, and I’m really happy with how CloverWorks’ first episode of the Girumasu anime adaptation went. Alina’s personality is well represented in this introduction. We get a good idea of who she is as a person. The problem she faces is identifiable and, frankly, hilarious. It quickly sets a strong tone for the rest of the series. The light novel and manga versions’ stories get really good, and if this first episode is any indication, the anime adaptation may be able to do it justice. The I May Be a Guild Receptionist, but I’ll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time anime is airing
I May Be a Guild Receptionist, but I’ll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time, aka Girumasu,is one of those light novel, manga, and anime series where the title tells you everything you need to know. You can tell right away the lead is a hard worker in a rudimentary office job, but is still remarkable. They also prefer to maintain a solid work-life balance! Which is admirable! Fortunately, after watching the first episode on Crunchyroll, I can attest to this being a solid adaptation that highlights how fun heroine Alina Clover is.
Editor’s Note: There are spoilers for the first episode of the I May Be a Guild Receptionist, but I’ll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time anime below.
Things start in Girumasu with things looking pretty good for Alina Clover, the receptionist in question. She has a comfy bed. The town she lives in looks quaint. Her uniform is adorable. She works at the Iffole Counter at a safe desk job with job security due to it being in public safety. She seems super happy.
But then we immediately see the other side of things. She’s donned a cloak and outfit, wielded a gigantic hammer, and rushed to defeat a gigantic dragon that is keeping things from being quiet, quick, and secure because it just won’t die.
This is the trend for the whole of Girumasu, and the anime adaptation seems like it works to ensure you get it right away so it can move on to the interesting stories that stem from Alina’s double life. Alina looks adorable and sweet, and she’s a perfect worker. But she’s also endlessly frustrated by the adventurers who won’t follow protocol, aren’t as skilled as they seem or claim to be, and take forever to finish quests. So much so that we see her strain to keep her mask on and be the “ideal” employee everyone expects. Especially when lines come up and result in overtime that keep her from relaxing, reading books, and taking it easy.
Which, even though this is a fantasy setting with a guild receptionist, feels like any customer service job. When Ganz the “Raging Blade” of the famous Silver Sword group comes up to take the Hellflame Dragon quest nobody’s been able to beat, he fails to follow simple instructions! He acts like he’s some Big Man who doesn’t need to follow protocol because “he’s famous.” Which means she has to keep repeating for him to show his damn license so she can do her job. And because he did that and is too incompetent to beat said dragon, the rest of the line backed up and she’s stuck doing paperwork at night accrued by all the failures.
I’ve worked jobs dealing with customers. While not identical, this sort of situation happened at least once each day. “Oh, I’ve been coming here for years. You know me.” Yes, well, so are probably 100 other people I talk to every week and I absolutely will not remember your detailed personal information, so please give me the official documentation so we can get things done. Oh, you didn’t prepare something you need? So now I need to spend more time so it doesn’t back up? Right.
Except in the case of Alina and the Girumasu anime, there’s a bit of wish fulfillment. Those of us who worked similar sorts of jobs dealing with the public know we’re a bit trapped. But Alina is also a really incredible warrior in her own right! She’s smart and resourceful! She’s able to do what we can’t, which is take matters into her own hand. After a month of the Hellfire Dragon not being defeated, she goes and gets things done. No more overtime. No more dealing with idiots.
Which adds a fun element to the series and sets current event in actions. Remember that Ganz of the Silver Sword earlier? Well, that group’s leader Jade and some of his allies are there fighting the dragon when Alina busts in and solos the fight. Since Ganz retired, he’s submitted an investigation request into that “legendary” Executioner to recruit that person to the group. Which Alina does not want to do, since she’d lose her cozy public service job with ideally no overtime and be forced into a less peaceful, more risky profession. So we have Alina trying to maintain her current lifestyle, but also dealing with Jade.
I’m a big fan of the I May Be a Guild Receptionist, but I’ll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time manga and loved seeing Alina balance her work life and “secret identity” to attempt to give herself some peace, and I’m really happy with how CloverWorks’ first episode of the Girumasu anime adaptation went. Alina’s personality is well represented in this introduction. We get a good idea of who she is as a person. The problem she faces is identifiable and, frankly, hilarious. It quickly sets a strong tone for the rest of the series. The light novel and manga versions’ stories get really good, and if this first episode is any indication, the anime adaptation may be able to do it justice.
The I May Be a Guild Receptionist, but I’ll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time anime is airing in Japan and streaming on Crunchyroll now. Yen Press handles the light novel and manga outside of Japan.
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