Don’t Hurt Me, My Healer!

...Alvin (male lead/armored warrior) is trying to make it as an adventurer in a land ravaged by monsters and other such baddies when he ends up getting the bad end of a fight with a bear-like creature only to be saved by the dark elf healer girl Carla (female lead/dark elf) who happens to be passing by except her personality being what it is things turn into an argument which confuses the bear creature even more and then something not in the original manga happens where they get taken back to the bear's house and some of the manga fans are like "Huh?" but see this is based on a manga that was published online before the comic was serialized called "What Story Is This?" that was set in the same world so the anime staff and manga creators asked to use this space to explain what's going on also there's no codes or hidden messages in this just so you know and that's the deal with episode 1.

...Alvin resumes his original quest to gather antidote herbs, but on the way he ends up getting attacked in a graveyard by ghosts which they manage to escape unexpectedly, but then he falls into a trap set by goblins and basically the first half of the episode is filled with great suffering but Carla's curse is still in effect so he can't get away from her and there's even more suffering in store nevertheless and anyway these titles are really long and kind of serve double-duty as next episode previews and we're pretty curious about how many people actually listen to the whole thing and that's the deal with episode 2.

...during his travels with Carla the healer for two episodes Alvin tries to keep up his job as a monster-hunting adventurer which I guess shows some pretty impressive resolve except when he runs into a mushroom monster he challenges to a fight and it turns out to be tougher than expected and by the way this won't get mentioned in the series proper but its species is called matango and you might think it has an adult male voice but also given how it was drawn in the manga a childish voice might work too, and it's just one big surprise after another, but the truth is we actually wrote this title in early 2021 before we cast the voice actor, so I'm actually looking forward to who's voicing it but anyway there's more going on than the question of whether Alvin can beat the mushroom and that's the deal with episode 3.

...beginners which is very nice and so even Alvin seems to be flying through it but of course as a veteran rookie he isn't without his struggles and he once again reveals his aptitude(?) for falling into holes and even causes their mushroom monster companion to worry and come to think of it the mushroom guy who showed up last episode has a name (it's Altargaia) and there aren't many chances to call him that but we would like you to remember it and by the way if you're having trouble reading these titles to the end we just wanted to remind you that you can pause the video or maybe check the show's homepage and that's the deal with episode 4.

...Carla accidentally forces him to reveal a surprising true form and then an old lady they happen to meet on the road also reveals an unexpected side and this confirms once again that there are monsters in this world that disguise themselves as humans but by the way the name of the inn is "Stay! Burin" and some of you might not know where that name comes from but it's from a pretty famous show so if you know it you're definitely wallowing in nostalgia right now and that's the deal with episode 5.

...on their travels like being attacked by a thief and running into a golem until a certain series of events leads Alvin to take massive damage and it's so extreme that he even has to take off his armor to recuperate and that becomes an opportunity for them to get in a fight and reevaluate their relationship a little and even though their fights are an important part of the show the times being what they are during cast auditions and ADR and such only so many people were allowed in the recording studio at once which is pretty tough to work around but everyone gave it their all to make the best show they could and that's the deal with episode 6.

...although in episode 5 we did get the witch and then the thief character but the witch only gets a few seconds at the end in her young form and the thief girl doesn't get any more screen time after this so I suspect the folks at home are wondering if we're ever going to see any new female characters and so partly for you people this episode features a female character called Maria Deathflame but to set up for that we have to do a zombie story so I hope you'll enjoy that first and of course Maria has her own idiosyncrasies so you'll just have to wait to see if it meets your expectations and that's the deal with episode 7.

...Alvin gets out of the cell safe and sound but now that Carla and Maria are unexpectedly getting along they continue leading him around by the nose and it happens that Maria has a sweet little sister named Ellie and while avoiding spoilers regarding what trouble Ellie's gotten into it does concern Maria's status as a necromancer but I hope you won't get your hopes up for another cute female character to appear but in exchange Carla will attempt an unusual cosplay so that's the part you can look forward to and that's the deal with episode 8.

...of Maria and Ellie and by the way even though we jumble the order now and then we mostly follow the source material but because the Medusa and Dryad episode would let us get a few more rare female characters on-screen we originally had the idea to put them in episode 2 or 3 to get people more invested except putting them in episode 2 or 3 really would be a little too extravagant and kind of mess up the flow so we decided against it and that's a fun little behind the scenes anecdote but anyway now it's finally time to reveal them and that's the deal with episode 9.

...(though actually it's just the next two episodes) so let me explain once again for people not in the know that "What Story Is This?" is the webcomic version of the story that would eventually be published as "Don't Hurt Me, My Healer," so this arc isn't included in the printed comic but you should still be able to read it so go ahead and do that if you like but at the same time there's also a thankless role in the first half so I'll ask you to keep an eye on that because it's going to be clear it's an important event if you keep watching and that's the deal with episode 10.

...and I'm really glad we found out a way for Anna and Ryoko to get involved and also to fill in some time based on the fact that there's not enough manga material available but there's also a reference to that classic family anime in this episode that I think a lot of people will get even if I don't explain it but it's been a chance to think about how animators back then had to put so much care into drawing each cel by hand instead of doing it digitally like we do now which is pretty cool and that's the deal with episode 11.

...and the entire staff including those on the manga side would like to thank you all for watching but because the manga doesn't yet contain a story that could be used for a final episode this is basically going to be a totally original story although we made sure to get the dwarf character designs and lines and ideas from the creator Hakko-sensei so we were able to make it feel consistent but it's also sad to reach the end at last and while we'd really like to spend more time with Carla and Alvin and the others please remember that their adventures will continue in the manga so continue to support them there but anyway thank you so much for watching and once more from the bottom of our hearts we'd like to say thank you so much and that's the deal with episode 12 (final episode).