After his parent’s death, Noor travels from his country home to fulfill his dream of becoming an adventurer. However, after discovering that he is not particularly skilled in any adventuring class, the guild turns him away.
However, he is told that if he practices a single skill enough, he can unlock others. So he practices his most useful skill that he is adept at – parrying. After years, he can eventually parry a thousand swords in a single swing, but he failed to gain any other more useful skills from that training.
Eventually able to start at a special low rank as an adventurer with the guild, Noor and his parry skill end up thwarting an assassination of a princess that leads to him becoming entangled in the country’s political affairs.
While the singular joke wore a bit thin for some people after awhile, this series did provide a bit of simple, uncomplicated fun. If you are looking for more anime recommendations like I Parry Everything, head on down below.
Anime Like I Parry Everything
For Fans of Extremely Strong, But Thinks Themselves Weak
Suppose a Kid From The Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town?
In ancient times, those who saved humanity settled outside of the infamous Last Dungeon. Their descendants have all been strong enough to survive in the area by building a community.
Lloyd is one such descendant, but the weakest in the village.
Hoping to grow strong, he heads to the Kingdom of Azami to enroll in their military academy. However, in this starter zone, Lloyd’s powers seem otherworldly to everyone around him.
Similarities Between I Parry Everything and Suppose a Kid From The Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town
- Main character is super strong, but thinks they are super weak
- Both main characters endear themselves to a bunch of people around town with both their strength and good nature.
- Being the strongest person around, but thinking their weak is the primary joke, and they use it early and often throughout the series. If you got tired of it in I Parry Everything, be prepared for that again with Last Dungeon Boonies.
Differences Between I Parry Everything and Suppose a Kid From The Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town
- I Parry Everything does have a bit of intrigue building. Last Dungeon Boonies is often less serious and doesn’t have much overall plot.
- The main character in Last Dungeon Boonies is strong due to the high level area he was raised in. I Parry Everything has Noor train himself to be OP.
- I Parry Everything has the better, flashier fights. Last Dungeon Boonies is mostly just a comedy.
The Ossan Newbie Adventurer, Trained to Death by the Most Powerful Party, Became Invincible
While he once had the childhood dream of becoming an adventurer to defeat fierce dragon Kaiser Alsapiet who terrorizes the world, reality crushed his young dream and weak Rick Gladiatol resigned himself to being a guild receptionist for the Adventurer’s Guild.
However, after meeting a legendary adventuring group called Orichalcum Fist that shares his goal, they offer to train this now-30-something middle-aged man to become an adventurer.
After being brutally trained to death for years, Rick emerges with S-class abilities despite having to start out as an F-ranked rookie adventurer.
Similarities Between I Parry Everything and The Ossan Newbie Adventurer
- Newbie adventurers that are older than average because they were initially too weak to become adventurers
- Everyone they meet loves them because they are nice and super strong
- Both main characters gained their strength through long-term, obsessive, and brutal training
- Both The Ossan Newbie Adventurer and I Parry Everything have a similar balance of action and comedy
Differences Between I Parry Everything and The Ossan Newbie Adventurer
- The main character in The Ossan Newbie Adventurer knows he is strong now while Noor gaslights himself into believing he is still so weak.
- The Ossan Newbie Adventurer has the main character already have a powerful adventuring party while I Parry Everything gathers companions over time.
- The Ossan Newbie Adventurer has a goal for its plot – to beat a legendary dragon, I Parry Everything features more of a building intrigue.
The Strongest Tank’s Labyrinth Raids – A Tank with a Rare 9999 Resistance Skill Got Kicked from the Hero’s Party
Rud is the tank for the hero’s party. However, on their labyrinth raids, despite having the highest defense known to man, one of his unknown skills keeps seemingly putting the party at a detriment.
After being kicked out by the hero, Rud is still determined to raid the labyrinth in order to find a wish-granting treasure said to dwell there for his sickly sister. However, he decides to return to visit his sister in his hometown. On his way home, he saves a rare homunculus that has the ability to appraise and identity skills.
Thanks to her help, Rud discovers that he not only has the highest defense, but has several previously unknown skills that, when used properly, would allow him to be indomitable.
Similarities Between I Parry Everything and The Strongest Tank’s Labyrinth Raids
- A very strong fighter believes they are weak, but they are actually OP
- The main characters start adventuring on their own while a trickle of companions come in
- The main character is a great guy that most everyone loves
- The main characters excel in a specific thing (Tanking, parrying)
Differences Between I Parry Everything and The Strongest Tank’s Labyrinth Raids
- The Strongest Tank’s Labyrinth Raids is a “kicked out of the adventuring party” sort of affair, so he is already an adventurer, but was kicked out of his group for supposedly being weak.
- Noor has to train himself to be OP, the main character in The Strongest Tank’s Labyrinth Raids simply doesn’t understand how to use his innate OP abilities until he gets them appraised.
- The Strongest Tank’s Labyrinth Raid is more about dungeon crawling and starting an adventuring clan rather than the building kingdom intrigue that you get in I Parry Everything.
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For Fans of Low Ambition Adventurers
The Unwanted Undead Adventurer
Rentt Faima is an adventurer who has been grinding out low-level adventuring jobs for nearly a decade. With little talent for the job, he is stuck in the low adventurer ranks, killing low-rank monsters just to make a living wage.
While doing a job in the Water Moon Dungeon, he discovers a hidden path and decides to explore it. However, at the end of the path is not treasure, but a legendary dragon that swallows him whole!
Waking up awhile later, Rentt discovers that he is very much dead. He has somehow been revived as a skeletal undead. Armed with just his sword, Rentt fights other weak monsters in the dungeon hoping to experience the Existential Evolution that monsters can go through after killing other monsters so that he may someday become a high enough ranked undead to blend back into human society.
Similarities Between I Parry Everything and The Unwanted Undead Adventurer
- Main characters that are low ranked adventurers and often happy just to be adventurers at all.
- The characters go from weak to increasingly OP
- They help everyone around town and everyone loves them for being such a great guy
Differences Between I Parry Everything and The Unwanted Undead Adventurer
- The Unwanted Undead Adventurer follows a middling adventurer who dies, comes back as an undead, and tries to evolve into something with more skin so he can integrate back into society.
- I Parry Everything features building intrigue while The Unwanted Undead Adventurer is about dungeon crawling and evolving into a more human undead.
- I Parry Everything has flashier action while The Unwanted Undead Adventurer likes to stay pretty grounded.
Skeleton Knight in Another World
After falling asleep playing games, a gamer woke up in the game world, but as a skeleton. While he is equipped well, his appearance is too frightening to live the peaceful life he wants.
Yet, after meeting a beautiful elf woman, he may find himself pulled into a path of building intrigue.
Similarities Between I Parry Everything and Skeleton Knight in Another World
- Low rank adventurers that don’t think themselves special, but are actually super powerful
- The main characters don’t mean to, but get involved in some intrigue that is going on in the kingdom that they now feel compelled to stop.
Differences Between I Parry Everything and Skeleton Knight in Another World
- Skeleton Knight in Another World is an isekai, and the main character was isekai’d into a body cursed to be a skeleton/undead.
- Skeleton Knihgt has some very visually interesting and well-animated action. I Parry Everything can be a bit spotty in quality.
- Skeleton Knight is often more about avoiding forming close connections to hide the fact that he is an undead. Noor makes friends with everyone.
Goblin Slayer
A young priestess fresh out of the temple is excited to start her life as an adventurer. On her first day, she joins an adventuring party to go slay some goblins.
However, like so many young adventure parties before them, they underestimate the goblins. It ends with two dead, one viciously raped, and the priestess saved from fate by a man whose only mission in life is to slay all the goblins.
Similarities Between I Parry Everything and Goblin Slayer
- Low rank adventurers that aren’t so focused on trying to rank up
- Melee focused adventurers that get into a variety of fights
- The main character has a specific quirk (Killing goblins, being super good at parrying)
Differences Between I Parry Everything and Goblin Slayer
- Goblin Slayer can be a bit brutal whereas I Parry Everything is a more cheerful fantasy adventure.
- Goblin Slayer has minimal overall plot as it focuses on arc-based goblin murder while I Parry Everything is slowly building kingdom intrigue-based plot.
- The main character in Goblin Slayer is only interested in killing goblins
- The main character in Goblin Slayer isn’t necessarily unfriendly, but rather is just uninterested in people. Noor makes friends easily.
Chillin’ in My 30s after Getting Fired from the Demon King’s Army
Dariel is a dark soldier in the Demon King’s army – or rather, he was. After the son of the previous demon general took over, he swiftly fired Dariel for a lack of power and supposed usefulness.
Set adrift, Dariel rescues a girl from a monster in the woods and she takes him to her village. There, he discovers that he wasn’t actually a demon, but is a human – and an incredibly powerful one.
Now he pays the village back for all their kindness by helping them out.
Similarities Between I Parry Everything and Chillin’ in My 30s After Getting Fired from the Demon King’s Army
- Older men who recently became entry-level adventurers
- They thought they were weak, but are actually OP
- Adventure-of-the-week type events start building up into a larger overall intrigue plot
- The nice, strong main characters endear themselves to everyone they meet.
Differences Between I Parry Everything and Chillin’ in My 30s After Getting Fired from the Demon King’s Army
- Chillin’ in My 30s is a “kicked out of the party” type affair. I Parry Everything has him just wanting to be an adventurer since he was a child.
- Chillin’ in My 30s is more about helping a town that helped him start to thrive as well as mediating things between humans and demons.
- Chillin’ in My 30s has clear, progressing romance.
For Fans of Martial Focused Main Characters
Reborn to Master the Blade – From Hero-King to Extraordinary Squire
On his deathbed, Hero-King Inglis is visited by the goddess who gave him her blessing in his youth. He used it to build a mighty empire, but regrets that leadership had to take priority over his martial training.
Offering him a wish, he wishes to be reincarnated in order to devote himself to the life of a warrior.
She grants it, but when he awakens, he finds himself in the body of a baby girl.
Despite the setback, Inglis still maintains some power from his previous life as well as his memories. With his body growing stronger each day, he continues to hone his blade skills.
Similarities Between I Parry Everything and Reborn to Master the Blade
- Main characters that are happy just to be able to do what they love (Hone their sword skills, be an adventurer)
- Melee-focused sword combat techniques are the focus
- Often a bit plotless
Differences Between I Parry Everything and Reborn to Master the Blade
- Reborn to Master the Blade has a gender-bender element
- The main character in Reborn to Master the Blade is a bit of a battle maniac and only really just wants to fight
- Reborn to Master the Blade doesn’t have an overall plot. Just looking for the next fight.
- I Parry Everything has more fantasy abilities. Reborn to Master the Blade is very martial skill focused.
The Faraway Paladin
Born into a new world, Will awakens as a baby that has been taken in by three undead guardians of a long-dead city.
As he is raised, he is taught magic and swordsmanship, but also learns of the world that surrounds him. A world that was once ravaged by a powerful warrior that the three undead guardians only just managed to seal away.
As they are bound to that city, they can’t say for sure what became of the world or humanity after their death and undeath, but they prepare young Will for when he will eventually have to venture out into the world.
Similarities Between I Parry Everything and The Faraway Paladin
- Main characters raised and trained in seclusion
- They are exploring the world for the first time with a small handful of people that join them
- Grounded melee-focused combat, but also some other fantasy skills
Differences Between I Parry Everything and The Faraway Paladin
- I Parry Everything features building intrigue while The Faraway Paladin is more just moving from one adventure to the next as he travels.
- The Faraway Paladin is often a more serious and sometimes melancholy series
- The Faraway Paladin has more in-depth and interesting fantasy worldbuilding.
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