With treasure vaults hidden all over the world, those in search of glory, fame, and riches came together in clans to brave the dangers as treasure hunters.
For a group of childhood friends, they made a promise to become treasure hunters together, and did!
However, it quickly became apparent to Krai Andrey that while his friends possessed innate skills for treasure-hunting, he couldn’t keep up. Asking to drop out of the group, his friends instead placed him in charge of clan leadership, which has grown into the most famous and powerful treasure-hunting clan of all.
Impostor syndrome, but he just goes with the flow of it. If you are looking for more anime recommendations like Let This Grieving Soul Retire, head on down below.
Anime Like Let This Grieving Soul Retire
For Fans of Clan Management
The Eminence in Shadow
Like most kids, Kagerou wanted to be a hero, but unlike most kids, he never grew out of that phase. He constantly trained his body to achieve it. In modern Japan, he was unable to achieve that goal, understanding that he could never reach enough power to be the type of hero he wanted to be.
However, when he was reborn in a new world, he pretends to be just another character in the world. He recruits people into his organization, Shadow Garden, and decides to target a sinister cult that is lurking in the shadows that he wishes to occupy.
Similarities Between Let This Grieving Soul Retire and The Eminence in Shadow
- Main character leads a clan, technically. Though “leadership” is a strong word for it.
- His eccentric clanmates are wildly powerful, capable, eccentric people who are obsessed with their leader
- His companions misinterpret the main character’s actions
Differences Between Let This Grieving Soul Retire and The Eminence in Shadow
- The main character in Eminence in Shadow is actually wildly overpowered, he is just a chuunibyou who thinks he leading a pretend shadow war against an evil organization and his minions are just humoring him. It is a real shadow war.
- Eminence in Shadow goes quite big and flashy with its action. It also features a more intrigue-focused plot rather than just various adventures like Let This Grieving Soul Retire
Overlord
As the final hour approaches in the life cycle of the MMO Yggdrasil, Momonga, a powerful wizard and leader of the dark guild Ainz Ooal Gown, is there to see it off.
However, to his surprise, the servers don’t go down and even stranger is that all the NPC characters have come alive with their own unique personalities.
Similarities Between Let This Grieving Soul Retire and Overlord
- Main characters leads a guild
- He is surrounded by tremendously talented, and eccentric people in his guild.
- Impostor syndrome as he pretends and just lets people give him the credit for things
- Women obsessively, possessively in love with the main character
Differences Between Let This Grieving Soul Retire and Overlord
- Overlord is a “trapped in a VRMMO” isekai anime
- The main character in Overlord is actually overpowered, but the impostor syndrome comes into play instead from his evil guildmates of his evil-aligned guild bent on world conquest mistaking coincidence and luck for his cunning and planning. The main character also isn’t, at least at first, all that evil.
- Women obsessed with the main character in Overlord are far more diluted with the larger mixed gender cast.
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 Let This Grieving Soul Retire and The Strongest Tank’s Labyrinth Raids
- Main character starts/runs a guild made up of friends
- The main character is (or thought he was) weak
- Adventure is the plot
- Eccentric characters for comedy, a more light-hearted tone outside the action, and no small hints at harem
Differences Between Let This Grieving Soul Retire and The Strongest Tank’s Labyrinth Raids
- The main character in The Strongest Tank’s Labyrinth Raids was kicked from his party for allegedly being weak, but learned the truth of his powers and is immediately overpowered.
- The Strongest Tank’s Labyrinth Raids is about starting a clan whereas Krai is really just observing things and managing them.
Log Horizon
Thirty thousand Japanese players of the popular Elder Tale game all log in to explore the new update of their game, only to discover they are unable to log out.
The story focuses on the socially awkward college student Shiroe, a master strategist in-game, and his friends as they try to navigate their new reality.
Similarities Between Let This Grieving Soul Retire and Log Horizon
- Main character runs a clan
- His clanmates are powerful and sometimes eccentric
- Adventure is the plot
Differences Between Let This Grieving Soul Retire and Log Horizon
- Log Horizon is a “trapped in a VRMMO” isekai
- Log Horizon does embrace a more serious story, and as such, doesn’t have as much comedy or eccentricity in its characters.
- The main character in Log Horizon is a great strategist, but also pretty powerful, though he is a support fighter.
The Most Notorious “Talker” Runs the World’s Greatest Clan
Ever since he was a child, Noel had wanted to become a powerful seeker like his grandfather Overdeath. He trained his body so he could slay beasts that emerge from the Abysses and explore the world. However, when he had his job appraised, it turns out he was just a Talker, a support class that is considered the absolute bottom tier in terms of combat abilities.
Although encouraged to continue to aim for his goal by his grandfather, Noel didn’t shy away from reality. Accepting that he will never become a great seeker on his own, he decides to start a clan and staff it with powerful individuals no matter what it takes.
Similarities Between Let This Grieving Soul Retire and The Most Notorious Talker
- Weak main character starts/runs a clan
- The main character uses weapons for their power and often acts as support to their more externally powerful peers.
- Clan management and adventure is the plot
Differences Between Let This Grieving Soul Retire and The Most Notorious Talker
- Let This Grieving Soul Retire is light-hearted while The World’s Greatest Talker is definitely the darker, more sinister story.
- The main character in The World’s Greatest Talker is a more brutal person, and also doesn’t have a large amount of women who are enamored with him.
- Krai gets his powers from relics, the main character in The World’s Greatest Talker does have abilities, but they are not as traditionally strong. He still uses them in fairly overpowered ways, though.
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My One-Hit Kill Sister
After dying, Asahi Ikusaba was transported to another world. While he tries to enjoy his isekai adventure, he finds that his abilities are rather lackluster. Just as he is about to be attacked, Asahi’s elder sister Maya manifests in his new world and saves him.
As he discovers, Maya is the overpowered one in this isekai adventure! With cheat-level skills, she is the world’s strongest older sister with the world’s strongest brother complex.
Similarities Between Let This Grieving Soul Retire and My One-Hit Kill Sister
- The main character is the weakest one, but everyone loves him
- Powerful, obsessive, crazy women surrounding the main character
- Adventure is the plot
Differences Between Let This Grieving Soul Retire and My One-Hit Kill Sister
- My One-Hit Kill Sister has a lot of siscon jokes, as his older sister is obsessed with him enough to become like an S-Class summon in another world.
- Let This Grieving Soul Retire features Krai being beloved by his guild, My One-Hit Kill Sister is more compact in that it is only his sister and a sexy villain lady that are obsessed with him.
- My One-Hit Kill Sister goes much bigger with the action, using “overkill” as a comedic element.
Konosuba
On his way back from buying a new game, Kazuma Satou died a pathetic death.
However, he awakens before the Goddess Aqua who gives him two choices: go to heaven or reincarnate into an actual fantasy world. Naturally, the gamer picks the fantasy world.
Now, Kazuma must deal with defeating an evil demon king, useless party members, and paying living expenses.
Similarities Between Let This Grieving Soul Retire and Konosuba
- Main character is the weakest of the lot, but also leads the lot.
- Dysfunctional, powerful women need wrangling or chaos will ensue
- Various adventures is the plot
Differences Between Let This Grieving Soul Retire and Konosuba
- Let This Grieving Soul Retire treats its plot pretty seriously with some light comedy around the circumstances. Konosuba treats its plot comically with some light serious moments around the circumstances.
- The women in Let This Grieving Soul Retire are lightly dysfunctional, but powerful and respected. The women in Konosuba have niche powerful skills and are not respected.
The Legendary Hero is Dead
Far to the north, the Demon Lord used Hell’s Gate to invade the human realm. However, he was stopped by legendary sword wielding hero Shion and his companions.
While the portal was sealed, the seal was incomplete and now with it weakening, the demons have begun to attack again. Worried about his village, the young perverted farmer Touka Scott dug a series of pitfall traps for protection around town. Unfortunately, legendary hero Shion finds one of these traps, falls in, and dies.
Trying to cover up the accident, Touka buries the hero secretly in the forest. While that was to be the end of it, Touka’s soul is taken from his body and stuffed into Shion’s rotting corpse by Shion’s companion and necromancer, Anri Haynesworth. Now, he is forced to travel to Hell’s Gate in order to attempt to seal the portal for good and save the world.
Similarities Between Let This Grieving Soul Retire and The Legendary Hero is Dead
- Impostor syndrome as the main character has this grand reputation and virtually no actual power to back it up.
- Surrounding harem of skilled, but dysfunctional women
- Comedy surrounding the circumstances, but also some decent action as well.
- Hero gets most of his power from artifacts
Differences Between Let This Grieving Soul Retire and The Legendary Hero is Dead
- The Legendary Hero is Already Dead is about a boy who accidentally kills the hero, then who ends up in his rotting body to fulfill the hero’s role in the world, but without any of his actual powers. So, quite a bit different in terms of set up and plot.
- The Legendary Hero is Already Dead leans quite a bit more towards comedy, and many of its jokes lean ecchi as well, though it is no more graphic with it than any shot of Tino’s booty shorts in Grieving Souls.
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