YMMV / Banished from the Hero's Party

---

• Catharsis Factor: Having spent his screen time being a delusional Knight Templar Jerkass who justifies his horrendous acts as him and the people killed by his actions playing out their "roles", many fans were very pleased to see Van suffer a Humiliation Conga when he gets put on the backfoot by Danan and Yarandrala, trounced by Red in a sword fight due to his focus on his blessing, and getting a well-deserved punch to the face from Ruti that sends him flying into a rock and nearly kills him. Some even went as far as to express disappointment that his party arrived in time to heal him and save his life.
• Diagnosed by the Audience: While all Blessings have a psychological effect on the person who possesses it, Ruti's Hero Blessing hits her the hardest. It makes it so that she can't express her emotions outwardly, compels her to obsessive behavior (in her case, monster-slaying and acts of heroism) and she has No Social Skills, needing to rely on her brother to help her live like other people, all qualities that reflect someone on the Austism spectrum. When she starts using the Devil's Blessing Drug, she develops a neutral blessing that slowly counteracts the Hero Blessing when it usually causes others to develop more potent Blessings instantly, not unlike how mental health medications stabilize certain neurodivergent personalities while exacerbating others.
• Les Yay: Tisse and Ruti's relationship gives off this vibe. Tisse is one of the only other people Ruti is close with beyond her brother Gideon, and Tisse shows much more loyalty to Ruti and her own personal happiness over fighting the Demon King, leaving the Hero's party with her and collaborating in finding a way to suppress her Hero Blessing. Post Season 1 Finale and Season 2 lays this on even more with the two living together in Zoltan in a similar spousal-like manner that Gideon and Rizlet are.
• They Changed It, Now It Sucks!: In the light novel, the appearance of the contract demon named Belial is never specified beyond them having horns. The manga adaptation depicted them as a gorgeous scantily-clad dark-skinned woman, so the anime surprised and annoyed manga readers when it turned her into a cartoonish anthropomorphic goat-man.

---