Now we’re getting to the point in the week where mostly everything ends. It’s sad that Isekai Office Worker/Bean Counter has finally ended, but at least the spring season has another BL anime that will air, so BL fans aren’t deprived yet. To be honest, while this isn’t the best BL adaptation, I do commend DEEN for doing the best they can because it definitely was ambitious.
The finale of the anime has Sei and the others going back to the church to put an end to the suspicious activities once and for all. Like they (and the viewers) predicted, Cipriano is the culprit behind the assassination attempt on Sei and is the one doing the embezzlement and storing Yua’s magic behind her back. What is his motive? He’s actually a heretic who believes in a goddess called Melke and ridicules Abran. He hates everything related to Abran, especially anything revolving around the Holy Maiden and purification. It’s to the point that he reveals his purpose of gathering Yua’s magical power—making a magical bomb that he plans to detonate inside the church. Fortunately, Yua’s powers have grown to the point that she’s able to stop the bomb with ease now. It makes me so happy to see her grow into a capable person. While Cipriano is stopped, he isn’t forgiven, so both he and Bishop Mateus, who was his accomplice in a way, got punished.
Other than that, the episode is mostly Aresh swatting away the other men trying to get too close to Sei as Kamil and Siegvold both express fondness towards Seiichiro that Aresh isn’t having; poor Nor for being the third/fourth wheel in the cafeteria scene. Fortunately for him, Sei is falling for Aresh to the point that he initiates a kiss towards him for the first time. It’s also revealed that Sei wrote a reply letter when he got Aresh’s first letter that he never sent, but Aresh received it when Valtom found it in his drawer. His feelings for Aresh is also apparent when he is protected by him as the bomb was about to detonate. Knowing how much Aresh risked his health and safety for him before, he realizes that he wants Aresh to be safe too. It’s definitely a nice conclusion to how he behaved throughout the story—not that it’s bad.
Still, it is unfortunate that the story ends with Sei and Yua still trapped in the isekai world and whether they will return or not is still left ambiguous. I do wonder how the overall story will end since it’s still on-going. Will they really go back? Will Sei leave Aresh behind? I honestly might have to buy the manga going forth… Regardless, I do like that the ending is happy in that the private school is finally in session and Yua and Julius are getting closer.
Regardless, one thing I really like about Bean Counter as a whole is that, while it’s BL, it doesn’t focus just on the romance aspect, but more on the world building and the characterization. It kind of shows that BL has gone a long way from being just a story about two guys falling in love and getting together. Now, there’s entire storytelling in addition to romance, which is what I enjoy most; it used to be uncommon back in the day. As a writer myself, I personally enjoy narratives, hence why Bean Counter was interesting.
Though, I do admit that this adaptation was mediocre in terms of quality, but it was still decent to watch. I know some of my moots on Twitter loathe the quality, but I’m someone who takes what I get and try to find the good side to things. Still, it’s nice to have BL animes in general. However, I do think the manga version is better than the anime. If you want to read the manga after watching this, the anime basically covers six volumes, which are what’s available in English. Basically, it’s incentive that you start the journey over and look at much prettier art as you do. By the way, the story is actually a light novel series, but I don’t think the light novel got licensed in English—please correct me if I’m wrong.
Overall, this wasn’t the best BL anime adaptation, but it’s still a decent watch for those curious about the genre. Hopefully, this will be an opportunity for more BL media to get anime adaptations. Let me know your thoughts on the finale and the anime as a whole!
Thoughts on 異世界の沙汰は社畜次第 | The Other World’s Books Depend on the Bean Counter, Episode 11: I Got Hospitalized:
This will be spoilery for the light novel and manga.
Irodori-sensei also announced that chapter 45 of the manga (seemingly going by the collected tankobon version numbers, not the single chapter numbers) will go up on March 19th!
Ist asking Siegvold to sleep with Seiichirou while five children look on is... well... Very Ist. (In the manga, we only see Sigma looking on, not the other kids).
Blushing Siegvold is cute :3
Aresh smashing the door is funnier in the anime.
I don't know what they're saying in Japanese, so maybe it is just a focus on Aresh's demanding that Seiichirou be handed over like a hot potato or prize. But in the light novel, this is how Yen Press translated this section:
“I manage everything about that one. Give it back,” Aresh announced, glaring at Siegvold.
For a moment, Siegvold had no idea what Aresh was talking about, but when Aresh reached out his hands, he realized “that one” meant Seiichirou.
“‘Give it back’… Mr. Seiichirou is not a thing. Besides, he’s very weak right now. I cannot give him to you.” - Light Novel Volume 2 [Chapter Five] Collapsed Again
Specifically, Aresh calls Seiichirou an it. Hence, why Siegvold is calling him out on the phrasing. This is how the conversation is phrased in the manga adaptation:
Maybe there's more to it in Japanese and that's why the anime English subs are the way they are, with no use of "it"/"that". Or maybe Yen Press' translation was a way to try to better explain the phrasing to an English-speaking audience. Crunchyroll's English subs aren't the best these days, but I'm not sure if it's their translation quality or just different decisions on the translator end.
This sequence is cute:
If only someone did fanfic for Aresh coming back and and healing Seiichirou, combining the light novel and manga scenes and adding a bit :D
This whole sequence is very nice :3
Aww
Seiichirou is Aresh's home :3 And Seiichirou wants to be a person Aresh returns to :3
There is still a bit more in the light novel, which is why I wrote that fic. But this is a pretty decent adaptation of what's in the manga, at least. It also cuts some detail from this part:
“It reminded him of when he had been bedbound with the flu back when he had been a company slave. Back then, too, he ought to have gone to the hospital and rested during the early stages of the illness, but he hadn’t rested until he had passed out from his fever. After they’d confirmed he had the flu, they hadn’t let him go back to the office. He had been capable of working, though, so the office had sent him data to work on. In the end, his fever had reached 104 degrees Fahrenheit.” - Light Novel Volume 2 [Chapter Five] Collapsed Again
And how the manga phrases it:
Again, the criticisms of capitalism are dulled a bit in the anime.
The anime is following the light novel after the Aresh/Seiichirou scene more than the manga, with no Aresh getting back to the estate manga sequence, and Siegvold's comments about investigation into the church being cut short, rather than in the manga, where we see Yurius investigating (Yurius also isn't mentioned in Siegvold's recitation in the light novel, that's a manga addition).
Aresh initially reaching out to caress Seiichirou's face is so cute :3 They're adorable.
Seiichirou loves his pseudo-apprentice.
Seiichirou: It's okay, my boyfriend acts like a toddler with a favorite toy, even in front of other people, just let him be.
Cipriano's Japanese voice actor is so much lol Character actors are fun.
I love Aresh and Seiichirou worrying about each other losing weight :3 fatten up your boyfriends :3 Unfortunately we miss some light novel groping and Seiichirou thinking about how hot his boyfriend is:
“Seiichirou examined Aresh, too. His features were still so handsome that they didn’t seem natural, but Seiichirou felt as though Aresh’s cheeks were slightly sharper than normal.
“I think you’re the one who’s lost weight.”
. . . Aresh traced a hand along Seiichirou’s waist, and even Seiichirou could feel his bones at the surface. Seiichirou’s slender body was a far cry from Aresh’s burliness. As one would expect from a knight, Aresh’s body was covered in muscles. If you looked at just his face, he gave off the impression of a model or a prince, but once he undressed, he was undoubtedly a warrior.
Aresh also had violet eyes that could suck anyone in.” - Light Novel Volume 2 [Chapter 6] Hospitalized
For folks who are confused, Aresh is not asking Seiichirou to refer to him as a child. Aresh is jealous that Seiichirou speaks so familiarly with Sigma, while he's more respectful (and distant) when addressing Aresh. Aresh wants the same level of familiarity and closeness, if not more so, because Aresh and Seiichirou are partners.
Of course Aresh's behavior turns Seiichirou on aldkjalj They're so cute.
Overall, it was a pretty great episode :3 Presumably, Episode 12 will finish off light novel 2 (given the title "We Cornered Him. And Then..."), so it'll be interesting to see what's contained in the maybe blu-ray only OVA episode. I still think it might be a Norbert's reports episode rather than the epilogues, but we'll have to see. I'm hoping Crunchyroll puts the OVA up for streaming, too, but who knows, sadly. Hopefully we get a season 2 to cover light novels 3 and 4!
Read the light novel volumes 1-3 in English. Listen to it as an audiobook. Volume 4 will release in Japanese in April 2026! There’s no announcement yet for when the English translation will release.
Read the manga adaptation in English.
If you'd like some Aresh/Seiichirou fanfics
A list of other boys love and m/m isekai if you'd like some
En ti, encontré todo lo que necesitaba, me enseñaste lo que era la perfección, al dejarme entrar y ser parte de tu vida. No quiero que esto terminé, pero se que lo hará en un momento, mientras tanto disfrutaré tu belleza, y lo perfecto que eres, la alegría y energía que transmites.
—El problema de la atracción entre humanos es que nunca sabes si ésta será correspondida. —Excelente observación —dijo el entrenador.
—Los humanos son vulnerables —continuó Patch— porque se les puede hacer daño. —Y me dio un leve rodillazo. Me aparté, sin atreverme a imaginar
qué pretendía decir con ese gesto.
