BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense. (Anime)

BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense. (痛いのは嫌なので防御力に極振りしたいと思います., Itai no wa Iya nano de Bōgyoryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu.) is an anime series based on the Light Novel of the same name. The first season was premiered on January 8, 2020, to March 25, 2020, on AT-X, ABC, Tokyo MX, TVA, and BS11.

A second season of the anime was announced at the end of the first season's finale episode. The second season premiered on January 11, 2023.

Story
After receiving an invitation from her friend Risa Shiromine, Kaede Honjou begins playing the VRMMO game NewWorld Online as the character Maple. Lacking knowledge of the game, she allocates all her status points to defense. As a result, her movements are slow, she cannot use magic, and she even gets attacked by the rabbits. However, she obtains a skill called "Absolute Defense" due to maxing out her vitality points, and a counter skill that kills in a single hit. A "mobile fortress style" novice with a poisonous skill that makes all attacks invalid and overrides all obstacles, she goes off on adventures, disregarding her irregularities.

Opening Theme

 * Season 1: Ultimate unbalance!
 * Season 2: I Will Hide Behind this Shield

Ending Theme

 * Season 1: Play the World
 * Season 2: Step for Joy