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Greed1914
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Pretty good so far. I think it helps a lot that Xylo clearly cares and wants to do the right things, despite saying the words you'd hear from the edgy wronged protagonist. Too many casualties would mean a failed mission and consequences, but commanders caring more about honor than their men bothers him more. He says he doesn't trust goddesses, but then keeps Teo from so much as doing physical labor to keep her from burning up her power. He may have finished episode 1 by swearing vengeance, but he obviously knows where to aim that motivation.
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TJ_Kat
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I'm confused by why this seems to be the big flagship title this season. It's okay, but hardly impressive. Honestly, so far it's right near the bottom of the list of shows I'm watching this season.
The characters feel really one dimensional - like someone picked a single trope for each of them and that's their entire character - and it's trying way to hard to be edgy. I mean, right off the top they could have picked any word to describe Xylo et al - they could have even made up a word - but they chose to call them heroes because the word has specific connotations IRL completely counter to how it's being used in this story and that's edgy. 
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meiam
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It has a high animation budget, lots of fights (presumably) and is on crunchyroll, JJK is starting to run out of steam, Frieren doesn't have that many fights, Fate is part of a long franchise thats hard to get into and most other show are generic Isekai. Its broadly decent, avoid some of the issues with edgy shows (yet to see any blatant fan service) and has just a touch of imagination in a mostly generic setting. I do wonder if they'll ever address the fact that this world apparently has the ability to resurrect people, but they use it on criminal who are then ostracize (rather than just picking the best of them and keeping them around forever). Like imagine we had the ability to resurrect people, but we only used it to keep Hitler, Stalin, Ted Bundy, w/e... as cops/soldier. |
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Gazzaro
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You fell into the trap. I don't judge you, when I was reading the light novel, I also initially thought the author was just reversing the meaning of the word "hero." |
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Exodus007
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The corrupted are called faeries not demons. Did the reviewer even pay attention?
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Thesarum
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Ep1 made me think quite a bit of "What do you do at the end of the world? Are you busy? Will you save us? (Holder of the "longest title that isn't just a plot synopsis" record). Though the betrayal/revenge plotline doesn't really come up much there. (Though arguably Willem would be justified in feeling that way).
Xylo's refusal to justify himself to anyone is entirely understandable, and while Kivia is clearly positioned to come around at some point it's very likely it would indeed be wasted effort right now. Certainly not the whole conspiracy anyway. He probably owes his Goddess something of an explanation though. I think I have to disagree with Grant, I kinda like the ridiculous praise seeking naivety of her character. Woo! Another evil church! The priest that has joined them in the mine gets about two lines and three face shots but dedicates all of it to being the most arrogant arse possible. He's really spectacularly unlikeable. |
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TJ_Kat
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Am I the only one who wondered why they sat around waiting to be attacked instead of oh, I don't know, leaving? And they didn't just do it once, not twice, but three times. The fact that Teoritta and the knights just casually wandered down to where the miners were means it should have been pretty easy to just walk out.
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Thesarum
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80% of media would have no plot if characters did the obviously sensible thing! Though, I guess the Watsonian take would be that it's because the monsters they're fighting are directed, rather than random attacks or spread out dungeon spawns. And since the enemy seemed fixated on them, it was likely they'd be attacked either way and it'd be easier for Xylo's small team to protect them in a reasonably defensible but open location rather than in narrow tunnels that would limit their mobility. The other team just walked in because the demon lord didn't care to keep them out. |
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Aerdra
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It's interesting how the original author suddenly got two anime adaptions in the same season, both of which twist the classic concept of "hero" (勇者). (The other is Scum of the Brave, where the keyword was localized as "Brave" but is the same in Japanese.) After three episodes of each, I am definitely interested in Sentenced to Be a Hero but have a hard time getting into the other one.
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Gina Szanboti
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I'm mostly enjoying this, especially since meeting the new team members. Teoritta kinda gets on my nerves, but the little killing machine with the axe, whose name I forget, has won my heart, and I like how Xylo talks to them in their own idiom. That actually helps me sympathize more with Teoritta, whose beloved knight won't give her the time of day, let alone a head pat.
I was impressed that the show actually had me thinking, "I hope the king doesn't die," before I sheepishly remembered he can't.  Still, not knowing just how much each resurrection costs a person before they end up like Axeman, I don't want that for him.
Btw, I thought His Majesty believed he was the rightful king before he was made a hero, which was why he led the rebellion. Given what we've seen of the powers that be, not to mention his own powers/skill, maybe he isn't insane after all... |
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Mami-kouga
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Surprised no commentary on the hint that Norgalle had a break with reality and is actively emulating someone he knew. It's not clear whether Norgalle is who he's emulating (and thus he failed to save them) or it's actually his name (and thus someone else died saving him) or even that his insanity isn't because the death and resurrections broke his brain like Tatsuya (whose distinctly Japanese name seems to indicate he was maybe an isekaid person who got unlucky) but regardless I was charmed by his charisma this episode even if it seems he's gonna have to sit out the next arc.
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Gazzaro
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It's almost as if you didn't watch the episode... do you really think it would be easier to escort the miners while they fight...? Not to mention that if they tried to retreat, the possibility of being surrounded from both the front and the back would exist, meaning maintaining a defensive position was the most correct or sensible choice. Think a little before you speak. |
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TJ_Kat
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Rude much?
Did you miss the three long, extended periods where they sat around? Any one of those should have given them more than enough time to get out. And I'd argue that it would be easier to protect the miners as they retreated as the tunnels would bottleneck the fairies instead of letting them spread out in a large, open cave. Large open spaces without any kind of fortification are terrible defensive positions, while small, narrow bottlenecks are great for allowing a smaller force to hold off a much larger force. Plus retreating would be actively moving away from the monsters, meaning it would take more time to catch up. Also before the first attack, it was pointed out that Xylo was running low on luminessence and that they couldn't hold out much longer. Considering they weren't expecting to get any backup, that meant staying and maintaining a defensive position equaled certain death. It looks like the "correct or sensible choice" only because it worked out, but the reality is they were not expecting Teoritta or the knights to show up and they would have all died had either of those things not happened. |
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blahmoomoo
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I think Xylo mentioned something about wishing that they had an item that would allow him to see where the enemies were coming from. Without that, they had no idea when the next wave would be. That detail is easy to miss because he only mentioned it once.
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meiam
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Yeah retreating would have been hard, but the other option was to just wait for the mountain to be cave in over their head or hope that they got lucky and the demon lord attacked them for no reason.
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