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Edjwald
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I will say that I never expected to see a tournament arc on this show.
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smurky turkey
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S2 E5:
I love how random and absurd this week's episode was. Be it the reckless and alcoholic slime, making some medicine, some difficult romance or collecting some nuts: it was all charming and hilarious. In the case of the nuts I wonder if the godly tool has any limits or if it will truly create anything Hiraku thinks off. The medicine making gave Flora some time in the spotlight (that walking mushroom was a boss) while Ya needs all the help she can get. |
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Edjwald
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I was thinking that they should go ahead and plant some of those rare herbs that they had to go to so much trouble for while they were at it.
I agree, it was a fun episode. I found it amusing that they had to shut the door on a divine miracle because it was making it hard for people to sleep at night, for instance. This season hasn't quite the same slow paced, soothing vibe as the first season - it feels more like checking in on some old friends to see how they're doing and what's new in their life - but that's good too and certainly isn't a disappointment. |
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DuskyPredator
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I was thinking there might have been a Dark Souls reference, as the show of a mushroom man in a dark forest looked a lot like the Mushroom Parents, which are notorious in Dark Souls for hitting surprisingly hard. |
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smurky turkey
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S2 E6:
Another good episode with a lot of funny situations and gags. The first half showed just how powerful and wealthy Hiraku is, enough so that even an unreasonable angel is no match. I am not sure that they need a better defensive network but it can never hurt I suppose. The second half showed that even dragons can have problems. Your destined partner being there when you hatch out of your egg is quite a concept and not exactly free love but Hiraku helped improve relations. @Dusky good call, those guys do indeed hit rather hard. |
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Edjwald
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Halfway through, I'd say that this has been a successful season 2, keeping in mind that my bar for sequel seasons is slightly lower than my bar for season 1's. Basically, as long as a sequel season doesn't try to create drama by having the characters infighting or bizarrely spending episode after episode in boardroom meetings (believe it or not I'm thinking about Log Horizon) or some other kind of derailment, I'm happy if it just gives us a little more time with characters that we like and honors the spirit of the original show.
This show does feel a bit differently paced than season 1 to me, but only a bit - to whip out my mental thesaurus here, it trades some of the languorous, bucolic charm for a slightly faster pace - but it meets all my criteria. I got a chuckle out of watching how the show skirted around Tia being Hiraku's 2nd wife without really denying or acknowledging it, and I enjoyed the angel visitors and the dragon courtship. |
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smurky turkey
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S2 E7:
I appreciate that the second season has given some of the characters some more time to shine. It is interesting to see what characters get up to when Hiraku is not around. In the case of the dragon ladies (in particularly Hakuren) that included feeling less than great about Hikaru having had to apologise due to their actions. We even have a cliffhanger due to a mystery. |
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Edjwald
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I'm thinking Lasty having a guilty and/or inferiority complex in the making is going to be a thing next week.
Also, I'm not exactly an environmental engineer, but they have plenty of flowing water that they direct and dam up every which way in the Great Tree Village. Couldn't they just dig up some of them there hot stones and make their own hot spring? Either way, I'm kind of enjoying having the progenitor around for a spell. |
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Edjwald
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Waitaminnit...I just realized...they had a hot spring episode where no modestly built females complained about their chest size despite drinking milk regularly, and no female felt up some other ridiculously built female. Isn't that against some kind of anime statute or something?
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smurky turkey
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S2 E8:
Quite a lot of worldbuilding for one episode. The black stones were seemingly used to seal something away but over time the evil dankness started leaking out. Destroying the seals/stones would have been a bad idea so crafting them into divine statues to purify whatever they sealed away makes sense. I am not sure how the soul of the legendary human hero became an undead working for whatever was sealed away but she has been reborn by being kicked. Hiraku also solved the issue with the dragon ladies. @Edjwald they are trying hard to keep the anime wholesome so it makes senes that they are keeping it out. |
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Edjwald
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I think this is the first time that Hiraku has built a statue of the god of creation that the voice of the real god of creation didn't make some outraged protest at being portrayed as an old man.
So, here at the two thirds mark, I will say that like this anime fine and wouldn't mind a season 3, but like Campfire Cooking S2 and I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years S2, my liking of it is to some degree reliant on nostalgia for a first season that I liked better. From my viewpoint, I'm always happy enough when a sequel season portrays its characters reasonably consistently, allows me to spend a little more time with them, and doesn't soil its narrative trousers the way so many sequel seasons do. But that doesn't mean I'm not honest with myself about my enjoyment level. |
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minamikaze
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The god of creation is an old man. Hikaru met him, so the statue of him that Hikaru carved was an accurate representation of him (as verified by the Progenitor). In the first season, after he carved the statue of the god of creation, Hikaru decided to carve a second statue of the god of agriculture to show gratitude for the all powerful hoe/tool. The god of creation had told Hikaru it had come from the god of agriculture However, since Hikaru had not met the god of agriculture, he mistakenly assumed the god was also an old man, so the statue he ended up carving, was of an old man. As we saw in the first season, the actual god of agriculture is a young woman, and she complained indignantly and angrily to the god of creation that the statue depicted her as an old man. |
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Edjwald
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Doh! Since she was berating the older dude back in season 1 (I think she sent him into timeout or something) and I assumed the God of Creation was the head honcho, I memory blurred her into the God of Creation.
Thanks for clearing that up 
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smurky turkey
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S2 E9:
Your discussion is a timely one since the subject was once again talked about in this week's episode. The God of Agriculture really needs to introduce herself properly because Hikaru will keep on carving old man statues otherwise. Besides that the episode was a great example of how charming the show can be. The first segment was about Hikaru solving a huge problem for the world and even the gods while not being aware of it at all. The result is a divine cat joining the village, several indivuals being cleansed and a future war being averted. The second segment with Hakuren and Urza was wholesome (and silly with that overpowered mini golem) and the final bit was over the top zany. Those mountain elves can turn anything into a deadly weapon. |
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Edjwald
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I find I don't have much to say about it. It was pleasant. It didn't have much impact on me. Right or wrong, I personally feel like season 1 was a good meal, and season 2 has kind of been like one of those after dinner mints that some restaurants give you as a bonus. I like those mints.
I do wonder if this means that the village is going to stop being swarmed by refugees, and I do note that we now have two former big bosses of evil turned into cute lil beings. |
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