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killjoy_the
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I think it's fairly common for LNs in particular to have sort of a bubble. Everyone who's reading this or that is into it, so that's all you get to hear about it, whereas an anime you get a lot more people to watch the beginning of, and thus more dissenting opinions. This does have the 'problem' though of those specific problems people point out at first actually being addressed in the show/novel but they'll never get to see it, because it'll be in episode 12 and they've already dropped the series at that point/in a hypothetical second season |
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Panino Manino
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Problem for me with these stories is that the authors are just... not learned/cultured enough, as if they're like the protagonist that read some book one time and believes he knows "things".
I think the genre has a lot of potential if written by the "right" persons. Makes me remember Juuni Kokuki. In one of the books that was not animated the protagonist tried to implement some ideas from the real world on her kingdom and it went really bad. It's not easy to convince people about new ideas, to no mention that the idea may actually be bad in the other world and just because she is Queen isn't guarantee that her policies will actually be implemented. Very different from how things work in these new isekai where they can do anything they want. While is not an isekai, Seirei no Moribito shows a really very well realized and convincing fantasy world that also serves as an example that these stories have so much potential if written by people that are actually learned. Probably because Moribito's author is an ethnologist, but here all we get are references to other anime and manga. |
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kgw
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The "hey, I just came here but I know how to fix all your problems because you are too dumb to know it" it is a bit patronizing. Specially when is taken for real and he DOES know it all.
At least in the food part, the different characters get a chance to say each time "we eat this at home, you don't?", which is somewhat realistic. I mean, there are people who really do not eat octopus... 
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Hiroki not Takuya
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I was also going to remind before some start in with " oh, no, veering into food anime with a stupid filler episode, the hero is an Iron Chef now, the writer is as incompetent as he is unlearned..." that this aside is directly germain to the world building and how the "hero" is saving the world here. Not by saying how it's done, but by using the resident gourmet expert of last week to highlight foods that are readily available and possibly plentiful because parochial people won't eat certain things. Now they see how it's done from the resident chef and since the King ate it, it must be really good. This Ep also shows that this will stimulate a new economy where those foods came from as well which is quite "realistic". And it isn't hard to see how that info and ability of the Wolf Child can change the dynamics of their world. Can't wait for next week...
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Casval Rem Deikun
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I prefer 'The Ideal Sponger Life' compared to this series. Hopefully we'll get a anime of it one day since Realist has one now.
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Covnam
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I thought that how foods were prepared was a part of the broadcast in the manga, but it's been a while since I read the early chapters, so I may be misremembering...
I don't have an issue with the idea of an outsider being the one to change things. Sometimes it takes an outside perspective to point out something that would normally be obvious but isn't because that's just how things have been.
I'd love to see that animated as well =) |
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Key
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Third vote for that; it's a much more intricate story than its title would suggest. Honestly, with 13 (I think?) volumes of it out, I'd be a bit surprised if we don't see an announcement about it before the end of the year. As for ep 4 of this series, my reaction to it was almost precisely the same as Grant's. I like what the series is doing in concept, but the execution is a bit lacking. (On the art, too; watch carefully and you'll see Tomoe's tail shift locations on her backside.) |
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Leviathonlx1
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My only real issue with this story that makes me roll my eyes is the constant wanking off of Japan that the author does. Why I like stories like Bookworm so much more since Rosemyne isn't trying to turn the world into Japan when she does do new inventions.
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Gina Szanboti
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Ep 5
Well, that went off the rails in a hurry in the second half. Why would he throw in infidelity when making up a story about his parents? I wonder what the nutritional value of slimes is. The noodles seemed more like shirataki (konjac) than udon or kudzu noodles. I am astonished to learn that Poncho's seiyuu voiced Diablo in How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord. Last edited by Gina Szanboti on Tue Aug 03, 2021 10:12 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Duck Du Normandie
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From some of the comments from those that have read the books, it sounds like there is some interesting detail into the hows and whys of running a country and saving a world without just using a really big sword. But, particularly after this last episode, I'm not getting the impression the anime is all that interested in focusing on any of that. The anime seems to be leaning more heavily into the wish-fulfillment angle than is my taste.
But, for the sake of my sanity, someone please, please, PLEASE, tell me that Tomoe (? The young puppy-girl "little sister" character) is not going to end up as one of the King's "days of the week". I am so very done with that trope. |
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killjoy_the
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She won't |
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Minos_Kurumada
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4th vote. Sponge's main character actually behaves like a human, he doesn't have all the answers but has normal logical knowledge, like Arabic numbers, that gives him an edge, he is just a normal guy that can use an excel sheet, his wife, the one who actually knows how the world they are works, is the one who calls the shoots. Besides, let us be honest here, different from what the average target audience for these types of power fantasies think, most males would reject the idea of spoiler[having an harem. It's way too overwhelming and troublesome outside the obvious moral connotations of course]. |
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Hiroki not Takuya
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^Harems are an obvious fantasy that some (maybe a lot) of guys think would be great, but I can't imagine a more perilous, anxiety generating and unfulfilling relationship if encountered IRL. It only works if the ladies act like bodies almost devoid of emotional makeup save "I love him regardless of everything". At least Alicia isn't like that and neither seem any other ladies (except Miss Dark Elf?).
I agree that the "gelin-udon" seems like it would be more like konjak but with the way it is behaving when cooked, there might be some protein in there and assuming it is like most cells, there are likely metabolized carbohydrates so it might actually be like udon nutritionally With the cooking class out of the way, I hope we get back to Hakuya and what he's about. I can't help thinking of the Chinese proverb "keep your friends close and your enemies closer" because he gives off an untrustworthy vibe to me. |
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Covnam
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For those concerned about the harem: At least as far as the manga goes,spoiler[ he hasn't even married anyone yet, so I wouldn't be too concerned about it being a focus], though from what I've heard in the LNsspoiler[ he does eventually marry a bunch of them]
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AnimeFlyz
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As for the people who haven't read the Light Novels (source) spoiler[He ends up marrying like 7 different women, so if you really cant stand harems, I advise just dropping the series.] |
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