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Covnam
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Boy, Maha sure did catch up on the assassination game fast, huh?
It was kinda awkward mid way through they episode seeing Maha getting in to bed with Lugh after last episode (even more so with the bit at the end), but it was much more off putting seeing Noine getting her makeup adjusted like that. It's great that they seem better and are employed, but the whole "look pretty to sell" angle felt a bit tone deaf after last week. |
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Netero
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I'm not sure exactly how long the total time from Maha being "adopted" to the torture scene was. I've seen various estimates ranging from 6 months to 2 years 6 months. |
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Wasureta
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It must be closer to 2.5 years. Maha's body vastly matured. |
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Covnam
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Isn't he only supposed to be a merchant for 2 years? So it must be ~6 months |
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srlracing
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I laughed so hard at the Goddess rap battle I just about reincarnated.
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Picky33
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I laughed even harder when she went to check on him and found out all his words were good for was insulting people. i thought he might have some magic power that converts words into magic but nope.
I thought it was funny to his reaction to his first wet dream, I'm not surprised by the Maha and Tarte comments though, That was obvious Harem trope behavior. |
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Sinsekihokimchiansu
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Sigh ep 07&08 is very boring although that bit about Maha's parent got killed and how she became an orphan is not bad
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Tuor_of_Gondolin
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Lugh said he wants to marry Dia, but I wonder if that's really true. He may have just said that to give his father a plausible reason since he couldn't tell his Dad about the whole "I was brought here to kill the Hero" thing. Certainly his father was relieved to hear that Lugh actually had "normal" desires and said as much.
Still, if what Lugh said was true, then good for him and I agree with the reviewer's analysis. However, if he was just disarming his father, then it means he hasn't grown as much as we would like. Part of him is still an old man, and old people are slow to change. I guess I'm just being cautious here, and I hope he gets to end up with all three girls, since they all seem to want to end up with him. |
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Gina Szanboti
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This wasn't a bad episode, eventually, but jeez can you say "padding"? The entire first half was endless conversations about trusting the girls to take care of the brand line and business and how yes, they would take care of it and please come visit, you'll see how we take care of it, yes I know I can trust you to take care of things, we will definitely take care of things here, don't worry! Farewell, we'll take care of things for you while you're gone! Good, I know they'll take care of things while I'm gone.
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b-dragon
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I don't think "marry Dia" is the true answer for Lugh- I think its still the desire to be someone on his own terms, rather than as a tool for others. Mind you, I don't think its a lie either; just incomplete. After all, telling dear old Dad the full truth would make him sound absolutely loony.
I did love his father's reaction though. Lugh had to be an extremely uncomfortable son to have. Too damn good at everything, and way too serious and unchildlike. Something foolish he wants, some personal desire that wasn't "perfect" may have been something Cian waited Lugh's whole life to see.[/code] |
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MFrontier
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Maha is now strong enough to protect her girls from anyone who would wish to do them harm. I also liked getting more of her background and that she's planning to get her family company back on her own terms.
Now Tarte is the one fending off and killing hungry monster wolves. Of course said wolves also seem to be heralding the Demon Lord that the Hero will have to arrive to vanquish. It was kind of refreshing seeing Lugh's dad be just...a dad. A dad who is giving his son a choice to get out of the assassination game and find happiness and fulfillment elsewhere because he wants his son to be safe and happy. I have to imagine Ruff's death might have influenced that somewhat as well. I think Lugh was being pretty honest about his feelings and his love for Dia there. Like, he didn't need to say that to convince his dad that he genuinely wanted to be an assassin, and he called him "dad" for the first time so it felt like Lugh was being frank and honest there. That's on top of the self-reflection that he's trying to change from someone who only kills because he's told to do or just blindly following orders, and now he is an assassin for the sake of those he cherishes and who cherish him. And honestly it also holds up from what we've seen of Lugh and Dia's relationship up to this point and how Lugh goes out of his way to see her (and for more than just spells). It's also probably why he dismissed Maha's feelings as just admiration, because his heart is set on another girl. Although this is still going to end up with a Harem scenario, so I wonder how Dia feels about mistresses... |
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Leviathonlx
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It's mainly an issue of the adaptation leaving out some of the inner dialogue but yes his feelings for Dia are 100% genuine. |
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Emerje
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Since Tarte has been out on an actual battlefield fighting, her experience killing other humans is probably higher than Lugh. I know a while ago they showed him going out on assassinations with his dad, but just how many people can be assassinated in a year?
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Tuor_of_Gondolin
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Ah. Thanks for that. I didn't like being so suspicious of his motives. Good for him. |
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Blanchimont
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He got his training killing death row inmates in a basement, I'm pretty sure he has Tarte beat on that front. Well, he probably already had her beat while in his previous world, if you remember his career there. Remember how he killed that one condemned tied to a chair in an earlier episode? Well, in the novel it was described a bit differently. He was simply asked to kill five people with a knife, with method of his own choosing. That was his first lesson. Afterwards he had the rest of the place to practice on for the next two years. A literal quote about that place from the novel? "A massive dungeon full of prisoners"... |
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