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EP. REVIEW: The Genius Prince's Guide to Raising a Nation Out of Debt

In fact, the only gripe I have with this episode is Wein showing up at the end and stealing her thunder.

I'm surprised there wasn't more follow up regarding Marden

After the breakneck pacing of the past few episodes, it's nice to see the show slow down a bit and deal with the fallout of all that has happened in the series so far.

Is in this moment that Demetrio
explodes ( with an attendant on his chambers trying to relax him, attendant that the anime forgot completely)

Lirsen wrote:

Is in this moment that Demetrio explodes ( with an attendant on his chambers trying to relax him, attendant that the anime forgot completely)

They also skipped the part where Demetrio sent assassins after Falanya. He only went with the marriage proposal when the assassination attempt failed because Nanaki killed all the assassins.

The more folks complain about what was skipped, the more impressed I am by the adaptation decisions made. A lot seems left on the cutting room floor, but I never feel confused by events, characters, motivations, or decisions. Occasionally it feels rushed, but I've been able to easily keep track of it. For a show rushing through this much source material, that is an achievement.
And really, I want an adaptation to tell a coherent and cohesive version of the story. Not be slavishly devoted to going point by point through the original. In that respect, this show succeeds for me.

Because they didn't skip any plotpoint, but what could enrich those plotpoints. I don't know if you saw the first season of realist hero, but, looking at the light novel and this chapter, if they used the same pace they would adapted IN ONLY ONE CHAPTER from souma summoning until the walk in the city where liscia, Yuna and souma hear the two childhood friends from the military talk. Would you tell that is a good adaptation then?

Because they didn't skip any plotpoint, but what could enrich those plotpoints. I don't know if you saw the first season of realist hero, but, looking at the light novel and this chapter, if they used the same pace they would adapted IN ONLY ONE CHAPTER from souma summoning until the walk in the city where liscia, Yuna and souma hear the two childhood friends from the military talk. Would you tell that is a good adaptation then?

I'm not going to comment on an irrelevant hypothetical: comparisons between a possible show and an actual one seem a bit silly to me.

But I do watch that show, and I much prefer this one. There are several reasons why, but one is that Realist often mimics the pacing of a lobotomized snail. It could stand some judicious editing.

Did we see Demetrio send assassins? No. Did we need to? I would argue not.

We got a good idea of the kind of person he was from visuals and a well delivered monologue- tools that the source material didn't have.

Thats the kind of decision making I'm respecting here- relying on the medium's strengths to enrich in a way that the original material could not.

And cutting what the original material had in place to serve a similar purpose. I'm not claiming they've done so perfectly. But I think they've been far more successful than not. Certainly, I think the fact that purists seem to have the biggest complaints indicates so.

But the anime does add and enrich the plot. I assume you saw animation? Heard voice acting? These are things that lend to character developments and world building

We don't need Demetrio to sic assassins for a perceived slight to prove just how evil and petty he is. We can see his wonderfully evil expressions, hear the VA chew the scenery, and see the look he imagines- things a light novel can't allow for as much.

Let me put it this way: they skipped an assassination attempt. And you've not really argued the narrative is actually affected.

The characters are still taking the same actions, for what seem to be the same reasons. It all is still coherent for the viewer. It all still makes sense. If a "major event" like an attempted murder of a main character can be skipped to such a minimum impact- then it was not an important event for the story. And thus, it is cut.

Also. if you want to claim you aren't much of a purist when a previous post is a day-by-day itinerary of what you feel should have happened according to the book...well, the evidence doesn't seem to support the claim.

Again, not arguing the show has been perfect- last arc they cut a bit too much, and some of the events had holes because of it- particularly how the escape played out. But in viewing it, that seems the exception rather than the norm.

Importantly- this is an adaptation. Not a direct light novel to anime translation. This is its own work- derived from, but independent of the novels. Events in adaptations get cut, shuffled, added to- and none of that is inherently bad. The source material isn't perfect, after all. I judge the show on its own merits: can it tell a complete and fulfilling story, with engaging characters? If it can cut stuff out, pick up the pace, and still do that- excellent. And if it fails, the source material still exists.

The more folks complain about what was skipped, the more impressed I am by the adaptation decisions made. A lot seems left on the cutting room floor, but I never feel confused by events, characters, motivations, or decisions. Occasionally it feels rushed, but I've been able to easily keep track of it. For a show rushing through this much source material, that is an achievement.
And really, I want an adaptation to tell a coherent and cohesive version of the story. Not be slavishly devoted to going point by point through the original. In that respect, this show succeeds for me.

Siding with b-dragon]b] on all points here.

And yes, Realist Hero, as much as I like that series in general, is an example of what happens when adaptation [b]is maybe being too thorough. There's a fine balancing point with this in adaptations, as story pacing in novels ≠ story pacing in anime. The best adaptations (like, for instance, 86) account for that and adjust accordingly. Even if it is skipping things, this series seems to be doing a reasonably good job at that.

How did Caldmellia get an army into imperial territory? Did they come through Natra? Or are there other paths through the mountains? Or did they come by sea?