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It just feels so wrong seeing a scrawny nerd like Will get smacked around by a giant monster and flung through solid stone buildings, only to get up with a few bruises. As far as we know, he is a human with no magic. It just pushes the suspension of disbelief too far into plot armor & gary stu territory. For the sake of world building and consistency, I really hope this gets addressed. Either reveal he is part Dwarf, using magical equipment, or anything that could make sense here.
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Gina Szanboti
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You're not alone.
 See also the reply for a possible explanation.
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Issue with the theory of Will being unknowingly protected/enchanted is that he never questions how he survived. No one brings up his durability and its just treated as common fact. What makes the issue annoying is how easily it could have been addressed by the writer inserting any justification prior. But the lack of any reasoning tells me the writer didn't think that hard about their own work. At least in most Shonen anime the characters are either established as superhuman or having a magic system (chakra, chi, Cursed energy, etc.) that mitigates their physical damage. Here we just have "concepts" of a magic system...
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LastPage 3
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That's such a weird hill to die on. Going by that logic, Will being able to run around with that huge sword and slice up monsters is also suspect 😂
He's just supernaturally fast, strong and tough. Last edited by LastPage 3 on Wed May 06, 2026 5:28 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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FilthyCasual
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Will is simply built different.
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If we are gonna throw the bare minimum logic out the window then this fantasy setting has the same level of creativity integrity as gags like Mashel: Magic & Muscles ....
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jr240483
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im surprised the reviewer is frustrated concerning finn being used in the series.
however,its not thst much of a surprise to those that are die hard danmachi followers considering that his personality towards will is more or less the EXACT SAME WAY that hermes from danmachi does when it comes to bell. however wistoria's finn better be careful to not cross any lines for elfie s NO hestia. : 
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yurayurari
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Looking forward to the tower arc, but please let it not be another discrimination arc part 2. I need something actually new for Will's character development, and not another him being bullied especially after what he has shown and done for literally everyone in the previous episode. Shounen titles tend to do this, but hopefully Wistoria won't.
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KPK10
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Great animation but the writing in this show is SO bad.
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Daidan12
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I'm pretty sure that one of the first things we learn about WIll is that his durability is absurd, I think the exact words were "sturdy as a Dwarf, he's the lone sword in a world of wands" said by Workner when he saved Sion on the dungeon. They don't explain WHY he is like that, but they acknowledge it. |
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Covnam
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I guess it's just to let him show off again in more controlled circumstances, but it is a bit much to ask the guy who basically just saved the world to prove himself again
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Aerdra
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There's some logic to what Sarissa said. Let Will prove himself before the entire tower, so that no one can complain later. And the First Bloom trial is fair: it's a test of one's practical ability in battle, which is a lot better than Professor Edward's exam about some abstract concept of magic.
I find it odd that factions are essentially divided by element (including elf, which is a race of people who specialize in their own type of magic). A team of mages from the same faction, all using the same type of magic, might run into problems against some types of enemies. Will is an interesting exception, being essentially non-elemental since he can't use magic, but his sword can probably work with any element. It'd also be funny if Elfaria continues to hold her grudge against ice mage Julius, and the wind faction picks him up instead. |
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Thesarum
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I guess I get why Elfaria must forever be the unreachable goal, for meta out-of-world reasons rather than satisfying in-world narrative ones. I guess that's the corner you write yourself into with the publishing model
But it also kinda sucks. There are good and bad ways to do "journey to the far horizon" and I'm not sure the story is quite nailing it. I guess they can at least see each other (across a bottomless-ish pit) now. Though I'd be shocked beyond measure if it's the Ice faction that ends up recruiting him. The Magia Vanders are a bit of an odd setup - revered practically as gods, but Elfaria's political power seems very constrained (by her own faction as much as anything). I guess we'll get into what's going on with that over the coming arcs. Maybe? Racist-in-chief is a great example. Who even is that guy? He's not a Vander, so it's not really clear how he has the political weight to overrule them. |
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Aerdra
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Oops, I need to retract my comment from last week. The test was not so fair after all.
Not Will specifically. The society of this story prioritizes magic ability above all else and discriminates against all non-magic users, not just Will. Kreutz explains that the oozes were developed for the purpose of suppressing dwarves. Also it seems to me that Kreutz isn't pushing Will down just for the sake of it, but rather because he wants to use him like a lab rat. We haven't received a good explanation for why the world is the way it is, but it's still early in the story and there's time for more world-building. |
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db999
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Yeah I’m also a bit frustrated by again having Will have to deal with completely unfair people and systems again, even though it’s a pretty common storytelling structure for shounen manga specifically. You know the one the main character overcoming obstacles and keying into his powers to defeat a huge enemy, only for them to run into another roadblock where they have to learn how to actually control their power through a training arc where they inevitably succeed against this new trial, rinse and repeat until the end of the story. This trope does work but you have to be careful with it, and I feel like the writer slightly miscalculated its use in this specific case.
I’m also pretty confident in what’s going to happen for the rest of this arc. Will is going to train and defeat the monsters, but Kruetz still won’t be satisfied so they’ll have a duel and Will will win. I’m also 100% confident that he’s not going to end up in the Ice faction, I’m pretty sure he’s going to end up in the Thunder faction. I mean why else would he be so significant in the opening sequence, and have that scene in this episode where his subordinate asks why he didn’t choose Will, and he smiles about how, those who start from the bottom and struggle are the best. I mean why include that if you’re not going to have Will end up in his faction. The question is whether or not Elfaria gets annoyed at this, or is completely OK with it because Will is part of a tower? |
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