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Shippoyasha
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Kazuma not being punished for things he shouldn't be punished at is why the show is good. An anime protagonist shouldn't be constantly punished when the situation is put upon him by the fantasy world or his girl companions who constantly put him in a bad situation. So it's only fair the girls get a fair shake of defeat as well.
That sense of balance is why this show was so good in my eyes. It didn't hold the girls up as infallible beings who are borderline Mary Sues. Kazuma punished them when they rightfully did something wrong. |
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Black Magi
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This x1000. Also Kazuma had every right to act the way he did unless you all are saying you would have put up and gladly accepted all the things the girls put him through u_u. |
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Black Magi
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The OP and ED were on point though lol
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Calsolum
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oh what a shame it got a c+ i really liked this series. in my opinion it wasn't exactly the best comedy and what nick said about having to wait through a few routines to hit a good one is right though for me it was more like one for one so i enjoyed it quite a bit.
as for his take on kazuma I must disagree. Kazuma got shat on quite a bit throughout the series if he could somehow change his personality and become positive and less of an ass would lead me to believe that he had a brain disorder or maybe those sucubi were taking something extra? His obnoxious nature makes complete sense given the absurd setting he's put in and having to deal with those useless girls. Sure theyre all easy on the eyes but in a fantasy world where your future depends on your ability as an adventurer, a girl capable of using only one kind of magic and becomes useless afterwards, a 'tank' who can't hit still target and gets distracted with her fantasies easily, and a goddess whose common sense (and Int) are all but nonexistant, are all dead weight. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that these girls were hopeless without his direction since the show did show that before they met kazuma they had difficulty finding a group (Aqua is a special kind of stupid as well). tl;dr I'd give this series a solid B or even a B+ not the greatest comedy but its hard not to laugh with these adventurers (especially AT them) on their silly missions. |
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Covnam
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Does this show have a bunch of censorship (light beams, darkened scenes, zoom-ins etc) that I should wait on the BD release for or is it pretty likely to be released as is?
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dtm42
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Dude, Konosuba wasn't that sort of show. It purposefully didn't go for the serious emotionally-charged drama and meaningfully crafted character development routes. It went with the "here's some hopeless people with huge personality flaws, watch as they parody 'trapped in a game/fantasy world' stories by overcoming cliched situations in bizarre and not-so-cliched ways". No it isn't a show to watch if you want something with depth. But if you just want an irreverent comedy with surprisingly clever twists and a cast of lovable misfits that have some great chemistry together, then this is the show for you. |
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Key
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Absolutely zero censorship. In fact, the fan service in the series is actually pretty limited beyond the episode with the succubi. |
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Lemonchest
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I think the criticism of Kazuma is not just him as a character but him as the mouthpiece of the writer, who seemed uninterested in taking the character comedy/observations beyond "lol silly girls be silly."
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ragz
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Usually when someone writes a hack piece with little reasoning and even less research, it has a target audience. Not sure who the target of this is, other hipster bloggers?
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Bobduh
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Bingo. Kazuma's "straight man" position placed him closest to the voice of the author, and often made it impossible to get any enjoyment out of scenes unless you agreed with his angry, adolescent attitudes towards the other characters. Kazuma was occasionally punished when he totally overreached in his character type, but his fundamental attitudes often felt like a part of the show's worldview, making for a sometimes unpleasant and distancing experience. |
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pikrodafni
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Why WOULDN'T Kazuma be angry at the other characters when he constantly has to pay for their mistakes? |
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HaruhiToy
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Aqua reminds me of Yozora and Sena from Haganai in that they go around commando a lot but nobody ever seems to notice. It is almost as if the art director is trolling on the censors: fan service? what fan service? do you see any panty shots? I wonder if there are more anime that did this. |
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stilldemented
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But I dare say, my good man! That might very well be the point! 
Let us not forget that this show is a parody. It rages against formulaic, self-insertion webnovels and their ilk for their phoned-in nature...by being exactly that! 
Kazuma wants nothing more than to indulge in his second chance at life. He embraces the life of new adventure in a fantasy world where he will become a hero and go on an epic quest to defeat the demon king with a party of qualified women that will eventually fall in love with him and join his harem. Instead he is given a fantasy world that makes no sense (flying cabbages), poor stats during his self-character creation, a party of incompetents, and a harem that grinds at his gears. The author meta-trolls Kazuma, and Kazuma takes his frustrations out on whatever is being the source of his problems. Is it insensitive? Technically. Most farces are to an extent. But the nature of farce does not concern itself with taking such things seriously. Alas, if Kazuma failed to immerse, then to-may-to/to-mah-to. 
(We can still be friends.  )
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getchman
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every girl in Saki appears to be going commando |
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Covnam
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Great to hear, thanks for the info 
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