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EP. REVIEW: Goblin Slayer [2018-10-14]

I'm having trouble seeing what there is to discuss further, given that one of you has read the LN and the other hasn't, and the primary argument is about whether the LN and manga(/anime) deviate in tone. How can that conversation possibly be productive? It seems to mostly just consist of one person saying "Here's where I think the tonal difference is." and the other person saying "No, I haven't read that, and I don't believe you." It's not like that's the kind of gulf that's overcome through reasoned conversation..

Additionally, there was something stated to the effects of there being a large prologue of which must be Year 0 either that or i have the wrong books.

TexZero wrote:

Additionally, there was something stated to the effects of there being a large prologue of which must be Year 0 either that or i have the wrong books.

Ashael did specifically mention Year One, which is a prequel novel rather than the main story. I haven't read it myself, but I'm pretty sure that's what was being referred to.

Kendra Kirai wrote:

Actually, I think it seems fairly clear that the manga *is* the source material for this anime. ...

That would seem to be the case at first glance, but the anime does actually feature content that the novels have and the manga doesn't.

Deep within the enemy ranks, however, they could see a vast form tower up, silhouetted against the moon.
“There it is! A hob— Wait, is it?”
“GURAURAURAURAURAUUUU!!”
The great roar rolled across the bloodied battlefield.
The creature was so large it could have been taken for an ogre. It held a club stained with blood and brains. A goblin champion.
A goblin, yes, but one so powerful it could single-handedly turn the tide of battle.
Far be it for any adventurer, though, to back down from a challenge just because it was twice their size and carried a big stick.
“Ahhh, there’s the big one! I was getting tired of these small-fries!” The heavy warrior was the first to dive at the champion, with his weapon on his shoulder and a wild laugh on his lips. Rolling her eyes, Knight followed him, with her shield up.
“Just when I was busy counting up how many goblin heads I’d collected,” she said.
“Count ’em later! Fight now!”
“You warriors have such one-track minds.” With this banter, they happily jumped into battle against the new foe.
All over the field, weapons rang against one another, and blood spurted into the air.

second and third chapters that draws dialogue from all three but then trims all of it so it often either misses the original dialogue's point, or the point is altered entirely.

About "points" - blatant lie. Just give us few examples, "put up or shut up".

I know you will go with the second option. You tried to complain about specifics, but, confronted, immediately abandoned these claims and switched to "everything is wrong, I am so disappointed and if you are not you should feel bad about yourself." Good idea if your arguments don't hold water.

Adaptation is reasonably faithful to light novels. Nothing major was lost or altered. It can't be absolutely faithful because books and anime/manga are vastly different in presentation. Complaining about it doesn't elevate you over unwashed masses, it is just silly.

Since it's a prologue, I presume it doesn't involve Slayer. Which means it's not actually about him. It's worldbuilding that isn't part of the actual books being adapted, and doesn't have any direct link to him. These are the sort of things that become their OWN series, like the Danmachi and SAOAlternative sides.

Which is just stupid to include in the argument because it's something that wasn't being adapted. It has its OWN manga adaptation, incidentally.

You don't seem to have understood why I didn't respond to your previous post. You seem to think it's because I didn't have counter-arguments and counter-examples to your extremely selective quoting of the original novel, whereas in reality I didn't do that because your post was a bloody minefield.

The novels make it very clear that a month passes between the ogre fight and the goblin lord's attack on the farm. That is actually a key plot point, because the long rest takes the edge off Goblin Slayer's mental state but still isn't enough to heal all the injuries he obtained while fighting the ogre, which is why he struggles so much in his duel against the Goblin Lord.

I didn't respond to you because your post contained at least three personal insults that I knew full well you hoped I would respond to, so you would then cry foul and claim I'm making the argument personal.

Your current post does the same, simply because you know full well that I can produce those counter-examples and so you hope to simply bully me into losing my temper and then report me to the mods.

To put it simply, I'm not trying to argue with you specifically because you specifically are too vile to argue with. I will however report you to the mods for attempting to force a personal attack. Have a good day.