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MFrontier
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They're doing a good job of adapting the story into animation so far. The production values aren't A+ but they've serviceable and do what they're there for, when the real draw is the relationship between the leads and how it hinges on monster meat.
Sometimes you find your soulmate, the person who you're attracted to the most for all the things that might turn off others, and who you can't help but fall hard for. To the point where you both mutually and relentlessly flirt with each other at any given moment. That you both happen to enjoy making delicious meat out of monsters is just an added bonus. |
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John Thacker
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Given that this is a Japanese production, the natural reading is in light of Japanese history, where meat was eaten early on but then meat consumption (non-fish, with some exceptions for deer and certain wild game, but not raised as livestock) was banned/discouraged for roughly a thousand years (amount to which it was enforced varied) influenced by Buddhist ideas of transmigration. The ban was only really lifted after the Meiji Restoration. There's some obvious parallels here.
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NeedMoreCats
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Yes, I think this is what I find so delightful about the show. Their chemistry is palpable. They’re my new favorite couple! |
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Gina Szanboti
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Gotta partially disagree with Kennedy here. Raw onions taste good (with other things), and onion flavors add to dishes, but cooked onions do feel like tapeworms in your mouth so I fish them out or don't put them in to cook in the first place.
Both things can be true. He (secretly) ruined her rep, which now makes him desperate for her to find someone who'll marry her. He just couldn't confess out loud that he was to blame for that, though he obviously knew he was, making him even more desperate for things to turn out well for her. There's nothing nonsensical about wanting a bad situation you caused to be rectified without your having to cop to being the cause. I give him props to admitting it to Ari even though he didn't have to. |
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Key
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I was fairly impressed that we're only through episode 4 and the engagement has already been made official with both participants' ready agreement. Normally this is a goal that would either be in the first episode or take most of the season to achieve, so I'm curious to see where the story will go next.
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kgw
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I think I am leaving this. I don't feel any challenge, and the situations repeat a lot. Not to talk I cannot stop seeing Melphina's(?) father as a kid with a fake mustachio, as if the artist couldn't draw men over 30 (for women is easier, they just add wrinkles).
But I laughed at the idea of a murderous onion. |
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minamikaze
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Melphie did not admit that. It was other people at the funeral who said that Melphie's mother died because she ate monster meat. Melphie disagreed. She said that the reason was that her mother's magic circle was imperfect, and because of that, during the process when her mother extracted magic from the monsters, some of it would accumulate in her body, and over time, as the amount increased it eventually turned into toxins which killed her. As previously mentioned, Melphie's mother's research into making monster meat edible was because she was trying to find a way to feed people the people of their domain who were suffering from a famine. Her mother's death led Melphie to start researching the problem of magic overload in people, in addition to continuing her mother's research on making monster meat edible. Melphie said that she hoped to complete that research and find a way to help the Duke's issues with magic overload. Starting at CR subs 19:08 |
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Gina Szanboti
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That was not her new home, but a fort on the way, where they're resting the dragons. If it were her new home, Ari wouldn't have made such a big deal about putting her up in the nearby village instead. She would have started her unpacking indoors instead of just a few things outdoors. The soldiers wouldn't have apologized for not have well-appointed rooms for her. There would've been a large service staff waiting to greet their arrival and see to their needs (unless Ari is a much poorer noble than we've been led to believe).
Apparently so? It wasn't that he didn't want to try the meat, but that she'd given his men first crack at it before him. And as minamikaze pointed out, Mel did not admit that properly processed monster meat was dangerous. I don't think the series' writers are the ones not thinking things through. |
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MFrontier
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Honestly I feel like it's rare to find a couple who so consistently flirt and sweet talk each other as much as Melphie and Aristide do together. It's like 70% of the show is them flirting with each other and the other 30% is them actually doing monster meat stuff.
Melphie's priority is her research and cooking monster meat. She could do without anything that doesn't personally involve that and is pretty laidback and casual in general. Yet all the same it's good to finally have a partner in her life who supports her and actually takes care of her so she's not constantly falling asleep on the floor. But I guess it can't all be romance and fine dining on monsters since now Melphie has to find a way to prevent Aristide from going the way her mother did. Also Melphie keeps talking about who I assume is her half-brother like he's the son of her father instead of a brother...which I'm guessing is because she's barely spent any time with him courtesy of her step-mother. |
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#softcritter
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Feels like the story moves at snail pace, I know this is a romance but the plot come to a halt whenever the pair is together.
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MFrontier
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I legit don't think I've ever seen an anime couple that flirt as much as Melphie And Aristide do. About the only thing Melphie adores more than Aristide is gigantic monsters she wants to dine on.
I love how their first (indirect) kiss is via monster meat. |
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Jabootu
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Like everyone else, I love the couple's chemistry. However, Melphie's constant gasping in shock and surprise at every single positive thing that happens to her, no matter how slight, is starting to gall. "Melphie, your hands are full, let me get that door for you." "GASP!!!!" She's starting to strike me as mentally challenged more than anything else, and it's not like this sort of character isn't an anime trope to begin with.
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minamikaze
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The cause of the famine was clearly stated in the show (multiple times). It was due to a severe drought. CR subtitles 3:33, 13:10 and 19:51 At that last one, Melphie did wonder to herself if the cause of the drought itself could be determined. Considering that everyone refers to it as occurring 17 years ago, it seems unlikely that the famine persisted for years.
While Aristide's brother did become King due to the famine, the discussion about making use of slain monsters, was discussed many years afterwards: Aristide and his brother the King are shown as being much older than they were during the famine. Also, the parts of the monsters they discussed using was limited to: "Horns, claws, leather and hides". Meat was NOT included. CR subs 15:43 Since Aristide was at least 7 years old when famine occurred (possibly a bit older than that, because after showing him being sickened by a magic power overload, he mentioned becoming stronger to handle it), it seems likely that he his in mid-twenties now. As far as Melphie's age, while it is unstated if she was born just before or after the drought/famine. Her mother continued her research after the famine in an attempt to improve/perfect it and that was when Melphie observed her. Her mother did not die during the famine. Melphie is shown to be very young when she died, possibly 4 or 5 years old, so Melphie's current age could be 16-20.
It seems to me that the reviewer is the one overthinking things (and missing things too), not the writers. 
Famines were not rare events in history, and some even caused wars and uprisings. The cause was stated to be a severe drought. I'm not sure why any more details would be necessary at this point of the story. |
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MFrontier
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It's kind of wild how we're halfway into the season and we still haven't made it to the Galbraith domain! I mean, we're getting more world building/flirting but still!
I feel like usually in these shows the political conflict would drive the brothers' apart, so I'm glad that didn't happen. A separate oath from their marriage vows to protect Aristide. Melphie loves eating monster meat but she draws the line at getting eaten herself. |
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Sheriru
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From all the Princess/Lady/Villainess Anime that came out the past Years, this is the worst one in a while. The pacing is absolutely terrible and the Quality is so bad. They were flying to that damn country for 3 Episode straight and were yapping about the same Topics ove and over but also talked about nothing at all. I started skipping it all.
What a terrible example when i was just boasting to a Friend of how good the Quality of those Genre of Anime were recently. Especially after we had "Betrothed to My Sister's Ex" this Summer that had 100% Quality and the Girl had a new Dress every.single.Episode. |
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