(L+CR) Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka Season 2

[belatkuro]

I remember that it's a stipulation that the gods put up when they descended. That they seal their powers, and if they get seen using their powers, they get sent back and never return. This whole descent is a game to them and those were their rules. That's why Hermes asked permission to Ouranos to have them use their powers during the War Game to make projections so everyone can watch the fights.

Spoiler for ep10:

The way Ishtar was sent back wasnt because she fell and died. Gods will activate their powers if they suffer a fatal damage to heal themselves. Ishtar falling had her power activate, which Freya saw so Ishtar was sent back.

[Metaneo]

Originally Posted by belatkuro

Spoiler for ep10:

The way Ishtar was sent back wasnt because she fell and died. Gods will activate their powers if they suffer a fatal damage to heal themselves. Ishtar falling had her power activate, which Freya saw so Ishtar was sent back.

Spoiler for :

Then who saw Brigid use her powers? Hestia unsealed her powers in front on a bunch of people last season including another God.

[Magewolf]

Originally Posted by Metaneo

Spoiler for :

Then who saw Brigid use her powers? Hestia unsealed her powers in front on a bunch of people last season including another God.

I think Hestia got away with it because it was in the dungeon and that shielded it from Heaven noticing.

[Anh_Minh]

ISTR the explanation was she released her divine aura, not her powers.

[Metaneo]

Originally Posted by Anh_Minh

ISTR the explanation was she released her divine aura, not her powers.

CR's translation said she released her Divine Power. But as I don't speak Japanese, I can't tell you if it's right or a mistranslation.

[relentlessflame]

Originally Posted by Metaneo

CR's translation said she released her Divine Power. But as I don't speak Japanese, I can't tell you if it's right or a mistranslation.

For what it's worth...

Spoiler for Quote from Novel 5, comparison with Season 1 (after Hestia stopped the fight with Mord):

"The gods were still worthy of the awe and reverence of the children of Gekai even with their divine powers, Arcanum, sealed.
"This was because their life on Gekai was nothing more than a game to them... They could still unleash their divine providence and force everyone around them to bow down. But at the same time they cared about the children who had pledged to follow them, and they wanted to assist in their life stories.
"Bell looked down at the deity who had used her power not for her own gain but to save people just like him..."

I think we can say that even with their powers sealed, certain aspects of their divinity are still allowed to pervade. Consider Freya's charm as another example of this, or the bewitching effect Soma's wine has. That is still to some degree using their powers in a more latent way. But if you unseal your arcanum to use your powers outright (as happens unwittingly if inflicted with a mortal wound), then you lose the game and are sent back.

That said, where the "line" is drawn seems to be an area of some concern, because after the scene quoted above Hestia wonders at first if she was "noticed" (but Hermes says that wasn't it). I don't know for a fact, but if we take the game analogy, it seems likely that there are conditions for "automatic loss" (blatant use of powers) but then other conditions that aren't "automatic" but where you could be accused by other gods of "cheating." So presumably the gods try to avoid any overt/obvious use of their powers (beyond their divine providence/aura) to not be accused of anything unfair and so lose the game. (If one god accuses another of cheating, I'm not sure what the process would be, but I guess they might discuss it at Denatus and take a vote, assuming it doesn't get dealt with some other way in the meantime.)

[Metaneo]

It's stuff like this that make me wish I understood Japanese so that I could "fact check" things to satisfy my own curiosity.

[Kanon]

The OVA is out. Full of fanservice as you would expect. It was pretty fun overall.

[Wandering Soul]

Fan service is pretty much all I expected out of the OVA. Still fun though.