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I won't write off the franchise as a whole, though, since so many claim the source material to be better. I might try the manga and original novel sometime. |
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2013-03-31, 02:45 | Link #1645 |
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If only they didn't do the mass time skips... this anime would be way better (tho some might than complain it be too slow...)
They basically had time skip in every single episode of at least 2+ months (I think one of them was like 2 year or something) As for another season... I wouldn't mind if it was the exact same plot line but viewed and followed Hero's adventure. Better yet... no Time Skip of more than 2+ months so we can see every happening without trying to figure out what happened between those times. IE: Yuusha's adventures, Maou's teachings, Knight's training, Mage's travels, and more that includes Merchant and Demons... If they had done it without time skip, the anime could run for more than 36 episodes... LOL PS: loved that move Hero did and the expression Maou gave, LOL. (mountain) Last edited by chaos_animagic; 2013-03-31 at 02:58. |
2013-03-31, 03:12 | Link #1646 | |
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I have no familiarity with the source material, but all I can say is that I hated this show.
* We never get to see Maou actually inventing or discovering anything. All we ever get is her pulling something new out of that chest of hers and showing it off. And then (timeskip!), said new thing is wide spread and accepted. * Going by architecture and dress, the human civilization is at late Medieval or early Renaissance level of development, yet they lacked basic things like compasses, windmills, and well pumps, which had to be invented by Maou (we never actually see her doing it). There's no way they could have gotten to that level without those basic technologies. It seems like the different nations have slightly different levels of technology (the Iron Kingdom in particular seems more advanced), but there's no spread unless Maou has a hand in it. * More focus on the side characters would also have been nice. They're the ones either acting for Maou and/or experiencing the effects of her actions. Too much focus on the core cast makes it seem like they're gods playing Civilization while insulated from the consequences. * Very long timeskips. The 12 episodes cover years (10?), and the timeskips cover multiple months. That only contributed to the very jarring way the story is told, and felt like the show was minimalizing the work and teaching that Maou was doing to improve the world. * Finally, the story is incomplete. We're shown that the blue demons, northern nations, and church were still conspiring, and that they had guns now (invented by Maou herself and spread for unknown reasons). And then, the show just ends. Score: 5.5/10. Very ambitious premise, but fails to follow through. This show was basically "tell, don't show" due to extreme plot compression, years worth of story in 12 episodes. I actually found economic discussions and Maou's teaching the kids in the first few episodes more interesting than the war plot that took over in the second half, and would have preferred the show spend more time on that.
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Maybe it's because the story is too large they did a lot of timeskips so it doesn't feel stretched? If I had to rate it... it would be 7/10, just because I like this story and maou, but hated the timeskip. PS: I didn't read LN, I however did read some of the different manga versions and some LN summaries. Edit: Thought it was more than 1+ year... Since they did a 1 year time skip (somewhere in ep 2 or 3 for the 4 step crops) than a 2 year time skip (I think, of where Hero went questing) Than a few more time skip in between of them spreading the goods, building the church (you don't think they have the machines to build a giant building fast now do you?), and whole lots of traveling from places to places (remember, they don't have cars or airplanes, and Hero's the only one in the entire world with the teleportation spell...) |
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Nope, one of the early episodes, the characters mentioned that three years had passed. Also, Maou's students had clearly grown, one into the Winter Kingdom's finance minister, and the other into that soldier guy. Little Sister Maid seems like she'll stay in her role forever.
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Mage's Travels is a whole side story in itself and kinda covers the demon side durring the time frame of the first 2 books (what the anime covered)
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As I said about the improvment for the compass it was developed in our world at an even later time and this world doesn't have the same level of incentive to improve sea trade that prompted it in ours. Quote:
ep 2 timeskip of a few weeks to month or so ep 3 starts 3 months, nine days later, hero leaves on quest ep 5 1 year after ep 3 ep 6 under a month from ep 5 winter ep 7 unknown timeskip but it is the end of summer not likely to have been over a year. so 6 months? ep 12 first snows of winter unless there was a long skip between books it looks around 3 years max. Quote:
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Noble Youth has officially even less. He's in the North socializing with high society, but I'm not sure he really has a job. Merchant Youth is the only one with a high position, but he only got it after proving what an advantage it was to have received an education from Crimson Scholar. (And Winter Nation was starved for good men to start with. Before he came, it looked like the government was the King, Archer Geezer, and one guy...) Quote:
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