(L+CR) Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyousoukyoku (anime)

[SeaDoor]

Question from someone unfamiliar with this type of game:
What was the deal with Satou shooting out the first letter on the metal monster's helmet?


BTW: The ending song has grown on me to where I really like it now.

[Magewolf]

Originally Posted by SeaDoor

Question from someone unfamiliar with this type of game:
What was the deal with Satou shooting out the first letter on the metal monster's helmet?


BTW: The ending song has grown on me to where I really like it now.

It changed "emet" truth to "met"dead. A classic golem killing method.

[BWTraveller]

Originally Posted by SeaDoor

Question from someone unfamiliar with this type of game:
What was the deal with Satou shooting out the first letter on the metal monster's helmet?


BTW: The ending song has grown on me to where I really like it now.

Golems originated in Hebrew/Jewish folklore, and often operated in part using an inscription, most often "emet" or "emeth", the Hebrew word for "truth". According to the tales, these golems could then be deactivated by removing the first letter, transforming the word into "met" or "meth", Hebrew for "death".

Might've been more interesting and difficult if they'd done it with the original characters "אמת", especially since the characters are written right-to-left, meaning you need to remove the "last" character.

[blakstealth]

Wow, Satoooo's harem just grew 9 more (8 cute homunculi and one Mia) in one episode. Amazing.

The backstory of Zen is also kinda sad; some noble taking away his wife (who's a Princess Liltiena) and killing him. I wonder if we'll hear more about that.

[GreyZone]

The director did it again... "abstract story-telling with weird color patterns", which looks more like something you'd expect form Shaft, rather than Death March. Though to be honest it didn't feel nearly as impactful as it did with Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry.


But the imagry of Satou running from salt... it feels like the salt represents all the haters of the series for some reason... "GET IT AXED!" they screamed, but Satou prevailed, and still has 3 more episodes to go... for now at least.

[SeaDoor]

Wow! Did this episode ever rip through a lot of material! The second half did seem to just hit on the main touch points.

[Lukes YGO & WS on YT]

Spoiler for Episdoe 9 Comments/Feedback:

Satou made short work of them as expected.

Ah so Zen just wanted to be free from his cursed life, it was a sad backstory, hopefully now has had found peace.

Great escape and rescue in the end, very good thinking using fireball like that to help cross the ocean.

I had a feeling her would could her Nana as that is one way of saying Seven in Japanese.

We get to see a little bit of Satou & Zena again before he heads out on another adventure.

[BWTraveller]

Originally Posted by SeaDoor

Wow! Did this episode ever rip through a lot of material! The second half did seem to just hit on the main touch points.

I agree in general. But this is one occasion where I don't really mind how much they skipped, especially in the tower. Part of the charm of this series is its ability to come across as slice of life in spite of demon-lord-level dangers, with things happening that by all counts should lead to epic quests but his biggest concern is how to clean up without casualties and without letting on to the fact that he's so strong an Ancient Dragon wouldn't be much of a fight. Making quick work of him helps maintain that image, as does the biggest problem being the discovery that he was a load-bearing boss.

[grecefar]

It seems that satoo does look zena as a romantic partner, at least more than anyone in the actual harem.

[thundrakkon]

OK, that ending is a bit weird. Are we supposed to know where that ruin is and who that voice is, who says "we'll always be together"? Also, what really caught my attention was the "To Be Continued" at the end. If I recall correctly, this is the first time it stated a "To Be Continued" at the end of an episode. Is there a meaning to that?

As of this episode, his harem is complete, as far as what's shown in the ED.

Also, I find it funny that for a guy who doesn't like slavery, Satou is the master of probably the largest number of slaves in the story seen thus far by a long shot (including the homonculi). Not only that, they're all females. I'm sure people will think something about that in that world.

And finally, that scene with Zena felt very strange, maybe even awkward in a way. I'm not sure what the director is trying to do, but the chemistry with Zena is probably one of the weakest in the story thus far. It's like puppy love with a guy who doesn't care, but only puts up appearances to fall in-line with the script.

[Magewolf]

I had been thinking that this was a mostly harmless example of the genre but something had increasingly been nagging at me about it. And this episode helped me realize what had been bothering me about this show. Satou is placing his desire to keep a low profile over the well being of the people around him. All through the show but especially in the last two episodes he has been leaving people in mortal danger while he dithers about a way to help them without showing his true power.

At the very least he needs to tell his girls that he much higher then level one and he has reasons why he does not want it known. That would free him up around them and let them cover for him when he needs to do something.

[kagato3]

Originally Posted by thundrakkon

OK, that ending is a bit weird. Are we supposed to know where that ruin is and who that voice is, who says "we'll always be together"? Also, what really caught my attention was the "To Be Continued" at the end. If I recall correctly, this is the first time it stated a "To Be Continued" at the end of an episode. Is there a meaning to that?

As of this episode, his harem is complete, as far as what's shown in the ED.

Also, I find it funny that for a guy who doesn't like slavery, Satou is the master of probably the largest number of slaves in the story seen thus far by a long shot (including the homonculi). Not only that, they're all females. I'm sure people will think something about that in that world.

And finally, that scene with Zena felt very strange, maybe even awkward in a way. I'm not sure what the director is trying to do, but the chemistry with Zena is probably one of the weakest in the story thus far. It's like puppy love with a guy who doesn't care, but only puts up appearances to fall in-line with the script.

We haven't seen the ruin yet but it is defiantly a Japanese design shrine and nothing like the designs of the elven construction or human settlements we've seen sofar it also looks very old.

As for slavery the anime has skipped over all the discussion about it.

Spoiler for skipped info:

Lulu and Arisa can not be freed without killing them at this time due to a curse. The beast girls didn't want to be freed, I can't remember if he has freed them anyway at this point or not. Not that it made any difference give their level of loyalty.

The homunculi are not slaves they are serving under there own will.

Zena's issues may have more to do with both general changes in the story going from the web novel to light novel to anime. I know some of her scenes were cut down.

Glad they at least showed enough of Mia kissing Satou on the forehead to know it happened as it is a plot point later on and makes up for not explaining just why Lulu wasn't feeling well a few episodes ago was about.

Spoiler for why she wasn't feeling well:

Lulu had her first period. This was the reason Zena thought Satou was sleeping with the girls. She walked in to the room to find Lulu in bed with a blood stain in an awkward place

[Anh_Minh]

Originally Posted by kagato3

As for slavery the anime has skipped over all the discussion about it.

Spoiler for skipped info:

Lulu and Arisa can not be freed without killing them at this time due to a curse. The beast girls didn't want to be freed, I can't remember if he has freed them anyway at this point or not. Not that it made any difference give their level of loyalty.

He's just replaced their collars with ornamental ones instead of the ones that'll strangle them if they disobey.

[thundrakkon]

Ah, thanks for the explanations, kagato3.

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Originally Posted by kagato3

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LOL Yeah, I was wondering what was going on with Lulu, and I can understand why the director decided not to put something like this in. At first, I thought she had some sort of sexually transmitted disease, since the way they were acting at the beginning, it seems like she had been forced to do this type of "service" before. However, your explanation makes it seem like she hasn't, which makes her undressing at the beginning seem even more confusing.

[Anh_Minh]

I'd guessed period too, but I hadn't figured on it being the first.

[Firefly00]

Originally Posted by BWTraveller

Golems originated in Hebrew/Jewish folklore...

Might've been more interesting and difficult if they'd done it with the original characters "אמת", especially since the characters are written right-to-left, meaning you need to remove the "last" character.

Yep, that would have been a nice nod. Could also make for a surprise when they encounter another golem... which turns out to have been made differently, so that 'exploit' dosen't work. As an aside, the original Deus Ex had a pair of boss encounters (Gunther Hermann and Anna Navarre) like this: sure, you could fight them head-on, but if you did the research ingame, you could simply trigger their kill switches. Folks familiar with Naruto might also know that there's a clan/family in that setting which is very vulnerable to this trick, too...

Originally Posted by Magewolf

I had been thinking that this was a mostly harmless example of the genre but something had increasingly been nagging at me about it. And this episode helped me realize what had been bothering me about this show. Satou is placing his desire to keep a low profile over the well being of the people around him. All through the show but especially in the last two episodes he has been leaving people in mortal danger while he dithers about a way to help them without showing his true power.

At the very least he needs to tell his girls that he much higher then level one and he has reasons why he does not want it known. That would free him up around them and let them cover for him when he needs to do something.

That, sir, represents an interesting thread that could be developed on. Perhaps something will happen in the upcoming season that will prompt precisely the action you suggest... quite aside from the issue you point out, it really will be better if he fesses up early than have this come out the hard way...

Originally Posted by Anh_Minh

He's just replaced their collars with ornamental ones instead of the ones that'll strangle them if they disobey.

True. And if I recall correctly, the anime did touch on the points kagato3 brings up.

[GreyZone]

Just a clarification for those who misunderstood it:

The voice that was saying "we'll always be together" while the camera showed some ruins that look like some Japanese temple gates was NOT Zena.

I am just saying this, since appearently quite a few people made that mistake. If you compare the voices, you'll notice that they are different.

[nojay]

Originally Posted by Firefly00

Yep, that would have been a nice nod. Could also make for a surprise when they encounter another golem.

The three golems he fought on the top floor of the Cradle didn't have the activating word conveniently engraved on their foreheads so he couldn't deal with them the same way he did with the first lesser golem he ran into lower down.

[BWTraveller]

Hmm... Judging by the flashback Satou knew a goddess when he was younger, who fell in love with him and deemed reincarnation insufficient to bridge the difference in their lifespans. Only divine intervention can solve this, and she feels if it's him then... Well, I'm guessing we now know how he wound up where he is.

Also, while I know it's not significant, I was disappointed they cut the bit before Tama and he went for the deer. Tama's cold determination to redeem herself would've been fun to watch.

[Lukes YGO & WS on YT]

Spoiler for Episode 10 Comments/Feedback:

A storage container that uses MP, hopefully she doesn't run out of mp when she really needs it.

That was nice of him making dolls for everyone.

I wish I could use points to instantly master a music item.

I wonder what that flashback was about at the broken travel gate, might learn more if there is another season which I hope there is.

I could do this for hours, my hand's touching something lol, very funny scene, I'm sure us boys definitely could do that for hours.

Nice, he managed to get the rest of the ratmen friends.

That was a good kill, they are becoming very good at hunting.

Pretty cool visuals as the end with Mia saying goodbye to her fallen friends, the music was very good as well.