(CR) Grancrest Senki (Record of Grancrest War)

[Ultragunner]

at the very least....shimaidon/sister-sandwich confirmed?

[Obelisk ze Tormentor]

Originally Posted by Ultragunner

at the very least....shimaidon/sister-sandwich confirmed?

OTOH I don't know how the mother, Carla, will react in the afterlife if she sees her two daughters she paid the ultimate price to rescue becoming maids/servants of a human knight who helped her after she said to them to live strongly and wisely before dying . Isn't that kinda insulting? Weren't the daughters of a Werewolf Queen still count as royal family members aka. princesses?

[frodonk]

Originally Posted by Blueknight78

that the problem it was more than "1 arc" in 4 episodes was almost like 3 arcs, believe they really skiped a "lot of material", it was basically almost a 1 whole volume in 4 episodes and a "big one", they literally skiped/rushed first book.

Seeing what they did with episode 5 and how much material they've covered/glossed over, I'll just quote Wandering Soul:

Originally Posted by Wandering Soul

I don't know what point in the story they are trying to reach by blazing through all this material, but they must really think that it's worth it.

Also, there are surprisingly many castles out there that can change hands that easily. This is like what, 3rd-4th castle they've owned in 5 episodes?

[Blueknight78]

Originally Posted by Obelisk ze Tormentor

Pacing slowed down a little bit but still feels fast. Siluca said that the Black Witch has terrifying powers but didn't we see her ran this episode after being chased off by one injured werewolf, two werewolves cubs, one junior mage and whatever rank Theo has right now? If she's afraid of them, I don't really see the so-called "terrifying powers" of hers.

Also, at the end of the episode, did Theo & co suggest that they're gonna doing some grinding in the forest?

*reading Larethian's spoiler above* WTF?!

the pace don't slow down, they are just learning/getting better to hidden" they rush and don't make the anime look terrible rushed just less rushed.

[larethian]

Originally Posted by Wandering Soul

I don't know what point in the story they are trying to reach by blazing through all this material, but they must really think that it's worth it.

Me neither, as I only just finished v3.
But the livestream in Sep mentioned v9 being some sort of climax

Originally Posted by Enternal

@ larethian
Seriously? That's how much they covered!? They are rushing and ain't slowing down!!

That being said, they actually did a good enough job this time that I wasn't really aware they are rushing that much and in fact, quite enjoyed it!

Not only that, I am now starting to feel like Theo is starting to actually be a bit more active and take initiatives! Although I may be biased as I already liked Theo from the beginning.

Yeah, they made many changes and didn't follow the novel at all except for some main parts.

Originally Posted by zztop

What sort of content did they sacrifice in Vol 2, larethian?

A lot. The relationship between Theo/Siluca and the Werewolf clan being one of them.
They removed quite a number of actors (named characters taking part in the action) in the story (which might be understandable due to budget issues - more voice actors needed), the most important one being an entity in the basement level of Dimitri's castle. They might bring the entity in later or they might change the story altogether. They also made many changes to how things develop. There are also some insights to Vilar (which will be expanded in v3), and also relationships between other people such as Siluca and the girls, Milzar and Theo/Siluca, etc. etc.

To get an idea of what might have been condensed, I'll list the title and chapter titles of the 2 volumes to compare with the episode titles.

Spoilers

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I will do a comparison post later because even though I tried writing a condensed overview, it became a large wall of text that I can't hope to finish in one sitting

But what's for sure is that we will be starting volume 3 next episode onward based on the title of episode 6, and also v2 ended with Theo taking residence in Dimitri's castle, so I'm quite sure they are done with v2 other than the entity I mentioned.

[Anh_Minh]

For such a supposed genius, isn't Siluca rather useless? She lost to Moreno, and now she wasn't able to do anything to the witch, even with Theo's assistance.

[larethian]

As mentioned, let me try to summarize as succinctly as possible the comparisons. I don't want to talk too much about the 'entity' mentioned above as they might bring it in later. One can ask in novel thread for more detailed spoilers if I can find the time to answer them.

Since it's a comparison thread, I can spoiler it here, but leaving out things which I think might be revealed later. So it will focus more on changes and the kind of character development in the volume. It's still a long wall of text since episode 5 adapted the entire volume

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[alex_drian]

Well, personally I having fun so who cares. Help that I don't know the source. Even so, for adaptations like this I don't want that stories as Slayers never have new anime.

[orion]

Originally Posted by alex_drian

Well, personally I having fun so who cares. Help that I don't know the source. Even so, for adaptations like this I don't have that stories as Slayers never have new anime.

Yeah, it sounds like the light novel-naive viewers are going to enjoy this more. There's no "Oh, they rushed this part." or "Oh, they left out that part." or...."OMG! They covered X amount in 1 episode!"

[Blueknight78]

Originally Posted by orion

Yeah, it sounds like the light novel-naive viewers are going to enjoy this more. There's no "Oh, they rushed this part." or "Oh, they left out that part." or...."OMG! They covered X amount in 1 episode!"

my problem is not "oh they skipped that or that" but look things are moving soo fast, look a new character appeared, look he disappeared, look something happened, look bu already passed, look a battle... already started and ended, look i'ts like watching a battle betweem 2 speedster, i could be good with "not being faithfull with the source but the "obvious rush" and almost "0" character development for any character make hard stick with the serie, characters are being added and forget at speed of light and even already existing characters are getting barely any real development because things are moving so insane fast, it's the famous "if you blink" you lost".

[Obelisk ze Tormentor]

Originally Posted by orion

Yeah, it sounds like the light novel-naive viewers are going to enjoy this more. There's no "Oh, they rushed this part." or "Oh, they left out that part." or...."OMG! They covered X amount in 1 episode!"

I'm a newbie, and I think the story execution of this anime is beyond bad and rushed since the 2nd episode. The potential is obviously there but the anime botched it. Reading the posted spoilers in this thread after watching the episodes actually makes me appreciate the source novel even more than the anime adaptation I'm currently watching.

[Applehell]

While still quite rushed, I actually enjoyed the recent episode for most part. I think a lot of it might have had do with change of direction in story. I'm surprised that Theo and the other took over the Vampire King's castle too. Now everyone is basically doing the equivalent level grinding in a RPG.

[AC-Phoenix]

Originally Posted by orion

Yeah, it sounds like the light novel-naive viewers are going to enjoy this more. There's no "Oh, they rushed this part." or "Oh, they left out that part." or...."OMG! They covered X amount in 1 episode!"

Manga readers got a similar problem. We are 4 episodes in and I got tons of spoilers for things to come in the manga now, due to the rush

[Stark700]

Wow,

Episode 6's dancing. That was actually quite a spectacle. The music, body movements, facial expressions, and overall chereography almost looked like a work of art. I didn't think Theo would also take the stage since he doesn't look like the dancer type.

Interesting to learn more about Villar this episode and how feels about his family.

[wuhugm]

Why is the production value suddenly rising drastically?

[larethian]

Originally Posted by Stark700

Wow,

Episode 6's dancing. That was actually quite a spectacle. The music, body movements, facial expressions, and overall chereography almost looked like a work of art. I didn't think Theo would also take the stage since he doesn't look like the dancer type.

Interesting to learn more about Villar this episode and how feels about his family.

Theo took to the floor because he could tell from the atmosphere that no one would dance after VillarxMargaret dance, which is too perfect and flawless. So he purposely made a fool of himself, made the rest laugh at him and since he's so bad, the rest could now dance at ease as before that, they were just afraid of looking bad in comparison to Villar. Siluca realized that of course and went along with him. Milzar didn't know that but was irritated at the stupidity of Theo so he made that snide remark about his talent in clowning himself.

At least for this episode, they didn't cut out Villar's backstory and the emotions between him and Margaret were there. Yes, Villar's story is interesting. We also get to learn why he's in the opposite faction of the Kreische family, thanks to his father's betrayal. Villar sought to live a graceful kind of life that's beautiful in form. His reputation as the lustful lord was really a false rumor. He really wanted Margaret to continue serving him, but by making an exception, it breaks his way of life. The translator also didn't knew the context as it wasn't clear, but Margaret's birthday had already passed by a few months (or a month?) and Villar pretended to forget so that he could rely on her a bit longer (in case someone finds it contradictory when he said no one knew better than him about how to treasure a woman even though he seemed not to know Margaret's birthday when he asked her).

[Olengie]

So how was Ep 6?

[Lukes YGO & WS on YT]

Spoiler for Episode 6 Comments/Feedback:

That's pretty sad that Margaret will be leaving already, I liked her a lot.

Not sure what to think of lord Mirza at this point, though I do like that he endorses Villar.

They are going by land because Siluca hates water lol, that is kinda funny.

Aishela is still clinging into that guy, I wonder if they actually have a relationship by now.

I must admit that was very impressive by lord Mirza.

[felix]

This show is great, but there's just one thing I want to know....

Am I ruining a great thing by watching this and not reading it?

[larethian]

It just hit me that they showed Aishela going with them. Aishela and Priscilla didn't go with the expedition and stayed to guard Theo's castle. On the other hand, Irvin, and the twins followed along.