2013-01-13, 11:23 | Link #821 | |
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I think Maou is going to solve many different problems as the show goes on. In one episode, she laid the groundwork for solving food shortage and education (Yuusha doesn't even know what education is). In the next episode, she'll probably move on to something else. I don't think we'll see the actual process of her work spreading throughout the kingdoms. Perhaps there will be a short clip of peasants celebrating the harvest to show they are having more than enough to eat. It just isn't very exciting to watch Maou visiting different villages and repeating the same process. |
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2013-01-13, 12:07 | Link #822 | |
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2013-01-13, 12:18 | Link #823 | |
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2013-01-13, 12:56 | Link #824 |
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The king here isn't stupid. We saw him and the prince talking in episode 1. They know that the central country has them essentially in a stranglehold due to the war-funding, and they don't like it. They know that right now their people can't feed themselves. When they learn of a new method of agriculture that can change that, that can get them out from under the grip of the central country, they're not going to do something stupid with the idea and waste it. They want this.
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2013-01-13, 13:00 | Link #825 |
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Episode 2 isn't exactly riveting material, but it's pretty solid, and I like the way these protagonists carry themselves. The three maids add some welcomed character diversity and color to the show.
This show definitely seems like a slow-burner to me. I'm enjoying it for now. Major kudos for making the main romance seem quaintly charming without hardly a hint of fanservice. Impressive restraint given the appearance of the Demon King.
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2013-01-13, 18:28 | Link #826 |
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My main concern is where does the Hero fit into all of this. I'm eagerly awaiting his role in all of this, considering the Demon King is smart and has the plans to solve the country problems of food, education ect.
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2013-01-13, 18:57 | Link #827 |
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The more I immersed in this fantasy world the more I get interested to read about and know more about our real world's Western Medieval History.
Maou's plan to bring sustainable agriculture and food to all of the people sounds right. The most effective tool is education, because by educating the illiterate and less knowledgeable those people rise in the prominence of their intellects to contribute new ideas and participating in society. Educating the poor and less fortunate has a big impact, because they coming from a background of misery and scarcity can greatly appreciate and value the impact of gaining knowledge to make it work into a system that's going to produce for the benefit of the overall communities, which in turn will positively reflect in the growth for both human and demons. The only problem is that people coming from privileged backgrounds not always will agree to the newer idea proposed, or even they'll keep seeing the non-aristocratic folk as insects. Let us also take turn that people coming from an illiterate and poor background not all of its members are going to agree to education, if they remained stubborn to something like old-fashioned convictions. Fortunately, the key to education lies at teaching the youngsters like Maou is doing for those two sisters. They, in turn, will help other poor folks from their generation like themselves at educating them, thus perpetuating the cycle and making all communities to grow internally. BTW, Maou and Hero make up for quite a natural chemistry among them, and they were just that tiny breadth of hair from almost kissing each other. |
2013-01-13, 19:01 | Link #828 | |
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But I really hope he does that, because if the man is still befuddled by "Economics" and "Education" by the end of this narrative, that's just sad.
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2013-01-13, 19:22 | Link #829 | |
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Sheriff would be an obvious choice of peace time employment for someone with the Hero's talents. An alternative solution where the Hero finds his own peacetime niche would be in some ways better than if he ends up being the Demon King's perpetual pupil in economics and education.
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2013-01-13, 19:46 | Link #831 | ||
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2013-01-13, 20:09 | Link #832 |
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Interesting discussion going on here, too bad I'm pretty dim when it comes to economics. Therefore, I'm mostly just gonna have to lurk this thread.
So far I'm liking this show, reminds me of Spice and Wolf (same writer?). Nice gentle personalities, not over the top. Beautiful artwork and style, very fluid as well. The plot has me interested on how things will progress and like someone else said, I'm wondering what the purpose of the "hero" in this show is, if he even has one besides being the trigger for the Maou to being her plan. |
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1. Annual productivity. 2. Sustainability. Productivity is, as you and Anh_Minh observed, obvious within the year, because all of the land is being used to produce food year round. However, sustainability is not as obvious. It's only when crop is planted into the divisions that were used for clover and turnips that the farmers can observe that the clover an turnip grazing fields help sustain soil nutrients. Since the rotation is on a four year cycle, with each division rotated annually, it would take more than a year for the farmers to observe sustainability. Quote:
The three students were a nobleman's son, a soldier's son, and a merchant's son, each in the singular. They are not much proof of the village's importance--the opposite, I'd say, since a nobleman is not likely to send his son to an unknown traveling scholar if he were near some kind of important trade center; he would instead have used someone more established.
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2013-01-13, 20:47 | Link #834 | |
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As the traditional RPG, hero's purpose is to kill maou. Maou's occupation is to bring chaos and miserable to the world. So, yuusha's occupation is love and peace. In this story, yuusha questions the validity of yuusha's action. Even yuusha kill maou, he cannot end the war. Of course, yuusha somehow knows it. This world's hero understands human world' politics. So, maou's grand knowledge, or her charming body, convinced him.
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2013-01-13, 21:07 | Link #835 | |
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Yuusha is acting in the role of the audience. He doesn't know what's going on or why Maou is doing certain actions, so he asks questions that the audience may "get it". This role is important if the story material is new or unfamiliar to the audience. |
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2013-01-13, 21:28 | Link #837 | |
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2013-01-13, 21:38 | Link #838 |
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There's a term that gets bandied a bit when describing the Hero: Singularity. That should tell you just how overpowered he is, at least on the martial side of things.
Take note, there's only one other being in the setting that gets tagged with that moniker.
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2013-01-13, 21:42 | Link #839 | |
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