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2018-10-06, 23:07 | Link #62 |
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Goblins are weak as heck. But it doesn't mean much unlesss you got some kind of RPG status protecting, such as HP bars and armor defense.
People die when they are stabbed, and people can't fight when they get poisoned. Fresh newbies are not MCs or recarnation tactical knowledge. They were in fact bigger idiots then goblins, and goblins not only out numbered them quite a lot, but apparently had 2 high levels among them as ringers. Basically low fantasy like this absolutely means goblin are weak, but so are humans. And obvious to the non-readers, talking about the reasons for goblins winning is highly spoilerish and get explained over time, so we can't just go and state (albeit somewhat contrived) reasons. But here's the gist of it. What is the first thing the Guild employee asks? "Do you know how to read and write?" |
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2018-10-07, 00:21 | Link #65 |
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3dgy5me. Sorry but no, this clearly is not for me. The only thing I liked about this was Goblin Slayers design, outside of that this is everything that I hate about fantasy anime in one big edgy package. IF I gather the interest I'll maybe watch the second episode (as not to completely judge by one episode alone), but I wouldn't count on it happening.
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2018-10-07, 00:42 | Link #66 | |
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2018-10-07, 01:23 | Link #67 | ||
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Does it matter? The problem with goblins is that they attack nearby villages, stealing food, equipment, and eventually, women. When that happens the villagers ask the guild to send adventurers to kill the goblins and, if possible, rescue the women. You don't need to think of abstract moral terms. Adventures who take goblin quests are simply protecting villagers who were attacked by goblins. |
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2018-10-07, 01:29 | Link #68 | ||
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Well, it is s a medieval setting in a world beset by monsters constantly with Goblins being on the low end of the totem pole and they're basically out in the boonies where the villages are. It wouldn't be a surprise some people couldn't read or write.
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2018-10-07, 01:55 | Link #69 |
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It does to me. Goblins being a parasitic species makes the setting a lot more interesting than hurrdurr they're an evil race that just rape humans for fun.
But yes, while it doesn't change the adventurers' job, it changes what it means to kill goblins. If there is a "good" goblin as the priestess suggests, one can argue it should still be killed because its very nature is detrimental to the survival of humankind.
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2018-10-07, 02:20 | Link #70 |
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People who are walking into Goblin Slayer expecting "humanization" of goblins through World of Warcraft-style of Hordewank are in the wrong show. The portrayal of gobs, and other monsters, are closer to Warhammer Fantasy and Runequest. Runequest have an entire race, the Broos, that is quite rapey, mainly because of a very fucked up story involving marital rape, descent into madness and corruption, and they dont have any choice (1d4chan have a very good summary of the whole thing).
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2018-10-07, 02:54 | Link #71 | |
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2018-10-07, 03:31 | Link #72 |
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Seriously...I never know that the death of the fodders can spark so much controversial argument. In another forum that I am lurking at, people were blaming the Guild over the death of the fodders and laugh how the series made goblin looks menacing. Those posters who said those words are acting exactly like the fodders in this episode; greatly underestimating the goblins.
On the bright side, this series gained a lot of traction just from episode 1. This is definitely anime of the season for me. |
2018-10-07, 03:52 | Link #73 |
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general impression of episode 1 for a GS novel and manga reader? B+, 75%, 3 out of 4 stars, etc. it did not hit it out of the ball park like the promo saying it would “shock and awe” you, but compares to other half heart adaption like Overlord III the energy and mood are properly convey,
I can only count 3 or 4 important omission/cut of dialogues, about as faithful as the time limit can get you. another fact that jumps out? all the film camera angle/point of view are almost exact copy of the manga paneling. you can either say it is being faithful or you can say the director is lazy and lack creativity. I think lack of money is more of the cause. priestess’s voice is pretty good, while GS is bit off from what I expected, but not critical enough to turn me off the show. (think Batman’s baritone voice, that was my expectation.) can’t wait to hear the OP and read the new novel next week.
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2018-10-07, 04:47 | Link #75 |
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The could do more to nurture rookies. It could reserve goblin nest clearings to parties with at least one non-porcelain adventurers, for example. And while, yes, adventurers are responsible for themselves, rookies know nothing. So what they accept, they accept from a position of total ignorance.
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2018-10-07, 04:59 | Link #76 | |
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2018-10-07, 05:09 | Link #78 |
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So, I just watched the first episode and.......do most of the noob parties in this world as dumb as the one we see in this episode? If so, no wonder many of them were wrecked by the goblins. Even the five-year-old space-rat kids from Iron-Blooded Orphans will facepalm hard when watching all the stupid decisions this noob party made. Noobs going into enemy's turf item-dry with a healer that can only cast three times is just asking for it.
I also agree that Guild should've made a stronger effort to prevent total noobs from raiding goblin's nests if similar gruesome cases already happened to many other noob parties before.
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2018-10-07, 05:27 | Link #79 |
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Problem is, in this setting while there are noobs experiencing TPKs at the hands of lesser monsters there are still those that do succeed and become set on the path of Silver, Gold or even Platinum ranks.
There's also the matter of payment, but that will be elaborated upon in the next episode so I won't spoil anything else. Let's just say that rookies are often too eager to prove themselves and ignore precaution to do it.
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2018-10-07, 05:41 | Link #80 |
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This felt like watching my very first Dark Souls with this episode.
Very unforgiving. I have a question regarding weapons. According to Goblin Slayer, swords lose sharpness after cutting many goblins. Won't it be better to bring a hand axe, club, or mace for long term use? Let's see what happens from here.
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