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Nobody's denying he's good muscle. They're just disappointed he seems lacking in the brain department. |
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2013-01-19, 08:32 | Link #943 |
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this, especially the bolded part I think Yuusha is getting quite an unfair shake, never had he came across as stupid for me. Uneducated, true but he readily and quickly enough adjusted to whatever Maou told him, that's far from being stupid. Not only that but he is personally aware of his limitations. In fact I would dare this people who can so easily brand others as stupid/useless to act better when faced with an unknown that literally turned everything you've learned & believed in upside down.
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2013-01-19, 10:41 | Link #947 |
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This seems like one of those stories that needs a lot of world-building before it can take off, and I don't mind that. I like creative and evocative fantasy settings.
By the way, is there any explanation in the story for why people use titles for names?
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2013-01-19, 10:48 | Link #948 |
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There's a very lengthy and good one in the commentary at the end of one of the books, but it boils down to the need to allow anyone to pick up and follow the story quickly, as well as the fact that it's based off of Dragon Quest which does the same thing.
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2013-01-19, 15:49 | Link #953 | |
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2013-01-19, 19:33 | Link #954 |
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Verse 3: Where Have You Been?
Just how cutely funny is watching Maou throwing pouts at Yuusha for going in search of his second old flame, the Mage, and worrying that his first old flame, Knight, will soon arrive as head Prioress of the new convent that soon will be built on the Southern Edge Village.
For the time being, Maou's plan is working. Educating the people in agriculture with reason proved methods in order to increase the number of times to harvest. Then, ask the Convent for help with educating the village's people about their own agricultural methods. This exchange of foreign ideas must be protected through tolerance for new ideas so as they can be implemented. In that way, society begins to grow both intellectually, financially, socially, politically, and spiritually, as human beings from different places around the globe meet each other to share about their methods and secrets. Of course, everything's doesn't sound as easy as it looks, since right now we have the Alliance whose members only care about getting even more opulent and richer at the expense of leaving the rest of the gigantic masses of people drown in misery, illiteracy, and starvation so as to better control them. Nonetheless, Maou knows the nature of their deeds, as she's intending to use them as a means to could help at long-term with her goals to pour education, food, and proper resources to both worlds. Now, returning with the issue on Maou's perceived jealousy upon Yuushas' previous flames, the subtleties clearly showed a lot of repressed sexual chemistry boiling inside Maou. For six months she had Yuusha all by herself, but she didn't take the offensive for the first bite. Too bad, Maou! You've lost your chance, and Yuusha has gone obliviously away from your -ahem- meat. |
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2013-01-19, 23:10 | Link #957 |
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Since we are talking about anime, manga source is not comparable.
Based on the anime, the hero seemed to be more strong than he seems to be. So, the battle skill ranking could be like this: 1. hero, witch 2. demon lords 3. an army 4. female knight, butler 5. standard hero unit 6. soldiers 7. farmers/serfs 8. merchant 9. kings, nobles 10. maou, prince of winter kingdom
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2013-01-19, 23:32 | Link #958 |
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Well, this was better than the second episode. But, it's still boring, dry, and the characters are less than engaging. I understand that this is very dialogue heavy that focuses on plot more than anything, but it feels as if nothing is happening, or it isn't going anywhere, or that anything is getting done. It feels like we've been stuck in the same place since episode 2. Yuusha is weak too, which doesn't help. He's not even returning feelings back to Maou, who really put herself out there by telling him how she feels. That forehead thing was especially weak. Maou is easily the most interesting, and even then, she's not really that interesting.
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2013-01-19, 23:46 | Link #959 | |
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Hmm... reading all these comments about episode 3 is really fun ^_^.
So, how’s my impression on eps 3? In short: I agree with what Mentar said, but as a direct adaptation of the novel, it’s not that bad. For someone who was disappointed by eps 2, I’d say eps 3 has done a better job. The explanation of the potato to the Female Knight is not as boring as it could be, the character’s facial expression is more “alive” than the drab eps 2 that I manage to feel their emotion better (a big thank you to Female Knight’s VA that makes this episode more lively). Nice setup for the upcoming “confrontation” with the Alliance and Yuusha’s quest to return order to Demon World and find Female Magician. Oh, and like others have mentioned, they apparently moved what should’ve been the highlight of eps 2 here, which is the Head-Maid making fun of the “you know what” meat . Now for the negative. There are some significant omission and changes that bugged me. Like others have mentioned, for a smart person, Female Knight’s reaction to the benefit of potatoes is incredibly lacking. I mean, she was faced with the most important discovery of the country (if not for the entire human world). Potato is pretty much the key to end starvation and to end Southern Countries’ helplessness and independence to the Central which also a part of her church’s goal. Also, aside from the education aide, the church pretty much got it for free! Still, knowing all that, what did we get out of Female Knight? Her reaction is like seeing a product demonstrated by a salesman at best , in other words, not surprised and fired-up enough considering how smart she is. They also omit Female Knight's agreement/concurrence to Maou's last comment which is pretty important for her character imo. Aside from her intelligence got downgraded a bit and some missing details, I have no problem with how they portray Female Knight in this eps. Of course, there are other omission, but they didn’t bother me as much knowing that something must be left out for this adaptation. I just hope that they save Female Knight's sword teaching for the next episode. The pacing is a bit too fast, but not bad enough to throw me off. What I’m worrying is if they decide to make the pacing even faster after this. If that’s the case, this will end up just like Zetman which is not good. Quote:
To quote it directly: Maou: What...God exist? Yuusha: It's not "God". It's the Spirit of Light.
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2013-01-20, 00:34 | Link #960 | |
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Actually no. That scene is just Yuusha correcting DQ that the name of their deity is called "Spirit of Light". He was not confirming that the Spirit of Light actually exists.
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