(L) Hai to Gensou to Grimmgal

[Eater of All]

Originally Posted by SinsI

Dying in another world is a lot worse than dying inside a game...
It would also, probably, mean that they are volunteers - which would explain why all of them went for the adventuring instead of a far more logical choice of normal employment.

It doesn't seem much different to me. Manato's death feels real and permanent enough for it to not be a game. Or maybe it is a game and they don't know that, but then where is the distinction? You can't tell you're in a dream if you stay inside forever.

(Assuming the "secret of the world" doesn't become a plot point in the future)

Originally Posted by orion

I also thought they were in a game. All the new people woke up in the same place which was suspicious. No new person was naturally born into that world. Someone's voice woke up Haru in the beginning.

The mine/dungeon they are in becomes harder as they descend. Wouldn't the natural progression of protecting the mine mean putting your stronger fighters near the entrance and not the core? I always thought that intelligent entities would want to stop invaders at the entrance.

Did the story make the claim that nobody is naturally born? I guess I haven't seen any kids around, but I wouldn't make the leap to that.

It's also questionable how intelligent the kobolds and goblins are. They certainly fight tactically and are social creatures, and yet they don't have much in the way of strategy so far. I can see why it feels jarring for them to get slaughtered one by one without making any effort to band together to counterattack or something.

[orion]

Originally Posted by Eater of All

Did the story make the claim that nobody is naturally born? I guess I haven't seen any kids around, but I wouldn't make the leap to that.

I was talking originally about the characters that we are following.

If you don't see babies and kids, it's safe to assume there aren't people being born into that area. Healthy towns have these, especially in the market area. That town is relatively safe so families should be there.

Instead you see female dorms, places for guilds to live.

[jpwong]

I dunno, I mean sure you don't see any kids, but at the same time, this city seems to be on the boundary as it were between human territory and monster territory. If it's something like that I would imagine that people looking to raise families might opt to do so in safer areas deeper in human territory.

[Arya]

Still, you'd have kids around. If not the soldiers at least some merchants. I don't think there's a place without kids, apart from very restricted and inhospitable locations like, say, north pole stations and the like, and I wouldn't be surprised to see them there.

[orion]

Also, there's no "places of ill-repute". You'd expect some in a town or on the outskirts. You have a tavern and that's it.

[Iron Maw]

Originally Posted by orion

Also, there's no "places of ill-repute". You'd expect some in a town or on the outskirts. You have a tavern and that's it.

We have only been cycling through 6 areas (their lodgings, market square, tavern, Mary's place and the graveyard) repeated though, and from the one map we saw of layout all the way back in the earlier episodes this place is pretty huge. So I don't think we can say that for sure yet.

EDIT: Oh there is Haru's Thief Guild and that one bridge area too, but I think the later is probably part of market square anyway.

[jcdietz03]

Originally Posted by orion

The mine/dungeon they are in becomes harder as they descend. Wouldn't the natural progression of protecting the mine mean putting your stronger fighters near the entrance and not the core? I always thought that intelligent entities would want to stop invaders at the entrance.

Sorting algorithm of evil: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.ph...lgorithmOfEvil

It also explains why kobolds are stronger than goblins - they fought the goblins first.

This story ends when Haru dies or the No-Life King dies. He seems to be the source of the monsters that live in dungeons. LNs are still ongoing, but I bet that's how it ends. Like how you fight the Dragonlord at the end of Dragon Quest, the fight with No-Life King goes at the end of the story.

Why can't they go to Damuro right now? I missed that part. There are not enough goblins left to be worth their time? It bugged me too that there seems to be too many goblins there, after their huge body count.

[Tenzen12]

Seriously, just by looking on other world people and system it's clear it's not game.

1)Earthlings appear/get summoned in regular intervals. Noone would play game where every half year bunch if people disappear/get comatose.

2)They have real world clothes and no even subconscious remembrence about world of Grimmgal, even though they have various slips in every other aspect of their former lifes.

3)There is clearly intended behind their summoning. Which is not something you can find in game.

4)There are no game rules or limitation. There are some that resemble that but it's all made by humans and for humans. Same goes for skills.

And let's not even start with meta reasoning...

[orion]

Originally Posted by jcdietz03

Sorting algorithm of evil: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.ph...lgorithmOfEvil

It also explains why kobolds are stronger than goblins - they fought the goblins first.

This story ends when Haru dies or the No-Life King dies. He seems to be the source of the monsters that live in dungeons. LNs are still ongoing, but I bet that's how it ends. Like how you fight the Dragonlord at the end of Dragon Quest, the fight with No-Life King goes at the end of the story.

Why can't they go to Damuro right now? I missed that part. There are not enough goblins left to be worth their time? It bugged me too that there seems to be too many goblins there, after their huge body count.

I was wondering about No-Life King. Do you think he's a vampire? That's what Alucard was referred to as in Hellsing.

[PreSage]

I'm curious whether Mary's friends may possibly become undeads since their corpses weren't properly cremated and buried like Manato (I assume).

[Diluc]

I really cant see how Mary old comrades become an undeads while there are Kobolds downthere. Unless the kobolds has good term with *undead*
I don't think we will see them , their bodies should be eaten by kobolds or the Kobolds somehow slayed them when they became undead.
From episode 10 we can see those Kobolds has human-like intelligence with how they have farm and could prepared an alarm, would be totally odd if they let Undead free roaming in their nest, right?

[Craxuan]

Originally Posted by orion

I was wondering about No-Life King. Do you think he's a vampire? That's what Alucard was referred to as in Hellsing.

Isn't it obvious? No Life King is the king otaku living happily with his No Game Queen after dominating the world!

[Cloudedmind]

Originally Posted by Craxuan

Isn't it obvious? No Life King is the king otaku living happily with his No Game Queen after dominating the world!

So it's Shiro and Sora? xD

[ozman]

Originally Posted by Arya

Well, that's if we had chances for a second season. As of now, even looking at the progression of the story, it's likely the anime will end with our party fighting against Death Spot.

Not a second season any more.LN sales not go well total 85k

[Stark700]

Episode 11:

Spoiler:

Nice episode, enjoyed this one with the action particularly the second half. The fighting felt like an emotional battle for Mary. Got some respect for Ranta this episode too.

And for some reason, I thought the insert song for the second half worked out quite well.

[FlareKnight]

Spoiler for Ep11:

Well I'd say the preview for episode 12 gets a big F. Way to kill the anticipation.

Still, a good episode overall. A very emotional time for Mary and a lot of intensity with Dead Spots showing up. That guy is not someone I'd ever want to be in the same continent as .

No idea what to do with Ranta. Flip flopping between useful and utterly annoying. Oh well someone that annoying isn't going to die. Apparently the kobold's have storm trooper aim, so if he can hold the high ground he'll survive.

[Diluc]

Holy shit that badass of Ranta. He actually hold all Goblins by himself for the rest party can escapes
such intensive episode,i hope he is not going to die next episode.

Spoiler for Image and etc:

being Mary must be tough, i can't imagine how her feeling....
I must say Dispel method is very ineffective, they have to touch the undead first before able to purify them, i wonder if there is another form of Dispel skilll to target enemies in longer range.

overall 10/10 episode, please give us second season A-1

[sikvod00]

Originally Posted by PreSage

I'm curious whether Mary's friends may possibly become undeads since their corpses weren't properly cremated and buried like Manato (I assume).

Looks like you were 100% correct (sadly). I totally forgot that the curse was brought up with Manato's death.

[Darthtabby]

I've had my issues with this show (mood whiplash and excessively slow pacing in the early episodes -I wasn't keen on the full length music video sequences) but I was pretty impressed by this one. Even though the scene where they were sitting around talking about what they wanted to do next had me thinking of the "I'm going to retire" cliche.

[bakato]

We really need another season.