(L) Itai no wa Iya nano de Bougyoryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu.

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Light novel 'Itai no wa Iya nano de Bougyoryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu.' (I hate being in pain, so I think I'll make a full defense build.) is getting an anime adaptation.

Plot

The novels' story centers on Kaede Honjō, who is invited by her friend Risa Shiramine to play a virtual reality MMO game with her. While Kaede doesn't dislike games, what she really, truly dislikes is being in pain. She creates a character named Maple, and decides to put all her points in VIT to minimize pain. As a result, she moves slowly, can't use magic, and even a rabbit can get the best of her. But as it turns out, she acquires a skill known as "Absolute Defense" as a result of her pumping points into VIT, as well as a "Counter Skill" that works against special moves. Now, with her ability to nullify all damage, she goes on adventures.

Source (official site)
https://kadokawabooks.jp/special/itainohaiya/
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...-anime/.140443

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Preview

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New info

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...oguchi/.152087

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Coming Winter 2020

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...emiere/.153698

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New PV is out

[LoweGear]

New PV featuring the opening song:

YouTube

https://youtu.be/2ji-cLcT-UI

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[Stark700]

Funimation announcement today. They will stream this series.

https://twitter.com/FUNimation/statu...58331465887744

[Marcus H.]

The series can also be streamed on YouTube via the Muse Asia channel. Only for Southeast Asia and China though.

[serenade_beta]

Spoiler for ep1:

Do people that write these stories even play video games? I mean, I'm not going to ask if they make games, since if they did, they wouldn't be writing something that wouldn't pass a college literature course, but seriously, at least try a LITTLE BIT to design the game in your story? I'm not even talking about "There is no way the devs would make it so the protagonist gets to unlock some secret power-Kirito-crap". There is a problem with the fundamental aspects of the game. Also, seriously? Tanks move slower in the town/city areas? What?

And no, even if we just think inside the story, unless every proper video game company has already died out, no one would bother to play this unbalanced game.
Therefore, people would not find this fun and would not suggest this to their friends.
Unless the big plot twist is that her friend is actually trying to torture her, she is mentally unstable, and that all of the people playing the game are just figures of her imagination.

[The Green One]

Originally Posted by serenade_beta

Spoiler for ep1:

Do people that write these stories even play video games? I mean, I'm not going to ask if they make games, since if they did, they wouldn't be writing something that wouldn't pass a college literature course, but seriously, at least try a LITTLE BIT to design the game in your story? I'm not even talking about "There is no way the devs would make it so the protagonist gets to unlock some secret power-Kirito-crap". There is a problem with the fundamental aspects of the game. Also, seriously? Tanks move slower in the town/city areas? What?

And no, even if we just think inside the story, unless every proper video game company has already died out, no one would bother to play this unbalanced game.
Therefore, people would not find this fun and would not suggest this to their friends.
Unless the big plot twist is that her friend is actually trying to torture her, she is mentally unstable, and that all of the people playing the game are just figures of her imagination.

Oh brother.... that sure didn't take long.

Spoiler for *sigh*:

The entire point is the Devs never expected there to be anyone who would make such an obviously garbage build and then stubbornly try to play it. Maple isn't some sort of Pro God Gamer, she's an airheaded schoolgirl who stumbled across this by accident. Tanks moving slower in town/city areas? It wasn't expected that someone would dump stat agi all the way down to 0. A more normal build has the difference be almost unnoticeable. The Devs didn't DELIBERATELY leave a way in the game to become "Kirito" it was a clearly unintended way to set up. If this one episode is all it takes to make you overreact like this, you're not going to find anything you'd consider better in later episodes so you may as well stop here. So you know where your back button on your browser is. Continuing beyond this point is your choice and if you do, any further disappointment is your fault and no other.

[nojay]

Sweet. Just goes to show what happens when you don't allow for for a "divide by zero" edge case.

I like the look of this, going from the first episode. Maple is maybe a bit too genki-girl for my dissolute tastes but the game world is delightfully imagined -- the "apple" Attack Bunny was a nice touch.

[Marcus H.]

Imagine a Shielder with an appetite for Hydras.

[maximilianjenus]

Originally Posted by The Green One

Oh brother.... that sure didn't take long.

Agreed, there is a small subset of vrmmorpg manga where the mc, makes a trashy build because he/she is super casual and that build ends up breaking the game. That's kind of the point. the other one I remember right now is about a middle aged guy who chooses some random skills (kicking, archery, whip) whom all are considered inferior to swords/magic, he does that because to him this is just a stupid game to waste time and he only plays 1-2 hours during weekdays a little bit more during the weekend.

And for the first arc, they are inferior; he does not really break the game until the devs realize nobody is playing the archer,martial arts and whip build so they buff them up, which ends up giving the mc a triple buff.

[kari-no-sugata II]

I remember reading some of the WN for this back in the day and from my recollection the anime is basically the same plot. It's a bit like fast food I guess - it's okay once in a while but I wouldn't want to eat such things every day. Basically, it's a bit of mindless fun.

It's a shame that Only Sense Online hasn't gotten an anime. I think it deserved one more... but I guess it just never worked out or wasn't popular enough.

[BWTraveller]

Got around to watching this and yeah, the game is a bit broken. Not in things like the character make, just like it's almost always going to be possible to find some kind of bug in a game it's not that uncommon to have the possibility for a broken character build. Devs try to avoid it as much as possible but it's really difficult to make things perfectly balanced. And I'd assume they added in a few tricks like speed reduction when agility is too low to discourage excessively unbalanced characters.

What strikes me as broken is the speed with which skills are granted. It shouldn't be possible for a player to obtain 100% poison immunity from a low-level boss's attacks, at least not the number of attacks you'd see in the time it'd take to use up a pack of potions. Unless these things happen by chance, with a certain probability of gaining/upgrading skills with any hit...

[Marina2]

Heh, I guess this will be my weekly dose of Isekai for this season....

OH wait, it is game!

I like the MC and the non-serious atmosphere of the story.

[The Green One]

The game probably hasn't been out very long, as it does clearly need some rebalancing efforts. Though several of the things Maple does require a pretty weird mindset to do. Letting a monster wail on you non stop for an hour without killing it or it killing you to get a skill. Or just out right EATING a monster you're fighting. That Maple is one demented girl.

I suppose I was looking forward to this series because I wanted a light hearted series about MMORPG without the other plot points in it. Like death game, the game becoming real. Just a for funsies story about a goofy girl and her friends enjoying a game.

[Random Wanderer]

Originally Posted by kari-no-sugata II

It's a shame that Only Sense Online hasn't gotten an anime. I think it deserved one more... but I guess it just never worked out or wasn't popular enough.

OSO would be nice to see, although people would definitely complain about the game and the situation being unrealistic.

[arkhangelsk]

Since I actually buy the books for this series, I think the first episode was pretty good though it is clear they are trying to stretch a small budget (I mean, status bar bouncing?)

Originally Posted by serenade_beta

Spoiler for ep1:

And no, even if we just think inside the story, unless every proper video game company has already died out, no one would bother to play this unbalanced game.
Therefore, people would not find this fun and would not suggest this to their friends.
Unless the big plot twist is that her friend is actually trying to torture her, she is mentally unstable, and that all of the people playing the game are just figures of her imagination.

I think the author admitted that this was something of a fluff piece for him, but hey it got an anime. And to be fair to the game, there are lots of little hints that the game is actually quite well made (for example, allowing the rabbit to kill itself and that bee to impale itself on the blade), and ... the rest risks spoiler territory.

[Lukes YGO & WS on YT]

One of the anime's I have been looking forward to watching the most this season.

Wow she is like a super Metapod, it was pretty funny watching her against those monsters, just stand there all day, gain lots of bonuses and eventually win, quite the way to make a strong character.

I'm surprised she didn't put anything into her speed considering she talked a lot about being so slow at the beginning or her adventure.

Wow again watching her eat that enormous hydra, and she gets skills and attacks from it just like

Spoiler:

Hajime in Arifureta

Risa is going to get a big shock when she finally logs in and sees how powerful Maple has become.