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Summer 2014 Anime |OT2| Or, where Jexhius finally watches more Doremi for Hito.
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Because they're one of the tomatoes, duh.
ZachDeKoromaru
Banned
I think they're charming little summaries (also Yuno is the purest thing in the universe), but some of the later season bath scenes tend to be more risque with their lewd-ass camera angles and whatnot that it's not surprising for it to be bothersome.
episode 1 may make up a part of a greater whole, but by itself is was bad, no apologies. that is to say, even if I end up loving the show just as much as you have, episode 1's suckiness isn't going to change.
Admiral Woofington
Member
SAO 2 episode 5
Where Sinon shows her true colors as a yantsundere. Coincidentally Kirito-kun refuses to give his true name, because he's a SECRET GOVERNMENT MISSION PEW PEW HARDCORE XXX VIN DIESEL and he must be kept For British Eyes Only.
Once again Kirito pretends to be
and of course seeing how this is Sword Art Online this means all the girls will drop their panties due to this at one point.
Where Sinon shows her true colors as a yantsundere. Coincidentally Kirito-kun refuses to give his true name, because he's a SECRET GOVERNMENT MISSION PEW PEW HARDCORE XXX VIN DIESEL and he must be kept For British Eyes Only.
Once again Kirito pretends to be
an asshole so hardcore uguuu to make enemies
Good! I want Harmony Gold to struggle. The sooner they drop Macross, the better it will be for the rest of us.
AquaWateria
Member
See when I say rearranging arcs I mean they are doing the Gourment Arc before the Dove Arc. And for evidence if you look at the PV trailers you see it contains the Dove Arc so they aren't skipping the arc. And I'm not disagreeing that they are skipping lots of details cause they are, just that they ain't skipping arcs.
MikeHattsu
Member
I'd rather ask why there aren't more shows with wide heads.
nintendoman58
Member
Yeah, this is the episode that really showed how dark this show could be. I liked the first few episodes but this episode was the on that really sealed the deal on how great this show was for me.
What has science done?!?
Freezasaurus
Member
Thanks for the birthday wishes, guys! 
Yeah, this was definitely the roughest episode of Kino that I remember. I haven't seen it in ages, so it's probably time for a rewatch. I'm sure it'll still hold up as one of my favorite series, though. Now I'm just hoping GSC gets around to re-releasing their Kino figure at some point.
Yeah, this was definitely the roughest episode of Kino that I remember. I haven't seen it in ages, so it's probably time for a rewatch. I'm sure it'll still hold up as one of my favorite series, though. Now I'm just hoping GSC gets around to re-releasing their Kino figure at some point.
ah I haven't watched any PVs for the series so I am just going off what I have seen in the anime (and I have no clue what comes after the current arc since I have only read the manga that the anime has covered)
Dont worry oniisama wont get upset if you are watching someone else.
Admiral Woofington
Member
You think so? Thank god. Onii-sama is my only Gary Stu.
Aldnoah Zero 5
Hey! This show remembered that Slaine is supposed to be a main character and gave him plenty of scenes this time around! Even more so, everytime he was on screen the show was better for it, best character confirmed.
The show also now has confirmed that my fears that dandere-kun will
steal the princess waifu from Slaine are of naught because that opening scene with her saving his life by mouth to mouth then somewhat blushing might be confirmation enough that they are OTP
I don't know if this is the right thread for this but I have to vent my frustration about something that deeply bothered me. I was watching Monster and
I'm tempted to just stop watching the series at this point, so if anyone's watched it -- should I go on?
am incredibly frustrated that Tenma couldn't shoot Johan. After months of preparation to just pass an opportunity to end his problems then and there really got on my nerves. It's one of those mistakes that seem unredeemable to his character.
Jex
Member
Well that's fine and all, I never defended or praised the first episode of the show.
I will also warn you that:
- the direction is, for the most part, extremely average
- the show isn't terribly well animated.
- there's some dumb stuff concerning the protagonist and his relationship with women.
- the characters aren't particularly complicated or fleshed out due to the writers clear interest with systems as opposed to people
Just to get that all out of the way up front.
Even with all that I still recommend it!
They're compensating for the principle.
Hehee. Some just don understand the wideface!
Wideface Saber btw is one of the best things ever. (yes Ume aoki drew her)
I actually scanned their eyes with a barcode app. nothing hidden
Oh my god I hope so! It would be perfect!
Shattering dreams one pachinko at a time
me too! HAPPY DAYS ARE COMING.
Yeah its kinda weird how each country is represented by a single city, but for the sake of episode and series length I can see why they did that. Perhaps Kino visits capitol cities or otherwise visits a city with a particular reputation or quirk that reflects what the country is about. This episode was definitely about the fallacies of religion and believing wholeheartedly in a written scripture no matter what. Not just Christianity but any written beliefs.
Aldnoah.Zero Episode 5
Wow, okay, this show is in real danger of getting dropped over some truly stupid writing.
Also, I am getting tried of how bland everything and everyone comes across.
Wow, okay, this show is in real danger of getting dropped over some truly stupid writing.
Sazaku tells the Emperor of the treachery of the Orbital Knights and that is proof of the hostile intent on the part of the Terrans? Yea, no, no, no, no, no a thousand times no.
I always assumed the "countries" in the show were basically city-states.
SliceSabre
Banned
Aldnoah Zero - 05
I sure wish I was Slaine for those first 5 minutes of the episode, lucky dog.
It is clear that the writers have shipped him and the Princess together. Good MC will not be taking her away from him. Seems this show isn't really gonna be about getting unique power to beat the Martians but Inaho using science and tactics to win the fights. I'm totally ok with this angle as well, I get tired of the whole 'unique power of mech to turn the tide of battle!" I think I see a ship in progress in as well, details in the coming episodes.
Also I gotta say fuck off with the way the story is going at currently. Somehow Slaine telling the martian leader about the plot to kill the princess is in fact a plot by the Earthlings? Whhaaaat?
Also I gotta say fuck off with the way the story is going at currently. Somehow Slaine telling the martian leader about the plot to kill the princess is in fact a plot by the Earthlings? Whhaaaat?
Not really being sold on the tactical approach since it is starting to morph into shonen explanations about shit that was just done.
MikeHattsu
Member
Puchimas S2 67-69
Poor producer. Not only does he get the Ritsuko special, he also have to wear masks and gets easily replaced when sick.
Poor producer. Not only does he get the Ritsuko special, he also have to wear masks and gets easily replaced when sick.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
SliceSabre
Banned
I honestly do not see that in the slightest.
I genuinely believe a lot of people would see what happened to the mech and be completely confused why it exploded, hell I was. I honestly thought the mech was just gonna sink.
What is obvious to you isn't necessarily obvious to everyone else and I'm glad they explained what happened rather than it just explode when it hit the water and everyone act like that was just expected.
I genuinely believe a lot of people would see what happened to the mech and be completely confused why it exploded, hell I was. I honestly thought the mech was just gonna sink.
What is obvious to you isn't necessarily obvious to everyone else and I'm glad they explained what happened rather than it just explode when it hit the water and everyone act like that was just expected.
Exactly, so back off sunshines, he's mine.
Also I chuckled at that flashback near the end.
A series of whos.
This week in onii sama simulator:
Fighting no head dragon was so clinical. Less of a fight than simple assassination.
They didn't even show much of Juumonji kicking ass. It was interlaced with boring military talk.
Oniisama such a player.
Ichijou is a dunce. Not once did he realise the siblings were actually siblings.
Juumonji asking oniisama to marry saegusa lol.
Overall: oniisama/10
Fighting no head dragon was so clinical. Less of a fight than simple assassination.
They didn't even show much of Juumonji kicking ass. It was interlaced with boring military talk.
Oniisama such a player.
Ichijou is a dunce. Not once did he realise the siblings were actually siblings.
Juumonji asking oniisama to marry saegusa lol.
Overall: oniisama/10
Not so much being obvious as it is I liked how last episode they planned that shit out in advance before the battle started.
Kino's journey is one of the greatest examples of how amazingly well written anime can be and what a talented studio can do on a shoestring budget. Its absolutely unforgettable and you have just scratched the surface of its eccentricieties. If you think this is the darkest point of humanity that Kino will observe, you need to keep watching..
That is a pretty good description and really is a stellar mix of ideas. Could definitely emulate much worse shows!
Yuno is purity. If Sakura didnt exist, Yuno would be the undisputed queen of purity and cuteness. As it is I can only grant a tie.
Mahouka 18
Thank god this interminable arc is over. Even if Tatsuya did take down a group of Chinese bad guys, it had as much tension as anything else. I know from /a/ and other places why he is the way he is, but all that says to me is that he shouldn't be the main character of this series. A secondary or a mysterious, distant (emphasis on the distant) presence, maybe, but as a lead, there's barely anything there, especially because the side characters have slowly turned into an amorphous mass of "Who's this again?" I've seen brocon elements in plenty of other anime, but those at least had comedy, drama, denial, etc. keeping them from just being there.
Maybe the next arc will be more interesting, but I'm not counting on it.
The English-language song they danced to was nice, I guess.
Thank god this interminable arc is over. Even if Tatsuya did take down a group of Chinese bad guys, it had as much tension as anything else. I know from /a/ and other places why he is the way he is, but all that says to me is that he shouldn't be the main character of this series. A secondary or a mysterious, distant (emphasis on the distant) presence, maybe, but as a lead, there's barely anything there, especially because the side characters have slowly turned into an amorphous mass of "Who's this again?" I've seen brocon elements in plenty of other anime, but those at least had comedy, drama, denial, etc. keeping them from just being there.
Maybe the next arc will be more interesting, but I'm not counting on it.
The English-language song they danced to was nice, I guess.
That is quite possible. Wouldnt be out of the realm of reality, but not EVERY country like it seems in the show.
Then again, Kino can only stay 3 days so it stands to reason Kino would pick the most representative city to explore.
That's exactly what my problem is.
Girls are literally stripping off their clothes in front of Kirito. This is as happening as SAO gets.
AquaWateria
Member
Next Arc is gonna have a lot of action. And the side characters will have a role in this arc.
Mahouka 18
That was a nice conclusion I guess.... The first half was pretty bad but I really liked the latter half with the exception of the dancing bit. What the fuck? Every girl basically wants to dance with the most uninteresting character of all time. The guy is a fucking walking warhead. Whatever.
Hilarious that Jumonji would ship off his own fiance.
That was a nice conclusion I guess.... The first half was pretty bad but I really liked the latter half with the exception of the dancing bit. What the fuck? Every girl basically wants to dance with the most uninteresting character of all time. The guy is a fucking walking warhead. Whatever.
Hilarious that Jumonji would ship off his own fiance.
Well, Kino's Journey is a good example of why dismissing something because it a Light Novel adaptation may be a bit hazardous.
I hope that means they do things without Tatsuya helping them. And "a lot of action" isn't really a saving factor unless the show makes me somewhat invested in the people in it. It may be too late for the mass of people who are not Tatsuya and Miyuki to become distinct enough for me to enjoy this.
I'm going to finish it because I started it, but this show stumbles on everything except for looking pretty.
That is quite true Mr shardy. How was your birthday?
Freezasaurus
Member
I'm still enjoying this show waaaaaay more than post-episode 14 Season 1. Sinon makes it all worthwhile. End reveal was good, though.
It is coming along, killing time before heading out to dinner Mr. Masamune.
SliceSabre
Banned
That's the exact problem with the show. Honestly this would all be a lot more interesting if he wasn't the lead.
I mean the tension in the show feels more like it comes from "Man how bad is Onii-sama gonna fuck these guys up?" rather than "How is Onii-sama gonna get out of this one!?"
Same, though Ive only seen two episodes of SAOII lol.
But so far its not infuriating...yet.
MikeHattsu
Member
Flowers of Evil 08
Everything unravels.
At first it looks like Kasuga gets lucky since his name got hidden, but then, yeah.
Everything unravels.
At first it looks like Kasuga gets lucky since his name got hidden, but then, yeah.
Terareflection
Member
Aldnoah Zero - 5
Well, that was pretty short-lived. Whatever, I guess.
Well, that was pretty short-lived. Whatever, I guess.
Turin Turambar
Member
Log Horizon
Sorry, I meant,...
Database, database~!!♫♪♫♪
(some light spoilers in it)
I saw this. It would have been interesting to write my impressions as I watched the episodes (we could have had some funny moments with it), but I did it mostly on the couch on the big tv not in the computer where I would have written about it in between eps, now I'm lazy to go back and check each ep or write something long or for each ep, so I will write just some general comments.
It starts with an interesting concept, humans trapped in a MMO world, but in a literal sense (unlike SAO, for example), thousands transported to another world, without idea of why or how to get out.
What world is this? Why are they trapped there? Who is behind it? Is the fantasy world a legitimate world and they were teleported to it or it's all a big virtual experience done by... aliens? Magicians? Who knows
For people who likes speculative sci-fi, it can be very interesting.
Using a fantasy/scifi concept and then looking at it through the lens of realism (as the adventurers comes from our real world). What would be happen? One imagine people going crazy and depressed, trying to find a way out, then progressive society would be re-established, as trade, laws are needed, people gravitating in groups with time, etc.
Shamefully, this is just the potential, which isn't fully realized in this anime/LN.
The first 5 episodes in particular are bad, where all the characters, main or otherwise, don't react as real people.
They aren't in SHOCK as they should be, or in denial, I don't see grow men crying, as much you see a few people abated sitting down in the background. The protagonists of course are immune to reacting like normal people. And no one seems worried of being in a fricking videogame nor show real interest or purpose on discovering what the world is and how to return to Earth. In particular, it seems no one cares for their loved ones, nor their family nor their friends. I mean, there should be people who are dad and moms in their real world and miss their children. In all the series there is only a single mention of it, Crusty says he misses his little sister (it HAD to be a little sister, this comes from a LN!).
Or we have Akatsuki that starts "roleplaying" a ninja and calling Shiroe master in the first episode. Yeah, because when you are trapped in an potentially alien world, roleplaying a ninja as if you were in a normal video game is the normal thing. Can anyone slap that idiot?
In fact we have a very weird situation where in all the series, the adventurers somehow choose to go on in their assumed roles and still be "adventurers", warrior and mages, crafters, where are their real selves? The teachers? the housewives, the IT workers, the lawyers, the construction workers, the college students, etc? Everyone seems to have conveniently forgotten their real lives, career, family, etc.
But of course we also have Naotsugu saying "panties!" and then receiving a smack each time and several other characters being animu~! rolling in the ground or being moe or squeeing when they see something cute so clearly my expectatives of the writing are wrong and I shouldn't expect anything realistic or sensible or logic. The plot isn't really "real humans trapped in a MMO world" but "LN/anime characters trapped in a MMO world", if you catch my drift.
Even Shiroe, the main character, is at this point a typical one in Light Novels, another "smart guy with glasses that fight with tactics over brawn". I suppose at this point there is a big entry in tvtropes about the trope. At least I liked when they mention he is an undergraduate engineer in some university, it ties with his analytical ways.
Once admitted that side of the story and all its weak side, it actually has interesting parts and decent writing in there, as we'll see forward.
The first fights are overloaded with infodumps, extraneous explanations that are repeated twice usually (one in the middle of the fight and another in the end as summary, because they really needed to explain what a sleep spell did), and for my tastes they border too much with real MMOs, which I find... limiting. Aggro, cooldown managements, roles in a party, crowd control, it's like seeing a twitch channel of a mmo, jeez. From what I read in other forums some people eat that shit, I suppose because they are MMO players and they like to speculate in the inner workings of this mmo but meh, You have a fight where the final twist was the leader timing well the cooldown for a spell to produce damage almost twice in a row. FFS, how it's the thrilling... it isn't.
Fourth episode has a villainous baddie they have to beat, a totally boring and evil player killer. Eww. I was about to drop the series at this point. But the next day I went on in a whim. Fifth episode is a very transitional one, not a lot happens, in fact the series has a few ones like this one, slow episodes.
Sixth episode (seventh, really) is when the series gets better. A whole lot of social manipulation, a closer examination of how the world works with a strange meld of real life factors and RPG stats, faction vs faction interaction, a smart plot, conflict of interests between various parties and examination of ethics (you can see the powerful guilds knew about what was going on but they wanted the xp pots and they were looking to the other side) and finally some consideration of the situation where they are and a beginning of a true organization as government, the possible need of laws (even if death isn't possible, kidnapping is as they've shown and there are lots of crimes still possible), etc. Here is when I can say the writing start doing interesting, worthwhile things. All mixed with some rescue action.
Next plot is also good, as the "npcs" aren't really npcs and they have their own will, their own factions and society. Diplomatic encounter ensues, with several possible outcomes, from peace to war to everything in between. But here the series show a decidedly languid pace, they are 5 or 6 full episodes in the castle in meetings, balls, and what should do, what they are thinking of us, etc. It's an interesting situation, but it could have been done a little bit faster? In other thread they present us with another party of young adventurers (funny how all the kids have kid characters and adult have adult characters, even if we know it doesn't really have that way, like Akatsuki being in a male character at first or the cat swashbuckler, who I doubt it's a cat in real life, but what did you expect of anime lol). The younglings party present us with the basics of tactics, how friendship form in them, and give us a bit of action, as the main character isn't going to have a lot of that in his narrative thread.
The final part is pretty meh, a pair of almost SoL episodes, and a final small arc where both the situation (a festival!), the problem (people complaining, provoking small attempts of fights, and making petty disputes!), the response ("guards" and clerks trying to solve the disputes) and the solution (throw more bodies to fix the problem!) are all underwhelming as final arc, the only worthwhile part is the revelation at the end, which I won't spoil, of course.
So is the writing good, as a pair of people claimed here? Overall I would say the writing is better than your average anime, but you know, it's still far away of being a really good work, it's well under and far away from a good scifi novel for example. It serves you as a reminder how bad is the average writing in anime is, in a way, lol.
But let's go to the interesting part, the...
Because who cares about the writing, what about couples.
The series present us with several obvious ones that in fact there isn't a lot to discuss. Naotsugu with Marie. Crusty with the princess. Rundelhaus Code with Isuzu. Obvious.
Then we have the possible couple of Nyanta and Serara. It would be both paedophile and zoophilic. Kinky. I
So we have only the poor lonely Shiroe.
My First candidate would be Henrietta. They go well together and she is hot, in a discreet way.
Marie was a candidate the first episodes but the author chose to ship her to Naotsugu.
My second candidate would be the leader of his previous guild, I think he had a thing for her. I expect her appearing again later in the series?
Third option would be his counterpart, Nureha.
And my negative option would be him with the chibi pet, Akatsuki.
I don't count MInori as I don't see her as a real rival in the harem.
But alas, part of this being a LN/anime is how they touch the part of love, romance and adult relationships: a mix of ignoring it, for jokes, badly, and/or in the most innocent of the ways.
Highlights of the series was their own fictional character making fun of the whole "touches up glasses" doing the gesture without having glasses and how they recruited the adventurers for the goblin battle: with 'mmo female armor' (you know what I mean) and the power of moe.
And this was funny. I started thinking I would write a pair of small paragraphs, not all this. CorvoSol has possessed me!
Sorry, I meant,...
Database, database~!!♫♪♫♪
(some light spoilers in it)
I saw this. It would have been interesting to write my impressions as I watched the episodes (we could have had some funny moments with it), but I did it mostly on the couch on the big tv not in the computer where I would have written about it in between eps, now I'm lazy to go back and check each ep or write something long or for each ep, so I will write just some general comments.
It starts with an interesting concept, humans trapped in a MMO world, but in a literal sense (unlike SAO, for example), thousands transported to another world, without idea of why or how to get out.
What world is this? Why are they trapped there? Who is behind it? Is the fantasy world a legitimate world and they were teleported to it or it's all a big virtual experience done by... aliens? Magicians? Who knows
For people who likes speculative sci-fi, it can be very interesting.
Using a fantasy/scifi concept and then looking at it through the lens of realism (as the adventurers comes from our real world). What would be happen? One imagine people going crazy and depressed, trying to find a way out, then progressive society would be re-established, as trade, laws are needed, people gravitating in groups with time, etc.
Shamefully, this is just the potential, which isn't fully realized in this anime/LN.
The first 5 episodes in particular are bad, where all the characters, main or otherwise, don't react as real people.
They aren't in SHOCK as they should be, or in denial, I don't see grow men crying, as much you see a few people abated sitting down in the background. The protagonists of course are immune to reacting like normal people. And no one seems worried of being in a fricking videogame nor show real interest or purpose on discovering what the world is and how to return to Earth. In particular, it seems no one cares for their loved ones, nor their family nor their friends. I mean, there should be people who are dad and moms in their real world and miss their children. In all the series there is only a single mention of it, Crusty says he misses his little sister (it HAD to be a little sister, this comes from a LN!).
Or we have Akatsuki that starts "roleplaying" a ninja and calling Shiroe master in the first episode. Yeah, because when you are trapped in an potentially alien world, roleplaying a ninja as if you were in a normal video game is the normal thing. Can anyone slap that idiot?
In fact we have a very weird situation where in all the series, the adventurers somehow choose to go on in their assumed roles and still be "adventurers", warrior and mages, crafters, where are their real selves? The teachers? the housewives, the IT workers, the lawyers, the construction workers, the college students, etc? Everyone seems to have conveniently forgotten their real lives, career, family, etc.
But of course we also have Naotsugu saying "panties!" and then receiving a smack each time and several other characters being animu~! rolling in the ground or being moe or squeeing when they see something cute so clearly my expectatives of the writing are wrong and I shouldn't expect anything realistic or sensible or logic. The plot isn't really "real humans trapped in a MMO world" but "LN/anime characters trapped in a MMO world", if you catch my drift.
Even Shiroe, the main character, is at this point a typical one in Light Novels, another "smart guy with glasses that fight with tactics over brawn". I suppose at this point there is a big entry in tvtropes about the trope. At least I liked when they mention he is an undergraduate engineer in some university, it ties with his analytical ways.
Once admitted that side of the story and all its weak side, it actually has interesting parts and decent writing in there, as we'll see forward.
The first fights are overloaded with infodumps, extraneous explanations that are repeated twice usually (one in the middle of the fight and another in the end as summary, because they really needed to explain what a sleep spell did), and for my tastes they border too much with real MMOs, which I find... limiting. Aggro, cooldown managements, roles in a party, crowd control, it's like seeing a twitch channel of a mmo, jeez. From what I read in other forums some people eat that shit, I suppose because they are MMO players and they like to speculate in the inner workings of this mmo but meh, You have a fight where the final twist was the leader timing well the cooldown for a spell to produce damage almost twice in a row. FFS, how it's the thrilling... it isn't.
Fourth episode has a villainous baddie they have to beat, a totally boring and evil player killer. Eww. I was about to drop the series at this point. But the next day I went on in a whim. Fifth episode is a very transitional one, not a lot happens, in fact the series has a few ones like this one, slow episodes.
Sixth episode (seventh, really) is when the series gets better. A whole lot of social manipulation, a closer examination of how the world works with a strange meld of real life factors and RPG stats, faction vs faction interaction, a smart plot, conflict of interests between various parties and examination of ethics (you can see the powerful guilds knew about what was going on but they wanted the xp pots and they were looking to the other side) and finally some consideration of the situation where they are and a beginning of a true organization as government, the possible need of laws (even if death isn't possible, kidnapping is as they've shown and there are lots of crimes still possible), etc. Here is when I can say the writing start doing interesting, worthwhile things. All mixed with some rescue action.
Next plot is also good, as the "npcs" aren't really npcs and they have their own will, their own factions and society. Diplomatic encounter ensues, with several possible outcomes, from peace to war to everything in between. But here the series show a decidedly languid pace, they are 5 or 6 full episodes in the castle in meetings, balls, and what should do, what they are thinking of us, etc. It's an interesting situation, but it could have been done a little bit faster? In other thread they present us with another party of young adventurers (funny how all the kids have kid characters and adult have adult characters, even if we know it doesn't really have that way, like Akatsuki being in a male character at first or the cat swashbuckler, who I doubt it's a cat in real life, but what did you expect of anime lol). The younglings party present us with the basics of tactics, how friendship form in them, and give us a bit of action, as the main character isn't going to have a lot of that in his narrative thread.
The final part is pretty meh, a pair of almost SoL episodes, and a final small arc where both the situation (a festival!), the problem (people complaining, provoking small attempts of fights, and making petty disputes!), the response ("guards" and clerks trying to solve the disputes) and the solution (throw more bodies to fix the problem!) are all underwhelming as final arc, the only worthwhile part is the revelation at the end, which I won't spoil, of course.
So is the writing good, as a pair of people claimed here? Overall I would say the writing is better than your average anime, but you know, it's still far away of being a really good work, it's well under and far away from a good scifi novel for example. It serves you as a reminder how bad is the average writing in anime is, in a way, lol.
But let's go to the interesting part, the...
Because who cares about the writing, what about couples.
The series present us with several obvious ones that in fact there isn't a lot to discuss. Naotsugu with Marie. Crusty with the princess. Rundelhaus Code with Isuzu. Obvious.
Then we have the possible couple of Nyanta and Serara. It would be both paedophile and zoophilic. Kinky. I
'm joking with this, in case you didn't notice.
My First candidate would be Henrietta. They go well together and she is hot, in a discreet way.
Marie was a candidate the first episodes but the author chose to ship her to Naotsugu.
My second candidate would be the leader of his previous guild, I think he had a thing for her. I expect her appearing again later in the series?
Third option would be his counterpart, Nureha.
And my negative option would be him with the chibi pet, Akatsuki.
I don't count MInori as I don't see her as a real rival in the harem.
But alas, part of this being a LN/anime is how they touch the part of love, romance and adult relationships: a mix of ignoring it, for jokes, badly, and/or in the most innocent of the ways.
Highlights of the series was their own fictional character making fun of the whole "touches up glasses" doing the gesture without having glasses and how they recruited the adventurers for the goblin battle: with 'mmo female armor' (you know what I mean) and the power of moe.
And this was funny. I started thinking I would write a pair of small paragraphs, not all this. CorvoSol has possessed me!
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