Konosuba spinoff only sells 700 blu rays in first week.

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Feb 24, 2024 7:45 PM

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For reference seasons 1 and 2 sold 10k blu rays. This means this spinoff had almost a 95% crash in revenue. Taking into account marketing based off of season 1 and 2 sales, this makes the spinoff probably kadokawa's biggest flop of all time. The sales were so bad they had to re-release season 1 and 2 blu rays. As well as old figures.

First 2 seasons had a 4.5 star while this season has a 3.5 star on Amazon Japan. This show tell out of trending and corner polls top 10 by week 3.

Before this season aired, it was the most hyped show behind demon slayer and oshi no ko.

Feb 24, 2024 7:51 PM

rohan121

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As someone who loved konosuba s1 2, and even gave the movie a 10, the megumin spinoff was really not for me. After episode 7 I dropped the spinoff. It has a way more tame style of comedy than the og series. Kind of reminds me of hayate no gotoku cuties spinoff in how much changed.

Feb 24, 2024 8:11 PM

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That's a shame. I really liked the spin-off.

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Feb 24, 2024 9:02 PM

tormaid

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Is anyone still publishing oricon sales figures? Blog I was following stopped in January.

Feb 24, 2024 9:04 PM

SweatyFingers

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i actually watched the spin-off before the actual anime and i really liked it, sad to see how bad it's doing :')

Feb 24, 2024 9:42 PM

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rohan121 said:
As someone who loved konosuba s1 2, and even gave the movie a 10, the megumin spinoff was really not for me. After episode 7 I dropped the spinoff. It has a way more tame style of comedy than the og series. Kind of reminds me of hayate no gotoku cuties spinoff in how much changed.

Was cuties a spinoff? I thought it was a sequel, but they skipped a lot of material between cuties and the prequel released right before that one.

Feb 24, 2024 11:25 PM

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As someone who was fond of S1 and S2, the spin-off was meh. It was still likable but it was mostly tiring for me.

It's not that I dislike this genre but... to add unnecessary fan services to/in/for heroines
and ultimately destroys her character and personality; their purity tarnished because of it,
is the only thing I hope to not happen to them. For that sole purity is my fan service.

Feb 24, 2024 11:34 PM

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Something felt missing in the spin-off. You have recognizable characters but a disconnect between the heart of the main series. I forced myself to finish and despite holding low expectations, was still disappointed.

Feb 25, 2024 6:21 AM

Nyamaste

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It was ok for a random fantasy anime, but it doesn't hold up to konusuba

Apr 13, 2024 7:49 PM

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I enjoyed it and gave it a 10/10 but it's more on the side of serious drama as where the main series is more on the side of unhinged comedy. Both have their merits for quite different reasons.

Apr 18, 2024 6:04 PM

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Tbh megumin is probably the least interesting character from the main 4 and to have an entire anime series for her backstory was cool but it was obvious that this show simply will never reach the high and popularity of the original series.

Apr 26, 2024 3:36 PM

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it was just surprisingly boring, the potentially interesting school setting was abandoned early, then nothing much happened and the rivalry with YunYun did not feel nearly as ridiculous as in Konosuba. It got better over time but its just a far cry from Konosuba, I say that as a Magumin fan. If anything Im surprised how decent the rating is now, IIRC it was worse when it aired.

Honestly it just did not feel like Megumin and Yunyun were actually in the show, the characters felt different.

"This emotion is mine alone.
It is for Madoka alone." - Homura
or how I would descripe Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica.

Jun 6, 2024 9:40 AM

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This spin-off makes me question why Megumin is the most favourited character out of the all characters in KonoSuba. Would be interesting to know if people actually removed her as a favourite character after watching this spin-off as they realised she's the least interesting and most bland character of the main 4.

wildhoodJun 15, 2024 7:23 PM

Jun 17, 5:41 AM

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I'm a somewhat of a fan of Konosuba, and I am glad that this pandering show bombed! Glad as hell!

There was zero need for this show to exist! This was to push the message/an agenda and it blowup in their faces. I am a happy camper.

Megumi was/is a side character, with zero charisma to be a an MC, plain an simple. The show is called Konosuba, and not Megumi. Deal with it.

And the fact that this show was "the most hyped show behind demon slayer and oshi no ko" just makes me ROFL beyond words, and proves my point that this show was made to push certain agendas and nothing else.

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