Isekai Quartet 3 Episode 1 Discussion

is this not on crunchyroll?

is this not on crunchyroll?

@jawstherock Not in all countries. I had to use a VPN to watch it.

Looks like the episodes are half length of standard episodes (15 minutes) this season.

But yeah, the familiar faces are back especially the popular ones such as Aqua, Megumin, Emilia, characters from Overlord, etc. I still Ainz is the most intimidating face among this group, even in his chibi form. Garfiel is still a troublemaker even at school LOL. I was not expecting him to fight Albedo already in the first episode. This should be a fun season.

It has always been this way.


You should be up to date with the latest seasons of all the shows too, especially Re:Zero. If this episode was anything to go by, there will be at least some spoilers for these shows from their latest seasons.

Roswaal says So not sure what's the connection is here.

@0451 They really just want the dedicated Kadokawa fans, I still need to watch the movie, though the OP already shows a group I'm only aware of after a bit of research into the series in question. For a Quartet, they sure make it seem like it's going to become a Quintet, even temporarily. Shield Hero and Cautious Hero have been more sidelined, which is fine, since it seems more practical to just use a smaller group for them, but Shadow of Eminence has like 6 characters in their group for this season. Which it has over 30 episodes, not sure if there's been any announcement of a 3rd season. Gap of 2 years from the last season almost, but that's nothing compared to Tanya the Evil

Heck, I still have the Overlord Holy Empire movie, which I think is supposed to adapt an arc somewhere prior to what S3 adapted, but I may be misremembering

I feel like even if we grant there might be, or probably are, Japan equivalents in many of these fantasy worlds, even with Shield Hero recently involving Qten Lo, I have to wonder if sumo would even be the term anyway. You'd have to describe the sport to someone knowledgeable about the culture and they'd either recognize it or just think it sounds bizarre. But I think anthropologically, there are similar kinds of sports/practices in other cultures, if Golden Kamuy is any indication with Stenka, which isn't really comparable in hindsight because the main common element is the brutish muscles and clashing male bodies.

It's weird how I almost have more experience for this than the DCU, which arguably has less stuff I'd have to binge to be caught up (Peacemaker S1 and 2 and Superman 2025 atm, plus future projects coming out).l I'm only missing the movie and Eminence in Shadow, but that's probably comparable in how much time I'd have to spend for Peacemaker S1 and 2 + Superman and Eminence in Shadow S1 and 2 + Isekai Quartet Another World

@holdingnothing The cautious hero barely appears unlike Shield Hero who was the focus of season 2 now the focus of the season is on the eminence of shadows. In fact, it seems that somehow Subaru will convince Naofumi to participate in a picnic with him.

I'm curious about the object of this since the plot of the season will be for the group to get along and this will be difficult to achieve since Naofumi is a tsundere and Cid is a maniac.

@holdingnothing Basically, sumo is a sport where you just have to push your opponent, it's simple to understand even for people from an isekai.

It's certainly much more worthwhile to spend your time with Eastern media instead of Western trash, but the choice is yours.

@Desmascarado Sometimes Western media influences Eastern media, we can't just dismiss DC's influence on stuff that I think people have at least some positive response to if not genuine praise. Isekai Suicide Squad, Batman Ninja and Batman Ninja v. Yakuza League come immediately to mind. And that's not even getting into Marvel's influence on many famous authors along with Horikoshi of MHA fame.

Rurouni Kenshin's characters had Marvel inspirations for designs, some more subtle than others, like I think Gambit's coat influenced Aoshi's costume in part, but then there's more explicit influences that are escaping me atm. Apocalypse for Kujiranami in the Jinchuu arc, plus Gambit is also an influence on Jinei, can't forget that, however short lived he was

@holdingnothing In your first paragraph, you cite examples of anime that were contaminated by the West, and obviously the reception of these productions was not positive, even though they were created and produced by Japanese people. However, examples that were successful in both reception and quality were MHA and Cyberpunk: Edgerunners.
I wouldn't need to say the obvious but I'm going to say that animes are good because they are animes, that is, they are good because they don't submit to Western ideologies.

Regarding the second paragraph, I have nothing to say.

So Cautious Hero and Ristarte actually have escaped this world?
No further chances for Aki Toyosaki to play three different roles in one scene.

@Desmascarado So...just going to ignore influences from the West that date back to early Disney on some of the most influential authors of manga of the genre? Osamu Tezuka being the most blatant, but claiming contamination sounds an awful lot like ethnocentrism

You can't just say it's obvious and not provide evidence. I have no delusions that there are people that don't like those things and that's perfectly fine in a free market of ideas.

Okay, then maybe demonstrate what indicates a "submission to Western ideologies" Because frankly, Japan still focuses primarily on domestic audiences and that's arguably how they perform pretty well on some metrics if we consider stuff like Ghibli films nominated for and winning Academy Awards (subjective and elitist as that might be perceived, considering goings on behind the scenes) or Demon Slayer's Infinity Train movie breaking massive records

Influence from the West is not submission to their ideology. Unless we're going to address Japan's historical shift to utilizing more Western conventions post Edo in the Meiji period. Is that different? If so, how?

@holdingnothing I think I wasn't clear, submitting and being influenced by the West are different things.
The first case indicates self-censorship of anime productions and the second case (considering that you are talking about the beginning of manga and anime productions) is normal and not at all problematic, even because the customs and ideologies of the West were not so harmful and vile at that time, and although I hate using the word obvious to summarize or justify something, I have to say that the influence of the West, more specifically the USA, on the beginning of animations in Japan is something obvious, even though Japan is currently superior to franchises like Disney.