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Dec 12, 2018 11:29 AM
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I just can't take Goblin Slayer seriously the whole show feels like a joke. The first episode was very serious with the massacre and rape to Episode 2 seeing Cowgirls enormous jiggling bouncing boob ruined it and made everything seem like a joke.

Witch girl pulling out a candle between her massive boobs was so ridiculous. Even Sword Maiden who was a rape victim and who suffers from PTSD and somehow they manage to sexualize her and give more screen time to her voluptuous body and huge breast, did I mention her boobs bounced when she slightly touch her chest?

Why does Goblin Slayer even have fanservice alongside rape? How can I take this world seriously if it isn't taking it's female characters seriously? The way the show treats it's female characters is nonsensical and Immature. People claim that these is suppose to be "dark" but I just can't take this show seriously and feels like a joke, anyone else feel the same?
Delirium231Dec 12, 2018 12:07 PM
Dec 12, 2018 11:35 AM
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ah another thread about not being able to take a show seriously because boobs I see
Dec 12, 2018 11:54 AM
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Not sure if troll or "Ass > Boobs" thread in disguise

if latter, then gj you almost got me (and you are objectively wrong, boobs will always triumph ass)
Dec 12, 2018 1:19 PM
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He makes good, logical points. There is also a difference between "boobs" and pointless fanservice aimed at manchildren.

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Dec 12, 2018 2:54 PM
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It's just a very bad show in every regard. There's a difference between breasts, and pandering fanservice for horny kids.

It sets the tone in the first episode of being hopeless/rapey/brutal/dangerous in the first episode, then turns into some generic Isekai from episode 2 onwards full of silly, poorly written cartoon characters.
Shoot first, think never.
Dec 12, 2018 3:11 PM
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Open-Dice said:
It sets the tone in the first episode of being hopeless/rapey/brutal/dangerous in the first episode, then turns into some generic Isekai from episode 2 onwards full of silly, poorly written cartoon characters
Your critic is bad. Generic isn't actual critic and episode 1 being full of hopeless/rapey/brutal/dangerous stuff doesn't make episode 1 non generic since that shit common too.
so think about that the next time you make such critic
Dec 12, 2018 4:45 PM
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If you don't think generic isn't a criticism you don't know what the word means. Didn't make any comment on whether the first episode is generic or not, just that it's a shocking first episode that doesn't really represent at all what the show is actually like.
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Dec 12, 2018 5:12 PM
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basically just means uninspired, seen as lazy, unimaginable, lack of creative thought when observing a work and used in the context of which you said it


all of which is just universally true for a lot of fiction and isn't critic since something being seen in other works of fiction isn't a flaw. Its simply a fact that it has elements and plot points that can be found in several of other mediums for fiction.


First episode had fights and killing Goblins. Which is what the show is still about after episode 1 so it hardly lies in terms of what the show is about
Does Goblins still kill and rape people when given the chance? Yes they indeed do
Its rather foolish to think just because something happened in the first episode then that means it has to happen every episode or incredibly often too
Dec 12, 2018 5:27 PM
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"Witch girl pulling out a candle between her massive boobs was so ridiculous."

So... that's the problem?

Dec 12, 2018 7:16 PM

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Open-Dice said:
then turns into some generic Isekai from episode 2 onwards full of silly, poorly written cartoon characters.


Who was trasported to the Goblin Slayer world to be an isekai?
From what was show everyone born there.

Isekai (Japanese: 異世界) (lit. "different world") is a subgenre of Japanese fantasy light novels, manga, anime, and video games revolving around a normal person being transported to or trapped in a parallel universe.

Dec 12, 2018 7:47 PM

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If the entire anime was like episode 1 it would be a masterpiece. But sadly it isn't. I still enjoy the show, but i'm disappointed in what could have been.
Dec 12, 2018 7:58 PM

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MMemiMMei said:
"Witch girl pulling out a candle between her massive boobs was so ridiculous."

So... that's the problem?


It's a skill called Extra Pocket. It's common in RPG.
Dec 12, 2018 8:25 PM

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Heimur said:
Open-Dice said:
then turns into some generic Isekai from episode 2 onwards full of silly, poorly written cartoon characters.


Who was trasported to the Goblin Slayer world to be an isekai?
From what was show everyone born there.

Isekai (Japanese: 異世界) (lit. "different world") is a subgenre of Japanese fantasy light novels, manga, anime, and video games revolving around a normal person being transported to or trapped in a parallel universe.


I know, the problem is it FEELS like an isekai. Typical isekai wishfulflment plot: MC is a badass who collects a harem of cute girls to go on his adventure. World is generic fantasy. It doesn't feel lived in at all; main character girl feels like she literally woke up in that world in the first episode. This is thanks to the shitty writing.

Rookie adventurers going on an advenure then getting completely pummeled would make sense in an Isekai where the threat level of goblins is unknown. In a lived-in world, goblins would be given the warning level they deserve - us the viewers only consider goblins as "low level enemies" because we have played many RPGs where that is the case. If Goblins were as nasty and deadly as they're portrayed here, no one would have that preconception - guild girl would give more than a pathetic "ano... I don't think you should take that quest..." As it is, all the adventurers are stupid, and guild girl feels like a sociopath.



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Dec 12, 2018 9:16 PM

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I play Nekopara and there is less fan service than Ecchi Slayer, it's hard to take it seriously. Especially in the rape scenes that were supposed to be "traumatic", but even those scenes can not be taken seriously. Not even Have a good story to back it up.
Dec 13, 2018 12:01 AM
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Open-Dice said:
I know, the problem is it FEELS like an isekai. Typical isekai wishfulflment plot: MC is a badass who collects a harem of cute girls to go on his adventure. World is generic fantasy. It doesn't feel lived in at all; main character girl feels like she literally woke up in that world in the first episode. This is thanks to the shitty writing.

To be fair, that's not why it feels like isekai. A majority of isekai stories have the MC show up in a world that's mysteriously game-like, complete with status screens, attributes, levels, item boxes, adventurer's guild, etc.; Goblin Slayer's world is literally a game world, it openly states as much, and all of the NPCs not having names, the talk of defined classes (other adventurers speculated GS has multiclassed into ranger), spells-per-day, bog-standard hero vs. demon lord story, etc. are all well-known tropes in JRPGs; the world of GS is essentially the same as the worlds in the isekai genre, just sans the actual reincarnated hero.

Even if the writing was awesome and GS didn't have a harem, you'd still feel like it was an isekai story.
Dec 13, 2018 7:13 AM

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I don't watch this show seriously either. Rather I don't even see which aspect in the show I should take seriously.
Dec 13, 2018 8:23 AM

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One of the reasons why I can't "take this seriously" or rather, I can't immerse myself into this anime is because it's very general. For one, the characters don't have names and, well, much character in my opinion. I'm not sure if that should make it easier for the viewers to relate to any of the characters like in video games where you're given an almost-blank avatar to use which you can even name yourself, but it just had the opposite effect on me.

Also, the premise of the show is simple: slaying goblins. This was actually the thing that drew me in. I was curious as to how the story will unfold around such a seemingly straightforward and dangerously limited theme. But 10 episodes in, and I have yet to see a clear path as to what the main goal is and where the story will actually go. Will the protagonist actually obliterate every goblin in the world? It's a bit of a stretch, and there are a LOT of death flags waving around concerning the main character himself. As if the ending will actually be him dying and not being able to slay goblins anymore.

At best, it's been very episodic. Much like a slice of life where they take some quest (which of course, involves slaying goblins), sometimes a bit of a power-scale in regards to the goblins they were facing, an interesting strategy for their predicament, a dose of shock factor here and there, and then next episode, they're back to non-quest mode.

And of course, there's the issue about the rape/non-con elements in the show. Already at episode one, they have established what the goblins are capable of ESPECIALLY what they can do to women. Disgust and shock aside, I accepted that it was the nature of the show. But what I have a problem about is that they keep waving it in front of our faces. Every time there's some goblin-related incident, they never fail to mention the rape. They've highlighted it so much that I'm starting to feel like it's almost always the core element of each arc. It makes the show, at least for me, seem cheap and more focused on fanservice.

Lots of problems aside, I find myself still waiting for the silver lining.
Dec 13, 2018 8:29 AM

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It's a harem comedy show btw, so I don't feel the need to take it seriously.
I watch anime for the fan service plot since I don't really like ecchi but it just so happens that it is included in mostly the good shows I like. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Dec 13, 2018 8:39 AM

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Most anime has boobs like this these days, and I love it. Sword Maiden boobs and legs looks so sexy. Sound like you did not watch a lot of anime because almost every anime (SAO, Slime, Overlord, Re;zero etc) have some fanservices

Noting wrong with having some few fanservice moments in dark/serious anime, and it does not stop me from liking story and action.

ALso, I can't take your score seriously when you give it 1/10 and still watching it. If you hate it that much then why still watching it ?!
Dec 13, 2018 9:04 AM

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ALso, I can't take your score seriously when you give it 1/10 and still watching it. If you hate it that much then why still watching it ?!


yeah, I can't understand these people too. Is it so hard to drop the show you obviously hate or find boring?!
Dec 13, 2018 9:19 AM

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boob physics = bad anime??
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Dec 13, 2018 2:48 PM

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not eveen noticing the big boobs.. feels good not be offended by bullshit and whining on boards. ;)
Dec 13, 2018 2:49 PM

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AzorAhai said:
ALso, I can't take your score seriously when you give it 1/10 and still watching it. If you hate it that much then why still watching it ?!


yeah, I can't understand these people too. Is it so hard to drop the show you obviously hate or find boring?!


Did you guys realize just now that there's simply a toxic hating bandwagon going against this series? Like lots of people were pointing it out already for a good time.

No wonder a good amount of the disapproving reviews and opinions are full of despise and animosity against the show(even the whole series which should be a separated thing) or people liking it, while being really shallow and unfair in their judgment... Just look at the threads on this forum lmao. Its the first ever, if not in a long time we see so many people who dont even want to watch a show being so passionate and feeling they should be active at trashing it, and while doing it they act in an arrogant way about things they dont even get, how would you explain such cringe?
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