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| That was incredible. Great adaptation of the manhwa I love so much. |
| Giving his mages the ball really came in handy. Once that ice shield protection was down the boss was no much threat and got asswhopped handed quite easily. But damn animation was absolutely insane in some shots. They are sparing no punches here. Again this party really was nicest and even guild master isn't that arrogant. Dk what Chin-Woo will do but he should really joined them. Even got his waifu here. |
| Seems like it's getting harder and harder to hide his true power, now every big guild knows already about him. This is getting more and more haremish though, which I'm not a fan of. |
Reply to Ego_Altar
Last week, a bunch of the manhwa readers were eagerly anticipating "the pickaxe scene." As a result, I was also looking forward to it, hoping to finally see the fan darling in action, splitting some orc heads. We get there and Cha Hae-In picks up a pickaxe and... feels embarrassed about it? That's it? She then proceeds to watch Jinwoo do his thing like the rest of the NPCs.
I do not understand the hype for this total non-entity of a character.
I do not understand the hype for this total non-entity of a character.
| @Ego_Altar well huge part of his appeal is calm and collected reasoning without overreactions. To me this is such a huge thing. Good 80% of shows out there will have main character scream like vixen in heat (seriously google it) and pretend that's what humor is like. If for nothing else, this show is worth watching just because of this thing. Sure, he's OP, like pretty much every other MC in anime with notable exceptions. Good animation and sound design are another great reason to watch. So that leaves character and story development, which is good enough but no high art and to be honest, I don't care. I've had it with good ideas ruined by whiny harem or screaming tsundere lolis. Not to mention lack of going to school and competitions. What a breath of fresh air that is. |
Reply to QcDiablo
Not a bad episode with strong production value as is tradition, but as always SL feels lacking in the characters department.
The season's rating is now over 8.8/10, which is a feat of its own. Yet, it feels like there's exactly two ways to make it this high up on MAL:
1. A series niche enough that only its fans watch it.
2. A series that is approachable with good production value and which does nothing to bring hate from the larger anime community, even if it does nothing great plot-wise.
SL seems to be a textbook example of case #2.
The season's rating is now over 8.8/10, which is a feat of its own. Yet, it feels like there's exactly two ways to make it this high up on MAL:
1. A series niche enough that only its fans watch it.
2. A series that is approachable with good production value and which does nothing to bring hate from the larger anime community, even if it does nothing great plot-wise.
SL seems to be a textbook example of case #2.
| @QcDiablo I gave it a 9, which it doesn't deserve but also at the time it was closer to 8 than 9, so I boosted it a bit. It's solid 8.5 in my opinion. And you are completely right, it's approachable and entertaining but it's not deep or thought-provoking. And am okay with that. So many shows try to do both and then mess up everything. A1 knows where their strengths lie and they focus on producing entertaining and good looking action. I have no complaints with that. |
Reply to MeanEYE
@Ego_Altar well huge part of his appeal is calm and collected reasoning without overreactions. To me this is such a huge thing. Good 80% of shows out there will have main character scream like vixen in heat (seriously google it) and pretend that's what humor is like. If for nothing else, this show is worth watching just because of this thing. Sure, he's OP, like pretty much every other MC in anime with notable exceptions.
Good animation and sound design are another great reason to watch. So that leaves character and story development, which is good enough but no high art and to be honest, I don't care. I've had it with good ideas ruined by whiny harem or screaming tsundere lolis. Not to mention lack of going to school and competitions. What a breath of fresh air that is.
Good animation and sound design are another great reason to watch. So that leaves character and story development, which is good enough but no high art and to be honest, I don't care. I've had it with good ideas ruined by whiny harem or screaming tsundere lolis. Not to mention lack of going to school and competitions. What a breath of fresh air that is.
| @MeanEYE I wasn't criticizing Jinwoo. I get what he is. I enjoy the show for what it is. I was mocking the fan-love for the useless Cha Hae-In. |
Reply to Love_And_Forward
@keirashii While you're at it, go watch Redo The Healer. Then if that's not enough, watch the live action French 'Martyrs.'
| @Love_And_Forward You didnt answer my question. "heh. these two torture porn flicks will show this shitlib cuck womun whos boss >:)" It's "Redo Of Healer" btw, not "Redo The Healer" |
keirashiiFeb 9, 9:54 AM
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Reply to keirashii
@Love_And_Forward You didnt answer my question.
"heh. these two torture porn flicks will show this shitlib cuck womun whos boss >:)"
It's "Redo Of Healer" btw, not "Redo The Healer"
"heh. these two torture porn flicks will show this shitlib cuck womun whos boss >:)"
It's "Redo Of Healer" btw, not "Redo The Healer"
| @keirashii I just wanted to maximize your chances of getting an aneurysm, and I didn't say that hating Frieren was a prerequisite of being a shitlib. Though, it has no black people and no gays, so I guess that's an auto fail in your book. Anyway, someone who seriously rates that show a "2" has no business judging anime. Don't you think it's interesting how easily I could pinpoint your leanings? By the way, you seem to wildly misunderstand mine. I'm Marxist-Leninist. |
Reply to Love_And_Forward
@keirashii I just wanted to maximize your chances of getting an aneurysm, and I didn't say that hating Frieren was a prerequisite of being a shitlib. Though, it has no black people and no gays, so I guess that's an auto fail in your book. Anyway, someone who seriously rates that show a "2" has no business judging anime. Don't you think it's interesting how easily I could pinpoint your leanings?
By the way, you seem to wildly misunderstand mine. I'm Marxist-Leninist.
By the way, you seem to wildly misunderstand mine. I'm Marxist-Leninist.
| @Love_And_Forward You're telling me that Himmel and Heiter didnt have steaming gay sex? Man, I might reduce my score for Frieren to a 1 then. That headcanon I had was the only decent thing going on with that show. I didnt ask btw |
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| Finally a break out episode - been waiting for this - fantastic |
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Reply to M1kasaYu1
Now I kinda wanna see how strong Jinwoo would be if went up against Ainz-sama from Overlord, haha!
| @M1kasaYu1 I was actually thinking of writing a fanfic of Jinwoo with the system being transported to the New World and eventually going against Ainz after he gets his job class from season 1 |
Reply to Ego_Altar
@MeanEYE I wasn't criticizing Jinwoo. I get what he is. I enjoy the show for what it is.
I was mocking the fan-love for the useless Cha Hae-In.
I was mocking the fan-love for the useless Cha Hae-In.
| @Ego_Altar ah, misunderstood you. |
| was hoping for a fight but uh they really didn't stand a chance to mr op sama maybe the finale will have someone that can stand a chance ,everyone else is pretty much irrelevant at this point beyond glazing him lol |
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| Aaaawwsome! OP again. They didnt even try to fight. Hmmm who was that guy at the end 🤔 |
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Why isn't Cha-Hae just carrying a weapon in case anything happens, knowing how unpredictable the portals are? Should be common safety. Also, why is the ogres' language perfectly understandable yet the elves' language was gibberish? Again. Part 912491284912 of NPCs being saved by Sung Jin-Woo, holy fucking shit I'm so tired. WE ALREADY KNOW HOLY SHIT, we know that Jin-Woo is Gigachad Sigmalord bro, this show is so derivative and repetitive. Everyone fears the ogre lord except for our main character of FUCKING COURSE... "this isnt as scary as le spooky statue"... and yeah, of COURSEEEEEE you have a skill to boost your summons EVEN MORE. Sung Jin-Woo can now project his pure chadness into his summons. Its so hilarious how these people ALWAYS arrive late to the scene, like holy shit you all are USELESS. It doesn't matter if tension is being built with the MP consumption thing since Jin-Woo has FUCKING POTIONS!!!!!!!!!! This entire episode is one collage of masturbatory sakuga to elevate our DISGUSTING self-insert main character even more. Awful. I was expecting Cha-Hae to help Jin-Woo and defeat the orc dude together but nah, that's way too elaborate for this author; plus, he needs to impress the huge ass huge booba blonde waifu self insert. I'm going insane. "Information about hunter Sung Jin-Woo is supersecret. Please don't say anything" yea bro that'll for sure work. The battle choreography was also boring, that scene where it was an overall shot of the arena with orcs fighting vs the shades was pathetic. muh animation!!!! @keirashii Lol, couldn't have said it better myself. Who even feels the smallest tinge of stakes or fun in this? It's so obvious that Jin-Woo will stomp the shit out of this orc dude because the formula of this show is incredibly generic and predictable. > Strong monster appears > Sung Jin-Woo defeats it (and saves the day, nobody else does anything) > Even stronger monster appears > Sung Jin-Woo defeats it (and saves the day, nobody else does anything) SIGMALORD GIGACHAD IS IN THE PROCESS OF ACQUIRING THE SEXY BLONDE. 0/5 Whine some more, please. And of course you're a woman and you even had the nerve to rate Oshi No Ko a 1/10. Thinks it's all about her. No ability to discern the target audience. No ability to judge the work by its own merits or how well it appeals to them. And somehow, Frieren is a 2. Shitlibs. They disgust me. I just wanted to maximize your chances of getting an aneurysm, and I didn't say that hating Frieren was a prerequisite of being a shitlib. Though, it has no black people and no gays, so I guess that's an auto fail in your book. @Love_And_Forward Average unhinged SL fan with some casual sexism thrown in for good measure.Not a bad episode with strong production value as is tradition, but as always SL feels lacking in the characters department. @QcDiablo Another thing I believe a lot of people tend to not think about is something called "sequel inflation". A sequel will almost always have a higher rating than its predecessor (assuming the quality is not noticeably worse). Because most of the people who disliked the show would have already dropped it by the first season, thus each subsequent season will have a higher and higher density of people who like it relative to those who don't. You can see this in effect with essentially most shows that has multiple seasons. The season's rating is now over 8.8/10, which is a feat of its own. Yet, it feels like there's exactly two ways to make it this high up on MAL: 1. A series niche enough that only its fans watch it. 2. A series that is approachable with good production value and which does nothing to bring hate from the larger anime community, even if it does nothing great plot-wise. SL seems to be a textbook example of case #2. This is why it's very hard to take the score of a sequel at face value. Season 1 had 500 000 people who voted and it ended at a 8.24. This season so far only has 64 000 people who voted and it's at 8.84. And of course since it's still airing, most of the people who watch it are the ones who are those who really enjoy it (or masochists like me). So couple that with sequel inflation and the high rating starts to make a lot of sense. |
| Subarashii |
| GOATED action episode |
| 5 stars?! Not high enough. When he bought the boss' orcs back right in front of him, I was screaming. Bruh, just take the knee. |
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