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| The penultimate episode of Season 3 with Kouki's test and being manifested by his alter ego of the hero ideology against Hajime, it's clear that his test would be one of the hardest to overcome because of his pride and ego on the line, and even more so, Hajime's morale that leans the girls onto him instead of Kouki himself. Even Hajime senses it so that he gave into the pressure of his shadow self, and it's safe to say that Kouki is rather weak-willed to believe the reality he's seeing with Hajime and the others. With no hope of ever saving Kouki, both Hajime and Shizuku has to take matters into their own hands, even as he allows his alter ego to take over him and borrow its power to try and take down Hajime. But deep down, Hajime is keeping distance knowing that Kouki's too far off gone, even as everyone witnesses the despair of his idiocy that he also can't afford to just stand idly by and give him a taste of his own medicine, leaving Kouki as the only person who failed the test. Also, Shizuku being bold to kiss Hajime in front of everyone certainly puts her in the line of competition... ...that for now, is to successfully reach the end of the Schnee ice cave, which they do. What awaits them at the end of the line? |
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| Shizuku finally went in!!! ☺️ |
| 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. |
Marinate1016 said: Beyond disappointed in Kouki’s showing today man holy shit that was cringe. Only person in the group to fail the test and he hasn’t grown a bit since we first met him. If anything, he’s regressed. After everything they’ve been thru, the idea of him turning on Nagumo and listening to the darkness in his heart, accusing Shizuku of being brainwashed, etc. embarrassing. It’s funny because this behavior is EXACTLY why he don’t have a girl 😂 no one wants to be with an insecure loser who doesn’t value girls’ autonomy. You think after everything they’ve been thru that Hajime is just manipulating the girls? Stupid. Good to see him get his ass beat by Hajime So proud of Shizuku for confessing and kissing Hajime right in front of the other girls. That takes a lot of confidence and shows she’s a totally different person now. If only Kouki could say the same. you want kouki to confess and kiss hajime in front of everyone just like shizuku? 💀  |
| Finally, the episode I've been waiting for since the trials started is here! The whole time I was waiting for the moment when Kouki would finally "wake up" and face his own inadequacy and...it never came. Disappointing for sure. Now the only question is will he FINALLY learn to be honest with himself and confront and accept his hatred, jealousy and other negative emotions or will he continue to deny them to the point we witness the birth of a new villain? I will accept only either redemption or ruin. Really think they should've just left him in the cave tbh. At least that way maybe he could try again. |
| Censorship is vandalism. |
| I expected it to be bad and it was very bad. Making main character standout is one thing but throwing Kouki completely under the bus. Horrible writing. As people said no development for Kouki from start and he even got worse. Consumed by jealousy he just gave up. I have no problem with harem but making Shizuku not part of harem and using her to revive Kouki would have been way to much quality for Arifureta standard can't have that... Kouki ass got handed to him and should have been killed off absolute waste of space garbage. Seeing him grovel and beat up was not bad. Shizuku gave her joining letter (kiss). So the count is five here + princesss + Miyu' mom? + sensei?. But officially it's still two...(Tio when?) This ice cave dragged on forever complety killed any momentum from first half. As this season went it got worse and worse. Atleast it gonna end now. Maybe if the last season happens it would have better plot. |
WaterMageFeb 13, 3:55 AM
| Kouki's problem is not just jealousy. He cannot find his place or identity after being tron from his world and life and being thrown into a new world. He is lacking in maturity and cannot forge his own identity after losing everything that he was including being. He is given a false identity by the false goddess, and he cannot help but notice the dissonance between that and his new reality. He cannot reconcile to his status of just being a plying piece in game for the amusement of false gods. |
| Lord Cruelty V "But my Dreams they're not as empty, as my conscience seems to be" |
| Whoa that was cringe. I knew it was going to happen with this loser hero but still. The girls are also cringe. |
| "You only realize the real value of something you discarded when you get the chance to pick it up again." - Rudeus Greyrat |
tarfeef101 said: well that was a cringe episode but it finally happened, Kouki really got some just desserts. let's hope he actually finally stops being a massive cringelord and progresses now. or at least stops pretending to be a good person and becomes an antagonist. idc either way, but everyone putting up with his terrible disposition and attitude while pretending he's a good guy was rather tired i heard there is hes redemption arc and he ends up getting 2goddesses |
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tarfeef101 said:
well that was a cringe episode but it finally happened, Kouki really got some just desserts.
let's hope he actually finally stops being a massive cringelord and progresses now. or at least stops pretending to be a good person and becomes an antagonist. idc either way, but everyone putting up with his terrible disposition and attitude while pretending he's a good guy was rather tired
well that was a cringe episode but it finally happened, Kouki really got some just desserts.
let's hope he actually finally stops being a massive cringelord and progresses now. or at least stops pretending to be a good person and becomes an antagonist. idc either way, but everyone putting up with his terrible disposition and attitude while pretending he's a good guy was rather tired
i heard there is hes redemption arc and he ends up getting 2goddesses
| @Sugram22 Not 2 goddesses. It's 1 goddess and a young queen of a kingdom in a certain world. |
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| I seem to be the only one rooting for Kouki. To me, he's the only true character in the whole series. He's weak and infantile. In this he's very human resembling me and lots of people from the real world. But all the rest are simply machines in human form. Especially the main character whose humanity vanished right in the first episode of the first season. |
| Kouki didn´t pass the test!!!! kekeke |
| Noting unexpected. Kouki was written as a guy for us do dislike in his every move... Should've shot his knees tho. Those last few episodes were so boring to watch. I hope at least final one makes up for it. |
| Lol this episode's start made it felt like I'm watching a NTR genre, it was like Hajime's a MC of some hentai, until Kouki started attacking him suddenly. Damn this hero's pathetic. Instead of accepting the truth and work hard for the love of his heart, he just chose the simple way out by killing the dude that girls are falling for. And by doing that it gets awkward for me to watch. |
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| Sigh, so we've chosen the lowest common denominator plot again, although ig you can't say you didn't see it coming. Still cringe as always though, who actually enjoys this type of antagonist? Just a child throwing a tantrum. I had a little hope (cope) that he was showing some growth and at least some tolerance, but everything was undone this episode. It honestly worries me that despite clearly wanting to kill Hajime, we are just pretending it didn't happen. Hajime really has gotten too soft, far cry from the other guy he took out in the first season. As he said, once the guy wakes up, he will continue to be a menace and eventually bring harm upon Hajime or one of his loved ones, all because he couldn't finish the job. At this rate, even Eri might get a "redemption" despite already murdering dozens of people including classmates in cold blood. |
| Kouki being written as the wannabe MMO paladin archetype without a lick of humour to it made for quite the humiliation conga in this episode. Not much nuance going there. His understandable jealousy over his childhood friend fawning over his overpowered classmate—who already has an existing harem—is subverted by the writing hyperbolising his reactions to the scenario, rather than presenting him more empathetically through the likes of an inner monologue sequence. Basically, the drama here is presented with even less subtlety and more partisanship than the average netori hentai. |
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