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Rehls said: I didn't miss. Like I said, "He's too little pride, when the body he has makes him so much more than the people there." So if he took more pride on the strength he posses he wouldn't be 'wanting to be left alone' like that. Did you notice that the village man was the opposite? He appears to take pride in his own strength as it makes him more fit to support and protect his people. What Mercenary dislikes about himself is his appearance. But if he were to get rid of it, he'd lose his superior strength too. And would that be better? With their world in such turmoil. Just because he is physically powerful does not mean that he has to act like a boisterous bruiser. Really, there's plenty of people IRL who, despite having a tough physique, are all but inclined to violence. What is wrong with not wanting to fight when running is an option? Heck, I'd say that Mercenary's pragmatic attitude is one of the things which make him more interesting than many other MCs in anime. Seriously, if you want a char like that, go pick just about any shounen out there and you won't be disappointed. |
| I really like how the citizens of this world actually seem smart and make sense in that they know the layout of the woods they have grown up and lived around, it actually made sense! Also that Skyrim reference was sweet! XD |
| “I love heroes, but I don't want to be one. Do you even know what a hero is!? For example, you have some meat. Pirates will feast on the meat, but the hero will distribute it among the people! I want to eat the meat!” - Monkey D. Luffy |
| Considering he seemed to be kinda prominent in the op, I feel he is gonna be around for the rest of the show :{ |
| “I love heroes, but I don't want to be one. Do you even know what a hero is!? For example, you have some meat. Pirates will feast on the meat, but the hero will distribute it among the people! I want to eat the meat!” - Monkey D. Luffy |
| the conflict between the village and the main characters is original. its not so good. i cant understand how the villagers state Albus as a thief immediately, even if he's with a beast man that they want to cooperate with. other than that, this episode is good. as this slow pace, this anime will only adapt the 1st volume of the original LN. in the ed staff, Selina's cv is with Zero, Mercenary and Albus. it strongly indicates that Selina is not dead, and may appear in next episodes. |
| Omg lol the sky rim meme XD |
That being said, I don't swallow the whole Sorena burned at the stake scene. Nobody would ever behave as if they didn't care about the fact that they were about to die such a horrible death. A powerful witch like that should easily be able to avoid being caught like that or manage to escape with the aid of her spells. The only way this would make perfect sense to me is if the one who was burned turned out to be a mere copy of Sorena, but I don't think they'll pull off something like that. It seems to be an aspect that was overlooked on purpose in order to create a major pillar for the story. It kind of sucks that they never raised the question "how did she ever get in a situation she couldn't escape even with magic?", so I hope that'll be answered at one point. It could be very likely that she had made a copy of herself but here's the thing: If she had ran by using her powers to escape it would have given the villagers and the church the perfect excuse to blame her for the incident even though she'd done nothing wrong and then she would have been constantly on the run. I think she let herself be burned at the stake for two reasons: To protect her friend and to prove to the villagers that she was innocent to the very end when the truth is finally revealed. Instead of running she decided to take the blame and sacrificed herself to protect what she held dear. If Sorena actually appears later on in the series we'll know by then. |
| "You talk too much. Think too much." "I don't care how justified you think your reasons are. I won't tolerate liars or thieves." "If you're not going to be nice to me, don't expect me to be nice to you." "I'm a soldier, not a superhero. Don't ever think of me as one." "The world doesn't revolve around you. Get that through your thick skull." "People who live by their emotions go nowhere in their lives. They only find misery. "If you don't like the way your life is than do something about it instead of sitting there feeling sorry for yourself." "You want something go get it. Period." |
| Decent episode, pretty standard journey. |
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| This was a considerably slow episode than the previous, also feel that the pacing was a little bit sluggish. I hope we get to learn more about Sorena and her characteristics. |
| Those villagers are insane...Insanely stupid. I feel bad for Sorena. She helped the humans but was wrongly accused and died. Foolish humans. It makes me angry and sad. |
MagitoApr 18, 2017 4:09 AM
| GOD DAMN MEMES. Though I guess I shouldn't be surprised since anime seems to be a meme in and of itself. |
| Mercenary is probably around the same age as most other main characters in anime. Sub-20. Zero is probably much much older. It's just hard to actually understand the mental age when you're not considering the world building stuff involved. The anime is quite different from the manga that I read. Lots of the same lore elements, but some things are moderately different. They also aren't putting quite as much care into explaining a few of the things like why there's shortcuts from sorcery to magic, etc. Sorena is also a pretty important reason to why the war against the witches is where it is right now. At least she's supposed to be. The village's reactions are quite normal given the level of paranoia of the era portrayed. Also the ring being owned by a witch isn't 'obvious', it was foreshadowed intentionally. Zero already understood that, which shows her wisdom. It's sad to see people complaining about the things they are complaining about instead of taking the time to understand them. I don't know this site very well, and how juvenile some of the members actually are, but I do hope that other people will at least give this a chance, and try and think about the characters knowledge-bases and emotions. Not every character is meant to have your wisdom, your thought processes, and your approach to problems. Nor are they supposed to be without the opportunity to make stupid decisions. As for Albus, yes, it's damned obvious he's a she. I didn't even get that particular spoiler in the manga I read but it was still obvious. She's trying to not stand out, and maybe she has some sort of blood connection to Sorena. One thing that wasn't touched on in the manga I read is this other beast character. I am looking forward to figuring out what he's about next episode. But again, people need to realize that Mercenary is NOT as old as he looks. He's clearly quite a juvenile still. Well-meaning, but inexperienced with a lot of life. I get that people have a hard time telling that, but that's how it feels to me. Keep that in mind while watching his actions, okay? |
| Ever heard of "Mafia"? Check out my spin on the game type with a version similar to "Are You a Werewolf" - Werewolves of the Dark Arts |
| I really thought Amazon was being cheeky with that line. Guess not, after reading this thread. Anyway, still enjoying this one a lot. The character interactions are excellent. |
| This episode was slowpaced, I expected something more. I mean we did get to know the boy better, that and the whereabouts of the grimoire of zero. But it was just kinda slow :/ Besides that, beautiful ED, sounds and looks nice. Loixol said: So is that blonde kid supposed to be a girl? The village mayor did think that, after all. I thought that both men and women would be able to learn magic, but are all witches female in this series? Well they did mention 'he' several times, as in the person who spread magic throughout that place. As for the little kid, I thought he was a boy at first but because of that guy I'm starting to doubt myself too. |
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TobiasAmaranth said: The village's reactions are quite normal given the level of paranoia of the era portrayed. But villagers weren't portrayed as being on edge. Thinking Albus was a thief immediate made no sense because they clearly have never see him/her in that area before, so he/she couldn't have gotten into the village and robbed her house. The old lady never said it was stolen either, just that she lost it. Given that Albus came to the village with the ring on and was going to give to her you would have think he would asked where he found it first. This was most simplest of reasoning. The writing was pretty iffy for that scene really. |
Iron_MawApr 18, 2017 4:09 AM
Magito said: Those villagers are insane...Insanely stupid. I feel bad for Sorena. She helped the humans but was wrongly accused and died. Foolish humans. It makes me angry and sad. People back in that era was like that. Sorena case was unfortunate, but it is also true that someone with magic cause the epidemic/problem first. So Its only natural for people there starts hunting those with magic aka witches, because human will always feared the unknown. |
Jagd84 said: TobiasAmaranth said: The village's reactions are quite normal given the level of paranoia of the era portrayed. But villagers weren't portrayed as being on edge. Thinking Albus was a thief immediate made no sense because they clearly have never see him/her in that area before, so he/she couldn't have gotten into the village and robbed her house. The old lady never said it was stolen either, just that she lost it. Given that Albus came to the village with the ring on and was going to give to her you would have think he would asked where he found it first. This was most simplest of reasoning. The writing was pretty iffy for that scene really. Well that is your 21st century way of thinking. Reasoning and science won't work in that situation and era. "never see him/her in that area before, so he/she couldn't have gotten into the village and robbed her house." Back in that era, mostly no guard in a small village. So stealing by thief or plundering are done by outsiders. You can also apply this in the current 21st century. Lets say your family house have a room empty for rent to outsiders, sometime later things happen/stolen in that house, the first you suspect mostly will be the outsider instead of your family member. |
valvravetruthApr 18, 2017 4:43 AM
| I lost it when he made that Skyrim reference Also I knew that old lady had something to do with that ring |
| "I lost all of what you could call feelings of love. They weren't sealed, so they can't be released. They weren't broken, so they can't be fixed. That which is lost, cannot be recovered." Shiba Tatsuya "There are no regrets. If one can be proud of one's life, one should not wish for another chance." Saber "No matter what happens, no matter how crazy things get, I'll always try to restore balance." Korra "It's madness to let others take what's yours and accept it blindly." Baatar Jr "Instinct is a lie, told by a fearful body, hoping to be wrong." Zaheer "Partner in crime, partner in time" Chloe Price and Max Caulfield |
| Already better than the first episode |
| The wheel remade transportation. Civilization has greatly improved. And yet, you still misunderstand witches? Well, bye bye suckers, Grimoire of Zero will end all that misunderstanding for you. |
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| It's funny how they're standing in one place and casually chitchatting while getting hunted down by dozens of villagers with tracking dogs. |
| lol... that skyrim reference... really love the ED, it's so relaxing... btw, does Mercenary has real name?? kinda want to know his real name... |
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| Mercenary HAS to realize that once he turns into human form he'll lose his strength right? anyway this anime has me hyped. AX3M said: The wheel remade transportation. Civilization has greatly improved. And yet, you still misunderstand witches? Well, bye bye suckers, Grimoire of Zero will end all that misunderstanding for you. I WANT OFF THIS RIDE, THE RIDE THAT IS THE IRONY OF HUMANS |
kidlat020Apr 18, 2017 9:22 AM
| >I had no brain when I was 12 >Then everyone must had no brain when they were 12 >I experimented 100 samples and proved that they had no brain when they were 12 >Therefore children cannot consent This is what science has done to humanity. |
| SKYRIM!!!!!Never gets old...i heard skyrim was pretty popular in Japan and still is to this day.it has a perfect score on famitsu(a japanese video game magazine)the only western videogames that has a perfect score is Skyrim and GTA V |
| The Anime Binge Is Life -PolarCyrus97 2k17- |
the OP is okay but the ED is meh |
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| lol everyone saw the skyrim reference. Even the village made me think to Riverwood. Interesting episode, we learned more things about the witch. |
| quite disappointed at second episode... it's way below first episode... |
| snoozefest if the next ep will bore me to death too I think I´ll drop this |
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| Rather boring and bland episode. Yeah, I got it, witches are goodhearted, people are blind but what's with that? There are no morals in that. Literally nothing had happened and they could tell Sorena's backstory better in five minutes or so. There were tons of overused storytelling cliches and things were happening mostly as plotdevices. And why every other anime need to have such one annoying little brat? Also, Skyrim quote just felt out of place and the context of the sentence was also wrong. I had high hopes after seeing first one but better forget this episode quickly. -chronos said: Did the village chief really call him a little girl or am I getting meme'd again by shitty subs? He called him 'kid' so yeah, bad TL at that. I noticed subs were kinda off more than once this time. |
Mich666Apr 18, 2017 4:46 PM
| I really like zero, she's pretty cool and hawt. Zero and Mercenary is hilarious n their interaction. And even when they aren't doing something funny it is still very fun to watch their chemistry. Also thought the blonde kid was a boy... Guess they are called witches for a reason, but thought there were wizards too no? I like this episode, not as exciting as the first, but it definitely had some nice background and character development. World building was decent. i can see this as a very decent adventure series. |
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| Skyrim reference almost everywhere. Rip Sorena and hope the Granny doenst get exposed and burned as a witch. |
| The hell. That skyrim reference.... like that guy said 10/10 this ep |
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| Just giving 4/5 because i loved the skyrim reference |
| I just really like this anime and the story of it. It was just an awesome epsiode ^^ |
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| So I have this different perspective on mercenary in LN. or he is just much more cooler in adaptation, and even better than in illustration. because the way I read his character in LN, I thought he is really really soft, complaining beast. XD looking forward for the next episode |
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| Did they just put the skyrim's arrow in the knee joke ? I like this anime :D but I have one question ... is this a boy or a girl I'm confused because they say "what a cute witch" talking about the blond girl/boy ? |
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| Second episode, and keep the tension, and show us a world where the Witchs are hated!!! But no all is truth, and the reality is confused!!! Well, they are 3 now and hope in this adventure joined someone more!!! kekeke |
| I find this episode, it is as interesting as the first, failing to give information on specific points of the well, and even better by describing the context in which the story takes place. I think it was a good choice to start this anime series. Drawings, animations and more, are made really well. Go with the next episode! |
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| The anime plot is great but I hope some great fights that will make the anime greatest! Anyway the Op and insert song is good. |
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