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Feb 23, 2016 10:01 AM

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Found this episode to be the strongest post Manato. Man i still miss Manato. Hope he makes more Ghost appearances
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Feb 23, 2016 9:42 PM

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Nezperdian said:
Kerozinn said:
what do people even see in this show?

Realistic simulator Winter 2016


Realistic huh? If they wanted to make a realistic show why have so many 'skills' and shit? and u can buy any skill with money and ur magically able to use it? ;d

but srsly at this rate we'll never even see them move past goblins it took 2 fcking episodes for Mary to go and have a meal with them so lemme guess 2 more to get her to open up more and smile? >.>
Feb 23, 2016 10:59 PM

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I love the pacing for this anime, it is the perfect example of what media should be. A great foundation to the essentials to then reach a rising action which actually draws you in to then completely blow you away with the climax. That being said, since this is anime and the pacing is most likely putting people off from watching the series (in japan) this is probably not going to have a second season and all of that wonderful stuff that should come with this great character development. RIP the way media works... if it doesn't immediately bring people in it's considered garbage to producers and is dropped.
Feb 24, 2016 12:14 AM

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I like it. It's like listening to an audio novel. Except with really pretty visuals. It's calming.

I wonder where all the story is though... is the story made up of simply character development?
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Feb 24, 2016 3:33 AM

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The bratty warrior made an interesting point. I hope this will be followed by more needed improvements on his own.
As much as the equipments purchases can fit to the general ambiance, it made me cringe a little for every skill Manato mentionned at the end like it popped out of nowhere or of a videogame "level-up". (despite the fact someone told me it was not the case in the novel, the anime makes it appear too much like that)

Thanks for the infos about the music band promotion, cutting out dialogue lines instead of a simple overlay... I can't figure what is good in it. At least, it is finished and I didn't found the music bad (except the last one)
Feb 24, 2016 6:53 AM

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Mary is my favorite character. Her drama actually reached me and I feel very sorry for the dead or her friends. Honestly I didn't experience this with Manato's.
The insert song of this episode sounds good but in my opinion it doesn't really fit the mood. I'm not a big fan of the insert songs. I don't think one entire song fits within such a scene where a lot of different things happen.

The pacing is bugging me less than before. I kind of "accepted" the fact that they chose this kind of pacing. Moreover the things that happen within the anime feel less boring, so that helps as well.
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Feb 24, 2016 7:16 AM

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Episode advancing with its time, the characters are really kids, we can see it from their speeches. Plot that slowly carries the story, you have to have patience because a lot about anime series plays dialogues rather than on other aspects, such as the action, and intrigue, to give substance to the story. Now even the ending has undergone a evolution as has happened for the opening, not bad.
Feb 24, 2016 1:50 PM

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Mary had a tragic past I feel sorry but she's getting used to the group slowly.

I liked the characters development, but it felt slow paced

Feb 24, 2016 2:32 PM

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Even the series itself lampshades how much time our main characters spends hunting fucking goblins xD
Feb 24, 2016 3:33 PM

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moodie said:
make an anime that follows proper light novel pacing
>ppl call it to slow

make an anime that rushes and gets to the point and good parts of the show
>ppl say its rushed

make up ur god damn mind


LOL So true. Enough said.
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Feb 24, 2016 5:36 PM

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I absolutely love the art in this anime but it kind of feels like not much has happened in those past 7 episodes. There still is no climax to it, however the character development is good. Hoping that the net episode will give us some more action :333
Feb 24, 2016 8:05 PM

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Looks like I'm in the minority but I think this shiw has great pacing!!
Feb 24, 2016 9:09 PM

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It felt really rushed ...

I personally would have preferred if they showed us a full battle against goblins and slowly demonstrated their new skills.

Then they could have put some excitement background music and showed us that yellow line and make us feel like it really mattered ... i believe its gonna play a big part in the story later on.

This episode in my opinion really sucked .... It felt more like a visual novel rather than an actual anime
Feb 24, 2016 9:19 PM
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MadSkulz said:
It felt really rushed ...

I personally would have preferred if they showed us a full battle against goblins and slowly demonstrated their new skills.

Then they could have put some excitement background music and showed us that yellow line and make us feel like it really mattered ... i believe its gonna play a big part in the story later on.

This episode in my opinion really sucked .... It felt more like a visual novel rather than an actual anime


I think the word here is omission. Rushed would be..
EP X, Manato dies, they cry
EP X+1, they kill Y
EP X+2, they meet Mary, they kill Z
EP X+3, they become full-fledged members, they start looking for a way home
EP X+4, they find boss of world, killed it and about to go home
EP X+5, they go home

To be fair, there's not much to omit since most of these are ''original scenes''.

They are forced to use the music though because it's a poorly-selling sourced material and the funders pushed the agenda to use music + montage scenes
Feb 24, 2016 10:54 PM

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Getting better gear, I see. And more skills. Nice.
Feb 24, 2016 11:16 PM

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Loved this episode. They are really starting to show progress. I'm really interested in what his potentially new move it. Can it be something that no one has ever seen?

Feb 24, 2016 11:47 PM
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Nezperdian said:
Freestyle80 said:


Realistic huh? If they wanted to make a realistic show why have so many 'skills' and shit? and u can buy any skill with money and ur magically able to use it? ;d

but srsly at this rate we'll never even see them move past goblins it took 2 fcking episodes for Mary to go and have a meal with them so lemme guess 2 more to get her to open up more and smile? >.>

Realistic RPG simulator winter 2016 + Dating simulator + Feels.
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Yeah and it tries too hard with the drama especially with flat characters like these. Same with survival it just doesn't work with rpg elememnts especially the way they're used in this LN. Therefore at least you get an OK simulator.
Feb 25, 2016 2:28 AM

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Nezperdian said:
Freestyle80 said:


Realistic huh? If they wanted to make a realistic show why have so many 'skills' and shit? and u can buy any skill with money and ur magically able to use it? ;d

but srsly at this rate we'll never even see them move past goblins it took 2 fcking episodes for Mary to go and have a meal with them so lemme guess 2 more to get her to open up more and smile? >.>

Realistic RPG simulator winter 2016 + Dating simulator + Feels.
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well if i want new waifus i would go watch other anime lol, i thought i'd like this since i am a big rpg nut (esp mmos) but so far i feel like this anime is trying to do too much. Like having a slice of life part and action part and then they try to make introduce a typical kuudere with a tough past who i'm guessing is going to soften up to the MC by the end of this series
Feb 25, 2016 3:21 AM
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OH MAN! I LOVE FVCKING THIS ANIME!
i want moar
Feb 25, 2016 3:22 AM
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_Hans_ said:
moodie said:
make an anime that follows proper light novel pacing
>ppl call it to slow

make an anime that rushes and gets to the point and good parts of the show
>ppl say its rushed

make up ur god damn mind


This^. Well said. This LN is being adapted perfectly atm


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Feb 25, 2016 7:25 AM

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I wonder what that thing with Haru was with all the glowy stuff.
Feb 25, 2016 9:50 AM

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Atleast the volume 1 will be finished nxt episode
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Feb 25, 2016 11:40 AM

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jucheck said:
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This^. Well said. This LN is being adapted perfectly atm


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At the moment? lol?
Feb 25, 2016 10:16 PM
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The fanservice shots are so annoying....with the girl's boosb and asses but I am glad we got some fanservice shots of the guys :D

Good episode but it is a bit slow.
Feb 26, 2016 1:18 AM

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Caught up now.

This series isn't doing anything for me. I love the art, seiyuu, and music but it just feels very unconventional and forced.

Last scene was done really well. I almost felt sad for the characters.
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Feb 26, 2016 3:23 PM

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I'm sure Mary will give in sooner or later.
The OST this episode is so good.

I swear they use montages way to much lol, not that that's a bad thing.
Feb 26, 2016 4:08 PM

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I need that insert song, it's actully p gud
Feb 26, 2016 11:48 PM

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Great episode, I'm happy than Mary begins to integrate the group, they made a lot of progress.
Feb 27, 2016 11:14 AM

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Great episode! I love the OST aand the action scenes are reall good, as usual.

I'm guessing that at this pace their final opponent will be that huge white kobold?
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Feb 27, 2016 12:42 PM

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SoraSenpai said:
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Could that green light be a passive skill that Haruhiro has?

Good to see that they're leveling up, getting ready to avenge Manato.

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That's what I was thinking too. He probably gained something from killing so many Goblins. Considering many people buy there Soldier Badges and go onto badder enemies maybe this is something you can only get from killing so many Gobs and not many people know about it. That would be cool.


You know, he's a thief. You know what thieves/rogues do in RPGs? They do a lot of critical hits. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CriticalHit
Feb 27, 2016 3:11 PM

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Dictator said:
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That's what I was thinking too. He probably gained something from killing so many Goblins. Considering many people buy there Soldier Badges and go onto badder enemies maybe this is something you can only get from killing so many Gobs and not many people know about it. That would be cool.


You know, he's a thief. You know what thieves/rogues do in RPGs? They do a lot of critical hits. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CriticalHit


Well he mentions it's never happened before until recently and he was gonna ask Barbara about it, but if that was the case wouldn't some of the other characters have dealt Crits as well?
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Feb 27, 2016 3:39 PM

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Goblin killing machines, are there other monsters? Probably, strange you dont see them around goblins ever
Feb 27, 2016 6:36 PM

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SoraSenpai said:
Dictator said:


You know, he's a thief. You know what thieves/rogues do in RPGs? They do a lot of critical hits. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CriticalHit


Well he mentions it's never happened before until recently and he was gonna ask Barbara about it, but if that was the case wouldn't some of the other characters have dealt Crits as well?


Maybe it's a thief-only skill. It is kinda overpowered after all, but it really looks like a critical hit.
Feb 27, 2016 8:46 PM

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Eaen said:
MadSkulz said:
It felt really rushed ...

I personally would have preferred if they showed us a full battle against goblins and slowly demonstrated their new skills.

Then they could have put some excitement background music and showed us that yellow line and make us feel like it really mattered ... i believe its gonna play a big part in the story later on.

This episode in my opinion really sucked .... It felt more like a visual novel rather than an actual anime


I think the word here is omission. Rushed would be..
EP X, Manato dies, they cry
EP X+1, they kill Y
EP X+2, they meet Mary, they kill Z
EP X+3, they become full-fledged members, they start looking for a way home
EP X+4, they find boss of world, killed it and about to go home
EP X+5, they go home

To be fair, there's not much to omit since most of these are ''original scenes''.

They are forced to use the music though because it's a poorly-selling sourced material and the funders pushed the agenda to use music + montage scenes


Im not saying the anime was rushed form the beginning, I'm saying rather that episode 7 was rushed.

It's not about omission, I don't think they skipped some critical parts of the novel. But I think they didn't adapt the fight scene well into an anime. They translated it into a "story-telling montage" instead of an actual anime battle.

I don't know about its sales ... but i dont see how making a montage with music would solve the issue (unless to cut down on the budget).
To me it felt like they screwed up the original episode 8 horribly and won't make the deadline so they decided to turn it into a montage and put it at the end of episode 7.
Feb 27, 2016 9:32 PM
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Cannot wait for the next episode. Where people who hate this show, will watch it and comment it for being too slow and still fighting goblins. Oh, the excitement.
Feb 28, 2016 2:07 AM

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Paulo27 said:
This episode was perfect beyond the usual perfection.

The insert song here had to be the best use of one so far, the sense of progression and change that you got while it was playing was crazy, it felt like they finally moved on, finally managed to get a grip with Mary and then managed to move their game up as well as become stronger as a group. It was made in a way that you can almost take it for granted too, but if you're invested enough and paying attention it's really rewarding to see how their interactions change over time. Just so well executed in that regard.
It's the perfect episode to go before what's going to happen next week, I was afraid it'd be too hard to make them wanting to do what they are going to do believable considering how the anime changed from the source but this erased all doubts, I have some confidence in them after this.

Dat anime original "foreshadowing" too, this just gives me more hope they'll do a certain scene later even better. Not sure why I want to see it so bad honestly. xD

The scene with Ranta at the start was also more anime original than anything, the initial part was in the novels (when Haruhiro just acknowledges that he hasn't been paying attention to Ranta) but after that it was all original I'm pretty sure. I just love what the anime is doing with his character by sneaking in anime original scenes for him, it's still perfectly in line with his original character and only serves to improve him.

Still loving the whole atmosphere and attention to random details as well.
Even though I haven't read the LN, you summed up my feelings quite well.
Especially after the disappointment that was the previous episode, it's very satisfying to see that the show managed to pick itself up and provide some quality content this week (or rather last week). The insert song that played in the second half was imo the only one that was used decently, and accompanying it with little bits of narration and dialogues largely contributed to its effectiveness: did a good job showing how everyone progressed not just individually as fighters but also as a group.

And even though we know the party had to patch things up with Mary for the plot and characters to move forward, it didn't feel rushed or sudden. I also really appreciated the fact that Ranta was initially opposed to being friendly with Mary just because she'd been through rough times: he definitely had a point, and it's not like they hadn't tried to act nice to her before. Made me hate him a tiny bit less.

The interactions felt a less awkward as well probably because Yume and Shihoru didn't talk too much lol and Haruhiro's imaginary discussion with Manato was pretty adorable he was totes gay for him, wasn't he?

So yeah, I really liked it.
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Feb 28, 2016 9:20 AM
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I like how "critical hit" was explained in this episode.


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Mar 2, 2016 1:33 AM
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^I like how Haruhiro explains all the mechanics naturally.
14:25 Insert fit well with their progression. Real level up on equipment & skills.
Right before at 13:22 piano solo was quite nice too. Fits the Melancholy of Mary theme, where all her stills are pretty, including Mary x Haruhiro in ED. Good she's gradually befriending them.
Mar 3, 2016 12:38 PM

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Okay, I freaking love this show and would do anything for it to have a two-cour season. There, I feel like I've made up a little for all the hate this show gets. Meh.
Mar 3, 2016 9:25 PM

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Above is the most beautiful screenshot I have captured in this entire season.

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I feel like I've made up a little for all the hate this show gets. Meh.


I really don't know why this anime keeps on getting 1/5s and 2/5s even though it has been pretty brilliant episode four onward. This along with KonoSuba and Rakugo are my favourite from this season.

Bumped my rating to an 8/10 because the execution has been perfect in this episode.
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Above is the most beautiful screenshot I have captured in this entire season.
anime!Mary is beautiful.

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Kellhus said:
GuusWayne said:
there is a limit to the suspension of disbelief

And it's the fan that did it. Not the smoking porn reading rubik cube genius rape ape with a magic boat.
Mar 4, 2016 7:50 PM

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So much Yume ass. I approve.
Mar 6, 2016 10:48 AM

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It's so sad whenever Haruhiro imagines Manato =/ I really wish he could resurrect or something...
Mar 10, 2016 11:12 AM
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They're finally getting good at fighting after that godawful start.
The insert song is the best so far :O
Haruhiro's friend speech was cool.
http://s11.postimg.org/d8ehew3xu/1456089278467.jpg

Poor goblins :'(
Well this isn't the main goblin stronghold anyways, amazing that noone hasn't cleared the area yet.

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He's pretty fashionable, if i say so myself. :d

Ranta can be endearing at some times. Anyway, back to my sightseeing - Yume's buttshot. What a bliss. Buttshot gods, please let every episode have a buttshot of Yume. I beg you. :D
Mar 10, 2016 3:53 PM

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Great episode, really felt like they are making progress finally. I liked how they accepted Marry and make her eat with them. And the speech Haruhiro had in the house near goblin city was also great.

Finally they get something done, had some sense of achievement. I was waiting long for such an episode but it was worth the wait.

(I'm kinda ambivalent about MMORPG elements still present there but I guess it's kinda obvious, though I would be happier if this was the real world). All in all it's great and refreshing series, very emotional and intimate, unlike other anime of similiar genre. And I really like it.
Mar 12, 2016 9:36 AM

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WTF is this shit! if nothing happens in the next ep that's it i'm dropping it.

Kerozinn said:
what do people even see in this show?

i don't even know man. This anime is easily the worst show i've seen this season.
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Mar 12, 2016 12:49 PM

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So much hate for this show holy sh--

tbh I'm loving this
Mar 13, 2016 4:39 PM

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Wow, I'm realizing that what I love is opposite to what the overall opinion in mal loves.
I'm getting smart, finally...
Mar 25, 2016 4:40 AM

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why am i still watching it? i'm done with this show
Mar 31, 2016 6:46 AM

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I agree with Zemroid completely.

This show has Sword Art Online beat, no contest.
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