Goblin Slayer Episode 8 Discussion

ChiefToadSage said:
I've got a question (it might be a stupid question but it was not 100 percent clear to me). Did the priestess have sex with the Goblin Slayer to revive him?

Shaskavalier said:


Yup, pretty sure ya nailed it. Another small detail would be that being the reason for her even bringing up her past. Due to Goblin Slayer being sure Priestess would have no chance of making that spell happen, questioning it.

Janethan23 said:
This person papsoshea has proven to be the troll who gets into it with almost every person who happened to make the mistake of giving him some attention. Other posters testified that he goes around forums boards and plays the role of the contrarian A-hole. He constantly contradicts himself every time he states he hates the anime and dislikes the source material by continuing to watch it.

It's like someone who rates a restaurant really low for reasons like: foods awful, terrible service, unclean facilities, smells bad, overpriced items etc. With all those mentioned would still go back and patronize the place so he can complain all over again.

Like wtf, who does this stupid and pathetic pattern and act so snooty towards those who are telling him to drop it and move on. He must really like the attention when in reality, he's actually a dumb troll who thinks he's doing us a favor by being such a know it all elitist.

I'm also in favor of the Ignore tag where you can add someone to a list so you'll never have to deal with someone's crap like this guy been doing. Please make it happen MAL devs.

I'm done talking about this guy. Let's talk more about GS

Antanaru said:

Try explaining Priestess's surprise seeing GS's face after the farm now that she shared a bed with him.

Or GS asking Lancer to bring the stuff before what happened in the guild before the battle at the farm.

Or GS actually opening to other people without that battle.

Writing in the anime is pure garbage, there's no defending it saying they are just taking liberties transitioning to other medium.

Atlas77 said:
The episode started with a small scene of a child goblin slayer actually being thought about the goblins. In the present he woke up in a bed next to Onna (seems like they slept together), Sword Maiden entered to the room to talked with GS. Onna wakes up later an the other three enter to the room. Later he and Onna took equipment to repairment and spent time together. The wizard from the guild appear to give GS a sack of flour. Finally they're exploring the ruins again and they encounter a kind of eye monster. GS uses the flour and explosive properties to end it.

Weren't they trapped at the end of the last episode? GS and Onna totally knocked out, low energy and no resources?
The episode explored in a superficial way GS's past, his training for what he's now, but I need to know more. It seems like his village or something was attacked and his sister too.
That felt more like a date, what it meant that he and Onna had sex, he said something about resurrection, an spell? The actions begins again in the ruins with the eye monster.

eWEQRW123123 said:
Why did people say they only kill goblins in this anime? It does not seem that way.

omoi11 said:
why the girl elf calling goblin slayer orc bolg?
i dont understand

papsoshea said:
Can you not see how this creates a contradiction in the world building of this story? I mean you said it yourself, goblins should not be underestimated yet the entire world underestimates them, the world believes they aren't that much of a threat when over the time of years they have been wiping out hamlets, destroying the eco-system (that affects the economics of this world), murder many and rape many women. Not only that, if they live long enough, they can evolve is higher and stronger forms. Did you even watch the anime?

ChyllyWylly said:
A character talking about their rape trauma while the show focuses on their breasts to titillate the viewers as this is being discussed. Keeping it classy, I see. I'd love to see someone try to defend this, really.

MomoSinX said:
I don't know why they skipped how they actually discovered the eye monster. For anime only viewers it was probably a bit confusing. When GS got smashed into a tomb by the Champion, that revealed the entrance to that other room where the monster was if anyone is interested. Otherwise I think it was a nice episode. The face reveal won't be as cool now that they switched 2 arcs here but we will see, from a character development point of view the order doesn't really matter.

Helios92 said:
Goblin Slayer had Snu Snu XD

tambi33 said:


Piquing*9
Sorry. 😅😅

Apple_BS said:
The morning scene is totally unnecessary
Downvoted to 6/10

papsoshea said:
Just when you think this anime couldn't get any more trashier, it goes on to prove you wrong every time! Lol, more tonal dissonance from how episode 7 ended to the beginning of this episode where we have the "pleasure" of seeing some fanservice of some little tits from priestess and big tits from Sword Maiden lol and all those gratuitous camera shots on her boobs for what reason? And you get jack shit out of that scene - first, how are they healed? Well reason: Deus Ex Machina!

And why did this spell have to revolve around a perverted theme that it can only work by sleeping with a virgin? Excuse for fanservice. And the Sword Maiden likes Gobin Slayer for what reasons? That whole scene just inconsistency with the tone again when trying to delve into past trauma which makes the whole thing pointless!

Then more Slice of Life and generic comedic vibes when this show is "supposedly" a dark and mature fantasy (which many claimed in the episode 1 discussion) lol and the abysmal dialogue continues, Goblin Slayers dialogue is so cringe and pointless - and this episode just keeps proving the point on how one-dimensional these characters are, they are 99% incapable of talking about anything that isn't related to Goblin Slayer, even when Lancer-wannabe and Big tits Sorceress show up, conveniently bringing a bag of ass-pull (Big tits Sorceress's dialogue is retarded, why does she sound like she's out of breath? Is it because her tits are too big?).

Then immediately jump back into action, against an enemy Goblin Slayer has never fought before, but like always, he reads the script! He just knows everything! You remember how he figured out about the Canary, well he also happened to learn about this being of chaos as well and everything went accordingly to plan. And then the dumb ass one-dimensional characters need to know how he did it, then Goblin Slayer proceeds to tell them and the viewers - this series is so garbage and the studio has had many chances to give it a little more than the trash source material. 1/10 again, these characters are so bad, and why is this show trying to give off the idea that Goblin Slayer and the Priestess has some special relationship when they don't lol

Is everything forgetting how the Priestess character regressed in the last episode where she appeared to be exactly how she was in episode 1? Lol smh

Minar-kyun said:
Goblin Slayer's sensei looked like a goblin himself. At least not human.
Morning scene was good. Got to know a bit more about Sword Maiden.
They are focusing more on the relationship between Goblin Slayer and Priestess. I mean they are main characters so it's obvious.
Defeating giant eyeball with flours.

Now that giant ass mirror huh. Looks like some sort of portal.

NatsukiNanami said:


I do agree with the unnecessary boobs shot tho (call me a faggot but GS' guns and abs distracted me even more), but you know? We degenerate weebs needs fan service. Well, they could've drop it when they are not discussing Sword Maiden's past.

For the resurrection ritual, except fan service & reference to real life ritual, IMO it also has function to show how ridiculously single-minded and devoted Orcbolg is on his personal crusade (I won't say he is dense because AFAIK he is aware of his 'harem' affection.

And no, it's not Deus Ex Machine. The 'resurrection ritual' works when the target is severely injured. If the target is dead, nothing can bring them back. I don't know why they didn't animate when Sword Maiden explained it. Small budget is a bitch I guess.

And to this 'Tonal Dissonance' thingies....

So, what do you want them to do? Doing serious things 24/7? Being "Dark & Mature" anytime, anywhere? And what's the problem with generic Slice of Life and comedy? It's not even bad. The title is 'Goblin Slayer', of course they'll often talks about the titular character. And where are you when they are talking about anything else not related to Goblin Slayer?

And why is Sorceress dialogue is retarted? Many speculated it to be her method of preventing accidental spell-casting or maybe the effect of the 'thing' she is smoking. I do agree it's retarded tho.

What's the definition of Ass Pull? Ass Pull is a moment when the writers pull something out of thin air in a less-than-graceful narrative development, violating the Law of Conservation of Detail by dropping a plot-critical detail in the middle, or near the end of their narrative without FORESHADOWING or dropping a CHEKOV'S GUN earlier on(source TvTropes).

Inces_Is_Winces said:
The entire sleeping with a virgin to heal all wounds was never explained or hinted before they actually did anything, This is as Deus Ex Machina as Deus Ex Machina gets dude.

FreezePeach said:
The fact that this world has "miracles" performed by priests was established in first 5 minutes of episode 1. It was also clearly stated that miracles are "granted" by gods and that beginner priestess doesn't have all of them, only light and minor heal, which GS called useless. It was very clear that there are better healing miracles and that, as Priestes gets experience, she gets new miracles.

At no point in anime there was any opportunity to list all existing miracles. It would be ridiculous info dump. The fact that Archbishop has better miracles then beginner priest is just common sense.

The claim that this ritual is "Deus Ex Machina" is, therefore, completely retarded.

Things that were not previously explained will pop up in anime all the time because it is visual medium. Anime shows what happens and, if necessary, explains non obvious details. Explaining in advance looks stupid and boring.

FreezePeach said:
The fact that this world has "miracles" performed by priests was established in first 5 minutes of episode 1. It was also clearly stated that miracles are "granted" by gods and that beginner priestess doesn't have all of them, only light and minor heal, which GS called useless. It was very clear that there are better healing miracles and that, as Priestes gets experience, she gets new miracles.

At no point in anime there was any opportunity to list all existing miracles. It would be ridiculous info dump. The fact that Archbishop has better miracles then beginner priest is just common sense.

The claim that this ritual is "Deus Ex Machina" is, therefore, completely retarded.

Things that were not previously explained will pop up in anime all the time because it is visual medium. Anime shows what happens and, if necessary, explains non obvious details. Explaining in advance looks stupid and boring.

Inces_Is_Winces said:
The problem is that the show never takes the time to explain what is and isn't possible with "Miracles", and how "Miracles" are used within the story. Essentially what you are saying is that the author of this story is allowed to asspull anything because of "Miracles".

This allows the Author to write himself out of any real obstacle the party faces. Because of how vague and undefined "Miracles" are the author could very lazily use a "Miracle" to defeat any unbeatable obstacle and struggle.

If Priestess dies the author could just use "Miracles" to revive her, Unbeatble Monsters are no Problem with the power of "Miracles".

Consequentially there is no real weight or worry once you realize the party always have "Miracles" to save them.

It is still Deus Ex Machina. "Miracles" are left intentionally vague and unknown so that the author can write himself out of any situation, rather than make the time to actually write a proper story or arc.