Nanatsu no Maken ga Shihai suru Episode 15 Discussion

I have no idea why this was so hyped by LN readers. This, Eminence in Shadow, and Mushoku were the most hyped LN series prior to anime imo, and the latter 2 actually lived up to that hype. Shame on me for thinking the same for this one. Overall not bad, but just mid

honestly the ending is so fucking bad !!!
the MC didnt show anything make it worse !!

the only good from this show is just episode 7 when the mc show us the revenge target !!

also the pacing story so slow AF !!!

5/10 maybe too high ..

Why do you assume that she is stupid? She's from Azia (Asia stand-in/equivalent in the world of the show). Isn't she just culturally ignorant?

Ok, this anime was an absolute disaster. I lost count of the number of times I face palmed while binging this series. This show might take the top spot among the list of anime that I forced myself to watch hoping that it would get better to only end up getting utterly disappointed. The only part that got me interested was the main revenge plot. But anything related to that got less than 1 episode of screen time while everything else was dumb and boring af.

I haven't read the LN, so I can't tell whether the adaptation is terrible or whether the source material is absolute garbage. As someone who have read several light novels and got pissed off by horrible adaptations, I'm guessing they butchered the LN while adapting. But tbh, I don't feel like checking out the LN anymore coz the anime left such a bad taste in my mouth. I will just assume that our MC will eventually get his revenge by the end of the story through the power of friendship with the bird-brain samurai, worm loving girl and the rest of the dumb cast and live happily ever after.... or he'll end up dying while doing that. Either way I don't care anymore. I'm done with this series.

Whew, I feel a bit better after typing all that. Sorry for the rant. I probably got worked up a bit too much over this stupid anime. I can't remember the last time I got this dissatisfied after watching a show. Ah, come to think of it, I felt something similar after watching Re Zero season 2. Anyway, have a good day everyone.

No no; no offense taken. I appreciate you sharing your opinion. I think the reason in-universe in the show given for her seemingly alien attitude and behaviors displayed is cultural, but the reason it comes across more extreme is just both the natural exaggeration and caricature that many anime, like cartoons, do of certain characters and character traits to really hammer it in and drive home the point, and also partially for comedic effect. It reminded me of some live action sitcoms from decades ago where there would be a foreign exchange student or guest worker from the Middle East, East Asia, or some unspecified/fictional country washing underneath their armpits with toothbrushes or committing some major social faux-pas they were unaware of getting them thrown out of school, a job, or thrown into jail, played up for comedy. I can't even think of any one specific example right now off the top of my head, but I just know I have seen many depictions like that across media.

I rated this series a 6/10, which is my lower side of average-decent (ideally, I'd like to give every series I watch a 7/10 or above, but that is often not the case). I think the reason I didn't get similarly worked up or disappointed by it as you did is because I didn't really expect anything going into it, other than it probably being just average/serviceable/watchable, like most things. I had no high expectations. And nothing I saw in the first episode or first few episodes did anything of consequence to dispel that notion. Most anime, like most cartoons, live action series, American and European films, etc. is just average or mediocre, but it is the existence of the mass of average ones which makes you appreciate the gems and truly exceptional ones. This series was just quite paint-by-the-numbers from the get-go and never really did anything to dramatically rise or fall in my estimation.

Characters were basic, your basic tropes and archetypes, you can tell the plot and character development was extremely abridged and rushed to fit into the famous one cour, typically 11 - 13 episode (although this had 15) formula which has become so popular among a majority of series being released in recent years, and consequently there wasn't really a lot of time, nor great use of the time and space they did have, to develop the characters or any of the ideas of its premise on a deeper level which became impactful. It kind of just felt like a shallow romp, like reading a Wikipedia or IMDB overview of the plot of a series or film and getting the same or a similar experience, like a list of bullet points and summary. In other words, it felt shallow in its execution from start to finish, but maybe I just set my expectations too low when that is what I have come to expect from most things. Especially when most things more and more lately seem rushed to me. I have a big problem with the one-cour season series on a structural and fundamental level, outside of a minority of types it works for (typically ones like Slice of Life and dense extremely well-written or avant-garde-esque series).

I am interested by the premise or some points within it laid out in the synopses of far more anime series, including ones like Reign of the Seven Spellblades, than I am impressed with the final product and experience after actually watching them.

@AngelofFrost

I have read up to LN Volume 9, you are right with JC Staff butchering the adaptation.
The adaptation is treated similarly to Seirei Gensouki's adaptation. LN and anime having very different vibe.
In Seirei Gensouki, the LN goes more in-depth to the protagonist's multiple personality disorder while the anime makes the protagonist godlike.
In Reign Of The Seven Spellblades, the LN is more focused on the dystopic world while the anime is more of a happy Harry Potter story. It adapts 3 volumes. The anime focused too much on the first 2 volumes instead of volume 3, which goes more in depth into Carlos and Ophelia, describing the dystopia.

There is no power of friendship in the LN. Nanao will remain as an airhead samurai who sticks closely to Oliver. Chela attempts to mend her relationship with her half-sister. While the other three train themselves to not be a burden to the other three.

I think Oliver will die at the end, based on my experience with this author's previous series, Tenkyou No Alderamin. Well, I have already lost count the number of people that gets killed off as of volume 9. I am sensing more deaths in volume 10. >_>

Finally this piece of disgusting pandering is over. Now be a good sport and play dead for like ever! Don't you come back you hear!

Enjoyable 8/10

But what happened to that Carlos guy? And Milligan senpai?