Goblin Slayer (light novel)
| >Fantasy setting where people have special powers. >Main male character starts as being ridiculously overpowered because he "grinded a lot" >Main male character is more of a solo player. >Female characters are sexually attacked >death is a serious concern (at least in the beginning) >harem (Onnna Shinkan, Ushikai Musume, Yunde, etc) edit: a newb team gets nearly obliterated SAO: moonlit black cats https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UaHpFJ9CoXQ edit: judging from some responses here and in another thread: toxic fandom. some people cant fathom the idea that people may not like the series. funny how the whole point of this thread was to show some apparent similarities, it was not even a criticism to the actual series. i guess if you dont praise the series outright, you are automatically a hater. of course, this doesnt apply to everyone who likes GS, and im sure people reading this edit will note that there are toxic fandoms in every popular series, including to series i enjoy, which is true. this edit doesnt apply to people who understand the conecept of different views and show their disagreement in a way thats mature and not a temper tantrum. if Goblin Slayer (the character) is Kirito, does that mean Yaritsukai will be the Klein of the series? |
DreamingBeatsOct 13, 2018 12:01 PM
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| It ain't that chief If you compare it like that then a lot of shows can be "sao 2". Also, Goblin Slayer Isn't even an Isekai... |
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| WOW !!! if Goblin Slayer is SAO 2.0 then every other anime is SAO X.0 ..... SAO has one tentative of rape (1scene in the end) .... Goblin Slayer has real rape :D SAO is more for kids like 13 or less ... GS for grown people 17> SAO is mostly HAREM + OVERPOWERED CHARACTER .... GS's main is a silver ranked and gobs are mostly easy for that rank + there is no harem in GS (unlike SAO) so plz dont compare them again (hope that goblin slayer didn't read your post :D) |
Zuerchtein-MarioOct 19, 2018 11:41 AM
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| Comparing Goblin Slayer to SAO 2??? I'm actually offended |
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DreamingBeats said: >Fantasy setting where people have special powers. >Main male character starts as being ridiculously overpowered because he "grinded a lot" >Main male character is more of a solo player. >Female characters are sexually attacked >death is a serious concern (at least in the beginning) >harem (Onnna Shinkan, Ushikai Musume, Yunde, etc) edit: a newb team gets nearly obliterated SAO: moonlit black cats https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UaHpFJ9CoXQ if Goblin Slayer (the character) is Kirito, does that mean Yaritsukai will be the Klein of the series? 1- High Fantasy setting DnD style. 2- MC IS NOT OP at all 3- He's a lone wolf, but he's not a player. 4- Yeah so... 5- Just like... every dark fantasy anime? 6- GS have some girls, but is not harem centric, his party is 3 male and 2 female characters. Yeah. Even if girls as the cow girl are interesting of him, He hardly sees them as love interests. |
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JudoJD said: Just one correction...if anyone actually watched/read SAO they'd know it's not a harem (Dude has a freaking girlfriend and all their friends get the point)... How someone doesn't feel a bit dumb calling it a harem is... I understand a lot of people especially in the anime can't wrap their heads around the idea of having a lot of girl - friends but come on lol.. OK..carry on Lol you seem to not understand what a harem is !!! I will teach you "newbie" :D : When at least 3 female characters are feeling something for the MC it becomes a nightmare of harem (here we have 4 at least : gf,megane girl,sister,loli,etc) .... don't defend sword art harem ; its not worth xd carry on, my wayward son |
Zuerchtein-MarioOct 13, 2018 12:55 PM
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| Lol you couldn't be more wrong. Goblin Slayer is essentially a return to medieval high drama. Shakespearean in its nature. The Goblin Slayer is homage to the heroes of past, king arthur, leonidas, alexander the great. His nobility highlights the strength of the spirit, of the eternal. It conjures into a magnificent ball of light hard to visualize due to the strength of the spirit. Goblin slayer is the zeitgeist, the spirit of the age. It is not fukin SAO 2.0 |
| Quality of the writing seems to be around the same. |
Grimvice said: NthDegree said: Quality of the writing seems to be around the same. The fuck it ain't. Goblin Slayer has a genuinely compelling fantasy world and knows how to build tension in fights, SAO is half-assed attempts at pandering to otaku and gamers This again? *sigh* Compelling fantasy world? You mean that generic not-game-but-totally-is setting with "adventurers" and a ton of RPG tropes that almost every fantasy world uses nowadays? And tension in fights? Pfft. GS just throws a bunch of totally disposable party memebers at us and then expects us to be invested despite completely forgetting to give us a reason to care about them. And speaking of pandering, what was that gratuitous violence and rape about? Because we have no reason to care about the characters, it served no narrative purpose other than being misery porn for people who like that. Nice name btw. |
| I can definitely see the comparisons, but the antagonist of Goblin Slayer seem to be a much bigger threat than that of SAO antagonist. Goblin Slayer is also much more darker in themes. |
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| I guess the author of Goblin Slayer really liked the Asuna rape scene in SAO... So he made a series of his own. I agree with you OP. |
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| The fanbase certainly seems to overlap. |
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Grimvice said: NthDegree said: Quality of the writing seems to be around the same. The fuck it ain't. Goblin Slayer has a genuinely compelling fantasy world and knows how to build tension in fights, SAO is half-assed attempts at pandering to otaku and gamers SAO has a genuinely compelling fantasy world and knows how to build tension in fights, Guilty Crown is half-assed attempts at pandering to otaku and gamers. |
| As a child, I was told that society is a melting pot of talents; knowledge and experience combined to form important alloys that will contribute to mankind. When I got to highschool, however, I thought that it's more like a river in which the water represents our peers while we ourselves are the stones in the river. Constant erosion by mindless majority sheeping has made us lose our unique edge. After I hit the age of 18, I realized that I've been wrong all along. Society is no melting pot. Society is no river. Society is a person, a very skilled rapist, and he has fucked us all. |
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| It's not even remotely close. People IQ get lower each season. |
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NthDegree said: He's talking about the series in general. Not just one episode, which is what you're doing.This again? *sigh* Compelling fantasy world? You mean that generic not-game-but-totally-is setting with "adventurers" and a ton of RPG tropes that almost every fantasy world uses nowadays? And tension in fights? Pfft. GS just throws a bunch of totally disposable party members at us and then expects us to be invested despite completely forgetting to give us a reason to care about them. And speaking of pandering, what was that gratuitous violence and rape about? Because we have no reason to care about the characters, it served no narrative purpose other than being misery porn for people who like that. Nice name btw. |
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| Using fantasy setting does not mean, you're a copy of SAO. |
Where the hell you get the idea that Goblin Slayer is SAO reference? |
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| Sao 2: -isekai -0 violence and all kid friendly :3:3:3 - videogame setting -shitty char develop Goblin slayer (I bet op isn't even reading the manga): -Fantasy -totally brutal, so probably op is THAT kind of person -set on a totally diferent setting, like ON A TOTAL DIFFERENT one -actually good char develop Just why?... I mean i can understand that not evreyone has to like it, but comparing it to something TOATALY different makes this trhead just a joke. |
The_big_BOct 13, 2018 6:39 AM
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| @Goburin_Sureiya You're laughing because you can't deny it. Nice name to you too btw. joe_g7 said: NthDegree said: He's talking about the series in general. Not just one episode, which is what you're doing.This again? *sigh* Compelling fantasy world? You mean that generic not-game-but-totally-is setting with "adventurers" and a ton of RPG tropes that almost every fantasy world uses nowadays? And tension in fights? Pfft. GS just throws a bunch of totally disposable party members at us and then expects us to be invested despite completely forgetting to give us a reason to care about them. And speaking of pandering, what was that gratuitous violence and rape about? Because we have no reason to care about the characters, it served no narrative purpose other than being misery porn for people who like that. Nice name btw. That may be true, but this is under the anime tab, and one ep is all we can currently judge the anime by. ...And the writing is crap so far. EDIT: The above can also be a reply to @Grimvice ... Ping me next time so I can notice your replies faster. |
NthDegreeOct 13, 2018 5:08 AM
Afloo said: It ain't that chief If you compare it like that then a lot of shows can be "sao 2". Also, Goblin Slayer Isn't even an Isekai... If they mentionend that GS was actually from a another world in the intro sequence it would be 100% exactly like a isekai. Everything from the generic RPG fantasy world, from the overpowered MC to sexualized girls - it takes the same line as SAO, Re:zero, Overlord and all other similar shows. |
| This is ridiculous... Just because there are similarities; swords, fantasy, monsters, death etc. Doesn't mean that one is the 2.0 of another... |
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AshitaNoJonas said: Afloo said: It ain't that chief If you compare it like that then a lot of shows can be "sao 2". Also, Goblin Slayer Isn't even an Isekai... If they mentionend that GS was actually from a another world in the intro sequence it would be 100% exactly like a isekai. Everything from the generic RPG fantasy world, from the overpowered MC to sexualized girls - it takes the same line as SAO, Re:zero, Overlord and all other similar shows. Is just a High Fantasy setting, that most Isekais are using worlds similar to the concept is not the same. You will not see things like gamer vocabulary here. Also again... THE MC IS NOT OVERPOWERED AT ALL. Is just a normal guy with experience. |
kofmasterOct 13, 2018 6:29 AM
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kofmaster said: AshitaNoJonas said: If they mentionend that GS was actually from a another world in the intro sequence it would be 100% exactly like a isekai. Everything from the generic RPG fantasy world, from the overpowered MC to sexualized girls - it takes the same line as SAO, Re:zero, Overlord and all other similar shows. Is just a High Fantasy setting, that most Isekais are using worlds similar to the concept is not the same. Here you will not see for example gamer vocabulary. Also again... THE MC IS NOT OVERPOWERED AT ALL. Is just a normal guy with experience. Oh come on... the characters are literally named after job classes from games, the way the priest girl was describing her magic was like reading something in Dragon Quest... |
| Trust me, Goblin Slayer isn't that OP. He is just an average guy. |
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AshitaNoJonas said: kofmaster said: Is just a High Fantasy setting, that most Isekais are using worlds similar to the concept is not the same. Here you will not see for example gamer vocabulary. Also again... THE MC IS NOT OVERPOWERED AT ALL. Is just a normal guy with experience. Oh come on... the characters are literally named after job classes from games, the way the priest girl was describing her magic was like reading something in Dragon Quest... Characters called as their classes have no relation to using gamer vocabulary, is for the DnD feeling (and that the author could not think of a good name for Goblin Slayer, so he let it like that as his trademark) The magic that the Priestess used is Cure Light Wounds from Dungeons & Dragons, to say that he can only use 3 times the spell is not gamer vocabulary, It is a very typical concept of this type of worlds, You can't abuse magic. Normal Vocabulary: "I can use Cure wounds, but only 3 times a day" Gamer vocabulary would be: "I still have no level to learn a powerful skill. I can use Cure wouns, but I will run out of mana points if I use it more than 3 times. We need to grind more monsters" Do you realize the difference? |
kofmasterOct 13, 2018 6:46 AM
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10/10 comparison, goblin slayer is obviously SaO in disguise.  |
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| I guess everything that is considered "edgy", "mainstream", "hype", etc now is SAO 2.0 eh? |
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| Female characters are sexually attacked LOL There was barely any attack in SAO. It is noting compared to Goblin Slayer |
| Goblin slayer is not overpowered,he relies on tactics and wit apart from strength. |
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| SAO would have to not be a rip-off itself for something to be a copy of it. Also, I've seen some terrible GS threads, but this one's gotta take the cake, ironic or not. |
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DreamingBeats said: >Fantasy setting where people have special powers. >Main male character starts as being ridiculously overpowered because he "grinded a lot" >Main male character is more of a solo player. >Female characters are sexually attacked >death is a serious concern (at least in the beginning) >harem (Onnna Shinkan, Ushikai Musume, Yunde, etc) edit: a newb team gets nearly obliterated SAO: moonlit black cats https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UaHpFJ9CoXQ if Goblin Slayer (the character) is Kirito, does that mean Yaritsukai will be the Klein of the series? omg stop its not an isekai the MC isn't overpowered cause he has farmed, he uses tactics |
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| I don't even know what words to say in your trivial comparison Goblin Slayer is something that deals with a story that veterans slaying high-level monster for higher pay ignoring the issues of newbies getting raped by goblins, and a single veteran who dedicated his life to annihilate them by any means necessary, and this anime actually shows how dangers of neglect and the relevance of equipment... better yet read the manga or the light novel to see what it is all about besides goblin slaying SAO most of the time is a story to show off Kirito's abilities and skills, besides that, it has some interesting world building. |
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| @9timesOutof10 So then you admit the anime is bad? As anime-only watcher, that's the only part I care about. |
| I don't see anything that's much like 'Sword Art Online'. So it's definitely not. The theme are essentially different between those two. And 'Goblin Slayer' is not an Isekai. It's just one world; reality. It's how they depict the issues being ignored, to show how careless they are. The main characters are not similar at all. In 'Sword Art Online', Kirito becomes overpowered in the beginning which is obviously ridiculous to start with. Throughout the whole series, we don't get his motivation. We just see him constantly eliminating them at all cost. I got a hunch that there is motivation from him but again, none of it comes to my mind. And I don't care what others think cause it says otherwise. In 'Goblin Slayer', we start to observe the Goblin Slayer's motivation in the beginning of the episode. He's not exceedingly powerful like Kirito. As the user mention, he's there to slay high-level monster for higher pay, ignoring the issues of newcomers getting raped by goblins, 'and a single veteran who dedicated his life to annihilate them by any means necessary'. Thus, 'Sword Art Online' is a generic Isekai story, even it's very popular at first. And 'Goblin Slayer' is a Dark Fantasy at its core, we can definitely tell how immensely dark it is. |
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