For those of you who've watched Goblin Slayer, why did you continue it? Furthermore, what is your opinion on the use of violent/obscene scenes for shock factor?
Goblin Slayer (light novel)
| Obviously, this thread will spoil some of Goblin Slayer: I just wanted to know because after watching half of the first EP, I was immediately disgusted and felt dirty. |
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| Because I wanted to see a guy killing goblins. My opinion is that a lot of series are far more violent and that people overreacted for something that lasted less than 20 seconds on the first episode. |
HeimurAug 16, 2019 8:12 PM
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| Simple plot with a simple MC. GS's violent is barely much of a shock factor when comparing it to berserk or other shows. |
| the scene everyone complained about didn't affect me, so i kept on watching just for the hell of it - and to see what would come out of it in the end. turns out, it was a waste of my time anyway. |
AnimeFreak-San said: is this a male gender issure...human issue...mental illness perhaps? |
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| It adds to the world building. Also gives the show a much more dark vibe. People are just whining about it being too edgy. While no one has a problem with tokyo ghoul or berserk. |
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| For starters it wasn't just for shock factor, it served to let the audience know that goblins = bad. And as for the reason I continued, it seemed like an interesting story of a man coping with his past, that's all. |
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| It's not even that ''disgusting'', now unnecessarily edgy? Yes. It was funny to watch for half of the anime, then there's a point you get that there is no more to it. Basically, every character is plain simple, even the main male character has a dull look on life, doesn't speak or interact with anything or anyone. How is an anime supposed to be good with this in mind? You can easily see how there is no more to it in episode 10. It seemed like a filler episode and in the end they show a a ''plot twist'' - if you can even call that - just to have something to fill the rest of the episodes. In those 2 episodes every adventurer you acquainted with - yes acquainted because... there is no character development - nothing interesting or great about the fight besides our MC being tossed around and miraculously saved like he always does. I get the rape thing from a ''reproduction'' stand point. Now the problem is that it's not shown as something smart, it was made to be edgy and that's the biggest issue in this show. This edginess replaces everything that would work on a good anime point of view, now the only glimpses that I've seen are: - Low profile harem even though the protagonist is dead inside; - Boobs and their rotation skills, or even hanging skills (Cow Girl); - Comic relief from every other character than our MC because he is lame, not only in personality but in battle skills. What I have to say is that this anime is poorly made. And keep this in mind: The Priestess and him alone are so boring that they had to fill the gap with generic classes and races and a ton of edginess to make anything out of this. A lizard that likes cheese, a tsundere elf that gets drunk easily and a dwarf that spits wine and throws rocks. Wow, original! |
NyandaSep 12, 2019 5:37 PM
| I dunno I saw nothing disturbing there or particularly shocking. Simple show with a simple goal: mindless killing of goblins. Kind of similar to Doom games were you run arround aimlessly and murder anything that moves in a guresome way... Watching this show felt like watching a poor man's Berserk tbh. Wasn't particularly interesting or special in any way and mc is very bland and emotionless to the point where it becomes annoying. Good show to kill time I gues... |
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| Because I am not a SJW that thinks rape is the worst thing in the world, 1000x worse than murder etc. Of course I do condemn it, but I don't agree with people who think it's worse to rape someone than to kill someone. I also understand that girls can falsely accuse guy of attempted rape to destroy his life, because they are just people, and people can be vicious (I am mentioning this because SJWs were also butthurt about rape accusation storyline in shield hero). If I can handle movies with people getting killed, I can handle a cartoon with imaginary rape. To be honest it was an interesting concept that fueled my rage against goblins and made me cheer for the main guy, and it was rarely mentioned aparat from first ep, so it's really not that big of a deal. So to sum things up - if you are okay with watching people getting mutilated and dismembered, but not raped, something is wrong. |
| I had no problem with it because I'm not one of those retards who are fine with violence and killing but somehow immediately feel oh so morally obligated to be disgusted by rape. I think murder is way worse than rape and there plenty of it shown in anime and live action tv. If you don't have a problem watching murder and think it's totally ok then you're a hypocrite for saying rape is wrong to watch. Pick one or pick none. |
Read Toriko! |
Black_Sheep97 said: PzKpfw_VI_Tiger said: Him being bland and emotionally is what makes it interesting, it shows his trauma and that contrast with the chartasis he gets from killing goblins.I dunno I saw nothing disturbing there or particularly shocking. Simple show with a simple goal: mindless killing of goblins. Kind of similar to Doom games were you run arround aimlessly and murder anything that moves in a guresome way... Watching this show felt like watching a poor man's Berserk tbh. Wasn't particularly interesting or special in any way and mc is very bland and emotionless to the point where it becomes annoying. Good show to kill time I gues... Does not make it interesting for me |
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| Well I sort of fell off the show while it was airing because of a short attention span... but. The biggest selling point to me is the two main leads, Orcbolg and Priestess. Their interactions, dynamic, and relationship are a big factor in what made the series really interesting to me :3 (About the darker aspects. I can certainly see why someone would be uncomfortable with them. (Crunchyroll was horribly irresponsible when they didn't research the series and initially gave it a PG rating) (Yes really) Though Orcbolg slaughtering rapists sort of made up for it with me.) (There was a clear anti-rape message there that I appreciate) |
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DonnCleofe said: God, you're a fucking retard. did u even read what I said u idiot? I agreed with you u nincompoop!phantom346 said: It doesn't mean that when you watch violence films makes you a retard as long as you have the moral as a person right? I know what your thoughts about goblin slayer but at least understand the plot of the story because you know nothing why the story is like that. You know nothing about the MC and why do goblins rape women. And do you really think that were enjoying seeing things like rape and murder? OF course not you fcking retard! You can't just simply judge us by what anime are we watching. Just enjoy watching your favorite super heroes, fantasy, isekai animes that most of the kids watch cause your immature enough just reading your comment.I had no problem with it because I'm not one of those retards who are fine with violence and killing but somehow immediately feel oh so morally obligated to be disgusted by rape. I think murder is way worse than rape and there plenty of it shown in anime and live action tv. If you don't have a problem watching murder and think it's totally ok then you're a hypocrite for saying rape is wrong to watch. Pick one or pick none. |
| Read Toriko! |
| I think this anime fails to deliver what makes GS enjoyable GS has potential for a lot. -It has a unique take on storytelling and does nothing interesting with it -It has a lot of characters and they all suck -it has a very misleading start -it taps into some interesting ideas and philosophys and doesn't bother exploring them at all BUT THE ART is beautiful The beginning of the story presents GS as the New "berserk" but in reality GS is just anime DOOM . ( Who doesn't love doomguy slaughtering some demons? ) It's just GS commiting massive acts of violence so he can get paid and use that money to commit more violence. And the good part of that is the art. The Manga Looks awesome And the anime gives us CGI Slayer-Mon that for some reason isn't able to digivolve even thou he is obviously a Digimon The anime 3/10 The LN is pretty meh but I've only looked Into the first volume The manga 7/10 |
| I wish the show had more violence and rape It is was not violent enough for me. I also find it strange that most of the people who feel "disgusted" when watching rape are males. You would expect females to hate it the most, but when I looked at users profiles, it seems almost most of them are male users. Also, I don't remember people in the past making a big deal out of rape in fictional show. But these days people seems to complain too much whenever there anything about sexual violence. |
thepathOct 28, 2019 4:07 AM
| Out of all the dark anime I have watched, I don't find Goblin Slayer all that dark/violent/ or even obscene. Yes it had a rape scene in the first episode, but people made more out of the scene that was shown. It set the mood for how brutal the goblins could be. There have been more violent and gruesome anime out there that make Goblin slayer look like a walk in the park. If you look at Attack on Titan, that anime is gruesome, gory, and wild with action. I would say I found many of the scenes in AOT more disturbing than GS. I figure if you can watch people being torn from limb to limb, bitten in half, snapped and ripped apart, blood spraying everywhere, people's heads popping like balloons filled with blood, you should be able to watch GS. GS happens mostly at night, emphasizes the brutality of goblins through their rape addiction, but it's far from the violence and obscenities other anime have produced. I think the first episode decided to get all the offense stuff out the way. They yanked the bandaid off, so the viewer knew exactly what they were in for. Honestly from the first episode, everything else felt very tame. I liked this show, so I finished it. It's nowhere near the power of an anime like Berserk or even Claymore, but it was good for what it was. |
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| No there was nothing shocking to see, unless the killing of goblins made you angry because you've seen slime anime before that. I think grancrest senki is more painful to watch. |
| Up to episode 8. I like GS because since it's inspired by DnD there are a few references in there which made it pretty fun. And it's just about slaying goblins. As for the rape aspect - it sounds strange, but so far the rape scenes themselves I don't mind. This anime is supposed to be violent and the scenes aren't really lascivious. It's more the general ecchi fanservice that happens in the towns, ex. how Sword Maiden and Cow Girl are framed. It's just a putoff because that sort of framing is something that typically ends up in anime and it doesn't feel necessary to the plot, it's tiresome. I agree that it could've been darker. |
| Perhaps because I’m what Ben the Sage would call an oldtaku, but I’d say what happened in episode one was really tame. Then again, if you’ve seen the first episode of Elfen Lied, anything is tame by comparison. I continued watching it because I found Goblin Slayer’s strategic means for defeating goblins entertaining, especially after he forms his party. As for the use of violence for shock value, it’s just a story and some stories have violence. Whether you or other people find it shocking is irrelevant. Some people enjoy violent anime that’s completely okay. The way I see it, if you’re going to watch an anime called “Goblin Slayer” but get disgusted at violence, then why the hell are you watching? As for rape, Goblin Slayer isn’t the first story to invent rape and considering rape is one of the most vile acts you can possibly commit, it allows the viewer to grasp just how terrible and disgusting the goblins are. |
ToucanbirdMar 28, 2020 9:01 PM
| It was actually enjoyable, better than most fantasy shows. As for those evil scenes from hell, I don't mind them. I've watched far worse stuff being done in live action. |
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| I continued it because I like how the protagonist handles things and the world seemed interesting. I see people getting killed in shows all the time and a lot of other people seem quite indifferent about that as well. So that's not really something that would stop me from watching a show, that happens all the time in different kinds of media. |
| I watched it because I enjoyed it. I have no problem with violence in anime, you see... I can tell the difference between fact and fiction. |
| Wait, is there any rape there? I just saw killing, desmembering, violation in order to kill and other terrible things made by the evil enemies in graphic content that so many animes exhibit in a way a lot more exposed than Goblin Slayer. Ahhh, i got now, yes, there is some subtle moments where the penetration scene is absolutely avoided and you may only guess that happened... In the middle of KILLING, DECAPTATION, VIOLATION WITH BLADES... So, what is the big issue here? |
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| I will watch any story in any medium to completion if I'm interested in it, regardless of whatever it portrays as part of that story. Murder is portrayed all the time, and whether murder, beatings and assault, rape or molestation, suicide, torture, cannibalism, other acts considered brutal or lewd violence or sexual-wise, that's in no way, shape, or form a reason for me to stop watching a story ever. I don't care and am unfazed by whatever they depict, as I'm against censorship of art and media to remove visceral content; I want to see as much of life and its possibilities, wonders or horrors portrayed on screen as possible at all times, and not see it artificially limited. All that said, the controversy over this series is overblown to the millionth degree. Without even trying I saw a litany of content more "hardcore" or "objectionable" or "deviant", etc. whatever you want to call it, at age 10 - 11 when first getting into horror films than anything portrayed throughout the duration of this entire series. Least of all should a fuss be made about the first episode and controversial rape scene itself which lasts....what, 20 seconds? And portrays the backside and some side breast of an animated character? It's so dumb and pointless that an internet controversy over something so brief and innocuous compared to even what's been in thousands of Hollywood films even gets the spotlight and oxygen it does. Nothing in this series is more graphic than anything in the average R-rated movie (in the U.S. rating system). And violence is portrayed casually and in a cavalier manner all the time across all media. There's very little I've seen in anime that's been more brutal in terms of violence and sexual content than a lot of live action content, and Goblin Slayer certainly isn't it. The way people talk about this series you would think it was an 80s ultraviolence splatter OVA or eroguro hentai. It's farcical. |
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