Spoil me (post episode 11 spoilers)

Siegfried10 said:
Im not gonna bother using spoiler tags here because of your thread title. If anyone gets spoiled by this, its your own fault.

1- They arent dead, they were saved by Shin's brother spare unit. They are later rescued by soldiers of the Federacy.

2- Im currently on Volume 6 and i have liked it a lot. I think Volume 1 was probably the best volume but that doesnt mean the rest is bad.

3- There is, but they go slow at it and it wont happen on the second cour if thats what you are asking.

4- They meet for the first time at the very end of Volume 3, which seems to be the ending point of cour 2.

5- The japanese LN is currently on Volume 10, no idea how close to finishing the whole series.

Mq84jdk said:
Alright you asked for it.

1) Shin and crew are all alive. They are found by troops for a neighboring country. In the next arc they become soldiers for that country. The voice Shin hears/sees at the end of Ep 11 is the main antagonist for the next arc. There’s a whole story behind that guy and how he became a shepherd, etc.

2) the next arc is Vol 2/3. It is generally regarded as worse than Vol 1 but it’s more because Vol 1 is really really good. Vol 2/3 is still really great and does a good job pushing the story forward. The ending is also very satisfying and wraps up Vol1-3 nicely.

3) the answer is yes. It happens later on though: It develops throughout Vol 4-7 since they meet at the end of Vol 3 (sorry for the spoilers but you asked for it)

4) Kind of answered this already but they meet at the very end of Vol 3. This will likely be the season finale of the second cour.

5) its pretty stretchable. Their are 10 Volumes out, 7 in english. I’ve only read up to Vol 7. It seems like an ending may be on the horizon but I’m really not sure its only been hinted at with what I’ve read so far.

6) I’m a big fan of the series. I have almost no complaints about it post ep 11 (aka post Vol 1). The only thing I will say is that the author could have done a better job developing some of the side characters a little more. It’s only a small gripe I have, the series is amazing and hard to find fault with IMO.

GoldenDevilGamer said:
1. No, Shin's okay and hasn't been turned into a Legion. That ending was kinda bait, lol. Though I do think there was a more metaphorical reasoning behind that scene. The other members are fine too.

2. The general consensus is that the next arc (vol 2 and 3) is almost as good, but not quite as good as the volume that was covered in this season. But almost everything after is absolutely amazing. I guess most people agree that the series does get better in general. The scope of the series was fairly limited in the first season after all. If I were to rank the volumes that I've read: 6 > 4 > 5 > 1 > 3 > 7 > 2.

3. Yes, quite a lot. However, it takes some time for it to get started. We definitely won't be seeing any hints of romance in the next season.

4. Well, they actually met in the epilogue of volume 1. However, the anime chose to skip it because the epilogue actually time-skips quite a bit and spoils a lot of upcoming stuff. Volume 2 and 3 serve as a fill-in for that timeskip gap, so the anime's planning on adapting the series linearly and leaving volume 1's epilogue for later. I'm almost certain that them meeting will be adapted in the final episode of the next season.

5. It's pretty stretchable from the point the anime ends off at. However, the series is already at volume 10 in Japan, and the anime only adapted one volume, so there's a whole lot of material left to cover. I've only read up to volume 7 because that's where the English releases are at, but an end point is visible and I don't think it will take too long to get there. I'm guessing the series might end around the 15th volume mark... unless if more stuff is introduced in the later volumes.

6. Well, as much as I liked the next volume (vol. 2), it basically served as set-up for the volume after that. Because of that, vol. 2 kinda lacks a climax and isn't the most fulfilling read. Of course, this isn't particularly uncommon in LNs. Multi-volume arcs are quite common within LNs, I'm just hard-pressed in finding stuff to criticize about 86, lol. If anything, this is a non-issue for the anime, since the next season should cover volumes 2 and 3, since they serve as one big arc. The only other thing I can complain about is that I found the 7th volume to be too heavy on fluff and romance and didn't progress the plot much and lacked action. However, I am very much in the minority with this opinion, since most people loved that volume.

DeN11 said:
1. Shin and the others survive
2. 2/3 are better in terms of fleshing out Shin's character, but the story isn't as good as the first volume. Personally. I personally enjoyed volume 4 and 7 more than volume 1.
3. Yes, there's romance
4. They meet at the end of volume 3, so at the end of the second cour
5. The story is "planning" to end by volume 12 or 13. The 10th volume just got released.
6. I haven't watch the entire 11 episode yet, but I don't like how A-1 got rid of Shin's crude mouth.

sephatu said:
What's the point of this quality bait of an ending of cour 1 then? Was it like that in the LN's too?