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May 18, 2022 6:28 AM
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Yikes, Raphtalia regressed to her younger (low level) form this episode for some reason.

Hunting hero Kizuna got introduced, which is kinda interesting. Seems she's a friendly person unlike the arrogant Book Hero. Also important is that they are trapped in some infinite labyrinth. It felt like they're trying to get pass a RPG game level and Kizuna is quite knowledgable about their world.

A refreshing start for the new arc imo.
May 18, 2022 6:34 AM
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We start the new isekai in an isekai arc and we are introduced to Kizuna, the hunting heroine who cannot attack humans only monsters.
It was a good start to the new arc and more than anything it promises a little more than the past arc.
May 18, 2022 6:36 AM
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I’ve waited years to see kizuna animated and for the most part I’m satisfied with her. But as usual the anime straight up does what it want. Why the fuck is Raphtalia there when her separation is supposed to be a big part of the story??

I really don’t understand why the anime struggles to just adapt basic things in this story and insists on trampling on the LN. This is my second fave LN so yes I get really annoyed about these things because wtf? All you have to do is adapt what’s written. Instead, they’d rather omit, rewrite or just butcher shit.

At this point I’m only watching because I don’t drop anything.
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May 18, 2022 6:41 AM
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They got teleport in another world/ time jail and a new character Kizuna make a appearance.

Lol raphtalia is a child and they level are resets.
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May 18, 2022 6:51 AM
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As an anime-only watcher it is epic
May 18, 2022 6:52 AM
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I'm quite honestly baffled by how they are handling all this. Something must of went down behind scenes for them to just say fuck it and do their own thing.
May 18, 2022 6:52 AM
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I would say it was a great start to this arc... It showed Kizuna, the cardinal heroine of the hunt, who doesn't hurt people. I liked her story in this labyrinth and the feeling of loneliness... Raphatalia becoming a child again for having a low level, creative, but why is she together with Maofumi,different from manga? That would make her the non-existence of Raph-chan (Kizuna mentions the Shikigamis in the episode) Will Raph-chan appear differently?
May 18, 2022 6:56 AM
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Lol what.. seems like everyone got reverted back to how they were in the beginning. Also that all-exclusive golden development of Rishia was just a single episode thing i guess.

Took so many years and still didn't succeed, new girl should learn something from Naofumi.
May 18, 2022 6:56 AM
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Now this episode should redeem the season from the low scores of the previous turtle arc. . . hopefully.
May 18, 2022 7:09 AM
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Jumping to this other world we finally meet Kizuna!! One of my favorite characters in this story I've been so excited to see her in the anime! She's absolutely awesome. A totally fun character who's really badass too. This was a great introduction episode for her. She fit seamlessly into Naofumi group, while still getting some background and characterization from her. Naofumi himself, along with Raphtalia and Rishia, whom after going through that portal Kyo opened up has their levels reset. Talk about a major headache. Naofumi not having access to those higher level shields he's used for a while now. Raphtalia being reduced back to her child size since she grows with her levels. All of which puts Rishia as the main offensive unit of the three of them, letting her get in on the action level grinding monsters. Kizuna coming to their rescue after they run into a monster too high level. The hunting hero herself using that badass fishing pole weapon. Naofumi smart as hell figuring out he could use that plant to escape the labyrinth. Kizuna so happy not being alone warmed my heart. Now to find Filo and the others.
May 18, 2022 7:10 AM

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Well they decided to add Raphtalia together with them for some reason. So i have no idea how some stuff for later is going to go.

However aside from her being their and interacting with the group so far they did not skipp anything just changed it but the flow was more or less the same.

Ah Kizuna our fav little fisherman is here, its great to see her animated finally.

Good start for the new arc so far but i am still wondering how it will go from here to the raphtalia change, guess we wait and see.
May 18, 2022 7:10 AM
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Marinate1016 said:
I’ve waited years to see kizuna animated and for the most part I’m satisfied with her. But as usual the anime straight up does what it want. Why the fuck is Raphtalia there when her separation is supposed to be a big part of the story??

I really don’t understand why the anime struggles to just adapt basic things in this story and insists on trampling on the LN. This is my second fave LN so yes I get really annoyed about these things because wtf? All you have to do is adapt what’s written. Instead, they’d rather omit, rewrite or just butcher shit.

At this point I’m only watching because I don’t drop anything.



I've seen soooooooo many anime you post under where you only complain about the show. If all you do is not like what you see then move on. Drop the show. Lose your pride and drop th show
May 18, 2022 7:16 AM

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Dukino said:
Marinate1016 said:
I’ve waited years to see kizuna animated and for the most part I’m satisfied with her. But as usual the anime straight up does what it want. Why the fuck is Raphtalia there when her separation is supposed to be a big part of the story??

I really don’t understand why the anime struggles to just adapt basic things in this story and insists on trampling on the LN. This is my second fave LN so yes I get really annoyed about these things because wtf? All you have to do is adapt what’s written. Instead, they’d rather omit, rewrite or just butcher shit.

At this point I’m only watching because I don’t drop anything.



I've seen soooooooo many anime you post under where you only complain about the show. If all you do is not like what you see then move on. Drop the show. Lose your pride and drop th show


Bro nobody gives a fuck. I live so rent free in your head, I told you last week to block me so you don’t have to see my posts. No, I will not drop this show or any show as I don’t drop anything and never will. Lose your pride and stop replying to my posts and commenting bullshit on my profile. Every single person knows how garbage this adaptation is which is why it has a 6.94 now on here. Now go cry elsewhere.

It’s also Hilarious you say I complain about every show I watch when I’m literally famous on here for scoring so highly and loving everything lol.
May 18, 2022 7:19 AM
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Good ep to be honest
May 18, 2022 7:21 AM

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Now this episode should redeem the season from the low scores of the previous turtle arc. . . hopefully.


No because they completely butchered a massive part of the story by having Raphtalia be there.
May 18, 2022 7:35 AM

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This is definitely the episode of the season so far, the pacing is way good compared to previous ones, I see lots of people are saying anime is altering the LN, Well it was never faithful to its source material, to begin with. can someone spoil me? What happens in LN?
May 18, 2022 7:40 AM
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They altered this ep. But I'm not disappointed. 🙄
May 18, 2022 7:59 AM

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Pacing seems to have improved a lot from the previous arc. Lets hope this doesn't end up being total garbage.




May 18, 2022 8:08 AM

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A new arc begins: the New World arc, and this presents a new challenge for Naofumi and gang being reset back to Level 1 to chase the Book Vassal Hero Kyo in his own world. And yes, SMOL Raphtalia is back again in her Season 1 adorable cuteness, but Filo is nowhere to be found.

Monsters ranging from cardboard to kappa, without their usual powers, Naofumi, Raphtalia and Rishia are basically useless, and that's where the central character Kizuna Kazayama comes into play as the Hunting Hero, one of the 4 Holy Heroes (yet another legendary hero group). She's more like a fishing rod hero and not a loli hag.

This Infinite Labyrinth that Kizuna has been trapped in for eons (and now Naofumi and gang) that has no way out, and Kizuna's such a strong girl to keep on believing that she'll find a way out of this, except that there's already placements to stop them. But like an imperfect world, there're plantations of bugs that could show them the alternate way, and one Bio Shock Plant later, they're back to their original world (that is Glass's world).

Already looking a lot better than the lackluster Spirit Tortoise arc.
May 18, 2022 8:46 AM

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It's only been the first episode of this arc, But it's already more compelling than all the previous episodes from the tortoise one.

May 18, 2022 9:30 AM

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Okay, This arc seems a tiny bit better than that CGI Tortoise. But I wanna know how much stuff were cut off. This episode seemed hyper paced.

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May 18, 2022 9:48 AM
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Where is Filo? Return to an egg and forgotten in labyrinth?
May 18, 2022 9:50 AM
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I liked it because the episode shows that Naofumi, Rishia and Raphtalia went back to level 1 and lost Filo so much that she didn't appear in this episode but they end up finding a girl who help out of the maze
May 18, 2022 9:52 AM
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Dukino said:
Marinate1016 said:
I’ve waited years to see kizuna animated and for the most part I’m satisfied with her. But as usual the anime straight up does what it want. Why the fuck is Raphtalia there when her separation is supposed to be a big part of the story??

I really don’t understand why the anime struggles to just adapt basic things in this story and insists on trampling on the LN. This is my second fave LN so yes I get really annoyed about these things because wtf? All you have to do is adapt what’s written. Instead, they’d rather omit, rewrite or just butcher shit.

At this point I’m only watching because I don’t drop anything.



I've seen soooooooo many anime you post under where you only complain about the show. If all you do is not like what you see then move on. Drop the show. Lose your pride and drop th show

No you drop, *shows uno reverse card*
May 18, 2022 10:02 AM
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Waking up in a prison after entering a new world huh thats a new one. Not to mention being downlevelled to 1 as well. It would make sense that Raphtalia and Filo would revert back to their original forms but man thats a form we haven't seen in ages. But her attitude when in contrast to her size actually makes Raphtalia more endearing than usual. Nice to finally meet Kizuna as well. Kizuna's weapon though sure is one hell of a handicap. But being trapped here all alone without going crazy really requires a hell of a lot of resolve. Thats one creative way of using the bio plant though. Its adorable seeing Kizuna's reaction to being outside. Overall an excellent ep that while slow paced used that time wisely to showcase the unique aspects of this arc and showing a rare fragility to Naofumi and co in the process while introducing the first of the new characters in the form of Kizuna. Curious at seeing what skills she can bring to the team. Hope Filo's ok though because she's never been alone before.
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May 18, 2022 10:08 AM

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Finally a good episode, we even got to hear another part of the opening song.

I thought they were sent to Japan at the end but apparently that's just how Kizuna's isekai looks. I wonder if Naofumi will say something about that.
May 18, 2022 10:11 AM

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It's only 1:30 and I'm already disappointed...

Wait... How will they introduce Raph-chan if Raphtalia is with Naofumi?
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May 18, 2022 10:20 AM
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Now the game is on even if it is gradually slow but the anime has made some hype again, ep 7 was amazing so far
May 18, 2022 10:22 AM
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Finally the show is getting good.
May 18, 2022 10:27 AM

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Best episode for me by a mile, Loli Raphtalia makes her triumphant return, Rishia being somewhat helpful and the new character Kizuna is pretty likeable, the show feels once more like an actual adventure and there is that mystery about where the heck is Filo, much, much better than the turtle pace (hehe) episodes.
May 18, 2022 10:29 AM

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LMAO! Keeping Rapthalia in the series and turning her back into her Level 1 loli form has got to be a desperate attempt by the studio to get people back into the series after all the screwups they made early on.

"Hey...uh... guys! Um... if you were disappointed with the earlier episodes this season don't worry! We fixed it all for this next arc! See, we've kept Raphtalia for this arc(even though she was suppose to leave) because everyone loves her what would Shield Hero be without everyone's favorite waifu? Yeah? And look, we've even turned her back into loli form! Because that's what made us fall in love with her first place! Right? Now you get to experience how cute and adorable she is all over again! Things are certainly looking up, right!"

"Right?"

"...right?"


Haha yeah, nice try Kinema Citrus. You're not fooling anyone. Guess that's what happens when you replace the original director. This is the result.
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May 18, 2022 10:35 AM

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Not bad looks kinda promising, I hope that they will stay with low lvls for a bit more xd
May 18, 2022 10:40 AM

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I'm already liking Kizuna from the get go. Her design is cute and she has a kind personality and she showed it by helping Naofumi, Raphtalia and Rishia after they were reverted back to level 1 and had trouble with a kappa enemy. I can't blame Naofumi for having doubts about her since she claims that she's best friends with Glass, but his doubts were quickly laid to rest, thankfully.

Naofumi was able to have Kizuna help him create a bio plant which eventually helped them go back to the world that summoned Kizuna, in which she was hugely grateful and happy with Naofumi's group with all of the hugs she was giving out.

So yeah, I did like this episode, although it looks like the LN readers are saying that the content is still being changed or altered. I won't deny that it's a cause for concern again, especially coming from the Tortoise Arc which is personally the weakest arc of this series so far.

Despite that, Kizuna is very likable and we also got the return of Loli-Raphtalia and she's just as cute as ever. I'll stay optimistic for now. =3
May 18, 2022 10:41 AM
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As an anime-only watcher it is epic

I'm an anime only watcher too and i think it's terrible.
May 18, 2022 10:49 AM

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My first reaction a minute into the episode: well fuck

Yup, smol Raphtalia is definitely cuter than big Raphtalia, just look at that smol little blush so cute (๑ > ᴗ < ๑)
and well we are introduced to Kizuna and she's pretty cute as well. Didn't expect her to be so cheerful and stuff after learning that she's been trapped all alone on tha island, she sure is strong to not let the lonliness eat her away.

This episode felt surprisingly short as well just like last episode. It felt kind of troublesome when Kizuna said she's been stuck there for years but Naofumi just got out of there in a day, we were getting worried for nothing, it was kind of anti-climatic NGL, they raised the stake and got us worried for nothing.

Filo's missing, wonder what happened. But what I don't understand is the level reset, one would think that they went to another world so they might have to start from level 1 in new world but then we look at Glass and L'Arc and they had the same levels in Naofumi's world so I wonder what happened.

Also how and why did Ost's tunnel get them into a prison instead of the outside world?

This episode gets a 5/5 from me just for more smol Raphtalia shots.




May 18, 2022 10:50 AM

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A HELL LOT BETTER EPISODE THAN LAST PREVIOUS ONE'S..

The episode felt well paced, did not went into info dump or anything of that sort and The New character is extremely likeable..

Looks like Raphtalia wasn't meant to be in there but meeeh! fuck it! I got to experience cute Raphtalia moments so its all fine..


Lets hope the anime continues this arc as well paced as today's episode..
May 18, 2022 11:18 AM

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Finally, we're starting a new arc! I feel with this episode we're going back to the roots of the show, focusing on the "game mechanics" and having more slice of life elements and world-building and not a straight-up battling arc. I am a little more optimistic for what's to come and Kizuna is going to help potentially redeem this season of the show.
May 18, 2022 11:18 AM
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Okay, this is the best episode so far
May 18, 2022 11:32 AM
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Marinate1016 said:
AoButa16 said:
Now this episode should redeem the season from the low scores of the previous turtle arc. . . hopefully.


No because they completely butchered a massive part of the story by having Raphtalia be there.


Bro i was confused when raphtalia came out from the hay stack. also the part where they got out from the labyrinth is pretty straightforward.
May 18, 2022 11:33 AM

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SUJXK said:
Marinate1016 said:


No because they completely butchered a massive part of the story by having Raphtalia be there.


Bro i was confused when raphtalia came out from the hay stack. also the part where they got out from the labyrinth is pretty straightforward.


Everyone is, just a disaster of an adaptation.
May 18, 2022 11:37 AM
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Marinate1016 said:
SUJXK said:


Bro i was confused when raphtalia came out from the hay stack. also the part where they got out from the labyrinth is pretty straightforward.


Everyone is, just a disaster of an adaptation.


My favourite loli baba line is not as funny in the anime as it was in the manga TT
May 18, 2022 11:38 AM

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SUJXK said:
Marinate1016 said:


Everyone is, just a disaster of an adaptation.


My favourite loli baba line is not as funny in the anime as it was in the manga TT


Idk about the manga, but everything is better in general in the book.
May 18, 2022 11:58 AM

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wtf is even going on anymore lol, but more than intrigued about this pile of shit, I'm more intrigued as to how ANYONE can even remotely like this episode after such an out of place introduction that is more jarring than exciting, but this is MAL, so it's to be expected.
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May 18, 2022 12:07 PM
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It's only 1:30 and I'm already disappointed...

Wait... How will they introduce Raph-chan if Raphtalia is with Naofumi?


They can't. Raph-chan was created in oder to find Raphtalia. Kinema citrus killed off Raph-chan and probably Chris, too. So, basically lots of fighting moves in the later books will never happen. I'm grieving all the cuteness we will never get to see animated.
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May 18, 2022 12:12 PM

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wtf is even going on anymore lol, but more than intrigued about this pile of shit, I'm more intrigued as to how ANYONE can even remotely like this episode after such an out of place introduction that is more jarring than exciting, but this is MAL, so it's to be expected.


It's really simple.

Just let me quote someone else to answer your question.

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This episode gets a 5/5 from me just for more smol Raphtalia shots.

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May 18, 2022 12:17 PM
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This ep felt really natural as a anime only i am excited again ti see what happens next
May 18, 2022 12:37 PM

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so when we gonna get rid of that dog shit green haired girl?
May 18, 2022 12:44 PM
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Best episode so far, the series finally back on track. It's funny how Naofumi solved easily the problem and got outside the labyrinth with Kizuna, just how sometimes you need the right person or help.
May 18, 2022 1:10 PM
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I liked it, that’s it :) oh, one thing! Ubisoft was a well chosen inspiration for that bugged out labyrinth that isolated a young girl for years only for Naofumi to easily fix that dumb bug.
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are no one going to question on how they come to this library prison!?
like they come to this island and become level 1 with no explanation what so ever!?
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