Goblin Slayer

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This is simply a good piece of media.

I have made a whole big video about the manga if you want to check that out go to the link in the profile.

Let's start this off with:

Story - 7
It's very basic. Standard dnd low fantasy setting that I have seen many times but I can still recognize it's executed in a great way. Now to focus on the main shtick of the narrative - goblins. They bring some diversity I guess but overall it's not enough to compensate and make the whole thing original. However what does exactly that is the tone, which is very ... dark, gritty, and realistic.

Art - 8
While generic for most of the manga when things go down and panic and chaos overthrow the narrative the art does an excellent job of reflecting that. So when the manga needs to make an impact it goes overboard with the art but in a very good way.

Characters - 10
Now again most of them are basic and some are even so badly written it's laughable. But man Goblin Slayer and the party carry the whole thing. The party, less so but still just by getting screen time their personalities are explored pretty well along with their cultures. But the Goblin Slayer is so reasonable and so charming in his responses it's unreal. Yeah, most of his answers are short but that's because there is no need for a long answer, and when there is a need - he provides one... and a very charming and realistic at that.

Enjoyment - 10
This will vary from person to person but I wasn't bothered by the dark theming and horrific scenes,,, I mean I was but in a way that engages me in the whole experience. In my opinion, that is the only reason most people will be a bit thrown off but I was all in and I really enjoined the journey.

Overall - 9
If I'm being honest this is probably an 8 or so but man I enjoyed this way too much for an 8 so here we are.

Go read this it's pretty good length to be consumed in a week or two,

I really wanted to love this manga, honestly, as D&D player I thought this was not going to be another generic medieval manga, but... it is, sadly, it is.

This manga is basically a D&D realistic and sadistic campaing made by a fan of Doom and Berserk. And... that´s about it.

There´s rape, LOTS OF RAPE. I can understand that since is set in medieval times, people were quite barbaric back then plus the fact that the goblins in this story are completely unhinged, disgusting, dangerous and act as pests. So yeah, inside the context of the story, rape is justified but not the sexualization ... of it. The poses and faces of women suffering it makes me wanna vomit.

The characters are... generic, they do not even have names. Like the ones that you can create in a rol campaing.
The main characters is just... Guts and Doom guy but flat, nothing to see, nothing to appreciate.

The art style is ok, not very good but not bad either, just, average.

I dropped it because the plot was going nowhere. It is the same formula over and over. A new mission, rape, kill goblins, rest in an inn or village, repeat.
I give it a 5 because I actually enjoyed the first 8 chapters, after that it becomes repetitive and goes nowhere.

This started off with a lot of potential, in that it seemed to be a standard D&D manga that subverted expectations right off the bat. The first dungeon crawl goes sideways, which is immediately engaging. However, this turns out to be the peak of the manga, and everything goes downhill from there.

The world-building seems expansive at first, but we quickly discover that it's limited to this one town and a handful of characters. The main characters we follow are completely one-dimensional. The goblin slayer himself literally never removes his helmet, even when out experiencing a festival, or even when eating and drinking (does he shove ... food through the slits in his face plate?).

There's zero development of either characters or story, and without the halfway decent art (that unfortunately tends to get a bit muddled during fight scenes) and somewhat creative fighting, this would be completely without merit.

Give this one a miss.