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Nov 25, 2018
Preliminary (8/12 eps)
At first I didn't want to watch GS because it looked like a cheap ripoff of KonoSuba, and thats exactly what I thought for the first few minutes into episode 1. I mean, I'm not saying it was exactly KonoSuba, but I had some extremely serious KonoSuba vibes and raised my eyebrow like 7 inches when I heard "Priestess" and saw a quest board. Then there are these "parties" like a group of adventurers and I was extremely sure that GS was just a KS ripoff. *Minor spoiler* Then the Priestess joined a group of noobs... and one gets raped, another gets shredded, the third gets killed. Honestly though their deaths were their fault, since they were honestly pretty shit at handling their weapons. Then Goblin Slayer comes just in the nick of time and saves the dumbass Priestess who also wet herself (not once but as of episode 8, TWICE).

Story: Story is very simple. Man loses village to goblins. Now he kills goblins for a living. If you couldn't follow that, then go back to Lucky Star. Just being honest. However, due to the simplicity of the story, instead of being edgy and dark, the anime just became ridiculous. I have to admit, the battle scenes are pretty cool though, but then again they don't hold a candle to Megumin's explosions. Also, basically half of every episode is a battle scene... so it doesn't make much room for storytelling. I like the battles, but I also want some story, which is kind of hard when the story is already told in episode 1.

Art: The censoring is pretty heavy in this anime. Hair covering nipples, to be very specific. Personally, I think it should just not be censored as it is R 17 already, so you should expect stuff like SKIN. Art is okay, I guess, but somewhere around episode 6, I noticed that the animators got lazy. I don't know how, but it just feels that the art quality dipped slightly. At least the art isn't like Serial Experiments Lain where you literally have to squint through every damn scene to make out whats background and whats dust on your screen.

Sound: VA... is OK I guess. I'm not a VA expert or anything like that, so I can't judge, but the BGM in this anime feels lacking. Sound is OK, I guess. Not great, but usable.

Character: High key Goblin Slayer himself carries this to a 10/10. All other characters all feel cliche or copied from some other franchise. The high elf literally brings bread... packaged in a leaf. Lord of the Rings, anyone? Lizardman is a shaman... hmmm where have I seen that before? But I have to admit, a Dwarf magician is something I strangely have never seen before. Cause Drarves usually use big hammers and smash shit. And the Priestess... absolute fucking dumbass if I do have to point out. She's not even loli enough to be cute, nor old enough to be LEWDED. Also, she's dumb. Need I say more? Alright I'll say more.

She wants to be an adventurer, but she can't handle blood
She can only cast 3 spells a day... 3 support spells that is...
She cares about goblins
She's basically the support character that was initially OP but then got nerfed 100 times and is now unplayable
Ignore that last point, she's the support character that needs a major buff, but since nobody uses her its okay, right?

Also, it would help if our main fucking cast actually had NAMES.

Enjoyment: Not bad, not boring, but definitely not as good as Erased, which I enjoyed from first episode to last (which means you should watch it). Its ok, I guess.

Overall, is an 8. I know that not everyone is accustomed to the violence and rape, but those shouldn't be a reason to give it a bad score anyways. But still, the anime doesn't really deserve the 8 that I'm giving. I'm just being biased because I like battle scenes.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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