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 BrookM wrote:
Grinding my way through Deathmarch right now and it ticks of too many boxes on why Isekai is so loathed these days. Underage harem, obsession with food and the main character looks and sounds like Kirito, though instead of solo grinding like an antisocial, he simply dumps points into every skill he comes across to instantly master it. Dropped the manga like a brick back then because of this, almost as horrible as the Magical Adventures of Cheating donkey-cave / Konjiki no Word Master: Yuusha Yonin ni Makikomareta Unique Cheat.

After this I'll do the second season of Log Horizon and Netoge no Yome wa Onnanoko ja Nai to Omotta / And You Thought There Is Never a Girl Online?

Also watched Net-juu no Susume a.k.a. Recovery of an MMO Junkie a.k.a. Leave me alone, I want to be an elite NEET from now on. Most enjoyable.

Yeah, I quickly gave up on Death March. It just wasn't fun to watch. Just the same one sided power trip with the same bland main character. At least with Maou Isekai you get to see the main character's internal monologue where he panics from having to interact with people and hamming it up to maintain his image of a demon lord, instead of being so damned perfect all the time.

But hey, still better than Re : Monster, or "how not to do Overlord and make a huge bloody Gary Stu with the charisma of a dying sloth"

BrookM wrote:Also watched Net-juu no Susume a.k.a. Recovery of an MMO Junkie a.k.a. Leave me alone, I want to be an elite NEET from now on. Most enjoyable.

Yeah that one as fun. It had actual adults with their own relatable problems instead of the usual high school teenager bs.

Episode 5 of Planet With was quite good. This show is improving and growing more interesting with time.

Holmes of Kyoto is not. Slow and boring, and still not very mysterious for a mystery. And the character development is fizzling.

Kumo desu ga, Nani ka? is getting an anime treatment! Yes! It's isekai, but with a fun spin on things. The English title is "So I'm a Spider, So What?" and is about a school girl who is transported to a fantasy game world, but instead of becoming the heroine, she's a lowly spider, lowest of the low trash tier mob monster, who must now try and survive in a massive dungeon swarming with monsters and humans. Really loving the manga so far.

 BrookM wrote:
Kumo desu ga, Nani ka? is getting an anime treatment! Yes! It's isekai, but with a fun spin on things. The English title is "So I'm a Spider, So What?" and is about a school girl who is transported to a fantasy game world, but instead of becoming the heroine, she's a lowly spider, lowest of the low trash tier mob monster, who must now try and survive in a massive dungeon swarming with monsters and humans. Really loving the manga so far.

Ok, that actually sounds like a fun concept.
Is she a proper spider, or a cutesy spider girl? The distinction is important.

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:

 BrookM wrote:
Kumo desu ga, Nani ka? is getting an anime treatment! Yes! It's isekai, but with a fun spin on things. The English title is "So I'm a Spider, So What?" and is about a school girl who is transported to a fantasy game world, but instead of becoming the heroine, she's a lowly spider, lowest of the low trash tier mob monster, who must now try and survive in a massive dungeon swarming with monsters and humans. Really loving the manga so far.

Ok, that actually sounds like a fun concept.
Is she a proper spider, or a cutesy spider girl? The distinction is important.

A proper, cutesy spider..?

I'd say, give it a read.

 BrookM wrote:
Kumo desu ga, Nani ka? is getting an anime treatment! Yes! It's isekai, but with a fun spin on things. The English title is "So I'm a Spider, So What?" and is about a school girl who is transported to a fantasy game world, but instead of becoming the heroine, she's a lowly spider, lowest of the low trash tier mob monster, who must now try and survive in a massive dungeon swarming with monsters and humans. Really loving the manga so far.

That sounds really interesting. Another isekai that's a bit different is I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level. I's about a witch who accidentally maxes out her level by beating low level mobs and actually just wants to live in her little cottage without drawing attention to herself.

Thanks, I've added it to my bookmarks and I'll give it a read when I get home from work tonight.

That's just great.

I wait for over a decade for a new season of Full Metal Panic! and they end it on a cliffhanger again.

Hopefully the next season doesn't take quite so long to get here (if there's a next season).

Overlord went from "this is all a bit slow and boring" to "okay, this is pretty grim dark and horrible for some people" just like that with today's episode.

Next one is going to be hilarious.

I haven't seen it yet, but I am going to assume that all of those workers get killed.
I hope that girl who can see magic doesn't bite it though. Someone like her might be of interest to Ainz. It is a rare trait, after all.

It's Overlord, nuff said.

I’m annoyed with the way Overlord introduces interesting characters only so it can use them for torture porn victims. None of the Nazerick crew has a worthwhile personality or motivations and they wasted a whole episode on a pointlessly one sided fight that served no purpose other than said torture porn. I thought the characters who could see magic users might make an interesting twist or foil, but no, he’s immune to that too unless he chooses not to be and then it’s such a visceral reaction that’s it’s just another source of torture.

Yeah, the outcome of that was disappointing. Ainz is a dick. I mean, I get that he's supposed to be evil, but that was cartoon villain (ok, yes, its an anime) tier of horsegak.
And then there's his "death is the only mercy in Nazarick" line. Holy gak, how much of an edgelord can you be? What a terrible ending.
I mean, is it really that hard to keep his word? If I were him I'd be like "Ok, you can leave alive...but only if you give me one of your eyes as payment. Gotta send a message to other thieves, you know, and I have a reputation to uphold."
Isn't Momonga meant to be Lawful Evil? This is more chaotic evil or neutral evil. It's not very consistent. He let Tuare and that girl in Carne village live, why kill off Arche? It doesn't seem consistent.

And then he challenges the most powerful empire in the area, which of course he curbstomps.
I want them to hurry up an introduce another player that they keep teasing us about to make the combat actually interesting instead of a Lv100 player just gaking over mobs.

What I'm beginning to like about Maou Isekai is that the OP isekai dude actually has limitations; if he uses too much mana he's out for days, which means he can't facestomp through victory. He actually finds a mob he can't beat too, and only got out of by bluffing.
I appreciate that.

It went as well as expected..

Well we didn’t have Arche confirmed dead. And Shalltear or Ainz could always resurrect her. He might want to make use of her ability.

 Grey Templar wrote:
Well we didn’t have Arche confirmed dead. And Shalltear or Ainz could always resurrect her. He might want to make use of her ability.

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:

 Grey Templar wrote:
Well we didn’t have Arche confirmed dead. And Shalltear or Ainz could always resurrect her. He might want to make use of her ability.

Spoiler:

They said at the end that they used all of her body parts in Nazarick. Deimiurg got her skin, Entoma got her vocal cords, various undead got her limbs and Silk Hat Demon got her head. I don't think Ainz's resurrection ability works on someone who was so thoroughly dismembered.

I thought they were talking about the Elf chick.

Nope, she and her lover have been turned into fresh fuel for the roach king.

 BrookM wrote:
Nope, she and her lover have been turned into fresh fuel for the roach king.

Wrong guardian, and its worse than that.

Well then. I am surprised they didn't use her in some fashion. Seems like Ainz would have found her ability a useful one to secure.

 Grey Templar wrote:
Well then. I am surprised they didn't use her in some fashion. Seems like Ainz would have found her ability a useful one to secure.

Spoiler:

Unless Silk Hat Demon is going to use her head in that way.

Probably. Though seeing as how he's a master mage who can apparently hide his magic level, he can probably detect magic himself.
I can't wait for some abridged series to take the piss out of that episode
Arche : His magic level....ITS OVER 9000! *vomits everywhere*

Seriously though, I didn't like that episode. I do not think they should have gone that route, as it was just miserable nonsense, and it runs contrary to Ainz's previous actions. You got the impression that he's harsh, but still had a sense of honor and knew how to be compassionate. In this episode he was just a witch. And I don't mean the magical kind, I mean the kind that the dakka language filter doesn't like.
I get that he was angry and wanted to punish the thieves,

I still liked the episode. Though it would have made more sense for him to do something like turn her into a puppet and use her. "See I let her go, but now she will serve me for eternity! mwahahahah!"

He did seem offended at her vomiting. Maybe that was the justification.

Surprised Albedo didn't go all "How DARE you act so debased in Ainz's presence!" and murder her right there.

He is losing more and more of his humanity, becoming the very thing he was RP'ing when it was still a game. Him getting angry at her throwing up could be part of this, simply no longer understanding just how powerful he really is in this situation. It certainly didn't help that the leader tried to BS his way out the fight.

The workers were simply sent in to test the defences of the keep and to see how well these top-ranking "adventurers" would fare. The overall disappointment of the defenders at how poorly the parties all did should sum things up well enough. It is also worth remembering that this dungeon was created as a PVP instance with level 100 raiding parties in mind when it was still a game, quite a few features found there were gifted to the party as a reward by the game developers for capturing it in the first place.

As for Arche's head and its use..



I liked the episode, it went about as well as expected really, curbstomp battles are part of this all. Ainz will only up his trolling from here onwards and things will only get darker.

 Grey Templar wrote:
I still liked the episode. Though it would have made more sense for him to do something like turn her into a puppet and use her. "See I let her go, but now she will =

Dear October, hurry up and get here already!

 BrookM wrote:
Dear October, hurry up and get here already!

Ah yes, the true Dark Souls of anime.
I wonder how they are going to handle the darker parts of the manga, because it can get pretty rough.
That poor rookie party in the beginning :(

That's not... Grimgar, is it?

CthuluIsSpy wrote:Ah yes, the true Dark Souls of anime.
I wonder how they are going to handle the darker parts of the manga, because it can get pretty rough.
That poor rookie party in the beginning :(

I hope that they go for the light novel route, which is not as graphic in the sexual violence as the manga, but still outright grimdark and depressing in its setting.

Anvildude wrote:That's not... Grimgar, is it?

The scrubs of Grimgar wish they were as effective in combat against goblins like that dude over there!

That's Goblin Slayer, a soon to be anime trying its hardest to out-grimdark Berserk.

In a nutshell, he is the sole survivor of a goblin attack on his village, forced to watch as they well, rape and pillage everything. This has turned him into a finely honed murder machine who only goes on goblin hunts and has reached his high status rank only through that. Some see him as a glorified trashman but he does not care, as long as he can kill goblins. What makes things quite crapsack is that goblins are a serious problem in this world, but due to a lack of proper rewards / trash tier monster levels, nobody really bothers to cull them and keep them in check. Add in that goblins are vile and cunning creatures, which makes them not an easy challenge for beginning adventurers but thankfully we've got..

You know its serious when its trading punches with Berserk over "Most effed up Anime/Manga of all time" award.