No.424031
You all enjoying [CURRENT YEAR]s hot new sword art online toon?
This bad boy is the new craze of your local anime club.
Destined to crash One punch man's ratings with no survivors!
No.424068
My roommate was saying this show is good and that it "earns the grim part of its title".
I watched the first episode and found myself bored shitless.
Also my roommate has pretty shit taste in general.
No.424075
>>424068
HOLY SHIT, IS YOUR FRIEND BLIND. Nothing is going on. The plot progression is so slow, but archer chan ass is so fat.
No.424076
Not nearly enough asses after the first episodes. I feel baited.
No.424081
>>424068
First 4 or 5 episodes are just character development, can't wait for them to start killing off everyone after spending so much time on them
No.424099
>>424068
the grim part doesn't really start until episode 5
it takes a while for any god damn thing to happen until then
No.424148
>>424075
>>424081
>>424099
In all honesty I could not care less how grim or not it is.
Are the characters at least interesting or is it like Mirai Nikki/Shingeki no Kyojin/game of thrones where they murder half the cast and the shock/tension is supposed to keep me engaged?
Sorry if I sound like a grump.
No.424166
>>424031
>When it shows them running away it doesn't even show a arrow sticking out of his back, even though it clearly shows his back
God damnit.
No.424183
>>424148
**only one of them has been murdered so far. it was the only competent one, of course.
apart from that there isn't really any development outside of a weird little romance between the two main characters
the premise of the show is that they're stuck in a jrpg and in that context, they're barely done 5 minutes of gameplay so far over the course of 5 god damn episodes**
No.424214
>>424148
of the 6 still living members there's only 3 I find tolerable
No.424308
>>424031
Man i hate how every guy looks like a fucking pussyass wimp these days.
Also:
>chaika
Top kek :^)
No.424346
>>424183
Isn't that fucking swell? They've barely beat the tutorial while the other team is tossing gold coins around like it's nobodies business.
No.424362
>>424346
i mean
i can relate
and that is not a good thing. for all involved.
No.424366
>>424362
They've spent MONTHS hunting shitty goblins. It's incomparable.
No.424369
>>424183
>>424214
Doesn't sound like the show for me then.
No.424373
>>424369
At this rate, when the season is finished, it will probably be possible to edit it down to about an hour.
No.424378
>>424366
Its a story about the noob party barely staying alive, not of a big party going on an adventure.
No.424741
I was wondering why the last thread died. Too much shitposting?
No.424814
>>424378
Yep, though it is realistic in that point. You can't just take a bunch of innocents and make them into a killer overnight. They have to get used to it. I respect it in that aspect. It is bed than the OP character that was in SAO.
No.424899
>>424741
It fell off the board, it was well past bumplimit.
No.424948
>>424741
>not liking funposting
No.424951
>>424741
Some anons were arguing pushing the thread toward bump limits at high speed.
No.424952
I'm starting to read the LN is it good compared to most popular LN's ?
I'm for now liking it and was wondering.
Ranta is slightly more likeable in the LN i feel.
No.424956
>>424952
That's because you don't have to listen to his awful voice
No.424960
>>424952
I imagine most people are more likeable in the LN, otherwise it'd be shit like the anime.
No.424970
>>424960
The alpha in the beginning is even more of a cunt in the LN though
No.425084
It took 6 episodes and a death for them to finally think about party tactics.
No.425105
6 episodes in and they realize that magic uses mana and (shock!) mana isn't limitless. I keep trying not to think of them as complete morons but they're also trying to surpass themselves with each step.
No.425107
>>425084
>Distract a goblin to attack it from behind
Genius! Who would have thought?
No.425157
I have been overly critical of this anime but this episode was actually good.
No.425160
>>425157
It was better, but the quality...
>this fucking scene
No.425164
>>425157
If not making me laugh can be considered better, then it was, but all it had was filler, whining, more whining, that idiotic helmet scene and a shitty backstory for the priest that made her more unlikeable.
No.425177
>>425164
>>425160
Good in the sense that there actually was some tangible character development for a change and that the party got once again reminded that they are morons.
Let's see if they actually take the lessons to heed instead of patting themselves at the back for being awesome when in fact they are still just above maggot food.
No.425210
The first episode that actually had me properly laughing out loud, rather than in derision. Dat explanation in the opener
No.425269
>>425105
Morons is an insult to morons.
They're mentally retarded.
They're missing DNA.
No.425275
>>425160
>>425177
yeah, how many weeks have they been in that place now?
And now they start thinking about maybe getting aggro tank guy a helmet?
No.425283
>>425275
It's about 2-3 weeks as far as I can tell, probably 3.
That brain damaged MC actually said that he hasn't been paying any attention to how the others in the group fight, so there's that.
No.425287
>>425107
How the fuck was he not taught that in the thief's training? I can get that it was a short time to learn much about combat, but jesus christ.
No.425390
>>425287
too busy starting at her ass
No.425422
>>425287
It doesnt end there.
Hunter girl right from the outset said shes a terrible shot with her bow. To make herself useful she learn how to wield a dagger. Since then it seems she only carries the bow and arrow for show and doesn't even practice.
Mage girl initially was useless because she didnt know her spell incantations. She studied and managed to learn one binding spell good against one enemy. She still hasn't learned to defend herself or any new spells.
No.425448
>>425422
How the fuck can you screw up your character sheet this badly?
No.425449
>>425275
how are people getting so worked up over watching a bunch of noobs l2play?
No.425452
>>425390
I would've done the same.
No.425454
>>425449
The concept had the potential to make an interesting story. Its disappointing to watch but I keep watching because there has to be a reason why the LN was popular enough to earn an anime adaptation.
No.425460
>>425454
why not read the LN to see what the hype is?
No.425463
>>425460
My LN backlog is longer than the anime one
No.425477
>>425084
That's why you read the wikia beforing playing an MMO.
No.425486
>>425422
You have to pay to learn new spells/skills, so thats why mage girl only knows 2 spells.
>>425287
I assume they just teach basic fighting techniques and the one skill they start off with before throwing them out into the world, not the guilds fault these are a bunch of idiots.
No.425505
>>425486
I assume that too, but I would also assume that at least once the mentor should have said something like "Okay newbie, I'll know show this technique to you. The important part is to conceal yourself and sneak up behind your enemy like every fucking thief would do".
Whatever. At least they're finally learning how to employ basic tactics and how to use their class abilities thanks to Mary not putting up with their shit.
No.425511
>>425463
Yet here you are...
No.425529
Mary is cute. All the nerds are worrying and bitching about her being cold and distant, but Mary is obviously not a warm and congenial person in the first place. It's totally obvious that she'd pull away from their overly friendly buddy-buddy horseshit right at the onset. She's known them for less than a week, and they're only coworkers right now.
The dumb nerds should know, at least one of them, that all they have to do is persist and she'll warm right up. You'd think Yume, the girl whos entire personality is happy sunshines and taking care of others, would instinctively realize this and push harder.
I just want the Mary bullying to stop ;_;
No.425546
I know I shouldn't have gone to 4/a/, but look at this ass!
No.425550
>>425546
I would do incredibly lewd and illegal things to that ass.
No.425698
alrighty guys i haven't watched this episode and probably won't, because I decided to drop it after the last one.
However, considering they established a pretty bland pattern for the show in the 5 episodes since, I want to play a game and make some guesses. You guys tell me how close I am (swear to god i haven't seen it):
>Ranta continues being a faggot (easy mode, get that out of the way first)
>New priestess is portrayed as cold and callous, despite the fact she's just reacting to this party's retardation
>Mage continues to be completely useless. Also, she sees her own shadow and screams, passing out immediately from shock.
>MC-kun makes one or more fucktarded decisions that go against all logic because of his moralfagging
>The writers throw in one or two hamfisted "emotional" scenes that mean absolutely nothing to the audience because nobody cares or has any attachment to the characters
>Instead of actual character growth, there is a quick narration spot wherein MC-san informs the audience of how they've "improved" since last episode
>The party gets into fights and is still bad at it, but not quite as bad as they were. Mary tells them they suck, they hate her for it, but they need her.
>more "misunderstandings" for mage to stumble upon to set her heart aflutter (maybe not though, i doubt they'd try that every episode)
>the squad discusses "tactics" in as broad a manner as possible, stating obvious shit anyone would know from babby's 1st RPG
that's all I really got for now, as far as the main points go. I'm really interested to see how I scored here. If you want, you guys can count 0 if it's wrong, 1 if it's sort of right, and 2 if it's right, tally up at the end and see how close or far off i was.
do they still have another 6 eps to go?
No.425699
>>425698
>yes
>no
>she binds one goblin in one fight once
>no
>yes
>sort of
>yes
>no, though they did follow up with a very retarded scene right in the beginning
>yes
The episode gave the healer a shitty backstory, they pulled the not at all unexpected
>she's only cold because of her traumatic backstory, she was really nice before
but as it was largely about the priest, they didn't really do much else. It's a shame, she could've been the first somewhat likeable character.
No.425703
I don't quite understand why people here are pissed about the party. That they're noobs who are trying to live their everyday lives is what makes this show comfy as fuck.
No.425706
>>425703
>That they're noobs who are trying to live their everyday lives
if you'd bothered to read any of the previous threads about the show since it started airing, you'd know this is blatantly false. Everyone has said they would expect and be okay with random noobs sucking at combat. It's that the show is slow and character centric -- which is fine -- but the characters are complete shit. They have no growth or development, the audience isn't invested in what happens to them, they consistently make stupid choices that have nothing to do with inexperience and everything to do with being fucking retards.
It looks comfy on the surface, but it's really How Not to Write Characters: The Series.
No.425714
>>425706
Well, it's slow and comfy and that's all I need to unwind after a long day.
No.425716
>>425715
Backstory from that world, from the previous party she was in.
No.425717
>>425716
I misunderstood and forgot the recent priest Died
No.425729
>>425529
This attitude of hers is what the group needs
No.425730
>>425706
They focusing too much in how they suck instead of showing how they are learning and getting stronger. I hope this pays off in the next episodes
No.425740
>That goblin scene
Jesus this shit got intense quickly.
No.425742
>>425740
Grimgar and intense don't go in the same sentence.
No.425764
>>425546
Did they have any good of the fatty?
No.425766
>>425546
As a hunter I hate her, but her "na"s drive me nuts, I love it.
No.425800
>>425730
Yeah can't wait to see them suck again
No.425808
No.425828
>>424031
Mary literally did nothing wrong, she's basically telling these niggas to git gud in a passive way.
>Ranger going melee spec
>Healer going melee spec
>Old healer pampering them
What is wrong with these niggas?
Also, OST WHEN???????
No.425834
What the hell was with the OP on this one? I'm as big a fan of out-of-context fanservice as the next man, but it just seems kind of jarring.
At least Haruhiro's starting to make an effort to be in charge. I'm probably in the minority here in that I don't see the issue with a hunter focusing on melee - it's a perfectly legit, if not strictly optimal, build in stuff like D&D.
>>425828
>VLC
>git gud
>OST WHEN???????
You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here.
No.425839
>>425834
Maybe they got wind of terrible ratings? Though with the shit taste of nips they could well be eating it up
No.425842
>>425834
Those goblin rape doujins can't come fast enough. We're hitting all bases with this shit, man. We've got fat asses and no tits, and fat tits with no asses. And Mary as a bonus, for corruption.
The future is bright.
No.425860
>>424956
>awful voice
You a bitch nigga.
No.425861
>>425860
It's like listening to someone scratch their nails on the chalkboard
No.425879
>>425834
How could you cut out the priest camel toe?
No.425903
>>425828
>That fucking webm
This is god damn infuriating.
>Gets a scratch
>"HEALER PLEASE HELP OH SHIT!"
These people. I hate them.
No.425959
>>424031
At the beginning , I actually liked Ranta , or at least I understood the "role" of his character, but the fucker kept pushing, every fucking episode , this scene broke the camel's back and I now want him dead asap
No.425960
>>425959
Ranta is your average DPS
No.425996
>>425959
there are people like his personality "role" is meant to be, but even those people (unless they're socially retarded) know what is and isn't appropriate and understand there are limits. Ranta's not just someone being a faggot, he completely lacks any self-awareness and is overwhelmingly selfish. But to the extreme.
Actually, all the characters seem to be taken to the extreme now that I think about it. Dumb giant with a heart of gold, wilting daisy, bland moralfag #1, bland moralfag #2, unbearable retard. Archer's alright, and so is Mary.
No.426007
I really hope Mary gets murdered next.
No.426070
>>425160
>dpsers giving half of a shit about the tank's wellbeing
i know this show is about magic and goblins and being trapped in a video game but that is just some god damn fantasy!
No.426136
>>425996
face it, everyone has a place on the autism spectrum in this show
No.426164
>>426070
If I can kill the boss before I die, then why do I need a tank? Tanks are there to carry shitter DPS who can't dodge.
No.426271
>>425839
Possible. I'm in no position to judge their shit taste, though, given that I'm actually quite enjoying this show, even though I know exactly what's going to happen for most if not all of its run.
>>425879
申し訳ありませんでした。
Are people now just watching this because they hate all the characters and want them to die, or out of some kind of morbid fascination with how dull it's going to get?
No.426276
>>426164
Because a lot of the time you can't kill the boss before you die
you little shit
No.426279
>>426271
Now I'm just hoping we get another episode like the fifth because it was comedy gold. If the fifth had been like the sixth, I probably would've dropped it by now.
No.426281
>>426271
>Are people now just watching this because they hate all the characters and want them to die, or out of some kind of morbid fascination with how dull it's going to get?
Fifty-fifty for me. I might start placing bets.
No.426282
>>426281
i'm here for the hunterbutt.
as soon as that bitch dies, i'm out
No.426326
>>426282
You're in it for the duration, then, buddy. You think they'd kill off prime waifubait?
Husbandobait is fucking doomed, though.
No.426370
>>426271
I came for the asses.
No.427414
It's got to suck to get dropped into a fantasy world with magic and demon pacts and get told "you're going to be the warrior, you stand there in heavy, stifling armor and try to get people to swing at you." Thief doesn't seem much better or much more useful since monsters don't seem to be big on locking up their valuables so you're just a dick with a dirk and the hunter didn't seem to learn any useful monster tracking skills since it's always the thief doing the scouting.
No.427418
>>426271
You are forgiven, as I the lord, grant you the savior, my son, the bringer of all, a puffy pussy to this board.
No.427851
So far, I'm enjoying the show. It's not like a "Halp I'm trapped in a video game" story--I think that's important. It's like a DnD adventure. It's as if these characters are the created characters in a pen n' paper tabletop rpg like DnD or Pathfinder. That explains why they suck ass at level one. You can't hit for shit at level one in some tabletop games.
The slowness, off-topic conversations, and accidental references would be explained by this. The real-life players (role-playing as these characters in the show in real-time) make these characters do and say these things, accidentally making references to things that don't exist in this world. And the players roll to see if their actions work, but they suck at early levels.
Imagine every character in the group in this show is just being imagined by a different guy around a table in someone's basement while rolling dice across a big piece of gridpaper.
No.427861
>>427851
That's exactly how I feel about it.
Them shooting the shit in the bar last episode was really enjoyable because it just made them seem like a bunch of normal guys in way over their heads.
No.427895
>>427851
Would make an interesting twist for them to find out they're actions are being controlled by these other worldly gods, which would just be a bunch of dnd tards
No.427937
>>427414
Thieves are usually powerful 1v1 classes, though. They're not just for stealing.
No.428020
>>427895
Would also explain why everyone appeared out of nowhere, and know words and concepts that have no place in their world -- yet no idea why they know them.
No.428021
>>427937
Only when they are behind you. They're pretty shit tier for 1v1 otherwise.
No.429025
Looks like they're finally at a decent level of competence. I'm sure they'll find a forced and awkward way to screw things up though.
No.429029
>>429025
Im betting they go into that dungeon Mary's friends were slaughtered in with some sense of superiority because they beat up some goblins. I hope they get slaughtered or at the very least Mary joins her friends in the grave.
No.429041
>>429029
Hopefully (for them) they have become smart enough to avoid that problem.
No.429050
They sure lay it on thick in this show. What kind of people work in that studio? Pretentious art-school graduates and neurotics?
No.429103
Haruhiko is really shit at making speeches. It wasn't exciting, and he took far too long to get to the very simple point. And it definitely wasn't the time for it. Haven't they learned that stopping and taking a extended break to chill and chat in enemy territory is not a good idea?
There was good Ranta development as well, which was probably the best part of the episode aside from laughing at the Goblin Genociders. Turns out he acts like a shithead because he can't stand being ignored, along with a healthy dose of being a natural asshole.
Great episode. I look forward to them making the goblins of Durama extinct, and the recovery of Haruhiko's good knife.
No.429220
>>428021
Well, let's be fair to all the thieves out there (I usually play rogue/thief/assassin in any sort of rpg game so it's more justifying my choice to unknown people on the internet) - stealth, sneaking, and dirty tricks, that's the whole point of being a thief.
>>429103
A quarter of his speech even seemed like it would go somewhere, but then he just blabbed about how friends are nice in as dumb, forced-drama manner as possible.
And that somehow supposedly works on softening Mary? If she's been so traumatized, she'd want to stay distand herself. When it was said that she's been switching parties, the logical explanation to me was that she was the one quitting, not getting kicked because of her admittedly obnoxious behavior.
No use getting hung up over it now, though, the show's been pretty inconsistent so far but there's still a chance to salvage it - at least a bit.
No.429228
>>429220
I think she had been the one quitting, probably because she didn't feel like she could connect to other people anymore. Haruhiko's speech seemed like he was just trying to tell her that they too had lost someone and were having trouble connecting to her like she did to them but that they wanted to try and fix that, but he did a shit job of it because he's not got enough points in leadership. It was just a very poorly delivered "We're not so different" speech.
No.429241
Oh so NOW she uses her bow... fucking retard, bows are OP as fuck!
No.429268
>>429220
Mary isn't obnoxious. She's just quiet, and irritated at retards telling her how to do her job.
I mean really now. She joins a PUG and every single time anyone even gets a minor boo-boo, they start screaming at her and telling her how to priest correctly, complete with silent blame for all party fuck-ups. Then they turn around once it's all over and extend half-assed invitations to come hang and chill, as if none of the previous behavior happened, and shit-talk her when she doesn't. It's the average Peruvian PUG from hell.
All of this shit is some of the most frustrating things on the planet if you're trying to keep it serious and work together toward some aim. Considering she keeps herself mostly cool and calm, albeit distant, I think she's showing remarkable restraint.
No.429365
>>429268
I understand her side, and she's probably the only non-irritating character to me, but we have to remember that the characters don't have an insight to the big picture like us. They are mostly retards, and exactly because they are, they don't know they're doing everything wrong.
In that case, she still is obnoxious, from a retarded party member's perspective, and my point was that it made more sense to me that she would leave and change parties on her own because she doesn't want to get tied to anyone rather than getting kicked (as it is implied when MC-kun says he had to talk to her and she prepares herself for it as if she's already experienced it).
No.429366
>>429365
I fully agree with you that it's far more likely and realistic for Mary to be the one to call it quits, rather than get the boot, but the show heavily implied that her "obnoxious" behavior is what leads her to get kicked from the parties. Since it went out of its way to imply that that's the norm, we're led to believe that her behavior is some sort of universal negative.
Apparently, she's obnoxious not only from the perspective of a bunch of whiny retards, but from the normal average party.
Which is just preposterous. She's obviously competent, and not outwardly rude. Her only "flaw" is that she's not chummy with everyone. Any old average group would welcome such a person.
No.429414
>>429241
Arrow's ain't cheap son
No.429421
>>428021
>They're pretty shit tier for 1v1 otherwise.
Nigga, what? At level 1 and 2, the only difference between a thief and a fighter is 1 less THAC0, less HP, and a limitation to light armour. Considering that fighters can't really afford heavy armour at level 1, they only have a slight advantage
>>429241
>bows are OP as fuck!
>As long as you have LoS, enough distance to not get bum rushed, and no allies engaging the enemy
Ranger here, it's rare to get off more than 1 or 2 shots per encounter, and that's at the start if you get the drop on them. After the opening round, you close for melee and let the mages that can safely fire into melee do the fire support.
Also rangers have fighter hit progression and 2d8 HP at level 1, they're actually a bit broken at low levels.
No.431031
>>429421
I mean if its a RPG world there should be some mechanic that is like the Guts arrow spam. Sure in Beserk his arrows can penetrate through armor and pretty good accuracy. Even toned down there can be something made that can shoot at a decent small to mid range and have decent accuracy and penetration.
No.431038
>>425828
Wow this looks fucking shit.
No.431052
>>424031
The water color style art is good, but it's not fun. What's the point of game based world if it's not fun? It's mostly a soap opera.
No.431310
>>431052
isn't the drama between retards and autists the whole reason to play a mmorpg?
No.431328
>everybody is retarded
>nothing happens
>shit animation
>everybody is retarded
>everybody looks generic as fuck
>been 3 episodes of absolute nothing with some minutes of goblin killing in-between
>everybody is now even more retarded because someone not completely braindead joined the group making it even more evident
>is supposedly not an MMORPG world but still has the retarded arbitrary gamey rules and shit like crit chance
I'd overlook the generic boring characters if things progressed, but at this pace they'll be killing goblins for the rest of the season.
No.432394
They finally managed to take down someone who was admittedly competent.
Some well played movements by both teams but the human team still managed to walk into a last ditch ambush, getting their healer crossbowed again.
I wanted to see their loot and as luck would have it the next episode is going to be a slow as fuck one.
No.432411
Lots of subtle QUALITY moments, but way better development than the previous episodes.
So assuming the stone says Manato, they are using a letter by letter alphabet like system. I thought they were Japanese.
No.432631
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>>432394
> human team still managed to walk into a last ditch ambush, getting their healer crossbowed again.
No.432868
That was some pretty brutal shit when Haruhiko backstab-tackled the leader goblin into the ground, then repeatedly stabbed him as they fell and scuffled on the ground. Intense as HELL.
The entire fight was actually very well done. There was a minimum of talking heads in a vacuum, a good blend of shifting scenes between focal points, and little QUALITY. The studio managed to impress upon you the swiftness and stakes of a fight to the death pretty well without a massive budget, and gave both sides their due. It was well directed.
The rest of the episode was pretty whatever though, especially the final scene. Way too much hesitation in both Haruhiko's and Mary's speech, to the extent that I'm not even sure what they were both trying to convey. And the Manato grief is beginning to overstay its welcome. Hopefully this will give closure and they can stop spending 5-8 minutes an episode on him.
No.432972
>>432868
I agree, this episode was really well executed. I don't even care about the low budget bits, the got me hooked with how brutal the fight was, and how just raw and honest the scenes at the end were
>Hopefully this will give closure
Yeah, that's what I'm thinking, buying his badge likely symbolizes the end of the Manato arc
As far as Haruhiko's and Mary's speech, it felt like the kind of conversation you have with someone you've gotten to know really well, but aren't sure if you should be that comfortable with them yet. I could really feel the connection, even though very little was said.
Also, it's really neat to see them pushing mature girls as the potential love interests, wizard-chan got completely sidelined, and after this episode its a tossup for best girl
No.432979
>>432972
>Also, it's really neat to see them pushing mature girls as the potential love interests
All of them have got to be in the 16-19 age range. I wouldn't call any of them more "mature" than the others. At least not in a significant way. It's not like the difference is between a loli and an old hag, as usual.
I do agree that Mary is best girl, though. Not only is her personality more refined than Yume and the goblin-cumdump, but she is cuter as well.
No.433030
Skeletor would not even use these fucks as test subjects. Only as a fucking food/scroll material.
>>431328
>everyone is retarded
They going for usa audience.
No.433034
>>432972
>Also, it's really neat to see them pushing mature girls as the potential love interests
Why, exactly, is that "neat"?
No.433148
>>432979
Mary isn't mature, it's just that she speaks less which means we don't get to hear her say stupid shit. Archer a best tho, as if you wouldn't like a genki gf instead of a dead fish.
No.433222
>>433148
She's certainly more mature than everyone else.
Archer a shit, na. Her speech is unbearable na, like the bitch is toked out all the damn time na. The vapid bitch needs to learn to speak properly.
Ranta needs to slap her shit and fix her up.
No.433255
>>433222
Slap her with his dick, ya feel me na?
No.433326
>>433222
>Not liking speech patterns
I don't particularly care for Yume either but the speech pattern is cute and has a country feel to it
No.433331
>>433255
I just meant a normal slap. We all know the only dick that Yume accepts is certified Goblin cock. We wouldn't want to encroach upon anybodies property rights.
No.433478
so this is definitely a /tg/ campaign and not a SAO mmo story?
No.433481
>>433478
A lot of the first, but also a bit of the second. (Where did they come from, right?)
No.435922
They certainly stopped caring about killing.
No.436028
>Boring episode with some comfy here and there
>Suddenly Barbara
Everything is alright.
No.436029
>>436028
shes a shlong mong for sure
No.436056
All the QUALITY in this episode.
You can also see the artstyles completely change, two or three times. It's killing me.
No.436059
>>436056
Yeah, the animators couldn't remember if Barbara's boob belt was supposed to be under or over her shirt and it kept changing every couple seconds.
No.436165
Slow as fuck episode and it ended up with them choosing to go to the mine where Mary's team got slaughtered.
Nothing bad is going to happen.
No.436166
>>436059
It's both under and over anon, don't you know about quantum titties?
No.436233
Super comfy episode. The entire first half was incredibly chill and cozy. Especially the scene with Mary at her womyn-only resort.
Goddamn was she lovely sitting on the veranda reading a book. Truly best girl, and even stupid Haruhiko knows.
No.436310
>>425546
Thanks for my new phone wallpaper.
No.436322
>we took the day off
4 seconds in and I already know how this episode is going to go
No.436379
>>436233
>Goddamn was she lovely sitting on the veranda reading a book. Truly best girl, and even stupid Haruhiko knows.
Best girl has been determined, accept no substitutes. Just that calm, composed demeanor is what really did it
And for icing on the cake, Barbara and Shihoru will distract the degenerates and subhumans so we don't have to listen to their inane babble while discussing Mary-chan's virtues
No.436382
>>436379
Amen, my nigga. She was absolutely radiating with elegance and refinement. It doesn't get much more down-to-earth and sophisticated than enjoying yourself while reading a book in the sun.
Good point on the smokescreen, as well. I doubt she'll even get goblin rape doujins, like the rest of the girls.
No.436389
>>436382
>I doubt she'll even get goblin rape doujins, like the rest of the girls.
I actually almost feel bad for Yumifags
No.436476
I am calling it now
Ranta dies next, for the simple reason that they tried making him like able a few episodes back.
No.436523
>>436476
Without meaning to crush your dreams of watching that faggot die a horrible death, I think SAO maybe gave people the wrong idea about this series.
Just enough people die to show that it actually is a life-threatening situation, not to be edgy and 'mature' like AoT. At the rate they're going, they're going to have adapted the first two books by the end of the cour. There are 7 novels out so far, and as I understand it, there have only been two fatalities, neither of which is Ranta, so don't get your hopes up.
No.436759
This has gotten pretty comfy. I'll be sad when it ends.
No.436764
>>436389
If you like yume you're pretty interested in that sort of thing anyway.
No.439872
>The knife moves to the bullseye on its own
That's one heck of a skill
No.439876
Court is out
They are still stupid
No.439927
Haruhiko is being one massive faggot about Ranta.
Not only is Ranta doing his best to fit in and be useful, but I'd say he's also toning down his abrasiveness in his own way. He's not calling everyone nerds and insulting them every 5 minutes now. Even still, Haruhiko is getting assmad about the most inane shit, but is being way too Japanese to effectively curtail his attitude. He'd rather be a faggot and just get mad by himself while not saying anything.
Well, fuck that. If he wanted to fix Ranta's attitude a bit, then he needs to get on his level and talk to him in a fairly equal position. Get mad and call Ranta a faggot. Tell him his shitty attitude is fucking everyone over and be incredibly direct about it. He can tell him to knock it off and stop being a lone edgelord afterwards.
He needs to stop trying to act like some infallible respectable leader-figure that everyone should listen to, like Manato, since Ranta and everyone watching along at home knows he isn't. Nobody truly respects the guy who is shit but acts like the boss of everyone, no matter how he goes about it.
Fucking Haruhiko is such a faggot.
No.439928
>>439927
Ranta was a better team player when he was being abrasive, as a brooding edgelord he's not giving criticism or letting people know what to expect from him. They're both handling the situation poorly but I'm more inclined to be lenient with Haruhiko because he has a lot more shit on his plate balancing his DPS role and party tactics and he just finished dealing with Mary who needed an entirely opposite method of dealing with to get her on board.
No.439934
>>439928
>Ranta was a better team player when he was being abrasive, as a brooding edgelord he's not giving criticism or letting people know what to expect from him.
That's true, but isn't that also Haruhiko's fault? Ranta's been told his usual way of doing things, being a loud annoying asshole about whatever bothers him, isn't going to fly anymore and he needs to stop. So he's treading awkward territory and doing the opposite by keeping quiet.
They're both in a transitional period of interpersonal relationship and team dynamics right now, but Ranta is at least putting forth real effort into it based on feedback. Haruhiko is just kind of coasting along getting mad by himself in response, leading Ranta to think everything is going swell.
Though to be fair, Haruhiko's got a bit on his plate right now, as you said. That, and he's still stuck on acting like Manato. Which exacerbates the problem, since that won't fly for Ranta.
No.439943
It's been a while since I've read this section of the story but I think they missed a kind of important exchange between haruhiro and ranta
>haruhiro is taking his sweet ass time with a kobold trying to get the line to appear
>he does this a few times
>ranta notices this and tells him to knock that shit off
>tells him to not be a hero because he's not cut out for it
>thefirerises.jpg
No.439944
>>439934
I would say there's some responsibility on Ranta's part to recognize that Haruhiko's feedback was bad and not to listen to it but yeah, Haruhiko should have been better about it in the first place. He should have gone straight to the core of the problem of Ranta not coordinating with the team instead of the symptom of the problem of Ranta coming off like a dick.
It's too bad Moguzo and Shihoru are too soft spoken and Yume is too fucking retarded for any of them to be helpful with the team organization shit. They barely even seem like characters at this point, they're just bots filling roles and doing skill rotations and having no useful input on any of the party's bigger problems.
No.439947
>>439943
That interaction does seem like it would change the viewers interpretations of the events pretty significantly. If he's dragging out fights just to try out his new trick he's wasting everyone's time and stamina with shitty tactics.
No.439953
>>439944
>He should have gone straight to the core of the problem of Ranta not coordinating with the team instead of the symptom of the problem of Ranta coming off like a dick.
Lead in. You gotta be careful leading in to those kind of things, with a person like Ranta. Otherwise you raise his hackles instantly and he goes on the attack, which is what he did.
The key moment of the conversation was when Ranta threw the weaknesses bit back in Haruhiko's face. By blowing it off and refusing to answer, he's acting as a holier-than-thou faggot that is above Ranta, which instantly ends all possibilities of Ranta taking the (attempted) feedback constructively. Haruhiko refusing to answer and just staying futilely mad for reasons Ranta wouldn't understand is what pissed me off the most about that whole exchange. That he has the gall to act like Ranta is 100% at fault after that is the cherry on the cake.
>bots
I think the rest of the problem is that we're usually not seeing the entire teams dynamics, since they're always fighting things. That's not the place or time for discussing and seeing interactions between them all. Whenever they're in town chilling and it is the time for it, it's always hyperfocused on one persons issues, such as Mary's before this, and now Ranta. They need more shots of them traveling as a group, or chilling in the bar, and just talking.
>>439943
That would change everything. With that, it seems more like Haruhiko is getting ridiculously assmad that Ranta is calling out his leadership, then using that as foundation for all this other bullshit.
No.439966
I hope this serves as a transition from video game world anime to gnostic anime.
No.439979
>Ranta: Hey these Kobolds are asleep, I can make easy prey of them
>Haruhiro: Are you retarded?! Let's just walk past them, ignore easy loot and leave the possibility of our escape route being cut off
I don't get it. If you're hunting for a living there's no need to be sporting about it. It's them or you. Haruhiro seems to just give Ranta shit because he doesn't like him.
>>439943
>>439947
To be fair, Ranta also wasted their time ensuring he can solo enemies.
No.439984
>>439979
They don't exactly have a good track record for sneak attacks
No.440055
>>439979
>>439984
They fucking killed a sleeping goblin before...
>Hey lets talk loud as fuck next to sleeping monsters.
No.440165
>>439979
>To be fair, Ranta also wasted their time ensuring he can solo enemies
And that was brought up, but this other part wasn't even shown, let alone mentioned when it deserved to be for being equally as selfish.
Haruhiro is a colossal faggot.
No.440186
>>440165
That's literally a part of Ranta's class though, what with the kill stealing thing.
No.440353
Let's be fair, Halru Spider skill is fucking cool.
No.440412
>>439979
They are retarded, dont try to understand them.
No.440444
>>439979
If Ranta was the leader most of them would be dead by now.
No.440500
You'd think that they would just disband their party and join different groups since they ALL suck and don't work well together because there isn't a single competent person in their group.
No.440811
The girls character songs are up at the usual places.
Shocking truth, Mary's is the best.
No.440853
>>440500
Moguzo seems competent enough. It's just a shame he doesn't have the force of personality to get anything done.
>It was as though he was a different person. No. This might have been Moguzo all along.
No.440924
>>440853
Why is he with head edgelord?
No.441290
>>440924
volunteer soldiers are doing a joint operation with the regular army to take back a castle from orcs
No.443015
Moguzo carrying Shihoru was the best part.
>Make Ranta cliffhanger
>Show him in the preview
No.443080
Haven't been watching this since the second episode. Is it still shit or has it turned into Lord of the Flies: the fantasy rpg edition?
No.443085
>>443080
It's a little better but it was insanely slow the whole way through
No.443202
Those maneuvers they used to finish off Michika were some cool shit. Spider is a godly ability that makes for good animation and teamwork. Did he also use it when he silently killed that Kobold?
Younger Mary a cute.
No.443356
Took me really long to realise but the very first thing we see in the OP is a padded wall. And fucking marbles.
No.443373
This series would have been much better if Mary was MC and we followed her first party and then this party
No.443374
>>443356
>padded cell
>someone's lost his marbles
Intredasting
No.443384
>>443374
>The story is actually about haruhiro the reclusive NEET so deep in fantasy escapism that he's completely lost it
No.443621
>>443373
Nah, having a reset half way through would have been frustrating
>>443015
>Ranta cliffhanger
>Thinking there is any chance he dies after how they left it
M8. That would be the worst possible cinematic move they could make
No.443629
I hope they don't try to fight Death Spots. Mary's previous party was better than these idiots and still got wiped out. Haruhiro even mentioned it
No.443638
No.443669
>>443356
>>443374
>>443384
If we go with the D&D campaign idea earlier, marbles are a game as well. Or a subtitute of a token or figure?
No.443761
>>443638
One episode remaining.
No.443764
>>443761
Fuck. I'm not ready.