View previous topic :: View next topic |
Author |
Message |
|
Blanchimont
Joined: 25 Feb 2012
Posts: 3530
Location: Finland
|
Posted: Wed May 08, 2019 3:59 pm
|
|
|
The after credits in previous episode made me fear it might go anime original, but it was only a retelling of what the priest told later in this episode about the fate of the other two heroes. Forgot that bit from the novels. Of course the priest's plan failed and they survived.
|
Back to top |
|
|
pip25
Joined: 22 Sep 2017
Posts: 163
|
Posted: Wed May 08, 2019 5:08 pm
|
|
|
This episode was very badly paced and directed. The fight with the Spear Hero took up most of it, and man, I don't remember seeing a fight this boring in the show so far. It's one thing that the animation is minimal because of the budget, but at least try to make it look exciting for crying out loud!
For instance, I know naming your attacks and spells is an unspoken rule in anime/manga, but this episode took it up to eleven: the casting of the spell was so long that Naofumi even had time to comment on the phrasing used - while staying absolutely still like everyone else!
Also, right after Naofumi was chewed out for not trying hard enough to make up with the other heroes, listening to the same idiotic accusations from the Spear Hero and his entourage about brainwashing and such yet again was especially painful.
Given the pace of the current and recent episodes, I can't help but wonder: why are they trying to pad things out so much? From the new OP it seems obvious that they want to go beyond the first arc before the show's over, so why? If they keep this up, the second arc will barely have time to start... I simply don't get it.
|
Back to top |
|
|
maximilianjenus
Joined: 29 Apr 2013
Posts: 2887
|
Posted: Thu May 09, 2019 6:09 pm
|
|
|
I hope they want to end it on a cliffhanger, that's the only explanation I can give; considering that the novel is now selling millions of units (as opossed to tens of thousands) this show was an amazing sucess.
|
Back to top |
|
|
John Thacker
Joined: 28 Oct 2013
Posts: 1008
|
Posted: Thu May 09, 2019 10:09 pm
|
|
|
Quote: | Do they have a plan for dealing with the Waves without the Cardinal Heroes around? |
Well, presumably they could summon more with all four dead, right, and the new four might be more pliable (and the three non-Shield ones not be so embarrassing to the church)? It's not that different from Filotaria's threat if the four heroes don't cooperate.
Quote: | with the Filo/Malty combo in particular being pretty sweet |
This one should be Melty. (Silly names easy to confuse, yes.)
The church's plot makes sense. Malty just seems incredibly stupid, her motivation is even more petty than imagined.
|
Back to top |
|
|
Shio Fung Zhu
Joined: 09 May 2019
Posts: 2
|
Posted: Thu May 09, 2019 10:16 pm
|
|
|
John Thacker wrote: |
Quote: | Do they have a plan for dealing with the Waves without the Cardinal Heroes around? |
Well, presumably they could summon more with all four dead, right, and the new four might be more pliable (and the three non-Shield ones not be so embarrassing to the church)? It's not that different from Filotaria's threat if the four heroes don't cooperate. |
You see that weapon the pope holds at the end? Yeah, that, their Judgment Multicaster Spell, and their inflated ego/sense of worth is basically their plan. They think they can take on the waves themselves.
|
Back to top |
|
|
Gho5tRUN3R
Joined: 21 Feb 2019
Posts: 15
|
Posted: Fri May 10, 2019 8:28 am
|
|
|
John Thacker wrote: |
Quote: | Do they have a plan for dealing with the Waves without the Cardinal Heroes around? |
Well, presumably they could summon more with all four dead, right, and the new four might be more pliable (and the three non-Shield ones not be so embarrassing to the church)? It's not that different from Filotaria's threat if the four heroes don't cooperate.
Quote: | with the Filo/Malty combo in particular being pretty sweet |
This one should be Melty. (Silly names easy to confuse, yes.)
The church's plot makes sense. Malty just seems incredibly stupid, her motivation is even more petty than imagined. |
Why are we saying Malty now and not Myne?
|
Back to top |
|
|
maximilianjenus
Joined: 29 Apr 2013
Posts: 2887
|
Posted: Fri May 10, 2019 9:32 am
|
|
|
Quote: | Presumably more details on this are forthcoming, |
Yes, faulty writing; they could have fixed it for the novel/anime, but when the justification comes it's so late that you have already forgotten about the church.
For stuff that has already been hinted; maybe the church knows the real nature of the waves, which makes lot of sense and/or the church has or think it has, a way to defend themselves from the waves; both conditions being true also make more sense.
|
Back to top |
|
|
Hiroki not Takuya
Joined: 17 Apr 2012
Posts: 2592
|
Posted: Fri May 10, 2019 9:41 am
|
|
|
Gho5tRUN3R wrote: | ...Why are we saying Malty now and not Myne? |
I wonder this too. I suspect some people here who call others like you or me "normies" would say "only real fans use the real name which is Malty" but since the subtitles flip around on this, it doesn't seem clear. BTW I think Melty/Malty are the worst character names ever so I prefer Myne on principal. Gotta think up a new name for the Princess...(maybe Constance??)
|
Back to top |
|
|
Key
Moderator
Joined: 03 Nov 2003
Posts: 18333
Location: Indianapolis, IN (formerly Mimiho Valley)
|
Posted: Fri May 10, 2019 10:22 am
|
|
|
Concerning the name thing, my understanding is that Myne is just an alias she was using to not make it obvious that she was a princess. She has been referred to as Malty on numerous occasions in recent episodes, so I've taken to using that instead of bothering with Malty/Myne.
Hiroki not Takuya wrote: | BTW I think Melty/Malty are the worst character names ever so I prefer Myne on principal. |
Well, I won't disagree that those are two of the least impressive princess names to come along in anime quite a while.
|
Back to top |
|
|
maximilianjenus
Joined: 29 Apr 2013
Posts: 2887
|
Posted: Fri May 10, 2019 4:49 pm
|
|
|
You are only like that because Milty, Molty and Multi have yet to appear.
|
Back to top |
|
|
TarsTarkas
Joined: 20 Dec 2007
Posts: 5905
Location: Virginia, United States
|
Posted: Fri May 10, 2019 11:42 pm
|
|
|
Key wrote: |
Well, I won't disagree that those are two of the least impressive princess names to come along in anime quite a while. |
Agree, but many parents like using a theme of sorts for naming their children. One of my aunts, named all four children of her children with "J" names.
|
Back to top |
|
|
Nordhmmer
Joined: 11 Feb 2017
Posts: 1028
|
Posted: Sat May 11, 2019 3:38 am
|
|
|
TarsTarkas wrote: |
Key wrote: |
Well, I won't disagree that those are two of the least impressive princess names to come along in anime quite a while. |
Agree, but many parents like using a theme of sorts for naming their children. One of my aunts, named all four children of her children with "J" names. |
Perhaps the author has a thing for old school diner & malt/soda shop foods-mmm a turkey melt and a malted milk.
|
Back to top |
|
|
Key
Moderator
Joined: 03 Nov 2003
Posts: 18333
Location: Indianapolis, IN (formerly Mimiho Valley)
|
Posted: Sat May 11, 2019 11:39 am
|
|
|
^
I'm going for him being more a fan of Melty Lancer and then just spinning Malty off of that as a variant.
|
Back to top |
|
|
TheKillerAngel
Joined: 02 Mar 2018
Posts: 84
|
Posted: Mon May 13, 2019 1:10 pm
|
|
|
Key wrote: | ^
I'm going for him being more a fan of Melty Lancer and then just spinning Malty off of that as a variant. |
You still doing a review of Magnificent Kotobuki?
|
Back to top |
|
|
JacobC
ANN Contributor
Joined: 15 Jan 2008
Posts: 3728
Location: SoCal
|
Posted: Mon May 13, 2019 2:48 pm
|
|
|
TheKillerAngel wrote: |
Key wrote: | ^
I'm going for him being more a fan of Melty Lancer and then just spinning Malty off of that as a variant. |
You still doing a review of Magnificent Kotobuki? |
That one happens to be going up tomorrow morning!
|
Back to top |
|
|
|