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Blood-
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Not sure why this didn't occur to me before, but I wonder if Touya is supposed to be sort of a sly jab/homage to Kirito from SAO? The both look similar and Touya's white coat is reminiscent of Kirito's black one. I wonder if Touya's over-the-top overpoweredness is a reference to Kirito?
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zrnzle500
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@Chrono1000 There was more fanservice but it seemed pretty light to me. Compared to say NTR or Hajimete no Gal, that wasn't much. You can certainly find fanservice involving a 12 yo disagreeable (yes Yuminia you are still growing. You're 12).
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Chrono1000
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The fanservice was light but it was a huge increase compared to the first episode and it now includes Yuminia. I try to give shows the benefit of the doubt but now that it has crossed that line I am disappointed.
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zrnzle500
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Certainly there has been a material increase, but I don't know that that means that is the new norm. Now that the slime episode has been gotten out of the way, I don't know that the fanservice will continue at the same level going forward. I thought the scene where Touya uses a spell and sees through the wall to see Linze was more fanservicey than anything the slime castle scene. That being said, I have no issue if the show has crossed a line for you. I may not have had the same reaction (I've seen worse, even on the issue of fanservice involving a 12 yo, even just last season) but I can respect your opinion. I don't like the show enough to be worried if it loses fans. |
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EmpyreanBlaze
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Oh the same easily offended with no sense of humour nonsense plaguing this series since the introduction of Yumina's affections for Touya... Pointed out and moving on to better things.
And I did say the smartphone is OP, and should be discussed more. It's in the fricking title after all. |
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Cam0
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I expected a fanservicey episode like this so, while this episode was definitely the most fanservice-focused episode so far, it was still in line with my general expectations and thoughts concerning this show's content. It wasn't a massive leap or anything in my opinion. The jokes about green slimes and Yumina's bust were kinda lame but have to say that I laughed out loud when they burned the whole castle down.
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Shiroi Hane
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I'm surprised people haven't pointed out that the first upgrade the phone received over basically just being a map is being a better map ^^;
As is my wont with this being really only the second series after Danmachi where I've experienced the anime and the source essentially at the same time... Noticeable changes are that they skipped Touya getting green slimed. They yet again skipped over armour shopping (Linze buys two pairs of gaunlets with different enchantments so she can mix and match). They skipped him learning the Reading skill from Charlotte (who really has had short shrift in the anime; she doesn't have much of a presence in the LN but she does have character). I'm not sure either the anime or the English LN make the issue over understanding spells particularly clear (but from the LN I gathered that they are literally just speaking them phonetically without knowing what they mean), but I assume it is playing on that very LN trope of spell names being spelled out in English in furigana and are either either somehow actually in English or are being translated for him the same way the common language of this world is.
The odd thing there is that that basically added extra fanservice; in the novel she was out when he started experimenting and when she came in and started taking her clothes off he shut it down pronto. He also acknowledged that with this skill for voyeurism and apport for pickpocketing etc he was collecting a lot of crime-related skills. |
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Chrono1000
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The fanservice with Yuminia was creepy but as others mentioned that Touya seemed to be aiming for it made it even creepier. It made Touya look like that was his goal and that they are adding fanservice to the anime reminds me of what happened with WorldEnd. The makers of the anime decided that to sell it they needed it to be more ecchi. The part where they burnt down the castle was funny and for the most part I like the comedy in this show. It is just that I thought this show would be a light hearted fantasy adventure and after this episode I have no idea where it is going.
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EmpyreanBlaze
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Toyota wasn't aiming of Yumina specifically to be naked. He's just reacting like any other male teenager at the idea of naked girls. Still light-hearted, unless you take it too seriously. In the end, it's all a matter of perspective as usual. But really, all this nanny-like attention on Yumina is... not wasting my breath. |
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Shiroi Hane
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The only added fanservice that I recall was the Long Sense bit. The rest was all in there and Touya had been hoping to encounter green slimes since he first heard of them (the girls had previously turned down a slime subjugation quest twice in the LN). |
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Blanchimont
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It's worth a note that the slime part was a side story in the novels and doesn't really have much relevance to the main story, other than the fact the girls were apprehensive to slimes even before it...
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Blanchimont
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Ep. 6; For anyone complaining about Yumina's age, her cousin's actually younger than her. (novels)spoiler[And later in the novels the other girls actually consider it set in stone Sue will join them at some point down the road. Makes sense considering how much key art there is of her...]
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Shiroi Hane
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The background images of the burning village were really good.
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