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EP. REVIEW: In Another World With My Smartphone

Any other show worth its salt would have it revealed that the supposed awesome coat had no powers and he was simply swindled. He has little knowledge of the world, a character should not be perfect all the time.

meiam wrote:

Without struggle there's no story or character growth, drama or tension and the show need to entirely revert to something else (great animation, good comedy, or as I'm sure we'll see more over the next few week fan service).

You have never in your life seen an slice of life series, have you?

Touya does try to bring up the point that Yumina barely knows him enough to marry him, but that gets handwaved away by revealing that her heterochromia gives her ‘mystic eyes of intuition’ that let her see into someone's soul and judge their character. (You have to assume she just wasn't paying attention all those times she talked with the Count who tried to poison her dad.)

For a brief moment, it looks like he might have to prove his worth in some magic-tiger-fight or something, but no, he just pets the kitty and it's all his.

It's like an episode of Detective Conan where he didn't even have to try.

we had to cross a line at some point, and predictably, this is it. Even Touya is taken aback by Princess Yumina's proposal, finally managing to display an emotion stronger than mild bemusement. It's all good though, because the girl's father happily explains that getting married at twelve is perfectly fine thing in this totally credible fantasy world

mangamuscle wrote:

meiam wrote: Without struggle there's no story or character growth, drama or tension and the show need to entirely revert to something else (great animation, good comedy, or as I'm sure we'll see more over the next few week fan service). You have never in your life seen an slice of life series, have you?

There's conflict in slice-of-life stories.

No, not really, Slice of Life is defined by being just like our real lives, of course there are "conflicts" in our average real life, but most of the time it is nothing like the conflicts we are used to seeing in a work of fiction, otherwise it becomes a Drama. There are of course, over reaching themes, whether this series has one or not is too soon to see, since it is at the end of the season of a SoL series when we might see them.

Ah, the real world human trope of appyling 'modern' moral and societal norms to a fictional piece set in a medieval fantasy world, even though real world historical medieval society had such things happening. History is evil, so we must change the past to reflect modern life.

Touya is, simply put, not an interesting character to watch.

He is perfect in every way (at least so far), making him impossible to relate to and empathize with.

This show is not a documentary nor was it written in medieval times. When an author who lives in modern times writes in a 12-year-old bride in his wish fulfillment series, it is done for the people that live in the real world that like the idea of a 12-year-old bride and it should obviously be judged with modern morals.

There needs to be some sort of conflict to keep the story interesting, or people will stop watching.
However, Smartphone is just...there I guess. It's like watching paint dry, or eating cardboard.

TarsTarkas wrote:

Ah, the real world human trope of appyling 'modern' moral and societal norms to a fictional piece set in a medieval fantasy world, even though real world historical medieval society had such things happening. History is evil, so we must change the past to reflect modern life.

This show is not a documentary nor was it written in medieval times. When an author who lives in modern times writes in a 12-year-old bride in his wish fulfillment series, it is done for the people that live in the real world that like the idea of a 12-year-old bride and it should obviously be judged with modern morals.