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ultimatehaki
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this sounds alot different from what i had assumed it was, thanks for the review. ill definitely check this out now.
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maximilianjenus
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my experience with this being the manga, I see this is a simlar case to shin sekai yori, where the manga's more explicit graphicness pretty mcuhc changes the target demographic (the gore is present in the manga, but also the rape, which pretty much makes this, based on the first chapter "rape - the manga").
I see that naturalistic emdieval worlds, as opossed to game-ish are preferred, which Ia gree it, the quasi explanation on how magic and stuff works in shield hero came to cheapen the series (as well as similar), while something more naturalistic like this one or mushoku tensei makes for a more interesting read. |
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AnimeFlyz
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You mention that the entire party of priest girl is slaughtered, spoiler[but doesn't the Melee girl survive? I thought she just got raped?]
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Princess_Irene
ANN Associate Editor
 Posts: 2672 Location: The castle beyond the Goblin City |
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Well, spoiler[technically she survives the initial goblin attack, but Goblin Slayer mercy-kills her.] It forms a good parallel to spoiler[the later battle when Goblin Slayer and Priestess' party is complete, with the elf, dwarf, and lizardman and they manage to save someone in a similar position.]
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prime_pm
 Posts: 2387 Location: Your Mother's Bedroom |
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Hemingway disapproves of the Witch.
I thoughtspoiler[Melee Girl survived the ordeal but was left horribly traumatized for the rest of her life]? |
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Princess_Irene
ANN Associate Editor
Posts: 2672 Location: The castle beyond the Goblin City |
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Hmm, I wonder if that's a change made in the manga version or something that comes up later? Looking at Yen Press' translation, spoiler[on page 35 Priestess and Goblin Slayer find Fighter (who I assume is Melee Girl) barely alive in a room of the cave. The strong implication is that she won't make it, but I could see it later turning out that she did. I did get her confused with Wizard answering the earlier question, sorry.]
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maximilianjenus
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IIRC in the manga spoiler[the one who gets mercy killed is a female magic user, the priest makes it out alive, but her mental state was similar to the rest of the goblin's "rape harem" whom got sent to a churhc or something]
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Princess_Irene
ANN Associate Editor
Posts: 2672 Location: The castle beyond the Goblin City |
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That's pretty in line with the novel spoiler[(although Priestess isn't quite that badly off), but what about Fighter/Melee? Is she left out? I think she's the one people are confused about,] although at this point I'm not sure.
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maximilianjenus
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yeah, people are confused about the monk/fighter
spoiler[in the manga she gets graphically raped (think shinsekai yori manga, where it follow the same plot but the scenes are more graphic), but survives adn tehre's a small onepanel epilogue where it's said that the surviving girls were sent to a monastery or something like that ] |
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Eldritcho
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Oh look, another fantasy series based on the writers DnD campaign.
Pass. |
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TarsTarkas
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That's a bit harsh. I have found the realism in the story to be quite refreshing. Humanoid monsters actually acting like humanoid monsters. I didn't get the feel of a D&D campaign.
Don't know about the light novel, but I recommend the manga to those that want their violence to be depicted, and not PC'd. |
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prime_pm
Posts: 2387 Location: Your Mother's Bedroom |
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If anything, this was more Dark Souls than D&D. Using a short sword in a cave instead of a long sword? That's just common sense.
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