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EP. REVIEW: How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom Part 2 [2022-01-27]

In the end, Souma's idea of a secret alliance is so revolutionary that Jeanne all but demands he come home and marry her sister.

This episode illustrates how painfully tidy everything in Realist Hero feels.

It's hard to talk about this series without harping on the same issues over and over again, and I hate doing that.

Basically two episodes of Souma wrecking Julius and making him look like a fool at every turn. I kind of want to see a political ruler that can actually give Souma a good run for his money, because Julius will probably fall apart while he's in charge.

Jeanne is really growing on me (and her sister definitely seems interested in Souma). I wonder where the story with the Demon Lord will go.

I love Liscia's jealous moments, getting antsy with Jeanne wanting to steal Souma away or Aisha getting competitive.

Reviewer wrote:

This episode illustrates how painfully tidy everything in Realist Hero feels.

Do you enjoy isekai shows where the the protaganist is OP and everything they do requires almost zero effort like so many of the isekai animes out there? we all enjoy a struggle but a believable struggle is hard. Honestly I don't think the whole premise of this season has reveled itself.

Reviewer wrote:

It's hard to talk about this series without harping on the same issues over and over again, and I hate doing that.

Then don't, Take an objective view, we get it this is not your cup of tea, find another way to talk about it, compare it to something else. Compare to examples in history. you started when you talked about Pluto , another example could have been the enlighten period or how Galileo was banished from the church for his discoveries/beliefs. I believe the author of the light novel must have study the history of political science and then they decided to pull a Zipang or "The Final Countdown" and says here's what might happen if you go back in time with all the current knowledge. Political Science is not genre for a shonen anime.

Basically two episodes of Souma wrecking Julius and making him look like a fool at every turn. I kind of want to see a political ruler that can actually give Souma a good run for his money, because Julius will probably fall apart while he's in charge.

Jeanne is really growing on me (and her sister definitely seems interested in Souma). I wonder where the story with the Demon Lord will go.

I love Liscia's jealous moments, getting antsy with Jeanne wanting to steal Souma away or Aisha getting competitive.

This 2nd cour just continues to confirm my thoughts on this show. The writing priorities of this show are the same as stuff like the currently airing The Strongest Sage with The Weakest Crest or other stuff like Isekai Smartphone. Everything this show does is to make the main character look cool. The smart people know how cool and smart Souma is so they want to ally with him. The dumb people like the prince are the ones that oppose our protag and refuse to see how cool he is. The entire setting itself seems to have elements made of stupid so that our protag can point it out and look smart for doing so.

However The Strongest Sage thingy and Isekai Smartphone seem to know how making a story purely about "look at how awesome our protag is" is kinda silly and not fit for a story to be taken seriously so they just take a lighthearted tone and don't try to overthink it. OP protag solving problems without effort makes for a bit lame entertainment but it is what it is, good for some brainless lighthearted fun. Realist Hero tries to be like a political thriller but just mixed with an Light Novel OP protagonist. You know, it's like trying to fit a square peg in a round hole. Without the thrill, all this political intrigue seems like a wasted effort.

Souma's talk with Georg shows how far people will go for their ideas, and how much they're willing to sacrifice, although I can't help but think that Castor and Carla really did screw themselves over for nothing.

Liscia must be really internalizing how much Carmine's fate is eating away at her.

Jeanne and Hakuya seem pretty chummy.

I wasn't expecting a commendation ceremony to turn into Aisha's dad pimping his daughter out as Souma's next queen or Juna making her play, but Liscia is at least ready to approve sister wives that she knows as long as she is the undisputed first wife/queen. Too bad Juna has to wait until she's Nana Mizuki level to get married to Souma in public.

A secret cabal conspiring against Souma? I don't see that ending well.

It seems to be a trend in Light Novels recently majority of Isekai seem to be centered on 3 categories.
First one, as described above overpowered hero who ends up with Harem, most of them are male dominated with a female one thrown in from time to time:
Arifuta, Realist Hero, Reincarnated as a Slime, Isekai smartphone, cheat magician, she called herself pupil of wise man, how not to summon demon lord, moon-led journey, shield hero, so I am a Spider. There is a new one coming up - life is hard for MOB in Otome world. (There is a sub-genre of it that uses reincarnation instead of isekai but everything else is the same: I wanted to be average in my next life, misfit in demon king academy, strongest sage with weakest seal).

Second one is overpowered hero isekai to fantasy world but wants to live in peace or pursue slow life. Majority of that is female dominated with couple of male ones thrown in.
Killing slimes for 300 years, Ascendance Of A Bookworm, Saint's power is omnipotent, drugstore in another world.

Third variation is average japanese girl/boy isekai into villain of the novel/game just read/played and need to get out of bad end. Korean web novels are consumed with this one and mostly dominated by females as MC. My next life as a villainess seem to be a starting point of it, Overlord is variation for male MC.
Tanya the Evil and So I am a Spider seems to be a different sub-genre as its written from point of view of a villain(ess) but who consideres himself (herself) a hero. Forget about redo of healer which is basically revenge porn.

It seems less that the author studied PoliSci, and more like he had to do a book report on The Prince, but maybe that's just me.

b-dragon wrote:

It seems less that the author studied PoliSci, and more like he had to do a book report on The Prince, but maybe that's just me.

I tend to agree, especially after Ep18 where the book is heavily quoted as if it were the Bible for politics. There have been no shortage of treatises on government and politics in history but the author doesn't even mention one other....

Also about Ep18- It would be really interesting if Duke Carmine really were the head of the "black cat" corps in disguise and his execution just a cover. The way Duchess Excel reacted to Liscia's outburst was curious. But, I suppose not. Also, Harem Assemble! (in bed)

...the author's addiction to macheveli's the prince... using that book as a means to govern as king...may tend to backfire in the worst way in the future!...