Episode 1 is out
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Super good first episode. Big positive surprise :D And the ending is very promising, too. So apparently Ken will be able to transform into human-shape, too. Opens up many possibilities.
Production value seems high. Really pleasant experience. ❤
Read 2 volumes of this and reading volume 3 now. It's okay. Extremely fast paced. Don't get your hopes too high and you will enjoy it.
It's better than Overlord, at least...
I consider it somewhere between Maoyuu Maou Yuusha and DanMachi, weighted just slightly toward Maoyuu.
Economics and politics come into play, but it isn't taken as seriously as Maoyuu, and Great Sage is obviously more like an game-mechanic Isekai series. DanMachi had elements of that. Shinta is right though, this series can run at a breakneck pace. Consider how much time already passed just in episode 1.
Please stop spoiling this for anime-only fans :/
Hey, I only said it had a fast pace. Ryll is the one naming stuff.
I compared it to two other series, but duly noted.
I quite enjoy the manga, so I'm watching this as well. I had nothing against this particular isekai getting animated, not a waste like some others (not referring to Overlord but some isekai I didn't read/watch because they were too stupid). Although especially in this first episode anime as a medium posed some problems, for sure. As a slime, he was supposed to be incapable of more or less all of our senses, save touch and taste(/smell). It ought to have worked in the novel (which I haven't read), but it was hard enough to depict in the manga, I'd say, and impossible in the anime.
Episode 2 is out
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Another great episode. Rimuru is the coolest slime ever - and strongest, too. Lol, imagine playing a jrpg, finding a slime, thinking to kill it with one slash of your sword - and it starts pulling off all sorts of crazy moves :D
Also: there we have our 'good' goblins!!1
Only letdown: I expected Veldora to communicate with Rimuru telepathically, but apparently that's not possible.
Well, the end of the ep was a bit of a letdown.
There's not much to be gained from helping those goblins or fighting those weak direwolves.
Sure you can always bend your story into making it useful, or just something you do for fun/compassion.
But as is, it felt as spoilt frames...
I don't need to imagine it after playing Atelier Sophie. Generally speaking I play games quite carefully, but then once I made the mistake of thinking a boss slime is still a slime. How tough can it be?Quote:
Originally Posted by MFauli
Come on, don't look down on the series so early on. Rimuru is a monster himself now, so what's wrong about associating with other monsters? Think of his personality back when he was still a human: He was a dude willing to help his friends, and even gave his life to save them. Clearly not a person only working for his own personal benefit and otherwise ignoring everybody and their distress.Quote:
Originally Posted by David75
I just hope this is not some time lost for better anime content.
I reckon towards the end of the story, we'll learn that Rimuru becomes handicapped after we learn that his prior performance was only because of his high mana stores. It'll be an interesting and believable way to suddenly introduce tension. After that, breaking out Veldora successfully would be the key to winning whatever battle he would be in.
This show is great so far in a feel-good sort of way.
Well my reaction to the goblin part is that of allergy to useless frames in good/enjoyable anime. We've had that quite a bit these last few seasons. I will be pleased if it so happens it was unfounded fear ;)
Rimuru's powers are just...too much.
I mean, I like that he's basically Mega Man in that he takes the powers of whatever he kills. And it's cool that he absorbs materials for later...I guess...crafting usage. Those are already two hugely OP abilities.
But the fact that ON TOP of that he also seems to immediately learn anything he even tries to do once is just stacking hacks on top of hacks. Like all those water abilities he just learned for no reason. They couldn't have had him, like, eat a squid or something to explain it?
Like, pick a lane.
I also wish he didn't actually change color when he shape-shifted into a monster he's eaten. I think it would have been cool if he was just a slime SHAPED like the monster.
Hey, you don't know what kinds of cool special abilities Dire Wolves or Goblins might have.Quote:
Originally Posted by David75
I thought he was going to ask to eat the body of that goblin hero, so that he could gain access to a humanoid form.
In my opinion, that's kinda the point. There's one or two other isekai-series that go for this angle. I won't name them. But, "weak-ass monster is remarkably overpowered."
It's a big difference from the more typical mode of "nerd is great in this tailor made environment."
Great Sage is a super cheat and acknowledged as such. There's also specific advantages that have been granted, with set-ups from the first episode. Time frame is important too. It's already been nearly a year, with only two episodes.
I also don't think power progression is the point of this anime. Rimuru is more like Saitama, except not THAT powerful. But he's not expected to train and work to get stronger. He's a ridiculous abnormality that'll humiliate traditionally strong characters and defeat traditionally strong monsters to impress others. And that's fine imo.
New ep out.
So everyone leveled up.
Taming direwolves and have them evolve gets Rimuru a fast vehicule...
And he's got hot goblinas for his sweet dreams now :o
Naming monsters have them evolve and costs him magicules.
I wonder he gets some energy or evolution, other than having a society he can build an empire with, with all the associated benefits.
I wonder if the scenarists/writer will go the simcity route. Because now, with those evolutions and Rimuru's skills/powers, it makes sense to care about the goblins and direwolves.
Still the best anime of the season. I love how Rimuru basically brings civilization to monsters :D
I just have a bad feeling that shitty humans might fuck over the village, especially since the goblins won't hurt humans now. :/
Also goblinas. No wonder these goblins don't have to resort to rape.
Story wise, this is hardly any different than 2 (shitty) anime I've watched in the last 2 seasons.
This has a funny twist to it but I'd be a hypocrite if I say it's any different from that smartphone-dude or that game-designer isekai show.
Lets see how long this will remain interesting. It's build around humor, so it has a chance
Wow he chewed through his mana crazily fast. Recovery only took 3 days however, which cheapens all the rare stuff he spent months eating up.