Hai to Gensou no Grimgar

[MFauli]

episode 8 is out
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The FUCK!
Before I write what I planned to: This last scene was SO bad. Mata ashita. Pause. Pause. Pause. Getting on my nerves. Pause. Pause. Mata ashita. Pause. Pause. Scene finally shifts to endin music. Whoever the director of this anime is must be full of himself to the max. "Look at how artsy I am!" is all I heard while watching the scene. There´s slow pacing and then there´s this. Ugh.

What I wanted to say: I figured out this show´s problem. EVERY episode feels like some sort of epilogue. It was specially obvious this week. Goddam, the ending scene began at around minute 16:00! This anime feels like it is the aftermath of so-me-thing, but we never got to see about that. Instead, week after week, it is this epilogue-kinda presentation. Repeating emotional speeches, little dialogue, scenes where nothing happens except music, etc..

[shinta|hikari]

It's watered down as hell. Again we get a grave scene. Again we get music. Again we get random nothingness. Again we get Ranta ranting (that name CANNOT be a coincidence).

At least there's progress with Mary, who is clearly the main love interest for Hal.

[NeoCybercoin]

What I mostly liked about the beside the action was the fact that it shows that Goblins are intelligent enough to play freakin card and chess games.

[shinta|hikari]

And we have adventurer's killing those guys in their homes. Damn.

[lelouch]

I think a plot-twist will be that the goblins are actually a different faction of Humans who were sent to this world, and these adventurers look like Goblins to them (and vice-versa).

[Kraco]

The goblins are living in ruins and wearing quite rudimentary clothing and armour. I don't think too many humans would like to live like that. Even if they were reborn as goblins, they still would rather yearn to live decently like humans, even if they didn't understand why based on their missing memories. The MCs weren't even totally wiped clean since some remnants of their skills and hobbies remained, just as cooking. So, I think a human reborn as a goblin like this would feel it's not his body but the body of an ugly monster.

[shinta|hikari]

Do they really have to be humans for it to matter? These goblins are sentient beings who are going about their daily life in a ruin, then a bunch of adventurers looking for some cash invade their homes and kill them mercilessly. I haven't seen the goblins attack human towns or even travelers preemptively yet.

[MFauli]

Um, guys, how about this:

The goblins ARE the players. That´s why they´re so relaxed and enjoy the fighting. Meanwhile our "heroes" are actually NPCs.

[shinta|hikari]

I don't think understanding the origins matter. We haven't even gotten past killing goblins yet. The mystery of the world is probably in the 257th episode.

[MFauli]

I don't think understanding the origins matter. We haven't even gotten past killing goblins yet. The mystery of the world is probably in the 257th episode.

Nah, that´s when Haru visits Manato´s grave to lay down some flowers and reminisce the good old time, a 20 minutes scene showing the nearby environment with sad music, no dialogue. Then preview for next episode: Shihoru visits the grave.

[shinta|hikari]

They should've cremated Manato and put him in a jar. That way, they don't even need to go out to do the musical scene. They can do it while cooking lunch or after taking a bath! Then they can carry small vials of his ashes out on battle so they can be all emo before they kill innocent goblins. Musical emo-ness is great, especially in between scenes of silence and falling snow.

[MFauli]

episode 9 is out
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wow is that bad. first half of the episode literally NOTHING happened. :/

And know what, it´s specially frustrating when that training scene was some genuine interesting anime. But we get it like once per 3 episodes :/

[lelouch]

I'm surprised this world's economy has not yet produced swords for hire -- high level body guards who accompany groups for guaranteed up-front payment. A group wouldn't want to use them everyday but when venturing to a new area it would be a prudent choice

[shinta|hikari]

Good parts:
Wakilicious Thief teacher.
Priestess nape and legs.

Bad parts:
Everything else.

The ground part of the training made no sense. Blatant fan service is better than fake training. Children might try dumb stuff like that, you know, like climbing overhangs with boots instead of bare feet or proper climbing shoes... The only thing dumber than those things is the director for padding everything with nothing+music.

Hal clearly likes Mary, which makes sense. Yume is a dumb country hick, and Shihoru likes a dead guy.

@Lel - It's probably more cost efficient to just kill higher level mobs than risk yourself guarding noobs like this group. I'd personally rather risk my life against a dragon than protect Ranta against himself.

[NeoCybercoin]

Seems Yume enjoys putting herself in danger with that rock climbing of hers.
And how much was 1 gold again? Hundred or thousand silvers?

[shinta|hikari]

Hundred.

It's not really dangerous because she uses a rope and periodic hooks. It's just stupid because she should use better shoes.

[Kraco]

I don't mind watching the developing relationship between Hal and Mary. Good thing I do because apart from Hal's training scene, there certainly was nothing else happening here.

[shinta|hikari]

Mary is so hot. Kuudere's are the best.

But sadistic onee-sans are even better. I wonder what that thief teacher does when she's not training idiots.

[NeoCybercoin]

Dominating the one who pays the most I guess.

[Kraco]

Episode 10 - HS




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Looks like the perfect time for a tactical retreat. Not only is the giant there, but a score of normal ones as well. I feel like these guys are pushing forward a bit too aggressively in any case. They aren't any pros and their group hardly shows any real tactics and teamwork. They occasionally support each other, but it always looks more like opportunism than strategy that purposefully led to that outcome. Not to mention how Hal is such a poor leader. In my opinion he's a poorer leader than Ranta a team member. The dude ought to seek out of the better team leaders in the town and chat with them in depth, to acquire valuable pointers. Considering these guys line of work, it's more than just a little dangerous to purely grow into the role by experimenting.

It seems to me the kobolds should have some better loot stashed away. The heroes should look for such treasures. The first level lesser kobolds might not have much, but even they could have. Moreover, it would need to be hidden, lest the stonger kobolds rob it all. That's indeed the key: the weaker ones can't carry much with them not due to the human invaders but because of their stronger brethren. Humans would kill them anyway, so it wouldn't matter if they were robbed at the same time, but their own kind would just took any possessions, over and over again.