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Angry Grimace posted:Are we watching the same show? Because pretty much every episode has fuckloads of fanservice. Goons being in denial is nothing new.
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Yes but it's not pure fanservice now is it. 
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Kyte posted:Yes but it's not pure fanservice now is it. The scene where Bell twisted his knife in the minotaur's wrist was the greatest bit of fanservice for me. The rest of the fight was pure hype train.
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pandaK posted:http://sakuga.yshi.org/post/show/15791/akira_hamaguchi-animated-dungeon_ni_deai_o_motomer Plus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1qQT3-A8Cc is downright transcendent.
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Darth Walrus posted:Man, it's kind of amazing how much eye-watering brutality this show inflicts on its monsters, given its general tone.
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chumbler posted:Goons being in denial is nothing new. Yeah, denial is definitely liking certain parts of a show while acknowledging that there are other parts that are bad or just not your cup of tea. 
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Jun 5, 2015 21:51
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Fanservice rules. Sorry nerds.
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Jun 6, 2015 00:25
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I like this anime, even if I am a dumb retard.
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Man, I knew they were playing up the video gamey-ness of this fantasy world, but this episode was giving me serious flashbacks to the aggro trains to the zone border in Everquest dungeons.
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This is why you invest in Area clear spells. Or better yet get a few charges in Yearn. That way you don't end up so deep in a dungeon the RNG starts lusting for your blood like a hungry hound.
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Bakanogami posted:Man, I knew they were playing up the video gamey-ness of this fantasy world, but this episode was giving me serious flashbacks to the aggro trains to the zone border in Everquest dungeons. You too!? 
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It's a shame that Bell's Party and kinda-sorta the Loki Familia are the only non-rear end in a top hat adventurers. The party that screwed Bell over could have just as easily turned and fought with them, then retreated together afterward. It seems like it'd be at least 3 level 2's and other people who were at least competent enough to be going to the middle floors, so no problem right? Nah, lets just gently caress over other people and feel bad about it later. I mean, since death is such a real possibility I can see why they didn't chance it, psychologically, but c'mon. Bell's the ultimate nice guy, so it'll never happen, but I'd love to see him turn down saving a party that screwed him in the past after he's skyrocketed to level 5 and they're still at 2 or 3. Maybe he'd at least make them beg for his help? Also, I love that Bell permanently hates Minotaurs, it's like he's got a hidden passive skill that makes him always own them now. Even before he triggered Argonaut he was going to town on that first one right out the gate. Oh, and can the gods do anything in a dungeon, or are they basically powerless walking targets? I feel like it's the latter, since they give up a bunch of power to be among mortals and they're making a big deal about recruiting people just to protect them, and Hestia was powerless against that escaped monster. I think it makes Hestia and Hermes pretty drat irresponsible to make the quest harder just because they want to go along for the ride.
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It's pretty surprising how the last 2 or 3 episodes have made such a 180 on the harem theme. Killing the super-powered minotaur, meeting Welf, and getting hosed over in the middle floors has all been pretty much just the action and character progression. What I'm trying to say is, where the gently caress is my beach episode?
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The Crusher posted:It's pretty surprising how the last 2 or 3 episodes have made such a 180 on the harem theme. Killing the super-powered minotaur, meeting Welf, and getting hosed over in the middle floors has all been pretty much just the action and character progression. I'm placing 90% odds on the safe floor being a hot spring. NowonSA posted:It's a shame that Bell's Party and kinda-sorta the Loki Familia are the only non-rear end in a top hat adventurers. The party that screwed Bell over could have just as easily turned and fought with them, then retreated together afterward. It seems like it'd be at least 3 level 2's and other people who were at least competent enough to be going to the middle floors, so no problem right? Nah, lets just gently caress over other people and feel bad about it later. I mean, since death is such a real possibility I can see why they didn't chance it, psychologically, but c'mon. Bell's the ultimate nice guy, so it'll never happen, but I'd love to see him turn down saving a party that screwed him in the past after he's skyrocketed to level 5 and they're still at 2 or 3. Maybe he'd at least make them beg for his help? I would assume that the gods can contribute in some way, even if it's just faster access to neat superpowers for the front-line fighters. Hestia may be a bit of a ditz, but she's had a pretty good track record so far of knowing what course of action will best help Bell. As for the other party, they had one effective fighter plus a half-dozen wounded, supporters, and/or wounded supporters. Lilli seems unique in how much rear end she can kick given her job description, and she's still not an amazing fighter. Standing with Bell's party would have accomplished nothing except for pushing those vulnerable people further into harm's way.
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NowonSA posted:It's a shame that Bell's Party and kinda-sorta the Loki Familia are the only non-rear end in a top hat adventurers. The party that screwed Bell over could have just as easily turned and fought with them, then retreated together afterward. It seems like it'd be at least 3 level 2's and other people who were at least competent enough to be going to the middle floors, so no problem right? Nah, lets just gently caress over other people and feel bad about it later. The girl they were carrying was practically dying, so they were in a bit of a hurry, and they were being chased by infinite monsters, so there was no real chance of fighting them. Remember that the Dungeon keeps spawning new monsters forever, and the spawn interval shrinks the deeper you go. Bell's party only survived because they fell through to a lower floor. Gods can't do anything, because part of the deal is that they've given up all divine powers to have fun down below, so if they do anything deemed against the Rules, they get beamed back to heaven, and it's game over. So yeah, they're a liability. The Crusher posted:What I'm trying to say is, where the gently caress is my beach episode? Should be next episode. 
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Darth Walrus posted:I'm placing 90% odds on the safe floor being a hot spring. Did the episode with Hestia and the other goddesses in a bath house count as the hot spring episode? I mean it shouldn't, but did it?
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Yeah, the only practical ability of a god or goddess in a dungeon seems like the portable stat increases, and even that takes some time. It's like the same level of benefit as a portable vendor in there with you to sell your loot, but with the liability that you need to protect its helpless butt 24/7 or you're screwed. I didn't make the connection of the Parade Party having lots of supporters, that makes a bit more sense. Still, sword girl seemed to be doing quite well, and they had time to chill at the mouth of the tunnel and discuss their plan. I know talking is a free action, but they could have spent that free action yelling to Bell and Co to run away with them. Throw a stink bag or smoke bomb in their midst as you're going past to give them some cover, I mean honestly it's like these guys don't play D&D at all and bring no equipment with them into the dungeon. Alpha Kenny Juan posted:Did the episode with Hestia and the other goddesses in a bath house count as the hot spring episode? When did that happen? I've missed like one or two episodes in the middle, I guess it must've been one of those, because I don't remember anything remotely like this. Put me down for the safe floor being a hot spring though, I want Bell and company to all literally limp their way to healing springs, bonus points if they fall unconscious into the water. Goliath is totally going to have respawned though, they're going to need some proper rescuing. Not a bad arc to end the first season on, certainly.
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Only 3 more episodes left for this season  Are the light novels worth reading?
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mpyro posted:Only 3 more episodes left for this season Yeah, they're great. Only 2 published in English so far, though, while the anime will cover up to vol 5. Vol 8 comes out in a week in Japan.
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Darth Walrus posted:I'm placing 90% odds on the safe floor being a hot spring. I feel like this is a safe bet.
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The hot springs contain a Champion version of a monster that only attacks if you disturb it's hot springs maintainence job. Many an adventurer too eager for a fight have bloodied the pools, more work for the beast.
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NowonSA posted:I didn't make the connection of the Parade Party having lots of supporters, that makes a bit more sense. Still, sword girl seemed to be doing quite well, and they had time to chill at the mouth of the tunnel and discuss their plan. I know talking is a free action, but they could have spent that free action yelling to Bell and Co to run away with them. Throw a stink bag or smoke bomb in their midst as you're going past to give them some cover, I mean honestly it's like these guys don't play D&D at all and bring no equipment with them into the dungeon. They did what they did specifically to get the train to lose aggro and have Bell's party gain it instead.
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.Clash posted:I feel like this is a safe bet.
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grrarg posted:A very safe bet since the next episode preview showed the title "Under Resort - Labyrinth Utopia." There's a 10% chance it's a beach instead. This dungeon's geography is goddamn weird.
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Darth Walrus posted:There's a 10% chance it's a beach instead. This dungeon's geography is goddamn weird. It's like you haven't played a dungeon crawler before. Geography that couldn't be there like a sunny forest right above the literal gates of hell is par for the course.
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Darth Walrus posted:There's a 10% chance it's a beach instead. This dungeon's geography is goddamn weird. Pretty sure it's like a roguelike where it's constantly shifting save for a few fixed points. In fact the entire system is very roguelike.
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Kyte posted:
If this were the case, every post-credits scene would be the party drink-IDing potions and reading random scrolls and books to see what they do.
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AfroSquirrel posted:If this were the case, every post-credits scene would be the party drink-IDing potions and reading random scrolls and books to see what they do. If it is anything like my experience playing pixel dungeon, random characters will burst into flames iding potions. 
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I sat down to watch this over the weekend and ended up marathoning it and I don't even know why. I can't even point out a specific thing that I really liked about it, a character who I thought was really really good, or anything I thought it did excessively well. It was just fun to watch.AfroSquirrel posted:If this were the case, every post-credits scene would be the party drink-IDing potions and reading random scrolls and books to see what they do. This is almost literally what Bell did with the firebolt grimoire.
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Kanos posted:I sat down to watch this over the weekend and ended up marathoning it and I don't even know why. I can't even point out a specific thing that I really liked about it, a character who I thought was really really good, or anything I thought it did excessively well. It was just fun to watch. Its earnestness is pretty charming, and it's at least more willing to poke fun at its protagonist than its closest rival, SAO (and it's not even half as skeevy, even with its metric tonne of T&A - the other show went to some bad, bad places). The solid production values are nice, too.
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There doesn't seem to be a whole lot of loot, though. Just those crystals, since in the anime all the monsters go poof when they die.
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^^^ e: The Minotaur's Horn was a special drop. He also got a special drop in an early episode which he sold and ended up eating a lot of it away at the tavern. I missed this: NowonSA posted:When did that happen? I've missed like one or two episodes in the middle, I guess it must've been one of those, because I don't remember anything remotely like this. It was the episode where Hestia was in a bathhouse getting ready for a date with Bell. I could have sworn it was mentioned the only people allowed were gods or at least VIP. Afterwards a bunch of goddesses(?) were surrounding Hestia asking about Bell, then followed her on the date to see how ~moe~ Bell really was. Alpha Kenny Juan fucked around with this message at 19:29 on Jun 8, 2015 |
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Darth Walrus posted:Its earnestness is pretty charming, and it's at least more willing to poke fun at its protagonist than its closest rival, SAO (and it's not even half as skeevy, even with its metric tonne of T&A - the other show went to some bad, bad places). Speaking of earnestness, I like how Lili berated Bell after he saved her "because she's a girl" - considering the strongest characters in the anime are all women. That's kinda self aware, for an anime, right?
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Jordbo posted:Speaking of earnestness, I like how Lili berated Bell after he saved her "because she's a girl" - considering the strongest characters in the anime are all women. That's kinda self aware, for an anime, right? It's not often that milquetoast protagonists actually get called out on that line. I certainly appreciated it.
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HellCopter posted:It's not often that milquetoast protagonists actually get called out on that line. I certainly appreciated it.
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HellCopter posted:It's not often that milquetoast protagonists actually get called out on that line. I certainly appreciated it. I just like that it's played off as if that's not what he's actually thinking ether that it's better to give her the stock answer than the real one.
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Kyte posted:Pretty sure it's like a roguelike where it's constantly shifting save for a few fixed points. So its basically a Tartarus from Persona 3. With onsen floors.
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Kanos posted:I sat down to watch this over the weekend and ended up marathoning it and I don't even know why. I can't even point out a specific thing that I really liked about it, a character who I thought was really really good, or anything I thought it did excessively well. It was just fun to watch.
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I enjoy minotaur death and the occasional boob. edit: Seriously the last episode was alright. It's good to see Bell actually in danger for once. I just hope he learns his lesson and increases his party size when they manage to escape. Sephiroth_IRA fucked around with this message at 11:56 on Jun 10, 2015 |
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