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Xelkelvos
Dec 19, 2012

Super Jay Mann posted:

Need video of this intercut with the healing scene stat.

We'll probably get some better shots for next episode besides the stinger this ep.

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GhostofJohnMuir
Aug 14, 2014

anime is not good
i found the scenes of potimas and dustin thinking deeply about what kind of intricate scheme could possibly be at play and then you smash cut to neet murder spider just chilling and enjoying all the apples people bring her

Mordaedil
Oct 25, 2007

Oh wow, cool. Good job.
So?
Grimey Drawer
I feel like there was a decent amount of attention on Kumoko this episode, at least with things that are currently relevant to her. The only Shun thing was them buying a cape for Fei, really. The rest was concurrent and focused on things our protagonist is directly involved in, so it felt a lot more relevant at least.

Albeit the amount of jumping back and forth in time this anime does... I feel like the manga really did the smarter thing omitting all of the human stuff.

Anora
Feb 16, 2014

I fuckin suck!🪠
TBF, I'd much rather the people just stand around talking if that one episode was anything to go by.

Bakeneko
Jan 9, 2007

Kumoko being a spanner in the works for all these villains is a lot of fun. I love plots where an elaborate evil scheme is foiled by an oblivious hero just showing up and doing something heroic. If you’re going to have an overpowered protagonist in an isekai story, this is how you do it.

ConanTheLibrarian
Aug 13, 2004


dis buch is late
Fallen Rib

Mordaedil posted:

Albeit the amount of jumping back and forth in time this anime does... I feel like the manga really did the smarter thing omitting all of the human stuff.

Without the human parts to provide a view of the bigger picture, the story is just Kumoko getting stronger. The show might be funnier, but not as interesting. Besides, there are only two time periods, is it really that hard to keep track?

Justin_Brett
Oct 23, 2012

GAMERDOME put down LOSER
Yeah eventually only showing Kumoko's half is going to catch up with the manga, I wouldn't say it's inherently better.

esselfortium
Jul 19, 2006

Cumulonimbus Antagonistic Posting
I like the human parts, I wish the anime hadn't done such a hackjob with them.

Raenir Salazar
Nov 5, 2010

College Slice

ConanTheLibrarian posted:

Without the human parts to provide a view of the bigger picture, the story is just Kumoko getting stronger. The show might be funnier, but not as interesting. Besides, there are only two time periods, is it really that hard to keep track?

I'm surprised the manga didn't simply just split the story lines into two different concurrent manga adaptions, that would've been best and you can just add in additional content for the humans that gets glossed over/montaged over (although the LN content is vast compared to the anime).

But slight disagree here, while the manga can be reduced to "Kumoko getting strong" the manga conveys amazing atmosphere, there's a reason why before reading the LN I described it as being "dark souls as a spider monster".

Maxwell Adams
Oct 21, 2000

T E E F S
Maybe you guys want to head back to episode 9 and watch the scene with the Demon Lord's council again. Take a good look at all those characters.

cant cook creole bream
Aug 15, 2011
I think Fahrenheit is better for weather

Maxwell Adams posted:

Maybe you guys want to head back to episode 9 and watch the scene with the Demon Lord's council again. Take a good look at all those characters.

It's subtle but I think I know what you mean.

It turns out that this demon lord is the same girl who obliterated the spider.

Raenir Salazar
Nov 5, 2010

College Slice
Mera being voiced by Kaiba is great.

Adder Moray
Nov 18, 2010

ConanTheLibrarian posted:

Without the human parts to provide a view of the bigger picture, the story is just Kumoko getting stronger. The show might be funnier, but not as interesting. Besides, there are only two time periods, is it really that hard to keep track?

With characters like Dustin, Potimas, and Ariel I can understand how it can be at times. Those are people who appear at both points in time and look about the same now as they did 15 years ago, so I can understand losing track sometimes in their scenes (Dustin, for example, had a brief scene in the present and then a bigger scene in the past this episode that I know are going to get people jumbled up).

Bobulus
Jan 28, 2007

Episode 19 preview up!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVmT9Sf0vY4

Nitrousoxide
May 30, 2011

do not buy a oneplus phone



Episode 19:

cant cook creole bream
Aug 15, 2011
I think Fahrenheit is better for weather
Wow. A bunch of throwaway characters with lots of names I already forgot the moment they mentioned them!

MadMadi
Mar 16, 2012

cant cook creole bream posted:

Wow. A bunch of throwaway characters with lots of names I already forgot the moment they mentioned them!

You can basically just remember that the elves kidnapped a bunch of the reincarnation and were super shady.

copy
Jul 26, 2007

Holy gently caress at long last there's at least one character on the non-spider side of the cast who is not behaving with breathtakingly stupid levels of credulousness and naivete. The constant and unconditional trust for sensei was one of the most annoying parts of the classmate side of the story. God I hope this continues. Even if it turns out she is on the up-and-up, her actions just toward the main cast have been incredibly shady and warrant at least some mild suspicion.

Rudoku
Jun 15, 2003

Damn I need a drink...


copy posted:

Holy gently caress at long last there's at least one character on the non-spider side of the cast who is not behaving with breathtakingly stupid levels of credulousness and naivete. The constant and unconditional trust for sensei was one of the most annoying parts of the classmate side of the story. God I hope this continues. Even if it turns out she is on the up-and-up, her actions just toward the main cast have been incredibly shady and warrant at least some mild suspicion.

I like how the Class Rep was just constantly making GBS threads on her.

duz
Jul 11, 2005

Come on Ilhan, lets go bag us a shitpost



The cutest little deadly monster.

Desperate Character
Apr 13, 2009
be careful reading the episode description on Crunchyroll, the title and its description are for next weeks episode

copy
Jul 26, 2007

Rudoku posted:

I like how the Class Rep was just constantly making GBS threads on her.

it ruled completely

Tamba
Apr 5, 2010

cant cook creole bream posted:

Wow. A bunch of throwaway characters with lots of names I already forgot the moment they mentioned them!

The only ones who are slightly relevant are the adventurer pair (and even that is out of the scope of the anime). No need to remember the rest of them

Doodles
Apr 14, 2001
"If you meet your parents, kill your parents."

Looks like Kumiko took that just a tad literally. :thunk:

Nitrousoxide
May 30, 2011

do not buy a oneplus phone



copy posted:

it ruled completely

Oh hey Sensei, who have you kidnapped this time... :smith:

Super Jay Mann
Nov 6, 2008

Dragon moments before being stabbed: "What are you gonna do, stab me?"

Super Jay Mann fucked around with this message at 00:57 on May 22, 2021

Electric Phantasm
Apr 7, 2011

YOSPOS

I feel kinda bad for Ariel she just wants to smash the bug that's eating her mind, but she's getting unknowingly dragged into war she probably doesn't want to fight.

Although it is funny seeing Potimas go "hmm this must be Ariel's doing :thunk:" before cutting to our protagonist freaking out.

SpartanIvy
May 18, 2007
Hair Elf
I had a hearty guffaw at the english "Why?" being subbed as "Por Que?"

Raenir Salazar
Nov 5, 2010

College Slice
That was a little disappointing as far as the final confrontation between Kumo and Mother goes. The manga version of that fight really raised my expectations. :smith:

copy posted:

Holy gently caress at long last there's at least one character on the non-spider side of the cast who is not behaving with breathtakingly stupid levels of credulousness and naivete. The constant and unconditional trust for sensei was one of the most annoying parts of the classmate side of the story. God I hope this continues. Even if it turns out she is on the up-and-up, her actions just toward the main cast have been incredibly shady and warrant at least some mild suspicion.

The anime downplays the fact that Katia has been suspicious of Sensei/Oka for a while.

kirtar
Sep 11, 2011

Strum in a harmonizing quartet
I want to cause a revolution

What can I do? My savage
nature is beyond wild

SpartanIvy posted:

I had a hearty guffaw at the english "Why?" being subbed as "Por Que?"

They do seem to be using Spanish for selected English outbursts since we also got "No habla isekai" for "I can't speak isekai-go."

Nitrousoxide
May 30, 2011

do not buy a oneplus phone



kirtar posted:

They do seem to be using Spanish for selected English outbursts since we also got "No habla isekai" for "I can't speak isekai-go."

Except for "Oh Jesus"

Bobulus
Jan 28, 2007

Obviously Kumoko got kinda a raw deal with her reincarnation, but imagine dying, being reincarnated in a fantasy world, and having to spend your whole life as a subsistence farmer.

Kung Food
Dec 11, 2006

PORN WIZARD

Bobulus posted:

Obviously Kumoko got kinda a raw deal with her reincarnation, but imagine dying, being reincarnated in a fantasy world, and having to spend your whole life as a subsistence farmer.

Aren't there already at least a couple of isekai with this exact same theme?

Xelkelvos
Dec 19, 2012

Kung Food posted:

Aren't there already at least a couple of isekai with this exact same theme?
Sorta, except they usually have a gimmick or use their modern world knowledge to befriend more capable or powerful people to their side.

TowerofOil
May 22, 2007

You don't need a doctor, I'm a christian scientist.

Bread Liar
It's more like dying and then being tossed into an elf run labor camp

Nitrousoxide
May 30, 2011

do not buy a oneplus phone



Ariel's secret form revealed:

Mordaedil
Oct 25, 2007

Oh wow, cool. Good job.
So?
Grimey Drawer
Reminds me of Ajax from Deadpool.

Bobulus
Jan 28, 2007

This thread sure has gotten quiet! Did people get bored or are finals happening or what?

Tomorrow's preview:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR3g10QKXsc

And here's a rough translation I took off youtube. D is speaking:

"Children are meant to surpass their parents... Miss Spider, congratulations on surpassing your mother! I always believed you could do it.

By the way... just when did you become a Divine Beast? If you stand out so much...

Next time: "This isn't my fault, right?" Really, I never get bored of watching you."

Bobulus
Jan 28, 2007

Today, on 'So I'm a Spider, So What?!":

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Cao Ni Ma
May 25, 2010



Bobulus posted:

Today, on 'So I'm a Spider, So What?!":



oh no

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