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doomisland
Oct 5, 2004

im expecting any of the legendary artifacts to kill the demon lord to be traps and him not using them will be some advantage

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FilthyImp
Sep 30, 2002

Anime Deviant

RareAcumen posted:

As did Seiya not firing off so many arrows that it turned them into a wall of pierce damage that blots out the ground.
I expected some dumb "aha, I calculated the trajectory of the fall to pierce your wings/skull, the volley was just a distraction". But turning the projectiles into kill-seeking phoenix animates was an asspull+.

Honestly was fearing we'd get a "Y-y-you shot here THERE?!" scene so happy the Ecstasy of Penetration happened instead. St. Theresa of Avila would be proud.

Kingtheninja
Jul 29, 2004

"You're the best looking guy here."
I hope we see more use of boomerang birdie boom boom.

RareAcumen
Dec 28, 2012




FilthyImp posted:

I expected some dumb "aha, I calculated the trajectory of the fall to pierce your wings/skull, the volley was just a distraction". But turning the projectiles into kill-seeking phoenix animates was an asspull+.

Honestly was fearing we'd get a "Y-y-you shot here THERE?!" scene so happy the Ecstasy of Penetration happened instead. St. Theresa of Avila would be proud.

My hope was that he evolved magic arrow into magic ballista and he was using Ristarte's sight to aim them or something.

FilthyImp
Sep 30, 2002

Anime Deviant

RareAcumen posted:

My hope was that he evolved magic arrow into magic ballista and he was using Ristarte's sight to aim them or something.
Haha, holy poo poo that would have been awesome.

Weird that Eulula developed Haste and he didn't use it tho.

Ibblebibble
Nov 12, 2013

He probably self-caps RoF or some bullshit like that.

Elfface
Nov 14, 2010

Da-na-na-na-na-na-na
IRON JONAH
The next upgrade to Haste should be going through a portal to godland, and shooting out of it.

And yeah, I'm also expecting the Demon Lord to say something like "Mwahaha, your precious 'ultimate armour' was a trap made by me! Now it will crush y- wait, you're not wearing it? But it's the ultimate armour!"

Kung Food
Dec 11, 2006

PORN WIZARD
My guess is the demon lord was another world's hero. Would explain how he knows about the heavenly realm and the starting zone.

Ibblebibble posted:

He probably self-caps RoF or some bullshit like that.
His attack speed is probably already at a point where the haste spell wouldn't put him over the next break-point in frame rate so it wouldn't make a difference anyways.

FilthyImp
Sep 30, 2002

Anime Deviant

Kung Food posted:

My guess is the demon lord was another world's hero.
Same. Maybe a hero that graduated to demigod and just said gently caress it gonna take over this world here.

Swordgod was a regular guy at some point.

Rubellavator
Aug 16, 2007

It just occurred to me that Ristarte's name is Restart

Compendium
Jun 18, 2013

M-E-J-E-D
That has got to be one of the better names for an isekai character I've ever seen.

El Burbo
Oct 10, 2012

Seiya fucks with the gods almost as much as the demons

Mulderman
Mar 20, 2009

Did someone say axe magnet?

El Burbo posted:

Seiya fucks with the gods almost as much as the demons

It's funny you say that considering the last episode.

FilthyImp
Sep 30, 2002

Anime Deviant
Yeah. That just got glossed over didn't it.

Nice asspull this last episode.

Grouchio
Aug 31, 2014

Is the show still good? I dropped off after episode 5 cause I had other preoccupations.

FilthyImp
Sep 30, 2002

Anime Deviant
It's... fun? The hero's a dickwad so if you don't think the schtick is gunny then it won't go very far. I enjoy the Ristarte faces and her voice shifts, and sometimes the situations are comedic.

Kingtheninja
Jul 29, 2004

"You're the best looking guy here."
Ristarte had a great jojo/north star style face this last episode, shows worth it for that.

Elfface
Nov 14, 2010

Da-na-na-na-na-na-na
IRON JONAH
...Seiya isn't going to gather materials, is he?

Kwyndig
Sep 23, 2006

Heeeeeey


Elfface posted:

...Seiya isn't going to gather materials, is he?

*preps hair clippers*

Othin
Nov 20, 2002

Hair Elf
I guess this show popped up on my Hulu feed since my kids and I watched One Punch Man. I had no idea if there was a manga or whatever so I prewatched the first episode and thought "oh this one will be fun to watch with them and doesn't seem too bad for 10 and 12 year old boys". All was fine until episode 8 and that was....awkward. For the first time in my adult life I was glad something was censored.

I do like the show though. The premise hasn't quite worn out yet and Ristarte definitely lightens up the main character who was mostly one note until the last few episodes.

CrazySalamander
Nov 5, 2009
Yeah, this show in the first few episodes was on my aoty list but as the gore stacked up and then there was the most terrifying version of Artemis I had ever seen it dropped off. I still enjoy it but probably will not watch it again after it finishes.

Mulderman
Mar 20, 2009

Did someone say axe magnet?

sincx posted:

I read spoilers elsewhere and let me tell you things get pretty wacky later on (bad wacky, in my opinion).

So this came into play now. But I do feel like it managed to pull this off.
Seiya is so incredibly overcautious it borders on cartoonish. But holy poo poo, experiencing what he did, it would make sense he is acting the way he does now.

FilthyImp
Sep 30, 2002

Anime Deviant

Mulderman posted:

So this came into play now. But I do feel like it managed to pull this off.
I was on board until
Ah! a baby! gonna rip it out lol!
Which was a bridge too far for me... but yeah, it mostly dealt with that revelation in a decent way that made his a-hole behavior work out ok.

A S2 with SS Rank Land would be fun but just more of the same. Eululu and Mash never really did much fighting which was disappointing.

muscles like this!
Jan 17, 2005


I would be okay if they didn't do another season because it definitely feels like it would be just kind of repetitive.

Grouchio
Aug 31, 2014

I would be okay if they made no more of this show and hired Ristarte's seiyuu for every role ever.

Gyges
Aug 4, 2004

NOW NO ONE
RECOGNIZE HULK
As long as they made it an anthology series, they could probably do a few more seasons. The limitation being that the season has to fit with the title of the show.

Like, a season could follow a D class world in need of a hero but the hero is cautious because they suck, unlike Seiya who is cautious despite being OP. It would take a lot of effort to actually come up with other seasons that don't suck though.

Wark Say
Feb 22, 2013

by Fluffdaddy

Grouchio posted:

I would be okay if they made no more of this show and hired Ristarte's seiyuu for every role ever.
Aki Toyosaki is still fairly popular.

Dad Hominem
Dec 4, 2005

Standing room only on the Disco Bus
Fun Shoe

Grouchio posted:

I would be okay if they made no more of this show and hired Ristarte's seiyuu for every role ever.

I suppose she'll always be known best for K-on! but more recently she's been in Yuru Camp and Wasteful Days of High School Girls, among many other things.

FilthyImp
Sep 30, 2002

Anime Deviant
I honestly thought the series would go:
they were going to dodge it by going "Ah, well Seiya performed miracles through his concern for his teammates so he has been reborn as the God of Batman Planning"

Wark Say
Feb 22, 2013

by Fluffdaddy

Dad Hominem posted:

I suppose she'll always be known best for K-on! but more recently she's been in Yuru Camp and Wasteful Days of High School Girls, among many other things.
Yeah, as demonstrated by this show and elsewhere, she does have some range.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GAp9_NO3dQ

She can even do Kansai-ben mostly okay.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0hPLvOF2lM

RareAcumen
Dec 28, 2012




FilthyImp posted:

I was on board until
Ah! a baby! gonna rip it out lol!
Which was a bridge too far for me... but yeah, it mostly dealt with that revelation in a decent way that made his a-hole behavior work out ok.

A S2 with SS Rank Land would be fun but just more of the same. Eululu and Mash never really did much fighting which was disappointing.

Ristarte and Ariadoa know what happened last time so I have to assume they'd be encouraging him to open up. Watching your friends get killed and then eaten is a pretty good motivator for 'No, no one gets to fight but me.'

Irritated Goat
Mar 12, 2005

This post is pathetic.

FilthyImp posted:

I was on board until
Ah! a baby! gonna rip it out lol!
Which was a bridge too far for me... but yeah, it mostly dealt with that revelation in a decent way that made his a-hole behavior work out ok.

A S2 with SS Rank Land would be fun but just more of the same. Eululu and Mash never really did much fighting which was disappointing.

Yeah, that spoiler part was a gigantic WTF. It felt like an editor meddling.

S2 possibilities: I can only assume with the manga still going that SS Rank Land is next and Seiya lightens up a bit? I'm tempted to find summaries or something to find out since I don't think we've got a confirmed S2

Irritated Goat fucked around with this message at 17:35 on Dec 30, 2019

Pyrus Malus
Nov 22, 2007
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Irritated Goat posted:

S2 possibilities: I can only assume with the manga still going that SS Rank Land is next and Seiya lightens up a bit? I'm tempted to find summaries or something to find out since I don't think we've got a confirmed S2

It's really hard to find summaries of anything past season 1 because afaik season 1 stuff is the only light novel content that's been translated to English.

an actual dog
Nov 18, 2014

Ending stuff: I think the twist here is pretty clever and I even think the "oh suddenly we're gonna be really gross" stuff works, like the show's gag is that Seiya is actually appropriately cautious and there was tons of grim stuff beforehand. I do think they should have been done a better job with the reveal, like just showing un-cautious Seiya would have been funnier and had way more impact than a big blunt infodump. This is still a solid show though.

sincx
Jul 13, 2012

furiously masturbating to anime titties
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sincx fucked around with this message at 06:23 on Mar 23, 2021

Vincent Van Goatse
Nov 8, 2006

Enjoy every sandwich.

Smellrose
Finally got around to finishing this today. Good series even though I switched to the dub because Jamie Marchi is brilliant at pretending to be Aqua.

Myok
Apr 8, 2005

Technology on the brain.
Pillbug
I appreciated their brief cameo in Isekai Quartet, too.

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Yawgmoft
Nov 15, 2004
Their cameo in Isekai Quartet was pitch perfect, but then again so is all of Isekai Quartet.

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