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Feb 13, 2021 11:23 AM

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HoloKill said:
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Because it's not legitimate good, even without considering the cheap CG or the piss poor world building with 6 episodes so far. It's like a cheap indie videogame with a long ass forced tutorial. There's no mid nor end goal for Kumoko, it's all about surviving, and at this point it feels more like a chore to watch a spider CG just "power grind" levels and get a bunch of skills for posible future uses. Plenty of people from the comic fandom despise characters like Superman because he can do everything better than any other superhero can do because of his large skillset. This series is more oriented to a more niche demographic that want a videogame like farming show. People that expected a greater narrative with a more open world kind of adventure already left because this is not it.


Seven episodes is a long ass time for a prologue/tutorial section.

I pretty much agree with Mr. Cowell. This show is pretty mid so far and its CG is truly atrocious. If Aoi was not carrying this show on her back (well, backs now lol) then I would have dropped it episode 1.
Feb 13, 2021 11:42 AM
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Red_Ranger_Wien said:

Seven episodes is a long ass time for a prologue/tutorial section.

I pretty much agree with Mr. Cowell. This show is pretty mid so far and its CG is truly atrocious. If Aoi was not carrying this show on her back (well, backs now lol) then I would have dropped it episode 1.

People has been saying since episode 1 that the prologue of this story is very long. Volumes 1-3 (The whole Labyrinth Arc) are the prologue of the story.
Feb 13, 2021 11:51 AM

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linkhuesitos said:
Red_Ranger_Wien said:

Seven episodes is a long ass time for a prologue/tutorial section.

I pretty much agree with Mr. Cowell. This show is pretty mid so far and its CG is truly atrocious. If Aoi was not carrying this show on her back (well, backs now lol) then I would have dropped it episode 1.

People has been saying since episode 1 that the prologue of this story is very long. Volumes 1-3 (The whole Labyrinth Arc) are the prologue of the story.

And? That does not change how good or bad it is.
Feb 13, 2021 6:40 PM

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phantomfandom said:
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Katarina would like to have a world with you.


Katarina council doesn't have a power over her body like this

And thanks for quoting me, because I just noticed that my comment is edited by mod into a spoiler tag, but let me clarify, not only I never read anything about this anime before, I also only watch a few isekai anime (I specialized in sports anime and yaoi-bait anime), so the comment is just my 100% wild prediction. But for the peace of the community I'll still contain my comment in a spoiler tag.


Yeah I don't get the why your comment was flagged for spoiler if what you said literally happened on the anime.
Feb 14, 2021 2:36 AM

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Zefyris said:
This episode, Kumoko upgrades to multithread processing! 2 threads for now, one for the I/O and one for the HMI (of Spider Environment Interface so SEI here? ), that's a good way to use two threads, so the I/O processes that tend to take a lot of resources do not impede /slow down the interface part.
Judging by the ending and opening, I guess we can expect her to upgrade to 4 different threads in the near future. One has a witch attire so maybe one thread for magic processing. The one with the bandana has "body" on the bandana so that's the one we've already met. The other is... a seer or something maybe? Handling the predictions independently? not sure.

That being said, hmm, a multithread spider, I guess that makes perfect sense ~

Also she became "The One" and can see the entire Matrix already. Isn't that skill still at level 1 ? if so, wonder if there's even more to see than that if it levels up ~



The Spider Micro Devices (SMD) stock must be taking off
Feb 14, 2021 1:30 PM
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Samways said:
he Spider Micro Devices (SMD) stock must be taking off

Only 2 cores, what a shitty CPU. Well, I guess at least I can play Skyrim with this.
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Red_Ranger_Wien said:
HoloKill said:


Seven episodes is a long ass time for a prologue/tutorial section.
the golden age arc of berserk was like 25 episodes but i get the feeling that most people wouldn't dislike that prologue for being too long. im gonna assume you dislike the extended prologue here for being repetitive but that's not the same thing as being too long.
"I like young-girl sexual creations, Lolicon is just one hobby of my many hobbies," he says.
I ask what his wife, standing nearby, thinks of his "hobby".
"She probably thinks no problem," he replies. "Because she loves young boys sexually interacting with each other."
Feb 15, 2021 4:51 AM

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Aure0lin said:
Red_Ranger_Wien said:


Seven episodes is a long ass time for a prologue/tutorial section.
the golden age arc of berserk was like 25 episodes but i get the feeling that most people wouldn't dislike that prologue for being too long. im gonna assume you dislike the extended prologue here for being repetitive but that's not the same thing as being too long.

Never seen Berserk
Did not say I really disliked it just that I could see why people would.
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Damn Kumoko new evolution looks strong though...

Unagi is the best!!!

They actually use 2D monster on one scene with Julius ...
Wonder why they choose that...

Now they drop the Demon Lord 😏
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Feb 15, 2021 8:45 AM

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Kimurah said:
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Why are so many people sleeping on this show? I think it's just bad timing that this anime came out the same time as Slime.

The world is so interesting and I'm excited to see where it goes. And Aoi Yuuki is a fucking god pick for Kumoko's voice. She's perfect for it.

Makes me sad this isn't getting the recognition it deserves. I get that the CGI is terrible, but I can easily look past that.



Because it's not legitimate good, even without considering the cheap CG or the piss poor world building with 6 episodes so far. It's like a cheap indie videogame with a long ass forced tutorial. There's no mid nor end goal for Kumoko, it's all about surviving, and at this point it feels more like a chore to watch a spider CG just "power grind" levels and get a bunch of skills for posible future uses. Plenty of people from the comic fandom despise characters like Superman because he can do everything better than any other superhero can do because of his large skillset. This series is more oriented to a more niche demographic that want a videogame like farming show. People that expected a greater narrative with a more open world kind of adventure already left because this is not it.
So all the foreshadowing so far has gone over your head, then. I've seen plenty of anime onlies (including random people on Reddit, Youtube, etc.) already construct pretty decent theories, but you are still going with the "survival videogame" hypothesis.
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TheDeedsOfMen said:
Kimurah said:


Because it's not legitimate good, even without considering the cheap CG or the piss poor world building with 6 episodes so far. It's like a cheap indie videogame with a long ass forced tutorial. There's no mid nor end goal for Kumoko, it's all about surviving, and at this point it feels more like a chore to watch a spider CG just "power grind" levels and get a bunch of skills for posible future uses. Plenty of people from the comic fandom despise characters like Superman because he can do everything better than any other superhero can do because of his large skillset. This series is more oriented to a more niche demographic that want a videogame like farming show. People that expected a greater narrative with a more open world kind of adventure already left because this is not it.
So all the foreshadowing so far has gone over your head, then. I've seen plenty of anime onlies (including random people on Reddit, Youtube, etc.) already construct pretty decent theories, but you are still going with the "survival videogame" hypothesis.

Tbf, I can see why he would reach that conclusion. Personally, I haven't read the source and are an anime-only watcher, but trying to piece the idea of two different timelines, a spider that is surviving and would have likely got to god-tier level by the time the two timelines cross and the idea of being a demon lord (some skill Kumoko saw episodes ago) and I now wonder if the demon lord we see in the future timeline is actually Kumoko as bizzare as that sounds lol. Wouldn't make sense that she'd want to kill humans or whatever, but the thought of getting more info for more reveals is exciting.

Regardless, this anime is simply fantastic. I'm struggling to think of any anime that have approached an isekai in similar fashion and the leveling up and ongoing fights where Kumoko has to constantly win against stronger opponents makes it even more better. I hope we get to see more of the world and for things to get even better because this is already one of the most hyped shows for me this season. CGI imo was worst during the monkey battle but it's been pretty tame compared to other bad CGI anime.
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I don't get why people find the idea of Kumoko wanting to kill humanity unlikely.
If Kumoko is really the Demon Lord we saw in this episode then we're talking about a time difference of 13+ years, a person can change a lot in that time period.

Anyways let's see what happens.
Feb 15, 2021 4:18 PM

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I tried to compare to other anime onlies to make it more fair. People have told him that it is a mystery series, but he is skipping all the mysteries and predictably calling it boring as a result, which isn't the best approach.

People can have plenty of motives to kill other people, especially if they have a lot of time to develop those motives. And e.g. Hugo already had a poor personality back on Earth already.

I have found all of the CGI decent or good, except for the Earth Wyrm scene and some of the parts with the monkeys. Maybe my standards for visuals aren't sky-high, or I at least have a high tolerance of CGI then.
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linkhuesitos said:
Red_Ranger_Wien said:

Seven episodes is a long ass time for a prologue/tutorial section.

I pretty much agree with Mr. Cowell. This show is pretty mid so far and its CG is truly atrocious. If Aoi was not carrying this show on her back (well, backs now lol) then I would have dropped it episode 1.

People has been saying since episode 1 that the prologue of this story is very long. Volumes 1-3 (The whole Labyrinth Arc) are the prologue of the story.
will the anime get past that point and if so what episode do you think
Feb 15, 2021 7:28 PM
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YoDyl6n said:
will the anime get past that point and if so what episode do you think

Strictly speaking the prologue will end in episode 12 (the anime will have 24 episode), but the students plot should start to pick up in the next episode and Kumoko plot in episode 8.

Next Episode should be


In Episode 8 it should happen
Feb 15, 2021 10:00 PM
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linkhuesitos said:

I don't get why people find the idea of Kumoko wanting to kill humanity unlikely.
If Kumoko is really the Demon Lord we saw in this episode then we're talking about a time difference of 13+ years, a person can change a lot in that time period.

Anyways let's see what happens.

I mean, it's partially due to the fact that as much as she may have hated her past life, the current Kumoko seems a lot more cheerful (even if that only be because she has no choice) and while I can see why she might want to kill her bullies, I can't see how that'd spread to all of humanity. Granted, as you stated, 13 years is a LONG time so it's quite possible that something happens, a turning point that makes her feel really threatened by humans to the point where eradicating the whole race is her best option. Best to wait and see, but I'm personally excited to see her development.

TheDeedsOfMen said:
I tried to compare to other anime onlies to make it more fair. People have told him that it is a mystery series, but he is skipping all the mysteries and predictably calling it boring as a result, which isn't the best approach.

People can have plenty of motives to kill other people, especially if they have a lot of time to develop those motives. And e.g. Hugo already had a poor personality back on Earth already.

I have found all of the CGI decent or good, except for the Earth Wyrm scene and some of the parts with the monkeys. Maybe my standards for visuals aren't sky-high, or I at least have a high tolerance of CGI then.

I personally think it's a fun and intriguing watch, but it's also likely he's just not interested in it and using the whole survival thing as an excuse to drop it. To each his own, but you raise some valid points. Same goes for the idea of killing other people.

As for the CGI, there were several times I noticed it, but the monkey scene was probably the worst time. Rest was pretty good. I can see why my tame comment can be misunderstood though. If the whole thing was CGI and it really stuck out, I wouldn't have watched it because it'd detract from the experience, but I also watched High Score Girl and enjoyed Knights of Sidonia and Kingdom so my tolerance of CGI is extremely high.
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linkhuesitos said:
Red_Ranger_Wien said:

Seven episodes is a long ass time for a prologue/tutorial section.

I pretty much agree with Mr. Cowell. This show is pretty mid so far and its CG is truly atrocious. If Aoi was not carrying this show on her back (well, backs now lol) then I would have dropped it episode 1.

People has been saying since episode 1 that the prologue of this story is very long. Volumes 1-3 (The whole Labyrinth Arc) are the prologue of the story.

Personally, I've never viewed the earlier vols as prologues to this title. I agree with Red_Ranger_Wien that >7EPs are too long for epilogues they should be treated as a series on their own.
Instead, much like with how Youjo Senki cannot be simply treated as "The Adventure of Tanya", or how Shinsekai Yori cannot be simply treated as "Daily Live of Saki", because of how grand of sagas they are, I viewed "Kumo Desu ga Nani ka" as an epic/saga of
instead of just "The Adventure of Shiraori", containing 3 different (but related) stories:
1. The so called "Survival Story"
2.

3.


So, I think, it's perfectly acceptable to perceive the earlier parts show as only a survival isekai anime. And we should never treat them as "just a prologue".
After all, what entices us with the series in the first place (especially during the WN only days) IS actually the survival stories themselves. THEN the rest kicks in and the "simple" survival story suddenly got bloated up real fast as a grand saga of epicness.
I mean, be honest here, who in the WN/LN readers here ACTUALLY managed to guess that
just from vols 1-3 alone?
If survival stories are not their thing, let them be, at least until EP 8 or 10 when the "non-survival parts" kicks in, so that they would be spared from the spider survival stories that they "hate" so much.
Regarding Yuuki Aoi, yes she is born to voice Shiraori/Kumoko. She is the best match for Shiraori. But, her being the seiyuu as the sole factor of Shiraori's character to glow is not really fair either, since the Shiraori character in the WN/LN IS already written like that, that she acted as BOTH the boke and tsukkomi for her own character. It just happens that Yuuki Aoi is a really good seiyuu who incidentally matched with Shiraori's character. And to be fair, the adaptation choice to ACTUALLY include these boke-tsukkomi monologue in the anime is really commendable. Since not many other LN adaptations also adapts their characters monologues. Another great example of adaptation successes by opting to include the character monologues from the LN is the "Monogatari Series".
And I also agree that the CG may be attrocious at times. BUT SO DOES MOST ANY ANIME WITH CGs! Objectively speaking, the CGI is bad and choppy. Relatively speaking though, not really that bad actually, at least compared to MOST OTHER ANIMEs WITH CGs. Even the great "Houseki no Kuni" is choppy at times, and don't speak to me about any CG based idol show dances. What about "Ex-Arm"? What's that? I never know any anime titled "Ex-Arm". I REFUSED to acknowledge an anime titled "Ex-Arm" ever existed.
So that, if you deemed the CG is so bad that it wasn't worth watching, SO DOES MOST OTHER ANIMEs WITH CGs.
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Feb 16, 2021 6:30 AM

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Red_Ranger_Wien said:
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Seven episodes is a long ass time for a prologue/tutorial section.

I pretty much agree with Mr. Cowell. This show is pretty mid so far and its CG is truly atrocious. If Aoi was not carrying this show on her back (well, backs now lol) then I would have dropped it episode 1.

the size of a prologue just depends of the original format and of the story's size really.
It could be argued that Kyoukaisenjou no Horizon's prologue is arc 1+2 , which makes the prologue alone almost as big as the WHOLE Legend of Galactic Heroes story; IE if it was adapted with the same pace as LoGH in anime, the prologue would have lasted 100 episodes.
Rokka no Yuusha and Mahou Shoujo Ikusei Keikaku for example both had a 12 anime series that only adapted the prologue, literally the anime finishes with the end of it.

7 episodes for a prologue is not especially long when the story comes from a long novel series. Manga have a tendency to have super short prologue because they're published chapter per chapter and need to hook the reader in the story ASAP, and so are anime original that also need to hook the viewer with 1 to 3 episodes.
Novels are commercialized as way bigger ensemble and therefore have different criteria on this.

But don't be mistaken, it's manga and anime originals that turned away from the normal practices in order to adapt their prologue's size to their peculiar publishing format; rather than the anime/manga being right in their way of doing things.

That's also why several anime adaptation of novel series will add an In Media Res sequence in the first episode to hook the viewers without waiting for the prologue's end (ex : bookworm, rokka no yuusha, Sukasuka, youjo senki, etc, etc...).
Feb 18, 2021 10:45 AM

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It's such a shame CGI in this anime is so bad. Kumoko fights are actually really cool with some great movements, but it all gets wasted by those cheap CGI moments.

It seems next episode will be more of humans problems. Meh. Kumoko parts are great, but other students are boring as hell.
Feb 20, 2021 4:15 PM
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This episode had a different taste from the other. There was more comedy centered in a our-life-condition. The spider was talking and explaining things to us, spectators, on the previous episodes she was talking to herself. I liked. It had less screaming.
Feb 21, 2021 8:42 PM

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When they said taratect, I thought they will target Kumoko! >,<

I like her new appearance now, she even have a shield, I hope she will go outside of the cave :(

The mangaka should remove all the human character, they're annoying specially Hugo >,<
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Another evolution and the MC is starting to get some real power.
Hero wiping out some high level spiders, hmmm I think I can guess what the white spider was shaking at.
Given the humans are anything from maybe 15-18, I'm guessing they arrived at the same time as the MC, so I'm sensing were seeing two different time zones as it were.
Also, silly human, none of you are the MC, you're NPCs....
“I just spent the last two years thinking that you guys knew more than me about life and I just found out that you guys are just as dumb as me.” “Duh-doy.” “Yeah, duh-doy.”
Mar 26, 2021 5:08 PM
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I wonder when kumoko going to get fire immunity?
Mar 26, 2021 6:19 PM

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The parallel minds is an interesting concept and it explains why there is multiple spiders reading together in the op.

The nightmare vestige looks really intimidating but even he gets scared by that demon lord at the end.
Jun 23, 2021 2:59 PM
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a demon lord? well that just amped things up a bit

is spider girl going to evolve into a vestige?
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ac_eren said:
When they said taratect, I thought they will target Kumoko! >,<


i thought same thing
Sep 17, 2021 6:10 AM

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For a second I actually thought Julius was going to battle our number one survival spider Kumoko. Cool evolution there, Kumoko's new knife legs look pretty dope

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"Ok so it bears a certain resemblance to something that starts with a 't', ends with a 'd' and has 'ur' in the middle"

I lost my shit at this one. Pun intended
Mar 31, 2022 11:06 PM
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It looks like that Demon Lord is a vampire.
Mar 1, 2023 6:55 PM
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3/5 Better usage of CG in this episode. So that's good.
Apr 18, 2023 7:22 PM
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any manga reader knows why the spider got scared/fear suddenly...?
Jun 24, 2023 9:33 AM
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It's Amazing, also i think it's very underappreciated i mean i suppose people don't think that i would be great cause of the whole spider thing BUT YOUR WRONG its one of my favourite anime out there and I'm really begging for a season 2 which i don't often feel that way when there hasn't been any response on one but for this one im literally going to lose it if they say there's no season 2.
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It was just another episode where the main character powers up, its been done a million times over and its so repetitive it bores me out and makes me want to sleep
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What an intense thing that was to see for me
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