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| Well now that Will became a paladin, it also meant more responsibility riding on his shoulders. From his first assignment, it shows the cruelty of their world. Will was lucky to made it out of that mess alive. Scary episode tbh. Season 2 got announced https://twitter.com/faraway_paladin/status/1474734173571018752 |
Stark700Dec 25, 2021 5:44 AM
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| This is a very sad episode. It is a self-reflection of Will's. While I didn't realize that what he has been doing so far was like that, this episode made me realize that fact but still the animation sucks. lol Despite all of those sickening animation, I very much enjoyed the story especially Will's character. Wait, season 2?! lmao I can't wait! P.S. They should probably fix the damn animation first before even trying to get another season. LOL |
CrazyButNot4UDec 25, 2021 6:46 AM
| It's not that I dislike this genre but... to add unnecessary fan services to/in/for heroines and ultimately destroys her character and personality; their purity tarnished because of it, is the only thing I hope to not happen to them. For that sole purity is my fan service. |
| This is the kind of episode where I feel like with a better staff, director and production in particular, this would have been a really good one. It's an okay episode but the execution and use of inner dialogue was really off for me though to make this a more weightier episode for some reason. It was good to give Will some form of characterization though like in this episode at least. |
| Good ep focusing on Will in a difficult assignment there that nearly cost his friend's life in the process, and good vibes with the s2 announcement too. It is cool seeing both MT and even this series have self-realization aspects in their respective shows, you can tell Faraway Paladin wears its inspirations on its sleeves and respects it while making it work in a fresh way for its storyline. Will can grow from this experience for the long run. |
| They faced a very difficult enemy for the first time and even with so many skilled people, many suffered serious injuries. Will felt guilty about Meneldor's situation and we'll see what he does in the next episode. |
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| I don't know if anyone else agrees on this but throughout the series I couldn't really empathize with Will's character. It felt bland in certain occassions, overly dramatic in others and in this instance in particular the inner dialogue didn't come off completely genuine in my eyes, more broken than anything else. I dunno, maybe it's the fact that I focused too much on static frames while watching that the dialogue didn't stand out but from what I've heard from people who've read the source material, the delivery could certainly be better. One more and... oh, season 2 got announced. I'll keep my expectations in check considering that this one wasn't that great. |
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| Will's role as The Faraway Paladin has officially begun, and it does not take long for all the gathered to live such a death wish of a life. The demons in the Beast Woods aren't letting up though, and Will, Menel, Reystov, and the others go searching for Pip and their adventurer party. Surprising that Menel would actually make up with Will about his actions to him from the day they met in the exact same place. But with accordance to the valley's trap, it was a harrowing scene even if they fought the good fight against the demon beasts and the chimera boss. All that Will had learnt before, it was nothing but an insult to his self-realization and injuries of almost getting Menel killed in the process in the Valley of Despair. The self-realization of Will takes even more beating from the others talking behind his back, labelling him as a monster, and the fact that his reliance on the faith and others put a detriment to his thinking, not to mention the teachings of Mary, Blood and Gus that had been so warped. Season 2 announced just awhile ago, but please fix the production side of things before releasing it, thanks. animejas said: I feel the same way too.This is the kind of episode where I feel like with a better staff, director and production in particular, this would have been a really good one. It's an okay episode but the execution and use of inner dialogue was really off for me though to make this a more weightier episode for some reason. It was good to give Will some form of characterization though like in this episode at least. |
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| This was just one hell of a cringe episode IMHO. It felt like one big convenient setup for Will to suffer more mentally. A better director and studio would've made it more impactful at least, but instead we got a very clumsy presentation, especially on the visuals side. Actually screw this adaptation, though it's not like I'm fond of the source material at this point in time, no disrespect to the author who is otherwise one of the nicest people to interact with on Twitter. I think this show is facing a case of "writer's block" after volume 1, which by itself wasn't that amazing to begin with, but a very decent start at least. |
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| Things got dark real quick in the valley. This event really affected Will... I wonder where this will go in the final episode. It was strange that Gracefeel summoned Will but didn't say anything. I was thinking she'd say Will is wrong judging by her expression. |
| Yea.. Will really is the most dramatic MC I have ever seen.. or maybe this adaptation is extremely poor in conveying the feelings.. Either way.. i doubt that the anime was popular or good enough to actually get a season 2.. as someone said above, they 100% guaranteed planned for an s2 right from the start.. otherwise this anime is waaay to mediocre in pacing and story telling to actually deserve a s2.. also.. the 2nd half of the episode is nothing but Will monologuing lmao |
| Hmm this was kinda Wills first battle without help from his parents. |
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| At this point, I'm pretty sure Menel has a crush on Will. LOL But, everything went downhill in this episode. Menel got badly injured and Will started to blame himself for that and now he's depressed. I hope he gets over it soon. Season 2 also got announced. |
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| Wait, wait, was this partially a filler episode? I'm pretty sure in the manga he left the demon blade in the city of the dead knowing how dangerous would be relying on it. |
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| they cut a huge chunk of the story. in reality Menel was much worse after the fight and his situation was not really stable. And Robina actually instead of being supporting gave him a mouthfull making him fell like shit. But I guess they chose this to shorten the story by about 3 episodes I am guessing DKDiabloLicht said: UkRs said: Yea.. Will really is the most dramatic MC I have ever seen.. or maybe this adaptation is extremely poor in conveying the feelings.. Either way.. i doubt that the anime was popular or good enough to actually get a season 2.. as someone said above, they 100% guaranteed planned for an s2 right from the start.. otherwise this anime is waaay to mediocre in pacing and story telling to actually deserve a s2.. also.. the 2nd half of the episode is nothing but Will monologuing lmao I think it got confirmed for a S2 didn't it? And yeah seriously, he really annoyed me dropping his weapon in battle, whining, and then even hesitating to heal your dying friend because of "feelings".. After watching stuff like Re:Zero and Mushoku Tensei I've really started to appreciate and love flawed Protagonists but this just seemed whiney and lame, and DEF at the wrong time to be doing that. I was not about feelings. The demonic sword consumes your mental balance so to speak. Also at the point he started using it he already was running on empty on MP. Unlike garbage like SAO even characters with huge amount of HP/MP can run out when overwhelmed. That is why I think in D&D Scourge Aasimar is extremely good against weak but huge mobs. I still remember the game will rock. The most damage were making small rats. Small extremely fast and a lot of them. They just exploded when they got near you with 1 damage. No matter how much of a powerhouse you are unless you have AOE moves you can easilly be overwhelmed by mobs even if they are very weak Antanaru said: Wait, wait, was this partially a filler episode? I'm pretty sure in the manga he left the demon blade in the city of the dead knowing how dangerous would be relying on it. No this is a bit rushed but is the episode where they first fight the mobs. The next one will be fight against the chimera and BBEG. Hope they do not cut from it as well. I prefer cutting from the intro and outro instead of from the story, but I guess the studio thought simplifying the story would be better |
nightcrawlercypDec 25, 2021 10:55 AM
| Oh things went south for Will. Not too bad of an episode from the story perspective, but the direction really should change up especially with Will's inner monologues.. |
| Will isnt the easiest character to root for, his motivation seems rather flimsy and I'm not sure what the overall goal of the series is even after 11 episodes. The slow pace and clunky animation hasn't helped. I'll probably watch season 2 but I hope it picks up. Alot |
| Yeah, literally like the title said, that's a freakin valley of despair. Its obviously an ambush and they straight went to the trap actually not so convincing to see. As expected Menel become a victim and almost died as the outcome. Despite having an easy come to the surrounding villages and places, when facing the trouble in front, Will couldn't thinking wise enough and decided to run away from the problem. That's not good at all, and i feel bad for a little Bee that might felt bamboozled at those situation. Hopefully the final will have Menel do something, or even Mr. Penetrator, to return Will to his usual sense, as a Faraway Paladin. Despite the ass combat and action animation part, the story and character are actually decent enough. So congrats for the second season announcement, i am fine with it... |
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| Well can't blame Will getting somewhat depressed over Menel's condition, and now looks like he's off to somewhere alone. Have to see how Menel will confront him later on. With this, now just one more to go. |
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| Will and his voice on top of that, is fucking annoying. And fuck the endless monologues. |
| sorry i know that this is a serious sad episode but will just screaming out of nowhere cracked the shit out of me. well it wasn't really Out Of Nowhere since he was seen frustrated but it just surprised me will's realization and internal monologue after he rested was pretty nice, it definitely could've been a lot better but Eh ill take it after credits menel with his hair down.. Hello |
| Way too much internal monologue this episode, feels like pretty much the absolute laziest way to adapt content from a light novel. Show, don't tell is a thing you know. Also, it feels like Will jumps into edgy despair way too quickly, after literally the first setback he's suffered on his journey so far. This episode does a decent job of summing up this show as a whole: some good ideas in places, but so often let down by lacklustre production values and overly-fast pacing. Clear potential here for this to be so much better than it actually is. Yeah, that was a disastrous episode. I'm sure it won't be, but I desperately hope the second season has a new studio because this studio doesn't seem to have any sort of budget at all, nor did they give this show a competent director. |
| Not sure what's wrong with the studio. This is way too rushed. Desperation coming within 2 minutes, rebellion immediately after, and 5 minutes of resolution monologue. It is so rushed it was impossible to connect to it at all and to relate in any way. The content should have spanned at least 4 or 5 episodes. The change of pace is completely anticlimactic. We had a slow, gradual build-up of the character over the previous 10 episodes. You cannot, then, move to rushing out of nowhere. From 1st gear to 6th gear. It makes absolutely zero sense and it will impact the reception of this anime very badly. |
| There weren't enough character development for menel and william for me to be interested at all... The voice acting is horrible, it does not make it feel like anything is happening. How exactly do you want me to feel bad for the situation? |
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| They were too kind to Menel. He still has hair in the anime lol |
| Ok, I knew it is going downhill, but just where is the rock bottom at? This was by far the worst episode imo. Like I wouldn't mind the inner monologue that much but his reasoning is just totally non-existent. He went full retard, and well there are some other "minor" inconsistencies but I don't know like it is quite paradoxical that we get to hear so much of Will's thoughts and yet I am quite unsure what he actually wants. |
Stink_Bug said: I'm in agreement with others disappointed by the visuals and rushing. I get this might be a low budget affair, but this particular character development phase was not the one to be skimping out on. The slideshows, the lack of audio, the breakneck pace of emotional shifts, all of that cheapened the impact of a very important turning point. I also second those complaining about the voice, though not so aggressively. This guy's supposed to be an adult now, he needs a male voice actor in season 2. I would agree that he could use another VA, but I also highly doubt that he will get one. |
| Damn that monster attack :/ Menel got wounded because of that but Will needs to acknowledge how OP he is but also how it is impossible to always predict what will happen and always protect everyone |
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| So let me guess: next episode Will goes out on his own, gets in trouble and gets saved with friendship power. Or at least that's what I'd expect with how latest episodes were going. Tbh after a rather slow start and strong middle episodes, this anime is going downhill very fast, and it's not just the animation. |
| Keeping his pre pubescent voice when he's already a grown ass adult bothers me. The animation doesn't bother me as much since I've been consuming so much visual novels throughout the years. A new studio and director is needed. |
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| I really am annoyed by, tired of, and just generally put off by William as a protagonist and other (and there are many) similar protagonists like him in other series. The voice acting is what it is, maybe not so great fitting, basically mediocre, but that aspect doesn't bother me as much as it does some other people. It's the personality of needing to be this pristine self-righteous and holier than thou (I understand he was always planned to go on to assume the role of a paladin) figure with exceptional abilities in everything he tries, but then also being incredibly self-loathing, self-flagellating, and insecure. It's like this virulent brand of Japanese masochism which is so unnecessary and rubs me the wrong way. And the fluctuating between the two like the swing of a pendulum. The mindset on display is so utterly unwarranted to me. I said before that it's not unique to Will and I have seen and been annoyed by this character trait and general archetype in other series, but it's just incredibly obnoxious and tends to make a protagonist unbelievably unsympathetic and unrelatable to me. Or rather, not someone I want to bother relating to or investing in because it's just so irrational and wholly unjustified for a person to have that much of a self-hating martyr complex thinking they're just a disgusting horrible villain who just needs to die and go away so everyone else can be happy and free - especially combined with the actual events depicted onscreen, which don't support a jump into such lunatic hysterics at all. It's so incongruent and such lunacy. That and the fact that so much of this episode and some other episodes are so heavy in first person narration rather than just letting events play out and dialogue between characters unfold onscreen, and the very low detail art and animation just take me it out of it so much. It's a shame because both the premise and the world/setting have near-limitless potential, I like the concept of characters like Bee and Tonio and what they bring to the table, and it is not bereft of other favorable attributes. But it is so poorly written, directed, and produced. |
WatchTillTandavaDec 29, 2021 4:10 AM
| Last episode will be aired on Monday because of new year |
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| This anime had such a good start as well, should have stayed at his home lmao, everything after he left on his adventure has been garbage unfortunately... Plus watching Will is infuriating and tiresome. |
| Such a cliche turn of events, this was pretty meh. So finale gonna be Menel trying to get back Will proly. |
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subo5 said: Last episode will be aired on Monday because of new year Thank you. I was a bit confused and forget this was a holiday, especially in Japan. I guess it's time to watch some shrine visit episodes of various other anime. |
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