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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- About time MAL forums came back. Episode 5...well I have to admit, the villagers have a lot of courage to stand up against the Ogres and Trolls. Those things definitely looked like they were ready to kill. Nphi deserved my respect this episode too for showing his courage to help Enri. I wish they poured more budget into the actual action and character designs because the ogres were pretty odd looking with the CGI. I think the most noticable part of the episode is the relationship development between Nphi and Enri. They actually cute together and Nphi is becoming more confident in himself. |
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| Enri and Nphirea along with other Golems fight the troll and that Giant of the East. They are able to protect their village with the help of Nemu. Lord Gown is always so friendly with the humans. And that ending part, looks like Enri has accepted Nphirea's feelings. |
| Disappointing episode. Honestly, I cannot muster a care for majority of the side characters. They are one-dimensional and uninteresting. |
Suddenly, someone slaps you with a brick wall. |
| This arc has been slightly more interesting than those of the previous season - mainly because I at least vaguely care about Enri and Nphirea after the first season - but I question if the arc really needed to be as long as it has been; I feel like you could have cut an episode out and still maintained the same effect. That being said, Nphirea, Enri and Nemu being invited into Nazarick was interesting, and as usual I'm curious to see what angle Ains is working from this time, as directly inviting humans as guests into Nazarick is an unusual move by his standards. |
| Just realised in the ending theme we can see Ainz hand's crumbling while reaching out, it's the first time something like failure is ever hinted in the openings/endings. |
EratiKAug 14, 2018 8:23 AM
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EratiK said: Just realised in the opening we can see Ainz hand's crumbling while reaching out, it's the first time something like failure is ever hinted in the openings. That's not failure |
| MAL FORUMS ARE BACK BAYBEEE The eps. needs to escalate a bit faster though, that was a bit lackluster. |
| So glad my man Nphi got approved by his waifu. Nice arc ending. EratiK said: Didn't you know? Thanos is going to appear this season.Just realised in the opening we can see Ainz hand's crumbling while reaching out, it's the first time something like failure is ever hinted in the openings. |
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Anatithe said: Disappointing episode. Honestly, I cannot muster a care for majority of the side characters. They are one-dimensional and uninteresting. I don't want to be that guy but LN is so much better. Even the side stories like this. |
| Some proper development between Enri and Nphi and nice way to end this arc. Imo one of the lesser episodes of this season so far but still pretty good. |
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| Lord Ainz like them loli as well eh. |
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| Can we end this arc as soon as possible? please. Man Ainz has a thing for little children. ;PPP Need to add previous episodes to the forum though. |
| "The future is always blank. Only your willpower can leave footsteps there." "Ruling over death means ruling over life. Death is the climax of life. To have the best death, you must honor life." |
FrozenRaider said: Can we end this arc as soon as possible? please. Man Ainz has a thing for little children. ;PPP Need to add previous episodes to the forum though. The arc DID end with this episode. So sorry you hate world building and setting things up for Carne Vilage's role in Volume 9 >_> |
Darklight0303 said: FrozenRaider said: Can we end this arc as soon as possible? please. Man Ainz has a thing for little children. ;PPP Need to add previous episodes to the forum though. The arc DID end with this episode. So sorry you hate world building and setting things up for Carne Vilage's role in Volume 9 >_> Oh nooo. I'm dropping! :( |
| "The future is always blank. Only your willpower can leave footsteps there." "Ruling over death means ruling over life. Death is the climax of life. To have the best death, you must honor life." |
FrozenRaider said: Darklight0303 said: The arc DID end with this episode. So sorry you hate world building and setting things up for Carne Vilage's role in Volume 9 >_> Oh nooo. I'm dropping! :( Your loss. But then it's probably for the best if what you're after is instant gratification |
| Decent epsiode. To be honest, I’m let-down a bit since I was very hooked up from Season 1 start but then the two following Seasons just gave Momonga less focus and so the intensity and interest has definitely reduced. Looking forward to the next epsiode regardless! |
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| The trolls are even cheaper than cgi ogres XD Lupus pass ainz's test and enri gets a banquet. |
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| Boring episode until the end, glad its over. |
| Too much time wasted on a simple side story. 3 or 4 eps for Vol 8 would be enough. Too bad for Vol 7 and 9 having only 8 eps left. |
thesarcasticguy said: It was a pretty good episode. The villagers managed to beat the ogres without any casualties and Nphi and Enri got closer. I wonder what Ainz actually thinks about Nemu. He's very fond of her because of how she praised the creation he and his friends worked so hard on |
| Wow, that was a perfect moment to confess, way to go Nphi! Nemu's kawaiiness won Ainz-sama's kokoro! |
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thesarcasticguy said: Darklight0303 said: He's very fond of her because of how she praised the creation he and his friends worked so hard on I hope he doesn't use her for his own ends. Him being an undead has pretty much killed most of his empathy towards humans. No he won't. The entire reason he puts her on the list of people Lupus needs to protect is because she rained praise on Nazarick and his friends. Him being an undead has nothing to do with it. Ainz as a person comes from a very dystopian world and he has no family and his only friends were in the game. |
thesarcasticguy said: Darklight0303 said: No he won't. The entire reason he puts her on the list of people Lupus needs to protect is because she rained praise on Nazarick and his friends. Him being an undead has nothing to do with it. Ainz as a person comes from a very dystopian world and he has no family and his only friends were in the game. That makes sense. I was just talking about the fact that in the first season, Ainz himself said that he didn't really feel a lot of empathy for humans anymore and was capable of doing things he wouldn't have done in the real world. That mostly applies to watching people die. As long as they are not useful to Nazarick or of they don't praise Nazarick and his friends like Nemu did, Ainz is not going to go out ot his way to try to save those people. |
| These episodes are over way too faaaaaaast >_< The fighting was not all that interesting and I really wanted to see Lupis wreck more havoc. Glad they ended the side story this episode since I heard that volume 7 and 9 are amazing and I want them to spend a lot of time on them. |
| I'm just sad that we had to spend 5 precious episodes on this side story. There are 8 episodes left so I assume volume 7 and 9 will get four episodes each. That's less than the episodes they used for volume 8, a freaking side story. Sure it's nice to have world building, character development and stuff but I think they need to focus on the good stuff more in the anime adaptation. |
| So slow. Yeah, Nazarick is amazing, get on with it. |
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| Also I wanted to see the part where Enri met with Aurole Omega the leader of pleidas but sadly they skipped that scene. It was a little bit disappointing. |
BroxSaurfang said: Also I wanted to see the part where Enri met with Aurole Omega the leader of pleidas but sadly they skipped that scene. It was a little bit disappointing. They skipped way too many things in the anime overall. |
Suddenly, someone slaps you with a brick wall. |
Anatithe said: Disappointing episode. Honestly, I cannot muster a care for majority of the side characters. They are one-dimensional and uninteresting. Thats ur opinion, i think that the world building and the different characters make this anime great, 👌🏽👍🏽 |
| "Even villains have standards" -Accelerator-  |
BroxSaurfang said: I'm just sad that we had to spend 5 precious episodes on this side story. There are 8 episodes left so I assume volume 7 and 9 will get four episodes each. That's less than the episodes they used for volume 8, a freaking side story. Sure it's nice to have world building, character development and stuff but I think they need to focus on the good stuff more in the anime adaptation. Parts of book 7 were already adapted and the book is also fairly short for a average overlord book, it would be fine if they spend 3 episodes on book 7 and the rest of the episodes which consist of 5 should be used for book 9. |
| "Even villains have standards" -Accelerator- |
AcceleratorAngel said: Thats ur opinion, i think that the world building and the different characters make this anime great, 👌🏽👍🏽 You opened my eyes. I never knew that everything written by me on the internet is my opinion. |
Suddenly, someone slaps you with a brick wall. |
Anatithe said: I mean getting offended by someone else's opinion is like a basic principle on MAL.AcceleratorAngel said: Thats ur opinion, i think that the world building and the different characters make this anime great, 👌🏽👍🏽 You opened my eyes. I never knew that everything written by me on the internet is my opinion. But I digress, I would agree with him still, I think the world building is more important than just simply riding Nazarick's dick for how brutal, awesome they are during 3 seasons in a row. |
mar1217 said: But I digress, I would agree with him still, I think the world building is more important than just simply riding Nazarick's dick for how brutal, awesome they are during 3 seasons in a row. It doesn't mean they need to drag every small piece out for 50 episodes. Lingering on highly trivial details is hardly world building. I am all for it, if it's done right, which is not the case here. The Nazarick itself as a location is hardly explored and showcased. Not enough attention is paid to the characters that actually matter and/or are interesting. Some were even cut out of the anime. |
Suddenly, someone slaps you with a brick wall. |
| OOOOO yeah Enri and Nphirea were official on. |
| Glad that the villagers & orcs managed to defeat the village on their own. Oh and c'mon, Lupusregina had one job, one freaking job, to protect Nfi, Enri and her sister....and she almost failed at it. To be honest i don't know what to expect from this series because it's changing so much every season that it feels a little that i'm watching a different anime. Like, the 2nd season was focused on the conquest of those lizards and the princess etc, now we are focusing on a village and it's habitats in the middle of nowhere. I'm not complaining because i'm enjoying this, but it seems like i don't know what to expect next. Still enjoying this a lot! Let's see what will happen now. |
"There is no such thing as an Anime elitist. You watch Anime, therefore, you are trash by society's standards." |
Anatithe said: mar1217 said: But I digress, I would agree with him still, I think the world building is more important than just simply riding Nazarick's dick for how brutal, awesome they are during 3 seasons in a row. It doesn't mean they need to drag every small piece out for 50 episodes. Lingering on highly trivial details is hardly world building. I am all for it, if it's done right, which is not the case here. The Nazarick itself as a location is hardly explored and showcased. Not enough attention is paid to the characters that actually matter and/or are interesting. Some were even cut out of the anime. That obviously reads out like someone who plunged himself into the LN expecting a god-like adaptation. But I would like to ask, what kind of small details are you talking about that feel unecessary ? |
mar1217 said: But I would like to ask, what kind of small details are you talking about that feel unecessary ? Attempting to make us care about the goblins is one example. They are a summon and are loyal to a master, the end. There is no need to add extra to a simple set of entities that serve one purpose. Same with the lizard people in the last season. You're wasting your time animating a scene of two lizards fornicating... |
Suddenly, someone slaps you with a brick wall. |
Anatithe said: mar1217 said: But I digress, I would agree with him still, I think the world building is more important than just simply riding Nazarick's dick for how brutal, awesome they are during 3 seasons in a row. It doesn't mean they need to drag every small piece out for 50 episodes. Lingering on highly trivial details is hardly world building. I am all for it, if it's done right, which is not the case here. The Nazarick itself as a location is hardly explored and showcased. Not enough attention is paid to the characters that actually matter and/or are interesting. Some were even cut out of the anime. I think it's unfair to say that the worldbuilding of the small and insignificant characters in overlord isn't necessary. I think it's interesting how much time they spend developing these side characters. However, that's not to say you're wrong. We haven't got to see a lot of Nazarick, and many of the characters (as you mentioned) have been severely neglected. I'm not one to disagree that their should be more focus to Nazarick, and I think now typing this out I've come to agree that maybe their is too much of a focus on the side characters; although I can't say I mind it too much. |
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