Goblin Slayer (light novel)
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papsoshea said: Well this episode proved that this story is generic and basic af. Can't hide behind that b.s that happened in episode one and tell everyone who had criticism besides the controversial rape sceen. Where are all the people that were defending this show saying he has a real interesting reason for why he kills Goblins? All this show is going to be is the same thing every episode. That girl with the magic shit, she just got over that traumatic experience just like that. And everyone who said Goblin Slayer isn't OP lol this guy just shot arrows with perfect accuaracy from far away and killed them all. Just like he did last episode. The dialogue was a snooze fest, so boring, nothing interesting said. The CG on Goblin Slayer is awful, animation is average. Inukanura said: this series got way too much uneccesary exposure because of the last ep. ya’ll realize this is just a goblin slayer killing goblin right, the next episode will be like this, and the next, and the next, and the next. the one who loves goblin slaying, stick with it. I mean the people who defended this show this whole week were saying that the story has a lot more to offer, but this episode proved it. We basically seen the entire anime already, maybe the challenge get's bigger but it's the same thing. The main reason it got a big following, because the Manga/Light Novel readers hyped this to the moon and back and because of the controversy in episode one. Edit: While I understand his reasons for killing Goblins but that's just cliche af when all these people in the Goblin Slayer threads saying his reasoning isn't basic but rather interesting.......Eren? Sasuke? Lelouch? Mahiro? Scar? Guts? Clare? As generic as some of these characters maybe along with the anime they are in, far more interesting than Goblin Slayer. He is basically a robot. I understand what you're trying to get at but I think you're being a little too harsh on the main two characters. While the Goblin Slayer's past is cliched it still give us a perfect understanding of who he is and it makes us wonder if he's ever going to be able to let go of the past and settle down into a normal life. He's basically his own version of Bruce Wayne. That's one reason why I'm really liking this anime because I'm curious to see if he can find some peace in his life. Also, his perfect accuracy with archery is not far fetched and gives no indication that he's OP in the way you're thinking. He's been slaying goblins for years, meaning that he has plenty of experience and he knows these creatures better than anyone else. He's not new to this, so I have no idea why you would make that assumption. I used to shoot archery myself and I know from personal experience that if you practice just enough, like with any other ranged weapon, you can hit anything with pinpoint accuracy. As for priestess, look at it from her perspective. She chose to become an adventure, but she wasn't prepared for the brutality it would bring. The first episode gave us a perfect example of what happens when you don't think things all the way through. She learned this the hard way and she was lucky. You say that she got over her traumatic experience too soon. Why did you expect to her to do? Break down and cry? Feel guilty that she survived while the others didn't? No, she survived for a reason. Feeling sorry for herself won't bring those adventures back or make things easier. She chose to accept her mistake and move on because she's an adventurer. She learned a valuable lesson from that experience and that was to never go into anything without being prepared. Now if she had gotten the same treatment that the fighter did and was able to immediately recover, than I would call BS on that. The thing about this anime is that it seems to have been set up as tragedy of sorts revolving around the Goblin Slayer. I get that impression since the two episodes so far have been narrated by those who've encountered him. That alone makes the dialogue interesting because it shows what kind of impact the Goblin Slayer had on their lives while at the same those same characters might have some kind of impact the GS himself in the future. I don't know if that will continue further along but we'll see. |
| "You talk too much. Think too much." "I don't care how justified you think your reasons are. I won't tolerate liars or thieves." "If you're not going to be nice to me, don't expect me to be nice to you." "I'm a soldier, not a superhero. Don't ever think of me as one." "The world doesn't revolve around you. Get that through your thick skull." "People who live by their emotions go nowhere in their lives. They only find misery. "If you don't like the way your life is than do something about it instead of sitting there feeling sorry for yourself." "You want something go get it. Period." |
uninstallthegame said: we really don't need to see that stuff.kofmaster said: Just a reminder, manga is not the original source and the manga make the scenes more graphic. @miguitronik @tamikus ah, yes, my bad. this wasn't in the manga of Goblin Slayer. it was in the Goblin Slayer: Side Story Year One chapter 1. it was more graphical and impactful than this there's a lot more rape going on, but i'm not gonna show that. you can check it out yourselves, if you want |
| I may be nitpicking here, but why is Goblin Slayer CG where it's not needed? |
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MiiyoSon said: Lelouch0202 said: Personally, I don't understand all the backlash this show is receiving, literally the first line of the episodes' say 'The show contains elements that viewers may find disturbing and that viewer discretion is advised', Just to add more context, Crunchyroll just put that content warning like real recently (like a day or two ago). https://twitter.com/Crunchyroll/status/1050530602452054016 DivineTrinity said: That was not there the first episode. Crunchyroll just two days tweeted they would be adding the warning disclaimer for the episodes now. I wasn't aware of that but my point about the show still stands. |
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| From what I've heard, although this anime has been toned down it seems to be really good. The OP wasn't that great but the ED... It was so moving, even without the lyric translation I could feel it. So good. That red haired girl seems to be the 'country bumpkin' and I imagine her dying in the future; but the goblin slayer's backstory was too much, you can really empathise with his hatred, that being the case it's good that we have the mediator in the form of that priestess. I only expect great things from the show in the future (pity they didn't adapt this as more of a seinen for older audiences) |
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| I feel like once we hit the year 2020 every single anime is just going to be 100% CGI. It's slowly creeping it's way into every series and it only really looks good in movies and ovas with high budgets. In an actual tv series? It almost always looks jank. I can understand why people are getting turned off by it in this. |
| Liked the first one than this. |
Lelouch0202 said: The Anime Man said it best imo when it came to the hate MiiyoSon said: Just to add more context, Crunchyroll just put that content warning like real recently (like a day or two ago). https://twitter.com/Crunchyroll/status/1050530602452054016 DivineTrinity said: That was not there the first episode. Crunchyroll just two days tweeted they would be adding the warning disclaimer for the episodes now. I wasn't aware of that but my point about the show still stands. And then there's people like Mother's Basement who went REEEEEEEEEEEE on Twitter over that scene and I'm just trying to figure out how people missed the point of it We as viewers weren't supposed to care about that group of adventurers, that scene was just to show the cruelty of goblins as well as to show what usually happens when inexperienced and naive parties go after them - Which subsequently was highlighted in this episode and so their little backstories being cut really doesn't matter because they're just a statistic lol....And besides, you don't need to see a backstory in order to feel bad for a girl getting raped And once again, it's a Dark Fantasy, not a shounen or the usual light hearted fantasy isekai series, stuff like this is normal and quite frankly, there's much worse in other series in this genre SSTHZero said: I wasn't sure myself if it was adapting the manga or LN until today but if people still compare it to the manga then I dunno what else to say to themTokoya said: I was gonna ask how it was in the LN because I know they had in the main manga series but like how you said, not as detailed Is this adaptation still more or less just following the manga? In the LN, that scene has exactly 6 lines in the english version. I don't why people talk about the manga when the manga is an adaptation. |
TokoyaOct 13, 2018 2:48 PM
| The only thing I could think of while watching it was "god this fucking cgi is terrible". |
| Wonder how many people have yet to notice that the characters don't have names, and just their class title. Loving that dice intro as well, makes me remember playing Dungeons and Dragons with my buds <3 Anyways if you have read Marvel The Punisher you would understand his routine more. Gotta end that goblin mafia :3 But for those who wonder, yes he fights non goblins later further in the series. If you want learn more in depth of him becoming the slayer he is. Then search for the Year One manga/LN of GS. He has a nasty little teacher ^^ |
| This episode was too bland compared to the manga... they haven't shown the story of the party of potential waifus that got raped and eterminated in the old elven fortress... (chapter 4 of the manga) this was another event that is essential to create the pathos and dark atmosphere of the story, and it fuels even much more hate toward the goblins. So I didn't appreciate that they have toned down the story. Fortunately in the future these alterations should be less frequent. |
Franz_FurantsuOct 13, 2018 3:24 PM
| Damn, really loved this episode. I actually kinda got depressed watching it too. Can't wait for next week |
She's best girl <3 |
| idk whats going on with all these ppl complaining and bitching about this anime, If you guys are bitching about this being unrealistic then I don't even want to imagine how you've must shit on the other shows based on RPG worlds from games which by now... there are plenty. I love goblin slayer over the rest precisely cause it seems way more realistic than the others, maybe you should read a little more about this genre before coming here and throw all your shit trying to judge this show like if it had to be something complex that satisfies your intelectual complex. |
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| about the episode now....... geez it felt so short... I need more please.. can someone time travel and bring me the rest? I really want to see they take on other quests later on. it will be interesting to watch the main character using his skills to deal with other threats, like trolls and other monsters. |
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| I enjoy this episode. If it wasn't for the stupid unnecessary cgi on the goblin slayer it would be much much greater.. Like what kind of sense does that shit even make? You give us 1 second of CGI then you go back to 2D only to cut right back to CGI and that continues across the entire episode, hes even CGI in the flipping ED. That's the only downside for me so far. I like the Goblin slayer as a character, we got to know about his past and why he became like this.. |
| We know Goblin Slayer's past and her childhood friend. |
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| Decent episode, character development is always a plus, I want to see where this goes. |
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| So I didn't read the manga and based on ep 1 I'm already scared for fun bags. I'm also really annoyed with the nude teasing. Just fucking show it. Its not like it makes this show any more mature than it already is. |
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| I'm surprised I'm enjoying this show so much, I'm mostly a slice of life bro, even if it was Hero's revenge origins story 101 and as basic as it gets, it was told quite well, cruel yet as casual as something like that would happen in that world, he is more hero than any of the other adventurer but at the same time he isn't, loved the visuals on the OP and it was a great ED song. MC is calm almost on the boring side but doesn't come like an asshole, dude jsut knows his stuff. I don't like at all that CR Spanish subs called the goblin "duendes", it sucks so much, and then they call MC goblin slayer wth, at least have some consistency. fucking hated the CG, it was even worse this episode. |
| Did we really need a girl which only purpose is to get naked shots and some bounciness for Fanservice sake? (Yes, she has a connection with GS, but its pretty dull honestly) |
| "We could make the world better, but it's easier to just shut our eyes." ~Blackwall |
| I think this show will have the same problem of One Punch Man, it will become repetitive very fast because its plot is too simple and boring, the shock factor is a good hook, but I don't think it's enough to sustain the whole series. |
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| Tsk, I thought GS is a goblin himself. Please tell me Elf girl will get raped & killed later on. I don't like the OP/ED but the bgm is damn nice, going to use it as a mods >:) |
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| Is it me but I find the opening has a really good imagery and graphic aspect which fit the show very well but a below average even bad song. (It should have been in japanese honestly, I'm not against english lyrics but this is just ridiculous) And then, the ending has a fantastic music and singer, but a crappy as hell animation with just a CG rendered Goblin Slayer running in a "Fate SN ubw rip-off" and nothing else. It's kind of weird but anyway, for sure GS could not have awesome ops and eds even if White Fox does a good job at making good Ops. (Steins;Gate and Re:Zero for example) |
| I can't wait for the green haired elf girl, finally she made her appearance and her party. On the episode, that was dark and at the same time it was alright. Goblin slayer is one of those protagonist who slay a particular specie because they had past bad experience with them, to me it seems personal in slaying them. For a silver adventurer he sure doesn't behave like one like slaying dragons and other top monsters. I think his family was murdered or something by goblins. Nevertheless I love this show and I hope I will get more content since it's only 12 episodes. |
How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb --- Dr Strangelove  |
| Things will pick up after this episode. Cow Girl is best girl. I kinda expected GS to have an Overlord type opening, but whatever. very good episode, 8/10  |
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Lelouch0202 said: Totally agree with your first bit there,if you want to watch it,watch it,if not,then don't.Good episode. Personally, I don't understand all the backlash this show is receiving, literally the first line of the episodes' say 'The show contains elements that viewers may find disturbing and that viewer discretion is advised', if you can't stand the stuff then just don't watch it. I'm pretty sure that's what that line means. We get introduced to the Goblin Slayer's childhood friend who had just left before his entire town was murdered by goblins. Took a liking to her. We also got glimpses of other character including some other Silver Ranks and a witch who I presume will join later on? It's kinda sad to see the attitude of other Adventurers towards Goblin Slayer, he's doing the work we need, shame no one recognizes it. The way Goblin Slayer narrated his story as the current quest was going on made the whole thing quite poignant but I can understand where he's coming from. I guess he is technically Doom Guy, built with pent up rage towards Goblins, his final line about how he was the goblin to goblins was really cool though. Receptionist is best girl. XD But I can't agree with your last statement,seriously,Guild Girl?-No way,anyone knows Cow Girl is best girl :) |
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FuryTank said: I think this show will have the same problem of One Punch Man, it will become repetitive very fast because its plot is too simple and boring, the shock factor is a good hook, but I don't think it's enough to sustain the whole series. Keep watching,if it follows the LN,it won't get repetitive,well,maybe a little bit,but not too much :) |
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| Nice bard at the end lol |
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Illyricus said: What are Guts and FSN Lancer doing in GS.  Also sure that minstrel at the end was voiced by Show Hayami. No wonder Goblin Slayer hates goblins so much. Having to see how your siste is raped and killed in front of your eyes would made anyone crazy to kill those little shits. Goblin Slayer's childhood friend is a cute. No wonder the series refers her as "Cow Girl" however ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)  OP is nice, ED would be better with the wonky CGI. glad to know I'm not the only one who caught this |
| Don't believe the hype. |
| so that was legit, they cut out a certain set up scene to that fortress in the manga but still, legit is legit. |
| Don't believe the hype. |
| 17:11 "I know you were childhood friends, but now matter how he was in the past..." Quality subs, Crunchyroll. Quality subs. Good episode tho. Glad to hear Yuka Iguchi in this show as well :D Also the CG kinda annoys me. Like when he was walking at the farm. Just looks choppy. |
KougeruOct 13, 2018 6:02 PM
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Melody2222 said: I was surprised that everyone was so disrecpectful towards the MC at the begining then at the end we see that a bard is singing about him so he must have quite a reputation. His speach during the attack was really interesting. I think they're just jealous that he's well-known |
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Kougeru said: Melody2222 said: I was surprised that everyone was so disrecpectful towards the MC at the begining then at the end we see that a bard is singing about him so he must have quite a reputation. His speach during the attack was really interesting. I think they're just jealous that he's well-known No, the writers fucked up and had conflicting lore. |
Draconix814 said: I like how his perspective from his helmet is symbolic for his narrow goal to only hunt goblins and how he does it to constantly remind himself of the day the goblins tortured his sister-- as he saw it all happen through the narrow blinds. This man doesn't have any other purpose in life and isn't willing to look outside of it-- and I happen to think that alone is pretty genius. You honestly just blew my mind with this. Never even thought about it like that. |
While that could be an explanation, the way I see it is that in the eyes of adventurers the dude is just abusing the quest system to climb doing low entry missions for his gain, but to the citizens he is as much of a Hero as they come, he didn't turn his back to the common folk. |
KanameYuukiOct 13, 2018 7:01 PM
| just warming up for the introduction of best girl next week.. The CGI could definitely be worse, and as long as they use their budget where it counts, dont mind them using it here and there throughout the episode. Kinda disappointed with the OP and ED though. But im happy enough that it's getting animated in the first place. Overall, a decent enough episode that gives some backstory while moving the plot forward. |
| So he eats with the helmet too? xD I wonder if he will ever take it off, but since he isn't taking it off now i guess there is a reason for that. And i doubt that he got "crazy" as that guy said. It's a shame that we won't have 24 eps of this :/ |
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| Awesome episode. Orcbolg's backstory was as good as in the lightnovel. And also, did anyone else notice the part when cow girl seemingly disappeared in the background when GS and Priestess was talking about the quest? |
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| Oh boy, it's always nice trying to concentrate on what's happening on screen but this is so in your face that it's impossible looking the show with a straight face all the way. First, we get these "amazing" gigantic boobs physic and nude shots from the cow girl. (Nice obnoxious pandering) But then, it seems the anime can't keep up with GS character basic animation with how much it transitions between 2D and CG. All we actually got so far is a bit more of personal backstory (rapidly told) and GS present psyche when it comes to goblins. Receptionist is so far the most actually characterized out of the bunch ... |
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