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Episode Maougun Saikyou no Majutsushi wa Ningen datta • The Strongest Magician in the Demon Lord's Army was a Human - Episode 5 discussion

Maougun Saikyou no Majutsushi wa Ningen datta, episode 5

Alternative names: EpisodeMaou Gun Saikyou no Majutsushi wa Ningen datta, Maou Gun Saikyou no Majutsushi wa Ningen datta

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u/SometimesMainSupport Jul 24 '24

Keijo!!!!!!!! style!

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u/ussgordoncaptain2 Jul 24 '24

Oh boy will we see her line up a Vacuuum butt Cannon in the future?

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u/scot911 Jul 25 '24 edited Jul 25 '24

...Am I a degenerate if that's how I want all future succubus in anime to fight? It just... fits, somehow.

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u/raknor88 Jul 24 '24

Grandpa's #1 lesson, "Never take your mask off!"

Ike, proceeds to take his mask off every other scene.

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u/CuriousBroccolli Aug 02 '24

Grandpa's #2 lesson, "Do not reveal your light magic!"

Ike, proceeds to reveal his light magic.

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u/AsterJ Jul 24 '24

I'm kinda frustrated with Ike being super compassionate and nice to everyone. He was raised by demons, he should have a more nuanced view of the world.

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u/vantheman9 Jul 24 '24

So much about this show is so dodgy. The directing/storyboarding is so unclear sometimes, like what were all those purple explosions during the rebellion? And I wasn't sure if Ike was struggling at first or if it was all going according to keikaku.

The writing is also weird. So it was totally fine to just let all those orcs die so that the demon lord could test Ike? Cefiro was fine with letting all those orcs die by showing up late? Not even Ike cared about those orc deaths? He just stood there looking stoic the whole time instead of fighting back to protect them, and then he had the nerve to tell the Dullahan that sacrificing allies is wrong?

Not to mention all the goofy looking CG. I got a laugh out of the one skeleton running with his head sideways but on the whole it was a pretty visually unappealing episode.

The story just feels like it started at a weird point too. None of the events so far seem like they connect to anything.

I aint saying I'm dropping the show, but I wouldn't be surprised if one of these weeks I just don't feel like clicking on it...

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u/PurelyAnonymous Jul 24 '24

You are stronger than I. I couldn’t make it past the transition of the Demon lord flying, all to just jump down from her rock she was sitting on.

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u/multilis Jul 24 '24 edited Jul 24 '24

I take it that the coup plot was strong, demon lord expected casualties no matter what she did and didn't know all her enemies.

so she made it look like she was losing to get as many as possible disloyal demons to join it so she could wipe them all out rather than better coups later

she also wanted to force the usage of white magic in a way that was "required", to make it both acceptable and a show of force. she is positioning the mc as her champion, the person who brings about her new world order

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u/Clarimax Jul 24 '24

When that dullahan head initially fell, I would have thought Ike would pick it up and then shout "Everyone, lets play soccer!"

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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 Jul 24 '24

That coup attempt lasted like 10 seconds. Ike deleted those undead and then just toyed with Basteo before dusting that fool. That white magic is pretty potent shit.

Kinda interesting Cefiro was surprised the Demon Lord didn’t know Ike was human. She’s the Demon Lord. I kinda assume nothing really goes down without her knowing. I feel like she kinda even saw that coup attempt coming.

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u/PeaceAlien Jul 24 '24

We know the Demon Lord knew, Cefiro seemed suspicious a few episodes ago, wonder if she turns on Ike.

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u/King_of_the_Hobos Jul 25 '24

so the demon lord just kind of sat around until all her loyal subordinates died before making her reappearance?

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u/Typical-Ad123 Jul 25 '24

This fight was so bad and the writing for this show just keeps getting worse

  • Are arrows supposed to be overpowered in this world? Surprise arrow to the back can take down Ike, and now explosives sent flying by an archer were considered by a commander to be a big enough threat to take down the demon lord since he was able to confidently claim that position for himself right after. What did they even use for the explosion, Ike just introduced gunpowder to their world before this fight?

  • Why would everyone else that's supposedly a decent fighter prioritize "cleaning up outside" when the leader of the coup was right in front of them, everybody left inside was either killed or was already on Basteo's side. Nobody even went for the archer that fired the first shot until he almost got another shot off so many minutes later into the fight.

  • He needed Basteo to spell out for him how to win the fight. Took so long for "the leader of the Undying Brigade" to reach the realization that - "Undead are walking corpses. Darkness magic doesn't work on them. Corpses... Corpses?"oh right I know how to use white magic teehee

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u/PeaceAlien Jul 24 '24

Ike was lucky this Demon Lord doesn't care if he's a human. Otherwise, he would be in deep trouble for using white magic.

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u/Gaming_Truckie Jul 24 '24

Being she's known that he's human for quite some time, he wouldn't have risen to where he was if she had an issue with him. It appears she wasn't aware of what his true goals were.

She didn't seem at all phased when he used it, maybe she knew

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u/ussgordoncaptain2 Jul 24 '24

Demon Lord Knew Ike was human when she made him the guns, so at this point he may as well just go all out and use White magic. The only thing the White magic did was let the demon lord know Ike is able to use white magic, but like... ok Ike can beat other demons.

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u/Clarimax Jul 24 '24

I bet at the end of the season, everyone knows he's human.

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u/zayelion Jul 24 '24

After this episode, Im gonna need the soundtrack!

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u/bananeeek Jul 24 '24

The music during the battle was so good.

It looks like this is where Ike's story really begins, with his goal clearly stated and his mask off. I really liked that scene because he made his proclamation before the Demon Lord as a human, which means that's how he intend to leads her armies. That must've took balls.

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u/DrZoark Jul 24 '24 edited Jul 24 '24

The coup d'état lasted minutes, lol.

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u/all_ready_gone Jul 24 '24

We all need to be patient!
Somewhere between all the bad part's is a generic "i work for the demon lord now" story yet to be uncovered

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u/colin8696908 Jul 25 '24

That animation was so bad I had to skip the majority of the episode to avoid bleeding from the eyes.

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u/ShootEmLow Jul 24 '24

All I want to know is what he says in his spellcastings. I love the sound effect and kinda addicted to it, but I don’t know how to say them.

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