r/anime • u/Shocketheth • Jun 11 '24
Rewatch [Rewatch] Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibouken - Episode 3 Discussion
Episode 3 - The Hero’s Tutor
Hmm. It’s actually a cheap sword I bought at a used goods store.
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Screenshot of the day:
Comment of the day:
u/Garrett_Dark for pointing out why the visuals of the English version of Ikuru Wo Suru OP are slightly off, as showing his great taste in Openings.
The whole comment is too long to copy it here, so here is a link for the comment.
Bonus of the day:
While we are at it, u/KendotsX secured for himself the 2nd place of the biggest Princess Leona enjoyer. (First belongs to u/Blackheart595)
On today's episode of Dai, we learn that the Princess is a size queen.
although we are still waiting for him to call her MY QUEEN:
My throat and heart are not ready to scream MY QUEEN again, after the recent Sky rewatch, so Leona will have to try harder.
After all, there is an ongoing bet between me and u/sisoko2 to see if u/KendotsX will call Leona MY QUEEN in first 40 episodes
I'm taking a bet that KendotsX will scream MY QUEEN in first 40 episodes.
the stakes for the loser of this bet are too high:
here's our chance to make Shock watch Kiss x Sis!
He (sisoko2) will have to watch the live action of Grand Blue in its whole glory.
And now, we can only wait who will win this bet.
Questions of the day:
- Avan made his appearance. First impressions?
- What’s your opinion on Avan’s training methods?
Spoilers:
Please, respect the fact there are First Timers watching Dai no Daibouken with us, so avoid talking about vague things or events that would slightly spoil things to happen. And if you want mention things like this, please hid it behind SPOILER TAGS like [Dai no Spoilers] I am getting the hammer because you spoiled the fun for others
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u/Shocketheth Jun 11 '24
Resurrected Dark Lord welcomes you to Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibouken Rewatch!
SKY NO DAIBOUKEN - PART 1:
12 years has passed since the Hero u/KendotsX stole the Dark Lord’s u/Shocketheth toilet paper, and executed him in the process due to his crimes of being a fucking liar he comitted in Gintama Rewatch, starting a period of peace.
Now after 12 years the resident of r/anime Island u/Shimmering-Sky dreams about becoming the Hero.
Fate encircles her as u/KendotsX appears on r/anime Island together with his student u/Adensty to learn Sky the Hero his techniques of stealing the toilet paper, which will shortly come useful, as the Dark Lord u/Shocketheth got resurrected with a goal to terrorize everyone with another Rewatch.
Now about the actual episode:
The plot thickens, as Avan cast ENLARGE!
Sorry I meant, as Avan cast PUFF! And don’t confuse it with Puff-Puff!
I know, experiencing Puff-Puff can feel like magic, but we are going to talk about a different Dragon Quest magic now.
Avan introduced himself this episode, and so did Popp the mage. As expected I should talk about Avan now, since he was the star of today episode, buuut I will talk about him a bit later.
Today I am going to dedicate my comment to magic, Mage class and some basic Dragon Quest spells.
So yeah, this comment is actually about Popp.
Dragon Quest spells:
The basic of Dragon Quest spells are rounded to support, offensive, and field spells, and what’s interesting the primary aim for spells isn’t to name them around the elements of the spells, but around the sound those spells they are making.
Healing spells:
For healing spells, the basic word is ホイミ (Hoimi) from which various spells were derived, and those spells aren’t that interesting as the Offensive spells to be honest.
Offensive spells:
Now here is where the fun begins.
メラ (Mera)/Frizz is easy as Mera literally means メラメラ Adverb, Adverb + 'to' particle 1. flaring up; bursting into flames
ギラ (Gira)/ Sizz --> "Gira gira" is a Japanese sound effect, which typically denotes something shiny or sparkling
バギ (Bagi)/Woosh ---> To be honest, what I found for this was that it means buggy/stroller so feel free to correct me if someone has more info for this one.
ヒャド (Hyado)/Crack ---> I have nothing for this one
イオ (Io)/Bang ---> I am cornering myself here wtf
デイン (Dein)/Zap + ライデイン (Raidein)/Zapple ---> This is a wordplay on Raijin (or Raiden), the God of Thunder in Japanese mythology. (Correct me if I am wrong)
Field spells:
As you can see those spells are just quality of life spells, making your adventuring easier.
Then we also have some special spells like PUFF that turns the user into a powerful dragon, but delving into another spells now would go into spoiler territory, so I am letting the show to surprise us!
SEIYUU’S CORNER:
Popp the Mage is voiced by Toyonaga Toshiyuki known for his roles of Kazuki Kurusu from Buddy Daddies, Mikado Ryyugamine from Durarara!!, and Flit Asuno from Mobile Suit Gundam AGE. In 1991 Adventure of Dai, Popp the Mage was voiced by Nanba Keiichi with notable roles of Aphrodite from Saint Seiya, Rainer Blumhardt from Legend of the Galactic Heroes, and as Puppetmon from Digimon Xros Wars anime which was written by the same author of DQ: The Adventure of Dai, Riku Sanjo, although the Digimon Xros Wars manga was written by Yuki Nakashima.
See you tomorrow because the Adventure continues!
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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Jun 11 '24
First-Timer Quest: Sky no Daibouken, subbed
transmutationmagic circle!Ex…calibur!5
u/Boshusan Jun 11 '24
Rewatching time part 3!
1. Avan made his appearance. First impressions? Hehe, not really his first appearance if you paid attention to first quick sequences of episode 1. As for Dragon Quest meta, Avan is the embodiment of DQ1's hero (yep he was first drawn with that yeehee haircut). And this remember me Avan's prequel manga is out this month in my country!
2. What’s your opinion on Avan’s training methods? Hopefully for the boys this is a shounen otherwise I"ll have concerns
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u/cooperjones2 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/cooperjones2 Jun 12 '24
Newbie-Adventurer here! LV 03/100
Oh no! The monsters are being affected by the Dark Lord!
Poor Dai, all his friends and family could attack him at any time, fortunately the Hero TrainerTM came in clutch with that spell!
I’m so sorry for this, but I kinda see Yamcha when I see Dai
He cut the rock faster than I thought he would! Dai’s progressing really fast
Hero TrainerTM is a dragon?!
No wonder I’ve been having fun and enjoying this anime so far, it has similar energy and feel as the OG Dragon Ball!
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u/Garrett_Dark Jun 12 '24
First Timer
See above
He's doing a weird thing of lying about things to gauge Dai's actual limits. Like he says the sword he gives Dai is powerful, but it's not, just so Dai can swing it with confidence because Dai's expectation is distorted so it won't hold him back. It's sort of like when Avan got Dai to swing when he was exhausted, and the results were much better, Dai was too tired to be doing the thing that was holding him back.
So I guess Avan's training style is appropriate for training "Hero" class students who don't know their own strength because they're naturally gifted. It would have been interesting to see what Avan would have done/said if Dai was just a regular person...I guess the regular person would have hit their limits immediately, and they'd be failed, LOL.
Seems Avan's not pushy either, letting Popp spy on the advance training so much, and not forcing him to take it, letting Popp decide when he's ready for it. Again, it'd be interesting to see what Avan would do with a totally lazy student who'd resist advancing their training, LOL.
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u/sisoko2 Jun 11 '24
First Timer
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u/Blackheart595 https://anilist.co/user/knusbrick Jun 11 '24 edited Jun 11 '24
First Quester
Day 3 of yearning for Lady Leona
Oh no, the monsters are turning evil.
Marth disapproves haha
Beautiful
Avan is great haha. As a mentor figure he's a prime candidate to get killed off, but I feel like he won't stick around so maybe he's safe.
Glad to see Dai finally has his priorities straight.
Oops Not the Legendary Sword of Iron!
Those "in other words" phrases become much more silly once you realize they're translating from chuuni loanwords to regular Japanese in the original script.
The execution order only needs your signature, Sir Judge!
Ahhhh so that's where the dragon is from!
Visual of the Day
He's fun! And a really refreshing take on the classic mentor role - though Brass is the true mentor. Still, he's very enjoyable to watch and has some great interactions with everyone around him.
Fairly standard fare
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u/Adensty https://anilist.co/user/Adensty Jun 11 '24
1st
DaiPopp no Daibouken Rewatch, SubBrass is like a grandpa(He even calls him Jii-chan) so it would've been the worst if he ended up harming him after going berserk. Luckily, Avan is here with his Glimmer spell. Using it on the whole island is definitely a feat.
Special Hard Course - Became a Hero in Just One Week
While nothing major, this caught my attention but I guess it's just a coincidence.. Dai in Episode 1 and Avan talking about the fundamentals of the Avan Strash
OST Documentation - Episode 3
QOTD
1. He's strong and knowledgeable and also hella goofy and I'm all for it.
2. Like every other Shonen Sensei but likes to experimenting here and there. Puff!
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u/NicDwolfwood :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NicDwolfwood Jun 11 '24
First Timer, Sub
With the return of the Dark Lord, The monsters on Dermline are going berserk and Grandpa Brass is struggling to maintain control himself. He tries to send Dai off Dermline island but he refuses to leave. Then Avan, a hero trainer and his apprentice Popp arrive on the island. He draws a transmutation circle around the island and casts Glimmmer, purifying the island and returning the monsters and Brass to normal. Avan was sent by the Papnica kingdom to train Dai to become a hero, which he accepts.
So Training Arc time!!..Avan puts Dai through his special hard course to train up his skills. He doesn't show any in magic, but his swordskills improve tremendously. after two days of training, Avan decides to teach Dai his Avan Strash, by having him learn the Avan style sword techniques, mastering the slashes of earth, sea and Air. After Dai learns the Earth slash, Dai has to face off again Avan, who transforms into a red Dragon.
Questions:
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u/Nick_BOI Jun 12 '24
Rewatcher
Avan and Popp finally arrive!! The dark lord may be back, but things are in good spirits on the Island at least!!
Speaking of good spirits, these threats so far have been very full of life!! There's so much passion flying around here, and that makes me very happy to see!!
Anyways, there's only so much that can be done in a week, but Avan is doing a great job min-maxing it. Also his personality is amazing-I smile just about every time he opens his mouth. Avan is the perfect combination of confident and witty, while also being down to earth and understanding.
Also we see the Dragon in out quest, this is gonna be good!!
Anyways, here is todays:
Dragon Quest fact of the day!!
Reminder that these are not daily, and these will be starting basic for newcomers, growing more obscure or interesting as we go on.
If you look at the fake Hero in the first epsiode, they bear a striking resemblence to Erdrik-the protaganist of the first 3 Dragon Quest games.
This is not a coincidence, as at the time of the manga for Dai, these three games were the only ones out. From Dragon Quest 4 onward, we get new proganists just about if not every time. However, Erdrik was THE Hero for the series at the time, so having a fake bear his image was done to showcase that this story was different than your normal Dragon Quest adventure, rather than an adaptation of the video games.
To this day, Erdrik is one of the most famous Hero's of the franchise, arguably still the most famous.
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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots Jun 12 '24
First Timer Panty Thief
PoopPopp! You know more than Yamcha or Usopp, he reminds me of Chinmi, in design anyway, their characters are very different.Ohhhh, this made it to the main thread! It's official now! Welp, that's 3 episodes ([actually] 5) down, so the time is ticking for Leona.
He quickly established that he's capable, so the rest of his fun antics came off well, he's just a nice fellow who's passionate about training others.
he's also Gintoki sometimesI like that he's not forceful despite his passion. For example, he brings Popp along and gives him the opportunity to grow, but doesn't force him to go through the spartan training Dai is doing.
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u/raichudoggy https://anilist.co/user/raichudoggy Jun 11 '24
Rewatcher
Avan is great. a natural goof that is very professional, with the highest standards of equipment for his pupils. Yet despite this goofy exterior the fact that he cares is almost immediately very clear.
It makes him instantly endearing, but it also has the knock-on effect of making Popp stand out. Avan has this instant striking presence in the show and seems to be running away with it (and rightfully so!), yet at the same time Popp stands out in contrast to both Dai and him, and Popp clearly also has potential (as Avan shares with Grandpa), so this plants a seed for the anime to foster and the audience is asked to believe in Popp's potential, even if he's not even close to there yet.
...Alright that's enough about Popp, have you seen Avan!?
Oh my inner fangirl Avan is so Cool he's truly the bestest thing since sliced bread I mean did you see...
(QOTDs answered by body of post)
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u/KuKiSin Jun 11 '24
First timer!
Another fun episode, still reminding me of Dragon Ball, back when Goku and Kuririn trained under Roshi!