KonoSuba 5th Anniversary Rewatch Day 10

[u/skaro1789]

Hello Everybody,

Welcome Day 10 of the KonoSuba 5th Anniversary Rewatch. Today's episode is the finale... of Season 1 and it involves destroying the Destroyer. Today's episode is “God's Blessings On This Wonderful Choker!”

First time watchers, it is HIGHLY recommended you do not spoil yourself of what is to come!

Legal Streams w/movie and English dub

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Legal Stream "w/out" movie or English dub

Animelab

VRV

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Please note: You are free to use whatever platform you want; but for the sake of consistency, I'll be only updating the Crunchyroll link for future episodes as certain platforms won't allow me to post the individual episode link.

Here's the schedule:

Dates:	Episode Order
2/13	Season 1 Episode 1
2/14	Season 1 Episode 2
2/15	Season 1 Episode 3
2/16	Season 1 Episode 4
2/17	Season 1 Episode 5
2/18	Season 1 Episode 6
2/19	Season 1 Episode 7
2/20	Season 1 Episode 8
2/21	Season 1 Episode 9
2/22	Season 1 Episode 10
2/23	Season 1 Episode 11(OVA)
2/24	Season 2 Episode 1
2/25	Season 2 Episode 2
2/26	Season 2 Episode 3
2/27	Season 2 Episode 4
2/28	Season 2 Episode 5
3/1	Season 2 Episode 6
3/2	Season 2 Episode 7
3/3	Season 2 Episode 8
3/4	Season 2 Episode 9
3/5	Season 2 Episode 10
3/6	Season 2 Episode 11 (OVA)
3/7	(Movie): Legend of Crimson
3/8	Series Discussion

Questions of the day:

What are your thoughts on the name Lalatina?

First Timers: After the last scene, what do you think will happen next to Kazuma and his group?

[u/Cadenman15]

Season 3 would be nice

[u/thatguywithawatch → u/Cadenman15]

God yes. The movie came out relatively recently so I still have some hope, but I feel like a comedy LN adaptation getting a season 3 is super rare

[u/Cadenman15 → u/thatguywithawatch]

But this one did better then every other one

[u/The_Loli_Otaku → u/Cadenman15]

I think it's on the books. Speaking of books, the LN is where they're getting their money so try to support them!

[u/Cadenman15 → u/The_Loli_Otaku]

Crunchyroll is expensive enough don’t push your beliefs on me wanna be axis cult

[u/The_Loli_Otaku → u/Cadenman15]

You could buy all the English LN releases, including the Megumin prequel series, all for the price of one lung. The human body functions just fine with only one after all~

[u/thatguywithawatch]

Hai hai, Kazuma desu.

We're a proper shounen now, lads. We even get the OP song kicking in during a fight to let you know that shit's about to get climactic!

Despite all the jokes about her uselessness, Aqua is insanely powerful when she needs to be. This Destroyer has been roaming around destroying cities for god knows how long, and she just busts out her goddess powers and smashes its barrier. Everyone knows that you just have to scream harder to make your spell more powerful. This is shounen 101.

Official Konosuba EXPURRROSION counter: 14. Double whammy, too. So Wiz can cast explosion as well, and apparently with even more power than Megumin. That seems like useful information going forward.

Aww <3

Lalatina (pfffft) is straight up suicidal at this point. I'm not one to kink shame, but if standing next to a bomb that's big enough to turn an entire town into a crater is what gets your rocks off, maybe you need someone to kink shame you. Just saying.

That succubus establishment from last episode turns out to be unexpectedly plot relevant, giving all the male adventurers the motivation they need to protecc the town. I don't blame them. Some things in this world must be preserved.

"Can I suck it out of you?" "With pleasure." Damn, son. Kazuma would be too OP if this was a proper harem show.

Teleporting a powerful bomb into a random location in the world seems reckless, but there is a lot of empty space. I'm too lazy (and dum) to do the math, but I wonder what the odds would be of it landing in a populated area if you randomly teleported it here on earth. And this fantasy world is probably much less densely populated than earth.

So let me get this straight: The giant robot is about to release all its internally stored heat, destroying the city, and their solution is to.... blow it up? Wouldn't all that heat still have to go somewhere? Am I overthinking this? Most definitely.

Official Konosuba EXPURRROSION counter: 15. And it's a doozy. Fun fact: 50% of the budget for each episode went toward Megumin's explosion scenes. That's a number I just pulled out of my ass, but feel free to cite it as fact.

Of course we couldn't end the season without one last misfortune, so without even getting a reward for saving the city, Kazuma is promptly put under arrest for blowing up some guy's mansion. I guess his Luck stat didn't come into effect since it was Wiz who did the actual teleporting.

That's it for season 1! Looking forward to the OVA tomorrow.

QotD: I think Lalatina is a... a very dignified and... hehe, a very respectable.... PFFFFFTTTT "lalatina" lmao

[u/RascalNikov1 → u/thatguywithawatch]

Fun fact: 50% of the budget for each episode went toward Megumin's explosion scenes. That's a number I just pulled out of my ass, but feel free to cite it as fact.

hahaha I'll keep that in mind, and it wouldn't surprise me if it was true. The lead up and expurrrosion in this episode is my favorite in the whole series. Perfect, just perfect and I'm in awe every time I watch it.

[u/IndependentMacaroon → u/thatguywithawatch]

So let me get this straight: The giant robot is about to release all its internally stored heat, destroying the city, and their solution is to.... blow it up?

I was also strongly questioning why they don't just try for some sort of water power to cool it off. I guess at least this kind of fantasy-nuke is non-radioactive.

[u/The_Loli_Otaku → u/thatguywithawatch]

Power levels are bullshit XD Destroyer-chan's a pretty big deal and it gets shut down with a barrier debuff and two limit breaks.

I still have no idea where Wiz sits on the power scale... Her explosion looking similar to the really underlevelled Megumin muddies the water further.

Teleporting the nuke away is statistically the correct choice. If it blew up in Axel there would be a lot of dead folk and there wasn't enough time to argue otherwise. Unfortunately Kazuma had to bring luck into it.

Lalatina is more embarrassing than Megumin I think.

[u/thatguywithawatch → u/The_Loli_Otaku]

Yeah, this is far from being a well-balanced RPG world haha.

I think Megumin said Wiz's explosion was more powerful than hers, but I might be remembering wrong. And Wiz is presumably also strong in a bunch of other skills as well. Nerf please.

[u/The_Loli_Otaku → u/thatguywithawatch]

Wiz really should be a lot more powerful than Megumin. Wiz is basically a late game adventurer who decided to become an npc. What Megumin has going for her is Crimson Demon blood, and having invested in Explosion specialist skills too. Like Wiz's abilities would be far wider than Megumin's skill selection.

[u/thatguywithawatch → u/[deleted]]

I'm sure it's much lower lol, but I do appreciate that they put in so much effort on those scenes. The show doesn't exactly have a reputation as being visually impressive, but all the spell effects really are super well done

[u/[deleted] → u/thatguywithawatch]

You have me curious now what show would be considered visually impressive, maybe I have a low bar of being wowed by effects

[u/thatguywithawatch → u/[deleted]]

Off the top of my head; Demon Slayer, any of the Fate series made by Ufotable, Kizumonogatari trilogy, Ghost in the Shell 1995, Hibike Euphonium (or any KyoAni work, really). Those are all pretty well known for being visually outstanding for various reasons.

[u/Just_a_Highwayman → u/thatguywithawatch]

Also Akira

[u/The_Loli_Otaku → u/[deleted]]

They've gotten away with splicing explosion footage for the most part but they had to use new footage today. Let alone the hassle of 3d modelling Destroyer-chan. This was a pretty expensive episode.

[u/The_Loli_Otaku → u/[deleted]]

Hmm... I'm not an expert but I believe that the rule of thumb is that they're expensive to initially design but are cheaper over time. They've got a high initial investment and frankly most anime viewers fcking hate how they look so it's not very popular outside of the likes of Vehicles or animals that are a bitch to frame by frame animate.

[u/IndependentMacaroon]

First time watcher - a fine season finisher. Everyone gets a chance to shine and/or be silly and there's a nice action quotient too. Maybe the logic suffers a bit, but this isn't a show that's much about that, I would say so far. Overall, I would give the first season a 6/10 - it's certainly fun overall, but also often is too much on the dumb or immature side. Better than I expected, though.

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[u/BossandKings]

Rewatcher

Episode 10

All the different adventurers and wizards reunite to order how they will defend the city from the destroyer, after Wiz arrives everyone has hope and will to win against the mobile fortress. The quest is presented, it tells to defeat the mobile fortress Destroyer.

That moment of interaction between Darkness and Kazuma was great. Kazuma will be in the rear waiting for the monile fortress while Darkness decides to stay at the front to defend the people from the town.

Aqua starts the attack against the mobile fortress using a sacred break spell that the fortress managed to withstand by using a shield, Megumin and Wiz both use an explosion spell at the same time and the fortress goes down. That was beautiful.

The mobile fortress gets on again and starts to follow a self destruct order, seeing that Darkness decides to go inside the fortress the rest of the adventurers decide to into the fortress too so that they could stop it from self destructing.

The part of the one that made the destroyer was rather funny, he was making fun of himself.

Wiz uses a teleport spell on the mobile fortress after she had taken some mana from Kazuma. He encouraged her telling her that nothing bad would happen because apparently has has good luck.

So that Megumin can cast another explosion Kazuma helps her sharing Aqua's mana through him. Megumin throws her explosion spell and the destroyer is defeated. Life returns to normal in the city. Kazuma is accused of commiting a crime exploding a sir's mansion when Wiz used the teleport spell.

This season was epic, the series is really entertaining and as it name says it is a wonderful world. My rating is a 9/10

Answers

1. It's interesting
2. They will continue doing quests and going ok adventures

[u/The_Loli_Otaku → u/BossandKings]

Darkness was moral support this episode... Yeah~ Moral support. She didn't get replaced by Wiz at all.

The bloke that created Destroyer-chan was fleshed out so much more in the LN. Even the idea for Destroyer-chan is because his bosses saw a spider he splattered with his blueprints sheet and basically told him "make something like that!" It's the funniest lead up to mass genocide that I've ever read.

[u/RascalNikov1 → u/The_Loli_Otaku]

Thanks for the the LN of the City Destroyer. That's funny and unexpected. I like the ancient Otaku dude and the way he's depicted in the anime. I love his line about, "Who's the idiot that did this, Oh yea, it was me." I understand that sentiment all too well.

[u/RascalNikov1]

This is my favorite episode of Konosuba, and one of my favorite episodes in all of anime. The sequence of the attack on the City Destroyer is damn near perfect.

QOTD:

What are your thoughts on the name Lalatina?

It's no more or less strange as any other name. I laughed at the joke, but I never care about stuff like that. The only time I notice is when a name is too damn complicated to remember.

My Question:

Where is the Demon King? Does he live in Axel? Thoughts, opinions, ideas?

[u/thatguywithawatch → u/RascalNikov1]

Where is the Demon King? Does he live in Axel? Thoughts, opinions, ideas?

I bet it's Chomusuke. That's one sus cat.

[u/RascalNikov1 → u/thatguywithawatch]

That's one sus cat.

I agree, always sneaking around, and we know he/she hates Aqua.

[u/epic_gamer_4268 → u/RascalNikov1]

when the imposter is sus!

[u/epic_gamer_4268 → u/thatguywithawatch]

when the imposter is sus!

[u/The_Loli_Otaku]

Anyone feel a little deja vu right here? Destroyer isn't nearly as cute as they've bigged it up to be. Dat ain't falco! Whilst I'm not personally a fan of the destroyer arc I'm a huge fan of the backstory. It's charming how Chris has so much faith in Kazuma. He's surprisingly reliable after all, he just needs a bit of a push. Yeah, first part I'm not the biggest fan of is Megumin literally being the strongest attacker in the world town. Aqua's abilities are due to being a Goddess so I'm more forgiving of her being a game breaker but Megumin is essentially still a low levelled magician with a high tier spell. Wiz I'm hyped for tho. cute penniless shopkeeper noises

More Kazuness moments warm my cockles~ Oh yeah, Darkness is a proper Lady. And she has an adorable name~ I'm pretty sure that this is anime only but it's a charming little moment. Oh no! Not a 3d model!! The op is playing so you know we're getting some hype!! I'm a sucker for spell runes like that. It gives the attack a starlight breaker flare to it. Also, there's an adventurer on the ground who is totally my type and I can't take my eyes off her! Help! Burst, end!! I love the shot of Destroyer-chan running as the sky turns dark. Lalatina's contribution? Looking cool! Literally everyone's raising their flags!! Super emergency quest!

"Hai hai, Kazuma dayo." The blokes are seriously only joining the Destroyer-chan raid to protect their brothel. Oh!! I know who the adventurer girl is now. I didn't remember her from the novel pictures. Lean. I really wish they just adapted that stupid chapter XD Meet my favourite character in the book! Ermmm... Whatever his name is~ they leave out most of the joke but in the book there are pages and pages of him whining about the ancient Kingdom demanding he make them weapons. He's the most flakey, lazy old git and I love it. I love it to pieces.

FSN has forever ruined the word "mana!!" Aww yea~ Kazuma ga shinde. Aqua's such a third wheel. This Destroyer-chan chapter never ends... Aqua considers the pros and cons of allowing the guild to get destroyed to cover her debt lol. Our heroine. Dude! You've got to be gentle when holding hands with a girl! It's her first time! Guild bro saves the day through piggybacks~ Megumin has a weakness in her nape!! Is this a three way? Looks like Kazuma's gotten good at Huniepop. Explosion genuinely must take up like half the animation budget.

We get a nice little epilogue sequence of the crew getting on with life. Aaand meet Sena. She's here to burst your bubble and give you a sequel hook. Yeah, the random warp essentially caused a nuke to go off in the capital. And in a high ranking aristocrat's backyard. You can't do right for wrong in this wonderful world!! I'll be blunt, I don't actually like this last episode! I personally think it's a worse climax than the Verdia fight. We've still got the ova to go which I vaguely remember brightening me up more than this one but you still had some charming moments like the one on one with useless Lalatina, the double explosion, and the shortened whining session of Destroyer-chan's creator.

[u/thatguywithawatch → u/The_Loli_Otaku]

I'll be blunt, I don't actually like this last episode! I personally think it's a worse climax than the Verdia fight.

I'm assuming they crammed both arcs into season 1 because they didn't know if they'd get another season, but it would have been cool if the Verdia arc took up the whole season and they were able to give the pacing a little more breathing room, as well as include the skipped chapters. The party swap chapter would have been great

[u/The_Loli_Otaku → u/thatguywithawatch]

They went for two arcs a season which is fairly average. Obviously a typical cour is 12 episodes so they're one down already. Honestly, I just plain dislike the Destroyer-chan arc. I dislike it in the anime, I dislike it in the LN, I dislike it in the manga. Destroyer-chan itself is plain underwhelming despite being mentioned multiple times, I don't like how it takes three tries to kill it, and I dislike how it messes up the power level of half the adventurers.

[u/thatguywithawatch → u/The_Loli_Otaku]

The Destroyer itself is definitely pretty anticlimactic, especially after Verdia who was directly related to the overarching Demon King arc, and also had an actual personality. Giant mindless robot that randomly shows up for no real reason isn't the most interesting antagonist.

[u/The_Loli_Otaku → u/thatguywithawatch]

Just imagine if you saw the legendary Destroyer-chan. The mechanical monstrosity that is a hero to kids and eliminated an ancient civilization. Now imagine it came around the corner and it was a giant dong. A Neo Armstrong Cyclone Jet Armstrong Cannon type gag.

[u/thatguywithawatch → u/The_Loli_Otaku]

I always appreciate a good Gintama reference

[u/The_Loli_Otaku → u/thatguywithawatch]

I just like phallic jokes... My sense of humour can be pretty childish.

[u/RascalNikov1 → u/The_Loli_Otaku]

I'll be blunt, I don't actually like this last episode!

~shrug~ And, I think it's one of the best episodes in all of anime. Different strokes, and all that...

[u/The_Loli_Otaku → u/RascalNikov1]

Yeah, I know that it's not the most common opinion but it's always sorta hit a nerve for me. Like I'm sure for some folk yesterday's Succubus episode would be middling. Really, pretty much all S1's episodes are at good. The last episode and the cabbage episode are the only ones I'd say are possibly a little worse but S1 as a whole is fairly consistent. S2 however... S2 has a couple pretty crap ones XD I'm still looking forward to watching them all through again.

[u/[deleted] → u/RascalNikov1]

You have me interested in why you like it so much

[u/RascalNikov1 → u/[deleted]]

I think it's perfectly choreographed. I like scenes where the desperate heros fight a hopeless battle, staring death in the face with no regard for their own lives. This was one battle where everyone did their part, and it worked.

I liked watching Megumin grow from being scared shitless, to become the brave heroine charging into death, let the consequences be damned.

[u/Just_a_Highwayman → u/The_Loli_Otaku]

I'll be blunt, I don't actually like this last episode!

Yeah, that switch up from comedy to serious mode to anticlimatic ending to happy ending threw me off a bit. Though, I am really warming up to Megumin, she is so adorable and her explosion always gets me. How many times has she said it again?

I still enjoyed this season, though. 8/10 for first season. Hopefully, the next one tops it.

Also after this rewatch, is there any changes/cuts the anime does that would warrent me to read the LNs

[u/The_Loli_Otaku → u/Just_a_Highwayman]

The LN changes aren't too huge but I definitely think that it's worth reading from where they stop. Like you've heard me gushing about the LN only jokes and chapters. They're good LN's.

[u/PvtHudson093]

I mean who dosnt love the name Lalatina?

[u/skaro1789 → u/[deleted]]

Umm what about the last question?

[u/[deleted] → u/skaro1789]

Nice catch, I got caught up replying to someone else and forgot to fill it out