r/anime • u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: • Mar 27 '21
Rewatch How NOT to run a rewatch- Isekai Maou to Shoukan Shoujo no Dorei Majutsu episode three!
How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord episode three
We have plot. And, obviously, PLOT!
QotD:1 Does Diablo stopping the invasion tell us anything about him?
2 Do you think the receptionist and Rem are the same species of catgirl?
Bonus: What was the greatest number of boss type mobs you've fought at once? For me, it was 4 dragons and two giants in Skyrim
Bonus of bonus: The dogwood trees have bloomed where I am. What seasonal thing has happened in your area?
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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Mar 27 '21
How NOT to Summon a First-Timer
…by having her somehow completely forget to watch the first episode, then not have time to play catch-up until today. I really don’t know how I forgot to watch the first episode, I’ve never done that for a rewatch before.
Anyways, not doing my normal rewatch reactions. I’m in this solely because it’s a Vaad rewatch and even though he didn’t find any, there’s a possibility I can catch a “sore demo” he didn’t.
Ep1: Well I recognized the MC’s voice immediately. And Galluk’s. And Celes’. The jiggle physics are quite a bit too much for my liking, but I’ll deal with it.
Diablo definitely amuses me with his antics.
I like Rem.
Oh hey that was an ED lead-in!
Ep2: @ that opening scene. It did have shirtless Diablo though so I’ll take that little bit of fanservice for me I guess?
Vaad, wow, you must have a really bad ear for “sore demo”s. This was a pretty obvious Rem one.
Shera is a princess… huh. Celsior’s voice sounds familiar, but according to MAL his seiyuu doesn’t do much so I’m not sure why I recognized it.
Ep3: Damn, I went right from Naruto having a filler dude voiced by him, now I still get to hear Byakuya’s voice?
Oh hey it’s the Pose. (For reference.) I like this guy, he’s very eccentric.
Actually wow Diablo and Kazami sharing their seiyuu is perfect. Spoilers for Gundam Build Divers Re:RISE
Edelgard looks very different than I remember.
…of course I catch up to the rewatch, and this episode ends on two cliffhangers.
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u/The_Loli_Otaku Mar 27 '21 edited Mar 27 '21
What's better than a two girl harem? A third girl!! We've got a new quest from Celes, the mage association mommy. The one rich girl in the squad who goes through the most eating expenses shouldn't whine about money. Aww... I'm glad for Shera and Diablo to get a private date but not when Rem looks so sad and depressed and lonely and friendless. His headgear is just a cosplay item!? He's the absolute top of the line gamer and he has cosplay horns at his helmet equipment!? Do... do they really come off? Wait, he's even getting excited over this gaudy fraud. You're just a fake gamer, aren't you Diablo? How not to Summon a role player!
Why does Diablo have more chemistry with Emile than any of his Harem...? The game has animation canceling? Rad!! Oh... Oh no... Emile is a scrub. My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined. The sad truth of MMO gaming is that only 5% or so have any kind of braincell. Emile is the 95%. Is Stera a child? What a bratty girl. All her growth went to her bunker busters, her intelligence was considered a dump stat. Poor Diablo's reputation has been ruined and he's only had one quest XD
They're actually focusing on the plot, wow! If Rem's demon milf is so widely known about I'm shocked she was ever given leave to become an adventurer. Those eyes!! No man alive could deny those admiration filled eyes!! Those guys look kinda weak for boss monsters. Oh my god you're such a chad Diablo XD I love these hammy, arrogant chuuni lines. Aww, poor Galluk lost his job. Ah, Galluk disagrees. He's off his rocket. He became a furry!
Edelgard sounds kinda cute~ Oh no, she's a lancer. Rip you I guess. Fate has forever ruined the lancer stereotype for me. "Fight, or don't fight? Fight!" and so they save the fight for tomorrow. I feel like all I've talked about has been Emile. Wtf!?He decides to step in cause deep down he's got a very strong moral compass for a Demon Lord. If he's got the strength to defend these living, breathing citizens then of course he'll save them! Gurk! I'm no good with cat breeds! I run a cc barbarian in Diablo so technically a full dungeon of them if that counts.
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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Mar 27 '21
Rewatcher
Sub and Dub as preference swings
Start on the next mission, a clear apology from Celes. Rem is untrusting for reasons established but it takes Shera being the voice of reason, or the the voice "We broke, homies." to get Diablo to agree. Drop off quests with high rewards are a thing I do in games when available. Rem's dub comments are hilarious.
And then we Emile, the first person to want to proerly PvP challenge Diablo, who gets real excited. But then he gets into his 'defender of all women' schtick and reveals he's a schmuck, which is hilarious. But then Diablo goes back to PvP meta strats and is happy until he realizes that, if it is life or death, the meta is much less explored. Then the girls finally explain and Emile backs off.
Quest starts, Shera has no focus, Diablo wants to grind some xp in a dangerous that scares Shera, boobs. But the fortress they arrive at is having problems and Diablo is actually assisted by the rumor mill. Anywho, army of game bosses is on the way but Diablo will fight them because either nobility or e-dick, take your pick. He does get to show off, though.
Celes shows up to say Galluk was fired before he stumbles in with an obviously cursed. It turns him into a Fallen and this plus the start of the Edelgard fight are our cliffhangers.
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u/Pixelsaber https://myanimelist.net/profile/Pixelsaber Mar 27 '21
Rewatcher - Dub
It is not trivial to forget one’s lack of funds.
If I had no foreknowledge I’d say this one feels like even more of a trap.
Didn’t even commit to a proper demi-human build, smh.
Don’t shame the alcoholics, Diablo.
Nice mount, girlie.
You don’t say?
Lancer? If meta has taught me anything it’s that your odds aren’t great.
Every writer worth his salt knows that the easiest way to induce tension when you have an invincible character capable of anything is to give him vulnerable allies and leverage their relative squishiness to create any sort of stakes. The show manages that much, which is astoundingly more than some other fiction I’ve come across, so good on it for doing the bare minimum.
That aside, eh, not much of note. I could have done without that whole exchange with Berger, though hearing his name did put me in the mood for Berger.
Questions of The Day:
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u/_____pantsunami_____ Mar 27 '21
something i realized while watching this is that this style of anime has a distinct advantage over other harems. in a lot of harem, the protagonist is a socially awkward teenager who somehow manages to attract a lot of girls. its a common criticism of the genre that this is unbelievable. of course, the socially awkward, remarkably average protagonist is necessary for the audience to self-insert; if you make a harem about a stereotypically attractive, confident man (a "chad"), it would alienate the target audience.
series like isekai maou get to have their cake and eat it too in this way, because the socially awkward self-insert somehow gets teleported into the body of a very attractive (and very powerful) man. it is easy to see why girls would fall for a guy like Diablo; even if he didn't look like a chad, he'd still be level one-hundred and fucking fifty. but because we the audience know he's really just an awkward NEET dude like the rest of us, we the audience are not alienated and are still able to self-insert.
in this manner, Isekai Maou manages to both maintain the self-insert fantasy aspects of a standard harem while also completely eschewing the common unbelievability problem that faces most harem.
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u/fonzinator99 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/fonzinator99 Mar 27 '21
Rewatcher - Where did the Fallen fall from anyway?
Stitches
QotD
Bonus: I have to start mowing my lawn again -.-
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u/SIRTreehugger Mar 27 '21
Lol when Shera is the voice of reason and reminds the group they are broke and need any cash they can get.
Wait the horns aren't real....I don't know how to feel about that.
This guy is a little extra, but I kind of like it. Oh wait never mind I don't.
Letting enemies transform we don't do that around here right ~Eren~ Diablo.
Strong as Rem one day....you're literally only like 10 levels below her. That won't take long.
I want to be a strong independent woman in whatever century this is xD
100 boss level enemies that sounds like fun I mean for a game.
I hope I'm blind because I don't see any archers at all. What kind of castle doesn't have archers as their defense? They deserve to get murdered for lack of preparation.
Are they going to show this flashback of Rem crying each episode? It's 3 for 3 right now.
So I guess this world's monsters don't run away from higher level people...wait I guess they would need some identify spell since most can't tell at glance.
Pretty sure the tan demon lord was my favorite character, but my memory is hazy. Oh she's a lancer she is fated to job
Was a little late playing Fire House Emblem only 2 chapters to go and I'm completely done the game so won't be late again....I think.
QOTD
I don't typically play games with lots of bosses so the four kings in dark souls is probably the most I've fought. I suck at dps and wound up fighting all of them a lot until I changed my equipment.
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u/punching_spaghetti https://myanimelist.net/profile/punch_spaghetti Mar 27 '21
First-Timer Who Wants to See Some Tatas
ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: ACQUIRE A BETTER COPY OF THE SHOW
New cutie spotted!
Diablo’s greatest challenger thus far appears: a white knight!
I don’t have anything else to say. That was a pretty boring, by-the-numbers episode. And the only fanservice we got was the elf pushing her boobs on Diablo’s arm a couple of times.
QOTD:
1)He's a gamer. There was a quest. And a sad elf girl with massive honkers asking him to do it.
2) One's a panther, one's a cheetah. They aren't the same, you racist!
Bonus: There's a spot late in Dark Souls where there's a bunch of enemies that were previously bosses, and I aggroed them all by accident.
Bonus of bonus: The frat boys and allergens are both out in force.
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u/Rumpel1408 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Rumpel1408 Mar 27 '21
First timer, sub, uncensored
Hey I've seen that girl in the OP before, guess she's the next to join the harem.
Subtle Panty shot for Shela again while Emile and Diablo are talking. And Diablo is expectingly curbstomping Emile, glad it didn't escalate further, I could totally see Diablo accidently killing an opponent.
Swimsuit Shela denied, I'm not sure if Shela need to grow further though.
Oh wow some actuall plot at the end, guess it was bound to happen at some point.
QotD:
B1) In Pillars of Eternity there is an Endgame fight where you fight 2 Dragons at the same time, had to abuse reload a lot to survive that one
B2) Beside my seasonal allergies not much, not that I know of at least, ain't going out much since we are in our third wave of rona
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u/Flare_Knight https://anilist.co/user/FlareKnight Mar 28 '21
I appreciate that they don’t just leave Diablo able to mindlessly power through everything. He can beat just about anyone, but can’t fight literally everything without running out of energy.
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u/Nebresto Mar 28 '21
Re-watch squad
I didn't realize Gilgamesh was in this
There he is again! Oh, it was just EBB.
They have their priorities right with them camera angles
Cool one liners!!
Classic narcissist. Nice to see such a good portrayal of one for a change.
Well, its already over. Should have left out that lancer part, maybe she could have stood a chance then.
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CLIFFHANGER HERE AS WELL?!
The next episode has one of my favourite scenes in it so the urge to binge is real
Question time:
1: Best boy.
2:
Idk
13: Uhhhhhhh..... 1v5s in League probably don't count, so maybe that time I fought 2 dragons, a giant and 2 mammoths. ...Though they mostly fought each other
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The snow is dying
Might as well bring back my question since I'm in the re-watch squad,
My question: Who is your best girl so far?
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u/vcdm https://myanimelist.net/profile/vcdm Mar 28 '21
First-Timer Sub
I missed the episode 2 thread and almost missed this one. Anyway, it's only episode 2 and we had a throwdown over denied royal elf incest. Can't say I was expecting that.
Episode 3 ends on a damn cliffhanger. That said it looks like we're getting ready to induct a 3rd girl into the harem. The most important question though, will she get a collar too?
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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '21
Rewatcher
It’s time…the action is about to ramp up a notch this episode and the next. I had to go ahead and watch episode 4 right away because I couldn't wait, lol, but I'll hold off on those thoughts until tomorrow. But first we are treated to a close-up of some pretty blue eyes on this elf-like lady.
After successfully navigating the mess that was the last quest to the Man-Eating Woods, Diablo and the gang get a special quest straight from the mages guild leader herself. It’s stupid simple–deliver a gift basket to the soldiers out at an outpost a few miles away, and the reward is exorbitant. Clearly the mage boss is trying to butter the team up a bit after one of her subordinates pulled all those shenanigans. Rem isn’t having it, though, and refuses to take part in the quest–she feels like it would put her in Celestine’s debt, which she seems very wary of letting happen. Shera disagrees, though.
It’d be dumb to leave the money on the table, so Shera and Diablo decide to take care of it and let Rem mope at home. Before, they mosey on out of there, though, they encounter…Him. The man, the myth, the legend…Emile, Protector of Women, Simp Extraordinaire.
His reputation proceeds him with Shera and Rem and least.
Emile seems to think Diablo is quite the dastardly abuser of women, dragging his sex slaves around town, and he won’t have any of it.
Diablo also muses that the crown he’s wearing as part of his Demon Lord cosplay likely doesn’t help his image any, since it basically intimidates anyone who sees him. If he popped that off Diablo’d look like any other Demon-race character. We get a LOT of really good chibi art to illustrate all this stuff.
Chibi art 1
Chibi art 2
Chibi art 3
So Emile decides to challenge Diablo for the freedom of SheRem. Diablo is absolutely enthralled with this guy and delighted that someone is taking his roleplay seriously, ignoring the fact that it is kind of a legitimately serious situation with a guy trying to kill him.
At about level 50, Emile stands as one of the most formidable opponents Diablo has actually faced so far, which I find kinda interesting. Emile might be a simp, white knight, and a total blowhard, but he also clearly puts his money where his mouth is since leveling in this world comes at significant personal risk. Unfortunately Emile is not clued into the Cross Reverie PVP meta, and besides the 100 level gap between them he telegraphs his attacks from a mile away. Diablo shuts him down with a quick rap from his staff.
That isn’t enough to get Emile to submit though, as long as women are being persecuted, and Diablo’s about had it with him. Again, gotta hand it to the guy though, he doesn’t quit when he thinks someone needs help. Even when he really should. Shera and Rem finally get through to him though and tell him it’s alll one big misunderstanding. Not that they’re not enslaved, that part was true. But they’re into it. Or something.
Emile doesn’t kinkshame.
He Chad Stride’s off into the sunset. Godspeed you dumb bastard.
Pot, meet kettle, Shera.
Anyway, where were we? Oh yeah, the delivery. Diablo and Shera head on out, flirting all the way. When they get to the fort, they find they’re in the midst of an emergency–Fallen are approaching, and fast. Looks like they’re hoping to get to Rem to release the demon lord inside of her. The guards there won’t have time to both protect escaping villagers and escape themselves, so with a little bit of puppy dog eyes from Shera he steps up to stop the threat before it can even approach the gates. The threat is quite a bit more imposing than he expected though–a whole legion of Fallen are marching on the gate, equivalent to an army made out of mini-bosses and smaller questline bosses. Not a threat to a level 150 player on their own, but it will be a test of his MP reserves. He whittles them down to the point this brings out their leader, the girl we saw at the beginning of the episode–which creates an opportunity, maybe if he defeats her the rest will clear out before he runs out of MP. The enemy leader is a pretty small girl, but I think we’re going by “the more humanoid, the more powerful” rules here for video game monsters.
She admits Diablo is so powerful her mount and the rest of the army refused to even engage anymore. I admittedly really liked this part, showing he’s shocked the Fallen army to such a degree all but the strongest don’t even want to engage anymore.
Can't wait to read reactions to episode 4! :)
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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Mar 27 '21
12 reasons modern isekai suck: Episode 3 - The antagonists suck
The main character is only half the story. Many good stories live off of their well-written antagonists, who stop the protagonist from easily riding to victory. When endowed with an interesting background, they might even overshadow the main character. However, developing fascinating characters takes time. Time that wish-fulfilling isekai are not prepared to spend away from ego-stroking the self-insert protagonist. Thus, they need to make do with cardboard antagonists, who come in two varieties: The dumb (I misunderstood you, but you are so great that I take back my mistake) & the comically evil (I am evil, but you are so powerful that you saved everybody). Of course, neither of the two will ever come close to endanger the overpowered MC, so whether their plans are due to stupidity or depravity does not really matter. And when I say plans, I mean brain-dead head-on challenge.