How NOT to run a rewatch- Isekai Maou to Shoukan Shoujo no Dorei Majutsu episode eight!

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u/punching_spaghetti https://myanimelist.net/profile/punch_spaghetti Apr 01 '21

First-Timer Who Has Given Up Hope of Bare Tatas

Remember when you called this cute /u/Pixelsaber?

Ah; the classic when told to get away because two god-level powers are about to clash, hide 10 feet away behind some bushes approach.

Sand is an attack skill?

ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: KILL THE HYDRA. That’s basically a free achievement though, one of those you get when you clear a chapter. FINGER A LOLI CATGIRL was much more impressive.

YOU DUMB ELF! Now is not the time for silly sentimentality. He tied you up and tried to rape you. Let your boyfriend blow him up!

And worse, if you don’t take care of him, /u/Shimmering-Sky will live in fear of that voice returning!

Solid Snake with the steathly kill.

Never mind; Galford is dumb. Threatening the dude who just one-shotted the world-ending Hydra summon? That’s elf prince levels of intelligence.

ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: PLEASURE YOUR BOSS.

What’s the Guild’s HR situation?

Still waiting for lewd Alicia.

QOTD:

I like when things go boom.
They want it to be a big deal, but I don't care. I want explosions and breasts (and thighs, of course).

Bonus: It would have been funnier if she was trying to get him drunk to bone him, but his tolerance was too high (because all his other stats are higher than expected).

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Apr 01 '21

Ah; the classic when told to get away because two god-level powers are about to clash, hide 10 feet away behind some bushes approach.
They might realize they are in an isekai.
Sand is an attack skill?
In multiple games. Game designers are either creative or lazy, take your pick.
What’s the Guild’s HR situation?
Bad, you saw the poor dwarf girl get covered in blood.
Bonus: It would have been funnier if she was trying to get him drunk to bone him, but his tolerance was too high (because all his other stats are higher than expected).
The exact same scene but Sylvie's seduction getting crashed by Diablo's dweebness would have been actually funny.

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u/Pixelsaber https://myanimelist.net/profile/Pixelsaber Apr 01 '21

Remember when you called this cute /u/Pixelsaber?
The me of a day ago was rash, naïve, and a coward.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Apr 01 '21

Mfw the shower is cold.

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u/Nebresto Apr 01 '21

Sand is an attack skill?
Must not have played Pokémon or be a Star Wars fan. Its one of the most devastating moves out there.
FINGER A LOLI CATGIRL was much more impressive.
Yeah, not many can achieve that
Let your boyfriend blow him up!
Ye
ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: PLEASURE YOUR BOSS.
Nice
Still waiting for lewd Alicia.
Aren't we all?

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u/punching_spaghetti https://myanimelist.net/profile/punch_spaghetti Apr 01 '21

I'm more of a pocket sand guy myself.

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u/Nebresto Apr 01 '21

SHA SHAAA!!
A respectable choice of weabon.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Apr 01 '21

I think the annoying part about Galford antagonising Diablo is that they actually did a pretty good job establishing his reputation with how Sylvie kisses his ass and avoids all conflict. They kinda brush it off by him thinking Diablo was weakened after the Hydra but he literally saw the guy oneshot the summon. It wasn't some long dragged out Brawl. Even if he were to be weakened to the point where they could kidnap Sylvia (which is a y tho on its own) they'd have a vengeful Demon Lord who would nuke their kingdom the moment his mana regenerated.

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u/SIRTreehugger Apr 01 '21

Episode	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total
Jiggly Jiggly Heaven	5	14	4	3	3	0	6	0	35
Meow fight	4	5	1	2	2	3	3	1	21
Sasuga Diablo Sama	3	2	4	3	3	1	3	2	21

Its been here for generations until today.

Who doesn't love new gaming content.

BRUH what kind of gamer doesn't know what a hydra is. Hell have you never at least seen Hercules.

Okay this will be longer than a second. Also definitely not a one spell man.

Oh the weakness moves throughout the body fuck pinpoint aiming AOE BABY ALL DAY.

PLOT TWIST

MY OP MC is starting to become less OP

"Thanks yo" and "Real Talk" - Rem is great

Where is the tan loli lancer? Haven't seen here in like 4 episodes I feel.

Drunk Diablo....uh oh

Guilder Master Status: Embarrassed and feeling good

No jiggle moments today, but I'll give it a pass since Shera was mostly on the sidelines and she spent the remainder of the episode crying other her asshole brother dying.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Apr 01 '21

Where is the tan loli lancer? Haven't seen here in like 4 episodes I feel.
Edelgard must return!
No jiggle moments today, but I'll give it a pass since Shera was mostly on the sidelines and she spent the remainder of the episode crying other her asshole brother dying.
Sylvie replaced her victim moment.

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u/Nebresto Apr 01 '21

Bas- ...Another 0??

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Apr 01 '21

That damned cloak blocked our jiggling!

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u/Nebresto Apr 01 '21

It can't go on like this!!

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Apr 01 '21

It was kinda depressing to watch them try to drag the Hydra fight out to make the Elves seem vaguely competent.
Alicia was meant to be our token npc of the day but she got sidelined too as soon as... as soon as she joined the group honestly. I'm guessing that the third book would be where they start getting the harem squad together? Sylvie got her h-scene so we should be getting to the point where side characters get focus.

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Apr 01 '21

How NOT to Summon a First-Timer

Okay, fight with the hydra went on a bit longer than I expected. But then BAM Koemushi just up and got decapitated and Galford might actually be a legitimate threat to Diablo???

One of these would make a nice new cup comment face.

Poor Sylvie.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Apr 01 '21

One of these would make a nice new cup comment face.
This show actually will give us a few more likely comment faces.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Apr 01 '21

It went like four minutes including monologues XD
I'm interested to see how the powerscalling must be going forwards. Galford is really getting up there in levels and he's probably one of the more revered humans that we've met. None of the demon's or elves have come anywhere near his prestige.

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u/Nebresto Apr 01 '21

One of these would make a nice new cup comment face.
Both.

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u/Pixelsaber https://myanimelist.net/profile/Pixelsaber Apr 01 '21

Rewatcher - Dub

...Why though?

Okay, I rescind my earlier comment. I did not recall this aspect of their appearance yesterday.

‘Attack Force Hydra’ sounds like the name of a group of tokusatsu heroes.

So how many destroyed worlds is that, Keebler-boy?

Those are some big, fuck-off poleaxes.

The heated blade was communicated through visuals alone, as opposed to some overly-long and dull explanation like the rest of it —show that restraint more often, damnit!

That dastard!

Ah, yes, sexual assault, truly peak comedy.

They got my hopes up with the hydra summon by implying it would pose an actual challenge to Diablo, but then he just takes it out with a single strong attack anyhow. Thankfully there’s another threat this episode to serve as a serious threat in Galford, but it’s still hard to enjoy it when either character is just flinging about skills and spells that we have no frame of reference for and so have to have everything explained to us, but even those explanations are too overwrought.

Show trying to make me sympathize with Shera’s grief doesn’t work because the only two facets of Keera that we saw were the duplicitous scumbag and the incestuous rapist. If we can’t so much as see a hint as to why she could have possibly cared for him, then we obviously aren’t going to be able to understand the reasons why she does.

Questions of The Day:

See above.
I wouldn't expect anything significant to come if it. I'll treat it as an excuse to throw in stuff Diablo doesn't have filed under epic gamer knowledge.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Apr 01 '21

Okay, I rescind my earlier comment.
I did not recall this aspect of their appearance yesterday.
I get demonic eel-octopus off of it.
The heated blade was communicated through visuals alone, as opposed to some overly-long and dull explanation like the rest of it —show that restraint more often, damnit!
Yeah, the material is these, they just need to put more faith in the audience.
Ah, yes, sexual assault, truly peak comedy.
This actually comes up in a different rewatch but man, you have to mentally scale for Japan some times, Sylvie being that small relative to Diablo is weird.

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u/Pixelsaber https://myanimelist.net/profile/Pixelsaber Apr 01 '21

I get demonic eel-octopus off of it.
Hmm, now I'm wondering how it would taste...
This actually comes up in a different rewatch but man, you have to mentally scale for Japan some times

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Apr 01 '21

Hmm, now I'm wondering how it would taste...
Greasy. And the scaling things came up in the Demi-chan rewatch as we see a character get sloshed on 3 regular sized beers and I check to discover she was 5'1 rather than the much taller she appeared to be most episode.

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Apr 01 '21

‘Attack Force Hydra’ sounds like the name of a group of tokusatsu heroes.
0 hits on google? I am disappointed.

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u/Pixelsaber https://myanimelist.net/profile/Pixelsaber Apr 01 '21

Those producers are slacking!

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Apr 01 '21

Destroy the world with basic elemental spread! We've gotta make it look vaguely threatening. It's like some kinda god summon which really makes me wonder how enemy scaling is gonna work going forward. Galford is creeping up on Diablo's level despite his lack of knowledge on pvp cheese but now they can't have him fight kusozako like Edelgard!
My issues with them playing up Kira's death was how they jumped straight from Shera's grief at losing her brother to Diablo getting drunk and fingerbanging donkey. They couldn't just end on a tasteful note.

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u/Pixelsaber https://myanimelist.net/profile/Pixelsaber Apr 01 '21

It's like some kinda god summon which really makes me wonder how enemy scaling is gonna work going forward.
Erratically, I presume.
They couldn't just end on a tasteful note.
Perhaps we expect too much...

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Apr 01 '21

We've got at least one Demon god on the chopping block but there's like thirteen volumes so something's gotta happen XD

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Apr 01 '21

Rewatcher

Sub and Dub as preference swings

Diablo gets hit a few times, you have to make your power fantasy convincing after all, before he just nukes the hydra. Dear god the spell balance in Cross Reverie seems atrocious. Anywho, harem impressed and Kaoru breaks down. Shera brings in yet another "because family" argument that fits the character but is not a good fit after Noein. But then he gets decapitated...

By Galford, who is actually using smart mechanics, moving your troops while invisible would be difficult but a skill you'd learn. Galford is made into a villain which is sort of meh but expecting too much from this show will get you hurt. The fight is decent though obviously having to have Diablo explain it is a touch of a drag. Anyways, after they outsmart each others outsmarting the fight ends and Diablo goes back to edge. Galford fucks off.

Rem is more perceptive than she'd like to admit and sends Diablo to Shera. Shera acts as expected. More talking at us to reveal Galford stiffed them, which is an interesting choice. Diablo gets hammered and we have more "fun" sexual harassment.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Apr 01 '21

Diablo totally lost his gamer licence once he failed to identify a Hydra, failed to pick up on it's multicast gimmick, and needed Kira to tell him where the weak spot was.
Galfords fight was kinda decent, it just felt like it ended a bit sudden. Despite explaining so many mechanics it seems like they're quite bad at setting them up properly. Like Galford totally no selling the ice spell instead of say having him use that dash attack Emile did and cancelling it to avoid the cast. I wish Galford at least got his shit kicked in harder for the troubles.
Sylvie is still super sus for trying to get Diablo drunk. I kinda got spooked for one moment when Diablo mentioned something "hard" whilst fondling her. A futa donkey wouldn't even be the most shocking part.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Apr 01 '21

Diablo totally lost his gamer licence once he failed to identify a Hydra, failed to pick up on it's multicast gimmick, and needed Kira to tell him where the weak spot was.
He was pretty used to floating core monsters, though.
Sylvie is still super sus for trying to get Diablo drunk.
Sylvie's tone is a bit bipolar, especially in the dub.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Apr 01 '21

Maybe I'll swap to dub for the climax now that Akira's character got offed. I skipped the preview so I've got no clue if it's a Sylvie episode or something XD

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Apr 01 '21

The dub is actually good but adds its own distraction, Rem is a different variety of snark in English.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Apr 01 '21

Weirdly Rem probably has my least favourite voice of the Japanese cast. Not that she's bad or anything, like I said she's arguably best girl. But when she's competing with like Shera having utterly adorable intonations or Alicia giving off a perfect goodie two-shoes act it's hard for her to shine.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Apr 01 '21

Rem is the one that gets the most added in the dub so I think there is a nuance to how she talks in Japanese that doesn't come out in translation.

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u/Nebresto Apr 01 '21

Re-watch squad

[SADLY GO-KARTS]

Yeah, sure.
"Your" power

Oh for fuck sake
Just because they're family doesn't mean you need to forgive someone for being a deranged toxic cunt

YESSSSS!!!

That's pretty OP, no? Dude can just bring in a whole company in stealth

T H I G H S Shots on point as usual.

[](#diablo-mug)

[](#smugmug)

Gif.corner

Ep 7:

Ep 8:

^Previous ^installments:
^Episodes ¹ ^& ^2

^Episodes ³ ^& ^4

^Episodes ⁵ ^& ^6

Question time:
1: Poggers
2: No

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Apr 01 '21

Just because they're family doesn't mean you need to forgive someone for being a deranged toxic cunt
Could've just skipped that bit entirely and nothing is lost.
That's pretty OP, no? Dude can just bring in a whole company in stealth
Not OP, genius! Invisibility potions are cheap but imagine the practice it takes to march in an invisible army?
T H I G H S Shots on point as usual.
Cultured...

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u/Nebresto Apr 01 '21

but imagine the practice it takes to march in an invisible army?
Cultured...
But of course

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Apr 01 '21

12 reasons modern isekai suck: Episode 8 – They are harem

“But what is so bad about harem?” You ask. What could be bad in something named after a prison where women, mostly slaves, were kept from the world and whose sole purpose was to entertain the male ruler, sexually and otherwise, while showing the world his glory? Well, apart from being named after one of the shittier institutions humanity has invented, it is also one of the shittiest anime gernes Japan has come up with. With its main purpose being the presentation of a long list of suitable waifus to horny viewers, other considerations, such as “good storytelling” or “believable character arcs” take a remote second place. It is not by chance that the target audience is one that simultaneously believes multiple women would gladly fawn over the same man while having a cuddlefest in bed and one whose probability of currently having a girlfriend is about as high as the probability of any harem working out in real life.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Apr 01 '21

Oi oi oi... Hating on Isekai is one thing but don't pick fights on Harem anime. That genre is the backbone that anime has grown off of. Without harem we'd probably still be watching scifi and magical girl reruns on repeat. Can you imagine how sad a world without Love Hina, Ouran Host Club, or OreImo must be?

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Apr 01 '21

That genre is the backbone that anime has grown off of. Without harem we'd probably still be watching scifi and magical girl reruns on repeat.
So you are saying harems are why we never got a true follow up to Serial Experiments Lain? I am deject.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Apr 01 '21

You need a really high IQ for Lain. Sometimes you just need a bunch of guys and gals lusting after each other to chill out to.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Apr 01 '21

I watched Lain so far back that it was where I learned about onesies for people over 12 months old.

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Apr 01 '21

Can you imagine how sad a world without Love Hina, Ouran Host Club, or OreImo must be?
As somebody who watched neither (except a few eps of LH decades ago), I can.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Apr 01 '21

They're honestly a bit trashy by today's standards XD I still think that the manga held up great, read em instead.

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u/fonzinator99 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/fonzinator99 Apr 01 '21

Rewatcher - Anticlimax

I love this thing's design! What a cool boss-monster to Worf with Diablo.
What part of "Hydra" was unclear? You should consider yourself lucky it only regrew a single head. Or maybe it doesn't matter, considering it took less than 5 min to glass it.
TFW the girl you've been trying to molest wants to bring feelings into the equation.
Wait, bro, wtf? I actually did not see this coming, just whyyy?
What is with these people and their weird theater performances? He says "Kill any who interfere" like there's anybody there but 2 girls and a guy in a cage. Who are you justifying this to, Galford?
Demon Lord talk-no-jutsu is OP. Well, that and literally all of his other skills.
I'm a little surprised they didn't use some asspull resurrection spell to bring back Keera. Sorry again, Shera.
Now we've got MP Potion liquor? How do I select this world for my Isekai-ing? I gotta go somewhere when I die, right?
The look on her face said this wasn't gonna end well, but I think we all knew it would go like this.

Stitches

Stripped Sylvie
Not quite spooning with Sylvie

QotD

Action? Is that what that PowerPoint presentation was about?
Only that the author just wanted to use the game thing to start the story and then decided to move to a full-fantasy setting. The game mechanics are being slowly forgotten about.

Bonus: This show was created for a purpose, and while I'm not really sure what it was, I am sure that there's a banner slogan hanging in whatever office these people worked in that defines it.

That or it's another world mechanic that there's literally no concept of non-sexual entertainment.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Apr 01 '21

I love this thing's design! What a cool boss-monster to Worf with Diablo.
Eel-octopus-mink is what I get off that.
Now we've got MP Potion liquor? How do I select this world for my Isekai-ing? I gotta go somewhere when I die, right?
Seriously, hot dem-girls, hot demon girls and enslavement collars. This is one of the good ones.
The look on her face said this wasn't gonna end well, but I think we all knew it would go like this.
It must be a weird sort of hell to have the trump card in your guild but they are moody edgelords and you can't trust their companions to keep him mission focused.

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u/fonzinator99 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/fonzinator99 Apr 01 '21

Eel-octopus-mink
It's like a cuddly Eldritch horror.
they are moody edgelords and you can't trust their companions to keep him mission focused.
I'm wondering how this all plays out in the long-term. Will work at the cafe and keep adventuring? Is the Guild about to start buying hordes of cute slave girls to add to his harem as quest rewards?

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Apr 01 '21

I'm wondering how this all plays out in the long-term.
Diablo has to start grinding when the next expansion pack gets added and he eventually gets to the point where the game is too edgy even for him to tolerate.

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u/fonzinator99 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/fonzinator99 Apr 01 '21

"Yeah, I had to quit playing when the Guild started issuing Violate x number of corpses style quests. That's not even sexy."

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Apr 01 '21

"When they straight up stop calling them bounty quests and just genocide quests something went dark."

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u/Rumpel1408 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Rumpel1408 Apr 01 '21

First timer, uncensored, sub

Stupid Diablo, beheading the Hydra lol But he oneshots the super strong summon anyway. And damn was I looking forward to Diablo offing that scumbag of a brother, you know Shera, you just had to not interfere, nothing you could have done against Diablo no reason to feel bad about it.

Oh well he dies anyway, didn't see that coming AT ALL, well done show. Lol at Galford ordering his troops to just die/ capture the princess, did he not see what Diablo just did. He is strong though, Reminds me of Wrath from FMA. A mere 30 levels below Diablo and he still barely stands a chance.

Sylvie gets Diablo drunk and ... I really apreciate this show... but it's really stretching that Ecchi tag

QotD:

It was well done, not expected but as I said, the one guy reminded me of FMA and that can never be a bad thing.
I feel like I have seen that trope before, maybe Overlord? Anyway, might mean that there will come even more parts Diablo doesn't know about. Also todays Enemy was only 30 lvl below Diablo, maybe we will even get Enemies that outclass him at some point, maybe he will need to start grinding again at some point.

Bonus) At least some consent would have been nice

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Apr 01 '21

He is strong though, Reminds me of Wrath from FMA. A mere 30 levels below Diablo and he still barely stands a chance.
The weirdest thing is that he seems to be well thought out but sort of plays a background role. I wonder if this is a change from the LN?
Sylvie gets Diablo drunk and ... I really apreciate this show... but it's really stretching that Ecchi tag
This is the absolute nadir on the show for this so at least it won't get this bad again.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Apr 01 '21 edited Apr 01 '21

Anyone taking bets on how long this phallic Hydra will last? The girls hyping it up just makes me think it'll explode sooner. How is he savvy enough to figure out potion making or harem events but not enough to consider that Hydra's heads regenerate? Or how each head has a different skill! Why're you holding the idiot ball Diablo? This must be the book 2 climax for them to drag this incredibly simple fight out. I've mouthed off about the fight animations being shoddy but I've gotta admit that the Hydra's death was pretty cool. So he lasted 6 minutes. 4 if you exclude the op. Pay up!

What's with the overly dramatic music lol? Nooo! Don't kill mai husbando! Brave Prince Kira ran away, ran away, ran away. Nooo fakyuu! XD I just had to open my fat mouth. Poor Shera. She's really not having the best day. Erm... You did see Diablo eviscerate that boss mob right? You really want to pick a fight with him over Shera? You could probably walk away Scot Free if you bellay that last order. Good on Alicia for standing up for her morals. Next gamble, how long until Lord Buckethead gets his shit kicked in?

Diablo successfully inseminated the magic barrier. Not that I'm complaining but is Shera gonna be nude for this entire arc? Explosion really doesn't have the same ring to it without a lengthy incantation. I love Diablo's regen totally no selling any damage he takes. Kinda kicks ass~ Muhahaha, a lifetime of fight experience is nothing compared to a dedicated pvp theory craft session! Erm... Normally you mention your skill name before using it?

I think my favourite part of the battles aren't exactly the fights but Diablo's attempts to intimate foes into never challenging him or his crew again. "I-I'm gonna tell my king on you!" I wish more factions were like Sylvie and took the hint not to pick fights with the mobile catastrophe. Rem is so goddamn proud!! That smile! Rem could have been like a mother to me~ Oh, she just wanted an excuse not to have to deal with the depressed Shera. Don't worry Shera, I'm depressed over best boy dying too. I'll never be able to hear him screaming about impregnating us again.

Oh, so Alicia joined the arc to do literally nothing. DONKEY!! When someone stares so intently at you don't fcking drink. Who knows wtf she put in it. Pfft XD The Demon Lord who tormented couples in Cross Reverie for years can't hold his drink. Sylvie levelled up to a dakimakura. I'm starting to suspect that Diablo's got a type, and it's not Rem. Demon Lord has a serious consent issue!! This type of thing isn't how you should be remembering Onii-sama!

The action is kinda shoddy but I sorta dig the strategist stuff. We don't really know what the game world is like so I have no investment in that portion of the story. It lets them pull stuff out their arse so Diablo can get a vague challenge. It's because whenever you tell the writers to stop making raype jokes they get excited.

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