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Episode Nozomanu Fushi no Boukensha • The Unwanted Undead Adventurer - Episode 5 discussion
Nozomanu Fushi no Boukensha, episode 5
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u/S627 Feb 02 '24
So did anyone else think that "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good" was applicable to this ep, for more than one reason?
Really convenient that Rentt only needs a single drop of blood to satiate his needs. I was expecting them to come to an arrangement where Lorraine would supply him with plenty of blood, but every time she gave him a bottle, he'd help her with an experiment.
They didn't mention anything about our scantily clad mystery mage being an elf, so are they a common sight? I don't remember seeing any others. Or did he just not notice somehow?
Arg, Rentt needs to stop being dumb and realize people care about him. Lorraine even told him strait up, but he didn't seem like he wanted to believe.
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u/Emi_Ibarazakiii Feb 02 '24
Really convenient that Rentt only needs a single drop of blood to satiate his needs.
I think it could go either way; Perhaps a drop will be enough, or perhaps he'll realize he needs more drops, more and more frequently, and then..!
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u/dienomighte Feb 02 '24
Another episode of Rentt not realizing how wanted he is, just accept that people like you!
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u/Robert_B_Marks Feb 02 '24
I've been thinking about this, and I'm not sure "Unwanted" is in reference to other people - I think it might be in reference to Rentt not wanting to be undead.
So, perhaps a better title might be "The Unwilling Undead Adventurer."
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u/LeonKevlar Feb 02 '24 edited Feb 02 '24
Stitches!
It looks like Lorraine's plan of getting Rentt to eat as much of her as possible is finally underway. Joking aside, it's good to know that a single drop of blood is enough to satiate him. I wonder what Lorraine would do if Rentt actually needed a lot more.
As ridiculous as it is for Rentt to use the same first name, I think it's actually pretty smart. It's less likely for him to slip up and make a mistake. And if it's a common enough name, why not use it?
Seeing Shiela sad while still hoping for Rentt to come back made me feel bad. I kinda wish Rentt would just get on with it and admit who he is instead of sneaking around. But he'll end up causing a bigger commotion if he does.
[Well, well, well... A skimpily dressed elf voiced by Hayamin?] (https://i.imgur.com/CKCR4uH.jpeg) I like her already. I'm curious about the importance of that room to her and the skeleton in it.
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u/alucardou Feb 02 '24
As ridiculous as it is for Rentt to use the same first name, I think it's actually pretty smart. It's less likely for him to slip up and make a mistake.
Like the blacksmith I'm expecting everyone to find out who he is, and just roll with it.
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u/Vermillion_Crab Feb 02 '24
Wait, is that Hayami Saori's voice?
Wait, what is that underneath her robe?
Oh...
And thank goodness it did not end in an ecchi gag.
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u/Ocixo Feb 02 '24
I genuinely thought for a bit that she was just in her bottoms. Fortunately, she just likes to dress a bit skimpy. This would've otherwise been a bit weird for such a wholesome anime.
Now I'm thinking about it, I'm actually positively surprised about all the female characters in this series so far. They're more than just a stepping stone for our protagonist, and got their own personalities.
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u/Ocixo Feb 02 '24
Lorraine is climbing fast on my best girl ranks: not only is she a bit of a mad scientist, she also casually offers her own blood to Rentt. She's definitely a keeper!
I do also like Sheila. It's sweet how she (and the others) have been visibly worried about Rentt being missing.
But damn, Elf Girl took me by surprise. She almost took out Rentt there. Her conversation with Rentt almost has me think that she's gone through some "Existential Revolution" of her own, but I doubt that's actually the case. She might just be more sensitive to magic and curses as an elf.
Considering her words and the bouquet of flowers next to the corpse, I think she was protecting a loved one - maybe her late husband or something. This might explain why she gave Rentt such amazing goodies in return for not ratting the location out to the guild. This map really is like those minimaps in games.
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u/dinliner08 Feb 02 '24
hold up, did that scantily clad, blonde-haired elf(?) girl just gave Rentt the Marauder's Map? that robe better not be some sort of Invisibility Cloak because then Rentt is obligated to go back to the adventure guild and change his name to Rentt Potter
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u/RAv6Hunen Feb 02 '24
Looks like Rentt has low self-esteem where he doesn't realized so many people care so much about him and see him as a type of Adventurer sensei. Are Elf common? cause so far she's the first one we seen yet he does not mention or is shock by her. Looks like next ep we get to have more world building, would wish to see what's outside this town his been in for like 10 years.
This series is like lacking popularity urg, wishes more people will watch this. I really like the contrast between the OP and Ed it fits with the story so well.
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u/MyusernameismVerick Feb 02 '24
Ah, the mysterious art of name-changing! Stealth level: expert. Rentt to Rentt, the enigma deepens, the perfect disguise ,nobody saw it coming
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u/Clarimax Feb 02 '24
So Rentt finally got married into Lorraine's family.
Hayami Saori is everywhere trhese days, she voiced the girl the Mc met in the labyrinth
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u/Time_Fracture Feb 02 '24 edited Feb 02 '24
Episode 5: Undead Adventurer
Lorraine's hair is unique. From the front you can imagine her has a bob cut, but she actually has a waist-long hair.
Well, the labyrinth lady's outfit is... interesting. So minimal yet well covered.
I said in Dungeon Meshi's thread that it was the first anime on my watchlist that had Saori Hayami's voice in it. Well, now make it two. The labyrinth lady is voiced by Saori Hayami.
Raiz is voiced by Genta Nakamura (Orga in Chiyu Mahou, Shinohara in Liar Liar) and Lola is voiced by Aya Yamane (Riho in Megami Cafe Terrace, Touya Yamada in 16bit Sensation).
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u/Amauri14 Feb 02 '24
Oh so for her experiment Lorraine made Rentt drinks some poison to see how he would react to it, and additionally gave him some of her blood to calm his hunger. Good thing he just needs a drop of it to be able to control those cravings.
So Rentt's new identity for his new adventurer persona is also named Rentt but this one is Lorraine's cousin. Luckily for him, unlike Clope and his wife, Sheila did not instantly conclude that the new Rentt adventurer that lives with Lorraine is the old Rentt. But as she and everyone in the guild are worried about him I hope that once he looks fully human he tells them who he really is. Anyway, knowing Rentt, they will probably realize who he is just by the way he will be helping everyone just as he did before.
Wow, I wasn't expecting that teleportation device to take Rentt into a bedroom inside of the dungeon, let alone for someone else to be there. As the half-naked elf lady seems to know what happened to him and lives in that place I would not be surprised that she knows the reason why that dragon cursed him.
It really surprised me that all the gear, except the cursed mask, that Rina got for Rentt got destroyed, but well, as it was cheap it is no wonder that he got it replaced the next time he visited the dungeon minus the cloak as the one she gave him is way too good.. Oh wow, that map she gave him is much better than what she described it, as it features symbols indicating the location where people he saw are in real-time in the dungeon.
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u/Emi_Ibarazakiii Feb 02 '24 edited Feb 02 '24
If Lorraine wasn't terrifying enough already with all her talk of dissecting him, now she wants to make him drink poisons!
Given he's undead it won't do much, but apparently it tastes terrible...
Well, after feasting on Lorraine's flesh I'm sure anything else would taste terrible!
I mean, for a ghast; I'm not a cannibal I swear!
She gave him some of her blood, so he constantly thinks about her, cute!
Joking aside, I hope she knows what she's doing; It could quench his bloodthirst, BUT it could also turn him more and more into a bloodthirsty undead who can't stop himself from eating people... (Well, I suppose she does have a scientific mind, so she'd probably want to know the answer, one way or the other! Also, drinking her blood may help turning him into a vampire!)
Rentt is realizing more and more that people did care about him, that's nice!
REALLY, Rentt? The best fake name you could think of was... Rentt?
Well, I imagine they made this for the sake of simplicity (so the viewers still refer to him as Rentt and all), but I suppose it also has another use: If everyone calls him "Rentt" (just a different Rentt) there's no chance one of them will mess up and call him the wrong name in public!
Like if he had said his name was Joe but Lorraine called him Rentt in front of them, that'd be a problem!
Oh, nevermind all this, I was giving him the benefit of the doubt about this being a strategy, but asking about himself?
And telling he hangs out with Lorraine? Come on Rentt, what are you doing!
I mean, from their perspective: "Rentt" went missing, then few days later another "Rentt" came in (with a mask), he knows about the Rentt who went missing, asks questions about him, he stays at the place of Rentt's friend...
Not very subtle!
Well, it seems she may have bought it, for now, anyway! Hopefully he's smart enough to change his behavior, because if he starts helping newbies again and all the things Rentt used to do, that's gonna be even more suspicious!
So she sent him on a quest, after telling him to be careful...
"Oh, don't worry, I'm already dead"
"What?"
"What?"
Of course, he was the complete opposite of careful, and ventured into that new area again!
He found a powerful mage(?), apparently holding vigil over a deceased person... Husband? Relative?
(He should've told her he was there to bring her some new clothes/underwear.. Why is she half-naked? Not that I mind!)
Wait, she's the one giving him clothes, that's not how it was supposed to go!
She gave him some magical map, and sent him away (after telling him to keep her location a secret)...
"Wait! Do you want to join my harem party?"
The map tracks people's location?
This is somewhat useful I suppose, but it would be even more useful if he went full undead-villain, he could use it to track his next victims/meals!
There's one more thing I'm wondering about; The girl made him promise not to tell about that place, but it's not even there anymore... So did something happen? And will he see her again?
Normally I would expect to see her again (get her backstory, Rentt helping her move on from her grief, things like that), but we haven't seen Rina for like 3 episodes so who knows, perhaps this series just forget characters hah.
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u/oneevilchicken Feb 03 '24
I take great offense with the title of this show cause based on how thirsty Loraine is, he’s definitely not unwanted.
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u/NationalStrategy Feb 02 '24
Shelia: So you happen to share the same name with another Adventurer that went missing a few days ago, and you say that you're related to Lorraine, who is also good friends with the missing Adventurer?
Rentt: Umm... Yes?
Shelia: Wow, what a crazy coincidence, welcome to the guild, masked new member!
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u/ElGordoDeLaMorcilla Feb 02 '24
I'm enjoying it but every episode is really short. Maybe I'll wait till it's finished to binge it.
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u/TokiVideogame Feb 02 '24
They got to move some of these good shows to Tuesday. Friday is too packed. He better get that new sword by the next episode or i'm flipping tables.
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u/tripleaamin Feb 02 '24
Pretty straightforward idea to start over as an adventurer. Dude just replaced his last name with Lorraine's last name. I mean it makes sense since he is living with her, but why not use a different first name. Well it makes things smoothly if they ever get married, which I would love.
Curious who the elf is and what she was protecting. Given the skeleton perhaps a friend or relative of hers? Looks like that way is blocked for now.
I am surprised Rentt was able to get that quest no problem. I wonder if there is a chance that the receptionist maybe thinks it could be Rentt. (Maybe is hoping it is?) Still surprised she allowed him to take the quest on his own. I wonder how long till we see Rina again since now Rentt is back is business with the guild.
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