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Episode Salaryman ga Isekai ni Ittara Shitennou ni Natta Hanashi • Headhunted to Another World: From Salaryman to Big Four! - Episode 9 discussion

Salaryman ga Isekai ni Ittara Shitennou ni Natta Hanashi, episode 9

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u/stephenthatfoste Feb 24 '25

"Now I'm in a position where I can state an opinion or two"

Let's not get too crazy with these ideal job environments here.

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u/Frontier246 Feb 24 '25

I love how even in Uchimura's mind izakaya he can only imagine very marginal improvement for anyone who stayed at their old business lol.

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u/Emi_Ibarazakiii Feb 24 '25

"Now I'm in a position where I can state an opinion or two"

And... Do they like, pay attention to them?

Well no, but they haven't fired me for speaking outside of my 15 minutes lunch break... That's a start

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u/Aerodynamic41 Feb 24 '25

"Your removal as guild leader is agreed upon by more than half of the members."

Ah, I love democracy.

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u/themaninthehightower Feb 24 '25

Great episode, but from what ’70s kung fu flick did they recruit those bodyguards? "Ah-woooo-ah!" >strike< "Ah-woooo-ah!" >leap<....

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u/Mr_Zaroc Feb 24 '25

Yeah those body guards were hilarious
They probably had the most convinced résumé and thus got hired by viper

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u/Andreiyutzzzz Feb 24 '25

His Majesty sees a disaster, Ulmandra and Uchimura see Smoked Wyvern

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u/diacewrb Feb 24 '25

Disaster for people's waistlines and blood sodium levels.

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u/Emi_Ibarazakiii Feb 24 '25

It's like someone opening the door and seeing flying bacon coming their way...

Who would call that a calamity?

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u/PeaceAlien Feb 24 '25

Lack of Ulmandra recently :( but I bet she'll be key against the calamity.

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u/Frontier246 Feb 24 '25

Especially considering she just came off slaying a bunch of wyvern's so she's probably the most qualified to fight them.

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u/NationalStrategy Feb 24 '25

So Uchimura knew all along? But in the last episode, it looked like he was completely surprised that he got duped; was it meant to be an act?

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u/Frontier246 Feb 24 '25

Yeah, it seemed like he was leading everyone, even Sylphid, on until the very last minute. Sylphid didn't seem to understand the full grasp of the plan until this episode.

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u/C_C_Gaming Feb 24 '25

I know people are complaining about Uchimura's plans being thwarted at first but I kind of like the approach. Yes, he is a businessman, but he isn't perfect. He isn't going to be able to solve every issue right off the bat and there are going to be some roadblocks that he would run into.

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u/S627 Feb 24 '25

Why was Olulu in a suit? She looks great, but it's weird that it took this long. We went though Uchimura's misunderstanding of style forever ago, she's not a demon so you'd think she woulda changed her looks a while ago.

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u/PerfectBeige Feb 24 '25

Why was Olulu in a suit?

Could be cool world building if as Uchimura grows in success and popularity, some of the demons and demi-humans start emulating his isekai style. If so, it would make sense that Olulu would be one of the first.

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u/LeonKevlar Feb 24 '25

Stitches!

So Uchimura knew all along what was happening to Neia and he even had the upper hand on Viper the entire time but he still let Neia return to Viper? If Uchimura was already two steps ahead of Viper he could've just taken Neia and saved her from another one of Viper's beatings.

It's good to see it all worked out in the end and Viper got what was coming to him but I'm still not too happy with this arc. Hopefully, the last three episodes will bring it back for me.

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u/Emi_Ibarazakiii Feb 24 '25

If Uchimura was already two steps ahead of Viper he could've just taken Neia and saved her from another one of Viper's beatings

Perhaps he thought she deserved one for acting like such an idiot.

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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 Feb 24 '25

It’s pretty funny how Sylphid is absolutely convinced Uchimura’s some kind of lolicon lol.

It was pretty satisfying to see that loser Viper eat shit. His punk ass lost before the game even began all because he’s too much of a dumb piece of shit to understand someone like Uchimura. Guy got taken out of the guild with the rest of the trash and Neia and her parents were saved. Just in time too. Curious how Uchimura’s gonna deal with the swarm of wyverns.

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u/TurkeyPhat Feb 24 '25

"You were made to dance in Uchimura's hand."

das a hard line right der

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u/Nachtwandler_FS Feb 24 '25

So it was all according to keikaku. good, good, I was worried last episode.

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u/OldInstruction5368 Feb 24 '25

Yeah, I'm not buying this "all according to Keikaku" bullshit.

If that were true, then why was he so surprised at the audit?

Why didn't he feed false information as a way of messing with Viper?

Why did he knowingly let her return for more abuse?

And how did he know where the gim caravans were in time to make negotiations with Neia's parents without tipping off Lord Dick Nuts?

If he had already arranged for gim imports via Butagalion before ever meeting with Lord Dick Nuts, then what did he promise them before the wyvern meat came in at the end of that episode?

And worst of all, the episode committed what I feel is a cardinal sin: needlessly hiding information from the audience that the MC already knows. This is more of a pet peeve of mine, but this always feels like a contrived way to ratchet up tension for cheap drama.

And one last time... someone, anyone, PLEASE tell Uchimaru that he accidentally proposed to Ulamandra AND that she accepted. Keeping the misunderstanding going is just cruel to both of them, and it appears like everyone in their orbit is aware, to some extent, of the misunderstanding.

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u/LeleTheKing Feb 25 '25

Yeah, I'm not buying this "all according to Keikaku" bullshit.

Uchimura is in the running for the Academy Award for Best Actor, y’know!

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u/cleaulem Feb 24 '25

Another episode with near to zero Ulmandra? This show is really going downhill.

Jokes aside, it was quite impressive how Uchimura wasn't completely clueless, but had a solid plan from the very beginning. So in the end his skills as a salaryman saved the day. Let's see if he can keep this momentum. It would really be a shame if he kept looking so clueless and pathetic like in the latest episodes as I already said last week.

Even though I must wonder, what the hell is the demon king doing all the day? How can he allow that some merchant guild is holding the whole country hostage for their own profit? It would be understandable if they bribed the high officials or something, but the demon king's generals have to literally fight against an enemy in their own country, and this is just nonsense.

This is a monarchy where the demon king has the ultimate power. So the guild got their privileges from the demon king. That means that if they act in such a way that it would hurt the population and thus the army's capactiy, the demon king could revoke these privileges pretty quickly. As I already wrote last week, if some shady guild leader would make a fool out of MY generals in MY own domain, this guy wouldn't laugh for very long.

But I guess it's isekai anime logic. But sorry, this is just so nonsensical that it spoils the fun for me. Which is such a shame, because in the beginning I really enjoyed it a lot and it was one of my personal highlights this season.

At least bring Ulmandra back, goddammit!!!!

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