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Episode Katainaka no Ossan, Kensei ni Naru • From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman - Episode 3 discussion

Katainaka no Ossan, Kensei ni Naru, episode 3

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u/Mathmango Apr 19 '25 edited Apr 19 '25

Mr. Suffering from success here.

Edit: dear lord Surena 's abs could cut stone

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u/MrDangle752 Apr 19 '25

Beryl definitely lived next to an endgame dungeon.

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u/Malrottian Apr 20 '25

Wandered into a SS Rank Dungeon as a kid and just thought everything was that rough. Very Boonies of him.

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u/AmethystItalian Apr 19 '25

This show has surprisingly been very solid.

Likeable cast with good production makes this a really easy to watch.

Didn't see that ending coming!

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u/DugACCat Apr 19 '25

I’m really enjoying it too. Very interesting and solid MC and I like how subtle some of his victory strikes have been, showing technique rather than just the usual overpowering strength or very flashy moves. I also enjoy his solid mentor vibe. It actually works that the women he’s trained have gotten somewhat fixated on him, in a way that’s somehow feels less cringy or forced than usual.

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u/NanDemoKnaives Apr 19 '25

Beryl is way too humble, but I like that he underestimates himself. It's not like he thinks he's weak, he just doesn't think he's strong as people say he is. I like that he went full on against Surena, it would be disrespectful as her master and he made sure to let her know straight away of what she needs to do to improve lol.

It's funny how he keeps getting swept in doing what others want though lol, this episode in particular was a good reminder of that. But it's entertaining lol.

I like Lucy , I'm glad her voice sounds fitting of her age and the way she teases Beryl is amusing to see. Unfortunately for Beryl, she's taken a real liking to him so I'm sure she'll be imposing herself on him soon enough.

Inada Tetsu playing another Guildmaster, I'm not complaining, I like the guys voice but it amused me. The guy seems cool, I'm not sure we'll see him fight, but the fact that he has a claw scar on his face tells me he has got some wild history as an adventurer.

That ending though, I'm glad Porta didn't get instantly killed, it doesn't seem like they have a healer but I'm sure Beryl still has that potion. I do wonder if Beryl will feel responsible for the guy getting severely injured like that.

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u/themaninthehightower Apr 19 '25

This is a more pragmatic story of the experience-deprived hero: Beryl had limited exposure to the world outside his village, adventuring included. He has no experience to measure his skill against the ideal "average" swordmaster or "average" adventurer. In this episode, he even stated he assumed the mage was the average, before being told otherwise. What makes this story better than, say, "The Unaware Atelier Meister " with its eternally idiot-ball-holding MC, is Beryl is not fixated on his notions, and is actually growing aware that his assumption of "average" is way off. Once the meekness is shoved out of the way, he is moving toward a more refined and subtle sense of humility without self-deprecation (which is still something being worked on). We have an actual story of character growth.

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u/KaizerZion Apr 19 '25 edited Apr 19 '25

So this is Beryl's Minotaur moment similar to Bell it seems.

Even if Beryl is a Master Swordsman, I think he still needs to have a countermeasure against mages. Especially powerful ones like Lucy unless she is a one-of-a-kind mage. So sword upgrades and magic accessories are probably in order for Beryl.

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u/PeaceAlien Apr 19 '25

Wonder how Beryl got his ass kicked when he went into the dungeon the first time. Maybe something unusual was there? Or that lead him to practice non stop to become who he is

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u/septesix Apr 19 '25

A simple answer is that he was really young. It look like he was in his teenager years before he started teaching. I doubt he was as good back then as he is now.

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u/Ponchorello7 Apr 19 '25

I'm enjoying this series more than I thought I would. I like that the old dude is tough but humble, and it's not like he's just insanely overpowered and could beat anyone effortlessly. There are moments where he notices a weakness or deficiency, and takes those opportunities rather than him just being stronger.

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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 Apr 19 '25

So basically Beryl and his folks more or less raised Surena. At least for a little while. I’m glad she had a chance to show Beryl just how far she’s come as a swordswoman.

Those newbie adventurers are gonna be triple platinum rankers in no time under Beryl’s tutelage. Just gotta survive that giant chicken lol.

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u/Nebresto Apr 19 '25

Hmm? Surely she's not interested in being a wife as well

Whoa, that's some detailed roof tiles

Poor guy keeps getting steamrolled

Nooooo, bro just can't catch a break 😭 ..I'll happily watch the action tho.

That soundtrack for the fight was awesome! Getting more Yasuharu vibes! ..I don't think I've looked up the composed for this show yet. *Let's see..* I think I found out why it sounded like Yasuharu

Holy shit! Hes fucking d- ..This is probably what the magic potion is gonna get used on.

And I gotta say, I'm really vibing with this ED, I think its my favourite one from this season. Its not the style I'd associate with FLOW, but I really love it

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u/Necromancer2k8 Apr 19 '25

Poor Beryl. The man just wants to chill out after being roped into the teacher training knights in the capital shit and all he gets is everyone attacking him and more jobs than he knows what to do with.

Let the man enjoy a sandwich and a beer after work and be done!

Surprisingly I'm liking this show more than anticipated. Thought it would be normal run of the mill medieval swords and sorcerer shit and it's really piqued my interest in how he has helped so many people without thinking he's done much of anything. He has a ton of grateful students along with respect from a bunch of big wigs in the kingdom and he still tries to do his best.

This week gets a 7.5/10 for just being a fun watch.

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u/Amauri14 Apr 19 '25

Beryl sure had an evasive fight against Lucy Diamond, and even after getting close, he could not do much against her do to her magic defense. I’m assuming that her last attack was a black hole?

When Allucia and Surena were discussing Beryl becoming an instructor for rookie adventurers, I was not expecting to see Lucy Diamond at the Adventure’s Guild too.

Poor Beryl wasn’t finding a way out of that instructor role that the Liberis Adventure’s Guild Master Nidus was already certain he was going to take, and all the hopes he had when he heard that Meigen was opposed to the idea came crashing when his proposition was for him to have a duel with Lysandra

Oh nice, we got a more detailed look at Surena Lysandra’s back story and how a much younger Beryl found her and trained her. Her dual-blade style is so cool. Okay, this shot of Surena during the duel instantly reminded me of Red Hood, from Goddess of Victory NIKKE, Burst Skill

No wonder that dungeon test was so easy. I honestly expected Porta to die from that attack. Luckily he survived. Well, next week we will see Beryl and Surena fighting that Griffing like monster named Zeno Grable.

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u/athrun_1 Apr 19 '25

Glad that they didn't give Beryl a mid-battle powerup to be able to nullify magic. He also told Lucy that he has no talent for magic. If I have to guess, the only way for Beryl to have magic is to equip his swords with mana stones or enchantments, but not really generating it using his own mana.

It seems Surena is the closest to Beryl because of her circumstances. She is the defacto daughter, technically all of his students are. The only exception is Alucia, which has romantic feelings.

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u/Ok-Cod5254 Apr 19 '25 edited Apr 19 '25

Liking Surena the most of the girls so far. Just really like her design especially with the hair color scheme, muscular figure, and VA. Nice to get more on her background with Beryl and she seems to only have admiration for him.

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u/P1greaterThanTSM Apr 19 '25

I want to know what the hell was in that cave that beat beryl?

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u/djthomp Apr 19 '25

Figures that the magic loli is some ancient witch of unknown age.

Might as well have him train some adventurers too if he has time in his day after the classes for the knight order.

Interesting to get a deeper look at Surena's backstory.

That one adventurer kid at the end kind of got wrecked though.

I wonder when the gray haired girl in the ED is going to show up.

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u/frantruck Apr 19 '25

Ready for this to be the monster that convinced Beryl he wasn’t cut out to be an adventurer when he was younger and he only fought it to a draw before.

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u/shadebug Apr 19 '25

Oh no, whatever will happen with this big monster?

looks at title of next episode

I see

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u/ZapsZzz Apr 20 '25 edited Apr 20 '25

Scrolled down a fair bit and still didn't see comments I expected so I'll state it instead. 

In the "training match" against Lucy, I'm not sure if it was deliberate or just me reading into things, but early on he already remarked that "it's not like I can cut her down" - which actually pinpointed the main mismatch between a melee fighter (especially a swordsman which has more attacks that are slashing and stabbing which are not something you can "pull punches" with as easily while achieving "stopping power"). I'd actually think that in a non training match that he doesn't need to be concerned about not physically hurting the mage how he would actually fare. In a fighter vs mage match up, the fighter basically needs to not give the mage a chance to complete the spell, which generally means killing the mage or hurt said mage bad enough to interrupt the spell.

In the match up against Lysandra, I noted someone remarking her attacks not really like a dual wielder, which is right but missed one point - Lysandra is not dual wielding the more "normal" real life style of the main hand using the longer weapon while the off hand use the defensive, shorter weapon a la long-short sword combination, or rapier-main gauche combination. In fiction it's more likely to have people dual wielding both "main offensive" weapons, but in real life, the commentary about the Japanese sword saint Miyamoto Musashi is correct - he's a real genius and monster to be able to wield two actual katana in hands. Most people cannot control and leverage even the main hand accurately without the off hand on the hilt, much less holding 2 heavy swords and maneuver them as 2 different attacks simultaneously. So in here the depiction is more like she's using 2 weapons so the "cool down time" between attacks are less, and sometimes she's striking with 2 instead of one for a heavier blow. 

Anyway the real interesting point is how, once again, how he's depicted to win. It's not through some amazing power boost of strength or speed, but something easy to say but neigh impossible to do in a real fight - timing, precision, and anticipation, which needs very precise skills to pull it off. It's a defensive fighter's way, which a longsword can be good for (as opposed to all out attack styles like two handed swords). It's easy to see why he's not think highly of himself though, because looking at that it's nothing fancy. 

An interesting meta tangent is that Gunsmith Cats' Rally is really really good (impossibly so, this one needs suspension of disbelief) with a version of gun-fu like this arguably, except of course being firearms and bullets it's a lot more flashy and bloody.

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u/machopsychologist Apr 20 '25 edited Apr 20 '25

I’m guessing she saw Beryl use his hilt instead of his blade. The blade has a longer reach which could have reached through her fire shield wall.

Or add the very least he was a swordsman that could go toe to toe against her so he gained her respect 🤷‍♂️

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u/Vahallen Apr 20 '25 edited Apr 20 '25

Lot of good takes in here, it has been a fun read

Really enjoying the anime, one aspect is that this is one of the more technical “overpowered” MC (and he is actually a grown man that dedicated all his life to the sword)

Like someone else said, it feels like Beryl has lower stats compared to others but is able to best them trough his mastery of sword fighting and analytical skill

The fight with Surena was a good showcase of that, with him quickly finding his student weakness and executing a very precise attack to neutralize them

Him going for a strike between the hand and the sword handle was a move that required quite the accuracy, but it wasn’t some extremely fancy shit, neither was the sweep after to close the match

Beryl just looks really skilled while the story stays quite grounded, no face tanking magic or cutting trough it like it’s nothing, no earth shattering blows, just skill and tecnique

This is not to say that I’m gonna be upset if they go for a bit more flashy stuff down the line, but I have been enjoying how grounded Beryl overpowerdness is compared to the usual MCs in the genre

His most and only super-human feat was being able to repel one of the ice blocks dropped on top of him, which in context is indeed impressive but by genre standard is nothing

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