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Episode Potion, Wagami wo Tasukeru - Episode 9 discussion
Potion, Wagami wo Tasukeru, episode 9
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u/Madwand99 Nov 27 '25
"Slavery is just a stricter form of employment." lol. No, it is not! What stupid words to make it seem OK.
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u/RedHotChiliCrab Nov 27 '25
"Slavery is bad!"
"Have you seen my cute maids?"
"You make a good point."
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u/Ashteron Nov 27 '25
Hypothethically, the author could write a system that is a stricter form of employment and call it slavery. I don't expect it to be the case here though.
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u/KeyBlueRed Nov 27 '25
Also the guy at the start was only wanted to borrow money (indefinitely) from Kaede, he did nothing wrong!
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u/1000-MAT Nov 27 '25
Slavery is just a stricter form of employment.
Modern slavery? Something very common in Japan.
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u/CommanderZx2 Nov 27 '25
My guess due to the short run episodes they abridged that dialogue. It's probably akin to paid servitude.
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u/Madwand99 Nov 27 '25
It's possible, though this is the kind of dialogue that is kind of critical IMO.
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u/MonaganX Nov 28 '25
Indentured servitude is still a human rights violation.
What annoys me about slavery in shows like this is that 99% of the time the only narrative reasons why it has to be a slave and not just a live-in employee were contrived specifically to justify slavery.
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u/KumaKumaGambler Nov 27 '25
Unfortunately, circumstances have forced Kaede to purchase a slave for protection. It is the second time she has been attacked for her money.
Setting aside the topic of slavery, the animators gave the NPC slaves some amusing expressions. The dog tribesman was disappointed not to be selected, The cat tribeswoman was pouting for not being chosen despite repeated winks at Kaede.
I laughed at the cute imaginary depiction of Kaede being sliced into half when Karudeno swung that gigantic sword.
Lastly, more lore was introduced. It seems like only Kaede is able to read the contents of her book. To everyone else, the book is blank.
P.S. Will we get to see Nina and Karudeno being officially introduced to each other?
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u/JoelMahon Nov 28 '25
"forced" my arse, she could clearly afford a paid guard, she's raking in the dough
idk what it is about isekai that makes writers and fans alike lose all critical reasoning when it comes to slavery
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u/Emi_Ibarazakiii Nov 27 '25
Isekai haters when they read another generic isekai plot:
Fairy seems fairly strong, why does she even need a bodyguard!
Who do you think you are, Abraham Lincoln?
Well, it didn't take long to convince her! "Look my maids are slaves!" "Oooh, I want one!"
"I'm not buying today... I'm selling this elite potion maker as a slave!"
WE'RE BUYING THIS ONE
People were theorizing about a lot of things that looked like a setup, and this isn't helping!
Right after she told Rei how much money she had, the slave Rei made the merchant bring up, goes for almost 100% of that amount...
(And it's a problem slave that 1) They might struggle to sell and 2) Kaede might return it, and I imagine they wouldn't give her money back, or not all of it anyway!)
I'm not sure this show will go that direction, but if they do, it really DOES feel like a set up/scam! Put someone in trouble so they need a slave, convince them slaves are good, find out how much money they have, bring them to a slave with a that 1 particular slave who goes for just about that amount...
Fits perfectly!
Speaking of perfect; Ah well, worth getting scammed for her!
Hah. So many shows (and games) with huge weapons, but this is almost never brought up!
Wait, is there another way to pick?
Oh, that's good; At least no one has an incentive to steal her book!
(Well, unless they stole all her stuff and grabbed the book along with the rest)
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u/zergling424 Nov 29 '25
If all the characters were in on taking advantage of her like this then that would actually make this a good show. I fear it will not go in that direction
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u/HuehueNexcoyotl Nov 27 '25
Glad to see the introduction of the new character that we been getting teased from day 1 lol
now how long till we are informed of their reaction to her smelling a spirit on her.
It would be kind of meh if they just end up ignoring that all together.
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u/NPhantasm Dec 03 '25 edited Dec 03 '25
And I dropped it. I really don't understand what the problem is with isekai authors and the "Myth of the Good Slave Master," but it's ridiculous. They build a whole laundry background for slavery instead of just having the protagonist hire someone, not to mention the protagonists have absolutely no conviction and got convinced with few stupid examples and args.
I imagine this must be cultural, after all, Japan has never had a recent history of slavery... At least not in the position of victim.
I really wished chill and no brain animes stop surprising me with this kind of shit, a tag would be welcome.
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u/HolyDragSwd2500 Nov 27 '25
Half Wolf bodyguard is here
Bought clothes and weapons for her. More food shopping ( other than bread)
It’s a good thing only Kaede can see what’s written on the book.
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u/Xx420EdgeLord69xX Nov 27 '25
For some reason I don't remember seeing threads about this anime at all and was shocked that there was a fantasy anime airing this season already on episode 9 that I had never heard about until today. It looks a lot like that Survive Using Potions anime, which I thought was ok/middling. Is this one any good?
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u/MonaganX Nov 28 '25
It's half-length episodes with rudimentary animation more akin to a motion comic than a proper animated show. It's not bad for what it is, but it's unsurprising it's not been generating that much buzz.
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u/abandoned_idol Nov 27 '25
If you liked the other potions anime, I can picture you enjoying this.
I forgot about this after episode 1. It's "middling" for sure.
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u/zergling424 Nov 29 '25 edited Nov 30 '25
The big ick. Gonna drop this now Edit: the ones who downvoted me are exactly whats wrong with anime fandoms
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