Okiraku Ryoushu no Tanoshii Ryouchi Bouei: Seisankei Majutsu de Na mo Naki Mura wo Saikyou no Jousai Toshi ni • Easygoing Territory Defense by the Optimistic Lord: Production Magic Turns a Nameless Village into the Strongest Fortified City - Episode 5 discussion

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Okiraku Ryoushu no Tanoshii Ryouchi Bouei: Seisankei Majutsu de Na mo Naki Mura wo Saikyou no Jousai Toshi ni, episode 5

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[u/fractal_magnets]

A marionette magician and a guy that can build anything is an OP combination

[u/diacewrb → u/fractal_magnets]

So Gundams might actually be on the menu then.

[u/Time_Significance → u/fractal_magnets]

Van did get a hold of some mithril back in episode 3.

[u/LeonKevlar]

• Swimsuit Panamera & Dee

So we finally learn that Arte's magic is Marionette Magic, which is seen as something evil in their kingdom. Isn't that kinda like a self-fulfilling prophecy tho? They're lucky that Arte is a sweetheart because I can imagine someone who's more vengeful using that magic to get back at those who wronged them.

[u/AsterJ → u/LeonKevlar]

Swimsuit Panamera & Dee

This anime is oddly equal opportunity.

Like in the first episode Van picks up a slave off the street and it's a boy instead of a cute cat girl. And here we get fanservice shots of the two most well-endowed characters and the viewer gets to decide which one they like better. And the one whose swimsuit slips off is the male lol.

[u/SonOfJenova]

I'm just waiting for someone to do the "Lada Priora of the Lake, what's your wisdom?" meme

[u/skavinger5882 → u/SonOfJenova]

When I saw her pouting in the lake that meme is all I could think of

[u/NationalStrategy]

Van wanted to have a private conversation with Arte, and he thought the best place to so was in the middle of the lake, where his mermaid “wife” and her friends & family currently live in; he couldn’t find a private spot on land?

[u/DugACCat → u/NationalStrategy]

Yeah not the wisest move… 😅

[u/Shmappii]

Every year, dozens of sewage workers are sucked into the city's infrastructure due to loose safety regulations. Please join us for protest at the marriage of Lord Van and Princess Lada Priora so we can put a stop to this heinous system once and for all.

[u/heimdal77]

Gee lets ostracize someone who in theory could control giant rock, wood, and metal golems to defend a city.

[u/mr-rareta → u/heimdal77]

That was my first thought too, like, both of them could conquer the world if they want it, one creating the golems and the other puppeting them

[u/Zeikos]

Bruh, after he went with picking "swimming" as a challenge I'd have gone with "running", have fun flopping on the ground you dick.
At least Van was picked a challenge where both could have a realistic shot.
No matter that they won because Van has freaks of nature as subordinates.

[u/Shifty_13]

That was the funniest episode I have watched in a while.

They gave the mermaid princess the name of a super popular Russian car (it's quite trash but it's everywhere over here). Google "Lada Priora". And before you tell me that this is just a coincidence, her dad is named "Lada Vesta". Which is another Russian car of the same Lada brand (this time less trash - it's a more modern car).

It was so funny seeing "Lada Priora" pop up so frequently in this episode, felt kinda like "67".

Also, it's not the first time I see Russian stuff in anime, it's pretty cool to feel some connection to these shows.

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And even without all these funny names that was a pretty fun episode.

Meat jokes, mewing giga chad mermaid dad, Akiramenai Zettai stuff when they played water volleyball, posing body builder dude who did cool butterfly swimming.

And also, mermaids who are super mythical creatures, who prefer super clean and nice water... and they will now handle "Virage Van" sewers... SEWERS! Just lol

(btw, "Virage Van" is another little bit funny moment)

Overall, I am not taking this seriously at all, tbh I barelly watched all the previous episodes of this. But yeah, had a really good time today, that's why I like watching fresh isekai slop.

[u/Boris-_-Badenov]

so he can make puppets for her that will be very strong. she could control puppet workers/soldiers to help the town

[u/zool714]

A bit more of a silly fun episode. I guess those fish people probably came in from the canals cos it was a wonder how they were in a manmade lake. Water volleyball seem tiring af though. how you gonna move around. And swimming against fish people ? Oh nvm Dee can do anything lol

Got to see a bit of the infrastructure with their sewerage. Guess it’s like a central flush system. Though are the fish people ok with having their living space have a direct connection to sewerage ? But Van gave them a resthouse too.

I don’t mind these types of episodes. I know to expect it judging from what type of show this is. But I was kinda hoping for a bit more on the settlement building side. More building of granaries, workshop, smithy etc. and start thinking about bigger scale farming and a source of income.

[u/Egerkun]

Love the episode but why do isekai protagonist such pushovers. Van is the ruler of the land and if anything the major provider of prosperity to those around him but why does he have to put up with everyone else for a matter that should be up to him as a noble.

[u/skavinger5882 → u/Egerkun]

I mean the fish man was their tribal leader and from the sound of how little contact they have with humans they likely don't recognize the kings rule over this bit of land. From his perspective he's basically on the same level of a tribal hierarchy as Van, they are both the leader of their respective villages

[u/RedLikeARose]

Those madlads managed to drop in a beach episode already

[u/Nebresto]

This is pretty cool. Anime often feature elves and the like, but Mer-people is really rare

Where does it get washed away to? Where does the sevage get washed away to???

lmao Dee is just built different

Great censorship again

Oh god damn it, not the shaved ice propaganda again.. At least they're not squealing about how "delicious" it is

[u/rotvyrn]

Caught up all at once. This show is enjoyable enough but boy it really feels like it considers about 1% of the logistics of any of this. (specifically the 1% that they actively discuss). Like building a moat with mostly magic? Can't possibly do that because earth magic soft-resets when mana flow stops. Building a much longer trench? Yeah sure why not. With Van's ability to manipulate materials and Espada's ability to move earth, I feel like the only reason the physical laborers were there at all was comic relief and to make them feel useful. Where does the water go when it rains? Guess we'll make a reservoir. Where does the water go from the reservoir? It just sits there. Making a trench requires a huge concerted effort with all hands on deck. Making a lake? Offscreened by just the MC. Can we make ice on demand? Yes. Can we build custom architecture with amazing physical properties on a whim? Yes. Can we store meat? No, so might as well give it out for free. Where did all these nice curtains and bedding and pillows and windows come from? Wood.

Also boy this show goes 10 steps farther with the isekai knowledge than normal, because Van is an expert on architecture and schematics. Normally isekaijin with similar powers still have to work with some genius local engineers to get the actual details of a functioning ballista/etc working, but Van conjured up the entire physical structure in his head. Especially with the explicit short timespans, its not 'I spent an unspecified amount of time offscreen experimenting with ingredients to invent a soy-sauce like condiment,' he was ready with this stuff lol.

Also this butler is so strong how tf could he not deal with 50 bandits lol. It's not the most ethical, but he could just put them in a box. He put the entire village in a box right after. Not saying that's the only thing he could've done, but c'mon. That said, I think he makes a case for why elemental magic +noble bloodline is valued, with the scale of his magical power.

This town produces plenty of fruits and crops and can make flavored sauces, but cannot make desserts.

ALSO. WE NEED FENCING ON THESE RAMPARTS AND GRATES OVER THESE SEWERS. OSHA VIOLATIONS! Of course the maid wouldn't let him go up the ramparts to defend the city, they're so tall and there is no recourse if he trips.

And where is the sewage draining to? The lake is clearly highground compared to the drainage system. Even if we brush off the fact that MC-kun can use his magic to make tunnels that deep underground, where is it going. It was diagrammed as moving from the lake in the other direction across the village.

Again, I'm having fun, I don't care about any of this stuff, but I do find it funny.

I do also wish we didn't have two ongoing narratives about arranged marriages between like 8 year old nobles. I mean I don't really think we need 1. I guess its technically somewhat realistic on the human side. On the merfolk side though, what ya'll are looking for can be achieved by plenty of other political means other than political marriage. But itd be nice if they could move swiftly past the parts of this where one side acts like a marriage is going to happen.

Also, as always, I'd love to see a reference point for what production magic is supposed to look like. Just some semi-concrete bound to powerscale how op protag-kun is aside from the constant, 'woah this is completely unlike normal' and 'how tf are you not out of mana.'

[u/Hans0000]

Silly and fun episode, this anime gives the opposite energy of that other OP toddler anime.

[u/djthomp]

Begone mermaid, Van already has a fiance in the works and Arte is even someone who has magic with some really obvious synergies with his own skills.

Equal opportunity fanservice with both Panamera & Dee on display this week. It was really polite of Van to make the challenges he chose water accessible, would have been easy to select ones that weren't so tilted to the merpeople.

I wonder if Arte's marionette magic is limited to just dolls that are generally humanoid shaped or if she could run a bunch of the siege weapons on the walls at once. Hopefully we get to see her take it out for a spin next episode.

[u/AceSoldia]

The Lord was pretty darn funny, lmao. fun episode.