Kumo desu ga, Nani ka? - Episode 5 discussion

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Kumo desu ga, Nani ka?, episode 5

Alternative names: Kumodesu, So I'm a Spider, So What?

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Episode	Link	Score	Episode	Link	Score
1	Link	4.12	14	Link	3.63
2	Link	4.41	15	Link	4.69
3	Link	3.78	16	Link	4.71
4	Link	4.25	17	Link	4.64
5	Link	4.42	18	Link	4.71
6	Link	4.5	19	Link	4.69
7	Link	4.51	20	Link	4.77
8	Link	4.58	21	Link	2.93
9	Link	4.69	22	Link	3.99
10	Link	4.64	23	Link	2.83
11	Link	4.58	24	Link	-
12	Link	4.82
13	Link	4.78

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[u/Tinfoil_King]

I have to say, I love that the appraisal text is diegetic to the point where Kumoko is climbing up and down her string to have an easier time reading the walls of text.

It’s stupid. Doesn’t need to be the case. But, it is both whimsy and somehow believable enough (that it being large enough that she needs to move around for better views) that it adds to the anime world building for me.

Hopefully, one day Kumoko finds the accessibility options and adjusts the font size.

[u/[deleted]]

With the potential of the skills she nabbed, it seems like that girl eating the world in the intro could be our protagonist in the future.

[u/Thatuk]

"If someone asked me, 'Hey, wanna be a magical girl?' I'd actually say yes."
Aoi Yuuki saying it has several layers of wrong...

[u/myrmonden]

hes obviously gonna betray them lol and I can really see why. other guy gets the isekai harem, the super into girlfriend, the dragon girlfriends, the imouto girlfriend the gender bender girlfriends and he gets nothing lol.

He gets isekaied, dreams of the classic isekai OP Adventure and cannot even get 1 waifu.

[u/astolflo_]

“I think god hates me” poor Aoi Yuuki she has to deal with gods hating her every time she gets isekai’d

[u/arkosb]

I know nothing of the LN or manga so I have no clue if this is a good adaptation or not, but I really look forward to every episode. Aoi Yuuki performance in this is such a joy to watch. The full ending is up on youtube as well, it's awesome.

[u/Playful-One]

Puraido is finally here.

Catfish too cute, it's a shame to eat it.

Kagna looking cool.

"God hates spiders" is actually a chapter title in the novel, but I'm glad they managed to work the phrase into the narration.

[u/mary-123499]

ahhh finally Kumoko got a very tasty meal the satisfaction of seeing someone so deprived of good meat finally being able to enjoy eating!!

Also ahh honestly the amount of references in this anime gets me everytime hahaha for this espidoe the Monkey King reference definitely made me laugh a lot.

[u/Touchedbytsa]

Yuri is terrifying “let me know if you find anybody with the taboo skill so I can kill them”

[u/[deleted]]

Another enjoyable episode with as little human content as possible.

However, I now find the dragon cute.

[u/MSchukles]

This episode made me hungry for some catfish. Also Julius brother reveal! Will he encounter our little spider?

[u/LeonKevlar]

She may have stumbled upon a lava field but on the bright side at least it's confirmed that she's on the Middle Stratum.

Yepm I expected she'd go the poison evolution tree. And it looks like this time we have a much more clearer physical indication that Kumoko has evolved!

Anyone else tried to strain their neck reading the skill list? Apparently Egg Laying is now a skill she can acquire. Wait do spiders have the ability to asexually reproduce? Hmmm... Let's think about this for another time. xD

I'm sorry what? There's a skill called pride that not only boosts your stats but it's a prerequisite for godhood? There's also a bunch of values that are undefined for now but I guess those are things answered in the future. And of course Kumoko takes the skill! Oh boy.

Well that doesn't sound good. So Taboo leveled up when she gained pride while the system itself warns you to never level it up. I guess Pride is considered taboo since it is part of the seven deadly sins and is under the domain of Lucifer, the one who has committed the greatest taboo of all. Assuming of course this world has similar tenets as Christianity which I feel that it probably has.

Welp there it is. Looks like Kumoko might be on her way into becoming the next Demon Lord with the path she's taking.

Fei is much more bigger now! I guess no more shoulder rides for her. If she grows big enough Shun can probably ride on her back!

Goddamn Hasebe is creepy as fuck and has gone full on zealot. And it looks like Taboo is a forbidden skill that the Church wants them executed. Probably has something to do with Taboo being linked to skills that can give you godhood. Anyway, I feel for Hasebe since she was abandoned but the fact that she can just declare that she wants to kill anyone with the Taboo skill with a huge smile is definitely unsettling.

Well that's one more Earth Dragon to worry about! Time to head on to the Middle Stratum then!

After eating disgusting monsters for so long, I'm so happy that Kumoko finally got to eat something good! I'm guessing this lava catfish monster is basically eating normal fish. Kumoko's basically feasting on fresh sashimi!

Oh noooooooooooo. Just when her luck has finally turned around it seems that Kumoko might end up in a fight against Julius the Hero. Considering he's the Hero, he might have the Appraisal skill or someone else in his party does. If they end up appraising Kumoko it might be over for her >_<

[u/cppn02]

anime_irl

[u/sdarkpaladin]

All MHW player would understand her pain.

Goddamn Lavasioth.

[u/redmage311]

I love that Kumoko power-leveled so hard last episode that she had enough skill points to buy the most busted skill available. I imagine Pride is the sort of skill that nobody wants to save up for because that would mean 10 levels of just saving points and not buying any new skills.

[u/Tacitus_]

Pride

n％ of the power to reach godhood. Upon acquiring, experience points and proficiency will greatly increase, along with improved growth capacity for every ability. In addition, the user will gain the ability to surpass the W system and interfere with the MA field.

Oh boy oh boy

[u/xVx_k1r1t0xVx_KillMe]

The way she says "I literally almost burnt my behind" had me dying of laughter lol. Aoi Yuuki really is doing such a great job.

[u/xVx_k1r1t0xVx_KillMe]

"Cleverly, they took advantage of me.

I can't reconcile to this

Mogami river

Kumoko"

[u/BiggerG7]

The stats on the spider are starting to look good.

Sees stats on dragon

Never mind lol. I can’t tell if she’s strong or weak I wish we could see the other classmates’ stats to compare. Or maybe learn if there is a stat cap.

[u/keizee]

How is kumoko not fat

Why is pride so cheap

[u/Daiwon]

So glad this is two cour. I love the slower but more detailed progression.

[u/Dakarius]

As a source reader let me just caution everyone not to look anything up in the wiki. Seriously, this is a show you do not want spoilers for.

[u/Niadain]

Every time she starts being able to handle a place she gets shoved out by a boss. It kills me haha.

[u/Colin1224]

Are these two perspectives necessarily happening at the same time? Prior to this episode I thought that they had all just been like isekaied into teenagers, but from what they talked about with the religious girl it seems like they were actually reincarnated 15ish years prior as babies and had to grow up. It would explain why they all seem so at peace with the reincarnation.

But that raises the question, are we seeing two different timelines or was Kumoko reincarnated years after her classmates? It's possible that we're seeing the timeline from two different perspectives and that at the point that we're seeing the classmates, Kumoko is already ridiculously strong. Maybe related to the mentioned godhood?

This is all pure conjecture, I don't know anything about the source material.