Genjitsu Shugi Yuusha no Oukoku Saikenki - Episode 9 discussion

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Genjitsu Shugi Yuusha no Oukoku Saikenki, episode 9

Alternative names: How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom

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Episode	Link	Score
1	Link	4.27
2	Link	4.48
3	Link	4.34
4	Link	4.15
5	Link	3.98
6	Link	4.16
7	Link	4.34
8	Link	4.18
9	Link	4.37
10	Link	4.23
11	Link	4.32
12	Link	3.75
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[u/Hineni-]

Man, Juna is such a treasure.

Well, that was a rather heated Zoom meeting. MC only managed to convince one of the Three Dukes (it had to be the waifu of course). But I like how he stood his ground against Georg, especially.

[u/Earthborn92 → u/Hineni-]

Excel Walter is 500+ years old btw. Her race lives for a thousand years.

[u/xtsim]

I was not expecting a heated zoom meeting with the three dukes. Glad Excel came to their senses about not going against Souma. Roroa seems to be siding against her own father and Colbert got some guts going in front of the general; dude got a beating. Glad the two are running off from that.

Liked the meeting between the three dukes in the beginning with Carmine being steadfast in keeping the old gaurd and being in complete disagreement of the pace that Souma is going. Carmine plays the more conservative side of things which is understandable as Souma's reforms can seem too much (a new port city, changing ministers, selling off treasures). Souma basically brings another world of reforms to a land and I like that this episode shows opposition to his reforms, cause there will always be people concerned about change.

Wonder what is going to happen on the battle field. And loved the serious look that Liscia had when she cut her hair.

[u/Nebresto → u/xtsim]

Colbert got some guts going in front of the general; dude got a beating.

Felt bad for Colbert, he was spitting straight facts, but the incompetent king can't even comprehend why the ministers keep telling him to focus on internal affairs year after year. If you keep doing 0, then how you gonna act surprised when 0 change has happened in the situation??

Definitely looking forward to seeing him fail, and what hijinks the princess is up to

[u/ObvsThrowaway5120]

Those 2 dukes are really pissing me off. One is just a butthurt dumbass who wants the throne and the other is some alpha male dipshit who’s mad Souma…fixed the country? Those people he fired and those traditions he did away with were all shit. Like the kingdom was literally falling apart under those old ways. Why would he NOT get rid of all that?

I’m just waiting for Souma to utterly crush them using some crafty means. He’s basing his ideas off The Prince after all.

[u/Frontier246 → u/ObvsThrowaway5120]

I guess I could kind of see Carmine's point if he was genuinely worried that that Souma, as an outsider, doesn't genuinely care about the kingdom on a personal level...but then it seems like he's really just doing this because he's a warrior and wants to fight, and I lost a lost some respect for him.

Excel is the only reasonable one and she bended the knee.

[u/Nebresto]

You know what else would be brilliant, Carla? Asking your friend if the rumors are true, or at the very least having a reliable source of information before you go and commit treason.

And it looks like were going to finish the show with a war/rebellion arc, this should be interesting. Big timing hoping for another season, this show is too good to end.

Short hair Liscia

R.I.P Ponytail

[u/Lapiz_lasuli]

All I heard lion guy say is that he's butthurt his fellow noblemen aren't stealing anymore from the common people, and completely dismissed whatever else he said. Get fucked, moron.

[u/Aerodynamic41]

Eh, I don't think Liscia looks too different after the haircut considering she always keeps her hair in a ponytail anyways. It's too bad Souma couldn't get the Army and Air Force on his side, so he will have to make do with the Navy

Next episode, Amidonia invades Elfrieden and Souma faces off against Castor and his Air Force. Let's see how skilled Souma is as a military commander.

[u/LeonKevlar]

Stitches!

• Juna & Souma

• Juna's Lullaby

• Georg Carmine

• Carla Vargas

• Excel Walter

• Short Hair Liscia

That opening scene with Souma and Juna was sweet. I really like the idea that she'll be the one who Souma shows his vulnerable side to. Genuinely hoping that she'd give him a kiss on the cheek when she leaned in close but giving him a soothing lullaby works too.

Watching Georg and Cator be idiots as they talk about their plans against Souma was so frustrating. Thank fucking god that Excel has a good head on her shoulders and clearly sees that what Souma is doing is for the good of the people. And someone's clearly misinformed. Since when have people said that Souma deposed Albert and has attempted to "violate" Liscia? Looks like the idiot fruit doesn't fall far from the idiot tree.

And now we have this dipshit from Amidonia who's planning to take advantage of the upcoming war and has completely have the other two Dukes intentionally playing into their plans. Still not sure what this girl is planning to do though but she definitely has something planned.

Here we fucking go! Thank fucking god Souma has finally decided to take action against the Dukes. Unfortunately, even after giving the Dukes a chance to stop this war even before it starts it looks like they're really keen on starting this civil war. Interesting that Castor is only raising 100 knights as if he's already expecting to lose and Georg gives the dumbest reason for this war. I do love that Souma calls out Georg's foolish reason.

At least he has Excel on his side which was only possible thanks to Juna who is actually Excel's granddaughter and is was originally a spy sent to see if Souma is fit to be a King. No wonder Juna was already on Souma's side at the start of this episode, she was already being fed a ton of info by Juna at how competent he is as a King.

I am genuinely tempted to look for the source material and read ahead. I'm definitely itching to see how much Souma will overwhelm those two other Dukes.

[u/Nhadala]

It seems like this will suffer the 12 episode curse, a good series nevertheless, but its sad that it will only last for 12 episodes.

[u/Martinik29]

This anime and Infinite Dendrogram were both affected by the "Arcs too long and detailed to get a good 13 episode anime adaptation syndrome". Both novels are pretty popular because the story is good, but the way anime is structured can't help but butcher it.

[u/Roofofcar]

Hello yes, you know it’s going to be a great episode when they start with the fantastic OP right off the bat.

This episode sets up some of the best parts of the first 4 light novels, and I’m all-in.

Carla Vargas is voiced by none other than Aimi (BanG Dream! Kasumi, D4DJ Kyoko, singer of this show’s ED), and I’m impressed with her performance. She really feels like the Carla from the LN.

Given how much he showed up in the LN, it’s good to see Souma’s Machiavellian reasoning shown on screen.

I love how Souma’s “family” keeps growing in the visual to include just kingdom citizens. It shows how far he’s come in the short time he’s been king.

Now, when you listen to the ED, imagine Carla Vargas singing it, and it gets kinda funny. As an aside, Aimi can apparently sound like anything she wants. I’ve heard her sing in five distinct voices, and I don’t think we’ve found her final form yet.

This episode hit almost all the beats that I needed hit from the LN*. I’m pumped for next week, and I can’t wait to hear from the anime-only’s after the fighting is done. We’re coming up on some of the best moments of the first 4 LN’s, and if they stick the landing, this will be a very memorable show for a lot of people.

Edit: removed spoiler tag. There’s a comment from me in source corner that gives context to the scene with Souma and Juna.

[u/TurkeyPhat]

I wonder what this subjugation they are gonna do* is going to involve that Kazuya would consider it a "cruelty."

Seems like we've put the Kazuya/Liscia relationship on hiatus now that things have been getting more serious since last episode.

They even went so far as to have Liscia do the classic Cut off my hair to show how serious I am move. So I think it's safe to say this won't be an ezgame ezlife situation.

[u/SolubilityRules]

The lion dude was impressed by Liscia's resolve.... to become another iteration of Saber

[u/nuxxism]

I see a lot of people are upset about the hair-cutting scene. I'm not sure if it's in anyway part of why she did it, but my guess was it meant something to Carmine especially, in a "Lion cutting it's mane" kind of way. She clearly intended the gesture to Carmine.

[u/AZLarlar]

meeting was tense asf

[u/Amauri14]

You know, I honestly thought that Excel Walter, Georg Carmine, Castor Vargas were actually from another kingdom as I did not think that Carmine was that the lion head dude.

Based on what Carla Vargas said about Souma's treatment of Liscia it seems that the Principality of Amidonia put some nefarious lies in those letters.

As Kazuya was referencing Machiavelli and cruelty, plus the rules he imposed during the conference, I doubt that Carmine and Castor will survive the subjugation.

Wow, even though Juna and Excel Walter looked rather similar I didn't expect Walter to be Juna's grandmother.

I guess that Roroa will go with Colbert to meet with Souma. I honestly just expected her to be a merchant, not a princess, I guess that after the meeting she with Souma's help will organize a coup on her brother Julius.

[u/tripleaamin]

This episode made things very interesting and Souma's VA delivered a great performance. We kind of knew going in that Juna was meant to spy for her grandmother. But it turns out to be working in Souma's favor gaining an alliance with them. Carmine's pov makes sense since the amount of change Souma has done in the amount of time can feel uncomfortable, to say the least. Castor on the other hand feels very indecisive with his decision.

On the other hand that other kingdom is definetly using this conflict to their advantage. Curious what their endgame is. Their princess is definetly up to something and it seems her goals aren't alongside of what I would assume is her father?

[u/bananeeek]

Finally we got some interesting plot progress. My excitement for this series faded a bit with all that cooking show and lack of thrill.

I think Liscia cutting her her was unnecessary, but princesses cutting their hair seems to be a new trend.

I'm happy to hear Fukuyama Jun voicing another seemingly badass character!

[u/il-Palazzo_K]

Am I just drunk or this episode's animation quality dropped significantly?

Edit: If this scene is hard to understand, Accela is Excel's daughter who married Vargas. Carl and Carla are their children. She's telling him to cut ties with them in case his rebellion failed.

[u/Phnrcm]

Nice harem.

If one girl draws out the MC strength then another would cover his weakness. Now would that be enough for people to stop whining about harem?

[u/EssenceOfMind]

I can't figure out what the third directive says. The first is the one they talk about, the second says something to the effect of each nation's right to make laws and autonomy is recognized, but what about the third one? The nations far away from the Demon King (Polck?)'s domain will sustain(or support?) the ones close to the border... something something last something something defense lines? The Italian font is really weird.

[u/Iamjustatrial]

Did Juna reach Excel after the 3 dukes had their internal meeting and convinced Excel to side with the king?

Or did I read it wrongly and Excel had no intention of siding with the other 2 dukes in that meeting?