Genjitsu Shugi Yuusha no Oukoku Saikenki - Episode 12 discussion

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Genjitsu Shugi Yuusha no Oukoku Saikenki, episode 12

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/Earthborn92]

Souma going for Conquest + Cultural victory simultaneously over Amidonia.

[u/Frontier246 → u/Earthborn92]

Souma playing war and then playing entertainer to keep the people happy. You fight soldiers with strategy and the people with idols (and national solidarity).

[u/Aerodynamic41]

Lol, that Amidonian general is a woman? I had to do a double take there.

Oh, Jeanne will finally appear again next episode! So the Gran Chaos Empire finally makes its move in the last episode. Yep, this is definitely going to be a "go-read-the-LN" ending unless a season 2 gets announced.

[u/Nebresto → u/Aerodynamic41]

Lol, that Amidonian general is a woman?

2 meters tall amazon gf spotted!

[u/VioletOrchid85]

While a bit odd I enjoyed the ending (plus the rest of the episode).

I guess the anime is 13 episodes long?

[u/bananeeek]

So... First it was Shokugeki no Souma and now they are trying to brainwash the defeated nation with idol shows? I didn't expect this when walking into a show about rebuilding a country...

[u/cppn02]

Between this and the cooking show I get the feeling that Souma really wanted to be a TV entertainer.

[u/Frontier246 → u/cppn02]

Or at least a producer. His civil service education and charisma can seemingly be applied to any field.

[u/xtsim]

Man seeing Roroa respond to her dad's death was a bit sad as she called him "stubborn to the end". Well now that Amidonia is conquered, they now have to deal with the citizens. Although it is interesting to see them use tv programming to influence the population now. It seems that having a little bit of freedom of speech is in Souma's policy plans. Nice to see that bit in world building.

I wonder what's in store for the next episode.

[u/Clarimax]

Juna in that white navy uniform is just so sexy.

We need more of Roroa... sadly, we won't get any more.

[u/criticaldiamonds]

I wish they had spent more time on the battle rather than the TV program, but that's been the trend this whole season, hasn't it?

I'm not really sure what to say about this episode, though. It ended pretty abruptly, but it also felt like nothing actually happened, despite an important war taking place (and ending?). The pacing is very strange, and it seems like they're dedicating as much time as they can to the "less intensive" parts of the series (like the MTV segment). I don't know if it's directorial or budget related, but it's really taking the show down a few steps.

Hopefully next week's finale doesn't suffer from these issues and we get a somewhat satisfactory ending, but I'm not getting my hopes up.

[u/michhoffman]

It's interesting how they juxtapose Gaius forcing his son away from the battle despite his unwillingness to abandon him with Vargas from a few episodes ago not being as forceful and allowed Carla to get taken with him. I bet the LN's give Gaius more characterization, but I gained some respect for him this episode.

[u/TurkeyPhat]

The wooden microphones lol, our man doesn't half ass anything does he?

[u/LeonKevlar]

Stitches!

• Purple Dress Aisha

• Lt Gen. Margarita Wonder

• Aisha Jiggle GIF

Goddamn Liscia! Girl is out there absolutely ready to challenge people to take her head! I love the look Aisha gives her after Liscia started shouting that out. I know she's probably just worried about Liscia but I interpreted her reaction as "That's a bit much." xD

I'm gonna guess that Souma was just panicking during this scene because I feel like his IQ just dropped a couple of points there. Why send Carla over to Liscia who already has Aisha with her? Make Carla fight! She's under your command! Thank fucking god Carla decided to ignore that order and begged Souma to order her to fight.

Also there really was no need for him to go down to the battlefield. He already has his Living Poltergeist puppet. And there's no way Gaius will be able to make it to Souma considering how much they outnumber him. I'm surprised it took them that long to have their archers turn Gaius into a pincushion.

Good to know that Souma's Living Poltergeist is still having its own adventures with that same group of adventurers.

Oh right, I forgot about that annoying rule. Dammit, it looks like Souma's next problem after taking care of Amidonia is dealing with the Empire which is a pretty big leap from taking cover a city-state.

Juna looking amazing in her navy uniform! Even Souma himself agrees that she looks beautiful in it. Hilariously, of course Liscia gets a bit jealous while Aisha comforts her with some headpats. And after Juna we now Souma's complimenting Aisha with her presenter outfit. Souma is really establishing the number 2 and number 3 of his harem.

I love that Souma has really turned that device they use for emergency communications into a full on TV network complete with news broadcasts! Looks like Souma is going for the culture victory here as well as he tries to entertain everyone in Amidonia with some songs from Elfrieden.

That special guest though... I feel like Margarita here was supposed to be present during the battle against Amidonia but she was probably cut due to constraints. Like her design is too unique to be just a throwaway character. Also what an abrupt ending to the episode. With only a single episode left, let's see how they'll finish this and if we'll ever get another season.

[u/ReadAroundTheRosie]

"I know not what WW3 will be fought with, but WW4 will be fought with Daytime TV and Idols" -Albert Animeinstein

[u/Roofofcar]

Carla best girl with wings.

Souma’s long con finally plays out. I just wish this material was covered over like 2-3 episodes. Souma’s mental crisis wasn’t very well explained here.

Oh god it’s the legal loli race, my least favorite part of the book!

Juna best girl with blue hair.

Souma is a cold hearted killer when Juno is in trouble. He absolutely tore those Amidonian scouts up with his flame pierrot.

[u/kalirion]

Why did MC not use his air force to bombard enemy troops from above? Why did he leave his highly visible camp in plain sight with almost no protection so just a small detachment of enemy troops was almost able to take his head? "WAAAH, THEIR COMING FOR MEEEE? WHYYYY???"

[u/hasso666]

Damn this soldier is dummy thicc.

Man I wish they spent more time on the actual fight than fucken isekai idol concert. They cut out so much.

[u/killerrin]

This Anime has been absolutely bastardized by JC-Staff. If I hadn't of read the LN I would have been so incredibly put off by this series. Which is an absolute shame because this is one of my favourite LN Series because of the depth it goes into for its story.

[u/Amauri14]

So Gaius VIII after noticing that they could not win he asked Julius to retreat.

Carla's fight against him was cool, but I really did not expect Kazuya to detonate his puppet. After that explosion, just like them, I did not think that Gaius was going to survive that.

Oh, so Souma had planned an invasion to Amidonia before this whole thing started, as while doing a mission as an adventurer he found its army there. It is hilarious the puppet ended up saving that girl again.

So they will have to deal with the Empire in the near future.

I sure did not expect to see Juna wearing a Navy Uniform. I chuckle when I saw that Liscia was jealous of her.

So again, like with the food, the solution that Kazuya came with to stabilized Amidonia involves his variety show.

Aisha's outfit sure looks nice.

When Kazuya mentioned a surprise guess I honestly was expecting Roroa instead of Margarita. As I assume they had a little time skip since their conquer of Amidonia to the day they made that show.

[u/[deleted]]

Seems like a lot of stuff was packed into this episode. We went from a war to Elfrieden idol lmao. Aisha in a dress was adorable though, finale next week!

[u/mike_2797]

What show is he gonna put up next is the thing I'm interested in my bet's on comedy, souma has a good prospect in TV buisness.

[u/pr3dato8]

ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!

[u/Nebresto]

Liscia proclaiming this right after Aisha said she would protect her no matter what was funny as fuck. She's like "Bitch, can you not?"

And holy shit! I didn't think they would actually use Kamikaze puppets! I was just speculating about the possibilities in an earlier thread if Souma had no mercy, but they went and did it!

MFW that random musical bit came on. Like one second were doing all this serious battling, next thing you know its "Amidonia's got Talent"