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ManOHokuto · March 31

The last two episodes were painful to look at. Mazda obviously gave them money, they gotta spend it better

Reynolds · March 31

Badablack wrote: »

Do any of these reincarnation stories ever really get into the weeds of some middle aged dude suddenly hanging out with a bunch of kids as peers and friends? Like not just adjusting to a strange new world but also most of your interactions being with literal children that you share almost nothing with.

Or do they all just go straight for the gross shit.

I believe in the recent one where the dad's reincarnated as an ojou-sama, he treats them all like his kids and just wants them to all hook up and be happy together.

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neverreally · March 31

Badablack wrote: »

Do any of these reincarnation stories ever really get into the weeds of some middle aged dude suddenly hanging out with a bunch of kids as peers and friends? Like not just adjusting to a strange new world but also most of your interactions being with literal children that you share almost nothing with.

Or do they all just go straight for the gross shit.

In some of them the child/old guy sees children as children and not peers/romantic partners. In some I've read they say things like "and maybe it's because I have the brain of a child now but I'm feeling more like a kid too" kind of stuff.

Quantum Tiger · March 31

I know why most reincarnation stories don't do this but I would love to see a take on an isekai where the protagonist is deeply and psychologically shaken by it

If I died and woke up on another world, then I would have confirmation in life after death, the existence of souls, a higher power and other worlds. This would blow my mind! I'd likely start taking incredible risks now I know that death is not the end

I read a lot of new and upcoming light novels* and my pet peeve is people isekai-ing and immediately bemoaning the lack of a cheat skill or leveling system

*I understand that this is a hell of my own making

Bluedude152 · March 31

Ascendance of a Bookworm gets into it a bit. Like half of the early issues are people being weirded out by this child now sounding like a adult

cj iwakura · April 1

https://x.com/chainsaw_en/status/1906900197742923889

djm · April 1

Veldrin wrote: »

I started watching The Fable and this show is so much more hilarious than I was expecting it to be

I read through that a while ago and meant to recommend it here, because it's a ton of fun and has some great high points, but it also has some just straight up sexual violence later on, which is a bit of a tough hurdle to overcome. It's, like, a handful of panels at most (if I remember correctly), and it's The Bad Guys doing it, but the story could also just as easily have not had that happen, and I wish it hadn't.

djm · April 1

_Love Is Overkill_ continues to be completely unhinged if you stop to think about it, but also goes at such a speed (and takes itself sufficiently unseriously) that it's still somehow getting away with it:(the head on the floor there is still "alive" and talking, don't worry about them)

Beef Avenger · April 1

The imax release of Princess Mononoke was absolutely gorgeous

MNC Dover · April 1

I finished up Frieren last night. Great series, but I think it ended on a bit of a down slide. The whole testing thing felt too long and introduced too many characters. It just felt out of place, with many of the characters being very much anime tropes in either design or personality. Maybe this was just a set-up arc for future story aspects, but it could have been shorter or removed all-together.

cj iwakura · April 1

MNC Dover wrote: »

I finished up Frieren last night. Great series, but I think it ended on a bit of a down slide. The whole testing thing felt too long and introduced too many characters. It just felt out of place, with many of the characters being very much anime tropes in either design or personality. Maybe this was just a set-up arc for future story aspects, but it could have been shorter or removed all-together.

I mostly agree, but it had so many great character moments(the clone death stare, "you fail" - no notes, the new characters being great), that I was willing to go along for the ride.

Also, they had to get through to the north, and this was the only way, so presumably it's on track for more adventuring in S3.

MNC Dover · April 1

cj iwakura wrote: »

MNC Dover wrote: »

I finished up Frieren last night. Great series, but I think it ended on a bit of a down slide. The whole testing thing felt too long and introduced too many characters. It just felt out of place, with many of the characters being very much anime tropes in either design or personality. Maybe this was just a set-up arc for future story aspects, but it could have been shorter or removed all-together.

I mostly agree, but it had so many great character moments(the clone death stare, "you fail" - no notes, the new characters being great), that I was willing to go along for the ride.

Also, they had to get through to the north, and this was the only way, so presumably it's on track for more adventuring in S3.

Yeah, I don't get that bored, blond elf. I'm assuming her intentions are made more clear later, but as is, what's her with the pass/fail conditions? They all seemed so random.

Centipede Damascus · April 1

MNC Dover wrote: »

cj iwakura wrote: »

MNC Dover wrote: »

I finished up Frieren last night. Great series, but I think it ended on a bit of a down slide. The whole testing thing felt too long and introduced too many characters. It just felt out of place, with many of the characters being very much anime tropes in either design or personality. Maybe this was just a set-up arc for future story aspects, but it could have been shorter or removed all-together.

I mostly agree, but it had so many great character moments(the clone death stare, "you fail" - no notes, the new characters being great), that I was willing to go along for the ride.

Also, they had to get through to the north, and this was the only way, so presumably it's on track for more adventuring in S3.

Yeah, I don't get that bored, blond elf. I'm assuming her intentions are made more clear later, but as is, what's her with the pass/fail conditions? They all seemed so random.

She's just very, very good at assessing someone's fitness for the role of First Class Mage based on their mana and attitude. She wants people who are strong, ambitious, smart, and confident. Everyone she rejected was missing one of those key attributes.

cj iwakura · April 1

MNC Dover wrote: »

cj iwakura wrote: »

MNC Dover wrote: »

I finished up Frieren last night. Great series, but I think it ended on a bit of a down slide. The whole testing thing felt too long and introduced too many characters. It just felt out of place, with many of the characters being very much anime tropes in either design or personality. Maybe this was just a set-up arc for future story aspects, but it could have been shorter or removed all-together.

I mostly agree, but it had so many great character moments(the clone death stare, "you fail" - no notes, the new characters being great), that I was willing to go along for the ride.

Also, they had to get through to the north, and this was the only way, so presumably it's on track for more adventuring in S3.

Yeah, I don't get that bored, blond elf. I'm assuming her intentions are made more clear later, but as is, what's her with the pass/fail conditions? They all seemed so random.

And now you can enjoy this:

But yes, she's an immortal elf to whom things like common sense and logic have no place.

MNC Dover · April 1

It was amusing for Frieren to even enter the test to begin with. She's clearly more powerful than most other mages around, but I'm assuming the test isn't just on your raw power output, but how you use it to the benefit of others and society (for both good and bad).

Also probably more for non-Elf/long-living beings as well.

Anzekay · April 1

MNC Dover wrote: »

It was amusing for Frieren to even enter the test to begin with. She's clearly more powerful than most other mages around, but I'm assuming the test isn't just on your raw power output, but how you use it to the benefit of others and society (for both good and bad).

Also probably more for non-Elf/long-living beings as well.

Yeah pretty much. It was designed for humans to be taking, and is about more than just raw power and magical aptitude but also about temperament, ability to cooperate, think on your feet, be creative, and to see if they can even survive in the dangerous places they'd be allowed to travel to.

shoeboxjeddy · April 1

The cert they were going for gives you immense power (like political power, that kind of thing) and almost certain access to riches, but it also essentially drafts you into fighting the most powerful demons out there. So lots of people want it and at the same time she has zero interest in passing anyone who doesn't meet her standards. Which is a favor in a way, because someone unqualified will almost certainly be killed.

AngelHedgie · April 1

Centipede Damascus wrote: »

MNC Dover wrote: »

cj iwakura wrote: »

MNC Dover wrote: »

I finished up Frieren last night. Great series, but I think it ended on a bit of a down slide. The whole testing thing felt too long and introduced too many characters. It just felt out of place, with many of the characters being very much anime tropes in either design or personality. Maybe this was just a set-up arc for future story aspects, but it could have been shorter or removed all-together.

I mostly agree, but it had so many great character moments(the clone death stare, "you fail" - no notes, the new characters being great), that I was willing to go along for the ride.

Also, they had to get through to the north, and this was the only way, so presumably it's on track for more adventuring in S3.

Yeah, I don't get that bored, blond elf. I'm assuming her intentions are made more clear later, but as is, what's her with the pass/fail conditions? They all seemed so random.

She's just very, very good at assessing someone's fitness for the role of First Class Mage based on their mana and attitude. She wants people who are strong, ambitious, smart, and confident. Everyone she rejected was missing one of those key attributes.

(Spoilers for the latest manga chapter)

And even then, the mages manage to surprise her. All of the mages sent to the Empire as her entourage were ones whose spell requests were not what she expected - and she points out they all have become mages that she never could have imagined.

AngelHedgie · April 1

MNC Dover wrote: »

I finished up Frieren last night. Great series, but I think it ended on a bit of a down slide. The whole testing thing felt too long and introduced too many characters. It just felt out of place, with many of the characters being very much anime tropes in either design or personality. Maybe this was just a set-up arc for future story aspects, but it could have been shorter or removed all-together.

Basically, the First Class Mage Exam set up a number of story beats that are going to pay off in season 2, and you need to learn about the characters for them to work. The big one there is Denken, as he's the main focus of the next big arc, El Dorado - but even little things will have big dividends.

For example, that little scene when Fern "loaned" Stark to Wirbel? That's going to kick off the two of them starting to figure out what they mean to each other.

emnmnme · April 1

Madican · April 1

There's essentially two main criteria that determine whether someone passes Seerie's evaluation: bloodlust or fearlessness.

Bloodlust means that when facing down her magical aura the mage does not instinctively give up automatically, but faces it head-on. Like Denken, whose initial response to that aura was to fight it, even if he then decided he had no chance.

Fearlessness means that when facing down her magical aura the mage disregards her strength entirely or finds some aspect of it/her more worthy of their focus. Land is a great example of this, thinking he was going to get away with his bullshit.

The idea behind a First Class mage is that they must be capable of visualizing the possibility of victory from potentially impossible odds. So either a mage hellbent on fighting or one that just sees the world far differently from everyone else. Those are the ones most likely to survive.

Polaritie · April 2

As Frieren said, Serie's got a very keen sense for how much potential someone has. A shame about her personality though.

Honestly, I think the proctors were wondering how the hell she failed Frieren for the five seconds before she issued that ban.

DHS · April 2

Denken is my favorite character in the show and in the big arc he features in the manga becomes one of my favorite manga/anime characters period. The kind of stoic wistfulness the show trades in and his character in particular just hits my strike zone.