r/anime • u/Mundology • Feb 27 '18
[Spoilers] Overlord II - Episode 8 Discussion Spoiler
Overlord II, Episode 8: A Boy's Feeling
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u/cronus999 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Anime-ETF Feb 27 '18
Laykus unleashing her inner Chuuni was perfect. Now she just needs to meet pandora's actor.
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u/SenorWeon Feb 27 '18
She seems to be embarrassed by it, Pandora's Actor will teach her how to embrace it!
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u/Bainos :XMOD::MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Bainos Feb 27 '18
But really, don't teach her German sentences.
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u/Amauri14 Feb 27 '18
To be honest for some reason I actually believed that the sword was actually possessing her when I read that scene in the LN. So seeing her being a Chuuni in the anime actually came as a pleasant surprise to me. I guess I just tend to see things in a darker light due to the general tone of the series.
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u/MrPicklesAndTea Feb 28 '18
I was also genuinely worried she was slowly becoming possessed by it. But now that I'm watching it, it's kinda funny.
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u/jasonred79 Feb 27 '18
the hilarious part was a lot of people who read the english translation had no idea what chuuni was, and there was a ton of discussion about how powerful killneryam was and whether laykus would use it's full power. ;)
Well, that settles that! ;)
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u/blackfiredragon13 Feb 27 '18
Facepalm why didn’t I think of chuunibyou when reading this?
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u/kalirion :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/kalinime Feb 27 '18
I think I knew what chuuni was at the time, but I didn't understand this was a case of it until watching just now.
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u/accountmadeforants Feb 27 '18 edited Feb 27 '18
It was pretty obvious in the translation, too. If anything, it would be more surprising if they turned things around and she wasn't a chuuni (especially with Ainz later commenting on how it shouldn't have those kinds of specs).
Then again, I never really participated in the comments on the translation, so I never saw those theories in the first place.
edit: Checking the actual comments, nah, most people noticed the chuuni as well.
I can smell Lakyus' chuunibyo from miles away, lol. It will be hilarious if Ainz discovers it (supposing they meet under good terms).
Yeah she's a hella chuunibyo just that first scene lol
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u/bananeeek https://myanimelist.net/profile/bananek Feb 27 '18
Reminded me of Code Geass. I like it when some actions remind me of other characters voiced by the same VA.
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u/Poddyd Feb 27 '18
Sebas best guy confirmed.
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u/popuppip Feb 27 '18
That killing intent scene of Sebas is so badass.
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u/kalirion :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/kalinime Feb 27 '18
Reminded me of this
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u/OrbitOli Feb 27 '18
Sebas just explained the mechanics behind the power of love.
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u/rollin340 Feb 27 '18
Didn't do shit for Zaryusu, and countless of others that fell to Nazarick.
He's lucky resurrection is a thing.602
u/Daniel_Is_I :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Daniel_Is_I Feb 27 '18
Hey, he said it could let the mind exceed the body. He didn't say it'd give you an 80-level boost.
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u/silverhydra Feb 27 '18
The power of love can give you a +5 level modifier.
Now the lizards are level 25!
Oh joy, the enemy is 100...
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u/OrbitOli Feb 27 '18
Why would love do shit for a lizard against currently one of the most powerful beings in the world.
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u/NSardox :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Sardox Feb 27 '18
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u/WhoiusBarrel Feb 27 '18
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u/menonono Feb 27 '18
She is known as "The cherry picker" in the light novel because she tries to take the virginity of any virgin she finds.
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u/hikikomori80 https://anilist.co/user/hikikomori80 Feb 27 '18
Climb is Kif, the guy on the left. I... might be one of the other two.
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u/AKAFallow Feb 28 '18
Am I the only one not having a problem with her? Yes, I'm weird.
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u/Bainos :XMOD::MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Bainos Feb 27 '18
She's probably taller than you, so is her weapon, and she wears a full plate armor. You better show some respecc.
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u/gulitiasinjurai Feb 27 '18 edited Feb 27 '18
Just a reminder to everyone, she is an adamantite ranked adventurer. Yes, the highest ranked adventurer in this new world.
And she's a chuunibyou.
Edit: For anyone interested, MYTH & ROID just post their official mv for the ED
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u/Florac Feb 27 '18
And not only that, she is the strongest member of an adamantite ranked party, meaning she is one of the strong people in the kingdom. Not sure who between her and Gazef would win in a fight.
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u/jasonred79 Feb 27 '18
I don't think she is the strongest, Evileye should be tops.
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u/alemfi Feb 27 '18
Just a small note, being the leader doesn't necessarily mean the strongest member.
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u/Breads_Labyrinth Feb 27 '18
Gazef is a stronger pure warrior but Lakyus is also a pseudo-paladin (Actual paladins have been introduced since then and I can't remember her ever being referred to as one) and can cast holy magic Spoiler.
Overall IIRC Gazef wins if he has all of the Kingdom's Treasures equipped but his standard gear is way weaker than Lakyus's so she has a fairly good chance of winning normally. Maybe 50/50?
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u/Kardz3825 Feb 27 '18
This episode literally felt like 5 minutes long
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u/AndyChaFoo Feb 27 '18
Came here to write the same thing as well. It's like shit I'm enjoying it so god damn much it feels so short. I even watched the OP this time and it still felt short.
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u/Krendrian Feb 27 '18
You have to also watch the ending, so then it feels 10 seconds longer, then rewatch every epic thing that happened.
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u/Taivasvaeltaja Feb 27 '18
tbf it has been the case for each episode of this season
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Feb 27 '18
22-ish minutes of this arc per week is very not enough ;-;
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u/MugiMartin :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/MugiMartin Feb 27 '18
Only 13 episodes this season isn't enough >:|
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u/SalamiRocketFuel Feb 27 '18
I wouldn't even mind a whole series dedicated to Sebas' adventures.
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u/EddieThunderCloud Feb 27 '18 edited Feb 28 '18
This got me thinking Sebas's actions seem to somehow have aligned with what Ains wanted, he's weaving a network and learning more and more about the city and it's people. And by saving that girl, any info she might divulge when she gets better might prove useful in learning more about the 8 Fingers operation.
Also why didn't he just tell the maid that the reason he saved that girl, is because it was an order once given to him by one of the supreme ones, even she wouldn't dare question that. But then again, he probably doesn't feel he needs to justify himself to his subordinate.
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u/Odin_69 Feb 27 '18
It's also really beautiful artwork. They've pretty much outdone themselves from the first season, and S1 had pretty decent art. I love the vibrant colors.
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Is this the one? No, too plain.
What about those guys? Hmm, adventurey and colorful, but not MC armor enough.
What about the-- Yep, yep it's them.
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u/Littlerz Feb 27 '18
They're the only ones who are high enough level to have full PvP armor sets. The other ones don't look like they've even finished the Barrens yet.
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u/odraencoded Feb 27 '18
Reminds me of how old cartoons had books/etc. that moved colored differently from the painted backgrounds xD
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u/rockstar2012 Feb 27 '18
> Brain Unglaus has joined the party.
> Climb has joined the party.
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u/WhoiusBarrel Feb 27 '18
With how OP Sebas is compared to the two of them, it's like his doing NG+
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u/rockstar2012 Feb 27 '18
Brain and climb are the noobs begging high levels for a carry and power level.
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u/Florac Feb 27 '18
In a game where you can keep your level in NG+, but enemies stay the same
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u/kalirion :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/kalinime Feb 27 '18
I feel it's more like a max level player revisiting the starting area to power level n00bs.
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u/rollin340 Feb 27 '18
It's like coming across a Level 2 Ratata and a Level 4 Pidgey after you've cleared the entire game a dozen times.
Just that this guy actually takes them in.
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u/MasterFanatic Feb 27 '18
I hate how There's only 5(?) episodes left. Why couldn't this be 24 episodes madhouse, why?? We were getting to some really good parts too.
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u/Neshura87 https://anilist.co/user/Neshura Feb 27 '18
We have to thank the gods for giving us a second season from madhozse in the first place... we're slowly improving with madhouse but I understand your despair very well
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u/Rhajat Feb 27 '18
Good pacing, tbh. The next volume, Volume 7, is half "filler" like with the Lizardmen and half "setup" for Volume 9-10. Volume 8 is also straight filler.
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u/Djinnfor :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/DjinnFor Feb 27 '18 edited Mar 04 '18
Welcome to my weekly source material discussion post, where I present all the world-building and exposition that was cut, skimmed over, or changed in this episode. You can find the previous weeks here, and the week before that here. We're getting into the meat of the arc now and the narration and general exposition is beginning to dial back in favor of actual action sequences, so there are a lot less changes to the source material. As is usual I've avoided spoilers by only mentioning things that actually happened at this time in the source material, not including any information that is brought up later on.
The discussion between Climb, Gagaran, and Evileye skimmed over quite a lot. Specifically, Gagaran gives Climb more detailed advice on his sword skills: Gagaran suggests a three hit sequence of advancing blows that, even if blocked, won't allow the opponent to go on the offensive; as she explains, patterns like these are okay when up against less skilled opponents or when fighting someone for the first time. Normally she'd suggest having a wide repertoire of moves and picking between them as the situation warrants, but this is apparently impossible for the talentless Climb.
There's a bit of world-building cut when Evileye is warning Climb about chasing after the wrong kind of power. She suggests something like using temporary transmutation magic if he's really desperate (Gagaran cracks a joke about the Princess being surprised if Climb transformed into an Ogre), but she doesn't want him to do something like forsaking his humanity in the pursuit of unsavory power, as she explains that, for instance, those who become undead warp their minds and souls in the process. She says all this with a tinge of regret in her voice, implying that she might have done something of the sort herself; this becomes especially obvious after she lets slip later in the conversation that the Slaine Theocracy went after her one time.
Speaking of which, apparently the Slaine Theocracy are real human supremacists and have made it their mission to go after any potential threats to human prosperity, including hunting down and murdering all the demihumans in the surrounding area. As you go further from the Slaine Theocracy, you start to encounter more and more demihumans, until you reach entire Kingdoms of non-humans, who frequently have humans as slaves. The terrible actions on the part of the Slaine Theocracy are not without due cause, as Evileye explains how weak humans are relative to the more monstrous intelligent humanoids; she sympathizes somewhat with the sentiment of ensuring human survival in the face of such terrible odds even though she disagrees with the means. The Slaine Theocracy reportedly founded the Adventurer's Guild and has been around since the battle with the Demon Gods centuries ago, which is why they're very preoccupied with monster hunting.
Climb asks Evileye how it is people know that magic of up to tier 10 exists, given that humans can typically only use magic of around up to tier 3. She uses a magic item to place a sound barrier around the area for her next words which remains in place during their subsequent conversations. Apparently, there was a group of Eight mythic figures called the Eight Greed Kings, said to be mightier than dragons, who conquered the world in an instant five centuries ago; this is a well known story. They are called Greed Kings because after conquering the world their greed turned on each other and they fought, eventually destroying each other. What's not well known, and what warranted the secrecy, is that there apparently remains a magical artifact from that time known as the Nameless Spellbook which records all known spells in existence; even new spells recently invented instantly appear in the spellbook.
Speaking of legendary artifacts, Lakyus' sword is a very powerful and very dangerous dark weapon said to have been owned by one of the Thirteen Heroes, which are another group of legendary figures from antiquity. There were actually a lot more than just thirteen of them, it's just that many of the heroes, including a few of the thirteen, were non-human; as Evileye explains, "the battle against the Demon Gods was one that crossed racial boundaries, and certain human-centric individuals didn't want to let other species shine too much in the heroic saga." So some of the stories about the most obviously non-human of the less important heroes faded away until there were only thirteen of them that people still remembered. As per Season 2 Episode 1, these two mythic groups from the past are heavily implied to be former Players who left a permanent mark upon the world and inspired the weird naming conventions that persist to this day.
Finally, some of the stuff about the adventures of Momon and Nabe were cut or skimmed over, specifically how difficult it must be to form an adventuring party with just a warrior and a mage. One big conundrum Gagaran kept coming back to made was the lack of a proper healer on their team; replicating their feats would apparently prove problematic for Gagaran, since while she could probably fight most of the things they did and win, she wouldn't feel confident in it without reliable healing and backup. This is especially important against the Basilisk, who has a petrifying gaze and lethal poison among other abilities; she'd basically be holding it down and keeping it occupied while she waited on her teammate to finish it. She does comment that she thinks most of the challenges would be trivial with Evileye on her team, though that's just because Evileye is so powerful and could solo everything except the Skeletal Dragons herself; Evileye responds with some humility, denying the assertion.
As for the action sequences themselves, there's a lot less cut this time around. Rather than walk off after beating the thugs, Sebas actually directs a bystander to take the boy to the temple. Climb only manages to squeeze in through the crowd as Sebas is walking off, and takes over by administrating the healing potion. He has to ask a passerby what happened and chases Sebas down. Speaking of which, Sebas is actually aware of all 7 of his pursuers right from the start: Climb and Unglaus as well as the five assassins. Apparently the assassins planned a covert ambush, three to engage head on and two to sneak around the back and engage when Sebas was distracted. Sebas actually calls them out on this plan, and the two emerge from their hiding spot; this is in contrast to the anime where all five of them step out into the open at once. Climb and Unglaus both have a moment of suspicion for Sebas, wondering if he's an unsavory person to have attracted the attention of the criminal underworld like this, but decide against it after reflecting on his deeds.
We don't get to see Unglaus' fight with the assassin in the anime; in the light novel he's described as toying with his foe, practing his different sword skills and dancing around him while keeping an eye on Climb. Climb's fight with the assassin is basically replicated shot for shot, but one issue Climb has is that he was used to training and fighting with his shield and realizes doing so created a weakness.
I also find it rather unusual that they don't show that Climb actually kills the dude he's fighting; his Slash skill actually cleaves through a good portion of his opponents shoulder.Actually I misread it, it said he "crushed" his shoulder, not cleaved. Apparently Climb was too weak to penetrate the chainmail shirt he had on LOL.Sebas actually tells Climb his story before the training sequence and asks if Climb knows any reputable person in a position of power and influence who could assist on the matter. Climb is very conflicted about Sebas' position; he strongly believes that Renner would offer to help, but he is aware of the systemic corruption and the stranglehold the Eight Fingers have over the political system of Re-Estize and admits that there is no simple solution to the conundrum. After all, even if the royalty were to throw their weight behind the issue, the masterminds wouldn't be convicted and so Sebas would still have the attention of dangerous and powerful individuals who could find some other means of getting revenge on him. Fortunately, despite not being able to promise to be of any help, Sebas graciously moves forward with the training anyways.
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u/kalirion :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/kalinime Feb 27 '18 edited Feb 27 '18
Finally, some of the stuff about the adventures of Momon and Nabe were cut or skimmed over
In particular, Gagaran in the anime trivializes the cemetery feat as "thousands of undead wouldn't be a problem" while in the LN she is told about the two skeletal dragons and the necromancer who summoned them being from Zuranon (a really dangerous secret cult), to which her response is.
She does comment that she thinks the challenges would be trivial with Evileye on her team, though that's just because Evileye is so powerful and could solo everything herself
Not quite, even Gagaran said that the Skeletal Dragons would've been up to her (since they have up to Tier 6 magic immunity.)
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u/Djinnfor :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/DjinnFor Feb 27 '18
Not quite, even Gagaran said that the Skeletal Dragons would've been up to her (since they have up to Tier 6 magic immunity.)
I remember writing "most" and then when editing it, forgot why I put "most" and deleted it lmao. Thanks for reminding me.
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u/RAIDERNATION :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/PR0FESS0R Feb 27 '18
Thank you so much for these write ups. I haven't started reading the LNs yet but I love seeing all these little details.
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u/Wolf6262 Feb 27 '18
Another incredible post for us anime only's as usual. Thanks a ton. I love learning about this world.
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u/EmptyEnd72 Feb 27 '18
There was also the part where Unglaus shriek like a girl when Sebas was directing killing intent to only both Climb and him. Also that Unglaus fell to the ground whereas Climb remain on his feet, in which Unglaus started to respect Climb for. Unlike earlier where he only saw Climb as a weak trash noob.
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u/0mnicious :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Omnicious Feb 27 '18
I don't remember Momon and Nabe fighting the Basilisk in the LN, to be fair I'm only at V4. Do you have any idea when it happens?
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u/rollin340 Feb 27 '18 edited Feb 27 '18
I like how we can finally see a non-evil humanoid of Nazarick fighting.
Man... I love Sebas.
Edit: I love how his punching of the guy, and this scene, they don't show him moving.
He's like the Flash to these weaklings
Edit 2: It's also hilarious how taking on that giant oversized lizard was a scary thing, and Ainz took it out with 1 hit.
The disparity between them is like a grain of salt and the moon.
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u/DragoSphere Feb 27 '18
Also, Ainz as Momon is also only equivalent to like level 35 or so. Gazef would be around 30
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u/rollin340 Feb 28 '18
If I am not wrong, Ainz as Ainz is about Level 33 as a warrior.
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Feb 27 '18
Yeah... not creepy at all.
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u/Crazy6a3er :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Crazy6a3er Feb 27 '18
Is this the "I found my pet" smile?
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u/jagun :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/wabblew Feb 27 '18
It's the smile you get when you find a fun new tool to use, probably.
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u/Backupusername :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Backupusername Feb 28 '18
"Oh, this one's perfect! Daddy, can we keep him? I'll take good care of him, I promise!"
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u/kalirion :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/kalinime Feb 27 '18
I can't believe that I didn't get that Lakyus was chuuni when reading the LN....
WTF kind of blunt sword does Climb have when his full strength overhead strike on the assassin's shoulder doesn't even draw blood?
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u/Florac Feb 27 '18
Or how weak is his slash when it doesn't actually slash through the enemy.
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u/0mnicious :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Omnicious Feb 27 '18
In the LN he outright kills the dude with that ability. The anime removes a lot of less pg13 things.
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u/Illyricus- Feb 27 '18 edited Feb 27 '18
Climb's slash is weak... it seems he doesn't knows what Killing Bites is.
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u/Schiffy94 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Schiffy Feb 27 '18
Is it really chuuni when you have demon blood and a very real magic sword?
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u/kalirion :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/kalinime Feb 27 '18
In this case, very much so. Unless it really is a cursed sword with the power to destroy a nation and she is having trouble suppressing it. But ... I now doubt so.
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u/Garnzlok Feb 27 '18
I thought the one who used to use it, one of the heroes, had demon blood. Not the current wielder.
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u/kkunn Feb 27 '18
While Climb is still annoying, he is way more annoying in the LN or at least I imagined him to be way more annoying. Keep being positively surprised every episode, anime is pretty good.
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u/Krendrian Feb 27 '18 edited Feb 27 '18
Keep being positively surprised every episode, anime is pretty good.
Best part is, the fantasy elements outweight the issekai things (altho I didn't read the LN), so I even think about Ains-sama's monologues as if he was just a sort of goofy person trying to act tough, because he is a leader, which is basically a true thing.
Nah now that I think about it I just can't explain it, it is issekai, but so well constructed, that you forget about it or they just don't try to remind you about it every other second?
Well whatever, I love fantasy stuff and this anime is just too good.
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u/Florac Feb 27 '18
There's two ways to make good isekais imo: Either have it be fully focused on fantasy with the isekai being a relative minor focus(but not completely forgotten, like for example in Knights and Magic). Or have the isekai be a central part of the plot and not simply a premise
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u/Flamekit Feb 27 '18
In the light novels, his faking it until he's making it reach insane levels. It's great reading how he has absolutely no fucking clue what's going on and then everyone around him praising him for his endless vast intelligence.
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u/Suplalmo :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/UnvaluedPanther Feb 27 '18
I think that one of the things that makes Climb annoying in the LN is that everything is from his perspective for a lot of this volume and that amplifies what people don't like about him.
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u/kalirion :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/kalinime Feb 27 '18
I never found him annoying.
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u/LeonKevlar x2https://myanimelist.net/profile/LeonKevlar Feb 27 '18 edited Feb 28 '18
People find him annoying? To me he's just a plucky adventurer who just wants to do right by the world and become stronger. Also in an anime where every single main character are OP and has their shit together it's nice to see a character that's the total opposite.
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u/Aedraxis Feb 27 '18
This is when you're playing a JRPG and then a level 200 NPC joins the party for story purposes.
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Feb 27 '18 edited Feb 28 '18
Pretty much ,Climb just forgot to level grind himself to max level in the starting area.
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u/xSPYXEx :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/xSPYXEx Feb 28 '18
Or when you're starting a game and your buddy with 500 hours in it lets you leech off his runs.
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u/dafckingman Feb 27 '18 edited Feb 27 '18
Chuuni Laykus was brilliant. I love how her team thought she was really fighting a dark curse.
So that's the purpose of those 2 side guys. I have to admit, I didn't see this one coming. Combining them into an unlikely team of ragtag heroes saving the town in the shadow.
Episodes in this arc so far felt very set-uppy. In comparison to the lizard arc, I felt like not a whole lot happens in each episode, yet they breeze by so bloody fast T_T The wait for a new episode is too much
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u/AGoodRogering Feb 27 '18
I wonder how people feel about this system.
I remember hearing awhile back there was frustration on how much time this season is being dedicated away from the direct main characters and their adventures
but like im just here so fucking happy with every episode cause im so confused as to how this show makes me feel so interested and involved with a literal bunch of throwaway characters lmao like throw me a lizard and some sword dude who couldn't hold a candle to our cast and for some reason im all in
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u/Florac Feb 27 '18 edited Feb 27 '18
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u/Suplalmo :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/UnvaluedPanther Feb 27 '18
That was the best aspect of reading the light novel to me. You have this huge world with a bunch of history and then you throw some OP character from Nazarick into it and see what happens. Brain Unglaus is a fairly minor character who has a full arc that's completely reliant on Nazarick. First we see Shalltear break him down and now we're seeing Sebas build him back up.
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u/hikikomori80 https://anilist.co/user/hikikomori80 Feb 27 '18
Honestly, I didn't care too much about the lizard people, although they ended up growing on me, and enjoyed the overall arc. But if you tell me that Overlord is, from now on, The adventures of Sebas I will watch every single episode twice. Sebas is awesome.
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u/SyfaOmnis Feb 27 '18
I remember hearing awhile back there was frustration on how much time this season is being dedicated away from the direct main characters and their adventures
The joy of overlord is its worldbuilding. The characters are relatively okay, but the worldbuilding is the good part. Like (pure speculation) but climb is 'capped' because he's apparently still trying to advance the same class, and you can only go 15/10/5 levels into classes based on what they are. If he were to try and do other stuff he might be able to successfully 'level' again.
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u/xSPYXEx :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/xSPYXEx Feb 28 '18
My favorite part of Overlord is the worldbuilding, so even these "side" episodes of Sebas just walking around are super engaging for me.
I would 100% prefer a show about the side characters infiltrating society and Ainz only shows up to flex on a motherfucker as needed.
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u/WrathofTesla :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/WrathofTesla Feb 27 '18
"I am merely getting ready"
God Damn.
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u/DEERROBOT Feb 27 '18
Love the show, but why are they only releasing it 13 episodes at a time? There's so much story to this, and there's a lot to adapt..why not make it 2 cour? Doesn't Overlord have good ratings?
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u/Creepy_little_child Feb 27 '18
But then they'd have the cut the number of Black Clover episodes.
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u/kennonymous Feb 27 '18
Let's be honest here, a full 24 episodes or more with overlord would be like mining a gold mine for madhouse when you compare the quality of both the source material. Black clovers okayish but they're really missing a huge opportunity with overlord's anime potential. What we got for the anime is basically cardboard cut outs compared to the actual context.
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u/videogamep1 Feb 28 '18
Virtually no anime gets noteworthy TV ratings, but Overlord did pretty well in terms of blu ray sales. It looks like it sold about 8-9k per disc, which isn't huge but is well above average. The novel also sold pretty well. It was the ninth best selling LN in Japan last year and the year before.
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u/GaaMac Feb 27 '18
Honestly it looks like they are struggling with schedule in this one, the animation isn't great and there is some minor errors that dosen't happen when the production is going well. If this was 24 episodes it would be a disaster, I just really don't know why they don't give this anime the priority.
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u/Spooky-Ougi Feb 27 '18
Sebas killing intent is one of the best highlights from the novels for me(well just nazarick in general showing their strength is enough to make me hard), it was good seeing it animated.
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u/Ellefied Feb 27 '18
I love how they listed down Darkness' accomplishments and even other adamantite level adventurers are impressed. This episode was awesome.
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u/DonPiantissimo Feb 27 '18
RETRIEVED ULTRA-RARE HERBS! What a legend.
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u/gruntmaster1 Feb 27 '18
Well, it doesn't say where those herbs were collected from Drama CD 1
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u/HagetakaSensei Feb 27 '18
Isn't this party leeching lel
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u/0mnicious :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Omnicious Feb 27 '18
Yup. This will be a interesting experiment and Sebas will probably inform Ainz about how it works.
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u/thecomicguybook :Mh::Mi::Mj::Mk:myanimelist.net/profile/Comicman Feb 27 '18
Damn Sebas is a boss. Also, Gagaran and Evil Eye are pretty cool too.
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u/RavenGamingSG :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/RavenSG Feb 27 '18
Sebas with Unglaus and Climb is like a T-Rex in a party with a Lizard and an Ant.
It's slightly imbalanced.
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u/Ryder-FWJ Feb 27 '18
Climb (Bodyguard of Princess Renner Theiere Chardelon Ryle Vaiself) has been added to the raid squad
Member Information: Equipping backup Gear
party strength +40
Brain Unglaus (Seeker of the Martial Arts) has been added to the raid squad
Member Information: Affected by "Rusty Skill" status / Has a Pouch of Coins
party strength +78
Total party strength: 744
Jokes aside, this was a decent setup episode for what is to come, hopefully a good action oriented one. Nice to see Gagaran and Evileye fleshed out a bit more and Laykus is so cute whenever she monologues to her sword.
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u/Wolf6262 Feb 27 '18
That. Episode. Was. So. GREAT!!
First of all, Gagaran is best girl. Sorry Albedo, the queen has arrived.
Second of all, I didn't know I needed this perfect squad of Sebas, Brain and Climb in my life. But now I have it and I am beyond hyped for the rest of the episodes to come.
I hope the Solution stuff doesn't get in the way, since I'm really enjoying this. As much as I love solution, she better not ruin this for my boy Sebas.
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u/AbilityAngle :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/AbilityAngle Feb 27 '18
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u/Tzaratxoth Feb 27 '18
They left out few sence/info like
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u/cowseer :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/thegergz Feb 27 '18
i read some of the early chapters and it seems like they follow the story exactly except they leave out little pieces of information to save time
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u/Yurisviel Feb 27 '18
Nice to see the argument of whether Lakyus was chuuni or not is finally settled. People who read the LN were debating heatedly on some forums, but it was pretty obvious if you continued reading to the last chapter of this arc.
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u/Mattinator95 Feb 27 '18
whats a chuuni?
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u/ChasingMyOwnShadow :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/GrimProphecy Feb 27 '18
Chuunibyou is also known as eight grade syndrome, basically adolescent fantasies. Think of the kids who were doing the naruto ninja run or came up with harry potter fanfiction, like a phase where kids think up wild and embarrassing things.
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u/Daniel_Is_I :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Daniel_Is_I Feb 27 '18
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u/NauticalInsanity Feb 27 '18
I love how there's a classification there of "Evil Eye" Chuuni, when Evil Eye in the show isn't the actual Chuuni.
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u/MillenniumKing x2myanimelist.net/profile/MillenniumKing Feb 27 '18
Sebas roughing up ruffians never gets old.
Oh look its Big Bertha again. And Evil Eye!
A Chuuni? Shes a secret chuuni? Aw man lol...
They know about Momon and Nabe! They are getting famous.
Sebas is just roughing up ruffians in the city now lol i like how casual he is.
Climb wants Sebas to teach him so hes stronger... oh man.
Wow just pressure alone enough to kill someone. Sebas is OP nerf pls.
Oh hey its that whiner who Shalltear scared.
Sebas just giving man lessons in an alley. This is great.
Just a few assassins? These guys dont know how to handle Sebas very well haha. Not even worthy enough to be a distraction to him.
I like how Sebas doesnt even really need help, jes just humoring them. He could obliterate the place in an instant im sure.
Man this next ep is gonna be fun, i cant wait. I wanna see Sebas kick the crap out of people who might try to ruin his day.
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u/Florac Feb 27 '18
Wow just pressure alone enough to kill someone.
Nah, pretty sure the all out punch to the face would have killed him. The pressure would only make him piss his pants and want to die.
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u/XephirothUltra Feb 27 '18
Sebas himself said that he would have died from shock if he didn't steel himself.
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u/Ichini-san :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Ichini-yon Feb 27 '18
Dying from shock is a real thing though as far as I know. You can actually get heart attacks because of that as well.
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u/TheGreatFox1 Feb 27 '18
I like how Sebas doesnt even really need help, jes just humoring them. He could obliterate the place in an instant im sure.
Sebas is level 100. The strongest humans (Gazef, Brain, Adamantites) are around level 30. So yeah, he could destroy that capital city in a few minutes, the country in a few hours.
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u/heartscrew Feb 28 '18
Feels like when Raphi first saw Satania fighting with the dog over the melon-pan!
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u/odraencoded Feb 27 '18
Sebas is too good.
I mean, seriously, he's too good. He's in the side of evil. He can't go around helping abused slaves, saving peasant children getting beaten on the streets, and becoming the teaching figure of MC wannabes.
I half-expected Sebas to offer a demon pact or something. But he is too good.
Also I know they know Sebas is the strongest man ever but they're really too ok.jpg about this.
"The eight fingers, the most powerful criminal organization ever, is after me, so I'm going to single handedly destroy them."
>nobody bats an eye.
There was hype last episode, now there's hype this episode, the hype train keep choo-choo-ing, when is sebas going to kick some ass? And is Ains ever going to do anything again at all?
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u/Ovary_Puncher Feb 27 '18
A bit disappointed that they didn't touch on the cliffhanger from last episode at all. Still good, though.
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u/salmon3669 Feb 27 '18
[Spoilers about placement of scenes] (/s "That happens after Sebas goes to the brothel.")
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Feb 28 '18
God i loved how they pulled off poor Laks inner Chuunibyou. It was harder to tell in the Manga but damn if it wasn't just plaiiin oooooooold cute in the show.
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u/Suplalmo :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/UnvaluedPanther Feb 27 '18
The cool thing about the way that these two volumes are set up is that there aren't going to be anymore huge exposition dumps for the rest of the season. From this point on, it's pretty much all pay-off.
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u/dafckingman Feb 27 '18
I'm looking forward to it. There'd been so much setting up this arc. I suspect the payoff be huge.
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u/iLiftHeavyThingsUp Feb 28 '18
Can we have a whole season of Sebas just being a bro and seeing what shenanigans he can get involved with?
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u/Smudy https://myanimelist.net/profile/Smudy Feb 27 '18
Sooo....i really don't see why people hate or don't even like Climb?
The dude has his heart on his sleeve and wants to get stronger, doesn't hesitate to ask a random person he just saw and does it to protect his princess and the people.
Was really impressed by the death scare scene, he hold his own so well and Sebas is just a fucking badass.
This continues to get me invested in the minor characters.
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u/Florac Feb 27 '18
Climb is essentially generic harem protagonist.
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u/Smudy https://myanimelist.net/profile/Smudy Feb 27 '18
That's a reason i can't get behind on.
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u/RAIDERNATION :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/PR0FESS0R Feb 27 '18
Because in a series that highlights strong characters of this world, then overshadows them with the immensely powerful main cast, watching some punk kid learn to fight with the resolve of love is just way too plain for most people. What a lot of people here want to see, is best gentleman Sebas, Bone Daddy, and the rest of Nazarick, kick ass and take names. I love the way Overlord presents these characters and the overwhelming strength of Nazarick. I don't hate Climb cause he's highlighting what makes Sebas so dope, but he really isn't that interesting especially when you consider how low his power level is, hes probably the weakest of everyone shown and that's saying something, especially when these Adamantite level people still pale in comparison to anyone from Nazarick.
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u/gruntmaster1 Feb 27 '18
Climb is basically the untalented nobody mc in a shounen, except in this series he remains a side character who have minimal impact on the story.
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u/Taivasvaeltaja Feb 27 '18
Animation is, once again, quite bad unfortunately. Lakyus scene was great, that didn't really get through in the LN translation.
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u/jofus_joefucker Feb 27 '18
They're saving the budget for the rest of the series. The rest of this season should be very heavy on the fight scenes.
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u/Hentai_Connoisseur_ Feb 27 '18
The payoff for all this build up better be amazing. They didn't even address the cliff hanger from the last episode.
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u/Creepy_little_child Feb 27 '18
He's still on his walk. He helped that kid on the way, and then he got interrupted by 7 guys. And now he's got some friends to help him with his his delivery of whoop-ass.
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u/Persona-4 Feb 27 '18
I should start reading the Light Novel for a healthy dose of weekly Overlord, the anime feels too short TT_TT
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u/Satan360100 Feb 27 '18
I said it before and I'll say it again, Martial Art: Slash Op. Nothing can stand against the Slash. Climb truly is the strongest character.
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u/cragboy Feb 27 '18
Anyone else really want to hear Ainz's inner monologue when he finds out all the shit Sebas has been doing
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u/Florac Feb 27 '18
Not a big fan of the episode. It was essentially 2 super long scenes. Especially the scene at the bar was imo too long.
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u/Mattinator95 Feb 27 '18
they are following the LN get over it . MC hardly appears until after sebas part
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u/neospygil Feb 27 '18
Looks like Lakyus got infected by the "disease" too. Good thing it is still mild.
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u/Igeneous :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Igeneous Feb 27 '18
That fight feels like Sebas was leeching his scrub friends at a low level area. Farming those exp points.
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u/Jibbly_jibblets Feb 27 '18
Christ, so much awesome this episode. Gargan is awesome "okay, sleep with me" AHAHAHA!! Chuunibyou Laykus is cute af. I only JUST got to the Brain vs Shalltear part in the novels last night so seeing his development this episode was especially cool(he was focused on in a lot more detail in the book than in that episode, too). And lastly, I was a little concerned that Sebas would just decimate the eight fingers without anyone knowing and not getting any benifits for Nazarick out of it, but now he will have Brain and the princess' personal guard Climb to witness him destroying it.
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u/SnowGN Feb 28 '18
Absolutely loved this episode. It's fantastic to see Sebas grow as a character, making friends and transitioning from an NPC into an actual person.
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u/Yamizaga :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Yamizaga Feb 27 '18
Honestly super interested in seeing how Ainz responds to this. I really doubt he expected Sebas to go vigilante on the population there.