Episode 55
-- - - --
Blessed Luminus, the meetings are over! Of course a part of this episode was wasted on "Japanese food is the best in the universe, banzai!", but it was still better than the endless meetings. At least the restaurant scene did serve a small role in making Hinata appreciate Rimuru a bit more, with the same going for her friends.
Luminus really should do some spring cleaning. Her house is really dirty.
I legit love scenes of people marveling over Rimuru's infrastructure.
That shit triggers my SimCity endorphins.
These Seven Something old men did quite the job at manipulating these guys. I wonder how weak they are, because they're most certainly going to get some violent backlash once this misunderstanding gets cleared up.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
It's tough to evaluate them when their primary way of doing things seems to be manipulating others. Of course the Clown Troupe also relied on manipulation heavily, yet they actually can fight well as well. Unlike with the Clowns, with these seven geezers we haven't seen them fight, or really do anything but appear and disappear in a fancy fashion. That being said, for them to be so respected, they have to be among the best the country has. Or at least they once were. Hinata's position seems roughly equal to theirs, but Hinata must have more official authority as a part of her job, whereas the seven geezers might not have a specific job, but they have more spiritual authority among the people.Originally Posted by Buffalobiian
It's pretty weird how that group of seven doesn't follow Luminus's plans, by the looks of it, though. Since Luminus doesn't want to antagonise Rimuru any further, yet the geezers want a full war.
E56
-------------------------------
Despite all the talking that had been going on during the prior episodes, I actually wish this fight didn't happen. Instead of it all feeling like an unfortunate misunderstanding, it comes off as almost dumb and unintelligent of them to fight and be set up like that. It'd be more satisfying to see a fight that actually did happen, with actual malice behind the villains.
And in true Rimuru fashion, he pulls Prediction out of his ass.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
Yeah, I've said this before, but I really hate how Raphael just makes up new powers on the fly now.
I liked it better when Rimuru actually had to, ya know, defeat things to get their powers.
It's not an unfortunate misunderstanding. Both sides are being intentionally misled. The Sages even edited Rimuru's message.
I believe one of the problems is that seven geezers group isn't that well established. They pretty much appeared out of nowhere, yet the viewers are supposed to believe they are all tough and whatnot. But in reality even their "god" isn't any threat to Rimuru. Their schemes aren't that bad, in fact in my opinion, but like Bill said, this whole battle thing felt like it had little danger or anything hanging on it. The stakes just didn't seem to be there. Towards the end it was getting annoying how Rimuru couldn't open his mouth and ask Hinata what the heck she's talking about because it didn't reflect the reality at all. Rimuru just kept it all inside his head. Of course Rimuru himself doesn't know Luminus has her country politically in complete shambles, so I admit it's reasonable it might not visit Rimuru's mind that in Lubelius the left hand doesn't know what the right is doing. However, no matter how confused Rimuru is, it shouldn't prevent him from talking.
All that being said, I'd welcome this episode over the endless meetings any day.
Why did Rimuru fail to react to the sword laser? Why did Hinata react to it?
I hate bullshit like this for plot reasons.
I'm honestly surprised Rimuru had trouble with Hinata. Couldn't he have just flown around and blasted her with lasers..? Nothing is faster than light, after all.
Peace.
Except plot armor.
When discrepancies come up (like when one side thought the priest was killed), no one stops to actually question the discrepancies and everyone just assumes the other team is here to fight.
The message was sabotaged, but the dialogue between them thus far were just assumptions and misunderstandings. All they have to do is stop and verify each other's understanding.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
In their defense, given the strength of those involved, stopping means lowering your guard, which they'd probably consider to be too dangerous.
Not necessarily during the fight, but even way before it when they were all talking.
Oh, you got my message? Yeah let's fight. Use a few words man.
Yeah, I don't understand why she pronounced them both as Oni.Shion: "The others evolved into Oni. But I evolved into an Oni."
Oni is generally is just 鬼.
She mentioned the others were 妖鬼. The subs just call them "Oni". The 妖 is the first character in Youkai (妖怪), as well as Youma (妖魔), and mostly denotes strange. It can also refer to feminine charm, but usually referring to said charm in a negative way, like say a Sucuubus.
Meanwhile, she's an Oni (悪鬼), which the subtitles labelled as "Wicked Oni".
悪 (Aku) does denote evil/wickedness such as in Akuma (悪魔 - Devil), but I've never seen 妖鬼 nor 悪鬼 read as Oni before.
Last edited by Buffalobiian; Sun, 05-26-2024 at 12:35 PM.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
@Buff - Agreed. Each time they clearly expressed they don't want to fight, the author just tacks on a hamfisted thought line basically saying, "It is too late to stop now," even when it clearly isn't.
For the record, I didn't want them to stop, but those scenes were hard to watch in terms of believability. You have a skill whose one purpose is to think for you, and it is legitimately dumb.
Peace.
Some kind of translation issue in this episode btw?
Shion: "The others evolved into Oni. But I evolved into an Oni."
I understood that as an emphasis on the "O" as a very highly demonic/bad Oni.
The baddest of them
All the things I really like to do are either illegal, immoral, or fattening. And then: Golf.
The kanji was different.
Peace.
Shoulda just been like, "They're Blue Oni. I'm a Red Oni."
I understand tropes!
So ... 妖鬼 is 'youoni'? Yoni ... lol
Just oni.
Japanese authors do this all the time. They write down a set of kanji but invent their own way of reading it via furigana. Like 月 is somehow Light in Death Note.
Peace.
Right. I never understood how 月 was Light in Death Note.
I dislike this "own way of reading it" thing because it's weird and seems to mess up an otherwise established language system.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote
