/a/ - Animu & Mango

It's full of best girls and the worldbuilding is great.

MC is a chill guy.

The story is on the weak side, but it's just my taste regarding slice-of-life in general.

The manga is ongoing monthly, the WN ended if I'm not mistaken.

Feels like I'm watching the smartphone isekai all over again.

This was so painful, isekai+typical haremshit with shallow everything, just no.

And I thought I can stomach one of these shows in a season, guess just one is too much already.

>>780304

Nah, by the end of Smartphone's first ep MC had sold his clothes for a small fortune, picked up two harem members, gone on his first quest, learned some magic, demonstrated affinity with all elements, and introduced ice cream to his new world. MC in this show just faffed about with a bad UI and accidentally got to endgame level in an MMO setting.

>has a harem

>chooses to fuck prostitutes

>closest thing to actual romance is with the cumdump of the gods

They could've condensed the work scenes to under five minutes if they wanted.

Why would you make a first episode with no girls?

>>780426

It's probably just padding so the cour doesn't end mid-story arc.

>>780371

Didn't he get a spell that makes all his opponents slip because it creates a slippery area underneath their feet? Or the fact that most of the stuff he did later on didn't have anything to do with the smartphone?

>>780443

It's more the stuff he did early on didn't have anything to do with the smartphone. Later on he created combination spells that actually made use of it.

>>780426

It did a pretty good job of showing how shitty his job was, but then again it could've been like a minute showing him ragged as fuck. Probably padding like was suggested.

The problem with the start of death march is that we have to put up the most generic and boring girl until he finally accumulates his loli harem. Hopefully it's just the one episode. Also I kind of dislike Satou's voice, but I guess it makes sense since he's basically generic nice guy.

>>780402

Doesn't he cuck himself without knowing about it before leaving the first town?

>>780304

Its your fault for watching that crap is first place.

>>780476

About what? He basically sees every girl of importance, non romantically. The only one he falls in love with is That shitty elf god

>>780486

The girl he rescued giving a tearful goodbye after he doesn't act on her dropped hints she wants him to take her forcefully.

>>780538

That's because Zena is boring and dull. I wouldn't even pity fuck her.

>>780443

SULIPPU

I couldn't finish that trash so I don't think I'll pick up this trash.

>>780559

3 episode rule is a thing for a reason. But yea it is basically just more isekai shit, but I do think that death march is still one of the better ones. Certainly better than smartphone.

>>780565

I found Smartphone more interesting than the Deathmarch manga, mainly because of how extremely overpowered the main character was and how quickly his harem accumulated. It isn't exciting or original, but it was comfortably pleasant to watch.

Hopefully the pacing of Deathmarch is good because I found the manga a bit boring; I'm sure the LN is a little better.

>>780573

That's the exact reason why I found smartphone to be boring, it's like the most generic and boring isekai to me and the characters are equally boring and generic, it's pretty much the cookie cutter of isekai's.

I find death march more interesting just because it's a little different in that the MC tends to try to act more in the background and ends up doing pretty interesting things with his powers. It also helps that the characters are fun and get their own time to shine.

>>780300

ended in like it finished?

>>780627

>OP and ED are fucking horrible

Meant to say "low effort and too much cliff-running" I think, oops.

>>780627

>However, both the OP and ED are fucking horrible

Oh good, thought it was just me.

>>780628

No I think you meant horrible.

My ears certainly couldn't take the OP.

>>780631

Went back and watched the OP again, that was indeed right. I thought, "No, surely it didn't start with one chord played as 16th notes for two full bars as we wait for MC to stand up, I must be mistaken," but it did. It was Marchen Madchen's ED that was remarkably low-effort, though.

>>780638

For me it was the singer(s) mixed with the band. Somehow it didn't fit. It's also extremely generic-sounding and so are the scenes/visual mash-up with the sound.

It started out with potential to me, but you're the expert I guess.

Really? What the fuck?

>>780627

>Death March feels like it doesn't take itself too seriously

This.

It takes itself way too seriously (it's even worse because the base material really doesn't death march is a comfy tourism world building story) AND it's way way too gamy "trapped into MMO" thing (which after 16 volume we still don't have a clue what the fuck happened for him to have the interface he was working on, but he's definitely NOT in a game).

Also they managed to fuck up all the major plot/character arc points the intro was supposed to set, the auto-loot (only happens if he clears the map) by making the lizards he killed disappear, the explanation on how he gets skills (by doing some actions), the insanity of the shit he has looted (god slaying sword... corpse of the dragon god), and his fuck up with meteor strike (he got the skill by using the cheat, then MAXED IT OUT, while the cheat was lvl 1), by doing his test meteor strike he killed everything in the valley (and nearly him with it).

But thank god they had time to introduce worst girls (minor char that disappear quickly but is the waifu of the mangaka).

Was expecting a disaster.

Did not disappoint.

>>780711

>>Death March feels like it doesn't take itself too seriously

>This.

>It takes itself way too seriously

Aren't those opposites?

>>780719

Oh sorry I read too quickly. I though anon had written that the anime takes itself too seriously.

Because it is, it's trying way too hard.

>>781409

Scram, heathen.

Why can't a guy get sucked into more interesting software, like a grand strategy game or compiler?

>>782094

>gsg isekai

How would that even work? Immortal being that single-handedly rules over an entire country and leading it to victory, all the while fighting off the greatest strategists throughout history and keeping the very nature of his being secret?

>>782109

Hey! That actually sounds kinda interesting!

>>782094

Erfworld already does that.

>>782109

There's already pretty similar isekai's out there, except not really historical.

>>781409

What the fuck is worng with her arm

>>782255

I stopped reading the manga after they get out of the dungeon, does it get better or does it go to shit?

>>782306

It's more like an isekai SoL than an adventure novel or anything. Satou basically goes around collecting up his loli harem and has a comfy sight seeing tour of the various countries while fixing problems behind the scenes. You're basically only reading because you like characters and the world.

>>782312

I did like it i just forget about it since its monthly. Good to know it doesnt go bad later so i will pick it up again

>>780300

WN didn't finish, but it should have volumes ago.

>>780539

You're the anon from the WN thread, aren't you? Zena is objectively best girl, and the author wouldn't let him fuck her because he wanted to create a massive harem and then pin him with cumdump elf goddess.

>>782599

>Zena

>Best girl

Go away mangaka.

>>782599

>Basically generic heroine from any other generic adventure story

>Objectively good in anyway.

Sounds like you'd fit in at gamefaqs.

>>782306

>>782321

>after they get out of the dungeon

>just forget about it since its monthly

wew

Some months the translators did 2 chapters. They did that like 3 or 4 times so you got plenty catch up on.

They're caught up with TLing now I think, so it really is monthly atm.

>>782599

>Zena is objectively best girl

By what metric? You're delusional, she was so boring that she gets dumped at the first chance. Liza best girl.

>>782863

>Liza

This man knows.

Loyalty and devotion is the best metric.

This is moving incredibly slowly. I'm guessing it will end around the time they rescue Mia I really wished they had gotten to the labyrinth already, since the other characters are really paramount to the enjoyment of this series.

>>782863

I'm willing to concede best girl position to Liza, but Liza is an Neesama/Aneki for me, not a love interest.

>>782968

From when I read the WN, the first two or three volumes are probably the slowest/most enjoyable. After that the plot begins to move so fast you have to go back and reread shit because parts were moving so fast/important details were skimmed over (like MC falling for the god's cumdump).

>>783009

That's acceptable.

>>785615

Everything happened so fast I didn't know how to react.

>>785625

>challenges the stereotype of anime being fanservice moeshit for pedos

But what normalfaggots think doesn't matter.

>>783130

I was kind of triggered the soldiers were wearing sallet without a bevor.

>>785622

Finally we've got to the part actually worth watching. I can't wait for Arisa and Lulu to turn up.

Wait so zena is the waifu of the mangaka and she is actually a minor character and not that important at all?

>>785759

A huge flaw of the start of death march is that it takes ages for characters that you might actually like to appear.

>>785770

For instance Zena who is the must generic and dull character is introduced as the first character (tricking the reader/viewer into thinking she's going to be important), but is actually basically inconsequential and barely appears later. I actually really agree that Satoo comes off as really bland in the anime, I think his voice is super annoying and I wish they just used his internal voice as his normal voice. I would say give it a chance, because the characters he picks up now are actually the only reason to watch the show, if you end up not being attached to them or interested in them, then you can safetly drop it.

>>785759

That's kind of the point, I think. It's a counter to the hectic life of your average wageslave in Japan.

>>780402

>cumdump

She wasn't claimed by any god yet, was she? Doesn't that make her a millenia old virgin? I really wonder how the anime would handle her 100 kids' quest given to Satou. Pretty much too explicit for teenage audience.

>>785781

You keep pointing out how dull Zena is while ignoring the fact that virtually everyone except Pochi/Tama/Liza/Granny Cleric is just as, if not more dull. Honestly she wasn't even that dull in the WN- I think the author realized that which is why she's slowly degenerated in the progression of WN->LN->Manga->Anime.

>>785877

It's outright stated that she doesn't retain her memories since they get stored in a tree or some shit, and the gods specifically bred high elves for the purpose of procreation. So even if she doesn't remember it, she's a fucking cum dump for the gods.

>>782255

>Lizard girl

Finally an anime that caters to my specific monstergirl fetish. Just caught up with episode 3 and I'm enjoying this and Liza is already best girl.

>>786363

>outright stated

Give a quote, please. I recall there was another reason for "archiving" most of her memories which doesn't even imply her being any different to a never used before "spare wheel" kept just in case she might be needed someday. The gods weren't supposed to have elven harems, but might have only a single elven consort if there is no paired goddess for every god. There were also several more high elves hibernating in cryo-sleep capsules (haven't the world trees been used as giant spaceships for interplanetary migration before, with those elves serving as their crew?)

>>785759

The waaah I'm OP because LEET HACKZ, kinda ruins it for me. But I'm interested in the world. The fact that they have slaves and they are discriminated against for a reason is really cool.

>>785781

>I think his voice is super annoying and I wish they just used his internal voice as his normal voice.

I was hoping it's just a friendly merchant tone he adopted to get by in the city. Maybe it'll change if he becomes a more interesting character.

>>785759

I pretty much dropped this when MC tiurns around and fucks a prostitute. There are other women ready to jump his OP dick and he fucking ignores them for a prostitute.

>>786519

>>786594

>Anime only fags

I figured everyone on /a/ knew what they were getting themselves into. I mean, reading the first couple volumes of Death March's WN is like a right of passage around here for understanding true normalfag garbage. It's such complete garbage that the side characters actually make it somewhat enjoyable.

>>786594

He might be living by the maxim dealing with the 3DPD that he pays them to leave him alone afterwards.

>>786569

I don't think that's the case. He already explained that his in-game self reflects him in his high school-ish years. I believe that's why his voice is irritatingly high pitched. And it's even more aggravating since you constantly hear the contrast between that and his internal monologue every episode.

Even so, I'll stick with it for now. I'm a sucker for dungeons and the slave girls are cute enough to see more of them.

>>788607

>just coloring ome parts of her body brown

I can't forgive this QUALITY on her scales.

I really enjoyed episodes 3 and 4 with the interactions with Liza, Tama, and Pochi. Liza is cute, calm, and seems very loyal. Tama and Pochi are sweet daughters that make me want to protect them.

>>788839

You literally proved my point, even by your standards over half of the main cast is far more interesting than zena and yet the author wastes pages and pages on her. Then there's Arisa and Lulu who you could argue are not as interesting, they still have more to their character than "I'm in love with MC because he saved me that one time and that's literally my whole character."

>>788839

That's basically the series in a nut shell.

>788844

>You literally proved my point

Sorry? I don't know what your point is or which posts are yours in the thread. Episodes 3 and 4 just warmed my heart and I wanted to share it.

In the novels there's a part where she gets offered to be free and knighted into a select holy order, breaking new ground for a demi-human and stuff.

She's just like "Nah, I'm good. Master a best".

>>788869

sorry, >>788844 meant for >>786363

I get what is desu, but what is nanodesu?

>>791919

desu x 10-9

:^)

>>782283

Its full of...aqua

>>785610

Perhaps they have a Trump kind of king?

Not much to say about this episode. Arisa is kind of boring, mainly because Satou is such a wet blanket. There's gasoline in the air, but he doesn't have the spark to let her be crazy enough to be interesting.

>>791954

I have mixed feelings about them after learning they've been forced into sex a bunch of times.

>>792079

That never happened unless it's a manga-specific development. Are you sure you aren't thinking of Lazy Dungeon Master?

>>791981

Literally this whole fucking series in a nutshell until he meets a certain elf goddess Even then it's mostly him collecting a platonic harem.

>>792108

She's crying because she thinks she being rejected for being ugly

>>792140

Is she a loli? he doesnt like loli

>>792151

Nah, she ain't although she pretends to be one but he sees through the illusion

I really hate how every anime has food faggotry these days. I don't care how good your fantasy food or whatever tastes like. Does anyone even like this shit? It's painful to watch when hungry without any food around.

Also what's with the furry kids he gives food? If demi humans are actually a cross between those and humans that means someone actually fucked them. No wonder everyone hates demi humans, their ancestors are furries.

>>791919

Na no desu is just a kind of girly way to end a sentence that could otherwise just end in desu. I like how Pochi's remarks are translated as "...okie dokies!" but there aren't exactly English equivalents to the particles Japs like to tag on to the ends of sentences.

>>792079

Would be interesting if along with reading their level and skills you'd see if they're virgins, among other things.

I have to admit i do like the anime. I have yet to read the manga or any of the other stuff. Yeah the anime can get kinda boring, but watching the MC's kindness to so many who are suffering warms my heart and makes me want to watch even more.

>>792186

There are lots of different demi humans in the world, some of furry some are not (like the main characters funnily enough). Food faggotry comes from the fact that its a really easy way to bring people into your world setting since eating delicious food is universal, if you read a bunch of isekai you'd start getting sick of every time an MC complains that there's no rice.

>>795182

Why are all his girls so old?

>>795184

Because you're so young. This board is 18+ so bear it in mind and leave.

>>795182

I think he knows that if he start fucking his girls, they'll become bothersome, clingy, jealous, etc and will make his life insufferable.

Liza is best girl

>>795182

I don't think his in-game age really matters here given that he remembers everything from his real life and nothing from his theoretical previous years in the game. And we know from LNfags that not only does he not fuck any of his harem girls, he doesn't even get romantically involved or anything.

>>795197

>he doesn't even get romantically involved or anything.

This is a good thing. It allows waifu fights to rage on with only one winner: everyone. Since MC retained his 30+ memories he is not even remotely bothered by anyone or much of anything.

>>795182

<Aquired Skill: Pillow Talk

Sometimes it's hard to tell if they're having a giggle or this kind of graphic was just a dumb idea.

>>795228

>It allows waifu fights to rage on with only one winner: everyone.

>Since MC retained his 30+ memories he is not even remotely bothered by anyone or much of anything.

These premises are fine, but goddamn it all if Tama and Nanodesu don't get their share of headpats. Goshujin trying to level them up was the cutest thing, but sadly that part of the story was short-lived.

>>795228

>Since MC retained his 30+ memories he is not even remotely bothered by anyone or much of anything.

I don't see this as a good thing. It's nice that he doesn't completely freak out at every mention of anything lewd or romantic ala the typical harem protagonist, but on the other hand he's just incredibly boring because of this. Even if he's accidentally bothered by something, he just uses skills to hide it, to ensure that really nothing comes of it. He's even more emotionless than Momonga, who is supposed to be emotionless from a status effect.

>It allows waifu fights to rage on with only one winner: everyone

More like one loser: everyone. Besides, he eventually gets a woman, just not out of the current harem.

I keep comparing this to IseSma while watching and so far the only thing that was better here was the leveling segment, it'd be interesting to see how an overpowered MC creates an overpowered party from scratch through being able to tell character levels and XP gains. But they're not even really doing that now.

>>795371

>eventually gets a woman

Provide details so I can shoot myself already.

>>795382

>>780486

>>795383

Kudos. I'll be off now.

>>795187

>Liza is best girl

I like her lisp.

>>792108

I remember reading that her looks aren't considered especially attractive in that world, so maybe you are wrong.

>>795512

Considering the kind of goblinoid creatures that can still make a dime IRL, I doubt that nobody tried to prostitute her.

>>795512

>>795522

That's because she's a Japanese in Fantasy Europe.

Of course she's considered ugly as a disgrace, she looks like demented or with down syndrome to the normal people.

>>795522

>IRL

The law of supply and demand. With low supply, there is not too much pickiness on the demand side.

>>795589

Somehow doubt supply was an issue with the slave trade. Guy gave two away for nothing after all.

>>795527

I don't think that's how it works. Down syndrome comes with facial expressions that are just wrong in the eyes of others.

Having a Japanese face has no such effect. The expressions are the same. She'd be odd, but not ugly.

>>796997

>the point

>your head

>>797865

Just MC living the life of luxury until the owl showed up. Given the spoiler in this thread, somehow he managed to leave this life and I will never forgive him once he does.

>>797865

Tama and Pochi are still the best part of this show.

>I am the skeleton king. You will follow my labyrinth and very structured path to defeating me

Why is this skull guy even bothering? MC seems to be just doing this out of entertaining the skull guy. With literally every skill and magic in the game at his disposal, just win and bring the girl home already. Its not like the dungeon where he was working on leveling tama and pochi, there is no one of value around to see him pummel the skull guy.

>>800172

What pissed me off in this above all else is that they try to maintain the pretense that Satoo cannot just cut skeltal down in one swoop with whatever magic god killer weapon he has. They could've taken an approach where Satoo clearly decides to just humor the guy and play the dungeon proper, then the guy agrees to give up the elf, but instead he sort of cannot attack the guy and falls victim of random unexplained magic despite his 10/10 resistance to everything and 999 levels, and then again, and then again. They try to maintain some suspense with the skeltal grabbing the elf slut and disappearing, then grabbing the elf slut and disappearing again, but it falls completely flat because it's not like Satoo is going to fail at saving her, because the fucking guy has already cut down a god.

I'm also super unimpressed at how shitty the introduction of the latest harem member was, fuck, even the writer doesn't care about her. Not like the elf's was any good.

Why doesn't this fag just max out all his skills at once like anyone that has ever played a video game would do?

>>800182

>They try to maintain some suspense

This is what I don't like about it. Whenever I saw death march talked about before the anime, it was always advertised as "OP self insert goes on a comfy never ending camping trip with his ever increasing harem." What we get instead is practically shonenshit.

>>800231

Sato doesn't have every skill and doesn't know how many exist. It's not like he has an infinite amount of points either, just a lot. He averages maybe four new skills a day, it's not like he could keep maxing every single one that he gets forever.

I'm getting a bit sick and tired of overpowered main characters. My last suffering was reading through Re:Monster and forgetting about half the cast's name by the time I got to the current chapter. Isekais need to get their shit together. If there's no sense of tension then the whole thing feels rather dull after awhile.

Grimgar and Konosuba were the last decent isekai shit I've watched.

>>800182

> grabbing the elf slut and disappearing,

Not only that, the first time Satoo just used "im MC and know this is a game" to bullshit his way out of the shadow endless void trap then even said so by lying (deception skill) about some amulet. If he had more personality he would at least give us some entertaining commentary about humoring skeleton man. The cliffhanger at the end of the episode is sad too. Skeleton used some limit release magic on everyone but it doesn't affect Satoo because MC power and we just saw him one-shot an iron golem and one of the girls at the same level. The limit release magic might make them two shot kills at most but Satoo will wipe the floor with them in an instant.

>>800182

>harem member

Who? The dryad? She was slamming hot but Satoo is only interested in moldy cakes.

>>800231

In a videogame you max skills because you have a clear goal in line. He doesn't have unlimited points, just a lot of points. He can't max out every skill, and he's always discovering new ones, so it would be insane to max out all skills only to encounter an enemy he can't beat with his current skillsets/encounter something that can instakill him with new skills he hasn't gotten resistance for which happens in far later chapters if the LN quite frequently even though he plays it off.

Anons keep forgetting this is normalfag anime of the year born from normalfag WN/LN/Manga of the year.

>>800244

>harem member

The blonde homonculus, #7 or whatever her number was. Pretty sure it's her riding on the wagon in the ED.

>>800238

The problem of OP MCs is not that there is no tension because they are overpowered, it's that the retarded writers still try to create tension even though it obviously doesn't work. They should be prepared to go all the way and have MC steamroll fucking everything, and come up with another way of keeping the work entertaining.

Death March is really some special kind of suck, the girls are shit for how many of them there are and how many bases they should cover, the MC is complete shit, the worldbuilding is shit, the comedy is subpar, and of course the story and the action are always fucked up one way or another.

>>800370

I don't really think the writers are trying to create tension here. It feels more like Satou is actinglike a programmer running through an unfinished project- better to go with the flow and see how everything works until something goes wrong. That's why he burst out of the shadow prison, and why he was willing to "do it right" after the undead guy got all flustered about it. He still doesn't feel completely invested in the world, as if he still thinks he'll wake up under his desk one day, so he's just seeing how the place works. It's definitely not a Grimgar or even a Smartphone sort of situation, since Satou is still professionally detached from everything.

>>800405

>I have to save elf slut!

>Oh no he's taking elf slut away! Again!

>ELF SLUUUT NOOOOOO

I thought he was pretty invested here, for no particular reason. The choice of cliffhangers is also clearly meant to incite tension, however much they fail.

>>800446

>another great loli

>wasted in anti-lolicon show with fag protag

Suffering never ends.

>>800407

It feels more like someone getting invested in a videogame, anime, or other form of entertainment to me. People get involved but (ignoring extreme cases) there's usually a line that isn't crossed. A big part of it is how he keeps checking his menu and calmly thinking to himself before acting, it never really looks like he lashes out emotionally. The world is a themepark to Satou and he's enjoying the story.

>>782255

Eight episodes in and this is still true, unlikely to change.

>>800542

>not "Was it NTR?"

Get with the times, gramps

>>800492

He fucks a prostitute later, why he does this and not one of his non-slave harem girls is anyone's guess.

>>800574

>later

Didn't he do that already? >>795182

>>800610

He fucks a prostitute in about every town as well as an alchemist's daughter at one point among others. Pretty much his harem are the only ones he doesn't fuck while everyone else especially moldy ancient elf slut gets the D.

>>800492

You're retarded.

This episode had a surprisingly good fight scene and the escape sequence was just 10/10 chuuni.

>running down a massive collapsing tower while backflipping off of branches

>using a sword to slow down and to cut open walls

>running on water to escape the tidal wave of destruction

Good stuff.

>>802563

The romance here is such a pile of shit. He has all these wannabe-meaningful moments with just about every harem girl, plays nice with all of them, then goes to the nearest brothel for the evening. I don't know what the author was trying to do but it's not working.

>>802599

Moralfaggotry? That's about the only excuse MC gives consistently alongside "slavery is wrong", he even broke the heart of the Jap girl over this shit because it hasn't dawned on him yet that he's the only man in the world so far who sees her as sexually attractive.

>>802602

>can't bone the slaves because that's abuse or something even if they're willing

>can't bone the homunculus because robots have rights too

>can't bone the purple one because she looks like a loli, nevermind that she's older than him

>can't bone the elf because she looks like a loli too, nevermind that she's older than him too

>can't bone the boring one because ???

>meanwhile all of them want to bone him and are unhappier for being refused the D

Written like a true normalfag

>Goes out of his way to save everyone in the cradle

>What about the dryad?

>As long as the forest is fine she will be fine so leave her behind

>Forest is buried in very deep salt

I don't know of many plants that live in concentrated salt and salt water. Setting that aside what was the point of that whole story? Skeleton man could have just set up a "pull the sword from the stone and come kill me" challenge and saved us all the grief of the dungeon. The author is a normalfag beyond saving like >>802605 said for at least the reasons that anon mentioned.

Only reason I keep tabs on this thread is all the anime-only fags who have yet to taste the true suffering and normalfaggotry from this story.

>>802605

>can't bone anyone because of all others that would get bonkers because of that

He is smart in a sense for going for pros. Imagine the drama if he would date someone seriously. That jealousy explosion certainly looks to be life-threatening.

>>802651

There's only 3 episodes left so we're not getting much more

>>802681

He could fuck all of them though. It is already an obvious wish fulfillment story so it wouldn't be a surprising development if he just went straight into harem and the girls were okay with it.

>>802681

The problem is that he is genuinely not interested in anyone that even as much as LOOKS LIKE a loli.

He even voices phyiscal disgust about the topic.

So yeah, worst kind of normalfag that completely kills off a series like this, and reduces the lolis to nothing.

>>802841

Anon, that's the running gag. Satou is surrounded by lolis even though he hates them (sexually), while his counterpart (hero-san) is a hardcore lolicon who's surrounded by cowtits all the time. If the anime had any mind of pacing you'd get to witness this.

>>802709

It's a pity that the story author's wishes don't match yours, isn't it?

>>802845

If you followed the conversation for more than a single post, you might be able to discern that I'm not complaining that Death March isn't like I want it to be, I'm complaining that the writer is doing a shit job, that he's not thinking about what he's writing.

>>802844

I only know that he ain't any lolicon, as we could clearly see, don't care what kind of gag you're talking about.

This is pure normalfag, apologetic writing, which we've seen in many works, and this ain't different.

>>802868

Complaining about Death March being normalfag central is like complaining about Black Butler being full of fujoshits or AoT being normalfag anime of the century, or Dragon Ball being a comedy show. It's been that way for a very long time to anyone who isn't an anime-only fag. Yes you're correct, but that doesn't really matter to anyone who even knew a little about the series.

>>802605

I really, really want to like this show. I like almost all the girls. I can't even necessarily fault MC all that hard.

But it's fucking painful to watch, especially knowing there'll never be any resolution.

>>802847

I'm sincerely sorry that the world doesn't revolve around your person, anon.

>>803015

The problem is not that the MC doesn't care about the lolis (in the sense that it would make no difference if they were boys), the problem is the author filling up the show with so many, when they are reduced to nothing because of the protag.

>>804533

It barely changed in tone. Making "SAO" your measure of quality is silly.

It's a dumb anime with bad characterizations and a wish fulfillment plot. That's exactly why I'm watching it.

>>805795

*teleports behind g*d*

>psh, nothin personel, just gotta teach u ure place

>>805856

>1. portrayal; description:

>2. the act of characterizing or describing the individual quality of a person or thing.

>3. the creation and convincing representation of fictitious characters, as in a literary work.

You're talking about 2 while he (and most people) are talking about 3. By bad characterization he presumably means that the characters are not convincingly represented.

>>805869

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/characterization

Using character like that is more misleading. A bad character could also be one that is simply meant to be bad, not badly written, but acts maliciously towards the protagonist. If you're gonna use character, then you have to go all the way and specify with "badly written character".

>>805859

> means that the characters are not convincingly represented.

In such a case, it would be a bad character, not bad characterization. The believably of a character is a function of story, not characterization, as it is influenced by every component of the story including all scenes without the character and all other characters.

A quick google search reveals definition one and two, but not three. Where did you find your definition? Dictionaries usually descriptive, that means that they make no judgements whether the word is being used properly or abused.

Characterization is a literary device, not some vague notion of whether the character us well written or not.

The harem or not harem is totally pointless when MC actively avoids them. Just travel alone already so no one cares how many nasty sluts you fuck along the way.

>>806654

Cat and dog lolis are the best. They're making this shitshow watchable.

>>806695

Theres no good reason for it to be a shitshow too. Everyone and everything except MC is more interesting than MC. The author just cannot make an interesting MC.

>>806705

It's not surprising, considering that story started as a web novel. The MC is nothing but a vehicle for a reader to put themselves in. Less distinctive his character, the better.

>>806649

>the first few minutes

That feels really fucking wrong for some reasons.

>>806919

Can't you see his sarcasm? He problem doesn't fuck them due to the shitshow his life would become.

>>806921

No, I did not hear even the slightest amount of sarcasm in what he said. That line was exactly like everything else that comes out of his mouth.

>>806919

He is keeping his slaves pure (except 2) in order for them to ripen until they are good to go.

>>806935

That's a very optimistic thing to say at this point

>>806921

Explain how his life would be worse.

>>806948

>starts having sex with them

>he now has to come up with a brand new double standard for explaining how he's not like the evil lolicons he's spent his entire life shitposting fighting against on 2ch

>>806959

Why does this even matter? Is he not having sex with all of them? Oh right, MC is so empty of character he would do something like that.

>>806948

Because all the girls would want most of his attention, and therefore feel neglected all the time. Do we really need to explain why would that be a bad thing on the long run?

>>806985

That has stopped no competent harem MCs and harem members ever.

>>806948

They would fight for his attention, get jealous, try to monopolize him, undermine the others, cause infighting among the party, etc

>>807048

>>806959

>>806985

Not that anon but considering how this series is everything but realistic and how everyone lusts the MC for literally no fucking good reason since he's a beta faggot I think the author could just harem that shit up and nobody would give a shit.

At the end they just tease it because if you wanna self-insert you don't want the author to decide a love interest for you. He just gives you all the waifus and you choose what to fuck in your mind.

>>807074

Although they're right, you're very much right yourself. Their reaction can be predicted, but the author can force his will into not making them like that and make things work out.

Also the waifu stuff, but Liza is best girl so I can't fathom any other development.

>>807074

>how everyone lusts the MC for literally no fucking good reason since he's a beta faggot

They do it for very good reasons. You see, they live in a world where getting robbed, raped, killed are daily occurences, and starving to death is also a possibility. Females think and act quite differently in that situation, because for them MC is an infinite moneybag with more than enough wits and strenght to defend them. Of course they all want him. Especially because 5 of those girls are literal slaves who went through quite a lot.

>>807074

>how everyone lusts the MC for literally no fucking good reason

Only like 2-3 of them genuinely like him that can't be written off as adoration from being freed from being an abused slave mode.

Of those 3 one of them is one of the "reincarnated" and she's a Jap so she basically likes him because he's a normal looking Jap for once, the second one is her sister who inherited the Jap physique and appearance which by the Native's standards is pretty unattractive and almost ugly. Her sister has such a large complex about it that she was genuinely upset when MC turned her down, he is the only person in the setting he's in that has expressed any attraction to her at all.

Am i the only one bothered by the fact that Lulu looks like Coco from boku no pico? The neck chocker doesn't help, i can't unsee it.

>>807221

You're just a faggot.

Really bland ending with nothing going on.

The appeal of the novel and series is the worldbuilding. If you were expecting something else, then it's understandable why you didn't like it.

>>809108

Was it anime original?

>>809118

But the worldbuilding wasn't that good either, they just briefly touched on a bunch of things and went back to the good 'ol not-harem antics. There were so many topics it could've expanded on, but nothing, never ever did we ever get anything that wasn't superficial.

>>809119

It's an LN adaptation.

>>809118

I watched for worldbuilding and all I got was bloodthirsty slave lolis.

Are they going to do a season 2?

I have to know if MC will encounter a problem, learn a new skill, max it, solve the problem then add another harem member he never fucks or not.

>>809132

This is a pure LN advertisement, they don't tend to get sequels even if they're successful. And I don't think something this bad would sell well I hope not

Aww, they didn't even explain how the nobilities suped up magic works inside their territories. I liked those parts.

Still, Count whatshisface actually seemed like a cool dude. Imagine if he had been the protag.

>How can you enjoy your harem without me?

Easy because I'm not a harem MC. Another show where everyone except MC was interesting, including that count that showed up for 10 seconds, completed. Onto the next one.

>>809150

>Aww, they didn't even explain how the nobilities suped up magic works inside their territories.

It's divine intervention. I'm not even joking when I say that. The gods gifted it to the nobles and gave them the ability to transfer administrative privilege. In exchange they're supposed to obey the gods and keep technology down and shit. Dungeons work pretty much the exact same way as cities, just with administrative rights to create monsters, and they entrap their owner/grant them pseudo-immortality to force them to be the dungeon master until they transfer ownership to someone new. The dungeons are actually sentient and capable of spawning a second loli personality tied to the original via telepathy in case their owner somehow manages to escape the antimagic field they put up around them.

>>809190

Ah, but that's not until the weasel empire arc so you'll likely never see that unless this gets like a sixth or seventh season if you're only at the comfy uncle noble.

>>809134

Death March is extremely popular in Japan last time I checked (for a light novel anyways), and author-san is still writing the web novel even after the story has reached its climax multiple times already. I'm not saying it will get a second season, but it didn't need to be a light novel advertisement. Maybe a manga advertisement, but even that's questionable.

>>809190

>The dungeons are actually sentient and capable of spawning a second loli personality

Let me guess, one of these gets added to the 'harem' at some point.

>>809192

Ads aren't just for convincing new people to pick up the product- otherwise, Coke ads wouldn't exist since everyone on the planet already knows what Coke is. Ads also keep ongoing fans interested, especially when fans like to talk about which studio would do the animation, who their favorite character's seiyuu should be, and so on.

>>809552

Yeah, he ends up killing a demon lord that is playing dungeon master, and then being selected to replace him. However, the dungeon loli is a pretty elusive character that doesn't show up much.

One of the better isekais I've seen but I can't stop laughing at all the ridiculous amount of passive skills. I hope that's intentional and it becomes a plot point he runs out of points in the future and gets fucked.