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whats goblin slayer about? quick rundown?

>inb4 slaying goblins

Oh boy I can't wait for normalfag's tears. They would screech at all censored rape because how dare an anime potrays rape in a non symbolic way like in Beserk. I don't doubt that the adapatation would be on spot though.

>>13680

It's a LN/manga starring a guy that spends all day killing goblins. He's in a usual fantasy guild and despite being in the third highest rank (silver) in the guild, ke kepts on slaying goblins because he has a hate boner towards them.

>>13681

>I don't doubt that the adapatation would be on spot though

Yeah, I also feel they will tone down the graphic moments quite a bit as is normally the case with modern anime.

>>13680

It's about a guy who really hates goblins , that's all you need to know.

>Meme slayer animated

RIP any discussion about goblins anywhere

>>13690

This, the setting becomes infinitely worse the more you try to make sense of it

>>13695

Thanks for proving my point

>>13682

It's isekai?

>>13700

Nigger, just fucking google it and read the first volume or something.

>>13700

No. It is literally just a guy that hates goblins going around genociding goblins.

Spoiler:

Later on Goblin Slayer gets a harem and shortly after that one by one his harems get raped by goblins whic caused GS to go down in despair ;^)

>>13712

Where do you find scans like this? I've been reading it for a while on mangafox now but as you might as already know their entries look like shit.

>>13716

Literally any other manga sites.

Holy shit I love this manga but It looks like it comes out once a month or so. Goddamnit.

>>13721

Same shit happens with the few ongoing manga I started reading and actually enjoyed, like Dungeon Meshi, stopped reading that one because I can't be bothered with having to wait a year every few volumes because the author is a lazy son of a bitch.

>>13722

I actually prefer monthly serialization or at least bi monthly that weekly. It's just that most weekly manga I read turned to shit because the authors burned out as they are unable to deal with the weekly schedule. Manga with monthly releases, despit being slow, stay consistent with every chaper until the author reaches writing's block.

>>13723

>adding color to a black and white image

Reddit sure know how to kill memes.

>>13725

I know this isn't really possible with the way how manga are published but it would be great if authors just released their works on a yearly basis. So they would work on their manga for a year and then release a shitton of volumes all at once when they're done. That way you don't have to deal with constant hiatuses due to the author having to release shit on a short basis either.

>>13727

>I know this isn't really possible with the way how manga are published but it would be great if authors just released their works on a yearly basis.

Yearly releases are already being done by novel authors anyway due to the amount of content they release per book. As for manga, you'd need to be a recognized author in the industry like Togashi to be able to do that.

>>13727

Doesn't manga volumes count as yearly release?

>>13725

I totally agree, and the art in goblin slayer would definitely suffer heavily if it was weekly. I just hate waiting. Also, this manga is barely off the ground with no end in sight, and I've been breaking my rule of "no ongoing series" too much lately.

>>13738

>Also, this manga is barely off the ground with no end in sight

I really hope the author will make it end with Goblin Slayer actually succeeding in his goblin genocide. To fit the atmosphere I'm guessing people in the future would just forget goblins ever existed and Goblin Slayer wouldn't really be praised as a hero or anything but at least he gets to die in peace with his family avenged.

>>13798

If that happened I imagine either:

a) Goblin slayer after killing all the goblins now has nothing left to live for and falls into a depression of drinking and gambling to numb the emptiness.

b) Goblin slayer goes out in a blaze of glory to kill the gobz for good.

>>13675

Will there be cute goblin girls getting "slayed" with the D?

>>13930

Human women double as goblin women so yeah, plenty of that

>>13934

She looks like she enjoyed herself

>>13975

There's nothing wrong with killing/eating people and "raping"/torturing their women. GS would have a lot more fun if he realized that and stopped being such a moralfag

>>13997

-t. cannibal warlord of liberia

>>13998

It's okay if you have no argument, doing whatever you want to others without caring about what anyone else thinks is objectively the best and most fun life to have

>>14002

>implying

Jews care about their own tribe and those not of it, if only in an "I want to rule over them" sense, which isn't really the kind of life I'm talking about. Why rule over them when you can kill them? It's a lot more fun and you can find more people to kill afterwards

>>13997

*tips*

>>13997

Fuck off GIDF.

>>14007

>>14009

Memes can't change facts

By the way, does anyone happen to know how much the LN differs from the manga? I've only read the latter and haven't had much enjoyable experiences with light novels so far so I don't really feel like giving it a try.

I really don't get the appeal with things like this and Overlord. They just feel so shallow. Goblin Slayer has shock factor going for it but that's not enough to garner such a following. What am I missing? Is it just a case of an easy power fantasy again?

>>14021

> easy power fantasy again

Kill yourself tumblr.

>>14021

>comparing this to overlord

Thanks for confirming you haven't read it in the first sentence.

>>14014

*shrek fedora tip*

>>14024

I read the first volume of the manga. I don't get the appeal at all. The characters don't even have names, the artstyle is generic when it's anyone but Goblin Slayer or the monsters, and it doesn't know whether it wants to be some actual fantasy world or an RPG based world.

>>14031

>and it doesn't know whether it wants to be some actual fantasy world or an RPG based world

There's such a thing as a fantasy RPGs, you know that right?

>>14035

What I'm saying is it doesn't know if it wants to be a realistic fantasy world or another MMO/JRPG game world.

>>14036

It's a fantasy world with a RPG inspired guild.

>>14058

See I'm just not a fan of that. I prefer my fantasy stories to actually be fantasy based on not feel like an on the nose RPG.

>>14058

>>14059

Aside from the ranking system and occasional talk about gaining abilities there's nothing in it related to RPGs at all and after the first volume you will barely hear of it again.

>>14240

If anything Goblin Slayer takes more after Record of Lodoss and older fantasy manga.

14021

This kind of bait doesn't work here, newfag.

I hope it won't have CGI up the ass.

>>14357

>cgi goblins

>cgi goblin slayer

>cgi allies

>jump cuts with 1 second max duration

>all nudity censored

>all gore censored

>all gobo rape squads only tangentially alluded to in jap and completely disregarded in subtitles

>all the girls lust after goblin slayer even harder somehow?

>it's actually a harem show now

>>14357

It's made by White Fox and is made in the CY+3 so it probably will have a shit-ton of it sadly. Most modern shows don't even animate the main characters in 2D anymore.

>>13675

>Goblin slayer finally gets anime adaptation

>Rush to see the cast

>Umehara Yuuichirou as GS

>>14431

I had to look him up and most of what he's done seems to be trashy generic shows from the last 3 years, not sure what to think of it but I feel like that's not a good sign of the people in charge of this show.

>>14432

Who knows he might do well or he might fuck up.

>>14447

No, I'm not talking about if he's a good VA or not, I don't even give a shit about voice actors. I'm just saying that the fact that he got chosen out of all people probably means the people working on it have shit-taste in anime personally and/or have worked on shows in which he acted.

>>13722

>>13721

>tfw a manga you really liked has hit a slump where the current story sucks and is unsatisfying and it only releases once every 2-3 months and it'll be another 3 chapters before everything gets resolved and is okay again

Kill me

>Animated by White Fox

>the same studio that did Gochuumon

I can't imagine them doing edge to be honest, even with how the PV was done.

>>19479

>Goblin Slayer is too good for this.

Goblin Slayer is just another generic medieval fantasy bullshit.

I don't really get how people enjoy such shitty writing.

>>19485

>It's an story about a man who doesn't care if it makes him a monster to do the right thing for his people.

Are you shitting me, mate?

How does it make him a monster when he's doing the right thing?

There's literally nothing profound about the premise at all :

Goblins Bandits are a nuisance to society : they go about raping and pillaging townsfolk.

The main character Bounty hunters and law enforcement officers hunt down and destroy goblin bandit groups, to ensure the peace and prosperity of society.

It would've been different if the main character was an unfettered anti-hero.

If he was so devoted to killing goblins that he would sacrifice the lives of everyone, including his loved ones just to drive the goblins to extinction.

But no, what we have here is just the main character being an idealistic JRPG hero who saves the world time and again and everyone loves him.

Generic medieval fantasy bullshit at its worst.

>People like it because it is the polar opposite of how they are told to behave when faced with the brutal murder, abuse and extermination of their own nowadays.

You're implying that everyone who likes it are white Americans and Eurocucks. Don't be retarded.

Will loli goblins be getting slain by mega cocks in this one?

>>19487

Now you're being a blind hater, 名無しさん.

>How does it make him a monster when he's doing the right thing?

He says in the early manga chapters that to the goblins he is the monster.

He kills infant goblins while priestess cries.

He lets people die if it is too dangerous to rush save them in the first chapter and in the elf village

If he deliberately sacrificed people's lives to kill the goblins that would kill them that would be just retarded so he used to go alone.

>Bounty hunters and law enforcement officers hunt down and destroy goblin bandit groups, to ensure the peace and prosperity of society.

Then explain me why don't you go out in the streets and gut them. Let's see if how torahvision and your peers will regard you.

>You're implying that everyone who likes it are white Americans and Eurocucks. Don't be retarded.

http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/migration/migration.htm

<plus ad hominen

You are insisting in a lost argument for the sole reason that can't accept that others understand and like what you hate for individual taste. Why are you here?

>>19491

>He says in the early manga chapters that to the goblins he is the monster.

We're all monsters to the animals we slaughter, faggot.

>He kills infant goblins while priestess cries.

Like smashing pit viper eggs in your garden while your daughter cries.

>He lets people die if it is too dangerous to rush save them in the first chapter and in the elf village

Duh

>If he deliberately sacrificed people's lives to kill the goblins that would kill them that would be just retarded.

That would make him compelling and not generic, dumbass.

Someone who's hellbent on completing his goal that he disregards everything else is much more interesting than an idealistic hero who is loved by all.

>People like it because it is the polar opposite of how they are told to behave when faced with the brutal murder, abuse and extermination of their own nowadays.

How is it a polar opposite?

The vast majority of the human population in Goblin Slayer hates goblins, faggot.

And so when mc kills a bunch of goblins, he wouldn't face any repercussions like he would if he was in Americuck and Eurocuck.

>http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/migration/migration.htm

Implying that the Japanese are facing brutal murder, abuse and extermination by foreign citizens.

>Now you're being a blind hater, 名無しさん.

>You are insisting in a lost argument for the sole reason that can't accept that others understand and like what you hate for individual taste.

It isn't about taste, it's about the ability to think.

I claim that it's a generic medieval fantasy gorefest for edgelords because it is a generic medieval fantasy gorefest for edgelords.

The sex and violence is just for show, and are not used to explore the human condition at all.

The mc is a generic JRPG hero who is loved by all, and saves the day time and time again.

So far you failed to disprove me on these claims of mine.

>>19496

>And you didn't address my counter argument at all "retard".

Such as?

>It's not about how the people that like goblin slayer see him, "faggot".

The rest of the world doesn't condemn him for brutally murdering goblins, faggot.

>The point is that what he does to those HUMANOIDS is evil to 3D normalfags, "Duh".

He doesn't save them because he can't, and somehow that's evil. Okay then.

>If anything you're the edgelord here. What do you think the manga needs to be "serious and dark"?

This was the counterargument to >>19479 where he said that Goblin Slayer is a dark and gritty show, when it's actually not.

The sex and violence are just pure shock value and nothing else.

>The gore and sex is there not only for shock, but because surprise that shit is what happens when subhuman savages get women.

It still doesn't explore the human condition, you philistine; which makes it shallow.

>What are you doing in this announcement thread?

Because you bottom feeders are the reason why the writing quality of everything is going to shit.

>>19481

Goblin Slayer I like because it just does it's thing and doesn't apologize for it.

>>19479

I really fucking hope they don't fuck this up.

>>19499

>It has shit writing because MUH RAPE

Your tears are delicious.

Honestly I don't get what you faggots expecting too much from this. I just want GS wrecking some gobs. If they do it right, then fine by me.

>>19479

They won't screw up the rape at least

>>19517

>shit talks about GS and Berserk for being grimdark

>while at the same time saying it's not """"real""""" grimdark

>implying someone that complains about an anime for being grimdark would know the first thing about grimdark done right

>>19492

>The sex and violence is just for show, and are not used to explore the human condition at all.

>muh exploration of themes

This is why the west is creatively bankrupt, faggots like you who are obsessed with muh exploration of things in a shallow attempt to sound deep.

>>19523

As I said, there's nothing wrong with enjoying shit writing.

But defending shit writing by saying that it's good is wrong.

Since you seem to be defending GS's shit writing as good writing, so let me ask you some questions :

- what distinguishes GS from other generic medieval fantasy bullshit?

- what does GS actually do that can be considered "good writing"

>>19525

How the fuck is Goblin Slayer generic shit just because the writer decides to write a revenge story instead of writing a story with the most overused theme in western media? Hollywood movie, video games, a large portion of them does it on a regular basis. Also, GS wearing a helmet out of a sea of fantasy anime starring Dragon Quest Heroes automatically makes him not generic.

>>19527

>Also, GS wearing a helmet out of a sea of fantasy anime starring Dragon Quest Heroes automatically makes him not generic.

Are you trying to be sarcastic or is there a typo?

>How the fuck is Goblin Slayer generic shit just because the writer decides to write a revenge story instead of writing a story with the most overused theme in western media?

Why are you bringing Western media into this? We both know most of it is shit.

Also, the story elements doesn't make the story generic, the execution does.

Some good examples of revenge stories would be Kurapika from Hunter x Hunter and Eren from Attack on Titan.

Kurapika found out that the Phantom Troupe; the people who massacred his clan were not simply a band of merciless mass murderers; they are extremely loyal to each other.

This threw a wrench in his plans as his interrogation of one of the members failed, and he had to kill him without learning anything. Later two of his friends were captured by the Troupe because of his recklessness, but at the same time he managed to capture the Troupe's leader. He had to weigh the options : on whether to save his friends or to pursue his vengeance. He finally decided to save his friends, because he can't bear the thought of losing any more loved ones. Kurapika's original goal was to destroy the Troupe, but in the end he only managed to kill two of the members and was forced to shift his priorities elsewhere.

Eren had to deal with the revelation that three of his closest friends were the ones responsible for the destruction of his hometown and the death of his mother.

They had spent years together in the military academy, and had been in many life to death situations before. Eren's as well as his friends' reactions to the betrayal of these three were a mix of anger and confusion. Anger for the atrocities and betrayal, and confused as to why they did it in the first place. In the end when they managed to fatally wound one of the traitors, they could only cry instead of celebrating; because all they had accomplished was killing one of their closest friends. The same complications can be seen in the traitors, as they felt nothing but guilt and remorse over the things they did and are going to do; but they had no choice because all they ever wanted was to return home proudly.

Compared to these two, what does GS has to offer?

The main cast are basically a bunch of exterminators trying to rid their world of pests.

The enemies are just a bunch of Chaotic Evil creatures who are born evil, which allows for zero moral complexity.

The main character is a strong, handsome and idealistic hero who everyone loves and respects (just like Mahouka, SAO, new-Berserk).

He also has a harem, and is so dense he's oblivious to the female characters' advances (which is just like any harem anime).

There are no internal conflicts, no clash of ideologies, no psychological battles, no moral complexities whatsoever.

These are some of the reasons on why I say that GS has shit writing (and I haven't even started on the stakes and tension of the story).

>>19527

I forgot to say that GS has no character development whatsoever.

At least from what I've seen in the manga. MC wants to kill goblins, party members follow.

Also, the story seems to be going nowhere. This is fine for slice-of-life series, but not for action oriented series.

Heck, does it even have a plot? The whole thing can be easily summarized as "some guy killing goblins".

That doesn't sound interesting at all.

>>14002

>the meme I made in cuckchan a year ago got posted here

Nice.

>>19546

>The main character is a strong, handsome and idealistic hero who everyone loves and respects

Most people think he's a freak and other adventurers look down on him. He's also the only one who has the exterminator motive, though that's not to say the rest of the cast is any less one-note. Your other points are correct though. I'd honestly describe GS as kind of schlocky, though that doesn't necessarily mean it can't be enjoyed for what it is. Just don't go in expecting an intricately woven storyline or compelling characters.

>>19546

Your post reminds me of the barrage of posts in cuckchan complaining about Log Horizon about how it doesn't have any edge unlike SAO.

>The main cast are basically a bunch of exterminators trying to rid their world of pests.

Way the go generalizing every other fantasy anime as well. Truly the master of generalization.

>The enemies are just a bunch of Chaotic Evil creatures who are born evil, which allows for zero moral complexity.

Empathizing with your enemy is hardly complex. It's just stockholm syndrome.

>The main character is a strong, handsome and idealistic hero who everyone loves and respects (just like Mahouka, SAO, new-Berserk).

Did you even read the thing. Nothing about GS obsessions about the goblins is idealistic.

>He also has a harem, and is so dense he's oblivious to the female characters' advances (which is just like any harem anime).

>having a harem is a negative

>>19548

>this entire post

>that condescending tone

>Heck, does it even have a plot? The whole thing can be easily summarized as "some guy killing goblins".

>That doesn't sound interesting at all.

>Heck, does it even have a plot? The whole thing can be easily summarized as "some guy killing titans".

>That doesn't sound interesting at all.

>Heck, does it even have a plot? The whole thing can be easily summarized as "some guys hunting things".

>That doesn't sound interesting at all.

Two can play at that game senpai ;^)

>>19553

>Most people think he's a freak and other adventurers look down on him.

Right, just like how other faceless "characters" look down on Tatsuya from Mahouka for being "special".

>that's not to say the rest of the cast is any less one-note.

The rest of the cast are one-dimensional characters though.

They don't have any motivations that could drive the plot forward.

The main cast's motivations always revolve around the mc, while other minor characters' motivation are so simple and weak they won't even affect anything at all.

>I'd honestly describe GS as kind of schlocky, though that doesn't necessarily mean it can't be enjoyed for what it is.

>Just don't go in expecting an intricately woven storyline or compelling characters.

That's what I've been trying to say all along. It's okay to enjoy bad writing, but it's wrong to say that bad writing is good writing.

>>19557

>Way the go generalizing every other fantasy anime as well. Truly the master of generalization.

That's not generalizing, since that's really what GS is all about : the Goblin Slayer (and friends) slaying goblins.

It's the goddamn premise of the entire series.

>Empathizing with your enemy is hardly complex. It's just stockholm syndrome.

I'm afraid you understand neither empathy nor Stockholm Syndrome.

Besides, the examples that I've given in AoT and HxH doesn't even involve Stockholm Syndrome in the slightest.

>Did you even read the thing. Nothing about GS obsessions about the goblins is idealistic.

The MC's actions and intentions are idealistic though?

He's trying to save as many people as he can; as seen during the Goblin Lord's assault.

If he wasn't an idealistic and an all-loving hero, he would've bulldozed through the meat shields.

It's as much idealistic as Eren's goal of exterminating the titans so that humanity can be free

.

>Two can play at that game senpai ;^)

You definitely never read both HXH and AoT.

AoT is about "some guy killing titans", but also :

- it turns out people can turn into titans

- it turns out titans were once people

- it turns out the events in the story were actually a military confrontation between two nations

As for HxH, it's actually about "some boy finding his dad", which leads to :

- a child assassin running away from his family, which leads to

- a survivor of a massacre wants revenge and some mafia stuff along with terrorists, which leads to

- some virtual video game world with hints about the boy's dad (finally) , which leads to

- some hunters fighting giant bugs for the fate of humanity for some reason, which leads to

- some politics and election and saving a friend's life, which leads to

- some expedition with a succession war between princes and mafia and terrorists on a giant ship shaped like a whale

The problem with GS is that "some guy killing goblins" is the only thing it has, and nothing more.

- some guys killing goblins in a cave

- some guys killing more goblins in a forest

- some guys killing more goblins again in the sewers

The formula remains the same.

Nothing else can be added to the summary, no?

Also, you didn't seem to address some of my concerns for GS, which are

- the lack of character developments

- the story going nowhere

I take it that you agree on these points, hm?

>>19610

>simple taste

B-but think of the medium! If you think that way how is it going to advance! You should desire for stories with Rube Goldberg level of compplexity and a band of cast that all think like calculative robots that they say a memorable quote every scene.