I wasn't horribly disappointed by season 2, but then again- it wasn't that great, either. And it certainly didn't smack you right in the face like that first episode did. Man, what a shock that was.
Yeah, that intro serves as such a stark reminder about how reality can suddenly take you unaware, so it ties into my Wood Perilous post nicely.
I agree that Goblin Slayer II is not unwatchable by any means. After all, it's still my favorite genre and is set in an interesting world. But I do feel it lost its special x-factor, going out with a whimper rather than a bang. Here's hoping for a better season 3.
>Japanese RPGs often have this aesthetic, this cheerful visage for their adventure guilds, cute smiling girls handing out adventure billings without a care in the world.
>It’s like the whole place is set up just to mislead the poor girl - and other green adventurers like her.
>... only to be blindsided by reality.
>It’s like the world had forgotten these creatures were depraved monsters...
THIS. This chain of thoughts really is one of the things I've latched onto on subsequent rewatches and meditations. The world is horrifically dangerous.... and yet there are these *children* who aren't bright enough to realize they should approach adventuring with a deadly seriousness. Adventuring is just an exciting career path, and not a life or death struggle on the edge.
It strikes me as incongruous that this world that has such Evil on such a low level and yet has so many cavalier people in it, and that there aren't stories told to children to scare them--as they should be--and to caution about the horrors just beyond furthest fence.
Secondly:
The only true adventurer in the entire show is Goblin Slayer, and even then... he's not adventuring for gold and glory, but his own personal mission to eradicate the threat once and for all if possible. No mercy, no hesitation, just clear tactical thinking about how to finish the job and get back alive.
It all unfolds like a slow-motion horror picture, taking advantage of our own assumptions about "weak" monsters and how these tales typically go, turning it all on its head. Haunting, but makes for great writing.
I wasn't horribly disappointed by season 2, but then again- it wasn't that great, either. And it certainly didn't smack you right in the face like that first episode did. Man, what a shock that was.
Yeah, that intro serves as such a stark reminder about how reality can suddenly take you unaware, so it ties into my Wood Perilous post nicely.
I agree that Goblin Slayer II is not unwatchable by any means. After all, it's still my favorite genre and is set in an interesting world. But I do feel it lost its special x-factor, going out with a whimper rather than a bang. Here's hoping for a better season 3.
Season 2 did not do the source material justice. I liked the manga onward, but the animation, storytelling, skipped elements in the anime - meh.
I’ll have to look it up. Been a while.
No worries. I can do the research if you don't know offhand. I'm just glad to hear it's better.
Oh, that's great! I will read the manga then. Do you happen to know which volume continues the story from the end of season 1?
>Japanese RPGs often have this aesthetic, this cheerful visage for their adventure guilds, cute smiling girls handing out adventure billings without a care in the world.
>It’s like the whole place is set up just to mislead the poor girl - and other green adventurers like her.
>... only to be blindsided by reality.
>It’s like the world had forgotten these creatures were depraved monsters...
THIS. This chain of thoughts really is one of the things I've latched onto on subsequent rewatches and meditations. The world is horrifically dangerous.... and yet there are these *children* who aren't bright enough to realize they should approach adventuring with a deadly seriousness. Adventuring is just an exciting career path, and not a life or death struggle on the edge.
It strikes me as incongruous that this world that has such Evil on such a low level and yet has so many cavalier people in it, and that there aren't stories told to children to scare them--as they should be--and to caution about the horrors just beyond furthest fence.
Secondly:
The only true adventurer in the entire show is Goblin Slayer, and even then... he's not adventuring for gold and glory, but his own personal mission to eradicate the threat once and for all if possible. No mercy, no hesitation, just clear tactical thinking about how to finish the job and get back alive.
It all unfolds like a slow-motion horror picture, taking advantage of our own assumptions about "weak" monsters and how these tales typically go, turning it all on its head. Haunting, but makes for great writing.