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EP. REVIEW: The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic

chronium wrote:

Cryten wrote: Immediately on seeing the puzzle boss I was thinking: Why not just attack the parts that arnt human? You cant harm in reflection (really should be called refraction since it isnt a simple reflect spell) the parts a human doesnt have. Oh no! My non existent tentacles have been cut or exploded. Nothing in the character design could not also be found on a human.

Tentacles and slime. On attacking those are non human body parts. Thats what I meant.
I hope we get a kind of Naruto moment of proving. Where the character acts incompressible but also just does what is needed. (hopefully without side commentary, I prefer the post commentary method).

Cryten wrote:

chronium wrote: Cryten wrote: Immediately on seeing the puzzle boss I was thinking: Why not just attack the parts that arnt human? You cant harm in reflection (really should be called refraction since it isnt a simple reflect spell) the parts a human doesnt have. Oh no! My non existent tentacles have been cut or exploded. Nothing in the character design could not also be found on a human. Tentacles and slime. On attacking those are non human body parts. Thats what I meant. I hope we get a kind of Naruto moment of proving. Where the character acts incompressible but also just does what is needed. (hopefully without side commentary, I prefer the post commentary method).

As best I can parse you suggestion to beat the person in black armor, that reflects damage back to the attacker, is to:
Find a tentacle beast or slime to fight instead, turning your back on your opponent, deserting the battle in the hope of finding such a monster and that harming it would damage the person in armor(emotionally?).
Thus you are either going to get cut down from behind by the person in armor, die fighting a meaningless battle or get tried for desertion should you get back.
I must say that this doers not seem like a viable plan.

Heck, it even allowed the the best character... sorry, I meant to say the best character, be equal parts goofy and super sincere in living her best life while letting her reflect on what a hollow life she lived in her previous world. Like, even if I "only" consider this a high 6 as it were (which is still good!), that conversation really struck a chord with me.

I am starting to wonder if you watched the same episode as me. Did you not see the slime tentacles come out of the black knight? There was even a scene where they where exploded by lightning and no reflection damage occurred.

Anyway it is not fun to argue over an off the cuff idea. I was just enjoying the show and thinking about how the fight could play out in different ways.

Suzune is an inspiration isn't she? I like Rose plenty, and Ushiro is more interesting than your average isekai protagonist, but she's the best thing. Unapologetically bringing her whole self. The weirdo bits, the charismatic leader bits, the vulnerable teen bits and the down bad for Ushiro bits.

While this series isn't threatening my all time greats list, I've enjoyed it well enough. It's all about the character interactions though, particularly Ushiro/Rose and Ushiro/Suzune. The action hasn't been anything to write home about, and while some aspects of the world building are interesting overall it's fairly mid and without a lot of depth.

(Also, thanks for reminding me of Erin, that's been a real white whale of mine. I adored the first few episodes I saw in a way that few other anime have scratched its particular itch, but it's still been a white whale, of sorts, of mine. Hopefully I can get to prioritizing it next year...?)

Also, chronium, you're kinda being weirdly argumentative towards some very innocuous just-for-fun theorizing, so I kinda want to point out that prior to this most recent episode (and I'll spoiler tag since the review for it isn't out yet) spoiler[that we actually had no idea what the limits of the reflection were, what exactly was in the armor, or if there even was anyone in the armor instead of just being a sentient suit with weird goopy insides. Hell, it wasn't even revealed until now that the armor was purely magically made in the first place, which is some major context to how the tentacles work (which just seem to be an extension of the magic channeling the armor).]

One of the more odd things in the scenario we face is the insistence that the demons are more numerous, more powerful and have more magic then humans. But in every depiction outside of leader characters they are on the losing side of strength or just equal. And they fail to overwhelm with numbers or magic.

One of the more odd things in the scenario we face is the insistence that the demons are more numerous, more powerful and have more magic then humans. But in every depiction outside of leader characters they are on the losing side of strength or just equal. And they fail to overwhelm with numbers or magic.

While this series isn't threatening my all time greats list, I've enjoyed it well enough. It's all about the character interactions though, particularly Ushiro/Rose and Ushiro/Suzune. The action hasn't been anything to write home about, and while some aspects of the world building are interesting overall it's fairly mid and without a lot of depth.

You're welcome! I rewatched it for the first time in like a decade last year, it honestly really holds up well, even accounting for some dragged out 4-cour pacing and "we're making this for kids so we're mandated to add some comic relief" stuff. I actually even dragged my mom into the rewatch since she loves fantasy (and I find it easier to revisit something when showing it to other people), and she ended up really loving it.

A bunch of stuff I agree with.