Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!

>>136222509
I want her to sit on my face.

Aqua's too retarded to even walk in a straight line, much less target something with her foot-

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>>136222509
Please stop with the animal abuse.

>>136222509
I want to bully Aqua

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Best girl

If Aqua doesn't get some delicious anal sex doujinshi then I will riot!

>>136224419
Isn't there one already?

>>136222509
I want to cuddle Aqua while we sleep in a barn and then have filthy animistic sex

>>136225856
has it been scanned anywhere yet though?

>>136225920
>having sex in a place that smells like shit

>>136226629
How much does she drink every day?

>>136226629
Does Kazumi ever get hammered? If Aqua freely drinks I don't see why he wouldn't, besides being the voice of reason.

>>136227286
He does. He steals Aqua's wine and replaces it with the cheap stuff.

>>136222509
She's pretty cute when it counts

>>136222660
>>136222509
>femdom

Leave.

>>136227536
Whats the drinking age in Japan anyway? I doubt underage drinking is as serious a problem as it is here in Burgerland, but I don't think I've ever seen a Nip character underage drinking before, even in delinquent manga.

>>136227655
You never seen those accounts of teens "accidentally" have a sip, or smell alcohol and become completely drunk?

>>136227655

It's 20.

>>136227734
I mean theres those things like with Dagashi this week with how Hotaru drinks fake beer and gets drunk as a joke or something, but not like "teenagers illegally drink on the weekends with impunity".

>>136222509
She'd just keep missing and not just because her INT stats are rock bottom.

>>136227840
I don't think they're allowed to show under-aged drinking

>>136226629
I read Aqua's dialogue in Amamiya Sora's voice

i didnt realize that Darkness has a six pack and a complex about it, no wonder she went batshit when kazuma said her abs were well defined

>>136229994
Yep. She has a muscle complex. Actually, one of the things I enjoy is that characters have more traits than their gag stereotypes. Everyone is quite unique.

>>136227655
its explain in the LN as ''dont compare japanese laws to the fantasy world''

>>136230087
i love how in every volume Aqua would run off randomly doing something amazing that would catch his attention

like her first time doing party tricks, her playing with the fish at Darkness's mansion, happily and skillfully gluing a picture that tore. Kazuma just watches fascinated and it always happens in the middle of something that was going on

>>136228354
And yet it showed in this anime

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>>136230919
and showed them being drunkards too
but hey at least they show the joy of labor after that hard work.

This is probably going to be the funny anime of the season.

Is Darkness the Crusader chick?

>>136225994
As someone who used to work on a farm let me tell you that after about half an hour you don't notice the smell anymore unless it is particularly bad. After an hour it seeps into your clothes though and you will stink of barn smell.

>>136232299
Yes

>>136226629
When aqua drinks, does it get purified into pure water as she drinks it?

On a related note, does she piss pure water?

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>>136222509

>>136232505
picked the fucked up

>>136232505
>rainbow barf
she some kind of unicorn?

>Aqua is a Goddess
>Calls herself "Megami" (if I'm hearing right)
>Megumin is a chuuni
>Everyone treats Megumi like a weird name when it sounds fine
>Megami and Megumin so close I'm surprised there aren't any Nip jokes due to stuttering/mishearing
>Darkness' name is fucking DARKNESS
>Nobody cares, and she's not seen as the chuuni one
I swear the naming conventions in this world made no sense

>>136232759
>>Darkness' name is fucking DARKNESS
actually her name is Lalatina

>>136232505
Picked up.

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>Everyone in this show is unlikable

>>136234374
>not liking their interactions
I'm actually surprised MC was not always flustered when he and Aqua is sleeping together every night on the shed.

>>136232759
>Darkness' name is fucking DARKNESS
Nice try Lalatina.

Also,
>Calls herself Megami.
We all know you're muscle headed, but a Goddess calling herself a goddess isn't exactly that strange.

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>>136232614
I'm going to say yes

>>136234374
>see only two relevant characters
>everyone in the show is unlikable
No need to project your own feelings into the show anon. It really is just you.

This show isn't nearly as bad as I thought it'd be

>>136234443
Aqua being so stupid pretty much kills his drive. It's like how Darkness and perversions turn off Kazuma, despite the 10/10 body. I guess one of the reasons he's more willing with Megumin is because her personality doesn't have the sorts of flaws that turn him off, despite the loli body.

>>136232759
>Nobody cares, and she's not seen as the chunni one
You do realize that they've made fun of the edgy name she picked for herself a bunch already right? Not to mention the first thing people asks her, is whether or not she is displaying due to her armor.

And there's nothing really chunni about how she acts; so I don't see why anybody should be viewing her as one. Megumin is obviously one just from appearance alone.

And Megumin's definitely a weird name. So I don't really know what you're talking about there.

>>136234551
Well there was her berserker tendencies. Remember how her first response to every insult was to ask for a fight?

She definitely toned it down a lot though.

So, if you had the chance to be acquainted with Aqua, would you ditch her like a plague or fembro it up with her, /a/?

>>136234802
She certainly mellowed out and got off her high horse real quick. I see no reason why I wouldn't hang out with the Goddess of partying and rainbow spew

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>All the Aqua bullying in the first volume
Doesn't anybody else feel bad when a girl cries? Even if she is a retard, she's experienced being swallowed like three times and was constantly being bitten at by alligators. It even says she's got some psychological scars after it. Poor girl needs a hug.

>>136234784
For him that's okay, it's not an actual turn off. Like Kazuma fucking loves to tease Darkness, embarrass her and everything, but whenever she goes into masochist mode, he pretty much begins to ignore her. Like the only thing that turns him off with Megumin is that she's a loli. Or when she actually seems willing. He has more fun sexually harassing her.

Now that I look at it, Kazuma seems happiest with a girl when he's harassing them somehow. Truly scum.

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>>136234802
Fembro.

Although her constant fatal stupidity is a massive turn off, she's pretty fun to be around.

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So dragon summoning exists. Kazuma would probably die a million times if he were tasked to retrieve this power.

>>136227655
> I don't think I've ever seen a Nip character underage drinking before, even in delinquent manga.

That's because there are very strict laws in place in Japan against it. Just like in Burgerland it's illegal to show someone drinking the alcohol in the commercial. The law gets really weird when it comes to depicting people drink in entertainment around the world.

Holy shit the LN is so much more fun that I thought it'd be. Currently on volume 2 and that fucking researcher diary scene was glorious.

>>136234894
I agree with you. However, you have to remember she's the constant source of most of the party's misfortunes, even if she's one of the MVPs when most conflicts are resolved.

>>136234879
She still has a bit of arrogance in her that doesn't disappear. Though her attitude is quick to shift, like say after being left in a dungeon core by herself.

She does mellow out a lot though. And she's usually the first to start worrying about Kazuma.

>>136234900
Right? After sexually harassing Chris multiple times, do you know what he does when he learns she's Eris? Stop doing it? Nope, he keeps at it, even amps up his teasing.

The man is truly a MC to love.

>>136235096
To be fair, upon a reread it actually isn't that bad. She definitely did causes fair share of their bad situations, but most of them were out of good intentions or were legitimately pay things she couldn't control.

Not to mention we are Redding from Kazuma's POV which paints a bias on events since he always assumes Aqua is at fault for his problems. Darkness and Megumin (as well as Kazuma himself) helps to make their lives miserable just as much as Aqua does.

>>136234551
>10/10 body
>well-defined abs on a girl

>>136235243
>definitely does cause a fair share
>legitimately things
>we are reading from
Sorry for all the cringey errors. I'm using an IPad, and it's horrible.

>>136235243
I have reread this several times, that's why I'm fond of Aqua now. She deserves a hug for her troubles, but it doesn't mean I'll forgive her transgressions one hundred percent.

I'm just sad I can't reread it anymore. At least there's a fanfic.

>>136228354
They can and do, it's just not done all that often.

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>>136235243
According to murrikan laws how much time would Kazuma spend in jail just for his sexual harassment?

>>136235469
>I'm just sad I can't reread it anymore
W-what, what happened?
The tone of your voice worries me.

>>136235588
>W-what, what happened?
THE DATA'S ALL GONE
It got DMCA'd

>>136235673
Just download the pdfs

>>136235061
As shitty as that guy was for doing all that. He was honestly a really good laugh, just from his diary alone.

Glad to hear you're enjoying it anon.

>>136235469
Oh definitely, they all deserve the stuff that's coming to them most of the time (except the female orcs for Kazuma, that was just legit fucked up).

Still Aqua ended up being my favorite after rereading the series; and I didn't particularly like her on my first read through. Never really had that happen to me before.

>>136235580
Dependent on the state. I believe most consider it a misdemeanor or a minor felony. Which I don't think realty in jail time in most cases though honestly that's not my expertise.

Been meaning to ask, but how long are the volumes? The only LN I've read was Yahari but I heard that was one of the longer ones.

>>136235588
>>136235673
At least we have the fanfic. Don't know how I'd survive my Wednesday without it.

>>136235727
Pretty short, each volume only has a prologue and six chapters. With individual chapter being of variable size, but by no means large.

It's a really simple read.

>>136235727
You can easily read everything that has been translated in two days.

>>136228354
Depends on the network.

>>136232418
Goddesses don't piss or shit, which is why they don't need to wear pantsu.

>>136235868
She looks a fuckton cuter then her LN counterpart. Maybe its because she was just kind of generic looking before, this design seems a lot more engaging.

>>136235905
Is she wearing pads there?

>>136235825
>>136235831
Sweet, thanks Anons.

>>136235673
This can't be real life.
Fuck me, is there any back ups or anything?
Is this Yen press being jews again?
WHY MUST THEY RUIN OUR LIVES SO THOSE FUCKING CUNTS

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>>136235905
>>136235905
I was actually fine with her design when I first saw it. But after reading volume 8 he face on the right just feels weird.

>>136235905
Look at that smug Chris.
It's tugging all sorts of boner simultaneously.

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>>136235972
You know that "fanfic" everyone keeps mentioning? Its the translations being resumed, just displayed as a "fanfic" to keep the translations going. Plus theres a mega for the pdfs, and Sky's fic is making steady progress on Volume 6. I only learned this yesterday too so I was in the same boat as you, but theres no need to worry

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>>136235991
Also, I said it before, and I'll say it again. These three need more comply scenes with each other. It's really fun having all three together at once.

>>136235972
There are plenty of download links in the archive anon. And once again, at least Sky has the "fanfic" now to mend our wounds.

>>136236051
>more comfy scenes

>>136236023
I'm conflicted personally, I like it but I don't recall a scene where she's particularly smug.

>>136235323
>not liking /fit/ girls you can trace your tongue around their abs
you're really missing out.

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>>136235972
???

>>136236044
>>136236051
Thank the gods.
Truly, Sky is god among men.

>>136235991
>>136235905
>cut on her cheek in anime
>no cut in LN
what?

New episode when? Hasn't it been a week already?

>>136236088
>don't recall a scene where she's particularly smug.
The scene where the goddess of luck didn't think Kazuma would be able to pass her luck check and steal her wallet?

>>136236044
goddammit anon, stop spouting lies. Sky's fanfic is his own work just like ovallord.

I'm quite surprised that they don't continue overlord under this guise as well

>>136236248
It's a nonprofit off thing. Some illustrations have it, some don't.

It's much larger in the anime version though. In the LN the scar is quite small.

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Marry/Fuck/Kill
Ignore the tiny Yunyun

>>136236325
>on and off thing
I'm getting really sick of having to do this.

>>136236321
I don't follow LNs whatsoever, what happened with Overlord? Same as here?

>>136236326
Marry Yunyun, befriend Megumin, fuck Darkness, bully Aqua

>>136236326
Marry stupid, fuck chuuni, kill maso.

>>136236326
Marry Chuuni, fuck Teabag, kill Maso.

>>136236373
Yen Press, those faggots that translate at a snails pace or never bother to translate it at all, picked it up.

sky got hit with DCMA's from the japs over gifting, so yeah pretty much the same thing.

>>136235994
i don't even know what this show is but who is this semen demon?

>>136236490
Someone that should appear in the next episode

>>136236044
Does he have .PDFs/.epubs up somewhere?

>>136236472
Why do they do this shit?
Don't DMCA cost money? If they are not going to translate it and leave it in indefinite hiatus limbo, what is the point of even DMCAing it? They are just throwing money away to ruin our days.
Do they even have a single financially smart individual there?

>>136236575
ctrl+f "mega" in some of the archived threads, theres no link here, but its there. I'm to lazy right now to fetch it for you, sorry bud.

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>>136235994
Holy shit, why is Chris so thick?
I can't tell whether to love it or hate it.

>>136236645
Sending a DMCA e-mail is free. The legal teams are paid whether they're doing things or not so why not use them even if it generates only 1 or 2 extra sales?

>>136236645
>>136236645
>Do they even have a single financially smart individual there?
in the event they do decide to put a sub par translator on it they can get a modicum amount of money after they buy the license, print the book, hire the translator, etc.

people doing shit for free and fun is bad for business when you can make a small profit.

>>136236687
she's best girl's disguise You can't help but like her.

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Wow what a great motivating advise

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>>136236697
>DMCA e-mail is free
What, you are calling dibs on something that nobody has possession towards, and taking their authority over the matter
Why in the hell is this free?
Am I just a retard who can't understand the subtleties of copyrighting?

>>136236873
A DMCA e-mail means literally nothing, you're free to ignore it if you want.
Don't quote me on that, though, I'm just as retarded as you are.

>>136236873
>>136236945
basically it's a cease and desist, it doesn't carry legal binding until lawyers get involved. If it gets to that point then lawyers will get the entire offending website and materials and persons involved will be sued/taken down.

>>136236873
It's a simple threat that a failure to comply may lead to legal repercussions (see: civil suing). DMCAs are sent according to a template that a legal team fills in the blanks on.

>>136236945
>>136237029
>>136237035
See, the point they made the effort to hire lawyers, they are already in the redzone.
If they want profit, they have to win it back with actually translating and selling the bullshit.
But those Yen press translate? No! they sit in front of their computers and spend their day sending DMCA to every fucking fan translation in existence.

>>136236873
>>136236945
>>136237029
>>136237035
The thing about the DMCA system is that it was drafted, voted on, and passed, by a bunch of old retards who knew shit about how the internet actually functions.

The current DMCA is basically a "we'll take your word for it" type of deal. Youtube is the most obvious means of seeing how blatantly retarded this system works. Along with zero foresight on how much it could be abused by corporations.

If you make a video with content in it, no matter how little it may actually infringe on anything or qualifies as fair use (a very grey area because nobody wants to risk a court battle to create a precedent); it can be flagged and it will be forcibly taken down. What's particularly stupid, is that the ones demanding the takedown don't have to prove anything. Even people who don't actually own the copyright can send a flag, because the burden of proof lies soley on the accused for some fucking reason.

This applies to stuff like fantranslations as well, (once again a grey area). Except it's even worse because there are no systems in place for a person to fight off a DMCA unlike Youtube (which actually has started doing so after a certain court resolved one issue).

To be fair most companies are only really aggressive with the DMCA's because of something called "abandonment". Basically if they are lax in "protecting" their intellectual property (IE sending legal teams after every anon on the internet and their mother), then their copyright ownership can be forcibly taken away.

But in the case like this it isn't really that, since there's no reason to believe a fantranslation would result in mistaken ownership or the like. It's just the Japanese not understanding how shit works, and are being retarded dicks again.

>>136237222
The lawyers are generally already hired, they aren't hiring them for each specific case. Most companies have a legal team they pay yearly and pay them the same amount regardless of the amount of work they actually have to do.

Also, with Gifting, it wasn't Yen Press that issued the DMCA, it was Kadokawa.

>>136237222
welcome to business, dry up the good, free, product. Then, replace it with yours that is available, might cost more, might be inferior in every way, and then watch those people buy it because it's the only thing left to enjoy the thing they previously had.

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>>136236873
>>136236945
>>136237029
>>136237035
>>136237222
>>136237360
>>136237369
Well that's enough legal talk for one thread in my opinion. The initial threads about it were depressing enough as is.

Now onto a more pressing question. Silver haired mischievous thief or silver haired pure Goddess; which do you prefer?

Also try to guess which one Kazuma prefers

>>136237742
Silver haired pure goddess. I dislike those thief clothes

>>136237742
Both.
All forms of Eris-sama is divine.

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>>136237873
What a coincidence, I would say the same.

That's basically Kazuma's answer to her too; though with the word "harem" mixed into there rather than divine

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>>136237873
>Damn, I shouldn’t had came back to this lousy place, I should had reincarnated back in Japan and lived the life of a rich man’s son.
>“Hey Kazuma, don’t get hung up on being embarrassed. There should be something you want to say to us right?”
>Aqua said with a mischievous smile.
>Could I change this useless goddess with that cute goddess-sama I just met?
>— I said this clearly to Aqua.
>“Change.”
>“How dare you HikiNEET! If you want to see that child so much, I will send you there right now!”

>>136235016
What if he wished for the power to give the demon lord a heart attack?

>>136237990
Didn't mean to quote, I'm an idiot

>>136237990
That was after jack frost right?

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Is vol 9 gonna be a Yunyun volume?

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>>136238120
I want to grab Yunyun's Yunyuns

>>136236326
I swear, is there 1 artist who does like 90% of all LN artwork or something?

>>136238120
i love she argues that she wants a boy rather than a girl as her child..she was quiet willing

>>136238168
You mean with the poses? They're parodies of other popular works.

>>136238238
I think he means the artstyle.

He really loves white hair.
http://www.zerochan.net/Mishima+Kurone

>>136238168
What do you mean? Are you saying it in terms of art style or how it's positioned?

Because all the covers are parodies of other series' covers.

>>136238120
I'm pretty sure it is a Yunyun volume. All material related to V9 has had Yunyun in it in some way or another.

>>136238078
Yes it was, his second death.

>***,791位/***,875位 (***,123 pt) [*,**1予約] 2016/03/25 この素晴らしい世界に祝福を! 第1巻 [Blu-ray]

Do you guys think we're gonna get sales higher than 4k?

>>136238120
Probably Yunyun+Megumin
>>136238325
Nope.

>>136238325
Of course not.

>>136232614
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgGOe9IJXQY

>>136238325
It will sell at most 3k

>>136238343
>>136238347

There might still be hope since the show has been ranking around 800 which is around 3k sales and they haven't even introduce the other girls yet.

Were Kazuma's parents really that heartless? Did they actually laugh at their son dying in the most miserable way possible?

>>136238325
As long as it properly promote the LN and the author gets his share of dosh, I would e rather satisfied.
It don't really look like a multiple season material, anyway.

>>136238514
>“I already told my parents plenty of times that I want a younger sister. And it must be a sister that is not related to me by blood, so they need to hurry up and divorce, and remarry with someone that has a daughter. That was the first time my parents beat me up.”
Kazuma deserved it.

>>136238454
Stop swimming in the Nile.

>>136238325
nope

maybe because best girl hasnt appeared yet

>>136238620
She won't appear in the anime.

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A pity skythewood hasn't reached vol 6 chapter 3, Aqua said a good line in it.

>You poor, lost hikkikomiori, don't be too hard on yourself... You not wanting to work hard is the society's fault, your terrible personality is your environment's fault, you being ugly is your gene's fault. Do not blame yourself, it's easier to push the blame onto others...

Help, I don't want to read anymore and reach the latest translated chapter.

I wish this was a long running shounen like GIntama.

>>136238658
That's another fun thing about Aqua, whenever she tries to say something kind, she always says the harshest thing possible.

>>136238658
I'm not sure if this advice is good or bad.

>>136238325
nope

>>136238658
>>136238751
Doubly funny because a lot of that also applies to herself.

Aqua and Kazuma insulting each other is usually hypocritical humor at its finest.

>>136238820
They are true bros

>>136238847
They are inseparable, bound together by fate and their hikkikomori nature
Aqua even follows Kazuma to his supposedly 'good ending'

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I want to marry Megumin and mistress her clan.

>>136238015
>not giving the demon lord smallpox or The Plague

>>136238926
>twintails
Please tell me we'll get to see this in the show.

>>136238957
Sorry anon.

>>136238270
nice

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>>136238926
The semen demon race.

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>>136238926
Dibs on the drills.
I dig those chuuni ojou-samas

>>136238957
Maybe if DEEN animates them as a cameo still shot.

>>136238926
Okay so wait, the farthest two on the left are Yunyun's "friends"; and the ones Megumin told to stop flirting with Kazuma. The farthest to the right is Arue, the one who sent Yunyun the story and got in a fight with Kazuma over it.

I'm pretty sure I'm right so far. So who is the one between Megumin and Arue? I don't think she has ever been mentioned yet.

>>136238957
Maybe we might be able to get an ova dedicated to the chuunis.
It will never happen

>“I heard that people will normally get married between sixteen to twenty
years old in this country, but it is fine to do so from fourteen! Yunyun and
Megumin are classmates, so she is fourteen right!? Then there is no problem!
Wonderful, simply wonderful! A blissful life not bound by laws! The joy of
not being a lolicon! This is the first time I’ve liked this world!! And what is
with the lot of you? You all have a thing for me? Jealous because I’m going to date Yunyun!? Then just spit it out, you bunch of Tsunderes!”
I love this bastard.

Is this going to become the next Dungeon where the only worth thing about it is the girl?

>that killing of a qt elf for 3 levels
>that almost death by snu snu
you know, actually the world of gifting is dark as fuck..

>>136239247
Aqua did say that it has a very high mortality rate. Tho world plenty dark if you look beneath all the comedy.
>male orcs raped into extinction
>Wiz is fine with adventurers and soldier dying
>A lot of people died against Dullahan and would stay dead if not for Aqua
>the spider mobile fortress
And more

>>136235991
>>136236248
Speaking of her scar, when someone asks about it in V8 she said she got it while fighting a Devil.

Maybe Aqua was telling the truth about Eris being really into purging Devils, Liches and other traditionally "evil" beings?

>>136239411
Is she a smitebot?

>>136239247
>>136239364
Not to mention a lot of the more subtle ones that are left unspoken.

>Only reason Axel isn't constantly attacked by monsters is because Wiz is there
>The implication being that everywhere else is constantly being assaulted by monsters, and the armies of the Demon King doing whatever the hell they want
>Something happened to Wiz, a famous adventurer who used to go around killing all the Demon King's bosses to turn into a lich and join the army she was slaughtering.
>There are nobles out there hoarding artifacts that cheaters from Japan without any idea of what they actually are. Leaving people more in danger, especially when you consider what these autists from Japan could and have done to mess up the world.

The Gifting story is really fun, but the setting itself is depressing as hell.

>>136239561
The autist that made Megumin's race did a good job.

I'm Eris cult, not Axis cult.

>>136239734
PADS

>>136239755
DON'T INSULT MY MEGAMI, YOU FUCKING AXIS NIGGER.

>>136239561
Don't forget all the sorts of monsters that have such clever ways of killing people.

>Rookie killer literally hunts newbie explorers.
>Mimics are whole rooms and not just a chest.
>Giant toads that literally swallow prey whole.
>Ghosts are common.
>Slimes are absurdly power

There's more, but fucking everything is dangerous.

>Darkness about to get married
>The family gets sent a letter stating that if they don't cancel then a terrorist is going to blow up the church with Explosion magic

This girl really is too best.

>>136240054
isnt there was also that one where it tries to be pitful then slowly plant some seeds into an adventurer and slowly dies?

>>136240054
Don't forget
>there are no newbie monsters in town of the beginning anymore

>>136240054
Don't forget the One-Hit-Bear

i really feel sorry for anyone who tries to attack the crimson magic clan,aside from being broken as fuck, they fucking trolls the fuck out of their enemies with chuuni like ''leave me alone and run my love''then teleport, makes a grandspeech then teleports....

>>136240245
Everybody hates fighting wizards for a good reason.

>>136240128
Yep, that was the one Kazuma killed, though I think it's more like it makes them feed her, while letting themselves starve or something like that.

>>136240054
Imagine if Wiz and Keele weren't actually nice people. Fighting against an opponent who is invulnerable to all physical attacks, and magical ones really only makes it tickle?

They are really damn lucky to be on Wiz's good side. If not for Aqua I bet the entire party would just die immediately if they met a hostile one.

>>136240054
dont forget the hydras in the ocean
and lizard runners who fucking tackles everything that is hard

>>136240054
>>Slimes are absurdly power
this. the way they describe that slimes enters the mouth then ravages the inside of its victim is fucking scary

>>136240245
Crimson Magic are literal retard, they were made by I-just-want-to-have-fun scientist and their ancestor were bunch of chuuni peoples.

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I love these tits.

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I'm in the middle of Volume 2 right now, and damn if Wiz isn't a total cutie. I also love the twist on standard Lich monsters but thats my inner /tg/ player talking. Keele was really cool too. I love how Aqua keeps being a retard trying to purge Wiz
>Wiz pleads Aqua to purify the cemetery every now and again
>Sets up a holy barrier
>Ghosts EVERYWHERE
Goddamnit Aqua you and your brain problems

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>>136240368
I'd worship a goddess who looks like that and wears no underwear

The more I think about it, the harder it is to tell whether her tits are just being animated so poorly because its fucking DEEN, or whether they actually read the LN and thought "Gods don't wear underwear right? So we have to animate her going commando". With what happened in Phantom World I don't know what to believe when it comes to animators and female anatomy.

>>136240371
Vol 3 was literally the best arc period.

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>>136240371
Keele was a cool guy

also for once aqua wasnt an ass towards an undead

>>136240371
We weren't joking when we said that half of the shit happens because of Aqua.
>>136240367
They are retarded but extremely stronk

>>136240371
This series is really great if you're into /tg/ related stuff honestly. Rather than video game RPG stuff like the people who shout out "SAO clone!" think; Gifting reminds me more of the classic DnD style.

It was really cool hearing a story like Keele's where he turned into a Lich in desperation to protect his loved one rather than the "lol I want to be evil and have unlimited power" like a lot of people who roleplay act.

Aqua is a wonderful goddess. Would worship.

>>136240502
>Gifting reminds me more of the classic DnD style.
Kazuma also uses skills just like a /tg/ PC would unlike other characters that fight like a MMORPG

>>136240502
This and Grimgar and definitely giving me stronger tabeltop vibes then traditional fantasy MMO ones, which is great because shit like Log Horizon or Overlord are cool and all, but I love that we're getting back to basics a bit. And I'm definitely stealing some of these characters (either Wiz, Keele, Aqua, whomever) for if I run a game. They're too good not to use.

>>136240471
>wears no underwear
Why is that not more common? There's Saki, but that's about it. Usually it's a one-off that's played for laughs.

>>136240471
It seems like a deliberate decision to animate them loosey goosey. It's wonderful.

>>136240483

I drew my sword in the darkness and slashed at the small humanoid monster that came at us after detecting our presence!
“... Hmmm, I don’t know what this is. I can see the shape, but not the color, so I can’t tell. Hey, you know what this is?”
The corpse of a small humanoid monster was on the ground.
Aqua looked at it and said:
“This is a low tier demon called Gremlin. The magic in dungeons are thicker than the surface, so weak demons like this appears
sometimes.”
I see, there was this name in the list of monsters I might encounter, given to me by the guys at the guild.
… I suddenly noticed something.
“Nah, let me ask you, can you see really clearly in the dark?”
Hearing my question, Aqua said with an ‘obviously’ expression.
“My vision now is no different in broad daylight. What is it?”
……
“So when we were sleeping in the stables together, you saw everything?”
“I didn’t see anything. Because when I hear the sound of fap fap fap, your back was facing me.”
“... Thank you for your mercy Aqua-sama.”
The scent of the Gremlin might have attracted other monsters.
And so, we left that place.


Can't wait for this shit being animated.

>>136240502
also i gotta hand it to this

the all ''near town monsters have been already killed by murderhobos'' or that ''all male orcs has been extinct due to being hunted'' and that orcs became more humanoid because of interracial breeding was a good touch

>>136240483
Kazuma is probably going to have some issues with that in a future volume. Though funnily enough with Eris instead of Aqua this time.

He mentions he got his mask from Wiz's shop, but doesn't actually mention Vanir or Wiz. Which might be a bad idea considering Aqua "kill every undead in sight for being an affront to the gods" claims Eris is even more extreme than her with that.

>>136240576
Right? I remember my DM mentally weeping whenever a guy in my group used a simple skill to bypass a couple hours worth of trouble.

Kazuma is basically that one player you think is gonna be useless the whole adventure; but ends up completely derailing how it's supposed to go.

>>136240664
>''all male orcs has been extinct due to being hunted''
I thought it's because all female orcs rapes them until they're dying.

>>136240665
His use of magic is specially good. earth+wind and water+freeze stronk. Using freeze to stop a certain guy from drawning his sword just like in the Gladiator movie was awesome

>>136240717
well they were doing that because of the male orcs being killed and killed so they would fight over a male orc

>>136240664
It definitely shows that the author took the time to actual world-build to a degree. I can't tell you how many series I've been disappointed with that really lacked that basic concept.

Gifting has an interesting world with some neat plays on the classics. Not to mention that it is never really random but usually ties into some other previously mentioned part of the world.

It's obviously not the most amazing setting to exist, but it's neat to see that some work and creativity actually went into it.

>>136240772
Apparently he wants to learn some golem creation skills soon. I can't wait to see what shit he could pull with that (though he mainly wants to use it as a maid).

Master of none characters have always been my favorite because of stuff like what Kazuma does.

>>136240798
i think that most of the mentions of the monsters are subtle, heck even shit like Wiz having a adventure team that was wipe out was casually said.

>kazuma trying to ,maryy off darkness because of how her mind works
he can be a good guy

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>Kazuma bumps into Keith and Dust
>Goes drinking with his bros
>That entire fucking conversation about Succubi
>Please take me with you
I have a feeling I'm in for quite a ride

>>136240775
Ah that makes a sense.

Wouldn't it be enough for Aqua to kill him to get back?

>>136224368
No screen time.

>>136240980
i like how kazuma weighted his options
a dream about his 2d waifu oneesan or bonding with his team mates. But too bad aqua has to cast a holy barrier

>>136240980
Still on volume 2 anon?

>>136241039
He was killed by certain winter monster. He met Eris, and decided to be reborn as an older brother with little sister. But Aqua yelled Eris to bring him back and Megumin blackmailed him if he didn't go back she would did something terrible to his body.

>reading volume 8
>Aqua and Kazuma alone segment
>expecting fun banter
>instead get heartwarming chat, and Kazuma spending a paragraph telling Aqua how they can HELP the Axis cult just to make her cheer up

Help guys, I think I'm actually starting to ship this.

>>136234894
She had it coming after looking down on dead nipponjin all the time.
That said, it seems she grows fond of her past experiences over time.

>>136241102
I mean, even Aqua kill him. She would never go back until Demon Lord ded.
That scene is the proof for that.

>>136241154
cant blame you, when kazuma was freed from the almost rape, he unexpected cling on aqua because he felt unease and aqua not minding it and letting him on

>>136241071
Yeah, I keep popping back in the thread and seeing if its still active, though I guess I should calm down with the live posting, but so many bits in this series are great. I was hesitant about reading a LN since it seems like really low-tier reading material, but holy hell if it isn't fun

>>136241039
Kazuma specifically has to kill the Demon King to stop the whole system in the first place.

I believe if he dies in the process, then she would still be considered part of the item pool and simply reused for another Cheater in Japan. Similar to the other artifacts. At least that's my assumption (otherwise it means she's just become attached to him).

Literal used goods so to speak.

>>136241222
LNs are just like junk food.

>>136241237
Would use her everyday.

>>136241222
Gifting was fun LN.

>>136236326
Marry Tiny Yunyun Megumin, fuck Aqua, kill Darkness if you can.

>>136241222
Feel free to keep at it, I know a lot of people are avoiding the series because they have the same impression. It's always good to see a series surpass someone's expectations, no matter how minor it may actually have been.

>>136241254
Honestly this, though it's junk food you actually have to take time to savor compared to Manga junkfood.

Manga you can just binge eat and be done with it pretty quickly. LNs are a bit harder just because there's more to actually take in.

Still both junk food though.

>>136241039
In the later volume we learned that the cheat items are left behind by the transported people, with Eris trying to get the items back.Suffice to say Aqua is staying behind until the Demon king is dead.

Why is she so baka, /a/?

Still waiting for those Aqua doujin scans ;_;.

>>136240483
Most people tend to forget that Aqua is actually benevolent. She's just lazy most of the time, but won't hurt people and will do her best to help, even if she does it poorly.

>>136241222
i think gifting is really is a light read, it doesnt take itself seriously nor it diverts from the tone it had from the beginning/.

>>136241360
>>136241386
Fanart already? That's actually pretty fast, didn't expect that for this series at the very least.

First she gets a doujin pre-anime release, and now she get's fanart in less than a week. Aqua really surpassing expectations here.

Also random Wiz picture from the LN artist, just because I haven't seen it posted before.

>>136241440
It's her dump stat anon, God probably thought she was fine enough without INT to do her job while he was doing the character creation.

Remember when those stats actually had actual relevance in video games? Like Fallout making it so that your character wouldn't be able to talk properly if your INT was too low. Good times.

>>136241508
That's darkness, anon.

>>136241544
It is one of the few cases the nips got comedy right.

>>136241440
Because bakas are adorable.

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>>136241560
And the pic didn't upload for some reason. Nice.

Wiz needs more art in general.

>>136241440
She's bulliable.

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Best cat when?

>>136241560
speaking of stats

its very casual that aqua does a leap then punch the ground cracking in her first encounter with Wiz or that she manages to almost catch up to Crimson clansmen with body strength magic.

>that megumin sister killsteal
goddamn, this fucking clan

>>136241544
I'm fine with series talking a tone or genre shift, it's just too many of them do it poorly that I end up really disliking it.

Negima was an example of a really good genre shift. Going from harem shit romantic comedy, to harem shit battle shounen. But it did so gradually, and at a very natural pace; but also had some really essential foreshadowing in the beginning to make the shift jarring.

Too many series fail to do that, and the transition from light to grimdark seriousness just becomes silly. With many of them doing it solely for the purpose of doing it as a twist (or as some say, Shamalalalah-ing it).

I'm glad Gifting never takes that route.

>>136241356
For a LN, I would rank Gifting a lot higher than most. The characters are surprisingly well characterized, where I can tell the difference from one character to the next, the world is interesting and not so irritating with stupid ass rules or customs, and most of all, the mc is a blast. If there's one thing 90% of LNs fail at, it's having an interesting mc.

>>136241600
That's an official drawing by the LN artist. He seems to drawn a pic for each day before the anime aired.

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is this a brothel

I genuinely wish I could die and be reborn in a fantasy world.

>>136241742
>shift less jarring
Well that mistake really fucks up what I was trying to say.

>>136241771
That's definitely true, far to many try to be "relatable" and make the MC a pair of trousers.

I'd take an interesting and well-fleshed out character over being able to relate to them any day.

It's like people forget why characters become remembered or iconic in the first place. It's not how much you empathize with them, but how much you are compelled by them.

I doubt many people related to fucking Darth Vader to make him this famous in the public's mind.

>>136241895
Do it for Aqua.

>>136241895
Throw yourself in front of a truck

>>136242013
I'd rather for Eris

>>136242045
>>136241869
Aqua has the best body.

>>136242045
I can't tell if the blonde titty monster is either smug or embarrassed

>>136242079
Eris is a failure.

>>136242079
Well then heretic, have fun with that.

This pad worshiping blasphemer needs to be drowned in a toilet to meet his Goddess!

I wonder what type of voice Ai Kayano will use for masochist knight. She's got a pretty great range

>>136242115
Combo of both, she's likely getting turned on/embarrassed from being stared at.

The girl's standards for her fetish are kind of confusing. On one hand she was genuinely enjoying everybody watching her get assaulted by a tentacle monster. but on the other she started freaking out once her clothing was starting to fall off.

She's just really weird even for an M is what I'm saying.

Link to the LN? I'm on a shitty phone so searching the archive is damn hard

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>The one barging into the guild was Wiz who was wearing an apron on top of her black robes, who seemed to be in the middle of work.
>From her dressing, she looked like a girl that came to help in the distribution of emergency food rations.
>When the adventurers saw Wiz…
>“It’s the shop owner!”
>“The impoverished owner is here!”
>“Shop owner, thank you for taking care of me in my dreams!”
This goddamn series man

>>136241771
Scumzuma really is a fun MC
>>136242203
https://mega.nz/#F!gUACkAiK!4R0sjp5clcYndCr6IkwxIg

>>136242222
>“Shop owner, thank you for taking care of me in my dreams!”
Absolute madman

>>136242203
>https://mega.nz/#F!gUACkAiK!4R0sjp5clcYndCr6IkwxIg

I can sympathize with that, had that happen to me too many time's myself. Remember to also download the drama CD off of Sky's site.

>>136242233
Thanks anon

>>136222509
Is this series actually good? I thought it was a generic reincarnation series that's popular recently, but reading through the thread it seems actually fun.

>>136242118
>>136242133
Fuck off, Axis cult.

>>136242285
>>136242233
Now you make me want to read it. I just hope bad things don't happen, at least not serious bad things.

>>136242203
Vol. 1: http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4041010209/

>>136242302
The type of comedy is similar to Korean Zombie desu car.

Are panties and bras not a thing in the fantasy world?

>>136242336
Korean Zombie's LN isn't as fun as the anime desu senpai.

>>136242361
They are, but goddesses have reached a level beyond that.

>>136242285
Shit that reminds me I never got past the second chapter of that drama CD yet.

>nopan
This is a goddess I can get behind.

>>136242336
It reminds more of Monty Python

>>136242302
Out of everything that's aired so far it's one of the best, which isn't saying much.

>>136242302
>“So he is the criminal as expected. He is a tall man with bulging muscles.”
>I said unwittingly as I took the survey forms from Megumin…
>“...Hey, wait, what do you mean by ‘as expected’, why do you know
something like that? Were you secretly worried for me and investigated, even
though you keep saying it is troublesome? Is Kazuma a Tsundere?”
>Aqua said with eyes full of anticipation.
>“No, the first day we came to this city, I met this guy by chance in the hot spring saying ‘That damn cult is finally going to be destroyed. The work in destroying the secret hot spring is complete, the progress in the other hot springs are also proceeding smoothly. Now, we just need to wait. For us who have long lifespan, waiting a decade and two is no big deal.’... Wahhh! What are you doing? Stop!”
>After hearing what I said, Aqua started strangling my neck!
>“Why didn’t you say so earlier! If you told me earlier, I wouldn't need to work so hard!”
>“Hey stop it! I’m here to bath in the hot spring and recuperate! Why must I be dragged into troublesome matters all the time?! Why would I plunge my head straight into trouble!”
>“This man finally admitted it! Don’t you have any pride as an adventurer?! No matter how you looked at it, that is the scene of the demon king army scheming!”
>“Aqua, I will hold this trash down, beat him up good!”
>“Hey, wait, stop! You really want to go!? Don’t blame me for not holding
back!”

It's pretty great in my honest opinion. I really suggest you give it a try, it really isn't as bad as it may first appear.

>FLYING CABBAGES AND LETTUCES
holy fuck thats over the line

Is Aqua useless?

>>136242461
Cue the chunni mage getting her mana drained, the masochistic crusader getting her face muddied, and the Goddess of water getting hit with a freezing spell.

It's almost like poetry.

>>136242495
She is very useful but she is a frequent source of trouble that makes you wonder if it's worth it.

>>136242607
>makes you wonder if it's worth it.
And the answer is yes.

>>136242495
Depends on the situation really, over-powered as hell when fighting high leveled undead, yet completely useless at basic things like making tea.

She's a mixed bag really, but she definitely helps out quite a bit when she needs to.

>>136242470
Good source of $ and exp

Why is Komekko a qt? Komekko is much better imouto than Iris right? especially at that part where she gives her bread to Kazuma

>>136242887
Because she's a kill stealer

>>136242887
She's a literal cat eater though. That poor demon kitty has some serious trauma due to that girl.

>>136235721
The orcs are just fucked up in general.

>>136243086
How can you say that of poor Swatinaze, a young and energetic 16 year old orc!

>>136242495
She is still an overpowered healer, which translates to overpowered undead killer.
She's also lazy and dumb.

Cant wait for the eldritch lich to make its apperance

They are going to cover the NTR trope with the dirty old man right?

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Yunyun a cute, really hoping volume 9 ends up being her volume.

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>>136243913
And these two are always great together.

I honestly don't know who to ship with Kazuma anymore since I really do like them all.

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>>136234374
> complains about everyone in this show is unlikable
Not every MC has to match your own feelings.
This is why anime industry has gone to shits. Cancer like this want some mary sue MCs which they can relate and self insert to

>>136243959
i cant hate the girls
they have their quirks that are cute as fuck and their bickering are really fun

We need more material before we can /tg/.

>>136237949
Kazuma is truly a man of great taste.

>>136242336
Conveniently the show has the same studio/director.

***,964位/**1,106位 (***,122 pt) [*,**1予約] 2016/03/25 この素晴らしい世界に祝福を! 第1巻 [Blu-ray]

They are stuck in bombville.

>>136248134
i dont get it

>>136241869

Love hotel, broseph

>>136248134
>No budget
>10 eps
>Deen
Gee, I wonder why

>>136248317
11 episodes + OVA actually.

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Are we only getting Chuuni mage next week or will there be some ROCK HARD CRUSADER ABS as well?

>>136242045
>no abs despite bein confirmed canon
Shit.

>>136249046
That's some bad posture

>>136248155
Ask yourself this, is this show a magic battle harem school?

>>136249228
oh now i get it

>>136249046
>chuuni
I don't think this applies here

>>136248317
>>136248958
WHY ARE YOU NOT SUPPORTING THE MARKET! WHY DONT YOU SPEND 100 BUCKS FOR TWO SHITTY QUALITY EPISODES!

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>>136222509
who cares about the baka goddess

explosion soon

>>136249441
They better put all their budget for the episode into that explosion, too.

>>136249561
it would be funny if all the explosions are high quality as fuck draining all the budget.

We see as Eris as a competent person with common sense which Kazumaa is attracted too, so im betting in the future hes gonna see her go yandere level batshit crazy whenever she sees a devil/undead and lose some interest in her. Cause every character Kazuma interacts with has some flaw somewhere, which makes it hilarious

>>136249625
I'm hoping it's a beautiful, well animated explosion so high quality that every time they need an explosion they reuse the animation.

>>136248134
>DMCA
>sales are shit
>QUALITY
JUST

>>136249625
>>136250068
Im hoping that they understood the way of explosion

I want to drink with Aqua.

>>136250649
This is the best option

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Would travel with them?

>>136251651
>attracting monsters with a campfire
would not travel

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what a drunkard

>>136251651
Yes, if you remove Aqua and replace it with Eris.

>>136249273

You can be chuuni even if you have magic powers. Stuff like saying a long, complex chant when none is necessary, saying the source of your power is a dark evil power you sealed away (when it's just perfectly normal magic), that sort of thing.

And of course, giving yourself a ridiculous nickname.

>>136249625
>>136250068

It's going to be CG right? So it shouldn't be a problem.

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>>136252381
What if a ridiculously long chant is the main/only way to cast your magic?

>>136251651
Sure! I mean, what could possibly go wrong?

>>136241254
And this one has one of my favorite flavors in it, so I ate it up.

>>136242336
Minus the yuri baiting.

>>136248958
>OVA
Now this is new to me.

Dullahan's behavior makes a lot of sense once you remember that Wiz is protecting that town

I was very worried when I found out Deen was going to do this, but it didn't turn out so bad.

Whats the name of that fake fan-fic site the LN translations got moved to?

>>136254355
>fake fanfic
what are you saying m8
the translations already got DMCA'ed
its obviously just a fanfic

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>>136238751
She's pretty damn wise sometimes.

>>136254355
http://178.62.254.166/node

>>136242268
Oh shit, I made the relationship between that line and the succubus service.

>>136240054
>Mimics are whole rooms and not just a chest.
Wait, when did a Mimic appear in the story?

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thief bros adventures are one of my fav parts of this series.

>>136254432
It sounds good out of context, at any rate.

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>>136255165
Indeed, just change Kazuma's name for your own or someone else, it's a pretty good advice.

>>136255013
I want more spoilers about vol 6!
When did Iris become Kazuma's imouto?
Will she appear more often vol 7&8?
and why does he wear a mask?