Genjitsu Shugi Yuusha no Oukoku Saikenki Episode 8 Discussion

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Aug 22, 2021 8:10 PM

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Luxeraph said:
The explanation he gave as to why they got modern looking ships seems flawed to me, we didn't make iron ships till the industrial age not because we had no means to propel such a heavy ship but because there was no need, wooden ships fared quite well agaisnt arrows, ramming and cannon balls, plus producing and working so much iron was hard and expensive.

Also the way they're building that road just looks wrong, trees obstructing visibility(could have been placed a bit farther away from the road), no drainage and a bit wasteful with the placement of lights(too many, it's not a city street), but maybe thats just the anime to blame due to the artists lack of knowledge.

And I'm guessing that last scene is to set up one of the biggest issues with great leaders, not knowing how to delegate and everything crashing after they're gone, otherwise like someone pointed out, the whole dissaster would amount to filler.

The road was a bit wrong- they did do sloping and drainage, but a true road starts several feet deeper than they showed, with a gravel and sand MacAdam fill, over which you lay the concrete, brick or rock surface (asphalt/"blacktop" is actually Asphaltic Concrete). I guess with Earth magic it's easier to make flat topped rock, so that makes sense.

N.B. the capitalization of MacAdam is because that word for the modern road design came from the Scottish engineer John Loudon Macadamia, who invented the modern road building design that made it possible to build roads quickly.

Aug 23, 2021 6:36 AM

#52

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The more you look, the worse it gets.

Aug 23, 2021 6:12 PM

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Abredon

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bastek66 said:
The more you look, the worse it gets.

You're right. The anime artist really channeled M.C. Escher on that frame.

Aug 23, 2021 6:20 PM

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What a tragic yet great episode!
But that ending was really good, to show the reality of things.
Can't wait for the next episode.

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Aug 24, 2021 1:57 AM

#55

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First trash episode.

The kingdom is full of unemployed refugees but the king needs to put his elite army (not very big) to build the roads and humiliate the officers to mix dirt. Good way to get a coup.

Apparently the roads are getting built in only one place.

They have TV broadcast magic but send birds with the messages. But only the elves. The humans send the princesses as the messenger birds.

The elves live for 1000 years at the same place but a landslide is absolutely new event for them.

Standing surrounded by the carts and horses: "what is the other way to travel aside of teleport and walking".

It is interesting that his personal army has no cavalry.

Apparently an elf buried in dirt (not in a room buried under dirt) can breath for 24 hours.

An elf is crying at the table in the room where two kings meet to talk.

A hero teaches the forest elves how to listen to the forest and ways of nature.

A hero melts down in front of the princess about not stockpiling the resources the ravaged country doesn't have. Why? To show his "vulnerable side"?

Aug 25, 2021 5:52 AM

#56

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Cool worldbuilding in that dragon+battleship, how tech evolves in tandem with their particular magic system.
Fun learning about roadbuilding, even ward trees designed around ecosystem, animals to migrate freely.
Episode's quite rushed, could've skipped kui & other minor points to pace better.
Been floods & landslides in many countries recently, quite apt to explore disaster relief planning. Tho mc's weighing too much on himself on the frontlines, he should manage people & departments instead. Ep3 exactly foreshadowed landslides, but mc didnt blame the uncle for refusing thinning, nice that he explained it's not fullproof either.

Aug 26, 2021 3:00 PM

#57

AlMiraj

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daaaam
that was a bit of drama

i really want to see power struggle between king and dukes

Aug 27, 2021 6:23 AM

#58

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In this episode i cringed hard, what was supposed an emotional scene didn't deliver any weight to me, not sure if because of direction or acting or that it should have taken a little more of the episode to buildup. I read the manga and i really like the angle of the story but this production unfortunately seems to present Souma as a little too generic MC in which his weakness is that he's not good enough [LIGHT SPOILER] while later in the story his attitude pushes him closer and closer to a breaking point and to losing his self and fuse with the kingdom. [END OF SPOILER] I haven't read the novel but i think that this is a case where the transposition loses enough to degrade it into a generic isekai. Political tension and buildup takes the most time to do and a different attitude to storytelling, maybe it's this the challenge of having too few episodes to do justice to the tone and to get the 12th episode to the point in the story it was decided.

Aug 27, 2021 7:51 AM

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I like stories, but daaamn, people are shooting holes into this anime's weak points lol

Oh shit I didn't realize this was my 169th post, nice.

KentuckenityAug 27, 2021 7:55 AM

Sep 10, 2021 11:12 AM

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Leo

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That was really sad with the whole landside. :(

Sep 17, 2021 4:42 PM

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Servant x Service ... but as an isekai harem!

Oct 2, 2021 8:32 AM

#62

tofei

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I think he's being harsh on himself even after his speech about nature going on it's own course while "mankind" just riding along on that said course, and besides he can't do everything, every time, limited resources, unreliable logistics, disaster management and contingency planning, and all the other shite.

You see there's no need to wonder where your god is,
Coz he's right here! ...and he's fresh out of mercy.

Jan 17, 2022 9:27 AM

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This episode shows that Souma isn't some kind of Mary sue that some people would think of. With his hands already full with a lot of things including food shortage, he overlooked natural disasters. So I'm interested in how will he solve this problem in the future episodes.

May 3, 2022 9:39 AM

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Magito said:
This episode shows that Souma isn't some kind of Mary sue that some people would think of. With his hands already full with a lot of things including food shortage, he overlooked natural disasters. So I'm interested in how will he solve this problem in the future episodes.

in anime i have never seen mary sues just chars that are OP, mary sue has no flaws + OP just being OP doesn't make1 a marry sue

May 3, 2022 9:55 AM

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Magito

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Sugram22 said:

in anime i have never seen mary sues just chars that are OP, mary sue has no flaws + OP just being OP doesn't make1 a marry sue

Yeah. I don't why some would think he is.

May 3, 2022 10:05 AM

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Magito said:

Sugram22 said:

in anime i have never seen mary sues just chars that are OP, mary sue has no flaws + OP just being OP doesn't make1 a marry sue

Yeah. I don't why some would think he is.

i meant in any anime, included this, animes don't do mary sues they just do OP chars

but hes not even OP just smart and realist

Sugram22May 12, 2022 10:36 AM

May 3, 2022 10:59 PM

#67

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Sugram22 said:

Magito said:

Yeah. I don't why some would think he is.

i meant in any anime, included this, animes don't do mary sues they just do OP chars

Yeah...I see what you mean.

Jun 2, 2022 2:41 AM

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First a potential tsunami and now a landslide, Souma truly has helped a lot there and shouldn't blame himself for not being able to prevent natural disasters.

Aug 11, 2022 4:46 PM

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Vysarine

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Very good lesson about how nature doesn't need to be protected. We just try to manage it to suit our needs. Hope the chief's niece survives.

Souma learning the painful truth that no matter how prepared you think you can be, disasters can still happen in spite of prevention or even from a mistake in planning.

Aug 28, 2022 6:18 AM

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Kaede site foreman being all strict even to Hal was elegant, Giving their constructions some explanations and the technicality is a bit helpful in making it more believable but why were the roads so zigzagged

Oh some drama supposedly relating to Aisha and her hometown first time seeing her break down felt bad for that, That was unexpectedly devastating arriving with 100 death count half of the village is overwhelming

I thought Souma gets affected if one of his puppets gets destroyed or something, Blaming himself for lack of preparation dude I know you're the gigabrain king and all but he's going to burn himself out if he tries to be so omnipotent but chasing perfection does make you excellent glad Liscia is there to support him MAYBE a HUG or a comforting dialogue would be helpful.

Jan 9, 2023 7:45 AM

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Yeah, Kaede understands what king is doing really well..
A lot of things can be done to improve quality of life.. Prevent deaths.. But they are endless.. But if you feel you didn't take into account appropriate time and resources into some areas.. Look up your budget, resources, look, what can and can't be done, Souma.. I think I don't feel like relationships with dukes aren't moving too much either.. You tell you dedicate lots of stuff in that direction.. Not like it's your fault.. But things to do are endless..

May 7, 2023 7:06 AM

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The fact that Souma is kicking himself this hard for making such an honest and well-intentioned mistake, and the fact that the deaths of even a few people that are only tangentially related to his own mistakes, is a sign that he's a truly great ruler.

Jun 24, 2023 2:32 AM

#73

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Souma heard the landslip at the elves forest and dispatched his army to help with the rescue.

Aug 23, 2023 4:07 PM

#74

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i like this episode

Dec 4, 2023 7:56 PM

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Damn, I hooe the landslide problems get taken care of soon

Jan 15, 2024 12:27 PM

#76

waldy713

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This series has been great so far. Enjoying it.

Dec 15, 2024 6:27 AM

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PrimeX

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Now he's dealt with search and rescue and disaster relief lol they're gonna cover everything there is in running a country huh

Dec 22, 2025 5:59 PM

#78

TakeiT

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This time they tackled a pretty serious and realistic topic, but, as always, it was presented in a rather superficial way.

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