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[KingofSomething]

It explains why no one wants to do it, it doesn't explain why it isn't better compensated or seen as more necessary. You'd think in a world where humanity and friends are constantly at war with everything the constant pervasive threat to the food supply and everyone's wife/mother/sisters would punch higher than it does. Hell, they even juxtapose Goblin Slayer single handedly saving a village from 20+ rapegoblins against a bunch of adventurer teams pooling resources to raid a gold mine because a not-purple worm and a bunch of slimes took up residence. The big worm that eats rocks in a gold mine is wildly ignorable as far as threats go, even if everyone goes for the higher paying job they should be self aware enough to see that what Goblin Slayer was doing was probably more useful in the big picture.

I think the issue is that goblins are usually more of a problem for bumfuck nowhere villages who can't actually afford good help. While the rockeater is eating money and the mine owner has the cash to move some asses.

But mostly I think the author fucked up a little on how much of a threat he wanted these little rape machines to be. They have to be disgusting enough to earn GS' rage and dangerous enough to always be decent threat, but the story also wants them to be insignificant enough that people are willing to ignore them for other quests despite being horrid little monsters. It's a tricky balance. Still like it though

 

[Oddjob OTP]

I think the issue is that goblins are usually more of a problem for bumfuck nowhere villages who can't actually afford good help. While the rockeater is eating money and the mine owner has the cash to move some asses.

But mostly I think the author fucked up a little on how much of a threat he wanted these little rape machines to be. They have to be disgusting enough to earn GS' rage and dangerous enough to always be decent threat, but the story also wants them to be insignificant enough that people are willing to ignore them for other quests despite being horrid little monsters. It's a tricky balance. Still like it though

I'd say the problem exists because it relies on being low magic medieval but there's apparently no feudal government. There's a king and there are governments shown in medium+ cities but there is apparently no one that has a financial stake in making sure farmers remain unraped and losing out on several harvests because a half dozen farming villages got wiped out this year is irrelevant to the economy for some reason. Does taxation just happen on the honor system? I think it's a fun story but the actual world building is paper thin even if you ignore the "2 gods playing DnD" angle.

 

[Betonhaus]

I'd say the problem exists because it relies on being low magic medieval but there's apparently no feudal government. There's a king and there are governments shown in medium+ cities but there is apparently no one that has a financial stake in making sure farmers remain unraped and losing out on several harvests because a half dozen farming villages got wiped out this year is irrelevant to the economy for some reason. Does taxation just happen on the honor system? I think it's a fun story but the actual world building is paper thin even if you ignore the "2 gods playing DnD" angle.

1. its a fantasy world, don't think about it too hard
2. it could be a parallel to real world politics where cities make decisions for the region, but those decisions are fully self serving with little regard for the countryside

Undead Unluck is strange, but should be fun to watch. Gore, Romance, and a naked buff guy? what more could you want?

 

[WelperHelper99]

I'd say the problem exists because it relies on being low magic medieval but there's apparently no feudal government. There's a king and there are governments shown in medium+ cities but there is apparently no one that has a financial stake in making sure farmers remain unraped and losing out on several harvests because a half dozen farming villages got wiped out this year is irrelevant to the economy for some reason. Does taxation just happen on the honor system? I think it's a fun story but the actual world building is paper thin even if you ignore the "2 gods playing DnD" angle.

The world is built around Goblin Slayer. That's its foundation. Always has been. Medieval Doom Guy avenging his sister while his friends teach him to smile again. The world itself has always kinda been built up as it's gone on. Personally I don't mind it, because as long as Goblin Slayer keeps saving villages and tearing Goblin assholes a new one, I'm fine with it. It's a story that I could keep reading for 50 years and never get enough. And that's something you don't get much anymore. A hero that has his values, stands his ground, and keeps bringing the goods each and every chapter.

 

[KingofSomething]

I'd say the problem exists because it relies on being low magic medieval but there's apparently no feudal government. There's a king and there are governments shown in medium+ cities but there is apparently no one that has a financial stake in making sure farmers remain unraped and losing out on several harvests because a half dozen farming villages got wiped out this year is irrelevant to the economy for some reason. Does taxation just happen on the honor system? I think it's a fun story but the actual world building is paper thin even if you ignore the "2 gods playing DnD" angle.

I don't disagree with this, Kagyu does skimp on the world building for the sake of adventure. Dude doesn't even give anyone real names. He tosses out enough lore to keep the plot moving and keeps it at that. Huh, guess he really did write out a dnd campaign

Undead Unluck is strange, but should be fun to watch. Gore, Romance, and a naked buff guy? what more could you want?

I need to give it another go. I was reading the manga and quit part way because that arc's villain was boring the shit out of me

 

[Oddjob OTP]

1. its a fantasy world, don't think about it too hard

The story isn't a political one, sure, but in order to make the people who give the people who give Goblin Slayer shit in-universe not look like retards you have to make their view consistent with the logic of the universe. And it's not, the depiction of most of the non-goblin threats since the dungeon near the capital got closed is a bunch of random monsters jobbing. It says the other adventures are doing big shit while Goblin Slayer fucks around killing Goblins but is bad about showing it.

2. it could be a parallel to real world politics where cities make decisions for the region, but those decisions are fully self serving with little regard for the countryside

Cities don't care either. The guild sort of cares but is mostly just supporting adventurers and connecting clients to parties outside of more regional events where they have some sort of war chest to throw at things. Villages just are anarchocapitalist communes that pay taxes and give conscripts to the king who doesn't protect them from anything less than civilization destroying threats. And apparently they pay the king directly, no one short of the king seems to have a financial stake in villages existing and he apparently doesn't care.

And because it's not a political story the baseline of plausibility is low. Just take some generic feudal pseudo-England, replace the Eternal Frenchman/Viking/Irishman with the forces of chaos, and replace the local gentry's militia with the Adventurer's Guild and the setting would be fine. The actual setting of Goblin Slayer makes less sense then that.

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

Another of the illogical things in Goblin Slayer is why parties are even traveling into dungeons, and why they are just strutting there like it's a fucking office building. This type of behavior is justifiable for DnD players/video game characters, but people legit risking their lives would probably do everything before stepping into a literal murderhole, probably smoke them out first.

 

[Betonhaus]

Another of the illogical things in Goblin Slayer is why parties are even traveling into dungeons, and why they are just strutting there like it's a fucking office building. This type of behavior is justifiable for DnD players/video game characters, but people legit risking their lives would probably do everything before stepping into a literal murderhole, probably smoke them out first.

If you bitch hard enough the authors might retcon in a convoluted backstory that explains everything.

 

[BScCollateral]

The story isn't a political one, sure, but in order to make the people who give the people who give Goblin Slayer shit in-universe not look like retards you have to make their view consistent with the logic of the universe. And it's not, the depiction of most of the non-goblin threats since the dungeon near the capital got closed is a bunch of random monsters jobbing. It says the other adventures are doing big shit while Goblin Slayer fucks around killing Goblins but is bad about showing it.

I wonder if the point of the story is a society's priorities get screwed up. Football stars get paid more than firefighters, even though everyone would agree providing entertainment isn't as important as pulling someone's butt out of a burning building.

 

[Scarlett Johansson]

Witch Hunter Robin is severely underrated. Slow? Yeah kinda. Still great. Next on the list is Gunbuster, followed by Record of Lodoss War.

Having not gotten into DBZ, did it start with DBZ and then DragonBall is a prequel? Or was it always Goku starting out small and then boom big strong saiyan?

 

[Kari Kamiya]

Having not gotten into DBZ, did it start with DBZ and then DragonBall is a prequel? Or was it always Goku starting out small and then boom big strong saiyan?

It's always started with Bulma coming across a young Goku in the countryside.

 

[HodgePodgeRogerDodger]

Another of the illogical things in Goblin Slayer is why parties are even traveling into dungeons, and why they are just strutting there like it's a fucking office building. This type of behavior is justifiable for DnD players/video game characters, but people legit risking their lives would probably do everything before stepping into a literal murderhole, probably smoke them out first.

I’m pretty sure it’s been explained, but the previous Empire still sort of exists and the organization that are continuations want the shit in the dungeons. Goblin Slayers Group is basically a strike group to take out high value targets or unfuck areas that aren’t worth high value assets being lost.

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

I’m pretty sure it’s been explained, but the previous Empire still sort of exists and the organization that are continuations want the shit in the dungeons. Goblin Slayers Group is basically a strike group to take out high value targets or unfuck areas that aren’t worth high value assets being lost.

Meant it more that it's like sticking your dick into the hornet's nest rather than the easier and safer solution of either collapsing the tunnel or smoking the goblins out

 

[KingofSomething]

I've been on a bit of an otome genre kick for a change of pace from the shonen-esque stuff I usually read and I've been enjoying myself. One of them I've particularly enjoyed was Nokori Ichinichi de Hametsu Flag Zenbu Heshiorimasu (With One Day Left I'll Break All the Destruction Flags). The main character gets sucked into the villain role 24 hours before her life goes to shit and is speedrunning to fix all the problems before she's locked into a bad end. It's a short read too, only 16 chapters

Another of the illogical things in Goblin Slayer is why parties are even traveling into dungeons, and why they are just strutting there like it's a fucking office building. This type of behavior is justifiable for DnD players/video game characters, but people legit risking their lives would probably do everything before stepping into a literal murderhole, probably smoke them out first.

The gods are also treating the world like DnD campaign complete with spawning in monsters just to be a dick, so take that as you will

Meant it more that it's like sticking your dick into the hornet's nest rather than the easier and safer solution of either collapsing the tunnel or smoking the goblins out

He would but High Elf Archer banned GS from doing that among other things because those are anti adventure tactics

 

[HodgePodgeRogerDodger]

Meant it more that it's like sticking your dick into the hornet's nest rather than the easier and safer solution of either collapsing the tunnel or smoking the goblins out

I mean Goblin Slayer literally goes to that as his first solution and his party moralfag about the morality of it because “what about the hostages”, “this seems like a warcrime”, or “the God I’m aligned to is against curb stomping goblin babies”.

He literally has flooded and smoked out Goblins before, but most of the dungeon raids are either “advanced goblins are infesting a city sewer find out how”, go into a ruin to recover a VIP from goblins while everyone else is fighting Demon King army remnants, save a VIP from being corrupted and turned into a living sacrifice for the Goblin God, or literally save an inexperienced party.

I think prior to Elf, Lizardman, and Dwarf from joining GS and Priestess literally smoke out a Goblin nest using Priestesses force field to ensure they can’t escape with Goblin Slayer using crossbows to funnel them to the force field trap.

 

[Tomboy Tuti]

I just watched Redline and I dont know why I really didnt like it. I like sped racer, I quite like racing movies but this was just dollar store sped racer with some gimmicks. Ngl animation was fucking fire though, I wish I got to see more of that.

Edit: Also very liberally inspired character designs, main guy is just Elvis, the four armed dude is taken from Spirited Away, Captain Voltron gives a lot of comic Homelander vibes.

 

[The Demon Pimp of Razgriz]

The most illogical thing about Goblin Slayer is the fact that they keep sending women on Goblin Hunting raids. Especially newbies. Its a known fact that women are used by Goblins as breeding stock, so any woman captured will be used to breed more goblins, only exacerbating the problem. But they keep sending them anyway, then act shocked when women get raped and produce goblin babies. You've even got entire female only parties taking on goblin nests, despite the risks of what will happen should they fail.

Sorry for the double post:

He would but High Elf Archer banned GS from doing that among other things because those are anti adventure tactics

He literally has flooded and smoked out Goblins before, but most of the dungeon raids are either “advanced goblins are infesting a city sewer find out how”, go into a ruin to recover a VIP from goblins while everyone else is fighting Demon King army remnants, save a VIP from being corrupted and turned into a living sacrifice for the Goblin God, or literally save an inexperienced party.

Another thing is that, a lot of the time, Goblin Slayer's more "efficient" solutions to the Goblin Problem actually end up causing more harm than good by damaging the surrounding the environment. Since he's so focused on just destroying Goblins, he doesn't seem to care about any particular collateral damage he may cause.

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

In Goblin Slayer I got to the episode where the resurrection spell is used. Did the resurrected character bone both those girls or what? They kinda grazed over the specifics.

 

[Space Police]

I just watched Redline and I dont know why I really didnt like it. I like sped racer, I quite like racing movies but this was just dollar store sped racer with some gimmicks. Ngl animation was fucking fire though, I wish I got to see more of that.

I have to agree. Redline was pretty mediocre for me even though I'm a big racing fan. It felt too much like watching Cars but with 2D animation, different racecars, and none of the charm -- keep in mind I love Cars.

 

[Betonhaus]

The most illogical thing about Goblin Slayer is the fact that they keep sending women on Goblin Hunting raids. Especially newbies. Its a known fact that women are used by Goblins as breeding stock, so any woman captured will be used to breed more goblins, only exacerbating the problem. But they keep sending them anyway, then act shocked when women get raped and produce goblin babies. You've even got entire female only parties taking on goblin nests, despite the risks of what will happen should they fail.

Third wave feminism. Woman are equal to men and you're a chauvinist pig if you say otherwise.