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    • ZehdZ
      Zehd Premium Member @Garion
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      @Garion Can't you just imagine the picture? All those winged horses, winged deer, griffons, the flying rabbit..

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      The thought just came to me after that scene in the intro to the new season.

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        Philip-h5 Premium Member @hiroto
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        @hiroto said in Ascendance of a Bookworm - anime discussion:

        Here is an interesting challenge. What scene could this be within the context of P2V1 - P2V2?

        Most likely the image is the first time Myne gets to go to the library and someone is complaining about no lunch.

        When alternate realities collapse into one, beware the moving train tracks.

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        • AlexUsmanA
          AlexUsman @hiroto
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          @hiroto said in Ascendance of a Bookworm - anime discussion:

          What scene could this be within the context of P2V1 - P2V2?

          I bet that's her face when she is said by Benno to stay quiet during "Lutz future" talks.

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            cosm1cfall
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            So I'm bad with estimations and I haven't followed the developments with the anime. What's the likelihood the anime surpasses what JNC has translated? How many volumes does part 2 have anyway if we're at vol. 4/x? Is this 2nd season 2 cour?

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            • LurkingMcLurkL
              LurkingMcLurk Member @cosm1cfall
              last edited by LurkingMcLurk

              @cosm1cfall said in Ascendance of a Bookworm - anime discussion:

              So I'm bad with estimations and I haven't followed the developments with the anime. What's the likelihood the anime surpasses what JNC has translated? How many volumes does part 2 have anyway if we're at vol. 4/x? Is this 2nd season 2 cour?

              Many of us here think this anime will only adapt half of Part 2 while J-Novel Club will finish Part 2 in mid May for members baring any delays, so the only way the anime overtakes is if there are major delays with translations and the anime rushes the hell out of Part 2. As far as we know from BD information it's only one cour.

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              • jcochranJ
                jcochran Premium Member @cosm1cfall
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                @cosm1cfall said in Ascendance of a Bookworm - anime discussion:

                How many volumes does part 2 have anyway if we're at vol. 4/x? Is this 2nd season 2 cour?

                I believe that "season 2" will only cover the first two volumes of the 2nd arc. Major reason is because the 1st and 2nd cours were ordered at the same time and the opening scene of the 1st episode looks to be a bookend with a matching bookend at the end of P2V2, framing the story shown between two matching bookends.

                Also for that reason, season 2 ought to be a single cour.

                Morning and Mourning sound alike for good and sufficient reasons.

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                • LurkingMcLurkL
                  LurkingMcLurk Member
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                  I liked how they spent about half of episode 15 covering side-story chapters instead of just rushing full speed into the Part 2 material.

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                    DjinnFor Premium Member @LurkingMcLurk
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                    @LurkingMcLurk Yeah I was concerned the anime was going to cut a lot of material like the pound cake tasting ceremony and the negotiations between the High Priest and Mynes family, but the way the episode was scripted, it was almost a recap episode without actually being a recap episode. I would have preferred they showed the High Priest negotiating with the High Bishop about Myne a bit more, as it stands it feels like a plot hole for the High Bishop to just take what happened last episode sitting down.

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                    • hopebestmanH
                      hopebestman
                      last edited by hopebestman

                      The ending art Ferdinand and Myne. Myne looks like older in this art. Is this from one of the future volumes?

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                      8 parts, 8 weeks to read a book, than binge read the same book within' 2 hours again.

                      Myne: Did we deceived him?
                      Ferdinand: Indeed we did.
                      Myne: *surprised myneface

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                      • ZehdZ
                        Zehd Premium Member @hopebestman
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                        @hopebestman Not only does Myne look older, Ferdinand look (much) younger. This is a fan-pic, they've been doing different fan-pics at the end of each episode IIRC. Different artists use different styles.

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                        • Libri LiberorumL
                          Libri Liberorum Premium Member
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                          Should we perhaps have a separate forum for discussing the anime in the light of what is in the LNs, so that those of us who have read the LNs can discuss the anime without spoilers for those only watching? There is a risk, however, that this would suck all the life out of this forum, if 80% of the people here have read the LNs. I suggest keeping it out of the 'members only' section and therefore considering anything beyond the latest published LN as a spoiler.

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                          • Rahul BalagganR
                            Rahul Balaggan Staff @Libri Liberorum
                            last edited by Rahul Balaggan

                            @LIbri-Liberorum

                            Better to have all the anime discussions in this topic, if users want to make comments on future events that will happen based on LN knowledge they can just use a spoiler tag.

                            If users are commenting about LN be anime scenes there is no real need for a spoiler tag.

                            Honestly seems like it will be confusing at this point to have 2 separate topics, one for people who read the LN and one for users who haven’t. Especially since we didn’t do that from the start of Season 1.

                            Of course if it becomes an issue and users really want it we can come back to your idea.

                            Sorry but J-Novel Club does not publicly comment on any potential licensing decision or acquisitions.
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                            • xdrfiredogxX
                              xdrfiredogx Premium Member @LurkingMcLurk
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                              @LurkingMcLurk said in Ascendance of a Bookworm - anime discussion:

                              @cosm1cfall said in Ascendance of a Bookworm - anime discussion:

                              So I'm bad with estimations and I haven't followed the developments with the anime. What's the likelihood the anime surpasses what JNC has translated? How many volumes does part 2 have anyway if we're at vol. 4/x? Is this 2nd season 2 cour?

                              Many of us here think this anime will only adapt half of Part 2

                              Some, yes. Many is more questionable.

                              It depends on how much weight you put into the idea that more would only come if they thought they could sell more books. That's a big part of what makes production committees work but not the only factor.

                              For now I'm just happy that their derpy little faces are back again. And amused that the new episode makes the advice to ignore the shorts hard to adhere to.

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                              • LurkingMcLurkL
                                LurkingMcLurk Member @xdrfiredogx
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                                @xdrfiredogx said in Ascendance of a Bookworm - anime discussion:

                                It depends on how much weight you put into the idea that more would only come if they thought they could sell more books. That's a big part of what makes production committees work but not the only factor.

                                I don't mean that we won't get a third cour in the future, what I'm saying is that in 11 weeks we should have only finished half of Part 2.

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                                • xdrfiredogxX
                                  xdrfiredogx Premium Member @LurkingMcLurk
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                                  @LurkingMcLurk Yeah, that does seem to match the pacing so far.

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                                  • hirotoH
                                    hiroto
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                                    The opening of S2 is pretty weird to see Myne running, running and running. That is so out of character of her.

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                                    • b.scot.morganB
                                      b.scot.morgan Premium Member
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                                      Ever since I first read about Otto calling Myne "Benno's Goddess of Water" in the LNs I have wondered what Gunther's reaction to hearing that would be. In the anime Otto said it to Gunther himself but it seemed that Gunther didn't understand the reference.

                                      I can't help but think that this ignorance is the only reason Otto is still breathing, and maybe Benno, too. I don't think Gunther would react well at all to having anyone say such a thing about either of his precious daughters. Otto sure likes to live dangerously!

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                                      • Libri LiberorumL
                                        Libri Liberorum Premium Member
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                                        The architecture of the temple is a little strange (first shot after the opening credits in Ep 2). Presumably the view we get is from the commoner side of town. There is a big flight of stairs up to big doors, but evidently a couple of floors are below the level of the main (commoner) entrance. It seems reasonable to presume that the big doors are on the level of the main ceremonial space, so unlike Western churches/cathedrals, this space does not encompass the full vertical height of the building.

                                        Minor spoiler about what aspects of the temple are going to be plot relevant follows. No spoiler if you've read light novel part 2 volume 1.

                                        spoiler
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                                        • JustaidanJ
                                          Justaidan Premium Member @b.scot.morgan
                                          last edited by Justaidan

                                          @b-scot-morgan said in Ascendance of a Bookworm - anime discussion:

                                          Ever since I first read about Otto calling Myne "Benno's Goddess of Water" in the LNs I have wondered what Gunther's reaction to hearing that would be. In the anime Otto said it to Gunther himself but it seemed that Gunther didn't understand the reference.

                                          Otto explained the reference as merchants use to Gunthar in the LN. Gunthar was initially annoyed/worried that Myne was causing problems by making too many new products when Otto was complaining about the work that was causing before Otto clarified it was a great, but busy, situation to be in.


                                          Right so that opening symbolism is a bit on the nose isn't it?

                                          Definitely putting this in spoilers for everyone just in case.

                                          spoiler

                                          Also, the subtitles for the anime are absolutely terrible. "Someone who lets their mana run berserk" is translated as "a loose cannon". Those imply completely different things!

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                                          • alfonso_rd_36A
                                            alfonso_rd_36 Member @Justaidan
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                                            @Justaidan said in Ascendance of a Bookworm - anime discussion:

                                            @b-scot-morgan said in Ascendance of a Bookworm - anime discussion:

                                            Ever since I first read about Otto calling Myne "Benno's Goddess of Water" in the LNs I have wondered what Gunther's reaction to hearing that would be. In the anime Otto said it to Gunther himself but it seemed that Gunther didn't understand the reference.
                                            

                                            Otto explained the reference as merchants use to Gunthar in the LN. Gunthar was initially annoyed/worried that Myne was causing problems by making too many new products when Otto was complaining about the work that was causing before Otto clarified it was a great, but busy, situation to be in.


                                            Right so that opening symbolism is a bit on the nose isn't it?

                                            Definitely putting this in spoilers for everyone just in case.

                                            spoiler

                                            Also, the subtitles for the anime are absolutely terrible. "Someone who lets their mana run berserk" is translated as "a loose cannon". Those imply completely different things!

                                            It's Crunchyroll... what did you expect...

                                            I for one am glad that it wasn't "Funimation" who got it... they might have canceled it on episode 3 of season 1

                                            I wanted to have a witty signature once I saw some of the ones some guys on the Bookworm forums had but None of the ones I thought felt witty enough...
                                            The solution: Fuck it, I'll go Commando!

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