Villainess Level 99 - Anime Discussion
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Wait, isn't this normal, though?
The question Yumiella will never get to stop asking herself...
Oh, the proposal! I'd forgotten about that proposal 🤣
sigh I miss the days Yumiella was that smart.
she already reigns supreme over all the girls in the academy.
Its the Rule of Drillhair - the person with the most full turns per drill has the highest social status, no matter how obsessed with croquettes they might be.
Eleanora: bird noises 😁
So, we're about three scenes into Chapter 2 (of 7) and at a rough guess, we really are doing the full cour on Volume 1. To be fair, one of the criticisms of the original first book was:
@rkkn said in Villainess Level 99 Act 1 Discussion!:
Also, I love this story, but I do have one complaint. It frequently lacks detail/elaboration. While all the events are great, they're often sort of skimmed over.
So its probably not that surprising that the anime is padding scenes out again rather than cutting things down further!
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Volume 1 Yumiella is best Yumiella (though I'd say her decline starts right about the time Ryuu hatches), so no complaints from me if they spend the whole season on volume 1.
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Did anyone else watching episode three get the feeling they were playing animal crossing from the background music?
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..is it just me, or did Alicia get a lot more willing to ask before jumping to conclusions than in the LN?
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@TheGrimLich said in Villainess Level 99 - Anime Discussion:
..is it just me, or did Alicia get a lot more willing to ask before jumping to conclusions than in the LN?
It's not just you. See https://forums.j-novel.club/post/334528
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Well, her communication skills are level 99, if nothing else.
...Sadly, the same isn't true of the Capture Targets...
Ed: State Secrets! To be shared only with my closest associates and any cute girl I've known for a few days!
All students: Stunned and lightly traumatized by Yumiella's levelling technique
Yumiella: Yep. Nailed it!Yumiella: "Did you see anything?"
Patrick: "No Ma'am! I didn't see you trying to play with a cat again!"Ed: "Oh, I knew Yumiella isn't the Demon Lord. Like fuck was I going to defend a woman I knew to be innocent from false accusations levied by two of my close personal friends, though!"
By my count, that was 8 sugars Ronald took in his tea...
Patrick: "I'm Patrick Ashbatten."
Yumiella: "...I didn't ask. Anyway, levelling up..."Patrick: "Wait, don't..."
Yumiella: "I'm sorry, I couldn't hear you over the noise of the Great Idea I was acting on multiple times!"https://forums.j-novel.club/topic/6701/omnibus-builder
https://forums.j-novel.club/topic/5745/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-omnibus-editionsThe Primal Desires: Food, Sleep, Sex, StroZero, Hypnotism, and Awayuki Kokorone.
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@kuali said in Villainess Level 99 - Anime Discussion:
By my count, that was 8 sugars Ronald took in his tea...
Been awhile since I read the manga, is Ronald secretly the Bug from Men In Black?
It's nice to see Best Boy Patrick arrive to play the straight man.
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@kuali said in Villainess Level 99 - Anime Discussion:
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By my count, that was 8 sugars Ronald took in his tea...Patrick: "I'm Patrick Ashbatten."
Yumiella: "...I didn't ask. Anyway, levelling up..."Patrick: "Wait, don't..."
Yumiella: "I'm sorry, I couldn't hear you over the noise of the Great Idea I was acting on multiple times!"Yep. I counted ’em, too, even as the Gakuen-cho and Yumiella began to speak again. EIGHT sugar cubes; it’s amazing 1) that he could even taste the tea over the sugar, and 2) hadn’t already developed insulin resistance or something....
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William, Edward, and Oswald are that most hated type of RPG player - Killstealers!
Patrick "If you were the demon lord, the world would have been wiped out by now!"
Even Yumiella has to concede that one!Game Yumiella "I've fallen to the Dolkness..."
Did Yumiella just lose Rock Paper Scissors 2-0 against her own magic?
Yumiella "I know, what if I torture all our classmates? That's got to count as motivating them, right...?"
Ooh, an apology from the heroine! That's something of a departure from the LN's version of the scene... Though the Prince still deciding to go off on Yumiella for things that were, ultimately, not his business is much the same. At this point, it looks like the side effect of making Alicia nicer is making Edward more of an arsehole.
Aw, see how wide Yumiella's grin was at the end there? It was almost wide enough to be level with the inner edge of her eyes!
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This time Ronald only put three sugar cubes in his coffee... that we know of.
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@Outinthegardener said in Villainess Level 99 - Anime Discussion:
that we know of.
^--- all this....
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@kuali said in Villainess Level 99 - Anime Discussion:
Did Yumiella just lose Rock Paper Scissors 2-0 against her own magic?
Yumiella doesn't get many chances to lose at anything.
Alternatively: Yumiella just won 2-0 at magic jankenpon against herself.
@kuali said in Villainess Level 99 - Anime Discussion:
Ooh, an apology from the heroine! That's something of a departure from the LN's version of the scene... Though the Prince still deciding to go off on Yumiella for things that were, ultimately, not his business is much the same. At this point, it looks like the side effect of making Alicia nicer is making Edward more of an arsehole.
I really like the alternative take on Alicia.
Yumiella's totally going to traumatize her dungeon training, though. Hopefully that won't be the end of Good Alicia, though, otherwise all of this additional characterization will have done nothing except make her later behavior Yumiella's fault.
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Yumiella: "I've been practicing controlling my strength by not bending this!"
snapThat was very reassuring, Yumiella, thank you! 🤣
They're like a wild beast and a beast tamer? ...Yeah, that checks out.
Pretty sure Alicia and Yumiella sitting down for a mostly normal chat about magic wasn't in the books...
Yumiella: "I'll do my best!"
Patrick: "NO! Anything but that!"Yuimiella: "My sword's starting to crack! Gotta do something... um... oh, I know. Kuma Punch!"
Crowd: stunned and confused
Patrick: "...Where did she even get a glove puppet from...?"Yumiella: But I haven't decided how big a Black Hole to use yet...
Yumiella: smiles shortly before casting magic
Patrick: hidesSo, double checking Vol 1... In the novel, the conversation between Yumiella and William didn't involve William apologising for doubting Yumiella. But it did involve her laughing at him for being 'only' level 20. On a similar note, no apology in her chat with Oswald, either.
https://forums.j-novel.club/topic/6701/omnibus-builder
https://forums.j-novel.club/topic/5745/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-omnibus-editionsThe Primal Desires: Food, Sleep, Sex, StroZero, Hypnotism, and Awayuki Kokorone.
Item Diaria Apothecaria legi debent.
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@kuali said in Villainess Level 99 - Anime Discussion:
So, double checking Vol 1... In the novel, the conversation between Yumiella and William didn't involve William apologising for doubting Yumiella. But it did involve her laughing at him for being 'only' level 20. On a similar note, no apology in her chat with Oswald, either.
These, along with the talk between Yumiella and Alicia, were both in the manga. So the anime really does seem to be following the plot of the manga rather than the LN.
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Yeah, everyone except Ed appears to be much better in this version. Ed, however, appears to be just as toxic as he is in the LN... which is, as the kids say, wack. It's good to see Alicia looking for help, and it's good to see Yumiella's advice (or at least the not-weird-even-by-our-standards parts of it) taken seriously. Like, "Try and think of memories of light and how it made you feel" is good advice for a soft magic system.
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Yumiella: "I don't think I'll ever make a friend..."
Eleanora: "Yumieeee! Let's spend more time togetherrrr!"
Yumiella: ...She doesn't count.Yumiella How old does my mother think I am?
Well, if she's still 21 years old, you have to be a little girl, right? 😉Yumiella: "Patrick and I are just acquaintances. I'm sure that's how he feels, too."
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Episode 8 was funnier than the previous 7 episodes put together. Ryu is the slapstick, Yumiella is the dry sarcasm, and Patrick is the straight man. They're the comedy Avengers! Also seeing Eleanora be so positive about getting chomped is some best-girl stuff.
I loved Ryu's little pajama hat! Such a simple sight gag, and so darn funny.
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Just watched last episode. I am quite sure that they are not planning to make second season. :(
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@Sekki Honestly, that might be for the best. The season we got covered the novels' strongest arc (Volume 1), while integrating the improvements from the manga (like the improved Alicia). I think anywhere they went with a second season would end up as a disappointment...
https://forums.j-novel.club/topic/6701/omnibus-builder
https://forums.j-novel.club/topic/5745/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-omnibus-editionsThe Primal Desires: Food, Sleep, Sex, StroZero, Hypnotism, and Awayuki Kokorone.
Item Diaria Apothecaria legi debent.
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@kuali said in Villainess Level 99 - Anime Discussion:
@Sekki Honestly, that might be for the best. The season we got covered the novels' strongest arc (Volume 1), while integrating the improvements from the manga (like the improved Alicia). I think anywhere they went with a second season would end up as a disappointment...
True. I found first episode to be very good but then it started to deteriorate. Ending feels rushed. I like LN. LN improved alot on WN. WN felt kinda disjointed but LN fixed that.
