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| So this show has cults...yikes. We still got a lot of focus on Livia and living her life. I think this show really wants us to get invested into her character. On another note, I do like the way this show adapts a balanced lighthearted and mature tone. Some characters just can't help but cause trouble in public. |
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| After getting fired from the detective agency, Livia finds herself homeless once again. As she goes for a meal at the usual soup kitchen, she is approached by young volunteers. Invited by them, Livia visits a facility belonging to a cult religious group called World's Branch Hillclan. |
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| Livia is truly a trouble magnet. |
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| Livia just can't get a break, but nonetheless swims through life effortlessly |
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| Seems like Livia's OP senses protected her from the brainwashing. Still Livia living on the streets is something worrisome hopefully she finds something where she doesn't have to live on the streets. Still it's nice to see she stays optimistic. |
| 13:00 is this loss? |
| Now that I know that Livia has all of her powers that she had in her world I think she'll be fine even if she's homeless and somewhat gullible because she can always escape as she did in this episode and the last one. While Sara wasn't shown much here it sounds like she may go to school in the next episode and I'm looking forward to watching the antics that will arise from that. |
| Livia is quite literally that unemployed friend at 2pm on a Tuesday. |
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| Ok, so I was a bit iffy on the homeless bit, but with this cult stuff it just seems like this anime will make a habit of taking terrible things that real people suffer from and turning them into lighthearted jokes. Like, it's appropriating misfortune with understanding about as deep as a puddle, just saying haha, isn't that funny and weird. It's obviously not the worst thing I have ever seen, but if this continues being a pattern, that's sort of low-key gross. I'm getting some really weird vibes from this whole thing, like the original creator is not all that empathically bright. I'll give it one more episode, but I do not have high hopes. |
| I watched this with x4 playback speed and it was bearable at the very least. 🤣🤣🤣 Hinamatsuri was great, but this... the homelessness and actual story makes their predicament being delivered in a hilarious but negative kind of way. I kinda feel bad watching Livia in that state, if the author wants to have some kind of sympathy towards her, man, it's working, but it's rather annoying to force us to make us feel like that. It's rather ingrating. Anyway, I hope they won't make fun of homeless people anymore in this series. |
CrazyButNot4UApr 18, 3:26 PM
| It's not that I dislike this genre but... to add unnecessary fan services to/in/for heroines and ultimately destroys her character and personality; their purity tarnished because of it, is the only thing I hope to not happen to them. For that sole purity is my fan service. |
| One of the best anime of this season. |
| ラーメン食いに行こうぜ～ |
| Though I thought the blond-haired girl was the protagonist at first, the silver-haired girl was the one, right? |
| She's playing a little too much Yakuza lol |
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| So it seems like this show is going to consistently take pretty dark themes and twist them into jokes, which considering it’s written by the Haganai author, isn’t that surprising. This week we get Livia taken in by a cult which was definitely an experience. Livia may have got out of it thanks to her magical abilities, but people irl aren’t as lucky. These groups prey on the vulnerable and then brainwash them. Like I can’t believe that dude stabbed himself! It’s a good thing Livia has her same abilities and was able to heal him, but that opened another can of worms because now they think she’s their saviour 😂. If she’s got all her abilities from the old world though, she should be good going forward. Seems like Sara will be going to school starting next episode too?? |
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| That 3D animation was hilarious, gave me some Bocchi vibes at first. |
| Pretend there's something flashy and cool here. |
| Well that sure was something. What a shitty con cult. |
| Let's promote that good homeless life! Livia is the best at it 😂 |
Reply to Moppit
@CrazyButNot4U @Dawnlit So your both saying if a anime is going to show cults and people being homeless. They should be more authentic about it?
| @Moppit I guess more authentic is a way of putting it. It's not that I think every harsh situation should be treated with no humor at all, but this thing just dismisses the harshness completely. There is no hint of the existential dread in either of those life situations (or any of the others, like sex workers or people in failing marriages). Like, the main homeless guy turned out to just be homeless because he chose to, or whatever, and none of them are shown to actually suffer or be discriminated against or anything. The story just uses the aesthetics of homelessness for the sake of lighthearted comedy. The same with the cult. We are talking about a brain-washing bleed-them-dry-and-use-them-for-slave-labor kind of cult, bad enough for a desperate person whose life was ruined to try and take his life to prove a point. And it was played for laughs. Like it was no big deal. Like, the cultists are not there because of repeated mental abuse and tragedy in their lives, but just because someone, lol, put subliminal messages in videos, haha, isn't that silly. And given her distinct character design, the cult leader is pretty much guaranteed to be a returning character, and I have a feeling this shit-show is going to try and turn her into a sympathetic character, and, like, yuck. No thanks. I guess my problem is that none of the situations are too over the top, so it's not like the silliness of Konosuba, which contains jokes about pretty much the same things, but at the same time it lacks the courage and insight to actually touch on the difficulties of people failed by society, and makes light of their pain, making it feel like what you are supposed to laugh at is their life situations, themselves. It feels like a tour of the unfortunate peoples of modern society but as a lighthearted romp. It feels voyeuristic, gentrifying, and lacking in empathy for other people's suffering, or just lacking in basic humanity. It feels like how a rich sociopath thinks of poor people. So, in other words, pretty gross. Sorry about the rant, but I hope this makes my feelings clear. |
| Did they seriously put Ode Of Joy in this episode. I was laughing so hard lol |
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| Will this whole anime be about showing Livia-san the worst of our human world? Or making herself miserable...didn't like it, neither the way the topic was treated nor the episode itself, didn't laugh at all, and that's difficult, I've seen terrible anime. |
falko92Apr 19, 6:33 AM
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| I'm really enjoying how funny this anime is. Losing it over the post-credits scene. |
Reply to TemporalUsername
Disgusting bug eating. I guess it shows how starved the homeless in this world are.
| @TemporalUsername Eating bugs is actually a thing in japan. If you go to a japanese grocery store you'll find shelves with dried crickets and stuff. |
It's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. |
| Had to enjoy a full episode about our fap worthy Livia san XD |
| This was my favorite episode so far. Good job team. |
| The problem isn't the story, the more lighthearted it is, the better, people virtue signalling even on fucking MAL are weird as hell. The problem is that Livia is the most boring character archetype imaginable, and every moment wasted on her is an insult to Sara, who's actually entertaining to watch. |
鬼に逢うては鬼を斬る 仏に逢うては仏を斬る ツルギの理ここに在り |
| I like Livia a lot, but because of my filthy brain I can't help but think in any moment someone will try to do something BAD to her :s btw I'm sad, we only got to see Sara for like 10 seconds :c |
Sorry if my english is bad (っ˘▽˘)っ~~~ Btw, cry about it. |
Reply to dxtremecaliber
Dawnlit said:
@Moppit I guess more authentic is a way of putting it. It's not that I think every harsh situation should be treated with no humor at all, but this thing just dismisses the harshness completely. There is no hint of the existential dread in either of those life situations (or any of the others, like sex workers or people in failing marriages). Like, the main homeless guy turned out to just be homeless because he chose to, or whatever, and none of them are shown to actually suffer or be discriminated against or anything. The story just uses the aesthetics of homelessness for the sake of lighthearted comedy.
The same with the cult. We are talking about a brain-washing bleed-them-dry-and-use-them-for-slave-labor kind of cult, bad enough for a desperate person whose life was ruined to try and take his life to prove a point. And it was played for laughs. Like it was no big deal. Like, the cultists are not there because of repeated mental abuse and tragedy in their lives, but just because someone, lol, put subliminal messages in videos, haha, isn't that silly. And given her distinct character design, the cult leader is pretty much guaranteed to be a returning character, and I have a feeling this shit-show is going to try and turn her into a sympathetic character, and, like, yuck. No thanks.
I guess my problem is that none of the situations are too over the top, so it's not like the silliness of Konosuba, which contains jokes about pretty much the same things, but at the same time it lacks the courage and insight to actually touch on the difficulties of people failed by society, and makes light of their pain, making it feel like what you are supposed to laugh at is their life situations, themselves. It feels like a tour of the unfortunate peoples of modern society but as a lighthearted romp. It feels voyeuristic, gentrifying, and lacking in empathy for other people's suffering, or just lacking in basic humanity. It feels like how a rich sociopath thinks of poor people. So, in other words, pretty gross.
Sorry about the rant, but I hope this makes my feelings clear.
@Moppit I guess more authentic is a way of putting it. It's not that I think every harsh situation should be treated with no humor at all, but this thing just dismisses the harshness completely. There is no hint of the existential dread in either of those life situations (or any of the others, like sex workers or people in failing marriages). Like, the main homeless guy turned out to just be homeless because he chose to, or whatever, and none of them are shown to actually suffer or be discriminated against or anything. The story just uses the aesthetics of homelessness for the sake of lighthearted comedy.
The same with the cult. We are talking about a brain-washing bleed-them-dry-and-use-them-for-slave-labor kind of cult, bad enough for a desperate person whose life was ruined to try and take his life to prove a point. And it was played for laughs. Like it was no big deal. Like, the cultists are not there because of repeated mental abuse and tragedy in their lives, but just because someone, lol, put subliminal messages in videos, haha, isn't that silly. And given her distinct character design, the cult leader is pretty much guaranteed to be a returning character, and I have a feeling this shit-show is going to try and turn her into a sympathetic character, and, like, yuck. No thanks.
I guess my problem is that none of the situations are too over the top, so it's not like the silliness of Konosuba, which contains jokes about pretty much the same things, but at the same time it lacks the courage and insight to actually touch on the difficulties of people failed by society, and makes light of their pain, making it feel like what you are supposed to laugh at is their life situations, themselves. It feels like a tour of the unfortunate peoples of modern society but as a lighthearted romp. It feels voyeuristic, gentrifying, and lacking in empathy for other people's suffering, or just lacking in basic humanity. It feels like how a rich sociopath thinks of poor people. So, in other words, pretty gross.
Sorry about the rant, but I hope this makes my feelings clear.
chill its just a damn anime dont think too hard abt this lmaoooo
| @dxtremecaliber I was under the impression this was the place for sharing our opinions, so I did. Then someone asked for clarification, and I gave it. This is not me thinking hard. This is me trying to put words to why watching this anime made me feel the way I did. If you don't want to think about the media you consume, that's your choice. I am not making you do anything. But if you go to a forum thread that exists solely for sharing opinions, and then complain about someone else having an opinion, well, I don't know what to tell you. If you can't handle something without rejecting it, I think it would be good for you to either learn to deal with it, or to live in a way where you don't get exposed to it. Best wishes, and all that. |
Reply to TemporalUsername
Disgusting bug eating. I guess it shows how starved the homeless in this world are.
| @TemporalUsername Have you ever tried eating bugs? They genuinely taste good. Notes: "Insect meat is rich in amino acids, fats, sugars, and has a high concentration of vitamins B and K" - expert from the Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Hydrobiology, University of Lodz. According to the FAO (United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization) estimates, every day about one third of the Earth's population, or more than 2 billion people, eat insects. |
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Reply to Orenjion
@TemporalUsername
Have you ever tried eating bugs? They genuinely taste good.
Notes:
"Insect meat is rich in amino acids, fats, sugars, and has a high concentration of vitamins B and K" - expert from the Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Hydrobiology, University of Lodz.
According to the FAO (United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization) estimates, every day about one third of the Earth's population, or more than 2 billion people, eat insects.
Have you ever tried eating bugs? They genuinely taste good.
Notes:
"Insect meat is rich in amino acids, fats, sugars, and has a high concentration of vitamins B and K" - expert from the Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Hydrobiology, University of Lodz.
According to the FAO (United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization) estimates, every day about one third of the Earth's population, or more than 2 billion people, eat insects.
| @Orenjion Just because most of the worlds pop eats bugs,don't mean they enjoy them :) Hell,a lot of people seem to enjoy touting about being vegans,doesn't mean they enjoy vegetables :),just means they eat them ;) I wonder if someone has thought about genetically modifying plants into more capable plants,like Triffids,then salad bowls would be on a WHOLE other level :) And no,I don't think eating most insects is disgusting,esp covered in chocolate! Wasps on the other hand :) I detest those banded hooligans! |
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