Season 4 Episode 6The time for a Meeting has been put on hold
>>288112122Shall we have another meeting to reinstate the meeting?
>>288112122>teacher when everyone failed the test
>>288112122>Don't lose your shit rimuru!>Don't worry Hinata I won't lose my shit
Do animators love meetings?
>>288112365from what i learned from shirobako, yes.
>>288112122>this could've been an email
>>288112122wen cars
>>288112799It should be by the end of cour 1 so in 6 more episodes
>know first hand how strong true demon lords are from his experience fighting luminous>still lets his grandchild fight one without helping>seethes about it when she failsIs Gran a retard?
>>288113387well rimuru isn't a "real" demon lord, he's just a slime
>>288112122wow the super OP MC is so cool!!!!!!
>>288113432this but unironically also he's cute
>>288113624
>>288113404so their 'im just a cute slime' information campaign back from s2c2 succeeded on granjobber 'even though' yuuki was present and could have told him 10 times over if he wanted.>>288114316they gave me interest in scarf fastened hair, shameless studio.
subs are up
This might be our last meeting for a while bros
>>288113387the rozzo are a total joke. what the hell was the author thinking? i miss the clown niggas.
>>288114332>so their 'im just a cute slime' information campaign back from s2c2 succeeded on granjobber 'even though' yuuki was present and could have told him 10 times over if he wanted.As "Gran" he heard about the information from the bald Archbishop Reyhiem about what really happened with the Falmuth army. If the "10 Great Saints" can come to the conclusion that Rimuru is a TDL then it's certain that he would know too, he most likely overheard the 10 Great Saints' entire conversation anyway. Although he'd likely assume that Rimuru is still slightly below Luminas and himself in terms of power due to only very recently reaching the awakened-tier power compared to them who held that power for over a millennium and he knows absolutely nothing about Rimuru having an Ultimate Skill, much less about him having 4 of them.The REALLY odd thing is that Granbell either didn't tell Mariabell or that Mariabell just doesn't take the given information seriously enough due to lacking a valid reference point. But maybe the latter possibility isn't that strange considering that even Frey/Carrion/Clayman didn't notice how much more powerful their fellow Demon Lords that they regularly interacted with were (aside from Guy and Milim). This setting is just very unforgiving when it comes to figuring out someone else's """power-level""" including even just their raw energy level as long as they are even just casually trying to hide it, even more so when it comes to their combat-proficiency...
>>288114742and guy's rule of not fighting at the meetings wasn't helping clayman to figure out he's a really small fish in that pond.nice someone's using that cap i cropped
>>288113387EVERYONE assumed Rimuru is just Tempest's figure head while the real power behind the country was Veldora.And that was all on purpose with how Rimuru manipulated the information about him to the people outside of Tempest (letting Youm take the credit for slaying the Orc Lord, letting Veldora take the credit for wiping out Falmuth's army etc.)
>>288114942/a/nons in shambles
My camera is off. My mic is muted. I'm ready for today's unproductive meeting.
>>288114942>>288114963it's always about the looks... that slut rimuru was blushing when Guy did it
>>288114921>>288114942Meh. The manga did it better. In the anime it was too comical, while in the manga you really feel Rimuru's complete and utter disgust.
>>288115131Both figuratively and literally.
>>288115102>Interrupts a legislative session with a group of hired jobbers>Threatens the leader of a foreign nation with assault and subjugation and intends to follow through even within a government space >Threatens the chairman at sword-point Seriously, what the FUCK was his problem? I’ll never forgive him for interrupting the meeting
I love fictional geopolitics so much bros
Could Raph pilot one of those dungeon puppets? Or Rimuru's body while his soul or whatever is in a puppet? Or does she not have a soul and is just a weird sentient spell/skill
the beelzebub bullet clutch was so aura man, that's why rimuru is my goat
>1v1 fights during a meetingI love this
>>288115296Not currently I think. In her next evolution yes.
>>288115025>>288115061>>288115082unexpectedly hot
>>288112122NOMOREMEETINGS
>>288114639Does Mariabell ever actually DO anything?
>>288115543build for humiliation and instant loss
>>288115543 hmmm not really lol
>>288115258>>288115455>overestimating your chances because you have a special weaponwhen will they learn?
>>288115543After finding out her power can just be negated by Rimuru I doubt it very much.
>>288115217He was banking on everyone agreeing because they A) were under mental influence and B) bribery.
>>288114942Rimuru pretending he doesn't know
>>288115040shuna has always been the most dangerous crazy one
>>288114742not as good but maybe there's some use for it?
>>288115608>because they A) were under mental influence and B) bribery.I can’t believe AIPAC has such a hold in the Western council..
shion is best girlno other girl even comparesexcept maybe ramiris
>>288115543She will make some attempts to do things over the next few episodes but she doesn't really succeed in much.
>>288115543Not really. Her problem is she's a mastermind-type antagonist with a mental power in a setting where its effects can be undone by a more powerful character she's targeting.
>>288115706elmesia straddles her without breaking a sweat. shizu and myuran also win. shuna is also cooler, but i can't say she wins handily as she's strict.
how did they have a spare desk?
>>288115822Why would they NOT have a spare desk?
This was a great episode. Love seeing Shuna fight, she was super graceful and elegant
>>288115864you'd think it's some historically significant desk and they wouldn't expect someone to just break it.if they had a perfect replica ready, that's some dedication.more likely, it's the studio not sweating the details.i remind you, there was a fully fleshed out military camp in s2c1e11 when rimuru beamed everyone dead, and they used the exact same camp model down to tent colors and flags for the new king and diablo's standoff.>>288115919very attractive
Stitches.
>>288115919Congratulations. You just saw Shuna's final participation in a fight for the rest of the main story. After this you can still enjoy her as a menacing and strict servant in the background, I guess.
>>288116054she's best as a strict but doting mommy anyway
>>288115822>>288115864Rimuru probably just instantly recreated it in its original form (maybe even upgraded with some magi-steel to make it more durable) to avoid having to pay damages. You know, like how he copied Kaijin's magic swords way back when...
>>288116084jobberGOD i kneel...
>>288116065just hired goons?
>>288115822If I remember correctly from the LN they brought in a new desk for him
>>288116054Does Shion at least get some more action?
>>288116094hired goons, but they'll come up once more soon.hint: think of the color they're so crazy about
majiku sniping
Can someone make a webm of Rimuru dispersing the mental interference? And while at it, maybe a webm of all the times when Rimuru does some magical thing by snipping his fingers, such as copying Guy's barrier in the second-to-last or final (don't remember which of the two) episodes of S2, the episode before today's where Rimuru created a soundproof barrier in the cafe and finally today's with the mental interference? Would be greatly appreciated.
>>288116120She get tons of action. Shuna isnt a real fighter, she just can fight
A fucking gun.
>>288116054her fights were kinda shit anyways.
>>288116224What did he see under her skirt?
Last stitch.
sex with koku
>>288116209kek what a jobber bitch
>>288116366>>288116367Good taste.
Needed more meeting But good episode
>>288116209Reiner is only a mere Rank A, like Gelmud that fodder that got eaten by the Orc Lord/Disaster. Even fucking Folgen (pic related), who at Rank Special A could have stood his ground against Ifrit in a fight was way stronger than him, yet he still got one shot by a single Meggido laser all the same... Hinata? She's a semi-saint at Rank S and could have solo'd Charybdis (the huge flying endlessly regenerating shark-carrier whale) at its peak. This """fight""" is literally coughing baby vs hydrogen bomb. Compared to that Gaiye actually had a much better shot against Shuna since by sheer raw power/energy she's stuck at Rank A herself, but she hard-counters most mages due to her abilities and got trained by Hakurou, so she can compensate for most of her weaknesses and even fight above her nominal tier of power. Still compared to Reiner vs Hinata, Gaiye at least has a theoretical minuscule chance, as small as it might be.
>>288116366>>288116367了。beginning sex.
>>288116635My favorite death...
did anyone at all aside from myulan, veldora and ifrit learn about raphael?
Man, i don't want to see a gun in my world building fantasy anime. especially not a Walther P99. what a piece of shit.
>I'll just let Raphael handle itSlime Tensei in a nutshell
>>288116970I wish I had a super smart AI that can answer/ do things for me.
>>288115743I'm glad I read the manga so I don't have to experience that disappointment again.
>>288116731Except that's a myth. The amount of times where GS/R's "will" is the most important contributor to solving a problem/fight and not just a support tool is contrary to popular belief actually surprisingly low.
>>288115543The second she tossed away acting via a proxy of a proxy of a proxy, like Yuuki, she lost.
>>288117395meant for >>288116970
>>288117395fight against hinata was ruined by it
>>288116094A LOTTA LOYALTY FOR HIRED GOONS
>>288116885stop watching after cars. it gets a whole lot worse via le empire
>>288117453If Raphael didn't gaslight Rimuru in that fight, it wouldn't have been a fight at all. Rimuru would have just tanked a few of Hinata's attacks, grabbed her arm and that'd be it. The trap with the sword would not work because both Rimuru and Hinata would be at near 100% still and the 3 Luminaries wouldn't be able to do their disintegration attack at all, instead being double-teamed by Rimuru and Hinata before they'd be ready to take action. Though Rimuru would have to gain an analysis sample for meltslash/disintegration in another way. He'd probably have gotten it eventually after the trade with Luminous making him and his followers able to cast holy magic themselves soon after and then he could have just cast it on himself or have Shuna cast it on himself and that's it. Only thing he'd truly be missing out on would be the analysis of the weapon moonlight that Luminas gave to Hinata, but I don't think that ever mattered anyway. So yeah, Raphael just took a huge risk there just to get something faster that Rimuru would have gotten soon anyway.
>>288116885We've already seen dozens of people from Japan who were reincarnated or summoned long before Rimuru. You really expected him to be the only one making modern stuff?
>>288116248>>288116885The Empire already mass-produces guns and the guns are even considered mere "low-tech"...
>>288116015>>288116339Thanks for the stitches, stitch-anon!
Stupid Sexy Rimuru
>>288115543Her big thing was Mental Manipulation. Which we just saw Raphael can just detect and undo. Easily. She's toast.
They based this on a gen1 P99.
>>288116054That's fine. She's not a fighter.
A bit of a shame that they cut out this small tidbit of Rimuru putting all the naughty standing councilors into sticky-steel-thread bondage so that they don't even try to sit down silently to pretend that they were sitting all along...
So what exactly led the comically evil and incompetent men to believe that they could take on Rimuru or his posse in a fight and win? Were they all under the influence of the controoooler chick? If that's the case, then what led her to believe her plan had even a semblance of success?
>>288118387the actual answer is that the writing in this series isn't very good
>>288118387Mariabell didn't know that Rimuru has any abilities that can interfere with with mental manipulation. Shuna is capable of it, but it seems like Shuna didn't notice it herself, probably because Mariabel did a thorough investigation and back when the girl from the 3 otherworlder stooges of Falmuth tried to mindcontrol the crowd in Rimuru-City to kill themselves, Shuna stopped it and thus publicly revealed that she can detect and intercept such direct attempts at mind control even from a Unique Skill, so probably because of this, and perhaps because of Engrassia's "Magic Inquisitors" (the guys in masks who came along with Engrassia's king, who arrested Gaban) Mariabell decided to downgrade her mindcontrol to only be "though interference" that only makes people more tunnel-visioned without outright controlling them which seemed to have successfully fooled both Shuna and any security checks when everyone entered the council venue. Even Raphael only noted the mental interference after Rimuru got angry about the notes and "crashed out" and seemingly accidentally gave the councilors a mental shock that made the mental interference detectable for Raphael so it might seem like it was sheer luck. But what that doesn't take into account is that Rimuru has 3 mental triggers to activate the SINGULARITY within him: being angry, being strongly focused, and feeling helpless. This situation encompassed 1 for sure, but could have potentially hit all 3 triggers, so the "accidental mental shock" might not have been so accidental after all. But from Mariabel's perspective this unpredictable turn of events wouldn't even come to mind so she was confident that Rimuru would either attack the councilors after some retarded voting result by them or just walk away in indignation, and the prince's death by was an extra insurance (which didn't work out for her in the end). Either way she was confident that Rimuru would at least not be able to join the council.
>even without mindcontrol, there were still several people in that room stupid enough to think attacking Rimuru was a good ideaPoliticians truly are built different
>>288119095A very very small defence for them is that the whole world thinks that him and Hinata are evenly matched since their fight was a "draw"
I like how right after Rimuru caught the bullet, you still see Souei in the background standing at attention, but shortly after when Rimuru and Hinata explain about guns and bullets, the overview perspective shows Souei to be gone already.
This series really shines when it's time to shit on comical retarded opponents.
>>288114942Realistically, all of the old men in that room wanted to rape him.Probably some of the old women too.
>>288119254
>>288116065>jfyk, I don't get paid enough for this shitBro was the realest person in that roomProbably the smartest too
How long till the new Diabolo servants?
>>288119390Somewhere between episodes 10-14, I guess.
>>288119132Fighting a Hinata, let alone two, doesn't sound like a very good idea either
>>288119374he's waiting to serve as stepping stone for the cars, can't exactly die here just yet.
>>288119033I am actually even more confused now. So the controooler chick orchestrated this situation so she could take control over everybody from Tempesta at once? Purely because she thought she could, despite having evidence to the contrary? If not, then why risk stacking all the most OP characters, one of whom is confirmed to have anti-mind-magic capabilities, in one room? And how would Rimuru attacking (we're talking about killing em all here, lets be real) the council benefit her? Doesn't she control the council, or at least plan to control it? And if Rimuru just walks away with his tail between his legs, doesn't this just reset her plan to square one before this needlessly convoluted setup happens? I can't even begin to understand how the prince's death is supposed to be an insurance policy for anything.>she was confident that Rimuru would at least not be able to join the councilWasn't it her background shenanigans that led Rimuru to even consider showing up for this council nonsense? I honestly don't remember.I feel like I need my own Raphael to explain this show to me.
>>288115226Cute. Now I ship her with him.
>>288115523Source?
>>288119662
>>288119662The way I see it, her plan is to crush Tempest in the global stage, whether politically, economically or militarily doesn't matter. She is not trying to take down Rimuru himself but rather the idea of a country of monsters. It is not a normal shounen 1v1. Who is the strongest or smartest doesn't matter. As far as she is concerned, she just needs to make Tempest look bad enough it collapses.
>>288119662Re-watch the scene Mariabel appears in from the previous episode. She, in quite direct, plain, and unambiguous words explains, what she expects from this council meeting. Her primary objective is to find out more about Rimuru's policies/MO by putting him on the spot and she is confident that Rimuru himself will reject joining the council because in her view the conditions that would be acceptable for Rimuru would never even be offered by the council.On that premise, it's clear that Mariabel expected that in the worst case for her, Rimuru gives up early out of frustration or caution from realizing that it's a set-up and leaves (e.g. by instantly teleporting away with his entourage or such) before the prince even shows up and before anything truly escalates and she'd probably refrain from killing the prince in that case (unless she can somehow still make it look like Rimuru did it in the aftermath). Since she is in conflict over influence with Engrassia, she'd at least be able to make Engrassia look bad for organizing this council meeting yet causing the guest to just leave so early which would give Mariabel some leverage over them and she'd know that Rimuru is someone who gives up easily or is a coward. In the middle case scenario Rimuru would still not take the bait but try to keep negotiating. The matter would eventually escalate one way or another. Rimuru and the council would be at odds and the prince with support of a majority of the council would try to foolishly attack the demon lord and die. Even if Hinata and the Green Fury leader attest that the one who killed him wasn't Rimuru, the seed of doubt would not disappear easily. This would make both Engrassia and Tempest look bad and probably kill Rimuru's chance of joining and controlling the council, at least for decades. In the best case scenario Rimuru does something very foolish like accepting the council's rigged proposal, or attacking any councilors or the prince by himself. Enough said.
>>288119132>him and Hinata are evenly matchedSo the idea is to provoke a fight with the equivalent of TWO Hinatas?
>>288120372well look at the knight they were high on cope
>>288120372I bet my dick could defeat two Hinatas
Don't think too hard about it. Think about Elmesia.
>>288120415I prefer Milim.
>>288120415i already do
>>288120415I want her to fuck me
Seriously, this is like day 1 assassin stuff.
>>288120194>her plan is to crush Tempest in the global stageI'm not trying to be a dick here, but how?Tempest is effectively a global super power. I don't think it even needs the other nations at this point. >>288120246First thing's first. How does Mariabel's power even work? Is there a limit to how many people she can control and how hard she can control them? If not, then why doesn't she just mind-control her way to whoever runs the world right now and then mind-control them too? Like how when bibi went to the US and then the gents in the middle east started having a blast one day.If there is a limit to how many people she can control, then she needs to scale down her ambition.>find out more about Rimuru's policies/MOYou can't really find out anything about a person by making them act out of character or by putting them under mind control. Also, the council is a public affair, and she has people working for her there. Just probe Rimuru with questions and provocations all day, every day, until you get a good feel for his character.>Rimuru and the council would be at odds...Suppose a whole bunch of powerful and important people died. How would that implicate Rimuru when a whole lot of still-alive powerful and important people saw that Rimuru was acting in self-defense? Assuming you're talking about the scene that happened in this very episode, the king was literally there. He'd be aware of all the events and thus would not need to be convinced of anything. Alternatively, if the king is under Mariabel's influence, then why bother with the song and dance at all? By the way, isn't Rimuru on the demon lord council (or whatever it's called), which kinda supersedes the human one?I feel like I am way overthinking this, and I also feel like the show should have spent these five episodes properly introducing the antagonist and actually setting up the conflict instead of dicking around in the dungeon.
>>288121148>Tempest is effectively a global super power.once he gets the cars i think he can get an actual non aggression of equals with guy. seeing as he would be really fucking bothered to discouraged from taking on milim and ramiris' friend, when his own maids are tied by 2 cars and 2 are left to help against him, while veldora ties velzard and the oni sweep random demons
>>288119662The council is already in Maribel's sphere of influence, as demonstrated by the fact that she was able to orchestrate such a trap for Rimiru by using her pawns within the council to sabotage this event. She doesn't need to directly control it in any way, she already controls it through indirect means. Maribel isn't interested in personally joining the council or leading the council or even ruling through the council, because that would tie her too strongly to the council's internal politics, which is a constraint she doesn't want. It's much easier for her to simply manipulate councilors to ensure the council votes the way she wants, when it matters, like she tried to do here.The problem with this hands-off approach to control is that her pawns and useful idiots in the council can be swayed by other influences, not just her own. After all, she hardly has a monopoly on blackmail, bribery, mind control, and other forms of coercion. Anybody can employ such tactics on the councilors, provided they are allowed to get close to them and infiltrate the western countries. Which is what Maribel is trying to prevent. She is basically running a shadow government, and if she sees a rival to her shadow government's influence, she nips it in the bud, before it can disrupt her sphere of influence. She already tried meddling with Tempest to preemptively deal with Rimiru before he became influential in the west, but it didn't work. So now she has to accept that Rimiru is somebody that can't be "removed" and instead has to be "handled".This event is her trying to handle Rimiru, or at least lead him in a direction she can work with. Her main problem is her ignorance. She knows frustratingly little about him or Tempest, which is partially by Rimiru's design. So part of the reason she even allowed Rimiru to meet the council was so she could see how he acted and gauge his responses. She doesn't even know what his basic motives are, or his personality.
>>288120194She doesn't have nearly enough information for that to be her actual goal at this stage. She's still doing basic fact-finding. Something as wide scale and subtle as economic and diplomatic sabotage cannot be done in ignorance of a foreign nation's culture, goals, and ambitions. For all she knows, Rimiru is secretly plotting a full scale military invasion of the west, or already cut a deal with the Empire in the east, or is totally insane and won't abide by any "agreement" he makes. She has no clue. Trying to play 5D chess with somebody who might just kick over the board and vaporize you isn't a winning strategy.You have to first figure out what kind of game he's playing, THEN cheat like hell to ensure you win.
>>288121391>She doesn't even know what his basic motives are, or his personality.she attended the festival, listened to his speech, had a look at how he talks to guests
>>288121541Which doesn't tell her much about how he deals with political negotiations that threaten to completely thwart all his ambitions. You don't really know a person until you've seen them under pressure and forced to deal with a tough situation.
>>288112122IT'S TIME!!!!!!
AAAAAAAAAI WAITED A WHOLE WEEK
I just know that someone wishes to be in this situation.
>>288120372>>288120395Because unlike what battle-shounen make you believe, most people in this particular setting can't just instantly figure out someone's """power level""" on sight (except against some retarded and/or overconfident unga-bunga monsters) as it is super-easy to conceal. And even then the ability to "analyze" someone like what Rimuru and Shuna can do is actually extremely rare, so in many cases the only way to measure someone's power is to fight them or observe them fighting and even that only shows how much power the stronger fighter in a fight needed and was willing to reveal beyond that. On top of that the amount of "magical energy" and "raw physical power" someone possesses need to be treated separately from "combat proficiency" because there are cases of both incompetent fighters with strong body/energy specs as well as the opposite, fighters with pretty average or even shitty body/energy specs that can make up for it with godly combat proficiency, which makes it even harder to figure out someone else's actual """power-level""". Even if two seemingly similarly powerful individuals go all out against each other and reveal all their hidden cards, an outside observer might still not necessarily find out the actual power of any of them unless it's some very specific special case of both being high-agility mages who specialize on AoE attacks and they use full-power AoE attacks against each other, making it possible to measure their power based on the collateral damage. And as if that still wasn't enough, people with Ultimate Skills are nigh impossible to measure. And even amongst fellow Ultimate Skill users they can usually only find out that "the other person seems to have an Ultimate Skill of their own so they are probably fucking powerful themselves".So TL;DR: Measuring """power levels""" is super difficult in this setting and for most a futile effort against anyone with basic intelligence.
>>288121391>Her main problem is her ignoranceAh, so this just boils down to the complete lack of proper character motivations and basic setup. What this anon said here >>288118542 three hours ago, really. I appreciate you taking the time to respond to my ramblings, but I feel like I am just going to move on now.
>>288121644
>>288121563rozzos engineered pressure on his money supply, which she knew worked because tempest merchants started asking to barter or promising repayment, and he didn't even show a moment of weakness for it in the end, even sweeping the rug under their pawn.that's one example.
kore wa II
is there a single antagonist in this that isnt a blubbering retard that only exists to get btfod
>>288121936yuuki is an annoing le slippery eel, the other really strong people just don't get put in antagonist clothes.
it ended so quick... fuck me
>have to wait another week
>>288122097we're having a honzuki meeting in 11 hours, and you can join the yurgposting after the eppy if you've read it.
>>288121148>[...]How does Mariabel's power even work?[...] >If there is a limit to how many people she can control, then she needs to scale down her ambition.Dude... she explained how her power worked in one of the previous episodes. It's true that the anime sometimes cuts out explanations that were in the manga and/or LN but you keep asking questions about things that were explained in THIS SEASON already. Come on... In theory there is no limit to the amount of people she can control, but in order for it to work she needs to meet her targets personally and before that gather info on them about where their individual greed lies, the more she understands about them, the better, so it can be quite a mess to examine so many councilors one-by-one who can also be replaced by their home countries at any time and then there's also the danger that some people might detect it if her control is too strong or they do something that goes against their own interests and that of their home nations too much. >You can't really find out anything about a person by making them act out of character or by putting them under mind control. Also, the council is a public affair, and she has people working for her there. Just probe Rimuru with questions and provocations all day, every day, until you get a good feel for his character. She prepares to get him under control and is NOT using mind control on him to find out more about him. You mixed up the goal and the means here. Also Rimuru is usually in his home-ground where Mariabell does not have easy access to "pester him with questions". Rimuru later sends a "diplomat" to the council in his stead, too.>the king was literally thereHe's just the king of one nation, Engrassia hosts the council, but they don't control it. And even if Rimuru was just the target of a conspiracy to frame him, it wouldn't prevent irrational bad feelings to sprout.>octagram vs western council Completely separate entities.
>>288121378>veldora ties velzardCan he really?
>>288121729>character not magically knowing things that they have no plausible way of knowing is bad writing At least 2 questions among the ones that you asked were very clearly and straightforwardly answered in the previous episodes of THE CURRENT SEASON and we are only halfway through this first cour, I really can't tell if you are shitposting or perhaps are really just unable to piece together this information over longer periods of time. If it's really the latter, then I suggest you don't follow anything more complex than an average battle-shounen week-by-week, but rather just wait until you can just binge-watch such series all in one go over a weekend or such. This also worked wonders on many of those for whom season 3 had previously been "too stuck up on meetings". Binge-watching makes it easier to retain information and connect this information to episodes before and after that.
>>288122601uwaa... then maybe milim would help there instead of fighting guy
Mr. Slime is so cute! I want to hug him, pet him, and lovingly touch all his special places!
>>288122258Every time I read posts like that I end up feeling sorry for all the thousands of boomer/genX Jürgen Schmidts and Jürgen Schmitts in Germany whose names keep being compared to yogurt just for having a generic-sounding name that Bookworm's author probably just took from some book about German names...
Child birthing hips
>>288122704i usually write it with J, but noticed anons prefer Y, and besides, to me the Y version looks like yugoslavia and not yogurt.
>>288121614>shuuna will never disintegrate all your clothes and inspect your dickITS NOT FAIR MEETING BROS
>>288122710forever useless by the way. raphael won't accept any cucking.
>>288122273So how would her council plan help her control Rimuru then if:1. She needs to know him in and out to mind control him, and diplomats aren't exactly known for showing their true colors.2. A single encounter would not be enough to get to know a person.3. Acting under duress, especially when one's life is at stake, would not help her get a full grasp on Rimuru's personality. He is known for being fine with violence and would defend himself.4. Rimuru doesn't even have to come to the council himself to do council things. So even if he gets mind controlled, he can just not show up and send someone else.5. Mind control can just be detected by anyone who's not retarded and notices a shift in behavior.>He's just the king of one nationEh, he's just a king, bro. I am sure that nobody would listen to his and other important people's testimonies. >Completely separate entitiesYeah, that's exactly what I said. Seems like the League of Extraordinary World-Destroying Gentlemen is a bit more important than a glorified adult daycare.>>288122603Nice knee-jerk response, dipshit.
>>288122900The League of Extraordinary World-Destroying Gentlemen is the bigger glorified adult daycare.
>>288122940>adult>ramirissuuure
I think someone should put it in Rimuru.
>>288122900>1.& 2. A single encounter would not be enough to get to know a person.It's about knowing where their greed lies. She puts a huge stack of monetary power in front of Rimuru in form of the council. It starts off promising but then it's suddenly taken from him with that faux-proposal. Will he move away from it out of caution/cowardice? Or will he double down because he REALLY wants that stack of gold called the Council of the West? It's not about knowing whether he likes Samba or Waltz more. It's about knowing how he handles his greed and if he shows any kind of entitlement or even "withdrawal symptoms" from losing what seemed to be a sure deal. >3Like I said, knowing about random trivia of Rimuru isn't what matters. What matters is how it relates to greed. At most his "aggressiveness-level" might matter a bit so Mariabel can plan whether she can lure Rimuru into an even better trap somewhere at a later point or will be forced to eventually confront him in his own hometurf. Also any reputation damage done to either Tempest and/or Engrassia would help Mariabel, so essentially everything is fine for her as long as Rimuru doesn't, by some "mistake", end up actually joining the council on fair terms. >4Like someone else already mentioned, the council itself doesn't matter all that much to Mariabel in terms of her confrontation against Rimuru. It's a one-and-done deal for her since he wouldn't be able to join it, according to her plan at least... >5 Hence she only used thought interference on the councilors which is much harder to detect. >Eh, he's just a king, bro. I am sure that nobody would listen to his and other important people's testimonies. He'd be the disgraced king with a huge political mess on his hands and a dead son. Anyone would figure he's just making excuses. >League of Extraordinary World-Destroying Gentlemen is a bit more important than a glorified adult daycare. The councils have no overlap... besides Tempest now.
Is this a cameras on meeting?Balsa wood was a poor choice for a desk.Sometimes villains in these kinds of series are written in a very shallow way.Damn, Hina stopped at just knocking the knight out. Pink just about murdered that queers ass.The ED will never not be a sea of period blood and piss.Good episode. Been playing the silly gacha game quite a bit as well.
>>288122975One day...
>>288115543Jobber
>>288116040Jobber Squad
>>288123520I don't think Rimuru should pose like that. It invites bad thoughts.
>>288123869hey, hinata isn't a jobber, she's the author's fetish avatar
>>288123916I want to fuck her then
>>288123388>It's about knowing how he handles...What happens in politics is just smoke and mirrors. No reasonable assumption about a person's actual personality can be made based on a single orchestrated scenario for various reasons that I can't be bothered listing. But fine, lets assume she got a perfect read on him, then what? How does she setup a meeting with him?>plan whether she can lure...She does not need to lure him anywhere. Rimuru is known for wanting normal/friendly relations with the neighboring nations. So why can't Mariabell just pose as an envoy/merchant/whatever to get a better idea of what's going on with him? It would make infinitely more sense for her to slowly become a familiar face within his inner circle rather than to just one day show up out of nowhere and act all important. Besides, why is she even operating under the assumption that Rimuru is a threat to her and needs to be put under her spell? >council itself doesn't matter...If the council doesn't matter than why plan around it at all then? This makes her plan even more incomprehensible. >thought interferenceSo if all this tough inference does is make people act irrationally, then won't it just get in the way of getting a read on Rimuru? Seems counterproductive. >disgraced king...Why? Also he wasn't the only one there.> no overlapMy point is that Rimuru is a part of the Badass Dudes Council, which is much more important for stability and prosperity.
>>288115543>too calculated and hard fact fact oriented to account for comic book absurdity and shit writing.She never stood a chance.pic is across the dirt road from my house
>>288112122>no meetingDropped
>>288112122>best episode of the season>it's a meeting episodeHow do they do it, this masterclass in meetingbuilding must be studied.
Okay but I want Maribel to pee on me
>>288115543How much porn of her is there?
>>288124451I don't get it
>>288116084>gets parried ONCE>fucking dies
>>288125497serpent-man...
>>288125497milim's top dragonewt guy would be fucking bored with him no doubt.today's guy wasn't worth throwing at all.
>>288116635How much about Rimuru's killing spree is know to the world outside of Tempest? This shit was fucked up and I look forward to the next time Rimuru does something even half as monstrous.
>>288125745the person who causes the most kills will probably be ramiris this season lol
>>288125745How can the world know of rimuru's massacre if there weren't any survivors?
>>288125745The world thinks the army was wiped out by Veldora
>>288125745The church's higher-ups all know what really happened. I think Blumund royalty and the guildmaster also know.
after all the ovas and the crimson bond movie i expected them to rush to introduce the cars. its been a while since i read the LN so i dont remember the series of events, but I dont remember diablo being away for too many arcs. was the chosen hero arc before they get introduced?
>>288124086>>288123388>>288122273>>288121695>>288121391>>288121148>>288120246>>288119033>>288117765Autism
>>288115543Eternal cunnylingus
>>288125883They will be introduced right after this meeting is over pretty much. White is pretty prominent during the hero arc.
>>288112122>[WonderhoyRips x LE SZUZU] That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Tears of the Azure Sea [1080p CAM][H.264][AAC][Dual-Audio][EN Hardsub]
>>288125930nvm I forgot about the showdown with mariabell. That's probably 3-4 episodes before cars are introduced.
These screenshots are making me miss Slime. I was reading the novels until I fell off after the angels bit because the most boring parts of Slime are the drawn out build-ups of the powerscaling ending in short curbstomps and that was getting more common. I just wasn't keeping up with the anime after season 2.
>>288125970i see, the mariabell and church showdown was the same thing in my head. maybe i should reread the LN, because i barely remember the series of events.
>>288125883>>288125930>>288125970They will show up at the end of cour 1
>>288124086>Besides, why is she even operating under the assumption that Rimuru is a threat to her and needs to be put under her spell?Mariabell is a reincarnated person from a world different than our Earth where she ruled the entire world her whole life, and now she has special powers and is the heir to a powerful family. She believes she's the protagonist of reality and anyone with the potential to be anything other than a stepping stone needs to be collared or destroyed.
>>288126019>>288126083i also forgot theres a promised archeology expedition until just now. yeah, i definitely need to reread the LN.
The fucking omorashi Ed makes me laugh every fucking time
>>288126224What did he mean by this?
>>288126224I understand the sentiment
>>288126246
>>288126308i like how the series basically implies that milim is actually a genius that only pretends to be retarded. between the fact she was acting to get info from clayman and that it seems only a handful of beings cant be subjugated by that jewel
Is Rimuru ever going to utilize the nuclear option?
>>288126224>20-5000cm>roughly 45kgimagine how fun it would be to have sex with rimuru.
very good way to garnish her boobs
>>288112365They don't have to do much animation and get paid for it, so I think they are perfectly content with that exchange.
>>288126544this but with my dick
>>288112799She's so fucking flat...
so will they now put in cameos of gobta's wife in the main series?
I've got nothing to do for the next four days. Is this series worth binge watching?
How do I stop thinking about nutting inside of Rimuru...
>>288127140get to the first full featured meetings in ep11-12 and decide if if's for you. it's gonna stay like that but there will be less stakes.
>>288126204>>288126371It would have been funny if Rimuru put it on and then proceeded to ignore it
>>288116116
>>288125745>me when i dont watch the anime where they specifically state(multiple times) what the outside world knows about this event
literally me
>>288127456>85% of /lgbt/
from the mouth of a billionaire. yes, quite.
>>288125745It's funny how for all the "getting along with humans" bs he spouts out, he's the one with the highest k/d ratio.
>>288125745nobody but his inner circle and the other demon kings know he killed every last soldier himself in a three second bloodbath. They just know that an army attempted to invade Tempest and were completely wiped out in one day.Most people assume Rimiru just sicced his pet dragon on them
>>288116116SICP edit?
>>288128572Super Insane Clown Posse?
Slime bump
>>288128646structure and interpretation of computer programs
>>288128646more like super inconsequential clown posse lmao
>>288124086>No reasonable assumption about a person's actual personality can be made based on a single orchestrated scenario for various reasons that I can't be bothered listing.She doesn't need a full psycho-analysis. Only what his "weakness" in terms of greed is and optionally his risk management in a game theory context so she can better predict his next moves. >How does she setup a meeting with him? By either official diplomatic channels with Siltrosso or simply via Yuuki. >Rimuru is known for wanting normal/friendly relations with the neighboring nations. He doesn't necessarily always attend in person. The council was just a pretty special occasion. >slowly become a familiar face within his inner circle rather than to just one day show up out of nowhere and act all important She'd do that ideally but she doesn't have the time to do that. Like the ED suggests with the giant hourglass, time is ticking for her as time is on Rimuru's side, so she is forced to make a move despite moving so fast leading to potential imperfections. >why is she even operating under the assumption that Rimuru is a threat to her and needs to be put under her spell? They are fighting for the same thing: Economic supremacy over the Western Nations. They can't just share and cooperate either because their goals and methods are mutually exclusive and don't allow enough room for a compromise. >If the council doesn't matter than why plan around it at all then? Like I said, she felt assured that Rimuru can't actually join the council and wanted to probe about his greed and risk management while as a bonus making it more even more difficult for him to join hands with the Western Nations. So this is her first actual blunder in her conflict with Rimuru. To be fair, she couldn't predict Rimuru whipping out 2 ultimate skills when she doesn't even know what ultimate skills are. What she did blunder though is her not ordering Glenda to be more cautious, especially in case of failure.[1/2]
>>288124086>>288130462>So if all this tough inference does is make people act irrationally, then won't it just get in the way of getting a read on Rimuru? Seems counterproductive. How far will Rimuru go in order to secure that council membership that could greatly advance Rimuru's goal of economic supremacy in the west? And how will he react when that is taken away just as it seems like a done deal? These were the observations Mariabell was primarily trying to make by proxy of Gaban (as an antagonistic figure to Rimuru) and Johann (as a friendly figure to Rimuru). Gaban got caught obviously (even if the king didn't come to arrest him he was already exposed and was done for one way or another) but Johann actually managed to not get detected as his fortune in misfortune was his confidence in Mariabell's plan making him keep his calm and be able to stay under the radar.>Why? Also he wasn't the only one there. He is the king of the host nation of the council. If any security concerns arise or someone resorts to violence (like what the prince, who also represents Engrassia, did which is quite an abuse of power) the blame would fall partially on the king and the king (ideally) wouldn't even know who to blame between Tempest, the Rossos, any of the member nations or simply his own son's foolishness for what happens if an incident breaks out that results in his son's death. The king would become more weary towards all parties involved and his reputation would suffer. If he harbored bad feelings towards Rimuru or even just a seed of doubt that would just be a bonus for Mariabell. But the optics would be bad for both Engrassia and Tempest regardless, so that'd be a huge win for Mariabell.>My point is that Rimuru is a part of the Badass Dudes Council, which is much more important for stability and prosperity.Entirely separate groups for entirely separate purposes affecting entirely separately landmasses (except for Tempest). What exactly even is the problem here?[2/2]
Today Rimuru learned about the effect he has on men.
I’m always amazed at how stupid antagonists in turbo OP isekai MC series are. There’s always one more retard who genuinely thinks he has a chance to beat cheat-kun. Overlord is the same kind of retarded.
>>288130556Overlord just has desperate antagonist. Every one of Ainz's victims either didn't know what they were dealing with, or just wanted to die to buy someone else some time.
Politics and state affairs are peak content, and I'm tired of pretending they aren't
I don't know why but I love Hinata and like that she's getting a lot of screen time lately.
Is there any anime that actually does politics well and not this kiddy shit? (don't say lotgh)
>>288131031she's cool and hot
>>288131118Isn't Log Horizon all meetings?
>>288131118No, because the so-called "realistic adult politics" would be either one side being in power and doing almost whatever they want with no way for the opposition to resist, or it's otherwise 99% gridlock until something happens that no side could predict and gives one side a political advantage. It's boring as fuck unless there are cult of personality characters involved, but then you'd only like it for those characters themselves, not for what their politics are. The only actual "entertaining politics" you can find is this so-called "kiddy shit".
>>288131223>"realistic adult politics"
Rimiru Temptresssorry lol
>>288131665I know, right? Even adding "so-called" as a prefix still makes it sound too unironic.
>>288132141https://www.apricott.com/resources/do-autistic-people-understand-sarcasm
>>288130497He still looks good in the manga once in a while, but after the demon lord thing, he almost always just looks like an effeminate little man. Though I was down terrible until I finally realized little girl Rimuru was never coming back.
>>288130556The reason these people were cocky is because Rimuru intentionally has them believe he isnt as strong and is hiding behind Veldora which in proxy had them not think too highly of Hinata either since their fight ended in a "draw". The anime doesnt do a good job at correlating tiny details
>>288132343but its true that Rimuru isn't as strong as Veldora
>>288132573In the canon vacation spin-off (which takes place between season 3 and 4 and presumably also before the second movie) Veldora mentions that if he and Rimuru fought all out against each other it would result in a stalemate where neither could get an advantage.
>>288132573Yeah, but what the people are led to believe is that Rimuru isnt a threat to worry about. Since those are normal people they dont understand the concept of real power
>>288130462>>288130471This is just walking around in circles and making excuses for shoddy writing. Instead of taking its time to properly set up the antagonist (her motivations, abilities, ultimate objective, etc.) and the central conflict, we're just plunged into an incomprehensible Rube Goldberg-like plan that has no hope of succeeding under any reasonable assumption. You said it yourself that Mariabell doesn't know anything about Rimuru, yet her plan begins at the very final stage where, instead of untangling the mystery that is Rimuru (and Tempest as a whole by extension) by pulling everyone apart and carefully studying them, she squeezes every powerful person together like it's a stress ball until it metaphorically blows up in her face. >official diplomatic channels...If she can just go for the end goal, then why bother with precursors? A one-on-one meeting would allow her to both profile Rimuru and actually establish relations, making whatever further manipulations less suspicious.Meetings happen -> Positive outcomes -> Relationship grows stronger -> Rimiru's support for Mariabell grows as a natural result (as perceived by his inner circle) -> No immediate suspicion of manipulation.Nothing about how far Rimuru would go for X could be determined from a single encounter that went out of control faster than a truck with an indian driver. The rest is just head cannon and wishful thinking, I am sorry.
>>288132683>they dont understand the concept of real powerDoesn't help that the true demon lords mostly stuck to their own territories for the last few centuries, so the western nations' idea of demon lord strength came mostly from the larpers that lived nearby.
>>288132776If you're a human then you are no threat at all to Rimuru. Mariabel is simply a fly that can only go so far due to her prior knowledge before she reincarnated. She's too young to fully realize her potential but she chose the impatient route instead waiting. As her skill implies, she's too greedy.
>>288115531And if done right, meetings can be fights
>>288115919>>288115973>>288116015>the combination of horns and fluffy ponytail
It's been a minute since they've been brought up; What are all of Rimuru's Ultimate skills?>Beelzebub>Rapheal>?>?
>>288134129Uriel and Veldora
>>288132776>This is just walking around in circles and making excuses for shoddy writing.No, it's mostly you being unable to remember information already presented in the anime. >Instead of taking its time to properly set up the antagonist (her motivations, abilities, ultimate objective, etc.) and the central conflict, we're just plunged into an incomprehensible Rube Goldberg-like plan that has no hope of succeeding under any reasonable assumption There were plenty of scenes showing these things in S3 and the episodes of S4 that have aired so far. Wait... you aren't the anon who mentioned last week to suddenly jump into the show at that episode without having watched anything before that, are you? >You said it yourself that Mariabell doesn't know anything about Rimuru, yet her plan begins at the very final stage where, instead of untangling the mystery that is Rimuru (and Tempest as a whole by extension) by pulling everyone apart and carefully studying them, she squeezes every powerful person together like it's a stress ball until it metaphorically blows up in her face. Like I said, she already tried the subtle approach with the currency scheme during the festival and it failed. She has to rush things and take greater risks because if she doesn't take action soon enough, Tempest will gain too much influence and her means of political maneuvering will be increasingly limited. >A one-on-one meeting would allow her to both profile Rimuru and actually establish relations Her grandfather already got caught instigating the second Rimuru vs Hinata battle. Not even Mariabell thinks that she could just bluff her way to "friendly relations" after her family and country are already on Tempest's suspect list.>Nothing about how far Rimuru would go for X could be determined from a single encounter A single encounter, but one with extremely high stakes that are very tempting for Rimuru and his Co-Prosperity Sphere plans.
>>288134307>Wait... you aren't the anon who mentioned last week to suddenly jump into the show at that episode without having watched anything before that, are you?
>>288112122>rimuru reading /a/nons lust
>>288124451it seems that you live in a very far away place... is it scary at night?
>>288115143>>288115172remind me please, wasn't disintegration like the most powerful spell there is? and shuna just did it like that
>>288116339thank you so much for the stitches, anon!
>>288135116shuna GOOD is what you should get out of this
>>288135170for real though, like just imagine if there is a local newspaper reporting all of this with a big cover imagine of shuna casting itinsane
>>288122258the new season of honzuki looks like shit and the opening ooze of AI slop, I refuse to watch it
>>288127456>>288130497I need a doujin where Rimuru gets rammed hard under the influence of this >>288126308bonus points if it was just pretending just like Milim
I like this show enough to have kept up to this point but I do genuinely wonder what's the authors obsession with the meetings it's not even a meme
>>288135380well i mean if it's not for you it's not for you.it has a good vibe, actors and animation elevate the scenes they adapt, and music is decent
>meeting is cancelled due to fightswhat a shit episode
>>288135649Dont worry, the Meetings return next episode
>>288136734Interrogation Meeting where Rimuru's contribution-point pyramid scheme and Souei's """slave-hunting operation""" will both welcome a new "participant".
>>288125883>>288125930>>288125970>>288134129Still a month or so until supercars at least. There are still Dino and Charys first. I wonder if these first two cours cover only the hero awakening arc, or the hero awakening arc + the meeting at the start of vol. 12, or even the entire Eve of War arc.
Leon is such a dumb chud
>>288139095
>>288127270I genuinely expected this to be where it goes.Rimuru puts it on and goes "nuh uh, now let's have a meeting"
>>288127270>>288139489While it would be funny, it would also unnecessarily give out the info that he can just shrug a magic device like that off without issues. That said, I remember back during the "teacher exchange school race OAD" I was wondering if Rimuru could also resist that control collar of the phantom who possessed the butler and when exactly he became able to resist the Orb Domination as well.
>>288139443so when leon sees luminous flirting with chloe, and chloe flirting with rimuru, who will she support?
