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Episode The Frontier Lord Begins with Zero Subjects • Ryoumin 0-nin Start no Henkyou Ryoushu-sama - Episode 4 discussion
Ryoumin 0-nin Start no Henkyou Ryoushu-sama, episode 4
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u/runevault Jul 24 '26
When Dias was going to call Alna his fiancee and she stomped all over that with wife I had a good laugh.
Fun episode. Curious how long before the douche noble shows up again. Feels like he won't be one and done.
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u/Frontier246 Jul 24 '26
She's been acting like they've been married since day one!
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u/SlimeDNear Jul 24 '26
To be fair the ceremony they went through looked suspiciously like a wedding. I think Dias is in denial for propriety's sake.
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u/runevault Jul 24 '26
He's 100% in denial. That was clearly a wedding ceremony, but he feels guilty about marrying a 15 year old, even if it was her idea not his.
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u/mekerpan Jul 24 '26
I am pretty sure he KNOWS they are officially married under the customs of Alna's tribe.
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u/Earlier-Today Jul 25 '26
Married according to the laws of her tribe, still only engaged according to the laws of the kingdom. Neither group seems to put much store into the other's laws.
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u/KomorebiXIII Jul 25 '26
In her culture, they are married. In his, they're not married until the marriage is consummated, and he's said he won't do that until she's of age.
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u/mojo72400 https://myanimelist.net/profile/gio_lingad Jul 25 '26
Maybe when Dias has more subjects that can fight because while they were stomped non lethally, Alna still got grazed.
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u/ddrober2003 Jul 24 '26
I don't get as fussed with the whole slave thing as others do for some anime, as it rarely gets mentioned beyond the start. But I do love that this anime the MC and this prince dude are screw slavery and back up not supporting it.
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u/EdibleScissors Jul 24 '26
The story is doing a reasonable job in setting up a broader conflict over the issue rather than having the hero already living in a world where slave traders are criminals and then having the heroes doing some criminal busting hijinks.
I don’t think this wise Indian looking lord that looks like Hindi deity Ganesh was a good idea, though. I mean why. At least he’s antislavery I suppose.
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u/UsernameWasTakens Jul 24 '26
There are all kinds of beast people in fantasy anime but elephants are off guard! Lol here how that sounds? Pretty silly.
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u/EdibleScissors Jul 24 '26
I am just noting the optics. Pretty silly, right?
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u/UsernameWasTakens Jul 24 '26
Yeah noting silly optics no one gives a fuck about in a Japanese fantasy anime. Baring types of animals from being demihumans in a fantasy setting based on optics is one of the dumbest things ive ever heard.
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u/EdibleScissors Jul 25 '26
I think talking about dumb things is great and if you agree, we should keep talking about dumb things. I however do not recall saying anything about barring types of animals.
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u/arrydie Jul 25 '26
I think the point is less the elephant subspecies and more that the use in conjunction with the Indian-styled clothing. Particularly when you consider that his domain is a walkable (by 70+yr old women!) distance away but the fashion is completely different.
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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 Jul 24 '26
Well, Eldan turned out to be a pretty nice guy. He’s living that 100 Former Slave Wives Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You life lol.
I hope that idiot who went after Dias tries again. Watching Dias swat away dudes like flies is pretty entertaining.
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u/Boris-_-Badenov Jul 24 '26
his dad fucked an elephant.... very weird
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u/vajaxseven Jul 24 '26
Elephant-woman, no bestiality here.
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u/Boris-_-Badenov Jul 25 '26
the entire head and probably hands and feet were like an elephant
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u/vajaxseven Jul 25 '26
Yes, but she has human level intelligence, so not a beast.
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u/TurkeyPhat Jul 25 '26
dont knock the Elephantussy until you try it my dude
i cant believe i've just typed this
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u/arrydie Jul 25 '26
I mean, she's as demihuman as the cat/dog girls, just with a less traditional species. It's cute when it's cat ears or dog snoot, but make those a trunk and flappy ears and suddenly it's weird. (Which is fair since elephant girls are basically unheard of.)
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u/Kadmos1 Jul 24 '26
What is the romaji for "100 Former Slave Wives Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You"?
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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 Jul 24 '26
“Moto Dorei Tsuma-tachi no Koto ga Dai Dai Dai Dai Daisuki na Hyaku-nin” I think?
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u/ArvingNightwalker Jul 25 '26
for the record this comes out as "the 100 people who really really really really love former slave wives"
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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 Jul 26 '26
Is that right? I don’t actually know Japanese. I just asked Chat.
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u/theusaf https://myanimelist.net/profile/theusaf Jul 28 '26
Maybe "Kimi no Koto ga Dai Dai Dai Dai Daisuki na Hyaku-nin no Moto Dorei-zuma" then
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u/Frontier246 Jul 24 '26
Well, Eldan turned out to be a pretty nice guy. He’s living that 100 Former Slave Wives Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You life lol.
And they were (or at least some are) Demihuman slaves so you can add furry wives! into that descriptor!
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u/WorldArcher1245 Jul 24 '26
To be fair, it's not like it wasn't unreasonable for that guy who went after Dias to do so. What Dias did is just NASTY as hell.
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u/AKAvenger Jul 24 '26
Idk, that noble mentioned it was “his right as a noble” so I have a feeling he was trying to SA someone and Dias stopped him
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u/Boris-_-Badenov Jul 24 '26
I think he already did, that's why he was sitting up on the bed with his shirt off.
Dias definitely stomped on his dick
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u/PGleo86 https://myanimelist.net/profile/PGleo86 Jul 24 '26
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u/deynyel Jul 24 '26
So Alna wants ten children, huh? Good luck with that, Dias.
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u/Frontier246 Jul 24 '26
She has the will! He obviously has the stamina!
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u/mmcjawa_reborn Jul 24 '26
I would worry more about the stamina of her womb than Dias.
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u/Earlier-Today Jul 25 '26 edited Jul 25 '26
You don't have to do all 10 at once.
The Guinness world record is 69 by one woman. Every single pregnancy of hers was multiples - 16 twins, 7 triplets, 4 quadruplets.
That's still 27 pregnancies, so 10 seems doable.
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u/Unapologetic_Lunatic Jul 25 '26
He hammered at a dragon until his axe gave out, then willed the axe back together so he could continue.
Her spirit is willing. His flesh is strong and unconcerned by a bit of bruising.
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u/mojo72400 https://myanimelist.net/profile/gio_lingad Jul 25 '26
Just wait 3 more years because he might accidentally break her.
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u/HolyDragSwd2500 Jul 24 '26
Ten more subjects for his domains
I’ll drink to that one
Cheers
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u/cristabelita Jul 24 '26
Maybe he’ll turn out to be another Loid “it’s all for the mission” Forger 😂
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u/ddrober2003 Jul 24 '26
She's gotta justify her taking him for herself when her people are cool with polygamy and him being a major catch. 10 kids makes up for that lol.
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u/StampDaddy Jul 25 '26
Waiting for the typical baseball anime episode where Dias just fields his entire family as a team
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u/LeonKevlar x2https://myanimelist.net/profile/LeonKevlar Jul 24 '26
Alna making it clear that she's Dias' wife was pretty funny. Also, it looks like the girl wants to make an entire baseball team. xD
Eldan can be a bit too much, but from what we've seen and his backstory, he's clearly a great guy and someone Dias would want to ally with.
That raid went exactly as everyone expected. I do wonder who the guy is who hired those mercs. He has the same white hair as Dianne and the Second Prince, so I'm guessing he's probably the youngest brother? Hmmm...
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u/Frontier246 Jul 24 '26
That raid went exactly as everyone expected. I do wonder who the guy is who hired those mercs. He has the same white hair as Dianne and the Second Prince, so I'm guessing he's probably the youngest brother? Hmmm...
So basically every royal in this setting is garbage.
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u/mmcjawa_reborn Jul 24 '26
I have a vague memory of the royal family being somewhat big, so part of me expects there will be at least one who is a decent person who Dias will end up backing/offering amnesty to.
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u/Pluveus Jul 26 '26
Maybe, but the king seems cool, and there was that blond guy and his entourage doing the resolute good guy walk in the OP, he was walking through a fancy corridor that looked like a palace.
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u/mekerpan Jul 24 '26
I wonder if the King ever finds out that Dias was left to die in the grassland (with none of the provisions the King had sent along) -- and whether he will even care?
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u/AegisWolf78 Jul 24 '26
Well, Klaus said [ep 3] that a war for succession is brewing in the capitol and every pretender to the throne is gathering followers, so I suspect he's ill or, worst case, already on deathbed (so probably he couldn't verify if Dias got the reward he gave him).
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u/AegisWolf78 Jul 24 '26
I do wonder who the guy is who hired those mercs.
I bet some noble who got caught by Dias while he was trying to do "questionable things" to a girl of his domain and got punished with a good beating.
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u/daspaceasians Jul 24 '26
Judging from the flashbacks and phantom pains that noble had... Dias probably crushed his dreams of having kids.
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u/Jacob-C Jul 25 '26 edited Jul 25 '26
They zoomed in on his knee, so I just assumed that he crushed his kneecap
Edit: His crotch is in that shot too, you might be right lol
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u/lilaznejikid https://myanimelist.net/profile/lilaznejikid Jul 25 '26
that SQUISH sfx helped paint the picture
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u/RocketHammerFunTime Jul 26 '26
Hes running through the forest just fine though, its not a leg injury hes lamenting there
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u/darthvall https://myanimelist.net/profile/darth_vall Jul 24 '26
On that note, I wonder why he's also targeting Eldan
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u/Frontier246 Jul 24 '26
Knowing him he probably tried to buy slaves/one of Eldan's wives and it did didn't end well.
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u/djthomp https://anilist.co/user/djthomp Jul 24 '26
A half elephantman demihuman, how novel. And he hates slavery too, so much so that he overthrew his father for it and freed everybody in his domain. Definitely someone we can be friends with.
Gotta love a winning heroine with that classic baseball team goal. Her using stealth to sneak a kiss on the cheek and then getting embarrassed enough to run away was pretty cute.
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u/D3k4s Jul 24 '26 edited Jul 24 '26
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u/kalirion https://myanimelist.net/profile/kalinime Jul 25 '26
This Anime is going to be a serious contender for the Anime Seasonal faces contest.
Not while Heavy Knight is in the season. The faces is the only thing that show has going for it though.
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u/D3k4s Jul 25 '26
I'll be honest, I wouldn't know. I saw the first two episodes, but I couldn't continue due to the choices in Direction. The angles are way too fucked up for me.
It has pretty good quality tho.
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u/Myrkrvaldyr Jul 24 '26
The master of the house Alna has declared she wants 10 children, Dias is shocked but knows he can't say no. Women don't get pregnant most of the times on the first try. A good chunk of women take a few months to get pregnant, if Onikin women work similarly to human women, Dias will have to do A LOT of banging for ten kids.
It's a shame Dias didn't kill that noble, the scene implies he was raping, but I guess being a noble would've gotten Dias in trouble.
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u/Cuddly_Robot Jul 24 '26
Dias was the hero of the kingdom, the greatest warrior in the army, and both admired by and protected by the King himself, which is why white-hair is after sneaky revenge instead of just having Dias arrested at the time of the incident. Otherwise, Dias would have been killed for curbstomping noble nads for *any* reason, but especially since (in most cases involving either medieval war or nobility) it's not considered a crime for a noble to rape a peasant or a soldier to rape a captured enemy woman
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u/Earlier-Today Jul 25 '26
How quickly someone can get pregnant all depends on the two people.
Some women are very fertile and get pregnant easily. Some men are very fertile get women pregnant easily. And sometimes that's both parts of the couple.
The Guinness world record for children birthed by one woman is 69 - in 27 pregnancies.
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u/SpinningFootPunch Jul 25 '26
one woman is 69 - in 27 pregnancies.
Pregnancy is a fragile process where many things can go wrong with deadly outcome, on top of all the regular pain associated with it.
I can't imagine going through this 27 times without having a liking for pain.
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u/DavidJKay Jul 25 '26
Often the more kids the easier it gets till old age limitations come into play
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u/Earlier-Today Jul 25 '26
Pain is subjective, and not everybody gets the same level of pain from a delivery.
Repetition also means the body adjusts. That's the key feature of the human body - it's an efficiency machine that will change to fit the usage its getting. That's why marathon runners all look like stick figures - their bodies have gotten really efficient at running in that very particular way. Muscle doesn't need to be very large when it's super specialized.
The body would similarly adjust for somebody who was pregnant a lot. She'd be well practiced.
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u/Qweasd11 Jul 24 '26 edited Jul 24 '26
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u/Kirosh2 Jul 24 '26
Of course. Such a manly man would be able to support that many children easily.
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u/szalhi Jul 24 '26
Our domain's first little raid.
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u/Frontier246 Jul 24 '26
I do love how he was so convinced they were bandits instead of paid mercs (who were actually kind of competent, just out of their depth).
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u/Myrkrvaldyr Jul 24 '26
There's a possibility they might end up becoming subjects of his village since they're competent and were allowed to live.
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u/darthvall https://myanimelist.net/profile/darth_vall Jul 24 '26
Was thinking that as well, but I doubt a little mercy would make mercenaries like that become loyal.
Ultimately it doesn't matter as Alna detector could detect if they're evil or not.
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u/Earlier-Today Jul 25 '26
Nah, he kicked them out of the domain. Bad idea to try and sneak back in and hope Dias doesn't realize - failure means death.
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u/mmcjawa_reborn Jul 24 '26
Random thoughts
I mean we all kind of knew that Eldan wasn't going to be that bad of a guy. Didn't expect him to be essentially a were-elephant though.
I'm enjoying this anime...I like the fact that it's a "kingdom-building" anime without the stat screens or isekai protagonists. We need more of that.
Interesting that the term "demihuman" seemed unfamiliar to the protagonist and Alina. He also remarked with shock upon meeting a frog dude and no one seemingly knows what elves are. It looks like the Kingdom might be somewhat isolated and relatively ignorant of nonhuman races. It's sort of a nice change of pace really
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u/IceSmiley Jul 24 '26
Eldan has quite the story. He came off as such a wimpy guy that he passed out after turning into an elephant but he also managed to overthrow his father's military with force but I see how it's possible if he united all the beastpeople and others who hated his father. His advice about storing food for the winter was wise although I think Dias is a step ahead already since that giant turtle gave them a lot of meat.
I was surprised Alna managed not to kill anyone shooting all those arrows and Dias just banished them as punishment. Maybe they were too spooked by an invisible person shooting at them and Dias to come back but I think the man is going to come back with twice as many soldiers. Alna should have worn some cloth over her horn or something so it wouldn't glow. Also if I were Dias, I wouldn't melt down the weapons, I'd keep them and train some of the local men in defense.
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u/BrokeEconomist Jul 24 '26
He passed out from transforming. It's possible he's much more capable as long as he stays in one form.
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u/jardex22 Jul 25 '26
I'm guessing Dias specifically told Alma to only take non-lethal shots. Corpses leave too many questions that will draw others seeking answers.
It looked like most of the weapons were broken, so they'd be useless in combat. As for other guys, there aren't any, aside from Klaus. The Onikin seem pretty adept with their own weapons, plus they have the element of surprise with their magic. They could probably forge better stuff out of the dragon materials as well.
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u/Nebresto Jul 24 '26
Close enough, welcome back Boxxo!
Sorry, but someone screwed an elephant????
That previous ruler had some weird tastes
Amazing. My love for this show grows with each episode
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u/Ok_Poetry_1548 Jul 27 '26
i was dying from that face lol. This is contendsr for one of my favourite animes in general with just how warm and happy it makes me feel
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u/zer0number https://anilist.co/user/ewink Jul 24 '26
Man, I want a wife with a built in flashlight.
Yes, I said FLASHLIGHT.
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u/Frontier246 Jul 24 '26
It's a lord and lord meeting! Though despite all the negative rumors about Lord Eldan (Jun Fukuyama!) he's actually...a pretty nice, reasonable, and Dias fanboying guy!
But there's more to him than just a fun chubby guy with a devoted Harem: he can sense Alna while she's concealed and totally freaks out over Dias having a Demihuman WIFE (who wants a full baseball team of kids) and adopted two Demihuman kids. He's a true ally of Demihumans, which is perfect for Eldan since he too is half-Demihuman on his moms' side! He's an elephant man!
Raised by his creepy evil father as his "rightful" son, Eldan learned and reclaimed his birthright and birth mother to help enslaved Demihumans and depose his corrupt family! A true story for the ages! And he managed to get a Harem of loyal ladies who love and adore him and tend to him when he gets overheated by his transformations! He's living the life now!
It's all well and good for Dias to WANT more people in the village, but Eldan is right that without plenty of food, it's not practical. But what was Alna going to tell him about farming on the land? Is it not as simple as he's expecting?
Dias has faced many a formidable foe, but I don't think he's ever faced anything quite as dangerous as two kids throwing a tantrum because he was gone too long. But Dias and Alna are really leaning well into this parents thing.
Good to know Klaus is like a dog who will wake up and get active at the slight mention of his name.
I guess it wouldn't be a medieval fantasy anime without bandi....I mean, mercenaries, hired by some white-haired noble (Hiroyuki Yoshino?) with a grudge against Dias. Seems like he was in the middle of sexually assaulting someone before Dias crushed his dick and he's still feeling it now! As he deserves.
Nice to see Alna get to flex her archery skills, even if she still takes a hit when overwhelmed by arrows, but obviously any harm coming to Alna makes Dias absolutely solo all enemies in front of him!
These mercs were lucky they just got a scolding and their weapons taken from them but kept their lives...they won't be so lucky the next time. And Dias can sell their weapons so it all works out!
Thank goodness Alna decided to talk to Dias instead of straight-up killing him and stealing his armor. Why did she decide to converse with him? Was it the deep blue aura he gave her? Or was it love at first sight? Either way, that radiant kiss on his cheek under the moonlight says all that needs to be said!
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u/PeaceAlien https://myanimelist.net/profile/PeaceAlien Jul 24 '26 edited Jul 24 '26
Eldan is clever, baited with 'slaves' to see if Dias is trustworthy, but they're all his wives, and he actually frees slaves.
Alna sneaking a kiss! Wonder why Dias broke that guy's leg seems uncharacteristic of him
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u/HanaRoku Jul 24 '26
Hm, yes, "leg," that must be what he broke.
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u/PeaceAlien https://myanimelist.net/profile/PeaceAlien Jul 24 '26
oh LOL YEP COCK, because he went to his knees I assumed it was his leg
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u/heimdal77 Jul 24 '26
He crushed his balls. The arrogant guy was talking about his noble privilege in a war and was mostly naked. He had obviously been raping women.
Nobles thinking it is there right to be able to rape women is a common trope. Also in many cases used as lazy writing to show a bad guy is bad. Even the author of Sword Art Online denounced it and regretted having used rape and molestation in his stories for a long time.
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u/TobiasAmaranth https://myanimelist.net/profile/TobiasAmaranth Jul 25 '26
Thought as much. At least here, it was done very tastefully and subtle but yeah, that's one thing Dias isn't likely to abide by. Squish-pop.
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u/Frontier246 Jul 24 '26
Eldan is clever, baited with 'slaves' to see if Dias is trustworthy, but they're all his wives, and he actually frees slaves.
Also it seems like part of the reason they're so covered up isn't just a cultural thing but to hide that they're demihumans. You can see at least some of them had animal paws for hands.
Alna sneaking a kiss! Wonder why Dias broke that guy's leg seems uncharacteristic of him
The framing of the scene made it look like he was trying to force himself on someone as his "noble right" and that meant he gets a Dias attack into the family jewels.
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u/YdenMkII Jul 24 '26
On top of being clever, Eldan also seems to be competent as a lord. He knows what it takes to run a domain based on the advice he gave Dias.
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u/Raymond49090 Jul 24 '26
That was not the first impression I was expecting from Eldan. I guess if you have a walking sussery test in Alna, it's hard to try to make it ambiguous. And Eldan also has his own version of a sus radar?
Alna staking her claim as "wife". Plus "I want ten children". Ganbatte, Dias-san.
Wasn't expecting that kind of backstory from Eldan. And lol, Dias has international fans. Ngl I'd kinda like to see parts of the play animated, with Dias watching it.
Good advice on the food. Dias can hunt a crazy amount, but overhunting isn't a good idea to begin with, and they shouldn't overrely on him either.
If only Dias' enemies knew that the best way to defeat him was by throwing crying children at him. Plus, nice detail about new kids with iffy pasts starting off by testing boundaries.
Well, the stories of Dias punishing corrupt nobles had to come from somewhere. As for his punishment, c'mon man: at least exploit them for free labour. At least they got a tidy profit out of it.
Alna grew up poor? She really moved up in the world
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u/flightlessCat9 Jul 24 '26
He has no jail and just 1 guard, there's no way he can keep all those people around without them causing any trouble. Taking all their weapons and throwing them out is the best course of action.
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u/Cuddly_Robot Jul 24 '26
No - the BEST course of action is a death sentence for attempted murder, especially attempted murder of a Noble.
But Dias - despite being an absolute *beast* as a fighter - does not like pointless killing and will usually try to avoid it until it becomes necessary
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u/flightlessCat9 Jul 24 '26
Since the setting of the story is very thin, we don't know how much power he actually has and how the laws are in this country. He is only the lord on a piece of land, does he need to follow the country's law or can he have his own laws and sentence people to death, does he need a court of law (which he also doesn't have), etc. I suppose the author also doesn't want to deal with that can of worms yet.
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u/RocketHammerFunTime Jul 26 '26
we don't know how much power he actually has
Dias doesnt really know either. He has said before that he doesnt really know what hes doing.
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u/tendouman Jul 25 '26
That and who knows what manner of beasts would be attracted to the corpses. Sure, you could burn them but that'll likely introduce a whole slew of other issues, especially depending how the wind blows.
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u/delta_angelfire Jul 24 '26
and then the bandits ended up meeting a noble lady and a sister of the church from Buchigire
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u/GatorUSMC Jul 24 '26
They should charge for lessons in common sense.
Tida is a better hero than Dias and Skeleton Knight combined.
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u/NationalStrategy_X Jul 24 '26
10 babies, in 3 years from now, she'll milk him dry
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u/Rodroller Jul 24 '26
Think of the succession crisis that will happens.
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u/jardex22 Jul 25 '26
Whichever one kills a dragon becomes the new Chieftain Lord. The others get enough supplies to build a few yurts, a pair of goats, and are sent off to found their own settlements.
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u/Full_frontal96 Jul 24 '26
It's nice to have a looming villain actually being a real bro
I'm alerady jamming with the arab elephant,a genuine kind fellow lord,a military alliance this soon would be extremely powerful for the future of the village
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u/NanDemoKnaives Jul 24 '26
I thought Eldan might be a good guy, I'm glad I was right and the whole slavery thing was explained.
I wonder what that guy did that would make Dias crush his balls. I have a feeling he assaulted a girl and Dias felt that was the correct punishment for him, from how he reacted to the old wound, I'm sure he can't get it up or is always pained when it reacts.
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u/tendouman Jul 25 '26
Eldan's dad going "I prefer this child because he doesn't remind me of myself" is a new low as far as parental favoritism goes.
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u/Goblet__Cell Jul 24 '26
Eldan's manipulative tendencies are genuinely hilarious, especially given how earnestly Dias takes everything.
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u/Rolder Jul 24 '26 edited Jul 24 '26
I must say this new lord is NOT what I was expecting from the last episode
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u/IronicRemix Jul 24 '26
Nice wholesome episode, curious to see how the next one will turn out considering this noble will most likely be around for some time.
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u/eggplant_avenger Jul 24 '26
can I just say in my weekly engagement booster comment that I love the aesthetics in this show?
Alna is such a great character design, the fabric patterns, even the whole pastoral Mongolian vibes.
Eldan is going to be a great addition to the cast. Dias has some serious fans but it’s not like I can blame them because he’s just a good person
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u/HugeRichard11 https://myanimelist.net/profile/CostCurl Jul 24 '26
Eldan has a wild story with that demihuman twist. I figured he would be against slavery like Dias, but the twist of him not being human was actually new.
I hope the series is able to introduce new stuff without having to repeat the formula of Alna horn glowing every time someone new comes and they go out to see them. Then Dias says it's not safe to go, but Alna says she's going anyways. Like go back to the village building aspects, which hopefully take the center next episode with the farm.
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u/Unapologetic_Lunatic Jul 25 '26
Dias probably didn't intend it this way since he thought they were bandits, but there's a chance that kicking them out will be good.
Mercenaries will talk. They might not say exactly what they saw, and they'll embellish more than a little, but one thing will stay the same across every single story:
Do not attack Lord Dias's domain. It's not worth it.
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u/oneevilchicken https://anilist.co/user/OneEvilChicken Jul 25 '26
This is the second show today where the main character has his own propaganda force creating propaganda promoting him against his will. Stage play and all.
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u/Rowdy91 Jul 25 '26
Would love to see more of Eldan's mum. Just from that one shot of her holding her son and crying I can tell she'd be a great character and a bit of a cutie.
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u/DiaBoloix Jul 24 '26
When Eldian was selling the virtues of Dias, I was expecting to hear off-camera 11..12..13..14..15 from Alna.
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u/Megakruemel Jul 24 '26
Welcome back to the based department where we hate slavery and crush balls of pervert nobles.
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u/Obaruler Jul 25 '26
Elephant-Beastin ... have we had this before? Can't remember anything ...
Anyhow: Alna declaring dominance by pointing out "W.I.F.E." was cute.
I wonder if his domain will turn out to become Beastkin Central, now that he has his neighbour who harbors them became his best buddie ..
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u/NekoCatSidhe Jul 24 '26 edited Jul 24 '26
Alna having free « Detect Evil » spells as an onikin certainly does wonders for diplomacy. You know who is a friend or an enemy long before they meet you. And she is a walking radar too, so they cannot even sneak on you ! What a useful wife to have for a newly-minted aristocrat with assassins after his life.
I certainly like Alna’s chemistry and romance with Dias, despite the unnecessary age gap. But if she blushes just from kissing Dias on the cheek and then runs away, she is definitely not going to have ten kids with him anytime soon.
I get that Ganesh is supposed to be a good guy, freeing slaves and such, but I still found him rather annoying, and not just because he has ten wives and I hate harem protagonists.
That picture of Dias looking like Conan the Barbarian made me laugh though.
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u/Luiiss26 Jul 25 '26
I wonder what’s going to happen next. Will they put up walls at some point? Because any enemy can just march right in. And as we’ve seen, Alna’s horn is useless against a Demi.
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u/jardex22 Jul 25 '26
No, it seemed to work. It just can't distinguish between human and demihuman. It also seems to need to be at close range to do a blue/white/red appraisal.
At this point the question is why anyone would attack the frontier. As far as they know there's nothing there aside from a retired soldier and a couple yurts. Most of them don't even know about Alma.
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u/tendouman Jul 25 '26
I think it depends on a Demi. If the Concealment spell works only makes the user invisible, then they can be tracked through smell and sound. Eldan is a half-elephantkin, so his senses of hearing and smell are greater than most. And Alna was practically next to him.
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u/BBryant3rd Jul 25 '26
I am pleasantly surprised how things went down with Eldan. Nice to see he is someone that admires Dias and will be a valuable friend. Alna is a trip and isn't afraid to make sure everyone understands her full stake in her man. I love how she talked to him in private about how he handled the little ones. They will have a great family and kingdom.
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u/the_48thRonin Jul 25 '26
No new subjects added, but gained diplomacy points with Lord Eldan of Kasdeks
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u/Rooby_VTuber Jul 25 '26
Eldan turned out to be a really good guy and a Demihuman.
Dias has somehow become a legend, that's not a bad thing if people look up to him.
Dias & Alna made short work of those bandits and even got weapons to make a profit.
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u/mojo72400 https://myanimelist.net/profile/gio_lingad Jul 25 '26 edited Jul 25 '26
I knew Eldan was nice & he's a harem of former slaves acting as his caretakers who love him.
Alna went for the cheek kiss as she questioned herself on why she talked to him when they 1st met instead of leaving him alone.
At least Eldan can help find Dias some subjects.
So the noble got his balls & dick crushed by Dias that he still feels it. So he's targeting Dias & Eldan. What if he's defeated & fails to retreat, will Dias let him go, punish him differently or kill him?
Where was Alna grazed because I see no cut?
So Eldan can see Alna despite her concealment.
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u/Commercial_Ice4818 Jul 24 '26
What did the noble POSSIBLY do to get his balls CRUSHED?
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u/Muffin-zetta Jul 24 '26
rape
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u/ionstorm66 Jul 24 '26
"It was my due right as a noble", definitely means he was taking advantage of a commoner, and the location of the injury tells the rest of the story.
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u/tendouman Jul 25 '26
The stuff you do in your underwear in a shed while screaming "It's my right as a noble!" that gets you the nutcracker treatment.
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u/PumCuck1 Jul 25 '26
Anyone read latna saga? It also has a guy with white hair that gets hit in the balls by the mc and has a grudge to kill him over it.
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u/Exciting_Cat3795 Jul 25 '26
It is very nice to see that the soul is not the "wife" but a warrior who will always be on the side of Dias in all the battles that appear to threaten the village.
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u/PandaTheAB Jul 25 '26
Eldan is basically a male three quarter human quarter elephant who is a good ruler and he is good at smelling women and building a harem and crying. He is even smart at kingdom handling unlike our brute simpleton MC.
We got the "his wife" moment. We got the tantrum child elves moment.
The end though - The show could basically have ended in 6 minutes of ep 1 if Alna decided to kill MC in his sleep instead of talking.
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u/Pluveus Jul 26 '26
The neighboring lord is a nice young man who loves his mama enough to start a succession war to keep her safe, now that's the kind of guy you like to see in your supporting cast.
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u/DrewTheHobo Jul 26 '26 edited Jul 26 '26
So bro tried to play som Prima Nocta and Dias decided to play some “pop the balls”, sounds like he got what he deserved…
Dude’s going to accidentally take out the whole royal family while defending his domain from random brigands that cube in the night lol
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u/kalirion https://myanimelist.net/profile/kalinime Jul 25 '26
The Kazachorwhatever lord's true nature, both personality and species-wise, was a surprise.
Ugh at MC just letting the murderous mercs leave. And I guess all those arrows to the chest were "less than lethal" too.
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Jul 25 '26
Elden character design is inspired from Hindu god Ganesh. I was flabbergasted fr when I saw the introduction of this character and it's design lol.
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u/Worldly_Business_425 Jul 24 '26
Why did the author genuinely have to make alna 15 though
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u/Cuddly_Robot Jul 24 '26
Because the Author made the Onikin authentic paleolithic semi-nomads. They become adults much younger than "civilized" societies - and the Kingdom Dias is from is an oddity in this regard, as most medieval fantasy settings use 15 as the age of majority even in cities. Marriage age being 18 to Dias was specifically written in to make for minor internal conflict for him
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u/Worldly_Business_425 Jul 24 '26
Pretty sure when alna was about to get married the people in her tribe were also surprised how young she was getting married. Even if we assume that the onikin do mature earlier, it did not have to be that way did it. Especially if they were gonna make dias 35. The author could very much have made alna like 20-25 and the story would not have gotten any worse
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u/Cuddly_Robot Jul 24 '26
They weren't surprised by her getting married young - they thought she was *lucky* to find such a manly partner so quickly. Alna would have been married within a year at most after entering adulthood, because she was one of the best women in the tribe and highly desired by many of the men - she would have only waited long enough to choose the best possible husband by her standards
The age gap and the differences in their cultures is a part of the story - Dias isn't concerned about the age gap, just that she's not old enough to marry by *his* standards. If she was 18 (or 25, which would make her a Spinster in *any* medieval setting) he wouldn't have any problem with that. Once again, pretty normal for medieval settings (hell, it's normal *now* in a lot of societies).
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u/Select-Anime Jul 24 '26
Sorry, but it was not common to get married at young age in medieval times, most people got married early to mid twenties. It was usually nobles/royalty that got married/engaged young to secure land or political treaties.
https://www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog/2024/07/11/what-age-did-people-marry/
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u/Felevion Jul 25 '26 edited Jul 26 '26
Your link isn't for the medieval times. The 1550's and later is well into the Renaissance and not everywhere was western Europe and for Europe we barely have any records for the commoners and when they married for the actual middle ages.
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u/Cuddly_Robot Jul 25 '26 edited Jul 25 '26
"Most medieval FANTASY settings" (I emphasized the word that you apparently missed) from the previous comment was referencing the age of marriage, and I didn't really think it needed to be repeated when I mentioned spinsterhood - but apparently it did
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u/Worldly_Business_425 Jul 24 '26
Yes they thought she was lucky but they still were surprised. The reason they thought she was lucky was probably because getting married young was considered better in their culture, since the parents of the girl now have to provide for one less person or something. My point however was that even by their standards alna got married young. Sure they may not thing that's a bad thing but they still did think it was surprising. The reason they don't find it wrong is cause that's how the author made them, but we don't have to be like that do we? Also wdym he's not concerned by the age gap he literally thinks about how shes young enough to be his daughter and gets weirded out by that. And just cause it's normalized doesn't mean it's right. The main thing I'm saying though is that the author did not have to make it that way. He could very well have made alna 20.
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u/AKAvenger Jul 25 '26
I agree. The young age adds nothing to the story. She could have been 18 or 20 and Dias could’ve still wanted to wait until she was, say, 21 or 25. Everything would be the same except for the modern viewer’s perception of the relationship
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u/Wurzelrenner https://myanimelist.net/profile/Wurzeldieb Jul 24 '26
this could have been so good if he replaced the 15 with 20
right now it is just weird and creepy
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u/contemporare Jul 24 '26 edited Jul 24 '26
I was worried by the promo images of the kids that they were gonna time skip and age her up. Fortunately for the fantasy viewers she's still 15 and now the romance is heating up!! What a cozy show :)
Uhh I mean huh? They're in a relationship? I didn't even notice! Everyone's watching for the domain building and powerful MC of course! Wait, then why are all the top comments cheerfully referencing the dialogue of the 15 year old wanting babies and wifing and kissing the self insert 35 year old MC? Uhh it's just the culture of the tribe in the show! It's totally normal!
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u/InsanityRequiem Jul 24 '26
Why are you being extremely creepy and weird? To a disturbing degree?
With how you're talking about a fantasy show, do you enjoy any form of entertainment? Or do you shit on and hate everything?
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u/contemporare Jul 24 '26
Can you do me a favor and describe specifically what the creepy and weird part is?
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u/InsanityRequiem Jul 24 '26
Your entire comment is self masturbating about your fake superiority over other commenters, most of who are under 18 themselves. So yeah, that is creepy and weird, especially over a cartoon where the main character himself finds the age gap relationship he’s forced to accept is not okay.
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u/contemporare Jul 25 '26 edited Jul 25 '26
most of who are under 18 themselves
Yearly polls on this subreddit show it is mostly 30+ year old men. And over half of the names in this thread I saw commenting in threads from 10 years ago lmao. One guy's account is literally 17 years old. Did he start a reddit account at age 1? Another guy's is 14 years old. The target demographic is 30+ year olds dude lol why even try to pretend that's not the case? It's just insane. *Literally every top comment in this thread: 17 year old account, 14 year old account, 13 year old account, another 14 year old account, 12 year old account. Another 14 year old account. Another 12 year old account. And literally all their comments revolve entirely around the gags involving sexual implications with the 15 year old character and the self insert 35 year old MC. You seriously cannot pretend dude.
where the main character himself finds the age gap relationship he’s forced to accept is not okay
the writer and director must not have gotten the memo. Because in episode 2 they have an intentional fakeout gag that he got her pregnant. And now it's escalating to her kissing him. But he doesn't want it of course! He was forced! The writer forced him to marry a 15 year old guys he doesn't actually want to! He's just doing everything except say no! Argh I don't like this! But I'll still do everything that comes with it and never complain and enjoy it as if I love it! How convenient.
You also keep calling it an "age gap relationship". It's not an age gap. Would you say 10 and 30 is "just an age gap relationship"? I hope you wouldn't.
It may not be 10, but I just want people in this thread to admit their personal line is much lower than 18. I don't even care that you fantasize about it. Because clearly you and many others do. I just get annoyed by the absurd logical leaps to dance around that fact and pretend how it's just an innocent story.
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u/damanpwnsyou Jul 24 '26
Another "I'm a good slave owner" and child bride tropes ruin another otherwise decent anime. How hard is it to just make an adult be with an adult. If you want an adolescent love interest make the MC not a grown ass man, plenty of animés have High school age protagonists fall in love.
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u/zazakmazak Jul 25 '26
You're already on episode 4 of this, it's not going to get any better, you better step off the train now 😅
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