u/Maximum_Viper2002

Disclaimer: I write this post because of the pent up frustration I have while watching this show. You can avoid it if you like.

Man I am frustrated watching the woman's art style in Mobuseka season 2. Can the animators remove the nose from their art style? They look like doll and sometimes even worse almost looks like clown 🤡 because of the high animation. The men's art style is somewhat solid but when it comes to female characters why the artist felt the need to show their nose more visible. It literally destroyed their character design and ruined my mood when I watched them in season 2. Just fix Angie, Olivia and Mylene art style damn it. Also why they felt the need to make Leon even more mob like character. He became a character who doesn't feel like have a sinister side at all. His character design also made harder to enjoy the comedy in this season. They completely destroyed the charm that makes Leon more likable by making him more mob like character than season 1. Either make the characters design more like LN or don't change it.

The animation of this season is pretty great and they cut the scenes more perfectly than season 1. But all their efforts wasted because of this fucking art style. If the animation is the same back in season 1 like season 2 , it will become much more popular. Getting a 7.5-8 rating is not impossible for season 1 if the animation becomes that much great in present time. The critics who are criticized its art style back in season 1, I want to tell you something. "Fuck off you vocal minority people." You people are the sole reason we need to watch our one of the favourite series downfall and bear to watch the best arc with crappy art style. Unlike Berserk (2016) an OPM season 3, who didn't cover their best arc in those seasons, get downfall because of the nasty CGI and super bad animation. But when it comes to Mobuseka, they covered its best arc in season 2 but get destroyed solely because of its art style. In every site, Season 2 gets lower ratings than season 1 even when they covered the best arc in this season. It has already destroyed any potential season in future atp.

I really hoped we get to see season 3 happening because season 2 has the potential to get a 8-9 rating because of its story. I really feel pity for anime watchers who can't able to see Alzer republic arc and how Leon pulverised Pierre which is so satisfying. The critics and the artist who really blame for the art style need to apologize to these viewers. We deserve better to watch a good show not a doll art style series.

I am a LN reader who finished reading this from 2 years ago and watched season 1 already 4 times. I bottled up my frustration for 4 episodes expected the art style will get better as the story progresses but nope it remains the same. Atp, the series has only one lifeline which is the story carried the whole series in this season. And the people who always say it has budget issues, I need to tell you one thing. If the budget is that big of a problem, then the animation will never get better than season 1 but it did. If the animator fixes the art style, the anime will be golden in this season. Sorry I need to clean my head because it really bothers me so much time after it aired in summer.

In this summer, I am currently watching 21 anime and in according to Mal rating , it doesn't get placed in top 15 when I hope it will become top 5 anime in this season when it started. That much of a disgrace this season is. Even after all, I hope that we get to see Alzer Republic arc animated in future.

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Anime: Mistress Kanan is devilishly easy

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Just what I said in my review, I am going to make a post why I don't like to put Bell x Ais ship into my top 3 bell ships. Also I am going to criticize some annoying AisxBell shippers in my second part who always fuss about some stuff into other shipping posts with valid reasons and explanations and I make the second part to get downvoted by those people solely so I can analyse how many annoying people in this fandom have. So , feel free to downvote, ok.

Note: I only criticise a single character of Danmachi at the first part which is Bell where I explain the reason to. Also I criticise Omori and some of the vocal minority Ais x bell shippers for what they are doing. So I think there is not much hate I get from other readers who are not one of them.With that let's get started.

1. Bell is way more like Kazuya from Rent a Girlfriend when he interacts with Ais

This is the biggest reason I don't like this ship that much. There is a lot of commonality Bell showed when he was with Ais between Kazuya and Chizuru's moment. Bell is obsessed with Ais. He keeps projecting an image of how she is perfect in his head. Kazuya is doing the same thing when it comes to Chizuru. Bell is rizzing the girls here and there when he said he is in love with Ais. Meanwhile Kazuya also got strangled with other girls, especially Ruka. Bell and Kazuya, both of them tried to reject the girls many times who loved him so much but failed which complicated the situation unnecessarily. “Bell would have become a broken shell in season 5 if Ais doesn't remember the moment she spent with him.” It's one of the plot twists which I felt had forced implications in this story. If Omori didn't write the part of Eina where he doubted the scenario around Bell and tried to investigate before Freya charmed her for the second time to erase her memory again, then Ais remembering her moments with Bell wouldn't be as believable as it is. More than that, Bell expecting of Ais remembering him and if she doesn't, he would break and Hestia accepting this situation is fucking nonsensical. Because at that moment, she doesn't understand how Ais feels about Bell, let alone that she loves him. It's pretty abnormal even in a fantasy world storyline where your close one doesn't have the faintest clue yet the one whom you obsessed with remembers that and if she doesn't, he would break. How does it make sense? It almost symbolized that the girl you are obsessed with is more important than the people who loved you. It's as pathetic as Kazuya. Like how he breaks down underneath the swimming pool after he thought Chizuru rejected him indirectly on the rooftop in Rent a girlfriend in season 5. If Ais doesn't remember the moment of Bell when she did, Bell might break down the same way as Kazuya is. They are the same when it comes to romance. The only thing that differentiates them is the world they live in. Bell is the mc who is naturally handsome, which is a common trait in fantasy worlds. Meanwhile Kazuya represents the real world setting and due to Reiji's self- insertion tendency, he wants to make Kazuya more like him. Also like Rent a girlfriend, the relationship of Ais and Bell is a dragged relationship, not a slow burn relationship by any means. If you want a comparative example, read Yona Of The Dawn manga. Its genre style is pretty similar to Danmachi and romance is the secondary genre in this series too. It's the perfect example of an ultimate slow burn romance. It takes 175 chapters to make Yona and Hak a couple and to make the story's perfection, they didn't overshadow the series main theme by romance. The author didn't give them a marriage ceremony at the end of the series so that Yona's coronation to the throne didn't get neglected. That's how you need to make a perfect slow burn romance without gag elements. I know the concept of Danmachi and Yona of the dawn are different, but every romance at least follows a similar pattern in every story. Meanwhile Danmachi has MS and SO, yet they have little normality in the Ais x Bell relationship. The amount of story Danmachi has is twice as much of the Yona of the dawn series yet the progression is barely 30% of Yona and Hak relationship. This is what makes it a drag relationship. Rent a girlfriend is the same. They use unnecessary events to drag the relationship over and over. I am ashamed that I need to compare Danmachi against this trash (Rent a girlfriend) for a relationship reason. That's why, if I am going to acknowledge Bell and Ais relationship and put them into the top 3 of my Bell ship now, then I need to admit that Kazuya is a good MC and not a loser which I never admit. It is infuriating how much similarity they both have, but Bell is in a fantasy world which is why he escapes most of the trash talk which is amusing. Unless Omori gives us an unforgettable Ais arc and one of the best romances in the LN history after that much dragging, I won't put their relationship as my favorite at all.

2. Bell's obsession for Ais is no better than Freya's obsession for Bell

Syr/ Freya really loves Bell. People don't understand Freya's driving force and motivation to make Bell her own, especially when anime is cut a lot of content. Yet viewers are the ones who understand her character very well compared to the readers and ship Syr and Bell quite often. Because most of them see not only from their own perspective but also Syr/ Freya’s perspective as well. People tend to forget that Freya has everything this world has to offer except Bell. Meanwhile Bell has nothing to give Ais comparable to her status. That's why Freya used every arsenal of her sleeves to make Bell fall for her and make him her odr. On the other hand, Bell set a goal to become equal to Ais and confessed his love for her. That's why, he tried to get stronger and gained more recognition to catch up to Ais so he can get her attention too. Both of their motivations are different because of their status and where they stand in that world which differs from the method to achieve their goal when their goals are the same. But people see Freya as evil because of what method she used to own Bell which I also think is extreme. People see her obsession for Bell is bad because she is a major antagonist of her arc but Bell's obsession for Ais is good because he is the mc. I feel pity for Bell x Syr shippers who are constantly harassed by Ais x Bell shippers who always remind them in every damn Syr/ Freya post who is the canon ship and suggest they read SO while looking down on them. It's a reverse psychology they use to undermine their ship because they know compared to Ryu fans Syr has slightly less than them. That's why Ais x Bell shippers ( not every one of them, only the vocal minority) use the opportunity of their majority to downvote their post and safely play the underdog card so people can support them. It is revolting and not try to deny this accusation because I see countless of them. In a perfect world, Syr/ Freya's relationship with Bell could have worked as well as Ais and Bell. Recent volumes help me realize that Bell and Ais relationships will turn into a dependent relationship and then become true love. If it turns out that way, then I think Syr and Bell's relationship makes perfect sense as well. If Bell deserves Ais then Syr / Freya deserves Bell as well. So stop belittling this ship because they are a minority and before you criticize me please understand Freya's character better and read her FC volume as well .

3. LF controls their whole romance plot

I have never seen any LN or manga where main canon romance is driven by a power skill. It does not only make this pair abnormal than the rest but also it's the sole reason their relationship dragged in every volume because of some of the author's previous work and statement. It literally controls Bell's entire love life and his power source, makes Bell look like a puppet of his own skill. The side story where Omori wrote about Ryu and Bell's relationship is pretty nonsensical. He only wrote this to dissolve the ship the fans want so badly and what reason he gives us, “ If Bell falls for another girl other than Ais, LF stops working and the world will get destroyed by OEBD.” How petty can you get when you need a power skill to destroy that relationship of your own work just to satisfy your ego against the fans? Can't you give us a more proper reason why their relationship wouldn't work so we can accept that gracefully? If you are making that side story, why do you write this event when Ryu is in level 4? The timeline needs to be after volume 18 when Ryu is in level 6. The reason Omori didn't make it that way is because he doesn't know himself how he is going to write after Bell turns into level 6 and what is the reason Bell needs to surpass OEBD. Because when the series first introduced the LF goal was set to become equal as Ais and it hasn't changed much as of now. And after that ridiculous side story he wrote, he can't make LF goal to defeat OEBD instead because if he turns the story that route, the fans would surely riot and it makes sense. Because then Ryu and Bell's relationship works just fine and his rapid growth still works because he wants to protect his loved ones. That's why I said in my review, LF is the most unplanned power skill in LN history whose sole reason to exist is just to prevent Bell from hooking up with any other girls other than Ais. I have read a lot of LN's where fate is the catalyst to the canon romance. But it's not even the same when we talk about LF. And if you people try to give me the soul connection theory of Argonaut and Ariadne, Don't please. I already know that story and it is quite well written compared to Ais and Bell's relationship. But that doesn't justify the LF working method and that story has little importance in the main story. If Argonaut fought against OEBD in the past and he and Ariadne died on his hand, then it makes sense if Omori tried to make a revenge plot against OEBD and LF goal evolved because it connects the missing dot properly. If he can't go that route, then there is little importance of their reincarnation in plot devices. Omori makes my belief stronger than before by writing volume 21. That's why I don't accept LF intervention in relationship progression.

Aside from that, Ais and Bell have little normal relationship moments compared to the others based on the importance of plot. The moments they had are less relevant in the story's plot which makes them hard to cheer. They are the reason I don't put AisxBell ship in my top 3 Bell ships.

P.S: I like Ais and Bell as an individual. But when it comes to their romance ,it is truly underdeveloped and the upper reason truly bugs me to ship them. That's why, at least for now I am not shipping them or expect them to get any better based on the LN progression.

Now the second part where I need to explain some stuff to the AisxBell shippers who always fuss about that staff in every other shipper's post.

1. Age : When I talk about age, people mostly fuss in Ryu's post generally. Telling that Bell is 14 and Ryu is 21. I have a question for you guys who always say that. How old is Ais chronologically? Now don't tell me that she is 16 years old. She is physically and mentally 16, not chronologically. Ais is not even born in the same era as Bell, Ryu and the others. She has been sealed for hundreds of years. Those who know Ais origins from reading SO LN already know that she is not 16 chronologically. So why do you people not mention that when you tell Bell is 14 but Ais is thousands years old. And I don't know why Ryu fans never point that out. I think most of them don't want to argue against these people who deliberately give you half of the information and hide the other half to use their advantage. It's called data manipulation. They keep trying to dissolve the BellxRyu ship by raising the topic of age. If age is that much important to form a couple, then in Danmachi, other than goddesses, Ais should be the first one to remove from shipping with Bell.

I am tired of commenting in every damn post that Bell is an adult in the Danmachi verse. Is it too hard to understand? Don't they know the word “Metaphor” ? They expect authors to give us every damn detail with a full summary. Just one sentence is enough to understand the Bell age situation. “No kid is allowed to be held accountable for their lives.” Adventurer is a dangerous line of work and raiding a dungeon is out of the question until anyone becomes the proper age. Death is normal in that profession so everyone is on their own. Bell started his adventure when he was 14 and there is no one who stopped Bell from entering the dungeon, neither guild nor any adventurer. He knows what kind of danger he is going to face and still chooses to do it. That means he is responsible for his own lives. Now some people are going to ask that Ais entered the dungeon at the age of 7. What does it make her then? Well, she is an exception and she had the privilege of going with Loki familia members, the second strongest familia in Orario. Now for those who had this question, tell me this, does Bell have any kind of privilege when he enters the dungeon for the first time of his life? He doesn't and that's normal procedure. That alone should make Bell an adult. And also I think that Omori isn't the kind of writer who makes a kid in his story's MC and then turns into a harem bait romance series. I hope after that post, I never see that ridiculous comment again in any post.

2. J.C Staff makes Ais dirty statement: Does that statement true at all in MS? Let's go find out by comparing with other series:

**aa. Re-zero ( Studio : White Fox) :**I am not going to explain all the cut content they used to cut in previous seasons. Since season 4 is releasing and I believe most of you are watching, I will give you one cut content from LN on its very first episode. In episode 1, they cut a scene where Emilia and Roswaal interact when they stay in Roswaal’s mansion before their journey from Pleiades tower. In their interaction, Roswaal ask Emilia about Subaru and Rem's relationship and in that conversation Emilia indirectly declares war against Rem to win over Subaru's heart. This moment just not only emphasizes Emilia's feelings for Subaru but also she herself knows what her feelings are. It's a massive development for her character growth. Now tell me does that make her dirty by cutting that scene from anime? This season contains arc 6 which has 5 volumes (vol 21 -25) and the anime will have only 19 episodes. To make its pacing good, they will cut a whole lot of content from LN without leaving the major stuff. And besides, containing 5 volumes in only 19 episodes is crazy when every volume is a butt load of information. Meanwhile Danmachi 30- 40% content from every volume is easily removable from anime which is less relevant in the plot. Re- zero season 4 is going to have more than 50 important cut content at the end of the series. Now tell me does that make it any less enjoyable? The studio turns it that way so everyone can understand its basic structure and fully enjoy it. Danmachi did that in season 4 and 5. In that fandom, people are less appreciative of them, especially the Ais lover and instead accuse J. C Staff for making Ais dirty. Now tell me, compared to that cut content of Re-zero, does J. C Staff cut any better Ais content from Danmachi anime?

ab. Mushoku Tensei (Studio : Studio bind) : I name only one character of this series, Roxy, one of the most lovable character in the series. Just watch season 2 part 2 and see how they turn her into a bitch in anime. Read volume 12, they cut some of the important interactions and scenes in anime which makes anyone hate her character because of understanding her intention and motives. And also if not for Hitogami's manipulation, she has become Rudeus's first wife. Now tell me, does J.C Staff make Ais a hatable character from the anime fandom? They just make her character neutral and cut her content because of her less significant role in plot wise. Also they make her character more like violet evergarden, a silent beauty, who has her own charm. I don't see any way J.C Staff makes Ais dirty than Roxy. That's why, I don't understand what is the thing that you people are complaining about.

ac. Solo Leveling ( Studio: A-1 pictures) : Solo leveling is a manhwa series which has two seasons of anime. I hope most of you watched that. If you read its manhwa, you will know how much content they cut from its original source when they adapt it in anime. They erase some of the minor and even the side characters completely in the anime version. Not to mention, romance has non- existential elements in anime too where FMC shows her occasionally just to remind us viewers that she is still a part in this series. If A-1 pictures make DANMACHI instead of J.C Staff, they turn these 5 seasons into 3 seasons at best and turn Ais as a non-existent character. I think that version might be preferred by most of the LN readers who keep complaining about Ais's appearance in anime. I urge you people to read its manhwa if you don't believe my claim. I read it because I like solo leveling and I can't wait for 2- 3 years just to release another season. So don't put me in the non - readers section.

ad. The beginning after the end (Tbate) (Studio: Studio A- cat) : Those who watched season 1 and now seeing season 2, know how horribly they butcher this series. Tbate is one of the best isekai web novels and everyone has high hopes that it surely rocks in anime too. But now it's all in the past glory because the anime doesn't meet a single one of the viewers and readers expectations. They cut content from its original content and then make filler episodes in a seasonal anime. How much contradiction does one studio make when they animate a series? I only read its synopsis and based on what I understand they can wrap this anime season content in 4 episodes instead of taking 7. Now back to the topic. Why do I include this here ? Simple, I want to give a good studio work whom they can appreciate because they can only criticize J.C staff work by raising the topic of OPM s3 which is truly horrible.But didn't they make S2? So when you criticize people,you know they did some good job too? So why don't they praise them for that? Bandai Namco is also involved in making OPM S3. So why not thrash them too into words? J.C Staff did a bad job but they recovered by making Tamon B side in winter anime which is highly praised. I think maybe most of the Ais lovers who keep complaining about that love to see DANMACHI animated by studio A- cat and they deserve it.

Toei animation, Wit studio, Ufotable, Kyoto animation , Mappa etc. never animate Danmachi if it doesn't deliver high specs, fight every 10 minutes or give ultimate emotional storytelling. Which is not the case in Danmachi, in fact it's quite the opposite. So there is little chance they will ever show interest in Danmachi. I give these 4 series as examples because they have the perfect comparability. If they want I can give 10 more examples in one go. I made this again because most of the people might not be satisfied by giving one example in my review about that topic, especially Re-zero. That's why , I remake this with a broader explanation and give more examples. Yet if anyone have question about that, then I doubt thousands of examples may not satisfy their query and they only taunt me by making new question.

3. Some people are getting annoyed by Ais lovers behaviour

Some of the Ais lovers ( not all of them) are trying to play the part of the vocal minority. They try to act humble while belittling other people's character and ship thoroughly and downvote their comment and post as well. Do you people really think that most of the people don't catch what you are doing? You people are using reverse psychology. While constantly acting humble and try to give statements under the pretext of LN content ( some of them are mixed with false data, what I called data manipulation before), making yourself good in front of the mass of people and belittle others at the same time. If the others react understanding what they are doing, they try to play the victim card and gain sympathy from others, making the other commenter the bad guy. It's a typical behavior from our south-asian politicians. So I know very well what you people are doing in this fandom by analyzing some of the posts. Recently, I saw two posts from a poster named : dense ideal; title: My ship (SO) and the Ais religion ( calling it religion is too far) both of these posts criticized the same people I am about to do. He has a valid reason to snap on these people with harsh words. Remember acting humble doesn't mean the other person is a well - wisher. He may be a wolf cloaked in sheep clothes. And this vocal minority of Ais's followers are the same. Humiliating others for not knowing and sharing thoughts under the pretense of a good act doesn't make it any less worse. Curious reader is not one of the people I criticized because he truly gives the information as best as he can. I am criticizing those who use their flattery skill and humble act to gain upvote and mislead information to gain their characters popularity. Most of those people have a common trait to start their sentence, “What are you talking about?” when they clearly know what the poster or commenter is saying. So I hope that in the future whoever is doing it will stop that. Because it is getting annoying day by day and like dense ideal, more and more people will post that same kind of post in the future if you people don't stop that behaviour. Which truly lead this fandom to break apart into two groups and I don't want it.

P. S: I write the second part intentionally to get downvoted by certain people and by certain people means by some of the vocal minority of Ais lovers (not most of them, because I believe most of them are not like those vocal minority people at all). So feel free to downvote me. Because I want to see how many people are there who are like that and by downvoting me is the right way to prove my point valid.