here is no
doubt that “ Tensei
Shitara Slime Datta Ken ( That Time I Got Reincarnated as
a Slime )” is one of the most popular franchises today, not only in
terms of anime but also for being one of the most popular light novels. sold in
Japan. Currently, the long-awaited third season of the anime adaptation
is airing , however, some fans have begun to get upset for a
very particular reason: there are too many meetings and not enough action!
When it
comes to anime, fans obviously expect to witness spectacular battles and
exciting outcomes, and although this third season promises this, viewers
have to binge, so far, a total of six episodes where the group of protagonists
or the villains on duty sit down to have a meeting and talk for the
entire episode.
All of
these meetings are evidently a factor in the worldbuilding of the franchise (that is, establishing the
foundations on which the world of “Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken”
works), and are surely an appreciated detail for anyone interested in
this type of information. . It's pretty clear that they also serve as
a precedent for the battles in the upcoming episodes, so they're actually
taking their time to set up and set the stage for it.
Although it
may not seem like it, the meetings in “Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken” are a
crucial factor for the plot that appears from the source material. In
the light novels, the meetings are a large part of the plot and serve to learn
about Rimuru Tempest's views, her inner thoughts, and the dilemmas she faces. In
fact, many claim that, if these scenes did not exist, Rimuru Tempest would
remain a one-dimensional character who in the end only ends up “doing things
just because.” In many ways, some argue that this is what should have
been done with “Classroom of the Elite,” where many of Kiyotaka Ayanokoji's
monologues are omitted.
But as with
anything, there is a great diversity of positive and negative opinions
regarding how the third season of this popular series has developed. However,
it is more than evident that everyone is going to forget this when the
confrontation between Rimuru Tempest's group and Hinata Sakaguchi's group
finally begins:
- « I think the problem is
the direction of the anime. If there's a worse way to build the world, I
haven't seen it yet. The episodes are not well paced, at times it is as if
you are watching still images. And the fact that for 5 episodes in a row
it's just meeting after meeting after meeting, information after
information after information .
- « And everything is done
in the most bland and unimaginative way possible. The first season was
very good at world building. "That's literally what attracted most of
the fanbase, but the world building was done by really exploring the world ."
- « We've all read the
light novels or the manga, so it's not that we don't have the attention
span to follow the world building. The problem is that the episodes are
poorly paced, low budget, and poorly directed. So yes, I agree with people
who say that this season has been a disappointment .
- « I have no problems
with the meetings in the light novel or the manga. I have a lot of
problems with these in the anime. In the light novel it works, you can
read at your own pace, which makes the experience much faster. The anime
stretches the dialogue to fit 24 minutes of something you could have read
in 5 minutes. The rhythm is not adequate, despite being very faithful. The
context of the dialogue is not the problem, but the way of presenting it .
- « Tensura never had the
type of action that you are talking about but it still had episodes that
had characters moving. Do you know how to move? Moving images? Your body
parts moving? Not just the mouth, but the entire body. The anime couldn't
even match the quality of the light novel or manga, even if it tried to be
original .
- « Presentation and
direction are essential and key to this. You have to realize that watching
meetings, where most of the time they are sitting and talking back and
forth, with occasional pictures, is not the most exciting, but if you do
it weekly, several times, you will annoy the people. fans. The information
in them is fantastic, but it's a dump of repeated exposure when it's the
same information, just retold to other characters, plus characters and
visuals barely move on screen, this is the reaction you'd get .'
- « The meetings are one
of my favorite parts of Tensura, every time there is a meeting, they
either drop a big bomb or introduce something new, but the meetings in
season three feel like they are trying to save animation budget. They
don't have to go in depth every time they explain the same information. This
time not everyone is Hinata, but everyone is Hinata ."
- « Everyone is missing
the point of complaints. Meetings CAN be exciting. Just don't animate an
entire episode of people sitting in static poses. Make them get up, move
around the room, knock on the table, get passionate, make reference to the
things they are talking about, make the people listening participate in
the conversation, make their eyes light up, that some get bored, etc. etc
SHOW MORE than you tell. People watch court shows for this very reason.
Most people are sitting, but there is still something visually attractive .
- « It's true, nowadays we
are conditioned to look for more action-packed programs. I don't mind
reunions, but it would help the series a lot to trim them down a bit and
eliminate scenes that don't sufficiently serve the progression of the
narrative. In my opinion, this series would be better a little more
condensed. I still like it, it is an acceptable series, but it could be an
exquisite series with a better rhythm .
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