Katainaka no Ossan, Kensei ni Naru ~Tada no Inaka no Kenjutsu Shihan Datta noni, Taisei Shita Deshi-tachi ga Ore wo Hottekurenai Ken~ - Vol. 9 Ch. 41…

[flxsemi]

Reminds me of Berserk when Guts just came back from an assassination and everyone's just having fun on the ball.

 

[kingdudman]

no not the granny battle maid.

 

[chickenstalker]

2 months is too long to remember who is who and what.

 

[ciera]

Thank you for the upload

 

[Kalamel]

I got spoiled and know there're spy in the knight group. Even though I didn't know who, it's pretty obvious if you look at the screen time. So sad.

RIP grandma. I really wish to see her duel with gramp. He and his sharp eyes fighting a spymaster, with the quality of this manga fight scene, would be epic.

 

[Kuroryu_21]

Thanks for the chapter!!!

 

[Pen3]

Glad they didnt kill the archer waifu, she can still be fixed by Beryl.

 

[CapitanTooTanned]

Oh, come on!

 

[tohkaknight]

man

 

[Kur-o_O-kami]

Speaking as someone that has consumed the LN, anime, and manga (but it has been a while), it is not bad, it is fine really. It is just the manga is just  that good with all if the adaptation expansion the manga does, just to mention one thing.

I rather like how the fights are animated in the anime.

With LN being sauce and baseline of 100 out of 100, I would say Anime adaptation is around 90-95 out if 100.

Manga on the other hand… maybe around 180 out of 100 and at least 5 hidden platinum achievements so far

 

[Eliminateur]

it''s been so long i don't remember almost anything with the release rate of this manga

2 months is too long to remember who is who and what.

pretty much this, i don't remember anything between chapters, too slow

 

[Maplefield]

Granny should've stayed at home knitting scarf for her grandkids' Christmas presents 🥲

 

[Megaman121]

TFW you already got spoiled about the spy thing because some shitty phonk anime fight scene reels...

It's nice that the LN got anime adaptation at all, but it's also kinda sad to think we'll never get to see the manga animated

 

[alacaelum]

Wow... that explosion was brutal... this series still surprises me with how gory it can get.

Having seen clips of the anime and knowing that apparently it follows the novel very closely... I am still impressed by how this manga has elevated this story.

By all intents and purposes, it is "shounen trash"... but this manga adaptation not only has incredible fight choreography with good art, but the little tweaks in the writing bring true depth to the characters and events.

It is "simple complexity", as oxymoronic as this sounds, I think it is the best way to describe... there are tried-and-true cliches, political "games" mixed with some fantastical elements, corrupt and oppressive institutions, and the classic shounen trash tropes... but it is the small things... one character that wasn't there, a few panels of dialogue more, or less, a few adjustments in the pacing... not misusing or forgetting side characters... and we have a story that, despite being simple, has complexity to it.

There is a bite to it... you can feel the tension, there aren't just characters duking it out without consequences... these are "people" carrying the weight of their beliefs, making decisions and fighting for it.
You know... I don't think he will.

MC is likely going to try to convince himself that Roze isn't an adversary even if he sees her doing obvious spy shit.

.... which would also be the best time to catch someone who is never off guard, off guard.

Despite Beryl's meekness, when things get going... he does not hesitate to go for the kill, and more than anything... he respects his disciples to make their own paths in life.

Her choice, her decision... her consequences... he can disagree, but after everything she did... it isn't something that can be changed with words.

But I do agree that even the slightest hesitation on his part could be a chance for her, even if he doesn't try to convince her.

 

[Karikko]

as expected.

 

[Scrabbleman]

Dang, this chapter is exceptionally brutal. Granny cut of that girl's tongue after stabbing the neck. If it weren't for healing magic, she's practically dead.

 

[coyote_vdb]

Thanks for the translation.
Quite a good chapter.

 

[Diamond_Coal]

EVERYONE in the manga feels like the main character. I feel like this is the main reason manga just feels better to expierience over ln and anime. You are just never dissapointed or annoyed no matter who we follow on the paper. Even side characters with no name (shout out the arrow in the neck guy) have their moments.

We could easily skip all the fight to get just the old lady one, but we get to see the guard and the rest of the assasins in action.
Manga isn't stopping to explain anything that happens (except when they like train, but that's the point of training, to discuss what you should do better), we are trusted to follow the fight, we are trusted to understand what is happening based on what the story told us before.

Moreover it's impressive how the story doesn't seem oversaturated with characters, everyone has time to be developed, everyone has a significance to them.

Fights in anime are not terrible, but I feel that compared to manga they are just alright. Case in point: The fight of Beryl with the baba-loli is just so much better in manga, it feels more grounded, yes, but also he somehow comes out as more powerfull than he does in anime. The choregraphy is just that better, the problem solving of characters is just so much more entertaining, the movement is somehow just a smidge better shown, which is wierd, cuz it's a drawing.

And side note: I don't know why, but the artistic choice to just not draw mouths sometimes, somehow adds this needed spice in scenes. Why does it work? No idea.



Let's not forget tho. [*] R.I.P. Grandma, let your soul take the arm as well.

 

[HaikenEdge]

Speaking as someone that has consumed the LN, anime, and manga (but it has been a while), it is not bad, it is fine really. It is just the manga is just  that good with all if the adaptation expansion the manga does, just to mention one thing.

I rather like how the fights are animated in the anime.

Isn't it also true that Beryl in the LN is kind of an emo bitch?

 

[hayatekanzaki]

is it bad?

As mentioned earlier, the anime directly adapts from the light novel. BUT it feels a bit lacking due to that. The manga is objectively the best version of this story imo.

Manga adds characters that were not originally in the light novel. Sometimes replacing characters that felt basic or like throwaways. These manga originals got backstories, motivations, their strengths and flaws. Weaving them in the story to flesh out the parts that were lacking and at times changing how Beryl is as a character. He’s affected more by the things that are happening around him in the story. It helps his character development compared to how the light novel version does things.

Like first arc for example, we got Schupple and his crew replacing a box standard group of church knights who fight Beryl. In the original, these church knights were just simple minded and believed in their god and fought like calm fanatics. Schupple and his group add in more character nuance. Schupple is a broken swordsman having lost his way after a great tragedy that took something important away from him. The rest of his crew having unique roles and talents. Beryl’s feelings after the whole event are different than in the light novel due to this.

It is the same with each arc in a sense with adding in more characters to help flesh out the story more. Like in this arc, in the light novel, all the assassins are nameless and generic. But in this version we have several unique assassins and their unique fighting styles and bits. And on the good guy side we have the additions of those who are the secret bodyguards.

In terms of ranking this is most likely general consensus imo

Manga > > > > > light novel > anime

Anime isn’t bad, we do get the fights in motion, but it doesn’t have the same feel as how the manga does things. Also anime relies using CG models of the characters during some fight scenes. IMO anime is average.