Katainaka no Ossan, Kensei ni Naru ~Tada no Inaka no Kenjutsu Shihan Datta noni, Taisei Shita Deshi-tachi ga Ore wo Hottekurenai Ken~ - Vol. 7 Ch. 33…

[1969]

Jesus, how many students did Beryl teach?

Yes

 

[CheesiBoye]

Hello, sports fan
How is it going?
Did you enjoy the anime?
I hope you do

Because I... uh.. well... I didn't really like it
Quite disappointed, suffice to say

hope you like it, tho

From what very little ive seen i think they went for it being a contrasting comedy whereas the manga went to make normal sword techniques have the same dramatization and focus anime bullshit fights usually have

 

[thedestroyership]

Shadow is definitely Sven.

 

[slyss]

Btw, you can say the anime was only an advertise to promote the story, not a thing made to get money by itself.

I’ll never not find it funny how the manga was making up around 80% of the total series' sales before the anime hit.

In a way, the anime did its job, the LN got a sales boost, yes, but the manga? Oh man, it EXPLODED. Every volume got reprints, and even the new spin-offs charted. And the funny part is that physical sales aren't even this manga's forte, to the point that people were confused by past milestones since the physical numbers didn't add up to what was being reported. So you can imagine how crazy it's going digitally.

 

[Kefrayba]

Just about panels from the beginning to end of the fight just ooze tensions and atmosphere. The fight itself it was super as always. Just Wow!!

 

[sotokouya]

Jesus, how many students did Beryl teach?

i think the real question is how many of them are women

 

[Frost_Artus]

he's got Eye of the Mind (True)

 

[MerchantMarx]

The whole mindseye thing, Beryl seeing his own death multiple time just by judging the opponent will always be badass. Like anticipating chess pieces movements but more action.

 

[Sheza]

Let me get this straight. The LN was barely of note and its sales were tanking, while the manga is the version that put this story in the spotlight and its sales reaching top 10 in oricon, yet they choose to make an anime adaptation based on the LN?
Do jap executives enjoy losing money?

Its just japanese culture with how they cling so much to the past that they think "original is better" even if the original is outdated and frankly worst than the new stuff. Im thinking that the director or producer for the anime probably stuck to the LN because theyre afraid of straying off from the original.

 

[Flame-2-Haze]

Wouldn't be surprising if the shadow swordsman somehow inserted the part of its essence inside Beryl before it got sealed.

 

[Sheza]

ONE MORE?

Man... Beryl was a prolific teacher.

This... was... intense... man, I love every minute of this chapter.

Did any of you ever notice one of the greatest failings of a story with an op MC? Sorry, kinda of a trap question, let me say at least were i want to go with this... in many (if not most) stories with op MCs, no matter how hyped up someone is, how much a especific group of people is said to be elite, the moment they go against the MC... they become utterly incompetent, and most of the time (if not always), there is no justificative for such batlant turn to incompetence.

Now, notice what happened in this chapter... Beryl was going to die if he fought that shadow, at the same time, a Fissel was going to die to if Beryl wasnt there to give her protection, but no matter what... if those mages didnt organise so qickly and efficiently and act with the clear level a group of battle mages from a country should have... the only option would have been to lock the place and let the shadow rampage until it tired... if even that.

What I am trying to say is that, despite Beryl being probably the best pure swordsman in this world (still pending on that, I think), he is not invincible, and his talent and capacity are not the solution for every problem.

Sure... it was because of that potential that the shadow swordsman appeared, it still says a lot about him, but the world around is moving WITH the MC, people with different abilities and talents are relevant to the ultimate result of each situation.

And this is one more thing I love about this story: the valorization of the world, not just the main character.

And despite the simple choreography in this chapter... I could feel the tension in each movement, they were against a adversary of such level that every action was made at its utmost limit, and it felt like that.

Fissel is so cute XD.

What i really like about this is that i was looking forward to a swordfight between berryl and the shadow but suddenly it shows that berryl is outright outmatched with that single page reveal, that suddenly shocks the readers while instantly skyrocketing the tension. Even after all that, berryls defeat doesn't come off as cheap or a product of the author forcing a defeat on the "supposedly" OP MC since the opponent is just that dangerous as an acknowledgement of berryls strength.

 

[Limpe84]

So much amazing stuff that they just decided to cut from the anime, very disappointing

I think I get where the creators were going with the anime. Beryl is clearly past his prime, but is still able to hold his own because of his fighting experience and his keen senses. They also play up the father figure that he is to his former students. Unfortunately, this doesn’t always make for exciting storytelling.

The manga elevates him to some sort of war god (he takes down the flying monster almost single-handedly, but barely does anything in the anime, for exampl), which probably wasn’t the original intent. But I can also see why readers would prefer the manga storyline more. It’s just more satisfying where you see each of the characters grow in fighting prowess and holding their own against their opponents (you can’t help but root for Kuruni).

I admit I was initially bored by the anime, though things got a little better in the second half.

 

[Maziri]

PEAK IS FINALLY BACK!!!

MAN WHY DID THE ANIME CUT THE SCREEN FROM THE SHAKE HAND???? WHYYY

 

[wisemanro]

Jesus, how many students did Beryl teach?

Dude had many student but 0 wife.

i understand now why his father was very piss.

 

[Inra002]

if only the anime version has 2 epic battles (baryl vs other sword master and baryl vs shadow swordsman) it would be a good anime, I mean that 2 things I mentioned is the core of story's plot, right?

additional: I think they (the studio) already did their best for animations they used, the cg ain't bad compared to any other action animes (as example, isekai de cheat skill wo te ni shita ore wa)

 

[NateVG]

ONE MORE?

Man... Beryl was a prolific teacher.

This... was... intense... man, I love every minute of this chapter.

Did any of you ever notice one of the greatest failings of a story with an op MC? Sorry, kinda of a trap question, let me say at least were i want to go with this... in many (if not most) stories with op MCs, no matter how hyped up someone is, how much a especific group of people is said to be elite, the moment they go against the MC... they become utterly incompetent, and most of the time (if not always), there is no justificative for such batlant turn to incompetence.

Now, notice what happened in this chapter... Beryl was going to die if he fought that shadow, at the same time, a Fissel was going to die to if Beryl wasnt there to give her protection, but no matter what... if those mages didnt organise so qickly and efficiently and act with the clear level a group of battle mages from a country should have... the only option would have been to lock the place and let the shadow rampage until it tired... if even that.

What I am trying to say is that, despite Beryl being probably the best pure swordsman in this world (still pending on that, I think), he is not invincible, and his talent and capacity are not the solution for every problem.

Sure... it was because of that potential that the shadow swordsman appeared, it still says a lot about him, but the world around is moving WITH the MC, people with different abilities and talents are relevant to the ultimate result of each situation.

And this is one more thing I love about this story: the valorization of the world, not just the main character.

And despite the simple choreography in this chapter... I could feel the tension in each movement, they were against a adversary of such level that every action was made at its utmost limit, and it felt like that.

Fissel is so cute XD.

In my opinion there's nothing bad about having an OP MC, but for a story with OP main character to work the author themselves must give more thought about how they will lay out the story, otherwise it will come of as just your typical power fantasy with nothing going for it as time goes.

The best examples I can bring out to compare are Solo Leveling vs Latna Saga, while both of them are manhwa and not manga (it's technically a "manga" but from KR) it's the two that pop out of my head first when I saw this topic being brought up, both of them have their own OP protagonist but the difference between them is night and day the deeper you dive into their story.

I'll try my best to avoid spoiler but here's basically how it feel like to me reading both of them, while Solo Leveling has good concept going for it back at its time, you slowly notice that the environment and characters around the MC are getting more and more obsolete the more you read into it, and at some point it's mostly just him aura farming in my eyes, the author basically shot themselves on the foot when they made Jinwoo pretty much immortal about half way in the story thanks to how his power works along with the unlimited amount of money that he can use to buy mana potion, worse off no one but him can "level up" because of the world setting they did at the start of the story, so it ended up with his opponent will keep getting stronger to catch up with him and maybe give him a bit of a challenge while pretty much every single character will just stand there and watch him duke it out and glaze him to no end.

In Latna Saga, the MC earned that power, he didn't just work hard to get his insane strength at the start, he literally become insane and unhinged to get that strength, heck he even made his own cope mechanism just to be able to wield them, and it doesn't show at the start, but you get more hints about it as you keep reading and at some point you realize that his power isn't even exactly a good thing, he still has rooms to grow, his friends and enemies too, the world building is established solidly, the villains sometimes are one or two steps ahead of the main casts, they have their own development, back story and goals to focus on, it's not just about the MC.

I think the best way to sum it up would be that there's a vast difference between a story that have the world moves around the protagonist VS a story that have the protagonist adapting to the world they're in. It sounds so obvious yet a lot of manga that get published all have the world trying to adapt to the MC, and the one that are written otherwise usually get put back on the shelf, either because it's mainly to promote their novel, or they get axed for some reasons.

 

[Kendrakirai]

Shadow style! Kagebunshin!

Also, i know it's been commented ad nauseium in previous comment section, but... HOLY SHEEEET! How they BUTCHERED the anime, one of the worst adaptations i've seen.

Did they butcher it, or did they base it on the novel, and the manga is just better than the origional source?

Remember, most adaptations (manga, anime, novels, comic books, etc) are based on the original source rather than other adaptations. It's just a lot simpler that way, business-wise (fewer people having a say, fewer people getting a cut) and often the adaptations are made in part to advertise the thing that's being adapted.

 

[Kendrakirai]

Anime didn't cut anything, is faithful to its source, the LN.
Is the mangaka doing this adaptation the one who is changing, rearranging, fleshing and polishing the original mediocre story and transforming it in the manga we all like.

That's what I thought (and just said in another reply)

 

[UnluckyGrape]

I mean he was teaching for over 20 years assuming he had even just 9 pupils a year that's already like 180 pupils

His seed (pupils) have spread and matured

 

[Aoitenshi]

Not all anime stick to the novels. Maomao, for example, took a page from the manga (the cuter one) instead of making a faithful adaptation from the novel.