Suna Mahou de Suna no Oukoku wo Tsukurou ~Sabaku ni Tsuihou Sareta kara Ganbatte Sokoku Ijou no Kokka wo Tatete Mita~ - Vol. 1 Ch. 2

[SpeedyAussie]

Anthropocentrism. Also, in a fantasy setting, ant queens having a humanoid form is more common than you think!

Really? Huh...

Also another thing I realised... Ant KING?! I'm aware that ant colony's have ant queens that lay eggs, but a MALE?!

 

[phil777]

Also another thing I realised... Ant KING?! I'm aware that ant colony's have ant queens that lay eggs, but a MALE?!

Solo Leveling did it, so I guess that might be where the inspiration comes from.

And unrelated, but there is actually a movie called King of the Ants: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_the_Ants

oh, and Termites do have a King and Queen.

 

[SpeedyAussie]

"Solo Leveling did it, so I guess that might be where the inspiration comes from."

Wasn't Beru like a warrior? Or an elite soldier? Like, the best of the BEST!

edit: nevermind, Beru is the Shadow of the Ant King, Like you said.

 

[phil777]

Wasn't Beru like a warrior? Or an elite soldier? Like, the best of the BEST!

Sadly, I have no idea who Beru is, let me look it up... Ah, that's also part of Solo Leveling. I haven't read it. Friends said it was good at the beginning, then peaked at some island arc. It was all downhill after that.

 

[SpeedyAussie]

Sadly, I have no idea who Beru is, let me look it up...

Beru is the name that JinWoo gave the Ant King

 

[SpeedyAussie]

Friends said it was good at the beginning, then peaked at some island arc. It was all downhill after that.

My favourite scene's of the entire series is after the island arc.

Spoiler: Spoilers

Spoiler: Scene 1

It's either when Jina's school gets attacked by ogres while he is inside a gate helping another group hunt. He sense's that the Shadows he had put in Jina's shadow had died so he rushed over leaving Beru in charge of the Gate. The Ogre boss absolutely shit's himself as he has sensed an overwhelming aura flying right towards him!

Spoiler: Scene 2

Or it is When he saves Japan from one of the monarch coming through a gate, showcasing that he is not only physically strong, but that he also has an army!

 

[Kosnope]

Yep, they can actually build their kingdom.

the only thing left is to populate it
Which is going to be much easier with Isis' life magic.

 

[Flyingpantsu]

This is so stupid. He can do anything as long as it involves sand. Meaning that depending on how arbitrary it is, everything made of glass and stone is also fair play. He doesn't even need a desert, he could simply gather all the sand grains you can find everywhere on the planet to make a big pile of sand. I bet he could just sprinkle some sand and resin on weapons to control a bazilion of swords to throw at his enemies.

 

[GrimGriefer]

it's amazing how life magic can grow a coconut tree completely trimmed!

 

[Yuna4Yuu]

Horus and Isis, they make ancient egyptian pantheon into a harem fantasy shonen slop?

Well, I'm entertained so far. I might see where this goes.

 

[Phelix]

Their main source of drinking water, and she just unloads her dirt into it.

 

[Amenohi]

Why are those countries exiling people with useful magic? Someone with life magic that can accelerate plant growth is like the one person you WANT in your country. Only someone that can create drinking water is more useful.

 

[vspanda]

ISIS

 

[Fuckwit]

Brothers, I'm not gonna lie, this is so fucking bad.

 

[Taliante]

What...What was the point of covering her with Cacti and her arms if you are just gonna have her stretch out naked? That's like hiding a present from a friend just to give it to them in cling-film wrapping paper. I mean yes it's technically covered but what the point?

 

[Ekuzeiru]

whoa, they ruined the plot right from the start 😂

 

[Sheo_]

"My name is Isis"💀

 

[gooberthefish]

I was going to say "How do you preserve food with sand", but it turns out you literally just shove the food in some sand (in a jar or something) and move it to a cool area. Huh, the more you know.
This said, it seems like it'd be useless, if not outright ruin, any meat - and wouldn't it be a nightmare to try and clean the sand off the meat?

Well it to preserve it… and we can just turn our brain off to read and enjoys anyways…

 

[Joirish1495]

Isis is Horus's mother in the mythology lol