Light novel readers (and those who read all the spoilers) obviously know what’s coming in the next episode or two and how all this disparate material ties in with Ainz and crew, but what about anime only viewers? Will the payoff for them be enough to make up for all the buildup? Personally I’m not so sure yet. The question therefore for Overlord at the moment is how narratively effective its side story is/will be. These narrative off-tangents may be unimportant to the central premise, but offer as much (if not more) payoff. The Chimera Ants from HxH-particularly the King and Komugi-for example show how impactful side stories can become with proper fleshing out, attention to detail, and tie in with more main characters. avoids potential viewer boredom), but sometimes expansive secondary development can still prove effective. Such a strategy isn’t even hard to implicitly understand (i.e. the big climactic fights), letting any interested viewer pick up the source material if interested in the nitty gritty. It’s the sort of thing one would expect an adaptation to quickly gloss over in favour of the good stuff (i.e. The lizardmen arc is one of the series’ notably weaker stories, focused heavily on material largely isolated from the main cast whose main benefactor is one of the more unlikely candidates. Albedo tomfoolery, Shalltear sorrow, hell even giant hamster riding? That can assuredly wait, right now we’re talking about the important stuff.Īll playful joking aside, however, Overlord’s choice of adaptation right now is certainly a divisive one. Tales of an OP skeleton and his increasingly assertive wife harem? Who needs that, have some anthropological lizardmen studies and a bit of penguin chicanery for brevity instead. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.If there was ever a moment for Overlord to split opinions hard, this would be it. Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here. If you promise to stop (by clicking the Agree button below), we'll unblock your connection for now, but we will immediately re-block it if we detect additional bad behavior.
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