Dave Baranyi
2018-08-31 02:39:52 UTC
After watching episode 8 of “Overlord III” I've decided to give up on the series, both the anime and the manga. I've had reservations about both since I first started to follow them but I kept on going because the black humour was often fairly good and I was curious as to what direction the story would take. But now the story has gone away from black humour to what I consider “snuff” power fantasy.
The premise of the story is that of a salaryman who gets trapped in a real world equivalent of his favourite dungeon fantasy game when the game is shut down. The player finds himself in a world where he is his game character – a leveled-out undead being. His overpowered NPC minions have become alive in this world along with the player. But there are no other players in this world – the world is populated by various human and fantasy races and none of them have powers anywhere near the level of the player and his minions.
The beginning of the series was often entertaining as the player very cautiously started to explore this new world and test out his powers. But as the story progressed the player became very indifferent to the beings of the new world, treating them as if they were still NPCs in a game. With episode 8 the story has evolved into a simple compendium of the torture and death that the player can and does inflict at will on the helpless inhabitants of the planet. The player and his minions simply treat every being as ants to be stepped on and crushed.
According to the folks who have read the light novels that the anime and manga are based upon, this will continue to be the way that the story goes. And I have to ask myself, why should I care about the story or the characters any longer? As far as I am concerned this is just pandering to the shock-for-the-sake-of-shock audience. So my final rating for the series is C- and I am going to forget about the bad taste that it left in my mouth.
Dave Baranyi
The premise of the story is that of a salaryman who gets trapped in a real world equivalent of his favourite dungeon fantasy game when the game is shut down. The player finds himself in a world where he is his game character – a leveled-out undead being. His overpowered NPC minions have become alive in this world along with the player. But there are no other players in this world – the world is populated by various human and fantasy races and none of them have powers anywhere near the level of the player and his minions.
The beginning of the series was often entertaining as the player very cautiously started to explore this new world and test out his powers. But as the story progressed the player became very indifferent to the beings of the new world, treating them as if they were still NPCs in a game. With episode 8 the story has evolved into a simple compendium of the torture and death that the player can and does inflict at will on the helpless inhabitants of the planet. The player and his minions simply treat every being as ants to be stepped on and crushed.
According to the folks who have read the light novels that the anime and manga are based upon, this will continue to be the way that the story goes. And I have to ask myself, why should I care about the story or the characters any longer? As far as I am concerned this is just pandering to the shock-for-the-sake-of-shock audience. So my final rating for the series is C- and I am going to forget about the bad taste that it left in my mouth.
Dave Baranyi