New episode is up. /ourgirl/ is here.

>nobody cares about the anime anymore
Haven't seen it yet, don't tell me ep 4 was even worse.

Might just drop it until the dubs are out at this point, the adaptation has been pissing me off.

Clearly I'm too dumb for this anime. Half the scenes happened before, or am I crazy? Was a previous episode actually showing the timeline out of order?

>>280489097 (OP)
this episode was much better than the last three

>>280489097 (OP)
Actually good pacing this ep

Good story ruined by chink hangups which demands the MC be morally fallible even while being a psychopath

>>280489457
They rearranged it because the clown fight needed to be in ep 3

>>280489457
The director has stated that the adaptation moved around events and compartmentalized them so that they can tell the story in an episodic format, because in the original there were a lot of things that were built up over time and eventuated later, but of course they don't trust the tiktok crowd that they're targeting to be able to keep track of events over multiple episodes and hence this approach. I find it funny that you can spot the oddity, it means they're doing a terrible job of rearranging the events.

Better episode but the dramatic music is way too fucking much, holy shit.

>>280489508
Klein is not a psycho THOUGH.

>>280489508
>even while being a psychopath
what the fuck are you talking about?

Main issues:
How did a Nightmare see the upside down giant when the subject was dead?
Klein saying Old Neil instead of Mr Neil

Everything else was really good this ep

>>280489588
I briefly remember something about him seeing it in the novel. Don't remember exactly.

>>280489588
But he's always referred to as Old Neil in the novel?

>>280489519
Previous ep he already visited the divination shop and had the gathering in the fog. But this ep it seemed like he was already thinking about the Clown when he had the meeting. Very jarring, and no warning to the viewer that we're revisiting past events.
Otherwise good episode, pacing is miles better (weird timeline aside).

>>280489621
In the novel Harnass Vincent was alive, Dunn entered his dream and saw the giant. That then caused Harnass to die. That's all fine with Nightmare powers.

Now we have Harnass dead, and Dunn still seeing the giant when discovering his corpse, which Nightmares shouldn't be able to do.

Good thing this SOULLESS slop got exposed, I always knew it was inferior to Japanese isekai.

>>280489679
If it was a spirit channeling ritual then it would make sense, but yeah nightmares don't have that as an innate power.

>>280489644
“Good afternoon, Mr. Neil.” Klein took off his hat as a gesture of respect.

>>280489769
this works on all asians though

>>280489798
works better on indians and blacks

>>280489798
It works on everyone coming into a thread they hate to seethe in.

Why did he do it?

>>280489954
Because it was planned.

Next ep looks like it's going to be Trissy, so they'll need to cover the Alfalfa divinations.

>>280489430
I'm halfway through the episode and ep4 has been leaps and bounds better so far

>>280489644
>>280489768
depends on when you read the novel. They rewrote the early chapters after LotM had ended

>>280489097 (OP)
Can someone understand the part about "checking his gas meter"? Is it a euphemism for him not being sick so he won't need a finger up his ass? That's the best I could think of, in America we jokingly call it an oil check. I can't think of anything else he could've meant.

Lord of the Kino

>>280489700
The novel is good it's just Tencent got in the way and ruined the Donghua. I swear they searched for fight or battle in the chapter titles and said "OK make this episode the third episode" ignoring that it's 70 chapters in. They are trying to make Solo Leveling out of a slow burn lore heavy horror mystery series.

>>280490406
I really hate how they changed the supernatural vibes from "eerie, strange, mysterious" to "FLASHY BIG LIGHTS CAMERA SHAKING BOOM BANG POW". How is it possible to fuck up this badly?

>>280490406
Ignore him, he's a troll. The donghua's going quite fine as of ep3 and 4.

>>280490463
yeah it's horrendous. trying to insert super dramatic loud music everywhere is pure fucking aids too

>>280490406
I just wanted Bloodborne anime

Didn’t read thread
Melissa cute

>>280490374
its a euphemism for a discrete raid by the Nighthawks when they suspect someone's a heretic.

I don't like Suzie's voice.

>>280490499
Melissa isn't even a character in this dog shit adaptation. None of the characters are characters. They are all blank state NPCs. None of them matter and there's going to be no reason to give a fuck when certain events transpire.
>>280490473
I've noticed that China is really bad at sound design. They've gotten somewhat better with animation, still a little stiff, but the sound is strange almost like it was meant for theaters and somehow in native Chinese it still sounds like a poorly done dub.
>>280490467
Nah this was a failure. Chinese are pissed. Anime onlys are still totally lost on what's going on. I wouldn't be surprised if China executed the director for this dishonor.

>>280490374
In a literal sense it refers to how a technician can visit your home to check the gas meter for whatever reason. The euphemism refers to visiting someone while appearing normal yet having ulterior motives like a police raid or rape. In this context it refers to paying someone a visit to check if they're dangerous in a supernatural sense.

>>280490582
Nope, they seem a lot happier with ep4 on weibo

Episode 4 was fantastic, it's just that a lot of shit that was skipped over in episodes 1-3 is still haunting it.
The mention of Roselle's diary and acting and digesting potions was basically a throw-away line from episode 2, but is so fucking crucial that it comes off as almost completely uncovered.
Not as bad as fucking Benson got done dirty though, he wasn't even introduced and suddenly he's just around.
Definitely a massive drag on everything involving the Moretti family.
Putting information about their living situation in the chibi shorts is... fucking stupid.
Though, if this is a preview of what's to come for the remaining episodes it'll be good in my mind even with a chance at redemption for the first 3 episodes depending on how its handled.
We'll have to see.

>>280490677
The Roselle stuff is fine. It's literally the diary of the most important person in the last few hundred years and he's ranting about digesting potions. That's not a throwaway.

I agree on the Benson and Melissa parts. And the chibis.

>>280490705
It's less than 15 seconds and Klein himself lampoons that it's a lot of information (which is admittedly extremely in-character) but the viewing experience is made SO much fucking worse by the absolute TRAVESTY that is the state of the episode 1 and 2 subs on release, that was an absolutely dogfucked job they did.

>>280490677
I do not get why people are saying episode 4 is great. Why did Vincent already know about Klein? Why was he actively trying to corrupt Selena? Why would Dunn see the True Creator when he's already dead. They removed Elizabeth's part in it, and now them preying to the Fool gives him a power up wtf. Old Neil is no longer a character. Dunn doesn't matter anymore either. His family barely matters either. They are still just trying to make Solo Leveling with over the top fights in every episode.

>>280490803
And yes it matters they changed all this when it's all supposed to be a string of coincidences.

>>280490510
>>280490616
Thanks, I got confused because he said it while using the spirit vision just like he did with the previous guy with the cough. Thought it was health related.

>>280490566
Same. I get why they're making her sound like a baby but I always imagined a regular woman voice when reading.

>>280490677
...did not even know there were chibi shorts lol

>>280490883
She's supposed to have a super feminine and silky voice.

>>280490499
>Melissa cute
She is. As animeonly I wasn't invested in the muh clown fight at all despite the execs hyping it up so much they fucked up the show for it. This fight was so much more interesting because I wanted him to save the hebe wives. Also ritual nigga vs ritual nigga was unironically more exciting than kung fu parkour shit we've seen a million times.

>>280490803
>now them preying to the Fool gives him a power up
Wasn't there something similar in the novel? Agree with you though.

>>280490914
Like the cat from DS2?
https://youtu.be/33nOhK1EzQI

>>280490769
Speaking of, they've reworked episode 1's subs like five times and 3 and 4 seem fine but they STILL haven't fixed episode 2. What the fuck.

>>280490976
>they've reworked episode 1's subs like five times
lol...

>>280490803
>They are still just trying to make Solo Leveling
This is such blatant shit stirring it's not even funny.

I (and everyone else being honest about the adaptation) are not denying there are mistakes or poorly adapted parts, but given the constraint of 12 episodes and the first 3 episode's chaos, this episode is far and away better, and I'd argue it's better than most of the Japanese shit airing this season as well.
>Why did Vincent already know about Klein?
He literally says in the beginning of the episode, retard. They passed the notebook off onto the researchers because they couldn't get any info out of it.
>Why was he actively trying to corrupt Selena?
To get at Melissa, this is the kind of world LotM is, if you're not pulling a fucking Ted Kaczynski then your ass is going to get found.
>Why would Dunn see the True Creator when he's already dead
I don't know, I don't defend this. It's visually cool, but makes no fucking sense especially given what's going to happen when Klein sees Eternal Blazing Sun through divination
>them preying to the Fool gives him a power up
Seems kinda fucking obvious that Selena was trying to corrupt Klein, and the fog that Klein talked extensively this episode about how he's trying to tie the fog to himself, was triggered by the prayer. You're a novel reader, you should know what that means.
>Old Neil is no longer a character
They literally just gave him the scene you niggers were bitching about being gone last episode and the episode before that.
> Dunn doesn't matter anymore either
The episode wasn't about him, Jesus Christ you have to give some concessions, this cannot be a one-to-one translation of the novel to animation - that simply wouldn't work.
>His family barely matters either.
I don't defend how badly Benson got done dirty, I already said that but fuck you, you disingenuous fuck this episode was half about Melissa and her friend.

>>280490898
>Sailor in Chud pathway

>>280490937
I'm re-reading to refresh my memory and not at this point no, he barely understands the space above the grey fog. This was just a test for a messenger system pretty much.

>>280490947
Yes, but kind and genki.

>>280490994
You're right, it should be in the incel category, seeing how sailors don't have sex with women since they're at sea all the time.

>>280490937
No that only started after the Amon jumpscare

>>280490898
Why would Seer be Chad? It's obviously for nerds, no direct combat abilities.

>>280490976
>>280490911
I just grabbed the [Mystyx] torrent, it comes with the chibis, mysticism theatre and subs for episodes 1, 2 and 3

>>280491040
that's warrior, monster and spectator

>>280491040
Seer is not at chad

>>280490898
Error is a chad pathway, it's all about bullshitting people to their face

>>280491055
>Monster
Kek

>>280490992
Did you not read the novels and not understand why changing these things has a cascading effect that will change the great reveals at the end of volume 1? If they were really serious about fixing the issues of the first 3 episodes they would have made this episode chill the fuck out with these aura farming fight scenes, made the episode more about explaining shit and showing the personalities and connections with the characters.

>>280491055
>>280491059
My bad LOL but the question remains for Spectator. That is not Chad. It's for women and dogs.

>>280491068
They COULD make it work by using 0-08

Spectator is the Chad pathway only because Adam is a spectator I suppose

>>280491091
>>280491113
>safest pathway
>easiest to act
>easiest rituals
>objectively the strongest pathway if you think about it
>you get to be a cool dragon
>only another spectator can counter it
>you have GODAM looking after you

>>280490898
this image might just convince me to watch the show, what are are pathways and what do the ranked ones do ?

>>280491113
>>280491156
Spectators like to sit in the cuck chair and watch

>>280491188
Don't read the wiki, don't even search for the pathways on google, it's all spoilers.

>>280491091
>women and dogs
three letters

>>280491199
I have never seen a good wiki in my life anyway.

>>280491188
Part of the fun of the novel is gradually finding out about the pathways and what each level does along the way.

>>280490582
actually i think they did pretty well characterizing melissa this episode, particularly in the moment where they make the "she's actually 16" statement, as it introduces her double-sided jewy intent in bringing over benson and klein (a big part of her likability in the original) while also endearing her further with the playful(?) hebephile accusation towards klein; the same works on klein's end as well to showcase his newfound care for melissa, which is specifically capstoned by him resolving not to include melissa and benson into beyonder/Seer matters even if doing so might assist his digestion of the potion (which in turn we are primed to think about because it's illustrated in great detail in the first half; he in fact even considers specifically informing the two that he's a seer for this end preceding this scene)

sound design i agree with on the battles--they're far too over-the-top in most cases, which distinctly cause the grandiosity when it's intended to fall flat--but i actually quite like the music used in the ambient scenes and esp. the shots introducing the party as Selena's home and the later depiction of Audrey's room;

>>280490898
>monster
>chad
Correct.

>>280491188
the pathways are basically the series of powerups you get, the tranny pathways for example change your gender at some point

>>280491267
>>280490898
>tranny pathways
the 3 pathways that turn you into a woman are unambiguously evil, by the way.

>>280490898
>Anarchy Pathways not Chad
Shit list

>>280491308
There are no evil pathways only evil gods

>>280491068
Do you know what adapting a property for a different medium entails? I'm not being facetious, because it seems like you don't and I can't have a conversation with you if you're going to whinge about how it's not the novel and evoke solo leveling like it's somehow relevant

>>280491318
>There are no evil pathways
In theory, yes.
In practice, no, thanks to the Original Creator's imprint and the origins of certain pathways, you're basically fucked because MGoD, MToD, and the City of Calamity groups all contend with hilariously disaster inducing Great Old Ones

>>280491267
Can we not spoil the noobs before next ep?

>>280491381
Clearly the fault of the gods

>>280491267
>the tranny pathways for example change your gender at some point
Was this really necessary? Seems like a fetish thing. Is the author one of "those"?

>>280491433
The reasoning why it's a thing makes sense but it's a spoiler about the nature of pathways and the world.

>>280491433
It's necessary.
You want spoiler explanations?
All the pathways encompass all parts of the universe. The turn-you-into-a-woman pathways involve and embody specifically feminine aspects.

>>280491433
>>280491449
eh, it's not really a spoiler to describe the thematic reasons--one of the themes is that certain pathways represent different attributes, and the tran pathways (or at least the MtF one) is supposed to represent corruption of natural order by the inversion of aspects like gender

i don't remember whether that logic applies to the
FtM pathway though since IIRC that one is about just killing people and shit, but the previous one definitely holds true

>>280491498
FtM pathway is because War is the most Masculine thing one can do

>>280491335
>Please understand we are only a small indie team, making anime is difficult
This is one of the most popular web novels of China, it's in their national archive. There's no way they don't have the money to make a 24ep first season & a 1hr first episode. This was a good opportunity to show international audiences that China can produce quality media instead of being known for making cheap knockoffs. They ripped the soul out of it, and yes I am going to still reiterate that LOTM is a slow burn lore heavy creepy mystery why is every episode so far including episode 4 playing like a typical action Shonen. Vincent shouldnt have been actively going after Klein or purposefully trying to corrupt Selena, it was a string of coincidences tying all these events and characters together. Klein receiving a message from the rituals is not the same as going above the grey fog either. Why did they go that route? Because the original scene in the novel probably wasn't exciting enough, they needed Klein to have a ritual battle with Vincent for more aura farming.

>>280491335
This is such a retarded shill cope. If tencent was in charge of Frieren they would have cut out all the SoL scenes in the first 2 episodes and shoved in anime-only fight scenes including Fern teleporting around and beating a demon up with her bare hands, and retards like you would praise it as "totally necessary for a different medium". You and the bugmen in charge of this adaptation have no idea about anything.

>>280491433
Every Chinese web novel must have Gender Bending at some point. I don't know why. It's just a rule.

>>280489097 (OP)
I was checking out some chinks forum and the reaction is very underwhelming
The only ones who seem to give a fuck are the pissed off fans

Can China only adapt Xianxia properly?

Just finished ep 4.
>klein can invoke the power of the gray fog in reality to save himself
Yeah this adaptation is utter trash. Now they're even cranking up the "cheat power" for some retarded reason.

>>280492129
the MC of solo mysteries needs to be the strongest, flashiest, smartest, and has the best invincible cheat power

10/10 in not bongland btw

The greatest jewelry of not london

>>280492201
Is Audrey's Down Syndrome going to be an Donghua original plotline?

>>280491862
In ugly 3DCG? Maybe

>>280492129
Wrong. This is a great improvement because it foreshadows something that in the novel could be kind of considered an asspull. Namely when Klein gathered the Tarot Club prayers (that happened because The Fool was not initiating the Monday gathering so the members pray to him to inquire about it) to free himself of the influence of Amon on their "first meeting" way later in the story.
This is a small scale version of it early in the story and establishes that this kind of mechanic does actually exist. The fact that one prayer (or two cumulatively since Klein didn't respond to Alger yet) is enough for a conflict between Sequence 9 beyonders of the same level (including the ones giving the prayers) also makes sense compared to the much higher-sequence incident against someone of higher sequence than Klein and the other Tarot Club members later that requires multiple prayers to resolve.

>>280492405
That is a COMPLETELY different thing. To even suggest they're the same means you didn't understand anything you read.

>>280492184
She's only 16

>>280492201
/dogpill/?

>>280492443
the dog is a girl

>>280492405
You do realise that Klein literally can't do this yet because the castle hasn't accepted him? His sequence is far too low

>>280492460
Gross.

>>280492419
The grey fog concealment has two different aspects. One is permanent (hiding "transmigration"-related memories, always a lucid mind in dreams) while the other is temporary and manifests as the lingering remains of the grey fog in Klein after he returns from the grey fog to his body.
Why didn't the Antigonous Book-buffed Antigonous Puppet immediately control Klein again when in that state it clearly just marionettes anyone within its range of control instead of its usual more whimsical (might leave someone who broke control alone for a bit) behavior? The only explanation that makes sense and is consistent with some other points in the novel is that the grey fog has lingering remains and I think the novel even points that out at some point, but I don't recall when exactly (I think it was volume 3?), it was some very random off-hand remark.
Now what happens when Klein hears the prayers of someone while not in the grey fog? The initial connection he established with it actually redirects the information about the prayers to Klein and to do that the fog has to connect to Klein and thereby leaves (albeit likely smaller and for a shorter time than just after returning from it) lingering grey fog remains, but to deal with a ritual conducted by a mere Sequence 9 Secrets Suppliant? Come on.
>>280492480
I am just referring to the aspect of the connection being established from the grey fog side rather than from Klein's initiative, not all the other mumbo jumbo. In the episode it was more about the lingering grey fog remains side-effect (like being able to freely act within the Antigonous Puppet's range) that comes with the connection, in the later novel scene the connection itself was the key, since he himself was still restricted by the four-steps-counter-clockwise ritual to initiate a connection.

>>280489097 (OP)
Cute, but not as good

>>280493136
Go away, no one likes that version. they even changed the name to War of the Sequences - The Most High. Out of all the adaptations, this had the least respect for the source.

What the fuck was that exorcism scene? The whole idea of Nighthawks and Klein is that they work in secret. Subtlety. Why the fuck do they make the exorcism like a dbz fighting scene. Why can't people just fucking respect the source material. Fans of this series like the smart, careful approach, and intrigue. Not fucking aura farming tiktok bullshit. I fucking hate tencent. I fucking hate China. I fucking hate this adaptation. Fuck you too Cuttlefish for not voicing your opinion and stand by your own work.

>>280493477
Because it wasn't about a random spooky event that is resolved by exorcising some random evil spirit from a girl, nor was it a Nighthawk mission.
Instead it was a targeted, calculated assassination scheme against Klein where the agent of a foreign organization directly puppeteered the friend of Klein's sister and took the possessed girl, Klein's sister and another girl hostage while baiting Klein, separated from his work colleagues by luring him to a private event as part of his daily life, to try save their lives. Klein ultimately prevailed only because of the combination of his quick thinking and literally "dumb luck" in this particular case, but he gave himself the moniker of "the king of yellow and black who wields good luck" so it just shows that it's appropriate. But he shouldn't rely on that too much. We already saw that it's actually possible to manipulate events to end in a targeted outcome and the cause just makes itself up, with Old Neil's 30 pound debt elimination demonstration, but the enemies could perhaps make use of such "reasonable developments" themselves, so Klein should focus less on relying on luck or happenstance and focus more on actually preparing himself for any such unexpected events.

Also Klein used a dagger to create a "Wall of Spirituality" (I assume Old Neil's classroom part 4 explains it) which isolated the room from the outside both in spiritual and physical sense, so unless someone enters directly through the door, no one outside except for maybe some Beyonders would notice what is happening.

>>280493477
For subtlety you need prep time. If you don't have that, go in guns blazing with whatever you have on hand.

>>280493477
To be honest he did make a wall of spirituality with the ritual dagger to the goddess of evernight, the sounds in the room were probably silenced and could not reach out of the room. Actually the entire room was likely in a concealed state.

>>280492941
>Why didn't the Antigonous Book-buffed Antigonous Puppet immediately control Klein again when in that state it clearly just marionettes anyone within its range of control instead of its usual more whimsical (might leave someone who broke control alone for a bit) behavior?
There's very obviously a cooldown before it can do it again, that's why there's a delay before snapping someone out of it and it attempting another control, instead of immediately choosing someone new or even just repeatedly targeting the same person immediately after they're freed. The fog does not ever physically descend into the real world to shield Klein from hostile effects, this is pure anime-only bullshit and would totally change the outcome of many events including your example.

>>280493477
Cuttlefish got replaced after the LOTM retcon, a clone wrote COI

>>280493655
>why did they change the source into some shitty assassination battle scheme
>uhhh well you see, it was a shitty assassination battle scheme and that's why it happened
?????

Are you fucking retarded?

>>280493895
>The fog does not ever physically descend into the real world to shield Klein from hostile effects, this is pure anime-only bullshit and would totally change the outcome of many events including your example.

Uhh it does that all the time in the novel though, it rubs off on him passively every time he goes above the fog. It's why Arrodes recognized him and other high level beings can notice it also.

>>280494012
Do you have brain damage? In what universe does a passive mark equal being a physical shield that can pry off a monster physically gripping him?

>>280493477
This adaptation is making me hate China too. I was genuinely wondering how the fight was going to be resolved when Klein got pinned because he should have no way of dealing with it and lost my shit when they did the gray fog asspull. For fuck's sake it would've been better if they just made him a gigachad who solved it without breaking a sweat if it meant avoiding more non-canon power bullshit. Such an unbelievably bad and disrespectful adaptation.

The fog will turn humanoid and fight alongside Klein in the pregnant woman fight

>>280494103
Also Dunn staring straight at the True Creator is also retarded. Fuck this shit.

>>280494156
He's just a big upside down guy

>>280494024
It's established in the novel that it interferes with others trying to seek him by divination and klein regularly uses and abuses its various effects.

Obviously it's not a physical shield but it interrupted the ritual that vincent was cooking like it did before the with antigonus doll and the goddess did the rest.

Do you have brain damage, did we read the same work?

>>280494268
Klein has to go up into the fog and cast paper angel on himself to gain high level anti-divination, retard. This is not an effect that provides protection from physical phenomenon, retard. You still have no excuse for the fog repelling a monster physically restraining him in the anime, retard.

I remember being pretty disappointed they author offed Lavenus almost right at the start of arc 2. Ince was also wasted potential with how he just shows up and dies. The other villains too now that I think about it, they just dies at the end of the arc except Amon. It's like the author is too terrified to build them up beyond what was initially established.

>>280494224
A normal beyonder would literally die from a glance.

>>280493477
>Overrated series gets a pushover studio for the anime
Imagine my shock

>>280494318
Ince shows up in volume 1 and dies several volumes later after being involved in several events in between then, the hell are you talking about?

>>280494377
Also it was basically orchestrated by Adam for Ince to die for Klein's ritual.

>>280494387
That was secondary, he primarily wanted the quill.

>>280491433
Yeah it's a fetish thing, it's made by fags for fags.

>>280494387
It's been years since I've read, I don't remember him doing shitall in between arc 1 and his own arc.

You can argue that the whole story was about Klein getting groomed but I feel like that twist just cheapens the whole experience for me.

>>280494319
Why?

>>280494529
Because if you look at a god directly you just die.

>>280494552
Why?

>>280494552
I looked at him and I'm fine.

>>280493895
Nice strawman there, anon. I never said it "physically shielded" him. Just that it recovers Klein's mental state.
As for how he got out of the ritual-monster's grips, isn't that obvious as day? It created a MENTAL CONNECTION with Klein because Mr. Vincent wanted to pry out the secrets of the Antigonous book out of him, but what's that? Oh, some "information" suddenly flows into Klein while Mr. Vincent is connected to him. Is Mr. Vincent or his ritual-monster part of the Apprentice, Marauder, or Seer pathways? No? Oh that's too bad, the "redirecter" of that information doesn't like pathways other than those three. Surely you think that information, especially a CHANT that is designed to point not just to Klein, but also to the grey fog would surely be something that the mind of a ritual-monster possessing a random non-beyonder civilian controlled by the ritual magic of a Sequence 9 Secrets Suppliant could easily shrug off and keep gripping Klein, no big deal, amiright?

You know, we even see order of things. First blue-ish flame representing Audrey's prayer, then 4 dots on Klein's hand pop up representing Klein's connection to the grey fog (monster's green aura stays away from that hand), then the grey fog in the "castle" around the throne overflows, followed by Klein's eyes becoming clear again and him waking up, then the tentacles blow up with the monster's green aura disappearing from around Klein and the monster is holding its head in pain and screaming, showing that it suffered from some sort of feedback from its prior mental connection to Klein. Mr. Vincent is lucky that he is a lower sequence who doesn't do shit like directly controlling the monster or he'd be fucked. Not that it helps him for long, anyway.

>>280494616
>I never said it "physically shielded" him
Then you made no argument and I'm not reading the rest of your cope because you're trying to move goalposts. The topic is that the anime is putting out more non-canon crap with the fog protecting him from physical harm, and you're apparently trying to say it's actually canon-friendly yet offer no evidence. The fog never physically pushes enemies away from Klein in the novel, this is anime-only retardation for aura farming tiktoks.

>>280493920
>after LOTM ended, Adam killed Cuttlefish and penned COI and the anime adaptation
It all makes sense now..

>>280494590
This is because you're not a betonder

>>280493926
I was just characterizing the donghua version of the scene as it is. It's you who makes up incoherent ramblings about how somehow MUH Nighthawks and MUH subtlety have anything to do with it. It's the fucking Aurora order. They appear calm when things go as they wish, are one of the first groups that anyone would think of when thinking of "organized beyonder crimes" as one of the more common hosts of Wild Beyonder gatherings, but if anything goes out of order and especially when their lives are at stake they can become quite the madmen. You can only be subtle for so long. Klein did at least put a Wall of Spirituality up.
What are the motives for the changes you ask? Ask the director and Cuttlefish who supervises the adaptation. It certainly does set up the idea that prayers from Tarot Club members can cause a connection between Klein and the grey fog to be established without Klein having to do the 4 steps-counterclockwise, so that's my guess. Alongside the obvious effort to erase the very thought that Klein might end up being a "non-combat MC" in the long term, of course.

>>280494654
>The topic is that the anime is putting out more non-canon crap with the fog protecting him from physical harm
It literally didn't. You think the monster cried in pain while holding its head because the grey fog created a grey fog club and used its grey fog batting technique to give it a physical head injury that due to splash damage also destroyed the tentacles holding Klein?

You have to be retarded to even consider anyone talking about this scene to have anything related to "physical shielding" in their minds.
The monster suffered from some mental/spiritual backlash from Klein because it got into contact with the grey fog and that's it. Whether this backlash caused the tentacles to explode or if the monster self-destructed them itself to cut the connection is anyone's guess but it doesn't really matter anyway.

>>280494156
But it was a reasonable development, you know.

>>280494905
It literally fucking blasts the hair tentacles away. You're the worst shill I've ever seen.

>>280489097 (OP)
I love Susie!

Did they slow down yet?

>>280490499

I still have no idea what the "gray fog" is and why Klein wants to control it.

Not anime or manga
>>>/co/

>>280495094
Well anon, that is the mystery(hehe)

>>280495140
Retard

>>280495006
They burst from the inside after becoming darker. Right after that we first see the wall of spirituality reminding us that everything that happens is soundproof, then it cuts to the monster screaming while holding its own head not the ends of the damaged hair where the "physical damage" would be found.
It's obviously mental/spiritual backlash. Doesn't the novel feature similar scenes all the time?

>>280495182
>the monster was in such mental anguish that the hair it was using to restrain klein burst into pieces and generated a shockwave from the force...because of mental damage!
Worst shill ever.

>>280495242
>i-it's UNREALISTIC for a supernatural monster's supernatural tentacles to explode from supernatural mental/spiritual backlash caused by an even greater supernatural thing! That doesn't follow the laws of physics!!
Heh, do entertain me more, anon. I guess this is all that the IQ of someone who shills the lowest of gook, such as solo fagging, can accomplish. They should pay you less for your retarded anti-shilling that actually makes LotM just look better and creates additional engagement AND on top of that bumps the thread.
You mission has failed.

>>280495372
The monster guy who straight up looked directly at the fog didn't release a haki shockwave so why would a rampager be affected even worse when it in fact recovered faster than the monster guy meaning it wasn't even as serious as looking directly at the fog? Only gazing at a true god can cause physical destruction and the fog isn't at that level, again using the example of the monster guy.

You're so unbelievably retarded and a schizo too with your random gook leveling accusation. I think gook leveling is trash and that's why I'm mad that they're turning lotm into gook leveling 2.0 with this shit adaptation that constantly puts in anime-only aura farming trash.

Spiritual backlash? I haven't seen 4th episode yet, is there a original fight with a Monster or something?

>>280495481
No, it's about the girls birthday party with the magic mirror divination, in the anime they made her turn into a monster and Klein summons the gray fog to blast it away to protect himself >>280495006, and some retarded shill is arguing that this wasn't a physical effect but instead a mental one.

>>280495504
Isn't the fact that only Monster Pathway beyonders can interact with the gray fog at allow level, important to the Fate Dice arc? Looks like Gehrman Sparrow is not getting adapted without a remake

>>280495574
Yes it's yet another instance of an anime-only scene written by someone who either didn't read the novel or doesn't care for it. I'd put it up there with Leonard teleporting.

>>280495591
I just cope that it was one of Leonard's delusions

>every episode so far has had something that broke canon lore
This is especially bad since LotM is known for solid and detailed world building.

I imagine non-novel readers would be quite confused watching this anime given the amount of explanations it skips

>>280495700
I'm sure in a few episodes it'll break it's own made up plot too

Dunno why people say this episode had better pacing when it's just as bad in a different way. Klein learns ritualistic magic from Neil and then coincidentally he gets an opportunity to use it to save the day 10 minutes later...come the fuck on. There's a reason why the novel is award winning, just fucking animate the novel without changing half of it.

>>280489097 (OP)
Best anime since The Apothecary Diaries - love the plot, truly enjoying every episode. Wish more anime was with proper novel story beyound basic "i isekaed and got harem".

>>280495700
nah, its fine. Dont need everything spoonfeeded immidiately, the story works fine so far.

She is so sexy it is unreal.

Cool show.

Dumb dog.

>>280496141
Dumb show.
Cool dog.

>>280495466
The thing was in the process of mindraping Klein and suddenly got into direct contact with the grey fog through Klein as an intermediary. Coming into contact with it overloaded the tentacles, or, MUCH SIMPLER in fact, the monster self-destructed the hair-tentacles itself to cut the connection to prevent further contamination, which I already proposed as a possibility earlier, but you ignored it and made up whatever you wanted to believe instead.
Also you portray it like the so-called "physical shockwave" destroyed the whole house or something. It just burst and maybe leaked some spirituality, that's all. If it was meant to be a shockwave, the candles and such would have fallen over or even thrown across the room and Klein's ritual would be fucked.
But I see you now have to resort to samefagging and posting pics that you definitely didn't take from /a/, so you are a cross-boarder tourist as well. The profile of the anti-shill concern-trolls becomes increasingly fascinating.

>>280496260
Why didn't the gray fog turn Daly into paste then?

>>280496260
Your copes just keep getting more ridiculous. I'm really curious to know your cope for Dunn being able to see a dead guy's memories and also able to stare at the true creator without any harm. Let me guess, he was coincidentally carrying a grade 0 sealed artifact to protect him...lol.

So... do I need to drink a Seer potion for this show to make sense?

>>280496439
A Reader potion would do better

>>280496338
Because it wasn't sending any information (such as prayers) to Klein.
>>280496366
Why would I know anything based on just a cliffhanger caused by a "reasonable development"? You tell me. Apparently you already watched the whole first season since you know that Leonard doesn't teleport in the final episode or such?

would you?

>>280496565
Is this just a bad shot or is Melissa the only hot female character in the show?

>>280496513
You don't need another episode to know that the scene completely contradicted canon. Nightmares cannot see dead people's memories, in the first place spirits dissipate over time and even if they had found his body immediately his spirit would've been dealt with by Mr Z because spirit channeling is a known fact by everyone especially secret organizations trying to not get caught by the magic police. And Dunn glancing at the true creator would've exploded him in a second, you don't need to see what happens next time when he was able to stay alive and unharmed for multiple seconds of looking directly at a god. Assuming the story isn't completely splitting off into pure fanfiction, Dunn will definitely remain alive and unharmed.

And funny you bring up Leonard since he didn't just teleport behind the clown and use his superman strength to knock him out in one hit. What's your cope for that one?

>>280496624
>is Melissa the only hot female character in the show?

Do you suck dick, anon>?

>>280496677
I'll admit she looks good here>>280496038
But usually she just looks AI generated

>top rating is negative and compares it to solo leveling
bravo tencent, in a way you got what you wanted

>>280495922
Look, just move to the other FOTM. People are too busy infighting here

>>280496874
Which is?

>/a/ told me this was the greatest isekai of all time
>I still have no idea what's going on

>>280497101
nobody said the anime was good, in fact everyone is saying the opposite
read the novel for the masterpiece experience

>>280497101
greatest isekai novel of all time, worst isekai anime of the season

>>280497101
They literally had the MC do a recap on paper to help you out in ep 4, where are you still lost?

What a fucking mess.

>>280497286
Explain the entire gray fog sequence.

>>280497311
Kek, National Library adaptation btw

>>280497512
Which part? The part from parts 1-3 or the part in part 4? If you're a beginner then part 4 isn't a beginner question, all you need to know is that in this version there was a connection to the Fog's maddening whispers that was sent to the monster.

>>280489097 (OP)
That was a much better episode. They really like to ham up simple things in this though, don't they? Not sure about those "hooks" at the end of the episodes, though. Still give it a 9/10.
Mellissa continues to be the cutest.

>>280496141
That's Ms Dumb Dog to you

>>280496439
No just pay attention. They drop just about everything we need so far but it's only some line that will blaze past because chinese has no chill.

>>280493477
I am an anime only watcher but I will say this
>house is having huge party
>MC is upstairs doing an exorcism
>MC fires two pistol shots
>nobody downstairs at the party noticed the pistol shots
As a fellow American this offends me

Does anyone actually like watching in this weird aspect ratio? I don't remember feeling this put off during the transition to widescreen from standard.

>>280498339
So, it's been a minute, but I'm like half sure putting up a Wall of Spirituality muffles sounds too? Someone will fact check me on that.

>>280496439
this looks like AI

>>280498339
Wall of spirituality, guessing it's the same as how there was no sound when Klein first shit himself.

>>280498389
Yes, the Nighthawks are Masters of concealment they should be able to silence gunshots easily

>>280489097 (OP)
If i got transmigrated into Klein's body i'd 100% try to fuck his little sister

>>280497101
The novel is ok

>>280496141
>Dumb dog.
Susie is the best girl of both LotM and CoI.

>>280498442
It's because of her eyes. The moe eyes don't mix well with the art style

>>280498380
I don't mind it actually.

>>280496338
Daly is higher sequence she might be able to cope with such low level backlash.

>>280496641
>Nightmares cannot see dead people's memories
It's not established he's dead yet though, maybe next episode starts with him gasping and spasming out and finally dying with Dunn Smith being kicked out of the dream and falling on his knees. It all makes sense.

>>280498474
>If i got transmigrated into Klein's body
I'd get killed in 30 days or less, or if i got away with it i'd just go to Loen's Caribbean in the isles and get drunk with Danitz every day.

>>280498474
If you know too much about the world you instantly die, like knowing that some beings exist there would get you smited

>>280498686
I hope for your sake you're just trolling.

>>280498863
Since you read the novel already, assuming you don't go out of control already, Adam will find you in a few days

>>280499177
Yep, don't read the novel too much, I haven't read past chapter 20. But you are still fucked since the world is so harsh

Any news on the dub? i tried the first episode but i just can't, chinese is too ugly

>>280499675
You're pathetic.

This was a good episode. At this points it's a reasonable development, the rest will go well.

>>280499852
I know I am, sorry.

>>280499675
The japanese dub is coming right up, with Klein being voiced by Miki Shinichiro of Kaiki deishuu fame.

watching this episode, I actually just realized that The Fool's honorific name doesn't just point to Klein, but also the Celestial Worthy. Klein's entire character comes full circle.

>>280499953
When?

>>280500003
>full circle.
It's all a circle from the very beginning you might even say it was inevitable.

>>280500079
Just two more business weeks bro.

Shits not real bro.

>>280500080
Shut it!

>>280500003
Yeah obviously, the honourific name points to the castle not Klein

The Fool

>>280499953
I always imagined Azik to sounds a bit like Miki

The Magician

The High Priestess

>>280500310
MY HERO

>>280496811
Because she closed her eyes
These girls got insane bug eyes syndrome like it was 2000s shoujo
The character artstyle as a whole look very shoujo/yaoi for women
I guess this is the best 2D studio they can get? Then it is fucking lol

The Empress

The Emperor

The Hierophant

The Lovers

>>280497101
What do you mean? This isn't even anime yet, I'm not gonna listen to chinese dub is that a joke?

The Chariot

The Strength

The Hermit

The Wheel of Fortune

The Justice

The Hanged Man

>>280500557
My Lady!

The Death

The Temperance

The Devil

The Tower

The Star

The Moon

The Sun

The Judgment

>>280498339
The World

>>280500387
what the fuck
not my roselle

>>280500310
>singlehandedly solved world hunger
Our HERO

>>280496641
>And funny you bring up Leonard since he didn't just teleport behind the clown and use his superman strength to knock him out in one hit. What's your cope for that one?
What the largest distance you saw him ""teleport"" (actually him pulling a disappearance and reappearance act of unknown type)?
Also if it's related to his "grandpa" why would he reveal all he got to the whole group? He is comfortable showing off more to Klein because they both have secrets to hide.

>>280496641
Very smooth way to escape from a discussion that entirely hinges on the argument that the grey fog physically attacked the ritual-monster based on the ""irrefutable proof"" that it "looked" like the hair-tentacles were being destroyed by some "physical shockwave" that didn't move or damage anything else whatsoever. Guess even you saw how hopeless it was since your responses gradually more and more ignored anything inconvenient to your point until the final response was just
>>280496366
>ugh, that's just like, ugh, cope or something, never mind that, look at Dunn Smith instead!
Touché, gook shill.

>>280500957
Roselle only grows the stache after he becomes Emperor of Intis

>>280500697
Sex incarnate

>>280500719
Devilbros where is our relevant character?

>>280492941
>always a lucid mind in dreams
This isn't the fog, it's mommy goddess evernight

>>280502645
Oh right, thanks for reminding me.

If I were Chinese I'd be starting riots about the low quality of this work. When the west came out with Kung Fu Panda, the Chinese government actually pit together a committee to determine why the Americans could make a better Chinese movie than the Chinese themselves. This is the sort of work that should be part of the national identity of an entire generation. You shouldn't have to defend or justify it. It should be extremely obvious that it's a work of high quality, to be respected and studied.

Hell, forget riots. If I was in the government I'd be calling up the head of Tencent. The people responsible for this initiative would be getting disappeared.

>>280504127
shitturd panda was garbage thoughever

>>280504127
OK, whatever, now go back to solo shilling.

>>280504127
Where's the riots for Reverend Insanity? At least this is getting an adaptation

>>280504218
Solo Leveling never deserved to be popular in the first place. They aren't on the same level. LotM is actually a bit deal. Which is why it's even more pathetic to see the difference in reception. This makes China as a whole look just awful.

>>280504284
>the government MUST be directly involved in this, they just fucking HAVE TO!!!
lol

>>280489430
I am still waiting for a Japanese dub

>>280504284
>This makes China as a whole look just awful
What does? Other than the made-up bullshit from this thread that is essentially just concern-trolling.

>>280504127
What would you consider the ideal model for the ideal adaptation then?

>>280500869
I-i-is that a....

>>280500869
It's strange seeing Gerhman smiling
>>280506370
??

>>280506485
jojo reference

>>280504318
>>280505640
>>280505701
You guys read like Tencent shills.

An ideal adaptation would be budgeted for a large number of episodes to start with (minimum 26 but the expectation should be a minimum of 52), to give the story time to breathe. It should have a dedicated team put together to work on it for 3-4 years. We know this is a successful model of animation production, because it's what Japan did in the 80s and 90s which led to most of the best Japanese animation ever produced.

You can't treat something like this as a one-off hypebait "product" that you'll option more seasons onto later if it becomes a global phenomenon. You have to handle it with respect and care from the start. It's pathetic how animation studios don't have confidence in their own work any more.

>>280504127
Lotm wont get any recognition beside lip service from the gov because the setting is heavily based on western themes
They want to push traditional shit like that Ne Zha movie, which became the most profitable animated movie all thanks to chinese market, because foreigners still didnt give a shit

>>280507128
>Lotm wont get any recognition beside lip service from the gov because the setting is heavily based on western themes
They quite literally enshrined it in the national archives or whatever the fuck, as I understand it. If they can't manage to not fuck this up then they have no hope at all.

>>280507122
Oh they have a perfect model for these webnovels with 1000 2000 chapters
There are 3D animation studios throwing up episodes daily, with proper pacing and sticking much closer to original source, still, it look like cheap garbage ps2 tier cutscene
Anyway, this adaptation is doomed from the start, no one would invests in slow pace 2D animation with 2000 chapters, so youre guaranteed to have a bastardized version no matter what

>>280507209
> national archives
Now you would think it is some kind of prestige position or some shit but no all grander things consider it doesnt mean much, especially to the big shots
Yes lotm have a big fanbase in china, kinda, but where you compared it to other actual huge franchises it is mid tier at best, most people in chinkland do not think of it as the prime example of their culture
Their animated chart was, and still is, dominated by anime and their 3D cultivation shows
Their tv shows chart is dominated by dramas of all kind, kung fu and cultivation live action
Foreigners think Lotm and RI are big deal, but only because they got big international among webnonel readers
In chinkland, they are still small fishes

>>280507122
what's shilly about calling you a retard for demanding the fucking government step in for this piece of shit? they have better things to do, just accept it and reread the novel

damn, is it that popular?

>>280507704
Damn... /a/ told me this anime was shit...

>>280507704
I don't know what the fuck this is supposed to be but 47k people isn't much.

>>280507567
LotM could quite easily be a billion dollar thing for them, equal to or greater than the Harry Potter series, if they handled it correctly. If they want to fuck it up that's on them.

Praise our Lord, omniscient and omnipotent!

>>280500869
Is he the strongest?

>>280498389
Yes, that's how he handles it in the novel. Chapter 86:
>The invisible spirituality wall sealed off the room, insulating Selena's screams within.
He prepares a "suspension-style ritual magic" exorcism where he does most of the ritual ahead of time and then pauses it. He gets Selena's friend Elizabeth to lure her into the room where he prepared the ritual, uses the spirituality wall to seal off sounds, and then immediately completes the ritual.

>>280509256
Wait. Does he do weird stuff with Elizabeth? She was my favorite of the hebe wives. Melissa even suspected him of being into that. Nice.

>>280509027
He looks exactly like somebody else on the list, don't you think?

>>280509027
And coolest, and craziest

>>280508897
He's a big guy

>>280507704
>Naruto: Shippuden
kek modern anime in shambles

When will it be our time...

guys I'm just watching the episode.
SURELY that meat catching animation won't be postes in forced animation threads RIGHT?

>>280513850
Nah
There are like 5 people watch it on /a/
This thread cant even reach 500 posts
Nobody is going to use this for shitposting
>but but the upcoming subs
The show will be forgotten in a few weeks
A sub thread will get 100 posts at best

>>280514380
People here are too busy lamenting and infighting anyway. And the fanbase would probably try to memoryhole this adaptation

>>280513357
It's the age of steam and this bum of a church is still one of the weakest...

>>280515403
That's a matter of opinion. We only really see them act once, and they obliterated the area lol.

The only escape is tranquility

>>280514524
>People here are too busy lamenting and infighting anyway
There is unironically too much
>chinkshit
posting in these threads, more than half of any given thread is shitposting. I'm unironically surprised that the mods haven't banned the threads because of it.

Everyone will die, including me!

The taste of a Demoness ain't bad...

I think Dunn's nightmare pranks on Klein will be a chibi minisode.

>>280493477
Can't wait for them to buff Klein again after he get the Thanos glove lmao. they going to turn him into Kim Samsung that solo every everyone.

>>280518551
I'm fine with some aura farming during the Gerhman arc but this anime is not getting that far

>>280518551
>Kim Samsung

>>280518598
They already have a couple seasons ahead planned, no? It'll just take several years and some of the future arcs will be even more rushed.

the thing I wish they fix in this adaptation is "the relics" that make you connected to the gray fog, Audrey,Alger and Derrick held these items that's why they get pulled to the gray fog.

>>280515403
>steam church busy building bridge and road
>storm church busy hunting whale

>>280518830
What's there to fix? They were properly shown in the donghua, at least Alger's and Aundrey's

>>280519036
The new members don't need relics to join
I want the relics to play more important role with the gray fog, even the author forget about it and only mention it again in volume 6 or 7
let's say for example Fors get pulled to the gray fog after she found a book that connected to gray fog or Cattleya found relic under the sea that connected to the gray fog, it make the tarot club recruitment feel mystery instead of nepohire like what Fors did to Xio

>>280519324
I think it's because Klein got stronger, the fog didn't need anything to pull people anymore

>>280519501
The fog never needed objects to pull people in because it's Sefirah Castle, the pinnacle of the spirit world, though having one of CW's relics would make your connection to it stronger which is why Alger and Audrey got pulled in first.

>>280489097 (OP)
Why is this chinkyshit on /a/ when it isn't anime?

Honestly the first episode was really good but it lost me after that. This seems to only appeal the novel readers then getting people to check it out

As an anime only watcher, I’ve been good at understanding the other episodes but this episode genuinely made me feel retarded. I think the power system is just tricky to grasp. The whole thing with the grey fog too. So he told the Justice girl and the Hanged Man to recite the incantations to see if it would send him home or see what would happen right? But then while Justice recited it, it ended up helping him via the gray fog? Also who is the “true creator”?

>>280519809
Yup definitely makes it feel like it’s hard for anime only viewers to watch. I see a lot of people saying it’s confusing

>>280519825
Power system
- Beyonder pathways - Just know that pathways go from 9 to 1, and Klein's on one of them
- Rituals - Need to direct to a higher entity to borrow their power, entity identified by their description. Don't contact entities other than the 7 orthodox Gods or shit will happen.
Grey fog - Klein doesn't know, but he thinks it's his way home
Audrey & Alger - Just to test to see if he would actually receive the messages
True creator - The Aurora Order worships him (from the intermission page), but Klein doesn't know much

>>280519825
>So he told the Justice girl and the Hanged Man to recite the incantations to see if it would send him home or see what would happen right?
He was testing if they could connect with him outside of the world above the grey fog, so if there was some development, they could send a message telling that they're skipping the next meeting, for example.
>But then while Justice recited it, it ended up helping him via the gray fog?
She prayed to him like he was a god he seemed to be above the grey fog, so he got temporarily buffed by it.
>Also who is the “true creator”?
Just like there are 7 orthodox "good" gods, there are also other, evil gods out there. True Creator is kind of important, and he is the one Klein ends up dealing with the most throughout his journeys in the book.

>>280519825
Why did it help him: it connected the fog to him when the prayer was made, but also the maddening whispers. The creature was also connected in the chain and subject to the whispers, causing it to cover its ears.

>>280519825
One thing to note is that Klein really doesn't know that much right now. As long as you read the descriptions, you roughly know as much as Klein does from reading internal Nighthawk data or lessons given his limited clearance as a low-ranking member.

Anything outside that is stuff that Klein will try to figure out later, so there's no need to worry.

>>280519825
It's not your fault. Episode 4 is actually a complete retcon from the original story. The mirror teacher never met Klein at all or even knows who he is. He also doesn't work for any entity nor is he looking for antigonus book. Also the exorcism is a simple knocking out the possesed girl then pray on candles, that's it. Everything you watched is bullshit created by out of touch execs wanting to capitalize the tiktok zoomer audience. Just treat the donghua as fanfics.

>>280520833
Yeah, yeah, cuttlefish is "out of touch" with his own work that he is surpervising, we know, we know, mr. concern troll. Now go back to shilling solo shilling or edgeshiller.

>>280520858
Cuttlefish is a sissy faggot that can't say no to glorious ccp. He's not supervising anything.

>>280519825
LotM is a mystery novel in the core, so even if you read it's a slow trickle of information that only starts to make sense closer to the end. It's helpful to just think that lots of the stuff is occult bullshit for now.

>>280520858
If cuttlefish couldn't do anything about the clown fight being forced for episode 3 then what makes you think he has any sort of power over the adaptation? He is 100% only being "consulted" for stuff, all the other solo leveling tiktok shit is forced in without his say.

>>280520833
>“This is the first thing that I’d like to explain. As I am writing these words, Hanass is dead. He died due to a heart attack during his sleep. That must be a blessing from God, to prevent him from suffering the outcome of falling into the hands of heretics.”

Ch 104

>>280520128
Vincent was part of the Aurora Order though, the parts that weren't accuarate was him gifting the mirror to Selena, seeking out Klein through it, and also the part in which he was attacked by Mr Z. In the novel, Selena simply looked secretly at Vincent's documents which had the incantations for the unorthodox mirror divination.

>>280521442
Yup yup. However, since Vincent was an AO member, everything else becomes a relatively reasonable development.

>>280495700
I'm anime only and know nothing about this series. Aside from powers feeling asspull-y because they aren't explained I feel like I'm mostly following whatever they're doing. And the power thing I understand this is from a complex source and walls of exposition would be pretty bad so I'm willing to accept the things I'm seeing as part of some cohesive power system and the characters involved more or less know what they're doing.
I gather from the thread they're adapting the story "badly" in the sense that it doesn't follow the order of events or has taken liberties with how the source works, but from an admittedly not-super-examined position it feels like the story they're telling instead works cohesively internally.

For an example of this what I'm talking about, look at various things featuring vampires. Most things don't cover every single weakness or weird piece of lore they traditionally have, but stories tend to pick and establish which ones they're using and ignore the others. As long as the story internally sets up its rules and follows them then its fine, regardless of the source, even if the source separately would be "better".
Now, changing stuff very likely has predictable knock-on effects that should change things down the line and if those things aren't also changed then it makes a huge fucking mess, but as far as this story is concerned they aren't there yet.

>>280513850
The maid sliding around was funnier.

>>280521936
Love me some tween walkin'

My main issue now that pacing is slowing is how to handle Ince. Even with all the stuff they've shown, his first mention is getting pretty late. They probably need to do it in the next 2 eps.

>>280521085
That was what Tencent demanded before the donghua project even started. It was the basic premise for Tencent to fund it at all in the first place.

Maybe Tencent was onto something, at least the first 3 episodes didn't change the entire plot

>>280523639
My only real complaint so far is they seem to have some dire need to make the slow parts super epic. Also those fucking plot hooks at the end of the episodes. We weren't supposed to know anything about Azik for a while!

>>280509256
>ywn unsheath your silver dagger and spew your spirtuality into a hot 16 year old
i will now read your novel

>>280508897
>AI SLOP
>from fucking reddit
average LOTM fan

>>280509277
I'm pretty sure in the novel Melissa thought they were fucking, that's why she told him to get married already

>>280524099
>We weren't supposed to know anything about Azik for a while!
More of a misdirection though. A lot of donghua-onlys seem to think that Azik wants to harm Klein since it looks like the "skeleton" (did China lift its skeleton ban or did LotM get a free pass somehow?) was ominously looking in the direction that Klein left in, or that he is even part of the Secret Order due to the context he appears in. We'll have to see how it plays out.

>>280509277
This is the origin of "Klein like them young"

>>280524674
It's literally the screenshot from the donghua, you fucking sperg.

>>280513357
Celestial Master sidestory.

>>280526257
I hate how they use Celestial for multiple different titles. Always throws me off.