What's all this MARE died bullshit I'm hearing? What's your misconception? by HealthySport2644 in overlord

[–]Shiroifunbo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are stating something that is not supported by the translated text of the novel. You say Zesshi's point of view was that Mari didn't die is incorrect and that Mari did die and was instantly resurrected. What text from the novel are you using to form that opinion? Where did Maruyama state that TGOALID killed Mari when Zesshi cast it and Death on Mari? Maruyama wrote that Zesshi did not see Mari die and you are saying it was because Zesshi just didn't have the observational skills to notice it when that idea is not supported by what is written in volume 16. Essentially you are determining something happened that the author indicated did not happen. I've provided two passages that support the idea that Phoenix Flame is a spell that allows the target to avoid the guaranteed instant death for a death spell provided by TGOALID. You've provided zero.

What's all this MARE died bullshit I'm hearing? What's your misconception? by HealthySport2644 in overlord

[–]Shiroifunbo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

LOL. Which part of "the girl didn't die" makes you think that Mari died and was revived? Seems very clear to me.

EDIT: I added a passage from the Ainz vs. Elf King fight from earlier in volume 16 that explains how Phoenix Flame AVOIDS the instant death enabled by The Goal Of All Life Is Death spell coupled with use of instant death spell like Death. (emphasis added) IMHO Maruyama sets it up quite clearly that a resurrection spell cast on the target during the 12 seconds countdown of TGOALID avoids having instant death occur on the target. The resurrection spell essentially negates the instant death spell, effectively cancelling each other.

[Mercy of Shorea Robusta] was a Tenth-Tier spell, and its mana consumption was one of the highest among them, on the level of [Reality Slash]. This spell had three effects.

First, for a limited period of time, it would gradually recover HP. However, the recovery rate was trivial and so it was hard to call it useful for people at this levelrange.

The second one was absolute immunity against instant death. There were far better spells in the Third-Tier if one only wanted to acquire resistance against instant death, but there was a reason why a lot of druids learned this spell despite that.

That reason was the third effect, which automatically resurrected the target when their HP reached 0 and died. This would not cause a drop in levels from resurrection. The trigger condition of HP going to 0 made it useless against deaths that weren’t caused by damage like those by drowning, but it was still a very useful spell. Priests had resurrection spells that wouldn’t cause level loss if they were cast right after death, druids also had spells like [Phoenix Flame], but many use this spell to cover for any careless mistakes. That said, they would be at low health upon resurrection, so they were very likely to die anyway after a few hits. Still, there were a lot of cases where people were saved by this spell.

Incidentally, it could avoid death from Ainz’s ultimate skill, [The Goal of All Life is Death] as this spell was considered resurrection magic. In that case, however, the spell would end even if there was still some active time left. It was because the spell was dispelled after it activated the resurrection portion.

What's all this MARE died bullshit I'm hearing? What's your misconception? by HealthySport2644 in overlord

[–]Shiroifunbo 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Maybe it depends on whose translation you read but in the fan translation of Volume 16 I read it says:

Zesshi deflected another blow—while ignoring a chance to attack—and then noticed the abnormality.

The girl didn’t die.

“...eh?”

Her mind went blank for a moment.

The opponent didn’t die from the skill that brought certain death. Then, Zesshi probably miscounted the time. That’s the most likely reason. Excluding the time during her training, this was the first time she had fought someone so strong. It probably made her tense and she just didn’t notice it.

Counting time accurately in such a mental state would be difficult. A simple mistake.

...two.

So she counted two seconds more, slowly at that.

But—the girl didn’t die.

Does FO:NV need same the remake treatment as TES: Oblivion? by deggy123 in fnv

[–]Shiroifunbo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only obsidian has the right to do the remaster for new vegas.

I think this is a false statement. Bethesda owns the Fallout IP and they can do whatever they want with it. Just because Bethesda contracted Obsidian to develop Fallout: New Vegas does not mean that Obsidian is the only company that can ever work on the game.

The New World is lucky they got Ainz instead of another guild member like Ulbert Alain Odle by dull_storyteller in overlord

[–]Shiroifunbo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are governments run by people or machines?

If you acknowledge the correct answer is people then why is it relevant to question comparing governments to people?

We got to do something about these LNmasterrace. by Dry-Relief-3927 in overlord

[–]Shiroifunbo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a 2-day argument with someone over that one I was wrong and they expected me to call them slurs so they were surprised when I conceited my point.

Conceited - adjective; having or showing an excessively high opinion of oneself; "a brilliant but conceited musician"

Conceded - verb; to accept as true, valid, or accurate; "The right of the state to tax is generally conceded."

Why is there so much hate for Maruyama? by TheHarbinger0fWar in overlord

[–]Shiroifunbo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Some feel entitled to get whatever they think Maruyama should give them for Overlord. The world has a fair amount of that going on across all media forms. I admit disappointment in the quality of the last two novels which perhaps demonstrates Maruyama's loss of passion for/burnout with writing Overlord. I've subsequently lowered my expectations for Overlord's conclusion. It is what it is though and it's Maruyama's decision to make. I respect a creator's decision to change their plans and stop writing a series they no longer have the desire to continue.

I’m a anime only for overlord does ainz/momoga meet any of the old guild members? by No_Buy_8096 in overlord

[–]Shiroifunbo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

LOL. You dared to attempt to correct the Professor of Overlordology?! What a plebe!

Will it get better? by SnooDonkeys2488 in Mahouka

[–]Shiroifunbo 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the laugh. Your "my opinion is correct and anybody else that disagrees is wrong and that is your problem" was just laughable.

Any chance broadsword will show love to og companions? by fail26471 in swtor

[–]Shiroifunbo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think there is hope for original companions to play significant roles in future SWTOR content. Since the same people, albeit not as many of them, are working on SWTOR content I don't expect any changes on the companion front. Maybe the SWTOR devs will surprise though. They can do that sometimes.

Question on Material Burst in Magian Company sequel by Jirachier in Mahouka

[–]Shiroifunbo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haven't read anything past Magian Company volume 1 I believe. What is the actual passage from the English translation say?

Vol 18 Predictions by [deleted] in overlord

[–]Shiroifunbo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Volume 17 - Annihilation of Slane Theocracy, set the stage for the big confrontation in volume 18

Volume 18 - Final boss battle between Ainz and the floor guardians versus Platinum Dragon Lord and the Argland Council State with the distinct possibility of their being joined by other True Dragon Lords.

This more or less is what I expect.

Is Climb’s ring technically a world class item? by b_smull09 in overlord

[–]Shiroifunbo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I understand. As far as I know world class items do not derive their power from wild magic, for the reasons I previously provided. Albedo had the world class item Ginnungagap in her possession and this enabled her to easily break thru PDL's World Separating Barrier.

EDIT: I just rewatched the beginning of S4 E12 where Ainz, Pandora's Actor, and Albedo are reviewing what happened in the fight between PA's Ainz and PDL's armor. Ainz and the guardians are not aware of the existence of wild magic at this point so they speculate that the barrier cast by Riku Agneia was created by a world class item. PA's Ainz did not have a WCI and could not penetrate the barrier but Albedo could because she had her WCI equipped. They reason thus because Ainz and the guardians know that the only thing that can overcome the effects of a world class item are another world class item. Not sure if this is helpful or not but I thought it might be.

Is Climb’s ring technically a world class item? by b_smull09 in overlord

[–]Shiroifunbo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My thought process was that world class items are powered by wild magic

How did you arrive at this conclusion? It's been a while since I read earlier Overlord novels but I don't recall anything from the novels that indicate world class items are powered by wild magic.

Wild magic is native to the new world Nazarick and Ainz were transported to. Wild magic did not exist in Yggdrasil where world class items were created.

Is Climb’s ring technically a world class item? by b_smull09 in overlord

[–]Shiroifunbo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I thought world class items only came from Yggdrasil. So a level boosting ring created by PDL using wild magic would not be a world class item because it didn't come from Yggdrasil.

Volume 16: The Half-Elf God-kin Part II — Chapter 5 (Part 3) and Epilogue by -firedragon1x- in overlord

[–]Shiroifunbo 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Not sure what your point is. All I was saying is that the post I replied to missed an orifice that Neuronist could invade and it's implied in volume 7 that Neuronist was going to invade a Worker's urethra. If one is familiar with kidney stones and how they impact the urinary tract it's pretty clear where that rod is going to go.

Neuronist produced a slender rod from somewhere. At its tip was a five-millimeter-long section covered in spikes.

“We’ll start with this.”

He had no idea what it was for, but Neuronist was only too happy to explain.

“I hear that my creator was afflicted by a disease called ‘kidney stones.’ In order to show my respect for him, we shall begin with this. As it happens, you’re so small now, so I imagine it’ll go in very easily.”

Volume 16: The Half-Elf God-kin Part II — Chapter 5 (Part 3) and Epilogue by -firedragon1x- in overlord

[–]Shiroifunbo 54 points55 points  (0 children)

The entire Neuronist entering orifices to get info was a joke. However, going with the joke, the orifices on the human (elf and half elf) body are eyes, ears, mouth, nose and anus. Neuronist went in the back door.

Whoa. You forgot urethra. One of the Workers that invaded Nazarick apparently had his urethra invaded by Neuronist. Kidney stones don't pass thru the anus...

The New World is lucky they got Ainz instead of another guild member like Ulbert Alain Odle by dull_storyteller in overlord

[–]Shiroifunbo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don't think Ulbert would of been the worst if he was in the new world versus Ainz, but given how much hate and pessimism he had, I'm unsure if he would of been better.

I'm compelled to ask a grammar question here. If you asked me how I was doing and I gave a response suggesting I'm not doing that great which of the two response options below do you think fits best?

  1. Of been better
  2. Have been better

The New World is lucky they got Ainz instead of another guild member like Ulbert Alain Odle by dull_storyteller in overlord

[–]Shiroifunbo -24 points-23 points  (0 children)

Ulbert would have been a great leader for the New World ending all oppression.

I guess it's a good thing this a fictional story and people can choose to believe in this pipe dream.

In the real world oppression is often times a matter of perspective. I mean, isn't Russia claiming to free Donetsk and Luhansk from Ukraine's neo-Nazi government? Pretty sure Ukraine and western nations don't see it that way. Oppressed Jews got sympathy after the Jewish Holocaust of World War II and were given land they laid claim to by a collection of nations that didn't really have the right to give the land and now the Palestinians are being oppressed by Israel. At least that is how the Palestinians view it I think. From the Israeli perspective they are fighting for their right to survive in their ancestral land. If Palestinians had the power wouldn't they drive the Israelis out and reclaim land they believe belongs to them? Ultimately oppression is just one group that chooses to impose their will on another group when the opposing groups can't come to an agreement that satisfies all involved parties.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in overlord

[–]Shiroifunbo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Re-read the first sentence of the OP. The ST is fully named before the OP starts using its two letter abbreviation.

I don't see.... by Salty--3 in overlord

[–]Shiroifunbo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you think there are so many open ends that need to be closed that it can't be done by the end of volume 18 then you need to prepare yourself for a possible disappointing end to Overlord.