Zenshuu. Episode 10 Discussion

I'm really hoping MAPPA sticks the landing here. I think they have a solid shot. I just hope they're not winging the plot. It feels like they're building towards something.

I kinda expect her to go back to reality with newfound wisdom and the ability to solve her problems. I just don't want it so basic. They can't let luke and the director bird go without some proper resolution. There needs to be some deeper meaning to the madness. What are they trying to tell us?? What was A Tale Of Pershing REALLY about?

Also... is this only going to be one season? with this pacing I am wondering if everything gets wrapped up and this is it.

AAAAnnndd im back to disliking an episode from this show. Dont get me wrong, its kinda the same writing wise as other episodes in a way, basically decent ideas with not great execution. the thing is, this episode made something that i have always heavily disliked, and i always had a big bias agaisnt. Which is forced drama/tension. the villagers just having a switcharoo and just hating/wanting to kill natsuko literally makes no sense. Sure, the powers the enemies have now are the same as natsukos, but its been literally a single battle. It just doesnt make any sense for them to randomly start feeling as the world is completely doomed. Also, if QJ was the ever first hero to die, maybe, MAYBE i would have understood, because it would be a big change in people lives, but no. So many have already died, this really aint anything new. Like, dont get me wrong, im not saying that big events cant change the mind/opinion of the public, it obviously can and has happened through out history. But it needs to make sense!!! It just feels as though they wanted to mirror what happened in a tale of perishing anime without thinking how to really get to it in a natural manner. Again, this show just tries to throw around ideas without really thinking how to stich them together.
I will say, i doubt i will dislike the next few episodes as much as this one, as once more, this episode just does something that i just personally have a really big bias against, and i doubt the next few episodes will be like this.

@VP2003boi I agree with you partly, but not fully. The villagers' sudden resentment of Natsuko makes sense because the Voids resemble her drawings now, and since they don't understand how the Voids or her powers work, they fear her as an unknown. However, I agree that the shift back to the main A Tale of Perishing timeline is too strong. It should've been more gradually introduced over the past couple of episodes (maybe an extra scene or two concerning the villagers and their hesitation with accepting Natsuko, or a scene with Destiny mentioning money troubles?).

In my opinion, Zenshuu probably should've been adapted as a manga first with more content before being developed into an anime.

I don’t know what you’re smoking, but the townspeople turning on Natsuko definitely made sense.

Like, even in our real world, it’s incredibly fast and easy for populists to rise up by blaming all their problems on immigrants. It’s happening in multiple countries all around the world; just look at how normal everyday Arabs are treated after a major terrorist attack. Scale it down to a town, and instead of an immigrant, it’s a literal complete unknown who claims to be from a place no one’s heard of, with more power than any of the nine soldiers combined. With her around, they do a complete 180, giving everyone hope that maybe they can pull through.

Then in the last battle, one that was far more damaging than they’ve had in a long time, with the death of one of the few remaining heroes, where the enemies are suddenly identical to Natsuko’s drawings? Even just this alone is completely believable motivation, but then throw in the void cultists spreading their beliefs that she’s their savior, and it’s almost a natural conclusion.

Wow best episode so far, that's how you make an Isekai. I wish it will have a tragic ending.

This wouldn't have a tragic ending. Natsuko will fix the ending of that awful movie.

If you think about it, you know what's going to happen: the world in A Tale of Perishing is going to end, all the characters(especially Luke) are going to die, and Natsuko's going to wake up in a hospital room in the real world, where she's going to use her experiences with the Nine Soldiers(and her feelings for Luke) to finish the anime project she started on.

Oh shit… I did miss this actually, thanks for the reminder. Tbf it was on screen for about 2 seconds and it only vaguely resembled QJ’s body. I just thought Memmeln was turning evil since the world is “reverting” to its previous state.

@Marinate1016 idk to me but it looked like Memmelm wanted to put QJ back together again??? And bringing someone back from the dead would definitely be a forbidden art lol.

If you think about it, you know what's going to happen: the world in A Tale of Perishing is going to end, all the characters(especially Luke) are going to die, and Natsuko's going to wake up in a hospital room in the real world, where she's going to use her experiences with the Nine Soldiers(and her feelings for Luke) to finish the anime project she started on.