Maybe it's related to giant stuff like Chainsaw Man getting horrible budgets

>>74674
I don't think it had a horrible budget, just bad direction.

There are some slight differences between Lloyd and other narou MCs that seem to be going a long way in setting him apart.

He's doing what he does not for the sake of power itself, to take it easy, because of some conflict going on, or any autopilot adventuring, he's consciously pursuing sorcery purely to hone his craft. He flatly rejects taking up any office simply because he's perfectly aware it'd give him less free time. He ends up being much more like Cid/Shadow, in the sense that he's more or less doing it for fun and epicness first and foremost.
And in terms of his powering up itself, the topical stories that aren't a completely generic JRPG usually have the player build up strength through some effectively parallel system, like iunno fukken strongest farmer, whatever the gimmick is, however in Dainanaoji the MC's interest is the magic as it exists for everyone else so that makes it easier for him to learn from others as it keeps happening. The systems it shows you are consistent and have enough depth for it to be entertaining, he has to try to do things correctly like learning qi breathing and the whole segment going over the enchantment process and the alchemy it included.

These aren't exactly unique, by no means, but it's definitely better than usual and coupled with a cute unhinged shota, the comedy, the interspersed chibi and the great animation it's surprisingly the one I'm enjoying the most.

It seems alright, but the style is kind of ugly to me. I might try it again sometime, but it's hard for me to get into things if I can't enjoy what I'm looking at. The animation quality is high from what I've seen, but the style...

>>74704
You don't like chibis?

>>74705
I like chibis a lot. I don't like the ones in this

>>74696
I like it more than Shadow because there's a realistic chance that his mascot could end up becoming able to overcome the protogonist's OPness

>>74707
Anonymous, I...

>>74715
Did you watch the episode...

>>74707
t.

>>74717
look at that fatard

>>74716
Did you read the manga?

>>74722
if you're saying that him eating the demon was meaningless then idk, let me know if this is a disapointment like shadow

I assume someone directly addressing a spoiler image is spoiling stuff so I edited that post

>>74724
If you thought Eminence of all things was a disappointment, why are you watching this? For the hypothetical stakes?

>>74726
because it's got good animation and the magic is interesting unlike an insulting show, such as shadow.

^Tried bashing his head against a rock and only ended up in a hospital.

>an insulting show
I don't follow.

>>74727
Returning to this... what should be understood about Dainanaoji, and this is made truly obvious starting with episode 2, is that as it happens in plenty of other power fantasies its little magic systems exist not in service of the world, but of Lloyd. That they display more details than usual only furthers this. It's not, iunno, Witch Hat Atelier or Hunter x Hunter where multiple people can make use of their systems in different and relevant ways, in this case the goal of anything that is introduced is for Lloyd to incorporate it. Enchanting appears and is explained so that you can appreciate why this little kid is such a monster, but you'll never see anyone else doing something worthwhile with it. Everything exists only insofar as it can prove once more how great Lloyd is, which can be seen for example in how so many of the powerups that characters receive across the story are gifts bestowed by his grace alone. Side characters will do some cool things as well, but it is the seventh prince who sits at the center of the universe.
This is overwhelmingly a bad thing, and I hope in the future you'll be able to recognize it, although here it's executed well enough that I enjoyed it.

>>74973
>This is overwhelmingly a bad thing, and I hope in the future you'll be able to recognize it
what are you talking about. Of course it's bad story telling, but the spells are interesting as spells, not as character tools

>>74974
Spells are interesting if they have rules and boundaries. These do not exist for Lloyd, they are just gestures. Everyone constantly goes "OH MY GOD HOW'S HE DOING THAT, IT SHOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE!" from the very first episode, he does as he pleases.

>>74975
I never said it had a good magic system and worldbuilding. I said the magic characters do is cool.

>>74976
So what's the problem with Eminence, again?

>>74977
I don't like shows that glorify psychopats

>>74978
.......unlike Dainanaoji?

>>74979
now that's an actual debate we can have...

he doesn't do things that are evil and to harm others, he's a Randian type of entrepeneur who wants to do the best things for himself

>>74980
Lloyd genuinely does not care about people, their stories or anything that isn't magic, multiple times he's contrasted in this with normal folks and their normal emotional reactions, whereas he appears bored or even asleep. Later he'll be shown to have been banned from going to the church because he kept breaking vases on purpose, hoping that they would hit him with some divine magic because combat is his preferred method of learning and that's what he consistently baits others into. There's one instance where he's clearly the aggravator against someone else at a place he seriously shouldn't be in, and it's all for the sake of obtaining more magic. I would just call him a benevolent psychopath.

Cid is not a psychopath. He's just an asshole.

Lloyd might be strong, but he'd still be mere cannon fodder before the all mighty Onii-sama.

Ki has further limits because Goku could beat Lloyd

Allow me to reiterate: oh shit this kid is fucking insane.

what i wouldn't do to get josou seme'd by this brat