How Not To Summon A Demon Lord Anime Episode 4
How Non to Summon a Demon Lord
past Christopher Farris, 
And so now that I'thou over the initial shock of How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord not being blindingly awful, the task at hand is to evaluate just how serviceable (and fan-serviceable) information technology can get. This 4th episode picks up from the previous one's odd cliffhanger, detailing Diablo'due south efforts against the revenge of the Fallen. As with those preceding episodes, Demon Lord shows that it'southward a dissimilar brood from bottom isekai shows that are all power-fantasy-driven game-world tours. Basic storytelling conceits like build-ups with payoff are respected, such every bit Emile's seemingly frivolous introduction concluding episode actually serving to foreshadow his more serious inflow this week.
This opening segment of Emile defending Rem and Celes from the Fallen soldier more often than not seems to demonstrate how Demon Lord might function without its titular anti-hero. Without Diablo around to do his nervous internal-monologue thing or even remind us that this is technically a game-based world, how entertaining is this otherwise elementary fantasy show? Like the rest of the show, it'due south surprisingly functional! The story isn't much more than interesting than basic hero fights bad guys fare, merely there'southward competent desolation and label hither, even if I observe myself wishing the battle was more than interesting than one Gilgamesh-looking dude getting smacked around in an alleyway.
Diablo's fight outside the wall brings more spectacle to the try. It does start off with the one-time DBZ speed-fighting special, saving some of that precious blitheness, but as with other elements of Demon Lord, this battle proves to be more well thought-out than expected. Probably the about low-key strength of this prove so far has been that while Diablo is stiff, he's not that strong. He has none of the divine help or game-breaking hacks that other isekai protagonists go; he's simply extremely loftier in level (and not even by that much for the version of the game world he came from). So there'south a lot of internal dorsum-and-forth every bit he strategizes how to ration his high-MP-price spells or fifty-fifty finish fights early.
This all builds to the coolest part of the episode, where Diablo parlays his loftier HP pool to tank his enemy Edelgard's most powerful attack. It's an interesting spin on a common concept, seeing a super-potent bad guy shrug off something similar that from his perspective. More interestingly, the fob doesn't really work, when it'south revealed that Diablo's actually been out-gambited by Edelgard and her ring of monsters. Isekai stories, ability-fantasies that they are, oft make their heroe infallible and, even if they have to put attempt into something, they still win every single time. Our primary graphic symbol realizing that he didn't accept plenty power to win outright creates some existent tension that results in more interesting storytelling.
So of course Diablo pulls an instant-win spell out of his ass at the final minute and teleports off to relieve the 24-hour interval. To the show'southward credit, information technology does try to write some drama into this detail, with the implication that Diablo had to spend more of his MP pool than he wanted to generate that crater (along with some fanservice from Edelgard). It besides briefly teases out that his teleportation spell might non be expected to piece of work in this version of the world. But all those issues are glossed over too apace; the teleport spell turns out to be quick and easy, and Diablo still has enough magic juice left to take on the unmarried Fallen that hasn't moved from the alley since the first of the episode. There's a sense that even with stronger writing holding it upwards, the structure and plot of this show are still firmly concerned with making sure Diablo is as awesome every bit possible above all else.
Indeed, this results in watching our 'hero' curb-stomp the monster being less interesting than his fight in the first half. There is an effective sense of seeing a jerk get his comeuppance, but that'south pretty bones stuff for a fight that's largely static magic casting and reflection. The nigh interesting affect is the mode the bear witness lets Diablo requite a villain monologue without hearing any internal commentary from him; at this point, the prove trusts that we empathize the joke well enough to just speculate about how he's carrying on in his head and find that funny.
It's all average cloth peppered with above-boilerplate touches, but the series but tin can't hold off on the worse habits of its premise at the terminate of this offset story arc. Honestly, I was happy to forget about the whole slavery premise, only it gets dredged dorsum up at the very cease as Rem and Shera gush to Diablo almost how happy they are to be his 'possessions'. Yous were so close, Demon Lord, yous don't take to make this a running gag! Thankfully, the snuggly Shera shenanigans at the end of the episode are much more than good-natured. I'thousand starting to recollect that any scenes that just focus on her and Diablo are a all-time-example scenario for the show's fanservice.
Simply if that's the worst I take to deal with from Demon Lord, I'll take it. The residue of this episode gets past on the same decent action and surprisingly interesting game vs reality globe-building the prove has traded on so far. There's fifty-fifty set-upwardly for the side by side arc at the end of this episode, dispelling fears that we might descend into the unfortunate meandering of other worse isekai shows. For a series I had no expectations for going into, that counts as a win in my book.
Rating: B-
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