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Lack of introspection coupled with MASSIVE projection has ruined western fantasy.
The religious order that I hated growing up with HAVE to be evil in this fantasy game I made/stole.
This 'evil' race is just misunderstood like I was growing up...
At least when it comes to anime/manga, this is how it went:
One day, a mangaka made the demons misunderstood good guys, because it's a twist. Pacifist orc chef? What an original idea! We need an institutional enemy that acts inside a kingdom: oh, a church, of course.
Then, these things became tired tropes out of the sheer mediocrity that humanity averages at.
Then Goblin Slayer and Frieren: Beyond Journey's End made anime great again!
Goblin Slayer even featured a moment of
Is Goblin Slayer good? I thought it was generic grimlight adventuring, only notable for its anime’s shock-value start.
It's good because it's a breath of fresh air in a sea of "misunderstood bad guys" slop.
If it came out 10 years ago it would have been mid.
Masculine heroes are gold in the feminized west.
Season 1 is really good. After that it's kind of "up & down" but still good overall.
The key is: Goblins are just plain evil. Period. Thy capture human women, gang rape them as forced breeding stock and kill any human males they come across.
Slayer is just that. He's here to kill goblins, ALL of them. As efficiently as possible, but messy is good too. As long as they're dead.