Goblin Slayer: Why ONLY Goblins Matter - Wisecrack Edition

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Why does #GoblinSlayer ONLY slay goblins? In this Wisecrack Edition we explore how this character-defining trait functions as a scathing critique of the fantasy genre.
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[@thecommenter9678]

"No matter how good the world is. Someone has to deliver the pizza." At least so my father told me as a kid.

[@juanmanuelpenaloza9264]

Good man. Although I got a modifier. "It's a job that's gotta be done. At least I'll do it listening to Eurobeat."

[@siggietyrone3965]

That statement may not be true in the future, but I know what the phrase means.

[@ilosttehlegs4517]

Juan Manuel Penaloza Reference hits me hard holy shit

[@rsifodias5]

Like many sayings however, its not true anymore! Startups all over are investing heavily into drones and minicars to deliver pizzas. Just goes to show, the solutions are there if you don't stop looking for them.

[@Smalliced]

@@rsifodias5 dont just look at it as delivering pizza ^^ deliverng pizza = none prestige / small work atm. even if this gets replaced by drones or robots etc there is always going to be a none prestige work field someone has to take on.

[@RworldKM]

"There's actual narrative reasons; they killed his sister." The goblins didn't just killed his sister; they raped her continously and after they've had their fun, killed her before dragging her corpse off to be eaten. And Goblin Slayer saw it all from where he was hiding from start to finish. That, and including all the other girls and women in the village. So yeah, he's driven by that undying vengeance after seeing what level of cruelty the goblins were capable off. He hasn't got a single shred of mercy for them after witnessing all that.

[@bearbones7913]

I would also say the years of training with his sadistic mentor doing nothing but abusing him on his trauma is also a big factor

[@psychobro]

@@bearbones7913 Don't forget the mentor was Bilbo Baggins.

[@Iggihbh246]

They should've just gave him a flamethrower

[@Darth_Bateman]

Capable of?! They PRACTICE IT REGULARLY. FUCK DEM GOBBIES

[@Kruzeda]

I find it really hard to believe that their cruelty is this overlooked; I'm surprised there aren't more people like Goblin Slayer who popped up in this universe, those fucks deserve extinction

[@666HeroHero]

""Even in a utopia, someone needs to scrub the toilets" - Frank Fontaine

[@bassamkanaan6678]

Can you explain it to me?

[@lucasd.garces435]

@@bassamkanaan6678 he is saying that even in a perfect world, someone is needed to do these less appreciative jobs

[@competingcoot4756]

Robots: "am i a joke to you?"

[@dalek--ck9oy]

@@competingcoot4756 someone's gotta build the robots

[@competingcoot4756]

@@dalek--ck9oy Robots will build the robots.

[@caitthecat]

"The only good goblin is a dead goblin SO LET'S MAKE THESE GOBLINS GOOD!"

[@ADerpyReality]

That is addressed but it would need to be a majority and holding a grudge is more likely by far.

[@slavthesage5661]

What's your name? My name? It's- WRONG!!

[@lucastobias7012]

@@slavthesage5661 Shrieks in pain

[@gamer_primus6262]

@@lucastobias7012 YOUR NAME IS PRIESTESS! NO NAMES! Not in this line of work. Now drink this antidote! It's the worst thing you'll ever drink.

[@88Spint]

As a necromancer, I agree. :)

[@mineungkim4599]

Basically, this is a story about an unsung hero. A person that everybody needs but don’t deserve.

[@Madjo-qj2ge]

Well,technically Goblin Slayer become Sung Hero by Bard and Peasants

[@Madjo-qj2ge]

@@captaintitus3840 Spiderman don't kill(at least that i know of) GS kills like a lot, he more like a Punisher

[@hiranmaydas4921]

So basically Geralt of Rivia

[@Madjo-qj2ge]

@@hiranmaydas4921 Unlike Geralt, GS is a Specialist of Goblin exterminator and actually have more money than Geralt( The novel/TV version) and doesn't spend his money on Silver Sword (GS use the cheapest equipment and improvised after that)

[@hiranmaydas4921]

@@Madjo-qj2ge GS - Goblin Exterminator Geralt - Every monster exterminator

[@callomallo7712]

"W-what? Goblin children?" "I know. Disgusting aren't they!"

[@Spot_Faceless-Soldier]

"Nasty ass creatures" *pulls out club*

[@helloimgay3310]

@@Spot_Faceless-Soldier lol I’m dead

[@Anonymous-hx3pu]

They are just children, so we won't make them suffer as much when killing them.

[@cirroc213]

@@Anonymous-hx3pu no they definitely deserve what’s coming to them

[@raibyo]

@@Anonymous-hx3pu The goblin king that later appear in the anime was a child goblin that was allowed to go free by an adeventurer. The adventurer let him go free but as soon as she turns around, he killed the adventurer. So yeah, even the goblin children are evil. No one is born evil, except goblins.

[@animq4ionboi.153]

Goblinslayer: medieval, speaking, anime version of doomslayer

[@latarshahall7618]

You ain't wrong.

[@yuriusutr7284]

That the reasons why I watched this

[@albinogingerblackman7739]

Goblin slayer's English VA is the Doom Slayer's mocap actor.

[@marcoamazo]

Sounds about right

[@StarkoftheNorth]

I mean... Doomslayer would hear "Demonking" and Elfgirl would have to follow the mountains of gore he left behind on his way

[@p75369]

"Do things go back to normal when we've murdered the big bad guy?" Yes. Yes they do. That's rather his point, adventurers are chasing these brief moments of glory, then going back to celebrate and think they've fixed the world. But they haven't, the world is back to normal, a normal where villages are raider, men and livestock are slaughtered, women are kidnapped and raped. Houses burns, communities are ruined. Fighting normal is what the Goblin Slayer does. There is no Grand Quest that will fix the world, just the daily grind, one dead goblin at a time.

[@briankoontz1]

It's almost as if there's some underlying process that creates monsters, and maybe *that process* needs to be addressed instead of (or at least, in addition to) killing goblins. But then we can't have decades of monster killing if we actually solve the problem, can we?

[@armando2814]

like batman

[@alexandresobreiramartins9461]

@@armando2814 GS IS Batman in their world.

[@jackmayor3574]

@@briankoontz1 That could be where the series is leading to. Would be cool if Goblin Slayer starts looking for more long term solutions to these threats.

[@CorwinTheOneAndOnly]

Long term solutions for goblins are obviously just updated fortifications to villages. At the moment, Gobbos reproduce at an equivalent rate or higher than they can be killed off due to the amount of women they kidnap. So, while slayer san is out killing gobbos, fortifying the walls and defenses of towns and cities susceptible to goblin raids is how you reduce the risk of the gobbo repopulating after the slayer has done his work. Eventually goblins will start dying off faster than they can reproduce, because more and more attempts at kidnapping females is met with failure. Fortifications like that are obviously expensive, but if it's for the net good of humanity then it'll be fine in the end.

[@Qlipphoth]

I love the premise of GS being a folk hero, a champion of the average Joe. He doesn't even does it for the glory nor the pay: he kills Goblins becase of a personal vendetta therefore he understands the pain they can bring upon common, helpless people like he once was. He's aware of the butterfly effect: little actions making into bigger, more chaotical instances. He sees Goblins as a real threat that can potencially ravage the world. What an awesome character.

[@JuanVazquez-fz7ny]

Fun fact He saved the hero's village when she was a kid so he indirectly killed the demon lord Talk about butterfly effect xD

[@Flamme-Sanabi]

@@JuanVazquez-fz7nyhe what.

[@dfaveteranofsui-cultist3596]

@@Flamme-Sanabi In the "Year One" he almost got killed in the open field and it's the Hero's village, So basically he helped killing Demon lord by saving Hero from tragic backstory. Also when he got healed in the temple...the one who heals him is the "Priestess" when she still young.

[@christianweibrecht6555]

@@dfaveteranofsui-cultist3596 is year one, the title of one of the franchises light novels?

[@dfaveteranofsui-cultist3596]

@@christianweibrecht6555 Goblin Slayer: Side Story Year One

[@nothisispatrick4644]

Plot twist: Goblin slayer is actually the ancestor of the doom slayer. That explains why both of them are badasses and always have metal playing in the background

[@saisame7975]

you damn right there

[@SlateofGranite]

And why Brad Hawkins moves and sounds just like them.

[@justcallmepip732]

Ending of season 2: Sword maiden: I see a great presents inside you and your future offspring Goblin slayer: what do you mean? Sword maiden: generations of your bloodline will grow stronger. Till it ends up with one man and his mission to take out what others can not*moves a tarp and shows the Doom poster as tapestry* Doom shall find his enemies

[@pubcle]

Goblin Slayer's English voice actor is also the mocap actor for Doom Slauer

[@svagglaorde4387]

Goblin Slayer - Doom Slayer's Great Great Great Great Great Great Grandpa refuses to kill Demon Lords Doom Slayer - Well.....Hell...

[@aarongoddard2642]

The only way I can see Goblin Slayer having a happily Ever After type ending is it he literally causes Goblin to go extinct. Which would be pretty freaking Epic

[@thesatelliteslickers907]

Honestly, if that happened he'd likely just move onto the next mundane yet dangerous and underestimated monster causing issues for ghe general populace

[@RN-op8qs]

Goblins going extinct is pretty impossible because the fact they keep kidnapping women in villages every now and then

[@blackfangex6813]

@@RN-op8qs Also the Fact that those Mirrior Portals are Connected to the Green Moon allowing them to arrive to the planet, The end would be Destroying the Green Moon

[@Kruzeda]

@@blackfangex6813 I'd love to see Goblin Slayer go Doom Slayer on their asses and blow a hole in the moon

[@mirceazaharia2094]

@@onurhurmuzlu405 Objective: Shoot a hole into the surface of the Green Moon. XD

[@dragonhitman1071]

"No one uses names." Of course not this is basicly a dnd game. No one wants to call the priestess Eric or lizard Ellen or the dwarf jumbo jimbo.

[@bruhbbawallace]

I absolutely want to call the dwarf Jumbo Jimbo.

[@Melodyofthesea78]

*Points at dwarf* Me: "YOU ARE NOW CALLED JUMBO JIMBO!!!!" Jumbo Jimbo: "......." *Points at the Priestess* Me:"You're Name is......BALLBREAKER!!!!" Priestess: "But I'm a Priestes-" Me: "Come on Ballbreaker let's go break some balls."

[@SpiralSine6]

Justice for Boblin the Goblin

[@dragonhitman1071]

@@Melodyofthesea78 priestess rolls for ball breaking. Gets crit Balks explode on impact.

[@Ryukehei52]

In the games I've run there has been: Thyroid Jones Billy Maize Paula Deen, the Paladin Rob, the bard (don't actually rob him, that's just his name) Bumpkiz Junjo Wario The Tumpster So yeah, it's good no one is named.

[@enigmabloom]

Goblin Slayer actually had a hand in saving the world. Spoiler: It was Goblin Slayer who saved the village that eventually gave rise to the Hero who defeated the Demon Lord. If it wasn't for him, the world would've been screwed.

[@finnheisenheim8274]

He is the hero they didn't deserve, but the one they needed

[@lonelywolf5659]

Is that's why everybody in that world is a goddamn idiot. What's Idiot leaves monsters like that to the newbies. It's Ike Nothing bad will happen like what if that hero girl died well guess what that world would have f***** because you was lazy. Everybody in that world is special one way or another.

[@LupineShadowOmega]

@@lonelywolf5659 the issue isn't that villages are never attacked, the issue is that the pay for handling said little monsters is terrible and the danger is high. So only the scrubs would be doing it. Grunt work wasn't mentioned for yuks my dude. Nobody wants to do the shit work, but you can believe that everyone wants it to be done.

[@lonelywolf5659]

@@LupineShadowOmega but my issue with them are these things are intelligent they can think that mean they can learn in grow and get stronger and probably make an army oh wait. Seriously these people on this world or the type of people that will leave Gore magala alone because it's a baby not knowing the implications what will happen and what does it do to the monsters and the environment and ecosystem. Let me tell you a story on Monster Hunter because it's just like this. The monster called Diablos are sometimes hunted when they're babies. The hunters hunt them for there horns and are taken by Hunters. Plus the hunters don't kill them because they're weak. Well that has some bad implications because that baby Diablos will grow up to become a bloodbath Diablo's and it's it's horn grew back disfigured. which is very bad and now take on elder dragons. It got this way through training. Because it remember what the hunter did to it.

[@bloodbrawler1438]

@@lonelywolf5659 I've heard that, from the discussions I've had with my companions, and from what I've also observed, that the higher-level adventurers or similarly leveled adventurers don't bother with goblins, besides the pathetic payoff, is because they have seen what those little shits are capable of, and are having a mini-PTSD everytime they even hear of a goblin attack. Some put up a brave front, arrogant even, and eventually other, newer adventurers just follow what the other adventurers say and believe.

[@SaiyanGamer95]

It's not that Goblin Slayer's exploits are going unknown. If anything as time passes, people are starting to sing his praises. High Elf Archer was able to find GS because a Bard was literally singing his praises.

[@ForumBlackwolfdave]

you could say he became a hero of the people

[@sarafontanini7051]

yeah and that's the thing: he is being known for his actions that help the forgotten community. The other heroes want to eb the big grand heroes, the ones who saved the world, which only the monarchies and bigger cities really care about, but for the villages and smaller places this 'demon king' isn't really a problem. Goblins Are. SO while these 'greater' heroes are waiting for a bigger chance and thus squandering their time and doing jac shit, Goblin Slayer is actually DOING stuff (as logn as its goblins) and thus Goblin Slayer is ironically becoming more famous than these supposedly better classed heroes. and even better: this is all a complete accident. Goblin Slayer doesn't care abotu any other threat beyond Goblins and doesn't care about fame or money, just murdering goblins. He's just doig what he does because he's a broken, broken man and that coincidentally leads to him doing more for everyone and being more of a hero than the ones who deride him.

[@SaiyanGamer95]

@@sarafontanini7051 Goblin Slayer's main motivation is that he doesn't want people to suffer like he did. He knows first-hand the kind of horrors Goblins can do. He lost his entire family and his village to Goblins and doesn't want that to happen to anyone else. The other heroes are more concerned with major, large-scale issues while basically ignoring small-scale issues. It's basically "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few" but to GS, he's more like "The needs of the few are just as important as the needs of the many". And while many humans don't consider what he's doing as important, the non-humans do. Keep in mind that Goblins and Elves are pretty much mortal enemies and High Elf Archer refers to him as "Orcbolg", the name given to those who specifically slay Goblins. And the Dwarves refer to him as "Beardcutter". Sure, those are basically "Goblin Slayer" but translated into their respective language, but the fact still stands that at the very least, Elves as a whole hold him in high regard. I think the Elves even have a legend regarding Goblin Slayer. And there's the fact that High Elf Archer, Dwarf Shaman, and Lizard Priest were sent specifically by their races to enlist Goblin Slayer's help.

[@alexrowe7063]

Bro what kind of music would a bard be playing to tell the tale of a bloodthirsty goblin slayer on a crusade to commit goblinoid genocide? Mic Gordon 11. BFG devision?

[@scruffles3838]

It's like it's trying to say hey those people with shitty jobs that help the world, should be praised too y'know

[@alexandergriffith1825]

Goblin Slayer is like a janitor or pest exterminator: a thankless job that someone has to do. He reminds me of The Punisher from Marvel. While most heroes beat up the villain and put them in jail or the Raft, Punisher just solves the problem by killing it.

[@epicotakugamer4930]

If I recall correctly, the author did base him off of Batman and the Punisher.

[@alexandergriffith1825]

@@epicotakugamer4930 Nice.

[@eliasmagus5086]

Yes I punisher shall kill a villian there fore becoming like the villian

[@GaryHamad]

Thank God someone Notices that Punisher is Adapter for Goblin Slayer Doom Slayer is John Wick these 2 Comparison is Totally Different

[@goblinslayer5517]

Thanks

[@junglehero1274]

Goblin Slayers whole philosophy reminds me of a Batman comic book where he chews out Golden Age Green Lantern for only caring about big villains and not average crime. "While you were out saving the world, who was watching the back alleys?"

[@alexmansfield3268]

Junglehero127 funny thing is green arrow said the same thing to Batman when Batman was running the justice league.

[@jbark678]

@@alexmansfield3268 It's easy to lose perspective. Even for the Bat it seems.

[@Psy_Ro]

I remember superman saying that to batman in the start of Solo

[@themadnessofmadara4883]

When did he say that?

[@Psy_Ro]

@@themadnessofmadara4883 Green arrow told batman in the first episode of the third season of justice league. Superman told batman after kryton had been destroyed again, at the start of Solo

[@Guts-the-Berserker]

9:25 *Wrong, the Sword Maiden didn't commit the murders she blamed the murders on the goblins when it was in fact the demon lords cultists that commited the murders because she 1: wanted everyone to take goblins as a more serious threat, and 2: wanted someone to come and slay the goblins in the sewers because of her personal (justified) fears. Good Vid though! You properly explain the whole goblins perceived threat level betraying how actual threatening they are as a deeper concept rather than just as a creature at face value.*

[@TheRid16]

Wait... I think I watched sucked sub version then. Daaamn!!! I thought she killed them because she seemed to be ready for court when Goblin Slayer expose her scheme.

[@asheqabeer1798]

@@TheRid16 Goblin Slayer exposed the fact that she knew demon lord cultists killed ppl and were supplying goblins with weapons and monster pets like the beholder (eye creature).

[@cryptclown]

thanks for explaining that. it confused me and kinda turned me off when i thought she murdered or mutilated the bodies. i knew the show was dark but i had a hard time believing that goblin slayer would be ok with someone murderer just casually running a city.

[@AreEia]

Aha, that does make a lot more sense than paragon of justice kills random innocent people. I thought that was really weird, and was wondering why she would do that and why she got away with it. Thnx for clearing that up.

[@lytuy7952]

The problem is that she knew what went down but couldn't act because of PTSD. Until that led to deaths, she got a reason to do something about it, but she knows no one wants to do it for her. That's why, when the one man comes to do what no one wants to do, she assumes he is filled with a sense of justice and will not let her inaction go unanswered. That's what she was prepared for.

[@secretmanjoe9189]

"There are demons invading the Capitol, we need your help." "No." "Why not?" "The doom slayer's on it."

[@jadonknoy5060]

Wtf are you talking about

[@godemperorusada3053]

@@jadonknoy5060 american raid on capitol he probably thought OP was taking a jab at them ahahaha americans and their politics.

[@GodActio]

*mostly peaceful protest

[@drsaifulnizamshuib]

You guys know that typo and autocorrect exist right?

[@Damond_Warrior]

@@godemperorusada3053 dude do you seriously not know who doom slayer is

[@joshduriden519]

Just want to correct something. The Sword Maiden didn't kill anyone, nor have people killed. The people that died in Water Town were killed by the Demon Lord Loyalists, they were ritual sacrifices. They were subsequently killed by the Hero party, but there were Goblins infesting the sewers, so the Priestess pinned the ritual sacrifices on the Goblins to lure Gobiln Slayer to kill them.

[@Kabcr]

Technically, she hid the fact it was the cult behind the killings from the adventurers (and was therefore responsible for their deaths), but then again it was the goblins doing the kidnapping for the ritual and the killing of adventurers, so it was only a half-lie.

[@jacobbuchanan6076]

Also, technically sword maiden did kill someone, Goblins. Due to the fact she has a giant white crocodile in the sewers as a familiar

[@calbanar]

@@jacobbuchanan6076 "someone" Those are goblins, not people, slaughter them aaaaall!

[@jnegrete86]

So her run in with the goblins was her witnessing a crew get killed or her getting raped

[@joshduriden519]

@@jnegrete86 It's implied that she was raped and tortured by Goblins early in her career as an adventurer.

[@MH3Raiser]

Only partway into the video, so you might bring this up, but this series seems to directly draw from a famous DnD story: Tucker's Kobolds. The story can be boiled down to be pretty simple: a dungeon master was struggling to find an enemy his part of friends, all very close to the end of the power curve in DnD (close to level 20), would find remotely challenging. Most of them could one shot any enemy of their level, and their mage and cleric covered all their holes in terms of healing and utility. Finally they were presented with a huge sprawling dungeon, with the promise of many epic and dangerous creatures to hunt. However, in order to reach these epic enemies, they would first have to penetrate past the first level of the dungeon: a kobold nest: Naturally the players went into this first level pretty confident. They had slain dragons, massive chaos creatures and many other epic foes. Kobolds? Was Tucker (their GM) serious? Oh if they only knew. The Kobolds in question had almost no hit points. At their level, a single unarmed attack would kill any given kobold. However, DnD doesn't quite work that way: a sufficient number of enemies removes almost all advantage you can gain from instantly killing one of them, as combing the remaining attacks together the player has 1 action to every 20 kobold action. In the bestiary, Kobolds are described as cunning, not clever, but with a certain skill with traps and fighting in small tunnels. The tunnels were filled with murder holes, huge pits that forced the slower members of the party to split from the faster members. The Kobolds used burning oil traps, natural cliffs in the cave system to throw giant rocks down at the party. When the party found an alternate path, they were ambushed from behind while simultaneously bombarded with firebombs from above. Each kobold attack did tiny amounts of damage, but that damage stuck and added up and up. Suddenly the party realised their potion supplies were dwindling. Their health bars became lower. The Kobolds showed no mercy. The mage (who had been holding the party together all this time) fell prey to a pitfall trap after a failed reflex save and died in a snake pit. The other players bolted. Whatever bosses may lurk beneath, they did not frighten the players as much as those tiny little Kobolds. The party escaped the kobold level by the skin of their teeth. They proceeded through the remaining boss levels, and despite missing a member and being incredibly low on supplied, using the basic combat tactics they'd perfect across many campaigns they managed to beat the dungeon. But all agreed the most dangerous obstacle they had fact in their DnD experience to date was tuckers Kobolds.

[@gamenko6387]

Cool!

[@debodatta7398]

I doubt the LN author ever heard of Tucker's Kobolds but both seem to play on the trope of the Sand People or even the Ewoks of star wars a relatively weak people only propelled in strength against our heroes and villains due to strength in numbers, cunning traps and seemingly savage methods.

[@Marcusjnmc]

there are many stories of tucker's kobolds, that dungeon was ran more than once by him & then picked up by others, the kobolds every time were the most terrifying/nastiest threat, I wouldn't be at all surprised if any long term dnd player such as the author appears to be wouldn't have come across them or a similar campaign at some point

[@eacaraxe]

You forgot the end of the story. When the party had beaten the dungeon and gotten all the treasure, they realized with their wizard dead they would have to go back up the long way...back through tuckers kobolds.

[@theperv01]

I tried running this once my mage and my cleric both used fireball and fire spells through the murder holes and lighted the oil they both ran out to the entrance of the dungeon and had the monk fighter and barbarian drop more and more flammable and toxic oils and such which they had purchased with their insane gold wheel carted it to the dungeons and proceeded to get the place “lit up” down the dungeon halls. Fighter barbarian and monk closed the entrance with rocks. Absolute horror

[@Surikoazimaet]

"It's just a shitty little kobold, what possible threat could it pose? I will just walk into a kobold nest and slaughter them a-"

[@theshadowmagican]

Haha, I have seen that shit go bad

[@Ramsey276one]

I played a game based on Tucker’s I DID NOT MAKE IT XD

[@kaiit10]

And there's always that one that "FIREBALL"

[@APumpkinHobo]

It's all blood and fun until the Bard rolls a D20 on a large AOE Charm spell

[@officepony6717]

A basic problem of cumulative mobs. One of them is only a threat to a child. Two of them is a threat to a young adult. Three of them might be a threat to an average person. Five of them is a threat to a new adventurer. Ten of them is a threat to a small party of three. Fifteen of them a party of five. Twenty of them, a small village. Fifty of them, a large village. A Hundred of them can take a small town. Five hundred of them a large town. Five thousand of them can ravage a city. Goblins can mate with almost any female humanoid in most fantasy stories. They are birthed in batches, the victims being forced to birth until they are either dead or the goblins find more fertile victims (much like most Japanese-style orcs). The average maturation of a goblin happens within a couple of weeks to a month at the latest with some variable goblin species (mage/archer/warrior) type popping up at a ratio of 1:200 for mages, 1:75 for archers, and 1:50 for warriors with a Chief being bred around every 200 Goblins (Though new chiefs don't take over, nor start their own Warband, they are usually demoted to a lower position under the oldest and strongest Chief). A Chief is a sign that a goblin group has become a Warband. As they breed more, they begin to exponentially grow their forces. A small goblin problem can quickly become a very real threat if left alone for a perceived short amount of time. A goblin group that begins breeding from a group of 20, left alone for about three months, suddenly becomes a Warband of 200+. What was once a problem for that small village that everyone was ignoring had become a problem for a couple of small towns. No one would notice, because it was only small villages reporting goblin attacks after all. And hey, they stopped reporting about it after a while, wonder whatever happened to their goblin problem...

[@j.a.3335]

*Getting spider vibes*

[@kupo4183]

NANI!!! are you goblin slayer? how do you know all this?

[@raylongoria3565]

Well that's pretty fucked up

[@CorwinTheOneAndOnly]

That's actually a genius idea. I could totally see goblin slayer capturing giant spiders and infesting a cave with them before goblins show up to nest in the cave. Just to see if it works.

[@HaloFTW55]

If you play Total War: Warhammer. It’s easy to see the problems that arises when Goblins gather in a horde. At that point, even Goblin Slayer have issues, an entire Army Group is needed to stop an Green tide.

[@gildardoarteaga9730]

You forget one thing. The reason why other silver ranked adventure won't take quest because low payment. You can see goblin Quest are stacking up.

[@antoniusevan3722]

Yeah, thy all act high and mighty saying goblin slayer can't beat big fish. But those are mainly because he never use Magic Weapon that those asshole rely so much on. All Silver Ranked guarantee to carry around one or two, but Goblin Slayer minimiz his equipment so when he died nothing can be taken.

[@thesatelliteslickers907]

@@antoniusevan3722 also because goblin blood and Vicera is. Its bad for weapons. Corodes them fast. So getting a super fancy weapon will be a waste since it won't last long.

[@Madjo-qj2ge]

@@thesatelliteslickers907 also many of them specialize for one weapon GS just improvised

[@khajiitimanus7432]

@@antoniusevan3722 Though... I do think it would be a good idea for him to buy a magic weapon that he keeps at his home/ rented space for when he knows he'll be likely to fight a hobgoblin, goblin champion, or goblin lord. That way, he still isn't risking the Goblins gaining much, but he is equipped to handle bigger, badder goblins. :p

[@Bl4ck-Fr057]

@@khajiitimanus7432 But you can't know the composition of a goblin brood until you venture into their lair, meaning that in order for it to be of use, he'd have to take it into every goblin lair and risk dying and allowing them to get ahold of it.

[@Gr33nOfGrundleburg]

It's also great because it's a story about a dude who's learning how to be a person again.

[@bearbones7913]

Yeah exactly! The manga does a great job of it. However, I feel like it gets a bit repetitive at times and feels like no big changes happened

[@wellshit9489]

@@galaxius6086 eh he gets a little better

[@mrvegetables2934]

Very true, he actually calls his companions friends now

[@Angel_Kinzoku]

@@galaxius6086 The movie actually shows how he's changed in a few ways. Especially the ending

[@ArchetypeGotoh]

Just like Saitama

[@kagekun1198]

Respect and glory is zigzagged for Goblin Slayer and his kills. First off, the common villagers love him as he's the only experienced adventurer doing something about their problems in the first place. The silver adventurers view him as a mere scrub, taking grunt quests that are beneath them. Therefore devaluing their own silver rank indirectly. Naturally, anybody who quests with him even once will see his vicious and creative side as he systematically and methodically mows down goblins. And then there's the fact that he's a genuinely kind and sweet person underneath when there are no goblins involved. Finally, it is implied in the series, that the guild staff who truly appreciate what threat the goblins pose, respect Goblin Slayer, and hold those other silver adventurers who are only in it for fortune and glory, nothing short of absolute contempt.

[@Zombiewithabowtie]

Your last detail is really well conveyed by Guild Girl in Episode 2. When she's taking down the quest details from the farmer at 4:55, she has to present a proper professional facade to the "customer", and acknowledges that the goblins may well abduct women and murder everyone with a very detached tone of voice. As soon as he's gone, she slumps behind her desk for the privacy to allow her actual feelings of despair about the situation, with how few adventurers would care to slay goblins for such a minor reward. Then, when Goblin Slayer arrives, she seems genuinely happy to see him again, almost certainly be cause she appreciates how much he does with safeguarding the little people from goblins, unlike some of the other blowhard adventurers trying to impress her with tales of troll slaying. It's also a nice little detail that, while that farmer pays the money for the quest with a handful of brass coins, Goblin Slayer pays for his month's rent with Cow Girl's uncle with a big bag of gold coins. The little details like that help re-enforce just how seriously GS takes his job.

[@hoshi314]

@@Zombiewithabowtie not to mention by continuously taking the so-called "grunt jobs" he has become some sort of absolute authority in his line of quests just like how dwarves are really fussy about blacksmithing and elves when talking about forests, remember when GS burned an old elven fortress in the same episode 2? some adventurers take that job before him and tackled the nest at the wrong time resulting in a party wipe. There are many details explained about how to kill goblins in that episode and most adventurers scoffed at it. Seriously if any of those noob adventurers asked GS about goblin slaying he would have a shit ton to say and might apply himself to carry the entire team so easily. If GS wants to retire one day he could write a book about slaying goblins, dude can make volumes of those and there will always be surprises along the way.

[@Slimurgical]

​@@hoshi314 How to Kill a Goblin It's so thick and beefy of a book, you can only call it a Tome.

[@greed_xiii]

"The silver adventurers view him as a mere scrub, taking grunt quests that are beneath them." In the manga, this changes, won't go into detail, but yeah, they see that GS means business when he fights "mere" goblins.

[@TymersRealm]

@@greed_xiii Yea, ep 11 covers that. And it ended right where I expected it.

[@DerultimativeOzzy]

I think Goblin Slayer is just a representation and an argument to simply appreciate those who do the work on the lowest ends of basicly anything in any field of work. If no one took care of Goblins, then they would eventually overpopulate and become a huge issue. Every adventurer thinks they are too good for the job and go for something else because its seen as something with more prestige behind it. Just remember the big plague that killed a third of Europes entire population in the middle ages. It didn't take some high mighty monsters to kill millions of people. Bad hygiene and a bunch of rats was all it took to wipe out a third of the total population of a continent. Granted there's more to that part of history, but the basics should still get it across. Some jobs simply need to be done or else society as a whole can suffer or even collapse or for the least a small system of its own can collapse. Goblin Slayer slays goblins out of revenge for his sister and because he knows deep down that someone has to do it. Since no one else seemed to care back then he goes for it. Farmers keep farming because if everyone felt like they were above it, then no one would be making food....or everyone would work their butt off to get food going. Getting some potatoes, veggies and some meat on the table is a primary concern for everyone, yet not everyone is interested to grow their own plants and if they are meat eaters raise a pig just to get some bacon in the morning. They are barely appreciated but are absolutly needed in our system. If no one would make a shop to repair a car, you would have to learn it yourself. who has the time and will for that? If there was no Janitors in Hospitals, doctors and nurses would have to spend time of their own to clean up the place to prevent bacteria to infect the people that are in the building. They have more than enough to do even without cleaning up. The list of examples goes on. Society as a system has high tier and low tier jobs. Not everyone wants to do low tier jobs, but someone has to do them to keep the bigger system running as it is and we should appreciate those people that chose to do that, so that we can focus on other things. Goblin Slayer kills Goblins and by doing so allows all the other heroes to focus on different problems. That's my take on this. Appreciate the people that do the job that you are not willing to do.

[@Antasma1]

This is extremely relevant now. People are risking their lives just to be a cashier

[@chrismorris5321]

Or if you started with abriged first losing your mind grinding rare or just a plethora of cheap clubs to bash goblins with n shitter humor like oh you guys are hunting a demon lord *pours beer* *takes long loud sip* well I fucking hunt goblins pocket sand*throws sand* shit threw it at the ground again

[@bryanm9403]

@@Antasma1 Yet ironically the polite, civilized people of society, still treat said cashiers like absolute shit, when unable find toilet paper, & hand sanitizer on the shelves. If you ever wanna be a hero, you gotta die first, to get any form of recognition for the work you do on the behalf of other's benefit. It's a thankless job, but somebody has to do it. Oh well. Whatever happens, happens.

[@johnjordan3552]

Yeah. And the demand for Goblin Slayers will not increase as long as not many people get massacred or something. What an idiotic ruler do they have... People are dying, supplies are getting stolen. Morale of the people, the productivity, manpower will go down, even if they don't care about the morals of their actions if they are not realising the guaranteed consequences, that means either the GS is single-handedly killing a LOT of goblins or they are retarded

[@_ace786]

There are many threats in the world. Nearly everyone concentrates only on what is imminent and once averted carry on like nothing happened. Goblins are an attrition type threat slow insidious unassuming danger only recognized when it is too late. If goblin slayer let's up for say a month his yr work will be undone. I dont think the frontier will fall but they will be in bad shape for another wave of goblins. And eventually with a low populace the constant loss of high ranking adventures more and more goblin elite units arising the world will fall.

[@shanemcdowell3628]

goblins: *exist* Slayer: *Rip an tear, until it is done.*

[@bant8179]

*Together we are one*

[@someoneawesome8717]

Doomslayer and Goblinslayer would be an excellent duo

[@MrJackfriday]

Imagine goblin slayer is given modern guns. Probably teary eyed in happiness on what chaos he can bring to the goblins.

[@dark_jpeg4257]

@@MrJackfriday he won't get teary but instead his eyes will glow like a searchlight

[@drivanradosivic1357]

@@MrJackfriday I think either Vermintide or Wild West/Hunt Showdown tier of firearm tech would be great and still keep tension.

[@Dragoncrusher]

the hero, was actually saved by the goblin slayer, indirectly

[@pipnard]

He saved her village from goblins which saved her which saved the world so no goblin Slayer no world.

[@j.a.3335]

@@pipnardDang, Goblin Slayer, the unsung hero.

[@MrAxeswinger]

JAPlayz Games Not really unsung when there are bards singing about him.

[@j.a.3335]

@@MrAxeswinger I think you took it too literally but true.

[@nhagan001]

@@pipnard Late comment, but in what Light Novel is this village saved?

[@alexisnaranjo]

The only good goblin...is a dead goblin

[@Zwei22]

SO LETS MAKE THOSE GOBLINS GOOD!

[@notnotness4765]

Thats not true. Good goblins never show their face. Unless training goblin slayers i guess.

[@emanuelrodriguez9044]

Not all goblins.

[@RazorToaster]

Purge. The. Greenskins.

[@blancfan1]

How can you hate this? vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/tensei-shitara-slime-datta-ken/images/c/ce/Haruna-anime.png/revision/latest?cb=20181025143658

[@keishk8890]

I just wanted to add that goblin slayer was the one to save the hero who killed the demon lord. In the manga when he is first starting out to kill goblins he saves a village from goblins. At the time the hero was a little girl and would definitely had died if goblin slayer never helped her village. In a way goblin slayer already saved the world by protecting the people and future generations when they are young!

[@gioarevadze2703]

well, not sure about that. she was chosen as hero after that arc so even if she died, there just would be other person as hero

[@ES21007]

@@gioarevadze2703 The main difference is that she would be just another brooding hero instead of the ridiculously lucky, OP idiot she is now.

[@niyatirichhariya7303]

@@gioarevadze2703 it would have taken a thousand year. Because reincarnation of hero work same as demon king, they are always reincarnated after a long time. Till that demon king would have destroyed world.

[@monos99]

I'm late to the party, but there are a couple times when GS inadvertently helps the Hero. In a later arc during the harvest festival, a dark elf is doing evil stuff (using goblins as foot soldiers, naturally) that the GS gang puts a stop to. But in standing in his way, they force the dark elf to use a fancy magic weapon that draws power from an evil god or some shit, and the Hero, in a metaphysical realm to fight said god, notes that the god is distracted by the physical realm and wonders why before beating its ass. I'm sure there are other examples, but my memory isn't the greatest

[@MrSaunamies95]

Like God once said: "People underestimate the benefits of good 'ol manual labor. There's freedom in it."

[@damasake]

Which god?

[@MrSaunamies95]

@@damasake Morgan Freeman

[@The_Custos]

I found that via gardening and restoring furniture.

[@TheSilverSmitih]

Swaggarinthians 4:20

[@DaRealMikeyBruh.5o17]

@@MrSaunamies95 i see what you did there 👍🏿

[@Azmodeus87]

No, the Genre IS fantasy. Dark fantasy to be precise. Anime is a Medium, NOT a Genre!

[@Seageass01]

Medium?,and I that thought it was an extra large!

[@GenericProtagonist7]

@@Seageass01 Some men just want to watch the world burn, others actively try to burn it. You are the latter.

[@razor1uk610]

When the animation from around the World is grouped together, and anime is from mostly Japan (and Korea, and Hong-Kong/PRC doing some of the batch work, as well as their own offerings), It is a generally a distinct genre of animation, as & when it is meant in that context; compared to say Little Mermaid style of simpler, cute animation with a simpler story & plot, or shadow puppetry, or claymation etc.

[@Seageass01]

@@GenericProtagonist7 : I'll take that as a compliment

[@killthefalsegodemperorofma4226]

Show first anime 2nd

[@jorgecaballero1013]

I forgot where I got this from, but I remember a janitor in a TV show saying something along these lines. "You don't notice where I've been, you only notice where I have yet to go."

[@crozraven]

Berserk's Guts: apostles DOOM's Doom guy: demons GS's Goblin Slayer: goblins The Holy trinity of RIP & TEAR!!! Now, please do The Philosophy of Code Geass & Angel Beats!!!

[@LeeBankai]

Ahh angel beats.. only anime that made me shed a single tear... The feels

[@crozraven]

@@LeeBankai Yeah, Angel Beats legit made me teared up the most & the hardest one.

[@jacobbuchanan6076]

Croz didnt they rename Doom Guy as the Doom Slayer???

[@moritz3168]

@@LeeBankai didnt watch it but was told violett evergarden also gets you to cry

[@crozraven]

@@jacobbuchanan6076 DOOM Slayer & DOOM guy kinda the same person but also kinda different, it's complicated. So take it as the same as we knew what I meant.

[@alexanderrahl7034]

That janitor analogy is actually very true. I'm a janitor for my town, so I fall under the DPW. The last 8 months have been hell, because my only partner took a better job in another town and it left me doing the job if 2 1/2 people (I frequently take on more work than I'm required). Nobody at all applied for the position in 8 months. 20 bucks an hour, BCBS Healthcare, dental and eye, union benefits. The whole nine yards. When I was forced to finally use my PTO before the end of the fiscal year, I couldn't escape the notion that doing so was a real gut shot to everyone I work with because *nobody* in the DPW wants to cover my job. None of them want to do it, and often times it just goes undone if I have a day off or take time off or, like last month, get covid. Nobody wants to do my job, so I'm the only one who does it. We finally hired a guy last week and he was the only applicant. A 60 year old man looking for retirement work. A real awesome guy too, but its so true how Nobody wants to do the job of a janitor; but without them shit gets gross.

[@ThyLegohood]

When you skip all the side quest and go straight for the main quest. Goblin Slayer does all the side quest and saves the main quest for a later date.

[@totallynotzokix11_mc21]

He doesn't even really do the main quests. He lets the other players fight the event boss while he grinds and kills the weaker monsters.

[@zombiewafle]

All the other heroes are playing a linear RPG and Goblin Slayer out here playing unmodded Kenshi

[@ThyLegohood]

@@zombiewafle Ayyyyy a man of culture.

[@dragonfell5078]

GS is the guy that does all the side quests you forgot to do

[@LeoJay]

"Soka" - Goblin Slayer 2018

[@Ace-Intervention]

KyanJay you mean C Y K A ! ! ? ?

[@Shrooblord]

Yes. But also: *Souka ......... : ^ )))

[@TheFiddler69]

I see

[@zannchristo]

"Goblin Slayer-san" - Cinnamon Roll, 2018

[@h-gg3139]

When he said "souka" I felt that...

[@really1337]

Since you've already gotten into spoilers I can correct a plot point that many easily get confused about. The Sword Maiden didn't murder anyone, she misrepresented some murders in the city as goblin victims to attract the Goblin Slayer. In reality it was Demon Lord followers committing ritualistic murders. The conversation where all this took place was poorly written in the light novel, poorly translated into the manga, and poorly written in the anime. This is a lot of discussion of the Sword Maiden's conversation with the Goblin Slayer because of it and this is a part that's easily lost to the audience.

[@raggedcritical]

Was it poorly written in the original or poorly translated in the LN?

[@freeze_peach]

raggedcritical it wasnt delivered well in the LN(filled with implications), and the manga usually being a fan translation but contains clarification of the matter, poorly translated in the manga

[@TheDragonfriday]

really1337 thanks for clearing the manga didn’t explain it well

[@silasstryder]

glad I read this I totally thought she was saying she did the murders since she was so distraught telling GS, but I guess she was just being dramatic.

[@TheDragonfriday]

Silas Stryder Dane here

[@Ch1l1C0nCarnag3]

My first ever D&D mission I ran with a group of 5 somewhat experienced players whose characters ranged from level 8 to level 14 and another new player was against a Goblin infested cave. No joke, the mission was chosen BECAUSE it was Goblins, and the other players felt it would be a good way to ease the two of us into the game. Since they were already in a campaign, they had us create level 5 characters so we wouldn't be completely useless. Cut an hour and a half into the mission and we've infiltrated the cave and dealt with a pincer attack from two ogres and a swarm of goblins; that should have been our warning that our DM wasn't fucking around, but we didn't take it. A bit further in we attempt to ambush a group of goblins but end up triggering a counter ambush where we're surrounded by about 20 small goblins, with 7 goblin archers up on a ridge where we couldn't reach them, 3 Hobgoblins in the back blocking us from pushing forward, and a goblin caster who caused a cave in behind us to cut off our retreat and kept pelting us with spells while hiding out of sight so we couldn't counter attack. The level 14 warrior died, along with our level 12 caster and priest. The only ones who made it out were myself and the other new player (assuming the DM went easy on us.), our level 9 archer and another warrior who was level 10 who had to be dragged out during our retreat. Long Story Short, don't underestimate Goblins. (Reason the DM gave for the difficulty of the mission was the fact the group had ignored it for weeks, and went with the high breeding rate as to why there were so many. Only named the enemies I can remember, there are a lot I can't remember.) Was a fairly good way of being introduced to the series.

[@SJNaka101]

Ohh I like this idea. A campaign where you start out with a bunch of low level quests available, but each quest you do makes the others harder because you procrastinated on them and they got worse.

[@azathoththe3rd]

@@SJNaka101 maybe give them some personal stake. Like if they ignored the kobolds in the sewers for to long there's a chance that the PC's get magic items pickpocketed by kobolds thieves. Then if they want em back they got to go down there and get em.

[@officer_baitlyn]

well he doesnt just kill goblins he kills goblins and everything in the way of him killing them :^)

[@Axterix13]

What's also interesting about the goblins is that they can also be quite powerful. The champions and such are the equivalent of a platinum level adventurer, according to Goblin Slayer. Which means that plenty of other leaders or guardians are above porcelain level, yet that's what normally gets sent out to hunt goblins. So not only are the newbie adventurers poorly equipped in terms of knowledge as to how best fight goblins, they can actually be out-leveled by them as well. And then tie that into the stigma of goblin hunting... the goblin group would most likely have to make a bit of a splash before some stronger adventurers would come gunning for them. Which might be well by the group that wiped out Goblin Slayer's village was able to get big enough to do that. And those goblins get to be the bigger, nastier, smarter versions in part because they are being fought by porcelain adventurers. Due to that, some goblins are more likely to survive when their nest is attacked, and it is those survivors, with the experienced gained, that become the leaders/guards that turn the supposedly wimpy goblins into actual threats to villages. But with Goblin Slayer around, that changes. He tends to pick the nastier goblin quests when there are multiple, thereby providing another positive benefit to society. By taking the tougher goblin quests, he makes it more likely that newbie adventurers will survive and grow to become stronger. Furthermore, because he exterminates the entire nest, he cuts off their progression, thereby making nastier nests a less common occurrence, which in turn means the porcelains are more likely to survive their starting adventure. Which means instead of goblins surviving and growing stronger, causing more havoc, adventurers are surviving, growing stronger, and putting a stop to more havoc.

[@nachomanrandy]

they are not equivalent to platinum in the sense you need a platinum to kill them. They are a equivalent to platinum in the sense is the best they got,. A silver adventurer can kill a single goblin champion.

[@Axterix13]

That doesn't seem to be the case. The one we've seen clobbered Goblin Slayer pretty badly, and he's a specialist at killing goblins (and fights very dirty, when the dumb elf doesn't try to limit his options). He did get it to retreat, but he also dropped in that fight. Had the goblins not suffered a morale failure, that would have been a TPK. I'd say at the very least, they're above silver, requiring a party of silvers to take down. And no doubt we haven't seen the nastiest goblin yet.

[@nachomanrandy]

@@Axterix13 It does, in the cowgirl farm invasion 2 silvered adventures kill a goblin champion without much an issue. I'm not saying champions aren't dangerous, but they aren't a platinum level threat (demon lords are), they are just the best the goblins got as a platinum adventurer is the best adventurers got.

[@TankHunter678]

@@nachomanrandy Actually... if it was not for Female Knight deflecting the strike that was coming for Heavy Swordsman he would have been reduced to paste by the Champion's club, and even before that the Champion was going toe to toe with Heavy Swordsman with ease. It forced Heavy Swordsman to re-asses the threat of Goblins, especially the bigger types and admit they actually know how to fight.

[@nachomanrandy]

@@TankHunter678 Of course, but still those aren't platinum level threats. They are just the goblin equivalent of platinum level adventures in the sense they are the best of the best goblinoids have to offer. Silver adventurers are more than enough to fight goblins.

[@jessecollins3652]

The writer of this story was the only guy who read the goblin’s page in the monster manual.

[@MrKillJ]

It's not highpaying work, but it is honest work, and hell someone's got to do it.

[@Ismael-kc3ry]

I can imagine another silver ranked hero who met GS in his past and sees what he’s doing and saying “Goblin slaying? Really? Man of your talents?”

[@eduardomalacarne9024]

@@Ismael-kc3ry "You could easily be at platinum rank, what are you doing at silver??"

[@ChessMasteryOfficial]

*Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.*

[@soupbro2786]

Second!

[@marlom7882]

Discover Your Awesomeness I know you’re weren’t trying to help me but I kinda needed something like this. (Also I think you’re first)

[@ChessMasteryOfficial]

@@marlom7882 Thanks man, I am glad! Have a great day! :)

[@ffnendhgrgd]

I don't see what the U.S. healthcare system has to do with this

[@kodaxmax]

that would cause stagnation, it is important to to strive for perfection in all things, even if the task itself never changes. For example if goblin slayer simply stuck to fighting local goblin dangers, he never would have learnt about nests. You have to push yourself beyond your qualifications to improve and that does involve risk. The question becomes is it worth risking yourself to become more effective.

[@SurprisinglyDeep]

This reminds me of the Sewer Urchin episode of the The Tick animated series. All of the superhero Sewer Urchin's friends nickname him "Stinky" and underestimate him because he is a stinky and very introverted person who spends most of his time in the New York City sewers. While the superheroes are all having coffee together in a cafe, a bunch of sanitation workers come in to respectfully ask Sewer Urchin for his assistance again against the Slime People. The superheroes Tick and Arthur go down into the sewers to help Sewer Urchin. Its then they both realise that Sewer Urchin is actually a very respectable superhero (being skilled, athletic and brave), has his own house sized lair and owns hundreds of thousands of dollars due to being able to gather all the currency that gets flushed down into the sewers They also find out that the Slime People are deadly enemies when they want to be. That cartoon episode seems similar to this anime because it seems to have three shared themes. One is that someone who focuses mostly on seemingly "minor" issues may actually be very skilled in general. The second is that minor issues to society can be bigger than most people realise. The third is that there are many issues in society that are only being dealt with by small groups of overworked people with limited resources

[@Agent719]

I remember that episode... He had to save The Tick or Arthur from a monstrous, sewer dwelling, version of an Angler fish that baited people with a "lost wallet."

[@SurprisinglyDeep]

@@Agent719 I didn't remember that part until you reminded me about it. Man it's been so long since I saw that episode.

[@Ikcatcher]

Goblin Slayer honesty feels like a weird parallel to Batman. An obsessive desire to get rid of something due to having an traumatic past with said thing.

[@epicotakugamer4930]

The author actually based Goblin Slayer off of Batman and the Punisher.

[@backstabboi4559]

@@epicotakugamer4930 hmmmhmhm

[@PhyreI3ird]

Except the goblin slayer doesn't have an asinine policy of never killing the goblins that are the biggest most consistent threat. So that's a plus for GS

[@QuikLegendz]

@@epicotakugamer4930 Berserk Guts?

[@Arcaneraven]

But Ikcatcher, that sounds like a LOT of DC/Marvel heroes.... and villains now I think of it.

[@fredericklawton548]

I liked this anime in general but now I respect it more cause no matter what we do a job is a job and it's important that job gets done and everybody deserves respect for what they do

[@franciscodetonne4797]

If everyone thinks farming is low and unprofitting everyone will starve. #respectthefarmers

[@Dr.Spatula]

It confuses me that people have to be told this

[@Dr.Spatula]

@@thotslayer9914 I came from a working class family in a smaller town so I guess it's just not something that I was ever taught

[@ethangray8527]

I only look down on people that barely scrape by. If you are profitable then I'll respect you, no matter how you get your money.

[@ethangray8527]

+Marxist Speak for yourself. I want way more than just a happy life.

[@justincholos.balisang6884]

"Goblin Lives don't matter." - Orcblog/Beard Cutter/Goblin Slayer.

[@timross5351]

"The only show guaranteed to traumatize you within the first 10 minutes..." These guys haven't seen Elfen Lied.

[@mwwq1]

elfine lied was less disturbing than goblin slayer at least the first episode.

[@catpaws1913]

I handled that show better than this. It's giving me ptsd for goblins

[@silverlux7266]

Idk I wasn’t that shook with Elfen Lied IMO, but my first exposure to GS had me pause the vid so my brain could process the graphic information that I had just seen Edit: spelling mistake

[@clarklindleysuan2055]

Bible Black, Euphoria and Metamorphosis watch at your own......."SAFETY"

[@OnlyGetty]

Or the first episode of Fate/Zero lmfao

[@CJusticeHappen21]

It might be a different story if, say, Goblins were somehow a product of the Demon Lord's existence. The GS story works by keeping these threats divided, at least for now. If Goblin Slayer was later aware of such a linkage, and that he could cause a greater destruction of Goblins by slaying some big bad guy, I believe he might.

[@Ramsey276one]

Goblin-ciding on his way to the Demon Lord! XD

[@jambamenome8481]

From my reading of the manga, I'm getting an implication (specifically from the portal mirror) that there is some kind of goblin invasion going to occur. Other stuff (See below, warning for SPOILERS) also adds to this, and so it makes sense that whoever/whatever is orchestrating this will be the final boss/BBEG. It makes sense though - the BBEG is quietly building up his forces of goblins around the world, letting their numbers and resources develop until they can quite literally overwhelm every settlement all at once, whilst the powerful adventurers are focussed on the 'real threat' of dragons, demons and such like. SPOILER BELOW: . . . . . . . . . . The Goblin Paladin's forces were shown to be using a much larger force, and intended on expanding their resources and abilities. Possibly as a natural part of a goblin hordes progression, but also possibily as being a branch of a much larger network. Furthermore, were shown that goblins work with cultists, and so it seems inevitable that a BBEG demon lord might be using the goblins as a secret weapon.

[@0metalic0]

Final boss of GS is the moon.

[@wolk6129]

"what creative ways will they come up with to up the stakes?" meanwhile,in the manga:G O B L I N P A L A D I N B *T C H

[@antoniusevan3722]

Honestly why people underestimate Goblin so much. It seems out of the monster in the series they are creature with the most potential to evolve just like human. Depending on their resources they might even reach Gold Ranked Adventurer just like Goblin Paladin. Sure majority are weak, but those are because they are the young one, once they reach adulthood they become Hobogoblin or Shaman. This is not to mention the fact that this creature reproduce super fast meaning if no one do it, their population will blew up just like Rat in New york. I thnk people in Goblin Slayer world really need some schooling. If you have free time defeating some Demon Army remains who can barely pick themselves up, do some charity work by killing Goblin.

[@horrorislander]

Thanks for this. One of the best takes on the show that I've seen. Two objections, though. First, a nitpick. Priestess and Sword Maiden belong to different religions, worshipping different God. Priestess follows the Earth Mother, while SW worships the flashier Supreme God. It barely matters, but still... Second, I still believe the overall arc of the series is less about bigger-and-badder foes (though they have and, I believe, will get bigger-and-badder) but more about the slow healing of the deeply traumatized GS. IMO, he was and still is consumed by guilt and shame, and this has stunted his development into a one-dimensional, well, goblin slayer. But Priestess attaching herself to him after he saved her started very slowly opening him up to the possibility that he might be worth of more than atoning for the goblin attack that killed his sister and rest of his village right in front of his eyes. You might say he shouldn't feel shame or guilt in the first place, but listen to how he talks about his sister. Earlier, while mentioning the theory that goblins come from the Green Moon, he says that his sister was never wrong; then in this latest ep, he remembers how he fought with young Cow Girl out of envy for her trip into town, prompting his sister to scold him with something like, "Envy creates goblins"... and that night, goblins attack. Even his ambitions to be an adventurers are a source of shame. He notes that he wanted to leave big sister behind and become an adventurer -- the same big sister who hid him from the goblins rather than hiding herself. And then, from hiding, he watched what they did to her. The same thing they would have done had a few more years gone by and he had left her behind as he planned. Anyway, what I hope is that we find that GS managed to forgive himself, accept his past, and find something more for his future than obsessive battles against goblins. I think that's where the stories are going, but I suppose we'll have to wait and see.

[@ChuggieBoon]

Blah, blah, blah.

[@ntecleo]

i also think it is about goblin slayers development :D

[@soniablanche5672]

Actually it's same religion but different god. It's a polytheistic religion. It would explain why Priestess has respect for the Sword Maiden.

[@horrorislander]

@@soniablanche5672 Good point. Thanks!

[@rafaelrubio4443]

I also thought of that latter point you made, especially with the flashbacks and how he seems a little bit more open. In a way its a show about trauma and how one horrible experience can change the life of someone but that there also exists the hope of getting back up, of not only survive but to live a better life. Altho im sure we will keep seeing many more foes, as you said, bigger and badder.

[@svagglaorde4387]

Goblin Slayer Season 2 story: Random Gold Rank Guilds Man: Can you kill Demon Lord with Dragon? Goblin Slayer: No. Random Gold Rank Guilds Man: What if it was a "Goblin" Demon Lord with Dragon? Goblin Slayer: .......Me Likey!

[@Assburgerdid911]

...Perhaps...

[@marcuswolve7297]

more like GS: Where? How many? Is he alone or does he have an army? What are his capabilities? Size? Speed? Power? Time where he's active and non active?

[@goblinslayer8589]

I wouldn't exactly say something that atrocious..

[@amkn7939]

Likey likey likey me likey likey likey

[@Aquabzs]

@@marcuswolve7297 GS would totally say that wanting as much info as he can to prep and prepare for a tgk total goblin killing

[@madcolors4013]

"The only good goblin is a dead goblin so lets make this goblin good!!" -Goblin Slayer Abridged

[@CartoonLab]

Goblin Slayer feels like someone who looks at the finer details in something, rather than just the big picture. He sees that even the littlest pests can get out of hand if not taken care of. It's like finding a weed in your garden. One little weed may not seem like a bad thing now, but left to grow and multiply, your entire garden will be overrun, and then your precious plants will be choked out and killed. I can appreciate a guy like him, when it's necessary.

[@Avenus112]

worms become snakes and snakes become dragons. okay, not literally, but metaphorically true. GS crushes worms before they become dragons.

[@Cronama]

Why are people upset over Cowgirl, she works on a farm.

[@WeirdTale]

Because she has a huge cleavage and is pretty so she is seen as only being there for an ideal girlfriend stand-in. When in reality she is the last piece of Goblin Slayer's old life. She raises cows, and helps make cheese, and also milks them. Basically people forget that not all attractive people are there for fan service, some are there to symbolize something.

[@ShionChosa]

It confuses me if she is a love interest because being called a cow is insulting. You can't defend her if she has no other name. A traditional waifu with her name confuses me and fills me with anger.

[@MonkAndra]

@@ShionChosa ...You do know what an actually "cowBOY" is, right? I mean, what their real job was? All they where was the guys hired to manage the cattle.

[@sarafontanini7051]

they're upset becuase 'fanservice' and big boobs me, I don't give a shit. I like those thigns!

[@TagRoss]

@@ShionChosa breasts aren't a reproductive organ.

[@Hazz3r95]

The single best line in the entire anime is after they don't even show you Goblin Slayer at work - when he's covered in blood and tells Goblin King "your home is gone".

[@Peecamarke]

I feel like this theory is the type of thing you see in western comics all the time. You got the big world/universal heroes (Thor, Iron Man ) and the street level (daredevil, Luke cage, etc.. )

[@cromtuiseagain]

This anime is basically about a squad of Punishers going around executing bad guys except it goes into disgusting detail into the depravity of the bad guys (the hoopla in episode 1 to give you an idea) so you'd sympathize with the victims and have a justified hate boner that gets satisfied soon after by the disgusting ways said bad guys are killed

[@AlexPogueGuitarist]

The way the Goblin Slayer is so adept at killing goblins and his understanding of their habits reminded me of Hog Hunters and wild pigs. Hog Hunters don’t just kill the feral pigs aimlessly. They remove them from the area completely, just as the Goblin Slayer does to goblins. Hog Hunters understand the habits of wild pigs and use this information to their benefit to trap and kill 10-15 at a time, including pregnant sows that carry multiple piglets. Also, the Goblin Slayer understands that goblins are a threat in more ways than one, just as Hog Hunters to wild pigs. Wild Hogs destroy farmlands not just by eating the crops, but by defecating in the surrounding areas which can lead to the spreading of diseases. Hogs have also attacked and killed people on occasion.

[@presidentecamacho8579]

Before GS master's or sensei identity was revealed I imagined our MC sold his soul or did another kind of deal with the demon Lord so he could get exceedingly skilled in his task of killing goblins demonstrating that he is willing to do anything to get his revenge and that his time was running out before he died or something and thats why he is so obsessed with goblings and thus this would be a huge problem since it would force our MC to make a choice like Neo on Matrix 2 or something like that but your analogy is excellent.

[@ForTehNguyen]

smash baby pigs just like the baby goblins

[@FrenxGames]

Just think that Goblin Slayer himself said he wouldn't ever take goblins on an open field, only when he can corner them and he can hide and prepare,just to say how much he acknowledge his and goblins's strengths & weaknesses, like a true hunter nonetheless

[@whathell6t]

Frazs So, basically Goblinslayer is weaker than Isidro from Kentaro Muira’s Berserk, and he just a kid. Isidro, a kid who wants to be as strong as Guts the Black Swordsman, has proven himself be able to adapt quickly to open field battle when he doesn’t have any sly tricks and/or his flame dagger Salamander available.

[@FrenxGames]

@@whathell6t it isnt a fair comparison as they are two world which work on different rules, in Goblin Slayer world in contrast to Berserk's one intellect,cunningness,scheming is the most important factor, if someone doesn't count these factors in a situation he bets his life on pure luck, Goblins are strong in numbers and are cunning by nature so in open field they are the most dangerous were someone cannot counter something like this even if they are strong warriors,their personal ability and power don't matter. And its not like Goblin Slayer didnt ever take them on open field, he did when he was young and just started hunting for goblins as seen in the prequel manga, but even if strong he was outnumbered and got near death. Probably this Isidro in Goblin Slayer universe would die fighting goblins on open field(not dissing berserk, i read it and i love it just they arent compatible stories and people wrongly judge thinking Gs is inspired by berserk)

[@ricksflicks-]

His endgame is the extinction of an entire species and he will accept nothing less.

[@Slimurgical]

This comment's more for people saying "Oh Goblin slayer is just a nut job who only cares to sate his unending murderboner for goblins" (Yes he is a bit of a nut job, then again, who TF isn't after severe mind-warping trauma) He DOES hate the little buggers with an overwhelming passion. But he also does it because killing Goblins is a necessary thing to make a society safe. He literally says it in... Episode 2 or 3. "Before the Demons destroy the world, Goblins will destroy the villages" Yeah, it was because of trauma, but you could go through what he did, and miss that massively crucial point. He knows he does good, but he knows that his efforts alone aren't making a dent in goblin populations, something you get to learn within the first 3 episodes, that, despite YEARS of this, he hasn't been lowering Goblin population by anything versus their growth. When you are the only skilled person say... cleaning a city's sewers of shit and piss, making sure no backups happen, all else being newbies who just wash out after an hour, that after years of trying, you make no permanent progress, you stop valuing the individual accomplishments, and only focus on the bigger picture. It's a FUNDAMENTAL flaw of your common adventurer. They all want the ultimate glory, but lack the foresight to see the bigger picture, and instead only see what's right in front of them. The biggest Glory? Killing the Demon Lord. Everyone's gunning to do it, because it's the most popular, and requires no foresight. Goblin Slayer, instead KNOWS of Goblin Lords and Champions, and should then therefore know that, Goblins can become a stupidly huge problem if left alone for too long, and so he works to mitigate the problem from getting so big that a Goblin King arises. Which... you can only have a Lord with a seriously stupid mess of goblin subjects, at least that's how it will probly go. Nobody wants the glory-less jobs, even if they're the most important, just like nowadays, people tell you to not work as a trashman, or a city worker, despite the fact that people working those jobs typically KNOW that their job is instrumental to a City's smooth operation. Goblin Slayer is a man seeking Glory in doing what is truly important. Goblins would probably keep being a problem in a post-humanity world where the Demon Lord won and the world is his domain. Goblins are Literally D&D's Cave Aids.

[@shinkii5819]

Everyone wanna be the adc no one wanna be the support

[@ryanweible9090]

im always support, now gather round for a hunting horn song, i have maestro skill gear.

[@ianlawrence9648]

I'm already tracer, but no one pick mercy

[@edgar7456]

I alway play support/healer

[@m2xsz441]

Need utility, need dps, need mind control

[@danijelandroid]

The Goblin Slayer would be more effective if he trained the newbies. More "heros" would survive their first quest. Resulting in more dead goblins and more heros would see him in a favourable light.

[@ainamolluks3767]

Thats the entire point and conclusion of the show. He gains allies in his lonely fight against goblins and convinces high ranking adventures that goblins are in fact a huge problem. That is most likely how the story will conclude is when society stops underestimating goblins due to Globin Slayer

[@jasonlittle6161]

Later in the manga he dies start doing that as well when he has time

[@BennyEternET]

Well in Japanese fantasy logic, goblins can evolve to ogres (onis) which are not so far from demons, so the demon lord might end up being the "ultimate" goblin afterall.

[@alexmansfield3268]

BennyEternET issue with that is goblin slayer is works off of dnd rules. Not The Japanese fantasy

[@BennyEternET]

@@alexmansfield3268 The "demon lord" (maou) is typical from Japanese fantasy.

[@jbark678]

@@alexmansfield3268 Japanese dnd has slight differences

[@Eltener123]

@@BennyEternET it's mostly based off western fantasy tropes as opposed to japanese ones, the author's talked about it as well....

[@sarafontanini7051]

not that it matters, since the demon king died offscreen because he's not important to the plot

[@hound89]

"the demon lord got Snoked". I didnt know i needed this as a term but i do

[@laurocoman]

It fits so well for the Night King in Game of Thrones.

[@ziletales]

@@laurocoman You are so right!

[@jsb6975.ah.crapbaskets]

@@laurocoman man, major writers really suck ass at payoffs now, don't they? GS writer gets a pass though, since the Demon Lord was never the focus.

[@jare3459]

God I love brutality on goblins Especially since we know how mess up the uncivilized goblins are

[@TheWillikids]

Gotta respect the writers for that as well, making the weakest fantasy monsters an actual threat

[@oddoneout1835]

Brings perspective on them beyond being a weak monster.

[@mirceazaharia2094]

Goblins are beyond just "uncivilized". They are FILTH, a plague upon the world. This is one good show.

[@Madjo-qj2ge]

The only good Goblins is a dead goblin And Styx from Of Orcs and Men( well, as good as Anti Hero he os)

[@chaosagent_0106]

They're nothing but filth! They are an invasive species that knows no bounds. A filthy XENO! They came from the Green Moon! They must be purged and cull.

[@sirsplintfastthepungent1373]

The story goes that a reporter is interviewing a famous doctor in ancient China, someone so famous his name is synonymous with medicine. And he explains that he has two older brothers who are also healers, much more powerful than himself. The middle brother can cure small illnesses before they become major diseases, and so his name never leaves the village. The eldest brother is so powerful he can see the very spirit of illness itself and destroy it before it can even manifest, so people think he does nothing and no one outside their house speaks of him. But the youngest brother doctor performs operations, mixes complicated potions, and massages damaged tissue, and so he's known the world over. I haven't watched this show yet (I don't mind some spoilers) but it seems very much in keeping with Sun Tzu's Art of War, just going by this video. Maybe. I dunno. Looks great tho.

[@HiopX]

Oh by the tactics Goblin Slayer uses, he read Sun Tzu about hundred times

[@guystoic]

"No one has real names in this show." Huh, somehow didn't think about that before.

[@jsb6975.ah.crapbaskets]

They most likely do, but it's probably become a societal norm in-universe for knowledge of given names to be reserved for loved ones exclusively.

[@vincenttheweeb4020]

He's definitely a great example of "Ain't Much, But It's Honest Work".

[@thegreycrusader]

Even if the job isn't glorious or enjoyable, it is necessary for everyone to go about their lives as usual, yet the populace take the service for granted or don't notice it at all. When's the last time you used a clean public bathroom and actually appreciated how clean it was for public use? Thank the assigned janitor for that comfort.

[@hypVideo]

"the only show guaranteed to traumatize you in it's first 10 minutes" Genocyber: hold my beer

[@msaoichan]

Same with any number of anime made in the late eighties to about 2000.

[@Slogie13]

I swear on my next DnD campaign. I will be Goblin Slayer and drive my DM and party crazy

[@winston737]

I've done it a few times (using an elf archer). Only taking quest for killing the goblins xD

[@g33k0ut7]

0:08 "Today we're covering the only show guaranteed to traumatize you in its first ten minutes." *Has flashbacks to the first episodes ElfenLied, Deadman Wonderland, etc.* . . . sure sure the ONLY show that's traumatizing out the gate. Oh how I envy the innocent.

[@AnoAssassin]

Yet Elfen Lied ended up being the most beautiful sh*t

[@yaonahr752]

lol yeah, remember when gs first episode caused lots of controversy bs just bcause of the rpae scene like ffs

[@kii-bou7153]

@@yaonahr752 Yet whatever the anime showed nearly pales in comparison to the manga's

[@zainiadnan2335]

I was innocent back then

[@bryanm9403]

"You've got rice on your face."

[@lord_gaara]

gobin slayer is like netfix daredevil, gobin slayer is a street level hero.

[@benjaminolsson2162]

You spelled goblin wrong twice.

[@lord_gaara]

@@benjaminolsson2162 ty my bad im was typing fast

[@epicotakugamer4930]

That's what the author actually tries to convey with Goblin Slayer.

[@Peecamarke]

THANKYOU, glad someone brought this up. You see this alot in western comics, where you got streetlevel heroes and the universal ones. And this EXACT theory comes into play during world crisis and etc

[@odsttrooper3724]

Abdul-bin Bombyourwife i mean, their not fighting fucking thanos

[@Mr2Cfire]

I vow by the death of my sister to spend the rest of my life warring on all goblins I am. Goblin Slayer.

[@afrikasmith1049]

I have a feeling we will see more shows like Goblin Slayer in the future.

[@atomiccpu3238]

“Her friends die” Me: yeeeeaaah they all “die”

[@stegoshark5116]

well its not wrong. They do die

[@dragoleaf5861]

@@stegoshark5116 No, the Monk does survive, albeit with some serious, serious trauma (though luckily not pregnant, as far as I know in the lore). She ends up in a monastery. She's the girl you see the face of when the cart with all the rescued captives goes by near the end of the first episode.

[@samuelneese482]

I like the analogy to people with under appreciated jobs. I myself work at an important job making complex machinery that most people aren't even aware exists but without which they wouldn't be able to heat their homes in the winter or cool them in the summer. Amongst other things. So I appreciate even more what Goblin Slayer does. He's the everyman hero.

[@grayweaseltink]

very relatable, I wish you good luck in life. and I think GS is truly the embodiment of an everyday hero.

[@codythepoor]

I run a open form dnd game. And alot of my players would rather just be normal shopkeepers While my prince of darkness wipes citys off the map

[@andrewohoro]

Goblins are the poor man’s problem. They usually aren’t strong enough to be considered a military threat, so instead of the military taking care of them the poor man needs to fund the quests themselves. It’s not that they aren’t considered dangerous, adventurers just don’t think it’s worth the meager pay, which is why new adventurers are left to take goblin slaying quests.

[@fogger2]

The definition of Essential Worker.

[@CptPhilippnes]

Essentially, Goblin Slayer is a specialized pest exterminator that recognizes and, I daresay, respects the threat goblins pose.

[@ThatOneGuy7550]

DO CODE GEASS GUYS I BEG YOU

[@GigasNEET]

YES YES, YES! - Name my reference

[@nofanfelani6924]

Yesss

[@TheStantriX98]

@@GigasNEET O MY GOD,is that a jojo reference?!🤨

[@GigasNEET]

@@TheStantriX98 of course

[@nochillwill4667]

As a D&D Fan, the tale of Tucker's Kobolds and my own bad trips with intellect devourers ring the idea that "Anything can kill you if given the chance."

[@TheTSense]

"Will it stay with goblin or move on to something bigger and badder" The moment when you don't understand the point of your own standpoint. Demonlord: Was killed by 3 heros Goblinkind: Going stronger than ever The goblins are the strongest monster overall. They managed to deceive the whole world. If they would go on to kill demons and dragons, they would switch to easy mode. For some reason most people, in RL and gobling slayer, just fail to put facts together and don't understand that the goblins are the high tier super monsters. I think if Goblinkind would go to war against all Demons they would have killed the demonlord too.

[@TheTSense]

Other heros: 40% doing easy jobs, 60% talking about how great they are Goblin Slayer: 100% doing hard jobs. And then the former looks down on the latter. AND Goblin Slayer doesn't borther correcting them. If they want to be wrong, so be it!

[@thomasallen9974]

@@JakobatHeart a powerful but dumb monster will always stay that strong, but one with even a tinge of intelligence will assuredly become stronger over time. Small, dumb, and weak to start but becomes Bigger, Stronger, and Smarter is always more dangerous.

[@egbomaha]

Very important point! But I believe it’s referencing that by the end of the first season the goblin slayer is trying grow past his trauma by expanding the enemies he is preparing to take on(who he could be when he stopped slaying goblins). But Goblin Slaying will still be a high priority.

[@wellshit9489]

Like the Argentine ant which took over all the continents it could get to although it was a minuscule army ant. Its strength came in numbers, when it arrived in places where there were no army ants that rivaled them they took over and multiplied so much that their civilisation has more individuals than human society as a whole.

[@Kazuma11290]

You think Goblin Slayer is the only show to traumatize you in 10 minutes? Have you seen Berserk? Dude was born from a dead woman hanging from a tree.

[@warrirornunluv801]

Kazuma - kun demon horse.

[@sarafontanini7051]

that was not from the first ten minutes of the show OR the manga, though

[@magmos6346]

And that was one of the high points of his life.

[@Kazuma11290]

@@sarafontanini7051 Okay fine. Guts fucking a woman who turns out to be Mileena x 1,000,000

[@backstabboi4559]

have you seen boku no pico gore doesn't equal traumatic and more scary

[@kalamander8563]

Reminds me of a D&D campaign I ran back in 3.5. The party started off fighting goblins, which eventually turned into a goblin army. Then you find out the big bad of the campaign was using the goblins for years as a diversion to keep everyone's focus off of his own plans. One of the players complained that they were constantly fighting just goblins, as they heard NPCs complaining about before. I asked him 'why do you think that would be, from a narrative perspective?' watching his eyes widen as he started go get it was so nice.

[@ieye5608]

Guts, doom guy and goblin should join force. They will demolish everything :)

[@thesatelliteslickers907]

As long as that something is demon goblins

[@sabersroommate8293]

He is one of the modern "Hero", I respect in fiction.

[@matthewmcshane399]

The peace theory thing reminds me of an ultron quote: I think you're confusing peace with quiet.

[@fredesca8648]

Goblin Slayer = pest control + Batman

[@flatthreee]

*Souka*

[@Shrooblord]

I see. Also, love the pfp.

[@nseven1117]

the one thing that I love about goblin slayer is that it has a simple, straight to the point story. while the blood violence is appealing to me, the story isn't just about killing goblins, it's also about a man slowly regaining his humanity after a great trauma he experienced

[@harbl99]

Goblin Slayer: do the job that's in front of you.

[@transforgoku]

Sounded like something Jordan Peterson would say on infinite loop...

[@HisRoyalMajestyKingofWeedshire]

“I dunno what you’re talking about, I’m still the *SAME OLD GAAHBLIN SLAYER!”*

[@aynulith9240]

"Advetures start with the small things" (Shows chasme) ......how about no? I certainly would want to fight them before level 4 or 5

[@charleshodge6920]

9:16 Not gonna lie my mind drifted for a sec when he said, “her big awesome”...

[@heroicplayer8351]

You know everything's *fuucked* uup when that eye turns into crimson blood.

[@Karmageddion]

Just finished watching Goblin Slayer and there was an episode that had the girl with the lie detector skill say something that summed up the video. She said justice is not the absence of evil but acknowledgment and fight against evil. And the narrative of the whole show speaks against mr kage's statement ... plenty people walked over the goblins and got better to the point where they could kill anything including goblin's and not bat an eyelash. No one is pretending not to be afraid of them but where most other creatures kill u or eat you on the spot goblins are the lowest ranking monsters that can do far worse to you. So the only way to know the fear of a goblin is to have experienced a loss which most high leveled adventurers never will unless there was some odd ambush situation which as the narrative has been dictating is even less likely.

[@caiusdrakegaming8087]

Kind of like in D&D. Most high CR monsters just want to kill or eat you, but goblins are some of the smartest low-CR monsters, and one of the few that have Pack Fighting which lets them do big damage if they group up on someone. Aka, if they ambush you with high numbers. In Goblin Slayer, those ambushes are rare. They only happen because some rookies think they're stronger than they are, like the Priestess's group did. There was only four of them, and they underestimated their enemy. Just like what happens with a low level party if they underestimate a goblin encounter. GS doesn't really have justice on his side, it's just vengeance. Vengeance, for what happened to his sister. It's why the Demon Lord didn't really seem like a big deal or concern, demons aren't the monsters who traumatized him, goblins are. His reasoning, while it makes sense, is flawed in one aspect. Goblins breed faster than humans. They can't really be wiped out completely, least not from how it seems in Goblin Slayer. Goblins seem to be born within like a couple of months after the humanoid female being impregnated, so if anything goblins can outpace a month human birthrates with double or even triple at minimum. GS is fighting a battle he can probably never win. His thirst for vengeance will probably lead him to getting killed by a warband of goblins large enough to wipe out any kingdom they want. It's kind of clear he is absolutely obsessed with killing every single goblin he sees or hears about. It may seem like he's calm and calculated about it all, but have we ever seen him without his helmet in these fights? Do we forget one of his eyes glows red when he's slaughtering goblins? He goes into a psychotic rage when faced against goblins, a rage that seems to control him completely in fights. His mind blanks, body acts in reflexes and muscle memory, and he;s only snapped out of it when there no goblins left to fight, or he encounters something stronger-than-average like a goblin champion. Those are the only times we ever get to hear him think, when he stops slaughtering. These are the only times we ever get to hear him speak or think. Many see him as some visual of the low paying jobs and such, and that he's justified in what he's doing because of his past. I can't deny it's true. But, he's acting on trauma. The trauma of his sister and all the females of his village being raped, killed, and eaten by the goblins. His mentor did not help in this trauma either, using it to push GS harder and harder. What we get, is yes a man who is highly trained killer, but also one with a mental issue. His trauma is used to fuel his reasoning for why he's doing this, but he shows no signs of ever WANTING to get over his trauma. He let it consume him.

[@josephyecla4796]

Giblin:exist Goblin:why do i hear badass music in the distance

[@tigershark8867]

*G i b l i n*

[@azekiel2114]

heavy metal starts playing while a dude counts menacingly

[@ched7591]

He's getting closer and closer

[@scorpiocarnage1055]

Does that mean Goblin Slayer has his own special soundtrack like Jaws?