Konosuba: An Explosion on this Wonderful World Ep 1 Reaction

[@YaBoyRockLee]

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[@grandmasterdiaz954]

Loved this first episode ❤️ can't wait for the next reactions from yall. Much love from Philadelphia

[@tommygunn704]

Megumin is one of my favorite anime characters, so I’m thrilled she gets a whole spinoff. I’m here for it. 😊

[@michaelloyola4082]

It was actually explained why Crimson Demons considered Explosion Magic as a Joke Magic. 1. Explosion magic requires 50 skill points to learn. (for reference, Kazuma's skills like Steal, Lurk only consume 1 sp; beginner's magic skills

[@hendriksalvation3930]

Wiz already can use explosion even when she's still human, she learn it when she and her party was fighting Vanir Because Vanir said only magic like explosion magic can beat him

[@canadiangopnik7007]

@@hendriksalvation3930 didn't Vanir beat Wiz's party though? With his murder ray attack I believe? and that's the whole reason she's a Lich now? otherwise he'd already be Vanir 2 when we meet him

[@HeraclesN-fp1bw]

- Megumin is voiced by Rie Takahashi who voices, Emilia (Re:Zero), Tomo (Tomo-chan is a Girl), Sumi (Rent-A-Girlfriend), Mash (Fate), Takagi & Kyunko (Teasing Master Takagi-san), Hime (Kakushigoto), Irina (Love Flops), Rin (Isekai Cheat Magician), Shino (Girlfriend Girlfriend), Ninym (The Genius Prince’s Guide …), Dawn (Pokémon Masters), Ena (Laid-Back Camp), Kobayashi (Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace), Ferres (Estab Life), Tsugumi (Orient), Ai (Oshi No Ko), Lilith (The Maid I Hired Recently is Mysterious), Matome (Alina’s Trip), Akua (Love Tyrant), Rin (Keijo), Ryoko (Sirius the Jaeger), Miki (School-Live!), Madara-san (Magical Sempai), Akane & others (Shirobako), Mizuki (Bungo Stray Dog), Lactic Acid Bacterium (Cells at Work), Stella (Beast Tamer), & many more - Fun fact the “Mysterious Woman” that inspired Megumin we actually seen her once before in episode 9 of season 2 during the hot spring scene, & she is voiced by Yuuko Kaida who also voices Ikumi (Bleach), Tsukyuo (Gintama), Shimei (Ikki Tousen), Sylvia (SpyxFamily), Sumire (Toradora), Isabella (The Promise Neverland), Ryuken (Maria Holic), Ritsy (Queen’s Blade), Hikari (Sekirei), Aiho (A Certain …), Maki (Difimon Tri), Ryoko (The Tatami Galaxy), Momoko (Okami-san & Her 7 Companions), Elizabeth (Freezing), Gelda (7 Deadly Sins), Fox Devil (Chainsaw Man), Naraku (Senran Kagura), Kyouko (The Asterisk War), Megakaryocyte (Cells at Work), Akane (Special 7), Sarariya (Log Horizon), Tabiko (The Vampire Dies in No Time), Flare (The Executioner and Her Way of Life), & many more

[@RedKing64]

Fun fact that doesnt spoil: Megumin is by far the most popular Konosuba character and the author's favorite character and considers her the female mc as Kazuma is the male mc. She has won every popularity poll made in Konosuba, and as a result of her winning in the 2 ocassions they were planning to do a character's spinoff, she has 2 spinoffs, the first 1 that got animated now and is a prequel and a sequel that happens in the later parts of the story with the whole group assembled... In fact only time she's ever lost was in the last one ever made, and only cause the author jokingly said that it was gonna be "rigged by the Axel cultists" so naturally Aqua won lol.... just to give you context every vote was worth 10 points, but in "that poll" as it was "rigged" for Aqua, every vote for her you could select how many points to give her, 10 or more, up to 30 or 50, and it was only for her.... So in the end Aqua won by like 3 million votes and Megumin came in second like with almost 2 million(crazy considering it was rigged lol) 3d place was Darkness and she didnt even past the half a million... so

[@sepg5084]

To understand what's happening on this anime, maybe you'd need to re-watch Konosuba a bit. And if you re-watch this episode, it tells you things: - Megumin unsealed a sealed being by solving a puzzle ball. - a monster got blasted with explosion by a lady wizard, and the lady did not faint. - the lady called that monster as her other half. that monster is implied to be the sealed monster and is not suited to be out and about during peaceful times. That implies that the lady is very powerful, to the point that she got sealed away in a restricted area and can use explosion magic without visible drawbacks. And her saying that explosion magic is the most powerful yet the teacher calling it a joke implies that the drawbacks for using it is too high to be practical. Megumin assessment about her classmate having great magic potential was because the classmate had big boobs. It is implied that the reason for this was because the explosion lady also had big boobs.

[@johnyshadow]

Megumin´s explosion magic is basically artillery. Extremely useful in specific circumstances, but with a lot of drawbacks, like friendly-fire.

[@nstorm2415]

this one is not a spoiler, but the red haired elf already appeared on the season 2 of the main show. She was in the hot springs with kazuma and hans the slime.

[@dohalimilqarasdeldemenanci8483]

wait that was her???? The one Subaru kept looking at with passion?

[@beamer3_vt]

@@dohalimilqarasdeldemenanci8483 Such a bashful lady.

[@Cuteyx89]

@@dohalimilqarasdeldemenanci8483 replying so late but the way you called kazuma subaru made me laugh cause they really are so similar but i had to double check what i was watching for a sec 🤣

[@pbgamer25]

Arue (eye-patched girl) for me is like President from Nagatoro but if her skill was magic instead of art🤣 she can be a little ridiculous and gives mature vibes at the same time LOL. Now it makes sense why director liked her🤣 Just one ep and she's already my favorite. Also, she and more 2 of these girls appeared in the konosuba movie before.

[@dohalimilqarasdeldemenanci8483]

she was my favorite crimson demon just from the original serie alone lol, her design(I am sucker for eyepatch, not wonder Megumin copied her look) and "coolness" just hit me hard.

[@hhound4283]

Wiz was a super strong adventurer before she became a lich so she has the mana reserves to fire an explosion spell and remain standing, elves have even larger mana reserves to use on explosion magic.

[@beamer3_vt]

I believe they made this before the spinoff so people will understand some things in season 3 better. Like how they did season 1's OVA with Yunyun already there, but chronologically introduced in S2 E2. It kind of confuses some people. Things revealed in S3 won't make much sense without the spinoff. Also if you try to make a spinoff of someone else like Darkness, you can't really get much from it. It may only tell background on the character, but not affect the main story. This is why I think Megumin is better than the others since her personal story and background actually does have effect on the main story. And I really think it will be strongly connected with S3. That's just what I think.

[@chaosmastermind]

If you think about it though, explosion magic is seriously impractical. It damages everything around you so you can't use it near any buildings or structures. It kills everything in a huge radius, so you can't use it near allies or civilians. It destroys everything so you can't loot the bodies. It takes all of your mana so you can't fight after you cast it. It takes most of your points just to get the ability so you can get barely any other spells. It is so ridiculous and over the top that it overkills every opponent to a massive degree so you can't really use it on super weak enemies or it'll be totally wasted. It fills the whole area you are in, so you can't use it indoors or in cramped spaces like dungeons or caves or you'll either blow yourself up or collapse the ceiling on yourself. Hell, most adventuring is done in tightly cramped dungeons, so she won't be useful most of the time. If you really really think about it... it is basically useless in almost every situation except the very specific ones they were in in Konosuba. (and usually even then) That's why they call it joke magic. I mean a magic missile, fireball, lightning bolt, or whatnot would be better in almost every scenario.

[@Wimplo86]

I’m so happy that we are getting more Konosuba content

[@davidyodo24]

Explosion 💥 is back!!

[@indie_gamer7]

I just want to remind you all, Megumin's family is really really poor, to the point it's rare for them to have actual food, you can see it in the begging of Konosuba when Megumin haven't eaten in 3 days. Also, Megumin gets exausted not because she isn't an elf (You will know the true reason why that girl can use explosion magic and not get tired next season probably) but because Megumin's explosion magic is super powerfull, so powerfull it takes every bit of her energy (her MP and phisycal streght) to use it, and she keeps using her skill points to make it more powerfull, she could probably use it normally and not get tired if she didn't upgrade it so much. (However it would not be as strong) One last thing, it's alredy said in the anime, but Megumin's race (Crismon demons) is a EXTREMLY powerfull race, one of the strongest.

[@jameswright4640]

I'm glad you all decided to review Konosuba: Explooooosion! I thought this episode was funny, totally Konosuba, and looked great too! Super fun. I do hope you review all the episodes - it's been a while since you've done an anime I like, and I'm looking forward to watching you all again! I missed your comedy and insight. I always learn something new about an anime when you review it.

[@estevalis]

When I was a kid we were so poor that I thought a bowl ofwhite rice, raw egg, and soy sauce was like a steak dinner so I totally understand Megumin...

[@AggieCEO]

I'm pretty sure it was explained in the original Konosuba and by the elf at the beginning of this episode when she met her. It's because you can ONLY do explosion magic. Nothing else.

[@blazedj]

Here’s a thought. So far, we’ve only seen 3 characters use explosion magic. The lady in this episode and Wize both look to have very sturdy builds, whereas Megumin is very petite in comparison. What if that’s a reason she can’t use explosion magic without dropping because she hasn’t developed as sturdy a body yet? What if she could never build up that type of body because she’s been using explosion magic from so early on in her life? I doubt it, but it’s just spotting the differences from what we’ve been given so far.

[@atsui1000]

Explosion is a joke magic because it takes tons of skill points to learn it. The amount of skill points needed prevent the user to learn any other basic/advance magic. Not to mention one shot of explosion will drain all the mp....

[@haloichigo1]

Darn, the Uchiha's from the movie are forgotten in every reaction I see of this episode.

[@PartingDeath]

I was looking more foward to the spinoff than season 3.

[@whimsofmim]

I really liked Konosuba (and the Crimson Demon movie). This episode struck me as super wholesome and a great start. Megumin is a pretty cool character/dreamer, and I love the weird showmanship of the Crimson Demons. I think this is going to be a lot of fun and a lot more wholesome than Konosuba. I think Megumin is nutty, but she's following a dream and is an exceptional mage (but pretty deranged too).

[@Filimaua13]

8:45 poor old guy, cutting him off like that. Let him cook man!

[@YaBoyRockLee]

Lmao

[@ssj2tarble]

Why does arue sounds like the vice principal from prison school.

[@curtischapman4847]

Have they watched the movie? And if so is it on patreon?

[@YaBoyRockLee]

Yes

[@Neloish]

Late to the party but binging Is better!

[@ultimategamer1840]

Does anyone know why they never finished reacting to the rest of the main Konosuba series (Season 2, OVA 2 and the movie).

[@YaBoyRockLee]

We did both seasons and Ovas are up here on KZbin and movie on partreon only

[@ultimategamer1840]

@@YaBoyRockLee Oh, ok. Thanks for letting me know.

[@kyng_spade]

There was a lot of *Plot* this episode

[@f.o.r.jr.3311]

Spinoff from what???

[@gustavolourenco5709]

From Konosuba

[@_lynxninja_4783]

Guess what

[@takeshikovacs9134]

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