Prelude to an Explosion of Madness | Konosuba: An Explosion on this Wonderful World Ep 5 Reaction

[@YaBoyRoshi]

EXPLOSION!

[@tastysharkk7938]

@@steam-connectedthey did it had to get taken down off KZbin

[@kimiphillips8034]

EX-PLO-SION!!! 💥

[@zillagod4135]

EXPLOSION!

[@jewelabyss]

Even the fortune teller is scared of how much stupid and clown shoes Konosuba is gonna become😆

[@lycorecokawaiii]

you guys might not remember but in the main story Megumin once mentioned Yunyun sacrificed herself and learnt intermediate magic to protect Komekko just so Megumin can successfully learn explosion magic, and this is that moment. The actual sad is, Yunyun don't have to do that if Megumin actually realised she have enough already after killing dux for second time. This literally summarised Yunyun life. Sad 😭

[@MrMiguel4687]

But who would've saved Komekko?

[@sojtus8681]

I mean even had she relized, it would still be kinda necesary for Yunyun to learn actually usefull magic. Explosion is not exactly suited for hostage rescue. (Unless the hostage is Darkness who could actually tank it :D)

[@cranesilentlyplays8084]

Yun Yun still had to learn Intermediate Magic. Explosion can only be used once a day and causes collateral damage. At that distance, she would’ve hurt everyone, not just the demons. Plus, when Megumin used Explosion on the first demons, who would defeat the second wave? Yun Yun ran out of MP with just the handful, so there’s no way of her defeating twice to three times as many. Megumin’s Explosion also signaled the adults, so they wouldn’t spam Advanced Magic at their location (the adults don’t know they’re there.) Yun Yun and Megumin wouldn’t have made it out, if they weren’t together.

[@trentonthomas5255]

Konosubas biggest joke is that everything bad that happens there can be either Aqua, Kazuma, Megumin, or Darkness' fault, so the references in the future will be hilarious

[@drakainen4555]

Hell, most of the problems in this world can be traced back to Aqua in some way

[@nnightkingj]

@@drakainen4555 most the solutions come from aqua

[@trentonthomas5255]

@nnightkingj you're both right but she usually fixes her own mistakes like the ghosts in the mansion that was because she put a barrier over the grave and wiz stopped going there

[@Graxu132]

@@drakainen4555 Bro the whole Crimson Demons are there because Aqua reincarnated that one dude LMAO

[@animusswtor4822]

I thought they were gonna ruin the moment by putting some kind of Konosuba-like twist in it like it just being a tiny little flare instead of an explosion or sth, but they actually went ahead and absolutely delivered pure satisfaction here. I forgot how epic this story can get when it actually tries

[@Z48654]

Same I was gonna be disappointed if they did that

[@1mikeap4]

Konosuba can actually hit pretty hard when it doesn't undercut its moments with gags.

[@Pato-uz7xo]

When she says she's a prodigy, she really is a prodigy

[@lycorecokawaiii]

Konosuba really have a knack to make that moment so epic and beautiful.

[@sepg5084]

Well, most of their budget goes that way. Other scenes are decidedly simple to cut costs.

[@kikikim4589]

Had tears of joy, her first was a wonderful explosion , I hope in the last ep we see kazuma

[@SnowyWolborg]

8:04: Explosion is not considered to be joke magic because people doubt its power, it's just that the spell is so impractical that most people don't even bother with it. There are FAR too many downsides to using Explosion whereas there are dozens of other spells that can do the same thing without the flaws.

[@cranesilentlyplays8084]

6:29 - Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced Magic bundles a few spells together once purchased (but not all spells are given, because Bukkorori still had to learn Teleport.) Yun Yun used Wind, Fire, and Lightning Magic. In Season 1, Kazuma’s Basic Magic gave him Basic Fire, Water, Earth, and etc magic all at once. 6:57 - Megumin’s not strong enough to carry Yun Yun (she physically lost to Yun Yun last episode.) Also, they’re flying monsters, so they’re faster than children and Chomusuke is like a magnet for monsters. It would’ve been safer to wipe out your pursuers, than try to outspeed flying monsters while carrying someone and unable to defend the others. For context on the Magic categories, Basic isn’t for combat and basically deals 0 damage, but costs 1 SP, Intermediate costs 10 SP and deals damage, but is only meant to deal minor damage and is more supportive than used to solo armies, and Advanced Magic costs 30 SP, but can deal big damage and has a variety of spells, like Teleport, Bottomless Swamp, or Invisiblity. Yun Yun’s a Crimson Demon whose Magic attack is so high, that Intermediate Magic is actually strong enough to kill demons in a single attack, whereas regular Mages wouldn’t be able to, even if they used the same spells. This goes for any Crimson Demon using magic, especially Megumin and her Explosion.

[@Destroyanor]

Honestly I loved the fact that they used her explosion soundtrack from season 1 and 2. Gave me chills

[@ryanread8617]

These crimson demons learn advanced magic, but Yunyun sacrificed getting Advanced magic for Intermediate magic, though she can still learn Advanced magic it'll be a more perilous journey. Yunyun always pulling the short straw. I'm surprised they didn't make Yunyun sacrificing her points for Megumin more sad. AND HOW DID MEGUMIN NOT NOTICE SHE HAD ENOUGH POINTS. When Yunyun the most reliable character yet the most ill-fated.

[@cranesilentlyplays8084]

She was panicking, Yun Yun was faster than her, and she was more focused on saving her sister.

[@twinodoom]

She killed the duck on impulse, it hadn't occurred to her that she gained XP from it.

[@edisontrent618]

@@twinodoom Yeah, she was just hungry, exp wasn't a thought at the moment.

[@zionwasnothere]

4:15 In case you didn’t remember , this scene was alluded to in a brief flashback in the Legend of Crimson movie.

[@noahtan]

So the magic skills in Konosuba actually gives you more than one spell of different elements. What Yunyun learnt was intermediate magic, which allowed her to cast the number of spells shown in this episode. What most Crimson Demons actually learn first from the school is supposed to be advanced magic, which has a greater variety of spells that are much more powerful. If you remember from the main series, Kazuma learnt basic magic, which gave him spells like Tinder, Create Water and Freeze.

[@kingofsapi]

But eventually Yun Yun did learn advance magic right? I recall her using Light of Sabre quite often in the main series.

[@tcutoast1]

@@kingofsapi I want to know too! I feel like she did

[@cranesilentlyplays8084]

@@kingofsapi Yes, Light of Saber is Advanced Magic. The movie also brought this up, when Funifura and Dodonko mentioned Yun Yun having Intermediate Magic when they last knew her and Kazuma mentioned that Yun Yun used Advanced Magic to save his party in Season 2.

[@kingofsapi]

@@cranesilentlyplays8084 Right, thanks! I thought I remembered correctly.

[@Wingnut353]

@@cranesilentlyplays8084 yeah so ... after she graduated, she had intermediate magic and would ahve to grind mobs to get advanced magic... but from what we have seen, that isn't actually too big of a deal, I mean she must have gotten a few points in this episode alone.

[@lycorecokawaiii]

Megumin literally bring the 'Dark God' with her all the time

[@reaperandyel]

Half of the 'Dark God'.

[@jprec5174]

Cat is half of the dark god wolbach (the lady that did the explosion magic on the giant beast in the first episode was wolbach and the big monster was the cat). Megumin's explosion released another dark god (regina) who is later involved in the best volume of the konosuba LN.

[@mattcap4178]

@@jprec5174 dude, spoilers

[@jprec5174]

@@mattcap4178 how is that spoilers? The very first episode shows everything that I explained and episode 5 explained who regina was when yunyuj was whining to megumin on the roof. Also one of the bird demons says its a servant of wolbach (which is why they are looking for the cat). Wolbach buys the magic devices from megumin's parents (because she wanted to thank megumin in another way in addition to "looking for someone aka the cat". In the old show there are several quick shots where wolbach can be seen around near megumin. It was easy to skip because they were fast throw away lines. It's not spoilers, you didn't pay enough attention to notice it. And wolbach is shown in season 2 with Hans at the hot springs. This is why i love konosuba. It has brilliant foreshadowing and little hidden easter eggs.

[@mattcap4178]

@@jprec5174 actually yeah you're right, I forgot that it's not really a spoiler for the anime since you can see the characters so you'd know they're the same people already, was thinking of it more like the LN where the readers didn't know since they couldn't see the characters, mb

[@MrSonictheOtter]

I love how Yunyun told her that she's a female cat and Megumin proceeds to name her cat Chomusuke with 0 hesitation. A weird and masculine name lol. For context adding endings like -maru or -suke in a name is typically reserved for males. Examples: Gabimaru, Sasuke, Orochimaru, Kyosuke etc.

[@01hazerd]

no lie... I teared up a bit out of pure happiness and joy seeing her use explosion magic for the first time....... and it was glorious!

[@animusswtor4822]

„I’m not crying. I’m just so angry that my magic power is flowing out of my eyes“ I’m gonna use that the next time an anime episode, aka probably Vinland Saga next week, makes me cry

[@eyekeyrichards101]

3:58 This scene right here is that glimpse flashback of Megumin almost given up learning explosion magic to save her little sister not until Yunyun already put all her skill points to learn advance magic that was shown in the Konosuba movie.

[@marmyeater]

It was intermediate magic, that's why it's treated as a sacrifice.

[@diegonayahernandez6801]

yunyun learning magic was said to have happened in the movie

[@HeraclesN-fp1bw]

The fated day is finally upon us when Megumin obtains a familiar (which I find even more funny in the main series she calls it just a cat) & releases her first … (lets say it all together) EXPLOSION !!! - Komekko is voiced by Maria Naganawa who also voices Kana (Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid), Platelet (Cells at Work), Nazuna (BNA), Martes (Estab Life: Great Escape), Theiamillis (Invaders of the Rokujyoma!?), Masako (Komori-San Can’t Decline), & a few more. Eng dub she is voiced by Jackie Lastra who also voices Fio (KonoSuba), Melty (Shield Hero), Misa (The Misfit of Demon King Academy), Conny (The Promise Neverland), Mitsuyoshi Ikki Tousen(), Kiyo (Demon Slater), Zenko (One Punch Man), Leclerc (Vivy), Io (Granblue Fantasy), Platelet w/ backwards cap (Cells at Work), Serena (Pokemon Masters), Black-Haired Girl (The Night is Short, Walk on Girl), & many more - Host the demon is voiced by Itaru Yamamoto who also voices Veryard (Slime), Count Orlok (The Case Study of Vanitas), Genbu (Dr.Stone), Kurdan (Tower of God), Sourface (One Punch Man), Vibrio (Cells at Work), & many more

[@nuxxism]

Remember when Megumin first used Explosion on the giant toads? It killed the one, yes, but woke 3 more out of hibernation. It's definitely a hassle. But that's where Kazuma comes in - he's clever, and had the savvy to use her best. Plus he has Drain Touch to recharge her mana if needed.

[@kenzieNotFazed]

To be fair on roshi's point about having megumin in the party, you could also do like kazuma the ability to take and give mana, drain touch, sooo in a sense to support megumins depleted mana. Tho in a sense it works for kazuma because aqua has high mana and darkness has high vitality sooo yeah.....fck😂

[@mars99]

Though this might be Megumin's show, I just like Yunyun way more after seeing what she does for her friend

[@jamilmukhreez9730]

that explosion so powerful that the cameraman felt the shock blast while filming

[@sepg5084]

Different skills have different points. Explosion requires a lot, that's why Megumin had to save a lot of points for it. Lower tier spells require less points, and so she could have learned those earlier than explosion if she wanted to (she almost did). And it was pretty much revealed in this episode that the black cat was the sealed monster in that temple.

[@JadonF]

Megumin’s first ever “EXPWWOOSIOON!”was fire ngl not that the ones we have seen so far weren’t.

[@bacsrm6897]

It is a sin if not screaming 'explosion!!' with megumin everytime she cast explosion magic. This ep is perfect!

[@noahtan]

2:24 The translation is kinda wrong. He actually said the sacrifice needed to be a parent and child, which is why Komekko brought a chicken and egg bowl. In Japanese, the chicken and egg bowl is called "oyakodon", which literally means parent and child rice bowl.

[@ERRORCODE616]

came here to say this! Japanese puns lololol.

[@PredatoryQQmber]

And, apparently, her 'sacrifice' worked and released the cat but that fact flew over everyone's heads. But what can you expect from same translation that substituted 'kuro' with 'inky' ?

[@Chanksss]

3:08 Now i want to hear the story about Roshi telling to Lupa to abandon his cat LOL😆

[@quigonkenny]

Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced magic each grant all of the spells of that tier. That's why Buccorori and all of the adult Crimson Demons can cast all of the Advanced magic spells, and In Konosuba Kazuma can cast all of the Basic magic spells, like Create Water and Freeze. As of this episode, YunYun can now cast all of the Intermediate magic spells.

[@Virjunior01]

Woah. I was ready to skip the into but totally saw what you did. That shit's slick. For me a lot of that is discarded nostalgia, but i understand. I'm likely older, and i see that for you those references hold a place similar to mine. Respect to the animation team.

[@Minej_Mosuris]

The satisfaction and hype is ridiculous🤯❤️

[@SadRengo]

They dont call it "joke magic" because is trash. Its because you can only use it once a day and after that you become a sack of potatoes. Now megumin has to kill monsters to level up, thats why she needs a party to carry her after casting the spell

[@16soccerball]

She did it. She said the thing.

[@inferno9103]

Actually intermediate magic gives access to a bunch of spells but you must know incantations as well as other magic stuff. That was described in light novels

[@marmyeater]

It's hilarious how Komekko outranks the giant chickens in the demon lord's army.

[@deddrz2549]

the intermediate magic isn't one spell, it's an entire class of magic. However, it was seen as a waste because after learning intermediate, you would basically have to start levelling to get the advanced magic class from zero XP, rather than just learning advanced magic from the start. same thing for Megumin's explosion magic, in which just that 1 spell costs as much XP as the entire class of advanced magic.

[@stavik96]

4:56 Not just 1 free spell. Seemingly you can study and earn skill points until the day you decide to use them on a skill, at which point bye bye you're forcefully graduated and can't go to school for skill points anymore. Imagine being the sad guy that decided to learn a 1 point skill that makes his finger function like a lighter or something. xD

[@davidyodo24]

Satisfaction 💥

[@victorsos100]

Say it with me EVERYONE...... EXPLOSION 💥💥💥💥💥

[@keito204]

I was bawling this episode more then Vinland Saga.

[@Accomplish305]

The amount of times they keep showing the Elf women using the Explosion magic with ease makes me wonder if we will ever see that women again in action. and maybe in full power They just showed her for few seconds in Aqua's city but they shrugged it off quickly.

[@andanjv]

I cant begin to contain the epicness the next time she comes. Spoilers tho so wont tell you haha

[@apexheat6553]

Yunyun is a real one and so was duxion.

[@hendriksalvation3930]

You guys missed the part when those gargoyles afraid of Komekko 🤣

[@Alteronx]

Yunyun is a real one

[@ironicgaming1347]

Megumin is highkey the best member of the party. She's literally the alt attack

[@Jackie_Tikki_Tavi]

Not gonna front. It hit me in the feels.

[@hosseinha1996]

I think we can all agree that Komekko and the way she talks are so funny

[@ryhnoking]

So clearly, Roshi forgot when they first met Megumi. What Lupa described is literally what happened. She fired her big ass explosion spell on a giant toad, missed, and got eaten show Kuzuma had to save her because she was defenseless lol😂

[@Talyrion]

Technically, she didn't miss, and did end up killing one giant toad... while waking another one in the process.

[@gooptaco2420]

Missed opportunity to cut away with the outro right before Megumin did her explosion to follow up what Roshi said about being upset if it ended that way 😞🫠

[@Videogamelover58]

Great episode

[@nnightkingj]

Watch that cat be an actual major demon somehow because she implied that cat is the reason she's always getting attacked by monsters

[@marmyeater]

It was straight up confirmed in this episode that she is the beastial half of the dark goddess, and that the woman in the beginning is the other half.

[@bijoychandraroy]

She said the thing

[@kimiphillips8034]

As they say… Out with a bang.

[@Autumnfallsandleaves]

She killed all those gargoyles, but didn't obtain points for mana benificial skills? Or did she not get any points, jacked em all in explosion again?

[@johnyshadow]

In the main series, she keeps saving for other explosion-related boost skills. I believe that the joke is that, yes, she gets more mana to possibly cast more spells, but her EXPLOSION! keeps getting more expensive at the same rate.

[@juups86]

To be more specific it takes 50 skill points to learn/unlock ONLY Explosion magic which means she didnt have any more skillpoints to put into any other spell related traits. Learning advanced magic would of have unlocked multiple spells of her choosing if she had gone that route.

[@christianephrem160]

I am now the secondt to comment, feels great literally 1 minute.

[@Rick_has_no_enemies]

Always remember while all this is happening kazuma just being in home jacking and chilling .

[@johannesbowers7467]

Remember, in Crimson Demon culture, achieving Advanced Magic completes your rites of Adulthood. Therefore, YunYun is 100% legal by her appearance in the main series, but Megumin will be jai£bait even when she's like 25.🫣 Imagine what the incantation would be like if Megumin convinced Ainz-sama (or more likely Pandora's Actor) to Summon the Dark Young in Crimson Demon style... 🤔

[@chrisjulien7698]

Christ bless you, Finally!!

[@RobinFromAshes]

Well she wasn't the end-all-be-all in the original seasons... Then again, she was low-level - I wonder if one could say the same after all the points she (Kazuma) spent at the end of the movie. She is lucky she still has enough mana to shoot it off at all after all that power increase~

[@grasstastesbad9679]

Is Chomusuke the devil king? 😯

[@Icsis718]

That Explosion was bussin💦. Literally🔥

[@temshopping]

EXPULOOOSHOON

[@Protect_all_ljf3forms]

She blew up all the chickens

[@LaughAGuy]

YO WHATS UP MY! NICKELODEON 🎉

[@yaseenmotala6717]

Tomo is chan is a girl , , , , is a must wath anime you guy need. 🎉😂😂😂

[@hokajinaruto7]

I want to download his intro

[@RayGunga13]

ecusploshion

[@Pain_Sukuna]

🔥😤 💥

[@ggdatboi]

Yun Yun is seen as weird by eveyrbody in the village because she doesn't follow the whole Chuny cringe shit lol The girl is normal in a village of weirdos

[@t500010000]

Lol gave up the cat so quick

[@reaperandyel]

Megumin was too poor and had no toy so she wander around and accidentally unsealed the female person and the monster in the first episode. The female person use explosion to beat the monster and sealed it back. In this episode, Komeko was too poor and had no toy so she wander around and accidentally help that monster unsealed the previous monster. Thus, we can blame everything to Poverty.

[@marmyeater]

Yes, but if she hadn't been poor she might have never married Kazuma, and had twelve of his thirteen babies.

[@apolloaero]

They do look like flying monkeys tho

[@theactinide]

Come on !! Reaction on Bahubali 1 and 2 still remaining.. same director as RRR. It was even bigger hit

[@solus8364]

[@nobilyavkkq]

too bad that adaptation is terrible, maybe jc staff and studio deen are not the best studios in industry, but they were able to put together an excellent team for konosuba, which didn’t change much during the studio swap, they even had Arifumi Imai aka the 🐐of wit studio working on some Aqua cuts and an excellent outsourcing studio that did those stunning visual digital effects,but unfortunately this spin-off and season 3 lost all connections of the core staff which they used before, they changed the director and screenwriter, who is cretin and do not reach the comedy component where needed like the previous one did, it's a pity that it happened,well, it is what it is, I will still watch it,with great disappointment ofc how they butchered one of my favorite isekai and comedies😢

[@nickwx9816]

bro what? you call this butchering an adaptation? i gotta see your "god awful trash" list then

[@16soccerball]

What smooth brained shit is this

[@antoni4131]

although i agree it's not as good as it could've been it's not really a bad adaptation

[@cranesilentlyplays8084]

Not sure what you’re seeing. Also, the situation with the studio is the same as the movie (same core staff and the character design guy for the anime & movie is still here.) What the adaptation is doing with KonoBakuen is no different from how Konosuba was handled (people still complain about the Party Swap and Wiz intro from Season 1.) Also, Season 3 isn’t even out yet, so why are you including Season 3 for your ‘animated badly’ argument? Also, this adaptation is pretty close to the LN, with the main differences being for pacing/fitting it into a TV series. If anything, Konosuba is a ‘bad adaptation’ because way too many people believe Konosuba is only comedic and serious moments shouldn’t exist in it, when many beloved moments in the series are serious and character-driven.

[@Arloxklayer]

Imai he never worked on Konosuba

[@asiantrashpanda]

Megumin rawdogging that explosion, no staff, no wand, no nothing.