SOS Bros React - Ascendance of a Bookworm OVA - Side Stories

[@SemblanceofSanity]

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[@Phireo]

Hit the nail on the head. Even in the LNs, the short stories often have a different tone and either deal with much more light hearted or comedic situations and perspectives, or much harsher ones.

[@nolan4339]

In the Light Novel, the main story is in Myne's perspective, and then side stories from different perspectives are inserted at the end of the volume. The OVA is based on some of these side stories.

[@therethan-family1234]

The clothes Justus and Eckhard were wearing at the start of the episode is what Justus thought commoners wear. He based it on how merchants dress like when visiting the noble's quarter. Also, the book Justus found had it's first page removed, where one would usually indicate their ownership. It has absolute no relevance to the story but we actually know who the book belonged to. The book belonged to Heidemarie, Eckhard's dead wife. Her father remarried and her stepmother started pawning off all of their possessions. Heidemarie protested hard and gave the remaining books to Ferdinand, her lord. This has nothing to do with her death, but shows perfectly how noble factions harrass eachother even within the same family.

[@alsinakiria]

I love how Justus thought that those clothes were normal for commoners when, in reality, it's super formal wear.

[@daedalron]

8:35 It's not shown in the anime, but yes, they used magic to get in. The guild is so fancy that they use magic lock, something no commoner would have any chance of bypassing. But Justus is a scholar who knows how those magic locks works, so for nobles it is extremely easy to bypass. 9:30 It was 3 small golds, not large golds. Still a fortune for a market-merchant, even though it was certainly not enough compared to the real price of the book, but no one else would have bought it, so...

[@Rangar1997]

Yeah, in the LN, Justus is able to deduce that the lock in the guild is just a simple authentication sigil, something any lay-noble scholar could craft. Simply registering with it is enough to gain access, but for commoners, it may as well have been in impenetrable wall since they lack mana.

[@Rangar1997]

@6:25 Fey's reaction to being afraid of Myne really is justified. The anime only shows Myne's eyes changing and a aura of mana forming around her, but in an unincluded short story, we find out that Myne was actually using the crushing on the boys that destroyed her clay tablets. Had their perspective been included and really flushed, it would have made the incident in the temple with the High Bishop not feel as though it came out of left field as much.

[@nommyyt]

I watched the first two seasons before I read the LNs so I thought Eckhart was just being a prissy noble when he couldn't handle the smell downtown. It turns out that the commoner areas are just actually supposed to be really disgusting in the LN. In the anime there's not much detail in the environments so when Myne walks around with Lutz or Benno, the streets just look uniformly clean and unremarkable. But in the LN, they're pretty much described like what medieval streets would have been like -- garbage and human waste are just dumped out on the streets and the stench is truly revolting. They have no sewer system and no real concept of hygiene. The nobles (via magic) are much closer to our standards of hygiene and cleanliness than the commoners.

[@Rangar1997]

yeah, you'd think someone would come up with the idea for a sewer system . . .

[@Mirthy0902]

Muchas personas no le gustan leer povs porque creen que solo es relleno irrelevante. Pero en esta historia, estoy orgullosa de decir que a la mayoría estos rellenos son importantes, Myne es nueva en este mundo, por lo que ella considera normal, nosotros también lo consideremos normales, los espectadores aprendemos por medio de ella, por lo que hay una comaraderia ( así lo siento yo) porque crecemos con él conocimiento que ella aprende. Los POV como dicen son una valiosa interpretación para conocer la realidad y entender como está creado las costumbres y sentido común de este mundo, entendemos donde Myne falla y aprendemos bastante, por eso amo tanto esta obra, y mejor su novela, nos sumerge a un mundo totalmente nuevo de manera gradual y ascendente.

[@ShadowGingerdapple]

The bulk of the novel is in first person and is completely centered on mine’s point of view. Her assumptions, her views and her understanding of the world is front and center however, at the end of each volume there are side stories that are from other characters point of view Where you can see where mine’s point of view differs from the other people in the story you get hints of the parts that she is missing out on because she is either not interested or is not picking up on the subtle cues of things going on that is not immediately apparent to her There are bits and pieces of the anime that pulls from the side stories as some information is important for the audience to pick up on things that mine does not. I think it is a great way of telling a fixed story while also letting the audience see a little behind the curtain of the main charactersfaulty narration

[@ssjwes572]

I loved getting to see her family see Myne's business side.

[@StoneTitan]

Not sure but i think it was 3 small gold for the Book. Regarding thee Corina invitation I think it's also ue to her being somewhat of a "Star" Or highly regarded person, which is why Effa don't want to show thee clothing since she believe it isn't of high enough standard to show her.

[@alive6367]

I am currently in Part Vol 8 of the light novel and it is amazing how the worldbuilding is done for this story. I cannot wait for Season 4! I hope all volumes will be animated.

[@ayambord217]

I read the web novel when there is no official translation. Some are fan translation, and the other is MTL. Each page is a wall of text with tiny font. I am planning to reread it with an official translation but are currently busy with readings of other novels like "wandering inn."

[@DominoPivot]

Ah good, I was wondering when you'd be catching up. Not a bad time to be watching this one, which serves as a reminder of the social and economic disparity. I too watched it late, and couldn't agree more that the goofiness of it works better as an off-season OVA. But I really like how it shows that, just as Main stands out in the world of nobles, so do the nobles stand out in the lower city. Even in one city, what is considered "normal" by different people can vary quite a bit, and you making light of those differences can actually put you in danger, as the spies discovered. I can't recall how silly it comes off in the light novels, but it's worth mentioning that the books are written from first-person perspective. So the side stories, which are found at the end of some tomes, are an opportunity to get a lot at the world from someone else's perspective.

[@ianjordan8964]

8:03 one of few situations where its best to say "i was thinking of stealing from you" because if gunther thought they were going after myne it would be a shit show.

[@Mirthy0902]

8:43 si es magia 9:26 no, son pequeñas monedas de oro, pero igualmente equivale a un millón de lyones cada una. 17:22 no queda explícito, pero a los sacerdotes azules también les pagan un subsidio, ellos no tienen posiciones en el templo por nada, tienen un deber que beneficia al ducado entero. Sin embargo es importante tener dinero de sus padres para mantener una vida más comoda que solo el dinero que reciben y ellos también ayudan a su familia con los impuestos agricolas que reciben

[@peinkillersk1]

That book was not supposed to be there it's effectively book about magic and shuld not be read by anyone but true nobility. The reason way it's there is a sad story that I don't think anime will ever mention it again even in LN bigger connections were miss able.

[@Rangar1997]

The Side Story covering the book and lower city investigation is actually a short story from part 3 vol 2 of the LNs. Chronologically, it fits in right after ep 14 of the anime, but in the LNs this was when Eckhart and Justus started becoming more important characters to the story. From here, we're going into spoiler territory . . . (YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED) . . . . . . . . . . The book, as stated earlier was a book on magic. On the inside of the back cover was a dedication page to indicate what noble house the book was commissioned for, back as shown, the page was removed to hide the identity of the owner. In reality, the book was once the property of Eckhart's (yes, this same Eckhart in the episode) late wife, Heidemarie. Both she and Eckhart were fervent supports of Ferdinand, the High Priest, while serving him in the Royal Academy, and married soon after graduating. This is when things started taking a turn for the worse, as Heidemarie's family was being taken over from the inside by her father's second wife, who's a member of the Veronica Faction; selling off many of the possessions of the first wife's line, the book being included. Soon after becoming pregnant, Heidemarie was poisoned and both she and her baby died, putting Eckhart into a state of depression. He sought to end his life while taking Veronica down, blaming her for the death of his wife and unborn child; however, Ferdinand ordered him to live by way of using his name-sworn master's decree. A brief explanation: name-swearing is when one noble offers up their very name in a sacred act of total obedience to another noble lord or lady. I'll spare a lot of the nuances that comes with it, but the act essentially places the life of the one offering into the hands of another, having to obey any order without question, else having to endure pain until compliance. Ferdinand ordered Eckhart to live for his wife and continue to be of service to him. Heidemarie, like Rozemyne, was a fond lover of books, so it is tragic the two never were able to meet.

[@Raitooru]

​​@@Rangar1997 it still amazes me how well put together and intertwined all of the plot lines are and how much personality there is even in minor dead-behind-the-scene characters

[@GuysCupank]

It will be mentioned if Studio Wit keep working on Ascendance of a Bookworm Anime

[@kaellagos5895]

They should react to the first part of the new season of Beastars

[@geraldgrenier8132]

Please note that Myne and Lutz are from guild families in middle management. Justice made a convincing farmer, but class bases the below guild members as much as myne and Lutz families are below merchants like Beeno or upper management of the guild like Corina. By Corina is in the same guild as Effa and Tuuli, which is why visiting her was such a big deal